Emma Watson at Deathly Hallows Part 2 premiereIt's true: The Harry Potter film franchise is wrapping up, and it's worse than your most sentimental high school graduation, last day of camp, and end of the summer combined. There are a LOT of tears being shed, and rightfully so. The series was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for the three leads, Emma Watson, Daniel Radcliffe, and Rupert Grint.

Emma, in particular, told reporters that she's really going to miss Rupert and Dan, and will "miss being Hermione ... being in her world." Tearing up throughout the Harry Potter & The Deathly Hallows Part 2 premiere, she noted that she has felt privileged to play the role and "be a part of these films."

Wow. You know, it's funny. I wouldn't have guessed Emma would have such a heavy heart about the films coming to a close. After all, she seemed to be the one who was the most "over it."

Helena Bonham CarterOh, Helena Bonham Carter, she never misses a kooky beat in the crazy rhythm of life, does she? Here she is all decked out for the Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 premiere in London tonight.

While Carter is a bit of a fashion rule breaker, is there ever a British festivity that isn't worthy of a crazy hat? I don't think so. Just ask Princess Beatrice. Every party is a crazy hat party in London!

As a rabid Harry Potter fan, I would go to see Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 when it opens next week (next week!!!) even if critics were calling it the worst film of the series, but they're NOT: The early reviews are as glowing as a patronus! Terms like "monumental," "exciting," and "massively eventful" are being tossed around, with one critic (Phillip Womack of The Telegraph) even preferring the movie to J.K. Rowling's book. When does that ever happen??

Everyone is talking about great it is that Harry Potter star Daniel Radcliffe has acknowledged his drinking problem at age 21 and is giving up the bottle for good. One publication even called him "a new kind of child star" for the admission. So here's a kid (emphasis on kid) who has his head on straight and recognized a lot sooner than a lot of Hollywood stars these days that you don't need substances to have a good time and that things can spiral out of control pretty quickly if you don't put the brakes on. Yeah, that's unusual for sure and good for him.

But, sheesh, an alcoholic at 21? These stories should not be shocking anymore in the generation of Lindsay Lohan and Celebrity Rehab, need I say more? And yet, no matter how many times I hear about someone with a dependency problem at such a young age, no matter if they are famous or not, I am surprised and saddened.

I am not and have never been a Harry Potter fan. I realize this puts me in the minority and the new preview for Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 makes it clear just how. The film is coming out July 15, which gives me just enough time to hurry up and watch all the back movies.

It's odd really as for a long time, I refused to read the books because I mostly hate fantasy and I really hate bandwagons even more. And it seemed like I was the only one not loving Harry.

Of course, this always seems to happen. The last trailer for a movie series comes out and suddenly I want to know what all the hype is about, but this one is even more exciting. I know I am supposed to be getting chills while I watch it. The drama! The culmination of so much excitement! The anticipation! And I am right there with them. Until I realize I haven't seen any of the movies.

I feel so left out! See for yourself:

At last, we get a real glimpse of Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows: Part 2. The trailer was released tonight, and fans are going wild. Wild because it's finally a little fix of what we crave, but even more wild because it looks insanely good.

Even if you're not a fan, this clip is going to make you want to see the movie, though it may also give you nightmares. It's that intense. I'm not sure I'll be able to get the image of Voldemort walking across those bodies barefoot out of my head anytime soon. And that snake! Check it out after the jump and see what you think:

The Harry Potter Exhibition has moved into Times Square, and there's an unlikely star of the show. Daniel Radcliffe deserves his due. But truth be told, take a bunch of teenagers, and Robert Pattinson steals the show out from beneath the boy wonder.

The show (to which I received free tickets courtesy of host venue Discovery Times Square) is in its first last American stop on what will be an international tour of artifacts from the Harry Potter films. You'll excuse me for initially forgetting the R-Patz role as Cedric Diggory in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. He wasn't exactly in my mind as I walked in with my 5-year-old and two teenagers, 14 and 18.

My 10-year anniversary is coming up this year, and we are trying to figure out where we should go for a second honeymoon. Puerto Rico is nice, the Bahamas are always a good choice, maybe Bermuda with its pink sand? Those all sound fabu, but I've got another idea ... we put it off a year and head to London in 2012. No, not to see the Summer Olympics, not to celebrate William and Kate's first anniversary, but to be one of the first to go on the Warner Bros. Studio Tour London -- The Making of Harry Potter!

On this three-hour tour, you get to visit Hogwarts and all of the sets that were used in the making of the films. You get to walk through the Great Hall where Harry ate, where students were sorted and got Howlers in the mail! You get to go to Dumbledore's office! And you get to see a bunch of other things they haven't even announced yet! 

C'mon, wouldn't Hogwarts be a great honeymoon destination?