Half-Blood Prince has been long-listed for FIVE MTV Movie Awards! Here are the categories it is long-listed in (you can also add your own choices):

Best Movie
Global Superstar (Daniel Radcliffe)
Best Male Performance (Daniel Radcliffe)
Best Female Performance (Emma Watson)
Best Villain (Tom Felton)

You can vote for your favorites to be nominated for the awards until April 9th. After that, voting will start again on May 11th for the actual winner. The ceremony will take place in Los Angeles on June 6th and will air on MTV at 9/8C.

Hey guys! As some of you know, I’m a Graphic Design major in college (graduating in May) so for my portfolio I decided to redesign the Harry Potter covers!  It took me a while but I finally finished!!!  Click the thumbnail below to see them all and make sure to tell me what you think!

Empire has updated their website with videos from their 2010 Empire Awards so we now have a video of Rupert presenting the best Sci-Fi/Fantasy Movie award!

In a new interview with MTV David Heyman has discussed Deathly Hallows being in 3D!

MTV: When did you make the decision to do the two parts of “Deathly Hallows” in 3-D?
David Heyman: I think that it emerged organically. Clearly, the success of 3-D movies has had an impact on the economy and making of films. We saw an opportunity and grabbed it. Also, “Harry Potter” itself has so many exciting possibilities for 3-D, both in things coming at you and also just in making that world seem even more epic than it already is. “Harry Potter” is already an epic film, but having that added dimension will make it even more epic, and that seemed like an opportunity that was too hard to pass up. Though we didn’t shoot it in 3-D, the quality of post-3-D has improved remarkably in the last year or two, so we felt very comfortable with that process.

MTV: Is there one scene in particular that you think is going to be especially great in 3-D?
Heyman: One of the things I really loved about watching James Cameron’s approach to 3-D in “Avatar” was that it wasn’t about things coming out at you all the time. It was actually about adding great depth. You wouldn’t want to overuse stuff coming at you. We haven’t begun the process of converting it yet. We are doing some tests and looking at various things, but we aren’t done with any sequence yet. I am obviously looking forward to some of the battle sequences in the second part. I am also looking forward to seeing the dragon flying up. I think there’s a lot that will be great in 3-D, but to me, where it’s really most exciting is just making that world seem much deeper, richer and what that extra dimension gives you.

MTV: Now that you’re going to do “Deathly Hallows” in 3-D, have you given any thought to re-releasing some of the other “Potter” films in 3-D?
Heyman: Those discussions haven’t yet happened, but I’m sure it’s just a matter of time. You know what? I actually shouldn’t say that. Who knows? It would be great. You can never tell. I hope so.

According the the Empire Awards Live Blog Rupert Grint has arrived at the venue!  He is apparently going to present an award.  There is also a photo of him from Twitter.

UPDATE: See lots of photos of Rupert at the event over at Ice Cream Man! (sorry I took so long to update this, I was at my aunt’s house)

This week I’m talking about a more affordable item: HP 20 Questions

About: The Harry Potter 20 Questions game is pretty simple; its just like a normal 20Q ball, you try to stump it by thinking of something in the Potter world.  What makes this so great is that they let fans test it out online months before it was released so this product really knows everything there is to know about the Potterverse. I have only stumped it a few times, it got radish earrings for goodness sake!

Design: This product is pretty creative; it is in the shape of a snitch, complete with wings & a stand.  What’s great about it is that when you want to play with it you can remove the wings so they don’t get in your way.  A must buy for any Potter Nerd!

Value: This is a great product for a collector on a budget, you get unlimited entertainment for under $20.  The value has gone down since it was first introduced so you can probably find it for around $10.  To get more bang for your buck, get two: one to play with & keep the other in the package, it could be worth a lot of money one day!

Buy it: Toy stores, Target, etc.  Buy it on amazon: 20Q (link 1) | 20Q (link 2)

Rating: 8.5/10 It’s only an 8.5 because it isn’t a really rare item.