Emma Watson’s official website has been updated with a new picture and press information about Ballet Shoes. We learn that Richard Griffiths, who plays Uncle Dursley in the Harry Potter films, is also in the film.

So it begins! We have very kindly been sent the very first official image from Ballet Shoes, along with some press information regarding the film.

They ask that we not take the picture from the site as it is copywrited to BBC and has only been given permission to them. So view that HERE.

Click read more or the link above for the press information.

If you all recall, Good Morning America previewed a copy of ‘The Tales of Beedle the Bard’ this morning. All proceeds from the auction will benefit The Children’s Voice charity.

You can view the video here.

This past weekend Matthew Lewis, who plays Neville Longbottom in the Harry Potter films, cut the tape with David Blunkett when the MP officially opened The Meadow Children’s Centre in Shirecliffe.

The centre will offer key childcare, learning, health and family support services to families with children under five.

Manager Jo Zasada said: “We were really pleased to officially open our centre and thank both David Blunkett MP and Matthew Lewis for joining us.

Thanks Lewis Lovers.

Canada’s Edmonton Sun Newspaper has two new interviews online  with Dan Radcliffe, Emma Watson, Rupert Grint, David Yates and David Heyman where they discuss many things.

Dan says:

“So, to me, it’s just about letting people know that I’m incredibly serious and passionate about this — this series of films — and how much they mean to me. If you’ve been involved in something for more than seven years now, you want to be able to talk about it articulately and explain why you love it, explain why you loved being involved in it so much.”

Emma goes on to say:

For such mainstream entertainment, it has such depth. It is very complex. That’s why I wouldn’t just call it a kids’ book. I would call it an adults’ book as well because it genuinely can be read by all ages. Everything about the book, everything about J.K. Rowling’s world, is thought down to the very last detail. You can pull apart the spells and they’re Latin and they actually mean what they’re doing. And all the names are so interesting and they’re unique and different and everyone has their own history. How she’s come up with all of this is just amazing.

Rupert says:

It’s just been an amazing experience,” Grint says. “I’ve enjoyed sort of every moment of it. It’s been wicked. It’s sad, really, because it does feel that it is coming to an end now with the seventh (Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, due in 2010) on the way. It is nearly all over. I think I’m going to miss it. But I’ll just sort of move on after that.”

(links to Interview One and Interview Two)

The New York Times has released their yearly list of the 100 Notable Books of the Year. And Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows is, of course, on the list.

HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS. By J. K. Rowling. (Arthur A. Levine/Scholastic, $34.99.) Rowling ties up all the loose ends in this conclusion to her grand wizarding saga.

The link above leads you to a book review by Christopher Hitchens

Good Morning America will  be having a feature (preview and discussion) of “The Tales of Beedle the Bard” on Monday November 26. The book will be on display in New York at Sotheby’s auction house starting Monday November 26. The manuscript will also be on display in London, England starting December 7 before the charity auction on December 13. Good Morning America  is broadcast on ABC, starting at 7am. If anyone captures it, please send it in!

Thanks Leaky!