This is a LONG post!

Oh, dear god. Are you ready for this? The DVD launch. Until now the only thing regarding the DVD launch that has surfaced is a report from a crappy newssite (as well as some photos Emma’s dad took, but I’ll go back to those in a bit), who are so unbelievably rude, I can’t believe it! They were not rude about Emma (and they were completely gushing about Dan), but they were not particularly nice or on topic, for that matter, either. I am including her bits here. Click here to read the whole article. Thanks Rose via VTM.

Next it was off to Emma Watson who happened to be stationed in … Dumbledore’s Office! As it was the last time I met her, she was delightful. Rumoured to be rather prickly at times, on both occasions she’s been in fine form – super friendly, super chatty, very girly, and not Emmy Rossum. Nor in any danger of turning into one. Yet.

Last time she wanted to know about my nail polish, this time I went in right after my colleague Danielle McGimsie who was wearing a grey tunic over black tights and black suede boots. I was wearing a black and grey striped tunic, black tights, and grey boots. Emma commented that “Canadians are always so smartly dressed”. I will love her forever.

She herself had just had her hair blown out, in jeans and flats under a black cotton blouse, well accessorised as she was before. She told me she’s been super busy with the new movie and catching up with her “homework”. Hee.

I asked her how she was going to avoid turning in to Britney Spears. She told me she doesn’t hang out on the scene, said England, even with its sometimes pervasive paparazzi presence, can shelter young celebrities better than her American counterparts. I also asked her how it was on set in the 6th movie with all the hook ups and the making out. She laughed, seemed to be relieved that she had little to do with “all the kissing”.

As I briefly mentioned above, the only photos from the event are those of which Emma’s dad took. They are now up on Emma’s Official Site, so you can just click the link to see those. Here is a preview:

I can’t express how disappointed I am though. I want pictures! Hopefully something more will eventually surface. It is extremely strange if no press photographers were invited (and no proper reporters). If not, this whole event seems pretty useless, if you ask me.

EDIT: Thanks to Masterofmystery who found an article from the Edmonton Sun where Emma talks about the furor the outing of Dumbledore has caused. This is possibly from the launch, so hopefully these are just the first of many?

Actress Emma Watson is astounded by the furor over revelations that Harry Potter’s mentor Professor Dumbledore is a homosexual.

“I couldn’t believe what I was reading,” Watson tells Sun Media about the negative backlash toward author J.K. Rowling. “This is the 21st century! I just could not believe the amount of fuss that was being made over Dumbledore being gay.”

Watson spoke up on the set of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince. Watson, who portrays Harry’s friend Hermione, was pleased when Rowling first casually outed the Dumbledore character.

“I never actually thought about it before but, when she said it, I thought, ‘Oh, yeah, that makes sense.’ ”

Now, however, 17-year-old Watson finds it “horrific” parents have proclaimed they will not let their children read the books or watch the movies.

“I find it so shocking … Oh my goodness! Oh dear!”