In the lead up to Half Blood Prince madness, new photos and photoshoots featuring the trio are appearing, which is exciting, no? Anyway, as previously reported, Emma is on the cover of ‘Interview’ magazine for May 2009. Thanks to The Celebrity City, I’ve added another clear scan which will now join our purty high quality cover. You can check out both these image here.

Thanks to Emma Watson Italia, I’ve added five scans from this month’s edition of Top Girl! Using the same shoot as Sunday Times, it luckily provides us with a bigger and clearer set of images, which is always good! You can check those out here.

Also, thanks to various tips, we now know that the premiere for the sixth installment of ‘Harry Potter’ will be held in Japan on Monday, July 6, 2009, with subsequent premieres in London and New York on the 7th and 8th of July. There has been no official word as of yet as to who will be in attendance at the Japanese premiere. And finally, thanks to an email tip from Enni, there is speculation that the HBP Blu-Ray DVD disc will be out as early as November 19th 2009 with the German Blu-Ray Disc site and Amazon already placing notices on their sites. From Enni (cause my German’s a tad bit rusty):

A German BluRay site is reporting that possibly the BluRay disc of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince will be released in late fall to be part of the Christmas holiday shopping season, with a possible November 19th release date.

Little tidbit from a Leaky Set Report:

Emma Watson (Hermione Granger) agreed with one reporter’s characterization of the movie as the “romantic comedy Harry Potter,” citing specifically some physical humor played by Cormac McLaggen during Slughorn’s party. “They’re both in denial about their feelings,” she says of the often-jealous dynamic between her character and Ron. Meanwhile, Dan Radcliffe speaks of “oddly charged” moments between Harry and Ginny, and Jessie Cave, who plays Lavender Brown, said her kissing scenes made her concerned about “chipping a tooth.” source