MTV has yet another article online called Harry Potter And The Half-Blood Prince’: What Plotlines Need To Be Included To Make Us Happy. They mention SPEW, Narcissa Malfoy, Kreacher, Quidditch, and Occlumency. They say “But since the early films were being made while the “Harry Potter” series was still incomplete, some plot oversights will need to be rectified in order for major events to occur in the final three films. Here are a few that need to find their ways back.”  Here is what I agree most with:

Occlumency: In “OotP,” Professor Snape teaches Harry occlumency so Harry can keep Voldemort out of his mind. Though the lessons don’t go as planned, Harry does delve into Snape’s mind once to see his worst memory: Snape as a schoolboy at Hogwarts being harassed by Harry’s father James and calling Harry’s mother Lily a “mudblood,” one of the worst insults in the wizarding world. Harry misinterprets the importance of the scene — as did the filmmakers behind “OotP,” who only left in small fragments of the flashback and left out Lily altogether. The true importance comes as one of the biggest moments of the series at the end of “Deathly Hallows” — and makes Snape arguably the most interested characters in the “Harry Potter” universe.

In a new interview with PEP Dan Radcliffe, David Heyman, Michael Gambon and David Yates talk Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince.

“For me, the Harry Potter films have always been about a loss of innocence,” says Daniel Radcliffe, the actor behind the title character, who can perhaps no longer be called the boy wizard. “When Harry came into this world, it was all just amazing and brilliant and kind of pure. But as the films have gone on, that’s totally disintegrated, and he’s realizing that the wizarding world has just as many, if not more, challenges than the world he grew up in before.”

Moviefone has a new article online called 15 Things to Know About ‘Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince’. Here are some segments, check out the link for all 15 things!:

7. Love Triangle No. 1
Despite threats of terrorism (via the Death Eaters) and suspected turncoats roaming the halls of Hogwarts, there’s always time for a little romance, especially with a box of love potion-laced chocolates thrown into the mix with the raging teenage hormones. Yates says the story “deals with the politics of romance.” Ron must balance the affections of Lavender Brown (“Lavender’s completely crazy,” says Grint) with his long-gestating liaison with Hermione (Emma Watson). “I think Hermione’s beginning to acknowledge the fact that she has feelings for him, which she’s never done,” says Watson. “She’s always been in denial.” Adds Grint, “All the stuff with Lavender makes her go a bit crazy.” Poor guy, this Ron, surrounded by all these crazies.

9. Love Triangle No. 2
Meanwhile, Harry woos Ginny Weasley (Bonnie Wright) away from her boyfriend, Dean Thomas (Alfie Enoch), and seeks her brother Ron’s approval. “The whole thing with Harry and Ginny is quite confusing for Ron, because he’s quite protective,” Grint says. But one scene featuring the three, where Ron obliviously plonks himself down between the two lovebirds, should be good for DVD bloopers: “I have this real problem with laughing through a take and that scene was quite hard,” Grint says. As for the hanky panky between Harry and Ginny, “It’s very odd because I’ve known Bonnie since she was about 9,” Radcliffe says. Wright agrees, sort of. “It is strange, but also it’s more comfortable with someone you know rather than just a random person.”

The LA Times has added an interview with Emma Watson to their Hero Complex blog.  In it she talks about her relationship with JK Rowling.

Watson contemplated the relationship she’s developed with Rowling friendship as she sat one brisk afternoon in her dressing room (which is relentlessly pink in its décor). “We talk, we e-mail each other now,” she said, nodding toward her laptop and that morning’s missive from the woman who is arguably the world’s most famous living young-adult author.  “I must admit I still feel quite intimidated by her,” Watson said. “Not because she is actually intimidating, but because I admire her so much, and we have all been such mad fans of the books and her and everything.”

“I just really want her to like me,.” Watson said, sounding a bit like the insecure overachiever Hermione. “I’m always really keen to telling her how I feel, and maybe it’s a bit much. She is so down to earth and funny and witty……. I definitely see Hermione in her. She’s genuine and brilliant.”

“I will look back on this part of my life and I know it will be special, but it used to be that if I ever had a bad review or someone said, ‘Oh, she is too this,’ or ‘She’s too that,’ I got upset about it,” Watson said. “Now what I have worked out is that it would actually be physically impossible to be perfect for everyone. Everyone has a distinct idea in their head of what each character is like. So I’ve kind of had to lower my standards. I can’t be perfect for everyone. J.K. thinks I’m perfect, and that’s good enough for me.”

MTV has another new article online this time about candy!

“Half Blood Prince” should also be including some new magical treats. One that I’m sure will definitely be a hit are the “Chocolate Cauldrons spiked with Love Potion,” which make Ron Weasley go head over heels for one of Harry’s groupies. I’m also pretty sure that if given the chance, and the magical ability, these chocolates would be all the rage in middle schools and high schools all over the world! I personally want to try a “Treacle Tart” or the “Butterbeer” that Harry and company keep trying to get their hands on.

The Telegraph has a new interview with Half-Blood Prince director, David Yates.

“It’s funny how things change,” he offers. “I felt really self-conscious making this last film. The first time, I didn’t realise how big it was until I got to the premiere and then got to America and saw how massive the release was, and how huge the reaction was. That was when the penny dropped, when I realised that this was such a big thing for so many people.

“Oddly, that meant that when I started this one, I was a little bit warier of everything rather than being more confident. The first time round you just do it; you just go for it. But I have settled in and this one’s quite different from the last one. It’s a little bit more grown up and a bit wittier. It’s a different vibe.”  That vibe requires the main cast to look past the fact that they’ve grown up together (the first film arrived in 2001) and to embrace the changing nature of their relationships (there’s even some on-screen kissing). “I think the cast are getting better and better,” Yates says, “and Emma certainly seems much more confident this time. She really moved on in the last one, but now she’s even more at ease. And Dan, having done Equus, he’s just finding moments and beats that are really surprising and lovely.”