People Tree have updated with a new interview where Emma Watson speaks to Safia Minney, CEO and founder of People Tree as they travelled in Bangladesh.
As I posted earlier in the week, Total Films latest issue features Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. There are interviews with Emma, Dan, Rupert, Tom Felton, David Yates and David Heyman. We have scans of the issue thanks to SnitchSeeker, and you can see them all in the gallery!
As part of the American Library Association’s READ campaign Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson and Rupert Grint are featured on three posters to promote reading. The posters will go on sale on October 18th, here, for $40. ALA Graphics is also having a Harry Potter trivia contest on Facebook, where you can win a set of the posters.
In celebration of the Harry Potter phenomenon readers Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, and Emma Watson join the READ campaign.
For more than a decade, J.K. Rowling has captivated imaginations and inspired a generation of new readers with the Harry Potter series. Soon after learning at the age of eleven that he is a wizard, Harry Potter attends Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Here, he meets his best friends, Ron and Hermione, Headmaster Albus Dumbledore, and a cast of eclectic teachers. While Harry, Ron and Hermione navigate the joys and hardships of growing up, their adventures in the wizarding world become darker and more dangerous.
On November 19th, the final installment in the series, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, comes to the screen in the first of two parts. As the three friends race to find the Horcruxes that are the secret to Lord Voldemort’s power and immortality, the Dark Lord’s Death Eaters wreak havoc on the wizarding world. As the war wages, Harry Potter draws closer to the task for which he has been preparing since he became “the boy who lived”: the ultimate battle with Voldemort.
As I posted a few months ago, Emma Watson gave a preview of the People Tree Spring/Summer 2011 line yesterday at the Prince of Wales’ “A Garden Party To Make A Difference”. You can watch a video below.
Sky News has updated their site with their interviews with Emma Watson, Rupert Grint, and Daniel Radcliffe that appeared in their latest issue. (I meant to post the scans but I have been so busy with work that I forgot). Some segments may be read below, these interviews seem to have been given a long while ago as they are still talking about Half-Blood Prince mostly.
SKY MOVIES MAGAZINE: Do you feel like you’re at the end of a journey? EMMA WATSON: I feel really pressured, because I feel like this is my last go, my last shot. I don’t want to have any regrets. I want it to be the best performance I’ve ever given. I want to know that I’ve done the best that I can possibly do. It’s really strange.
SMM: Are you thinking about what you’re going to do after? EW: I really think I need to recharge my batteries and go and be me for a bit.
SMM: Will you carry on acting? EW: I really don’t know. I think I need to find some real belief in myself away from this. I know that I can play Hermione, but I don’t know… we’ll see.
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SMM: The films keep getting darker. How does Half-Blood Prince compare with the upcoming Deathly Hallows? DR: I think the level of darkness in Half-Blood Prince was the same as Order Of The Phoenix, but the scale is bigger. Phoenix is a more intimate story about loss and sadness, whereas Half-Blood Prince is more of a thriller. It’s about putting the pieces together – and that’s what Deathly Hallows takes even further.
SMM: Have you got any plans now the series has finished? DR: There are a few things that I’m keen on, but there are no dates or anything for any of them yet, so I’m not going to jinx them! Hopefully they’ll come off.
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SMM: Is it a shock going to work on a low-budget film like Cherrybomb after the pampered world of Harry Potter? RG: Well, it was quite scary going to a different place, but the biggest difference was just the pace they worked at. It was much quicker and it was much more exciting, actually.
SMM: Do you get recognised everywhere you go now? RG: I do get recognised quite a bit now but everyone’s really nice so it’s quite easy to deal with. But still a bit strange.
SMM: What are you most looking forward to with the last two films? RG: I really loved the book. There’s a lot of great stuff in it. Particularly in Part 2 – that’s what I’m most looking forward to because that’s where all the action is. And the “20 years after” thing – that’s going to be interesting. I’m pretty sure they’ll age us up for that. I can’t really see them doing that with CG…
People Tree have released photos and a video promoting Emma Watson’s A/W line through their press site. There is also a very long interview with Emma and message from her. Some items from the collection area also for sale by going to this link (you’ll have to search around to find them).
Following my summer collection for People Tree, I wanted to visit Bangladesh with Safia to see the difference Fair Trade makes.
The contrast between the slums in Dhaka (the capital of Bangladesh) where the people who work in the garment factories live and Swallows (the Fair Trade community supported by People Tree) was all too apparent.
You can read a short interview of my thoughts on the trip below, but I still find it hard to convey what Fair Trade means to those producing our fashion – it’s just so impressive to see how the women have used Fair Trade clothing to escape poverty and empower themselves and their children. I was very moved and inspired.
Although I wasn’t centrally involved in the design of this collection, I had great fun in helping Safia select some gorgeous Fair Trade textiles – a dogtooth hand woven check, cable knits, soft organic jerseys and the first Fair Trade hand woven brushed checked fabric which has been made into easy tulip skirts, dresses and shirts.
There are even a few party dresses, such as the little black satin tulip dress which can be dressed up or down to suit any occasion! I have picked out some of my favourite pieces which I have modelled for People Tree.
I want to congratulate People Tree on this new range and really hope people continue to buy these clothes and to support their great work in the promotion of Fair Trade.
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