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Emma Watson Proves, Once Again, Brown Is a School for Dumb Rich Kids (See!)

Keith GirardMarch 6, 2018

Emma Watson likes to consider herself brainy, but she had a real brain fart when she got a florid tattoo honoring the Time’s Up movement. She got it on her forearm for all to see, but sharp-eyed grammarians noticed something shocking. She forgot the apostrophe....

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Emma Watson Embraces a New Sensuality, Calls Out for Change (video!)

Keith GirardFebruary 22, 2018

Emma Watson, left her brainy Harry Potter character long ago, but held onto the brains. She guest edits the latest issue of Vogue Australia and shows off her intellectual prowess. ...

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Hermione Grows Up; Emma Watson Flirts With Nudity (Video!)

Keith GirardMarch 1, 2017

Emma Watson is repelled by Hollywood but can’t seem to pull out of its orbit. Ever since landing a role in the “Harry Potter” series as a pre-teen, she’s fought to prevent stardom from defining who she is. But the fight inside her head still rages. The last Potter movie, “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 2” hit the big screen going on six years ago. The stars, Watson, Daniel Radcliffe and Rupert Grint have gone their separate ways....

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Eddie Redmayne Makes Believers in Fantastical World of ‘Fantastic Beasts’

WinchesterNovember 16, 2016

Eddie Redmayne and Katherine Waterston, daughter of “Law & Order’s” Sam Waterston, turn in two extraordinary acting performances in “Fantastic Beasts,” a movie that captures the spirit and the adventure of the entire Harry Potter, J. R. Rowling saga. Colin Farrell, as Percival Gravess perfect as well. Also on board are Ezra Miller, Samantha Morton and Dan Fogler. ...

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Harry Potter’s Kelsey Hardwick Frolics Full-Frontal in Leaked Photos

Keith GirardJune 7, 2015

Kelsey Hardwick, a British actress best known for her role in “Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban,” frolics in full-front selfie photos taken in a bathroom mirror. The apparent, private photos have leaked onto the Internet and are going viral. Hardwick has been dating Tom Parker, a singer with the boy band, The Wanted, for the past four years. Caught by last year's photo scandal were well-known actresses like Jennifer Lawrence, Kirsten Dunst, Victoria Justice and Kate Upton. ...

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Roots Meet Harry Potter on Fallon; Result? Tariq Busts a Rhyme (see!)

Keith GirardJune 19, 2014

Leave it to a fan to make this unusual request on “The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon.” How about a rap song based on the theme song for “Harry Potter?” Can do, Jimmy said… and called on The Roots to make it happen. As it turns out The Roots’ Tariq is a major Harry Potter fan, or so he said. He rapped to the Harry Potter theme as if it were a rap song to begin with....

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Emma Watson Looks Sexier Than Ever in New Elle Magazine (photos!)

Keith GirardMarch 13, 2014

Emma Watson is slowly shedding her school-girl image. She looks sexier than ever in a new photo spread for Elle magazine, where she talks about coming of age in the public eye and her jealousy of some actresses. Although only 23, Watson is a film veteran after a ten-year run in the “Harry Potter” series that began when she was nine years old....

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Emma Watson Calls Kristen Stewart Affair a Mistake (photos!)

Keith GirardFebruary 8, 2013

Emma Watson, despite some reports, isn't defending Kristen Stewart’s behavior in the new Italian edition of Vanity Fair magazine. To the contrary, she calls it a mistake. But she thinks the tabloids picked on her unmercifully over it. Stewart, 22, caused an uproar last summer when she was photographed in the arms of “Snow White and the Huntsman” Director Rupert Sanders....

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Daniel Radcliffe Explains 'Kill Your Darlings' Gay Scenes (watch!)

Keith GirardJanuary 19, 2013

Daniel Radcliffe appeared nude on Broadway so what’s the big deal about a little gay sex in his latest film “Kill Your Darlings?” His role as Beat poet Allen Ginsberg is the latest envelope-pushing career move for the Harry Potter actor. The film focuses on the Beat Generation murder of David Kammerer by Lucien Carr, a gifted student and friend of Ginsberg’s and Beat writers William Burroughs and Jack Kerouac. Ben Foster plays Burroughs and Jack Houston is Kerouac....

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Emma Watson First Look: Perks of Being a Wallflower Trailer (watch!)

Keith GirardJune 3, 2012

Emma Watson takes one step closer to a leading role in “Perks of Being a Wallflower,” and shows in a new trailer that she can play spontaneous, wild and even sexy, a most un-Harry-Potter-like range of emotions....

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Emma Watson Brushes Off Haircut Inspired Gay Rumors

Keith GirardFebruary 22, 2012

Emma Watson raised eyebrows and more than a few questions about her sexuality, when she suddenly chopped off her shoulder-length locks following the end of the "Harry Potter" movies. Rumors followed that she is a lesbian. And, now she answers them, sort of. Watson isn't the only young Hollywood star to be ambushed by sexual stereotypes. "Twilight" star Taylor Lautner has been the subject of persistent rumors that he's gay, even after he denied them....

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Emma Watson Exudes Sexy Bohemian Chic in New Photos

Keith GirardJanuary 22, 2012

Emma Watson fans are going to have to wait a little longer for her latest film. "The Perks of Being a Wallflower." But, in the meantime, they can gaze on sexy new outtakes from her Harper's Bazaar magazine photo shoot....

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Daniel Radcliffe, Jason Sudekis Hilarious SNL Preview (watch)

Keith GirardJanuary 11, 2012

Daniel Radcliffe is put through the hoops by Jason Sudekis in a preview of this week’s Saturday Night Live. As Radcliffe announces he’s hosting, Sudekis tries to get acquainted with the British actor....

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Harry Potter Reveal: New Clips on DVD Features (video)

Keith GirardOctober 19, 2011

Harry Potter fans are gearing up for the second coming of “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part II.” The DVD and Blu-ray editions are set to hit U.S. stores on Nov. 11 in plenty of time for the holidays....

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Emma Watson Just Another Student at Oxford University

Keith GirardOctober 17, 2011

Emma Watson is back at school, having forsaken Brown University in America for Oxford University in the U.K. She's calling it a year of study abroad...

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Emma Watson: Why Hollywood Scares Me (photos, video)

Keith GirardOctober 5, 2011

Emma Watson and Kristen Stewart share something in common-- both are under pressure to ramp up their games in Hollywood now that their "Twilight" and "Harry Potter" franchises are over....

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Harry Potter Deathly Hallows Part 2 DVD Sale Date Set (video)

Keith GirardSeptember 21, 2011

Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, Rupert Grint and their epic Harry Potter series are now a part of film history, but this summer’s biggest film, “Deathly Hallows Part 2,” is coming out on DVD and Blu-Ray with tons of extras....

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Emma Watson Has Romantic Paris Rendezvous (watch!)

Keith GirardSeptember 3, 2011

Emma Watson goes continental in a new video for Lancôme Trésor Midnight Rose perfume. She sets off for a midnight assignation with French actor Cyril Descours....

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Daniel Radcliffe Talks Robert Pattinson (video, new photos)

Keith GirardAugust 20, 2011

“Harry Potter’s” Daniel Radcliffe may be the only other young star (beside Kristen Stewart) who can relate to what “Twilight’s” Robert Pattinson is going through. Both are international stars with huge fan bases who have pay a price daily for their fame....

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Daniel Radcliffe's New Mystery Girlfriend Identified; A UK Girl

Keith GirardAugust 19, 2011

Daniel Radcliffe raised eyebrows when he was spotted in New York City walking hand-in-hand with a pretty -- but unknown, at least to celebrity watchers -- brunette. But she has since been identified as his new girlfriend, who hails from the UK....

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Emma Watson: A Year After Her Shocking New Haircut (27 photos)

Keith GirardAugust 14, 2011

Emma Watson is fast becoming one of the most photographed young stars in Hollywood. Fashion magazines can't get enough of her and she epitomize her belief that fashion is art. A lot has changed in a year....

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Emma Watson to Play Romantic Lead in New Fantasy

Keith GirardJuly 19, 2011

Emma Watson is having no trouble in her post-Potter career lining up interesting role and moves to leading lady for the first time in a new fantasy film, based on the classic "Beauty and the Beast."...

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Harry Potter Conjures Lestrange's Vault at Box Office

Keith GirardJuly 18, 2011

Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson and Rupert Grint are going out on top. "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 2, has shattered box office records, debuting with a $168.6 million North American gross and $476 million globally....

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Emma Watson Talks 'Controlled Substances' on Letterman (watch!)

Keith GirardJuly 13, 2011

Emma Watson seemed to know remarkably little about the personal life of her Harry Potter co-star Daniel Radcliffe, despite spending 10 years filming the series together. Daniel had a drinking problem? Who knew?...

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Harry Potter Finale New Teaser Video Released (Watch)

Keith GirardJuly 4, 2011

Another tantilizing clip of “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 2,” has been released a little over 10 days before the movie hits the big screen, wrapping up the 10-year series in a fatal showdown between Harry and the evil Lord Voldemort....

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