Harry Potter actors Sir Michael Gambon (Albus Dumbledore) and Dame Maggie Smith (Minerva McGonagall) have been nominated for 201 Primetime Emmy Awards.
Michael has been nominated for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or TV movie for the PBS/BBC remake of Jane Austen’s Emma, where he played Mr. Wodehouse. Dame Maggie was nominated for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or TV movie for playing Mary Gilbert in the HBO production of Capturing Mary.
The Primetime Emmys will aired on Sunday, August 29, 2010 on NBC.
Just a reminder to everyone that ABC Family’s Harry Potter weekend is starting tonight! There will be some behind the scenes features and interviews from Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. Here is the schedule:
Thursday July 8th
7:30PM – Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone Friday July 9th
3:30PM – Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone
7PM – Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets Saturday July 10th
12:30PM – Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
4:30PM – Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
7:30 – Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire Sunday July 11th
1:30PM – Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
4:30PM – Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
8:00PM – Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
Yesterday, Emma Watson visited Bachhara, an ethical clothing label, in Bangladesh. They posted the following on their Facebook page today:
had the pleasure of meeting Sophia the amazing women behind PeopleTree and the beautiful Emma Watson yesterday… Was an absolute pleasure to meet two women who are so passionate about making our consumer market Fairtrade! love Bachhara x
We also have some photos of Emma during the visit:
As most of you probably know, The Harry Potter Alliance is a charitable organization run by some very awesome Potter fans. The object of the organization is to use themes from the Harry Potter novels to get people of all ages interested in world issues. Some of their past campaigns include Accio Books and Helping Haiti Heal.
You can make a big difference with only a few seconds of your time. The Harry Potter Alliance is in 3rd place to win $250,000 which will help them do more to get books to children in need, and save lives through raising money for charities.
To vote, CLICK HERE, press the green “Get started to vote” button, hit “Like” (if you haven’t already), and then press “Vote now.” Encourage your friends and other fans to vote too!
This HPA has managed to do amazing things with little money. If we win this prize, the SKY will be the limit for us.
In another new interview with MTV, Warwick Davis talks about what it has been like working on the Harry Potter films.
“I think all of my favorite moments are in the last two films,” Davis said. “I got to do some really interesting and important things, which is nice. Previously in the films, it’s always been great to be there, but normally I’ve been the kind of comic relief. I’ve had silly, fun things to do, which have been very memorable,” he explained. “It’s wonderful. People always remember those moments, but I felt having Griphook and Flitwick [in the final two films] — I have much more bearing and importance on the plot as well.”
Davis added that the absolute best moment for him was both surreal and emotional. “People who’ve read the books will know this (spoiler alert), but the moment where Voldemort exclaims that Harry Potter is dead … to have read that and to actually be there as it’s happening, that was quite emotional and quite surreal. It sends a shiver down your spine because you’re standing there and witnessing this event. It’s almost like reading the newspaper going back in time, witnessing a world-changing event.”
In a new interview with MTV, Bonnie Wright speaks about what it is like playing Ginny Weasley in the Harry Potter films.
“Being the person who sort of ends up with the hero of this franchise is never something I ever would have imagined,” she said of her character becoming Harry’s love interest. “It’s just been so exciting, so lovely to have something that develops further, and you can make [Ginny] my own and take things from your own life growing up and put those things into it.”
Regarding the much-discussed, heavily hyped epilogue, Wright said the “full-on scene” is a fitting end to the series because the filmmakers chose to shoot it as a stand-alone ending, not just a background for the end credits. She added that one of her last scenes in the epilogue was a particularly surreal moment, because her character started and ended her “Potter” journey in the same place.
“It wasn’t my last scene, but it was one of my last scenes. That’s where I started the journey of ‘Harry Potter,’ on the platform, and then to see the girl who’s playing our daughter was just psychologically, it was very weird, because she’s the same age as me. It was literally having a whole cycle of the journey.”
Wright hopes audiences will appreciate that final scene as much as she did.
“I hope it’s well-received. In terms of the prosthetics and creativity of it, they took months and months — I must have done 100 tests and costume fittings. A lot of energy went into making that moment perfect.”
