According to her official site, Emma Watson (Hermione Granger) attended the premiere last night for the film My Week With Marilyn which starred former Harry Potter co-star Kenneth Branagh (Gilderoy Lockhart in Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets).  In the film, Watson played the part of “Lucy”, a wardrobe assistant.

A description of the outfit Watson wore to the premiere was posted on her site:   Emma wore a Jason Wu top, Sandro skirt, Jimmy Choo shoes, Solange Azagury-Partridge earrings and bracelet with a Charlotte Olympia clutch bag.

Click here to view a full photo of Watson at the premiere.  I like how her belt seemed to be an exact match of the straps on her shoes.

The Daily Telegraph posted a video of Watson and Branagh at the premiere with Eddie Redmayne (“Colin” in the film) and the trailer.  Watson appears in the last part of the video:

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Emma Watson (Hermione Granger) posted a new message on her official site to wish her fans, who are still attending school and college, a happy new school year. (Currently, she is attending Oxford in the UK).  Watson also hopes they will like her appearance in the new film My Week With Marilyn which stars former Harry Potter co-star Kenneth Branagh (Gilderoy Lockhart in Chamber of Secrets) as well as keep them posted on her upcoming film The Perks of Being A Wallflower:

To Everyone who is starting a New School Year, (sorry those who have been at school for a while Oxford starts late)

Just to say have a great term and good luck with all your work.
You might not hear from me for a while because I will be really busy studying but I wanted to just say hi and bye : )
Hope you all like ‘My Week with Marilyn’ and i’ll keep you posted on ‘Perks’.
Love Emma xx

Click here to see the latest photo of her at Oxford.

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 We previously reported that Helena Bonham Carter, who portrayed “Bellatrix Lestrange” in the Harry Potter films, was being considered for the role of “Madame Thenardier” in the film adaptation of the successful musical Les Miserables, based on the novel by Victor Hugo.  According to MSN News, it is confirmed that she definitely will be playing Hugo’s female conniving character in the film which will also star Hugh Jackman as “Jean Valjean” and Russell Crowe as “Inspector Javert”.  Fans, who saw her in another film adaptation of a musical, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street as “Mrs. Lovett” with Johnny Depp as the barber himself, know that Helena will be an asset to Les Miserables.  The film is scheduled to be released in movie theaters on December 7, 2012.

Also in our previous report, we mentioned the rumor that Emma Watson, who portrayed “Hermione Granger”, was being considered for the role of either “Cosette” or “Eponine”.  According to broadwayworld.com, the Harry Potter star is still a possibility.  We will keep you posted.

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It’s now September 19th in England, which makes it Hermione Granger’s 32nd birthday!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, HERMIONE!!

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ITN’s ShowBiz 411 managed to have a brief chat with Emma Watson in this video.  Now that she has completed the Harry Potter film series as Harry’s best friend Hermione Granger, the actress confirmed she does have two other films that will be released in theaters.  One is My Life With Marilyn which is scheduled to be released in October; and The Perks of Being a Wallflower which will be released in 2012.  But Watson still intends to return to school in October.

Although it is not mentioned in the video, Watson recently announced on Twitter about the release of a Lancome ad she did for their fragrance Tresor Midnight Rose which can be seen here on her official site.  Also, there are plans for her to star in Guillermo del Toro’s potential film production of Beauty and the Beast as well as online rumors that she is being considered for the film adaptation of the successful musical Les Miserables based on the novel by Victor Hugo.

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We previously reported that Emma Watson (Hermione Granger) became the new ambassadress for Lancôme earlier this year.  According to her official Twitter page, the ad she made for their fragrance Tresor Midnight Rose has been completed and released.

@EmWatson Emma Watson Hey all, just wanted to share the video that I shot in Paris for Lancôme’s new fragrance Trésor Midnight Rose. Enjoy!

 Click here to see the ad on her official site.  It’s quite a charming and romantic.

Here is Lancôme’s behind-the-scene video of the ad with Watson’s commentary about the fragrance and the “little story” in the ad.

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 According to Broadway.com’s Broadway Buzz, Hugh Jackman has been confirmed to play the role of “Jean Valjean” in a film adaptation of the successful musical Les Miserables which was based on the novel by Victor Hugo.  And while Helena Bonham Carter (Bellatrix Lestrange)  is supposedly in negotiations to play the role of “Madame Thenardier” along with Russell Crowe for the part of “Inspector Javert”, online rumors have been circulating that Emma Watson (Hermione Granger) may be considered for the part of “Cosette” or “Eponine”.

Click here to read the complete article.

We will definitely keep you posted once we receive any confirmation about the Harry Potter actresses’ involvement with such an exciting project!

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 For the past month, there have been many online reports that director Guillermo del Toro is seriously considering Emma Watson, who completed her role as “Hermione Granger” in the Harry Potter films, to star in his gothic film production of Beauty and the Beast.  While promoting her film Crazy, Stupid, Love, producer Denise Di Novi told ComingSoon.net that she was working with Mr. del Toro to adapt the classic fairy tale for film and Watson is lined up to play the leading role.

In a recent interview, Mr. del Toro confirmed that he spoke with the Harry Potter star:

How’s the tone of the Beauty and the Beast project coming?
Well, I met with Emma Watson about it because I’m very interested in doing the movie with her. She’s just perfect for the film, and we talked about the classic iteration of the tale. I love the sort of darker, beautiful, hopelessly romantic but Gothic take on the tale. We discussed this.

At the moment, there has been no official confirmation from Watson herself about accepting the role.  But we will definitely keep you updated.

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In anticipation of today’s theatrical release of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2, a scanned article from the Ocala Banner noted:  “If the young cast of the ‘Harry Potter’ films received report cards for their school days at Hogwarts, they’d all probably earn the notation ‘ plays well with others’. 

This shouldn’t be too surprising considering the elite British actors and actresses like Kenneth Branagh (Gilderoy Lockhart) and Ciaran Hinds (Aberforth Dumbledore), as well as the recurring ones such as Alan Rickman (Severus Snape) and Dame Maggie Smith (Minerva McGonagall), who ‘played’ with them to create the world of Harry Potter onscreen.  But the article was actually pointing out how well the trio themselves (Daniel Radcliffe as “Harry”, Rupert Grint as “Ron”, and Emma Watson as “Hermione), along with their co-stars like Matthew Lewis as “Neville”, Tom Felton as “Draco”, and Bonnie Wright as “Ginny”, managed their 11 years of fame from starring in “Hollywood’s biggest fantasy franchise”, specifically the film adaptations of  the books about the boy wizard by J.K. Rowling.

“It’s very different doing it in England,” the article quoted Radcliffe, “In America, you’re treated as an actor first and a kid second.  Here, you’re very much treated as a kid first and an actor second. In fact, you’re not really treated as an actor. You’re treated as a kid on a film set, which is how it should be, because that’s all you are that point.  No one’s an actor at 12.”

The article went on to observe that the parents of the young cast were an asset in guiding their children through the past ten years of filming and handling the celebrity madness.

“We couldn’t have done it without the family support that’s kept all three of them and the supporting cast all lovely, lovely people,” the article quoted David Barron who is one of the producers, “They’ve got very strong families who kept them really strongly grounded.”…

“It was a place that was just us, nobody else,” the article quoted the other producer, David Heyman who commented on the isolated location of Leavesden Studios in the UK where all the Harry Potter films were made, “That has enabled us to sort of cocoon ourselves in an environment, in a way, that I think is a supportive and safe one.”…

So by the time they became young adults, the trio and their young supporting cast developed “strong work ethics” and it was noted by the filmmakers that the stars did adopt some traits of the characters they portrayed: 

Like Harry, Radcliffe assumed a solicitous leadership role, sort of a goodwill ambassador on set (which Helen McCrory who portrayed “Narcissa Malfoy” mentions here).  Like Hermione, Watson was studious, hurling herself into her education.  Like Ron Weasley, Grint had a playful humor and the support of a large family.

According to the article, now that the trio has “graduated” from Hogwarts quite well with the release of the final Harry Potter film, they are having no problems in obtaining adult roles.  For Radcliffe is currently on Broadway in How To Succeed In Business Without Really Trying and completed The Woman In Black which will be released in theaters early next year.  Watson is continuing her studies with Brown University and appeared in the upcoming film My Week With Marilyn.  And Grint worked on the film Comrade.

Click here to read the scanned article which includes a not-often-seen photo of the trio during the time  Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets was filmed.

Thanks to Lyn for sending us the article! 

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Emma Watson did a nice interview with NBC-TV’s Access Hollywood to promote the release of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2.  She mentioned how influential Hermione’s character was while playing the best friend of Harry Potter half her life for “8 to 9 hours a day”.  She admitted that influence started when she was 9 years old during the audition process for the first Harry Potter film.

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Access Hollywood also had the opportunity to interview Tom Felton (Draco Malfoy) during the past weekend’s press junket for the final film.  He was asked to respond to Emma’s ”confession” to Seventeen magazine (which we reported here) about her past crush on him.

“Very flattering,” Tom told Access Hollywood at the junket for “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2” in New York City on Sunday of his reaction to the news.

The British actor said it was others who actually told him about Emma’s crush.

“We’re going back a few years here… I heard it through the grapevine. And the eventually we became good friends,” he said.

“We can laugh about it now, but as testament to how long we’ve been doing this for, I’m pretty sure she was about 9, possibly 10… but yeah, [it was] very flattering,” he added.

Also, he discussed the changes “Draco Malfoy” went through in the eight films like realizing that “Lucius Malfoy” (played by Jason Isaacs) may not be so wonderful after all. 

Click here to watch his video interview.

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