Congratulations also go out to Emma for her win in the 2008 Constellation Awards as “Best Female Performance in a 2007 Science Fiction Film, TV Movie, or Mini-Series.” Emma won over 34% of voters, winning out over both Stephanie Chaves-Jacobsen of Battlestar Galactica: Razor and Amy Adams of Enchanted.

In addition, David Barron, a producer on the Harry Potter films, recently spoke about a new scene in the Half Blood Prince movie. Thanks to HPANA for the tip! The news is pretty spoilery – you ready?
David said about the new scene, in which a dramatic disaster occurs at the Burrow:

We don’t often have things that aren’t in the book.

But this was brought in because Jo (Rowling) was able throughout the quite lengthy book to keep dropping little snippets of what was happening in the outside world-there’d be people reading newspapers and talking about how somebody’s parents had been killed or somebody had been withdrawn from school because their parents didn’t think it was safe. And we’re made aware that the Muggle world is also experiencing these disasters, but thinks they are disasters rather than the work of Voldemort.

The book is peppered with those moments, but we couldn’t do that quite so easily in the film. So (the extra scene) comes in the middle of the film and it just reminds us the world is no longer a safe place. Even in what would normally be considered the safe haven of the Burrow, nobody’s safe. I think you’ll like it. It’s quite effective.

You can read the whole article over at SnitchSeeker.com. Enjoy!

Emma ranked 24th in Harper Bazaar’s Best Dressed of 2007 list, along with J.K. Rowling at 7th! You can check the list of the top 25 out here at Ireland Online.

DanRadcliffe.com posted a translation of a short article from the DVD launch that quotes Emma as saying “I’m like Hermione. I’m a geek who likes to go to school and learn.”

Finally, Emma Watson Official was updated with news that Emma was presented with the Gouden Flip Best Actress award during the DVD launch junket. There’s a picture of it up in her dressing room, so do check that out!

EDIT: Thanks to hbpmoviepics on LiveJournal, we have our first video from the launch in English! Check it out on YouTube here!

EDIT! I’ve added 10 or so new icons to the emma section, to keep you guys entertained while we wait (even more!) for those DVD launch pictures. Anyone else for ganging up on WB?

more?

We’re currently experiencing technical difficulties with our news system so please hang in and I’ll have everything fixed as soon as I can!

EDIT: Currently we have 5 high quality images. Keep checking back for more! Also, congratulations to Emma for winning the award for Best Female Performance!! – Karly

EDIT: Added 53 high quality images (some thanks to the wonderful Mimi!) to the gallery, including close-ups, groups shots and heaps more. I’ll add more later as they become further available! – Kaetlyn

EDIT: You can also now view a trailer for the HP&OOTP DVD with a tad of new footage! Check it out on YouTube, thanks to TLC, here. The DVD will, again, be released on November 12th in the UK and December 11 in the US.