Today we have a new photo and information about JK Rowling’s appearance on Oprah, which will be shown on Friday, October 1st.  In the following quote, she talks about the U.S. book tour for Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, and the enormous pressure she felt.

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Total Film’s 173rd issue will feature Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows and we have photos of the three different covers featuring Harry, Ron and Hermione! See them below and in the gallery.  These pictures are new, and the covers are a collect-all-three feature. The Issue, # 173, is due out Thursday 30 September.

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The Arts Desk has a brand new interview with Dumbledore actor Michael Gambon where he discusses his career and mentions Harry Potter briefly.

Is Harry Potter a life sentence? No I like Harry Potter. I died in the sixth one.

How did you find out that you died? Erm, I think I read it in the paper. I read I’d died. It was such a shock. I thought, Jesus Christ.

Have you read the books? I just read the scripts. I know people read the whole book but then you get cross about what’s missing. A lot of actors get upset that their parts are a bit smaller.

To what extent did you have to inherit Richard Harris’s performance? No one ever spoke to me about it. Not a word. On the first film I did which was directed by Alfonso Cuaron I walked in there and I’m naturally Irish and my first accent is Irish, I will speak Irish with my parents, and I played just a slight touch of Trinity College Dublin. That light lilt. I did that and Alfonso said, “What’s the accent here?” I said, “Irish.” He said, “That’s OK.” And no one’s ever mentioned it. I’m a little bit more camp, I think, a bit lighter. A bit more ethereal.

JK Rrowling has won a few categories at the Teen Read Awards.  The winners were announced yesterday in Canada. The books won in the following categories:

Best All Time Fave: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows.  (it beat out Twilight, The Hunger Games, The Catcher int he Rye and The Book Thief)

Best Book to Flick: Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (beat Push, New Moon, The Chronicles of Narnia and Whip It)

Voldemort lost out on Best Villain to a character from Prophecy of the Sisters.

Express.co.uk has posted some quotes from JK Rowling’s interview with Oprah, you may read them below.  Oprah’s official site for her show has posted some photos from the interview.

The notoriously shy writer, now worth an estimated £519million, gave an emotional account of her battle with demons as she struggled to cope with being a single mother and an aspiring novelist before finding fame. Oprah flew to Scotland to meet Rowling, 45, in an Edinburgh hotel. She asked her about her regrets in life, her critics and her husband Dr Neil Murray, who is described as the “love of her life”.

In the candid hour-long interview to be shown across America on Friday, she also discovers why Rowling once turned down an offer from pop star Michael Jackson. A trailer on chat show queen Oprah’s website says “the first self-made billionaire author in history” opens up about “depression, her biggest regrets, and the love of her life”.

She rarely gives interviews, but two years ago told a student newspaper the end of her first marriage to Jorge Arantes left her suicidal. Confessing she went to her GP with serious depression, she said: “We’re talking suicidal thoughts here, we’re not talking about, ‘I’m a little bit miserable’.” She said she probably ended counselling sessions too early, adding “I went through a really rough time and I am quite proud that I got out of that.”

Thanks to ScreenTerrier and DR.com we know 3 of the child actors from the Epiloge.  First, Ryan Turner was cast as Ron and Hermione’s youngest son, Hugo.  Next, Harry and Ginny’s son, James Sirius Potter, is played by Will Dunn.  Their other son, Albus Severus Potter, is played by Arthur Bowen.

Albus Severus and James Sirius may both be seen here and here.  Albus is with his mother and James is with the trolley.  The actor playing Hugo may be seen helow: