'Harry Potter And The Half-Blood Prince’ Trailer

The new International trailer for the next Harry Potter film has hit the interwebs. With a little over seven months to go, anticipation is already building for The Half-Blood Prince. Those of you who have already read all the books know what’s in store for Harry’s sixth year at Hogwarts. If you’re only following the films, then trust me when I say the darkest times have yet to come and this next movie, while monumental in it’s own right, sets the table for the feast that awaits in the seventh year (and final two films).

Emma spotted with Prince William 'look-alike' boyfriend

Miss Watson, 18, who plays Hermoine in the film series, held hands with 25-year-old banker Jay Barrymore, who bears a startling resemblance to the Royal prince.
The pair perused paintings, sculptures and installations at the Frieze Art Fair in Regent's Park but seemed in no mood for buying.
Asked by a reporter if she intended on purchasing anything, Miss Watson, who is believed to be worth more than £10 million, just giggled.
Mr Barrymore started dating Miss Watson earlier this year, before she turned 18 in April. Her parents Chris and Jacqueline were said to be concerned at the seven-year age gap.
However, Mr Barrymore was notably absent from her 18th birthday party. Over the summer the teenager has been seen in the company of a number of potential suitors, including Italian acting student Roberto Agnillera, whom she met on an eight-week Shakespeare course at RADA.
Since then she appears to have re-established her relationship with Mr Barrymore.
Miss Watson earned £2.8 million in the last year, Forbes magazine reported in August, making her the seventh highest-earning young person in showbusiness.

Daniel Radcliffe misses gran's funeral

Actor DANIEL RADCLIFFE chose to skip his beloved grandmother's funeral in Northern Ireland and continue his stint on Broadway this week (begs06Oct08) - because it's what she would have wanted.

Elsie Radcliffe - mother of Alan Radcliffe, the star's dad - passed away on 2 October (08) after a long battle with ill health. She was 79.The Harry Potter star is currently starring in Equus on the New York stage and was due to fly back to the U.K. last Monday (06Oct08) to attend her funeral.

But he decided against attending the memorial service after talking it over with his parents.A spokesperson for Radcliffe says, "It's been a very difficult time but Dan chose to remain in New York after discussions with his family."They decided that it was what his grandmother would have wanted.

She was a strong supporter of Dan and his career and she wouldn't have wanted him to miss a performance."Elsie was her grandson's biggest fan, and flew to London last year (07) to see his West End stage debut in controversial play Equus, despite suffering from heart problems.

JK Rowling - world's highest paid author

JK Rowling is the world's best paid author, banking more than £170 million in the last year, the US business magazine Forbes has said.
Rowling, who wrote the first of her best-selling books about boy wizard Harry Potter while an impoverished single mother, earned 300 million US dollars (£170 million) over the past year.
The 43-year-old billionaire author's income was six times that of second-placed James Patterson, who wrote Along Came a Spider.
Last month, Rowling donated £1 million to the Labour Party ahead of its annual conference, indicating that her gift was motivated by Labour's record on child poverty and Tory leader David Cameron's offer of tax breaks to married couples.
A Forbes spokesman said: "It was wizardry that transformed JK Rowling from a destitute single mother on welfare into a bestselling billionaire."
The magazine described her work as "a children's literary sensation" and a "publishing hit".
It went on: "Once a single mother on welfare, Rowling can now claim best-selling billionaire status thanks to her Harry Potter franchise. Over on the big screen, her Potter franchise has already generated 4.5 billion dollars (£2.6 billion) at the worldwide box office - and she still has three more flicks to come."
Last month, she won a New York legal battle and succeeded in blocking publication of a Potter encyclopaedia which she described as "wholesale theft" of her work.
She also said it had forced her to stop work on a new novel because the lawsuit had "decimated my creative work".

After completing the Harry Potter series, the author -- who earned more than the other writers in the top 10 put together -- devotes most of her time to charity work, including the Children's High Level Group, which she founded.
Last month, she donated $1.9 million to the U.K.'s ruling Labour Party.