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Actress Emma Watson poses for the Prada “Re-Nylon 2024” handbag collection, photographed by Willy Vanderperre:

Watson rose to prominence playing 'Hermione Granger' in the "Harry Potter" film series starting at the age of nine, having previously acted only in school plays. She starred in all eight "Harry Potter", earning her several awards and millions of dollars.

She made her modeling debut for "Burberry's" autumn/winter campaign in 2009.

Her other film credits include "Ballet Shoes" (2007), "The Tale of Despereaux" (2008), "My Week with Marilyn"(2011) and "The Perks of Being a Wallflower" (2012).

In 2013, she appeared in "This Is the End" (2013), "The Bling Ring" (2013) and "Noah" (2014).

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Take a look at actress Emma Watson in the January 2024 edition of "Vogue" (UK) magazine, wearing Balenciaga, Vivienne Westwood and Saint Laurent, photographed by Charlotte Wales:

Watson rose to prominence playing 'Hermione Granger' in the "Harry Potter" film series starting at the age of nine, having previously acted only in school plays. She starred in all eight "Harry Potter", earning her several awards and millions of dollars.

She made her modeling debut for "Burberry's" autumn/winter campaign in 2009.

Her other film credits include "Ballet Shoes" (2007), "The Tale of Despereaux" (2008), "My Week with Marilyn"(2011) and "The Perks of Being a Wallflower" (2012).

In 2013, she appeared in "This Is the End" (2013), "The Bling Ring" (2013) and "Noah" (2014).

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Take a look at actress Emma Watson in the January 2024 edition of "Vogue" (UK) magazine, photographed by Charlotte Wales:

Watson rose to prominence playing 'Hermione Granger' in the "Harry Potter" film series starting at the age of nine, having previously acted only in school plays. She starred in all eight "Harry Potter", earning her several awards and millions of dollars.

She made her modeling debut for "Burberry's" autumn/winter campaign in 2009.

Her other film credits include "Ballet Shoes" (2007), "The Tale of Despereaux" (2008), "My Week with Marilyn"(2011) and "The Perks of Being a Wallflower" (2012).

In 2013, she appeared in "This Is the End" (2013), "The Bling Ring" (2013) and "Noah" (2014).

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Actress Emma Watson is the new 'face' of Prada "Pararadoxe" fragrance, posing for photographer Harley Weir, as well as directing a short campaign film for the Italian luxury fashion house founded in 1913:

Watson rose to prominence playing 'Hermione Granger' in the "Harry Potter" film series starting at the age of nine, having previously acted only in school plays. She starred in all eight "Harry Potter" movies, earning several awards and millions of dollars.

She made her modeling debut for "Burberry's" autumn/winter campaign in 2009.

Watson's other notable film credits include "Ballet Shoes" (2007), "The Tale of Despereaux" (2008), "My Week with Marilyn"(2011) and "The Perks of Being a Wallflower" (2012).

In 2013, she appeared in "This Is the End" (2013), "The Bling Ring" (2013) and "Noah" (2014).

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Take a look at actress Emma Watson in a recent issue of "Elle" (Australia) magazine:

Watson rose to prominence playing 'Hermione Granger' in the "Harry Potter" film series starting at the age of nine, having previously acted only in school plays. She starred in all eight "Harry Potter", earning her several awards and millions of dollars.

She made her modelling debut for "Burberry's" autumn/winter campaign in 2009.

Her other film credits include "Ballet Shoes" (2007), "The Tale of Despereaux" (2008), "My Week with Marilyn"(2011) and "The Perks of Being a Wallflower" (2012).

In 2013, she appeared in "This Is the End" (2013), "The Bling Ring" (2013) and "Noah" (2014).

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Take a look at new images of actress Emma Watson ("Little Women") posing for the December 2019 issue of "Vogue" (UK) magazine, wearing Burberry, Balenciaga and Gabriela Hearst, photographed by Alasdair McLellan:

Watson attended the 'Dragon School' and trained as an actress at the Oxford branch of 'Stagecoach Theatre Arts'. As a child artist, she rose to prominence after landing her first professional acting role as 'Hermione Granger' in the "Harry Potter" film series.

Watson then appeared in the 2007 TV adaptation of the novel "Ballet Shoes" and performing voice work in "The Tale of Despereaux" (2008). 

Following her last "Harry Potter" film, she appeared in "My Week with Marilyn" (2011), "The Perks of Being a Wallflower" (2012), "The Bling Ring (2013), "This Is the End" (2013), "Noah" (2014), "Regression" (2015), "Colonia" (2015), "Beauty and the Beast" (2017) and "The Circle" (2017).

Watson's latest film "Little Women", opens December 25, 2019.

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Take a look at actress Emma Watson in "Vogue" (Australia) magazine, wearing Stella McCartney, Jil Sander and Rosie Assoulin photographed by Peter Lindbergh:

Watson rose to prominence playing 'Hermione Granger' in the "Harry Potter" film series, starting at the age of nine and appearing in all eight "Harry Potter" movies, earning several awards.

She made her modelling debut for "Burberry's" autumn/winter campaign (2009), with subsequent film credits including "Ballet Shoes" (2007), "The Tale of Despereaux" (2008), "My Week with Marilyn"(2011) and "The Perks of Being a Wallflower" (2012).

Other notable features include "This Is the End" (2013), "The Bling Ring" (2013), "Noah" (2014), "The Circle"...

..."Regression", "Colonia", "The Vicar of Dibley" and "Beauty and the Beast".

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Take a look @ Emma Watson in "Elle" (UK) fashion magazine, photographed by Kerry Hallihan:

Watson rose to prominence playing 'Hermione Granger' in the "Harry Potter" film series starting at the age of nine, having previously acted only in school plays. She starred in all eight "Harry Potter", earning her several awards and millions of dollars.

Watson made her modelling debut for "Burberry's" autumn/winter campaign in 2009. Her film credits include "Ballet Shoes" (2007), "The Tale of Despereaux" (2008), "My Week with Marilyn"(2011) and "The Perks of Being a Wallflower" (2012).

She also appeared in "This Is the End" (2013), "The Bling Ring" (2013), "Noah" (2014), "The Circle", "Regression", "The Colony" and "The Vicar of Dibley".

Click the images to enlarge and Sneak Peek Emma Watson...

Take a look at actress Emma Watson in a recent issue of "Elle" (Australia) magazine:

Watson rose to prominence playing 'Hermione Granger' in the "Harry Potter" film series starting at the age of nine, having previously acted only in school plays. She starred in all eight "Harry Potter", earning her several awards and millions of dollars.

She made her modelling debut for "Burberry's" autumn/winter campaign in 2009.

Her other film credits include "Ballet Shoes" (2007), "The Tale of Despereaux" (2008), "My Week with Marilyn"(2011) and "The Perks of Being a Wallflower" (2012).

In 2013, she appeared in "This Is the End" (2013), "The Bling Ring" (2013) and "Noah" (2014).

Click the images to enlarge and Sneak Peek Emma Watson...

Take a look at new images of actress Emma Watson in the March 2018 issue of "Vogue Australia", wearing Stella McCartney, Jil Sander, Rosie Assoulin and Gabriela Hearst, photographed by Peter Lindbergh:

Watson rose to prominence playing 'Hermione Granger' in the "Harry Potter" film series, starting at the age of nine and appearing in all eight "Harry Potter" movies, earning several awards.

She made her modelling debut for "Burberry's" autumn/winter campaign (2009), with subsequent film credits including "Ballet Shoes" (2007), "The Tale of Despereaux" (2008), "My Week with Marilyn"(2011) and "The Perks of Being a Wallflower" (2012).

Other notable features include "This Is the End" (2013), "The Bling Ring" (2013), "Noah" (2014), "The Circle"...

..."Regression", "Colonia", "The Vicar of Dibley" and "Beauty and the Beast".

Click the images to enlarge and Sneak Peek Emma Watson...

When she was diagnosed with cancer of the appendix in 1992, Audrey Hepburn showed true grace. In People’s new cover story about the iconic star’s private world, her friends and family reveal that in her final days, Hepburn thought more about her loved ones than she did about herself and her illness.

“The doctors gave her three months to live. She acknowledged being afraid of the pain but not being afraid of dying,” says her longtime partner Robert Wolders.

Wolders says Hepburn wanted to spend her last Christmas at their home in Switzerland, but getting there proved to be difficult given her fragile health,...

Take a look @ images of  actress Emma Watson in a recent issue of "Elle" (UK) fashion magazine, photographed by Kerry Hallihan:

Watson rose to prominence playing 'Hermione Granger' in the "Harry Potter" film series starting at the age of nine, having previously acted only in school plays. She starred in all eight "Harry Potter", earning her several awards and millions of dollars.

Watson made her modelling debut for "Burberry's" autumn/winter campaign in 2009. Her film credits include "Ballet Shoes" (2007), "The Tale of Despereaux" (2008), "My Week with Marilyn"(2011) and "The Perks of Being a Wallflower" (2012).

She also appeared in "This Is the End" (2013), "The Bling Ring" (2013), "Noah" (2014), "The Circle", "Regression", "The Colony" and "The Vicar of Dibley".

Click the images to enlarge and Sneak Peek Emma Watson...

Sneak Peek new images of "Beauty and the Beast" actress Emma Watson in the March 2017 issue of "Elle" (UK) fashion magazine, photographed by Kerry Hallihan:

Watson rose to prominence playing 'Hermione Granger' in the "Harry Potter" film series starting at the age of nine, having previously acted only in school plays. She starred in all eight "Harry Potter", earning her several awards and millions of dollars.

Watson made her modelling debut for "Burberry's" autumn/winter campaign in 2009. Her film credits include "Ballet Shoes" (2007), "The Tale of Despereaux" (2008), "My Week with Marilyn"(2011) and "The Perks of Being a Wallflower" (2012).

She also appeared in "This Is the End" (2013), "The Bling Ring" (2013), "Noah" (2014), "The Circle", "Regression", "The Colony" and "The Vicar of Dibley".

Click the images to enlarge and Sneak Peek Emma Watson...

I've got a trailer here for a new horror thriller starring Katee Sackhoff (Oculus, Riddick, Battlestar Galactica) called Don't Knock Twice. This looks like it could be a fun and creepy horror movie as it deals with a vengeful demonic shape-shifting witch who is out for blood. Here's the synopsis:

“Knock once to wake her from her bed, twice to raise her from the dead…” So goes a disturbing urban legend involving an abandoned house supposedly inhabited by a vengeful, child-stealing witch. When troubled teen Chloe (Lucy Boynton) raps at the door one night, she has no idea the horror she’s about to unleash. Fleeing to the country home of her estranged mother (Katee Sackhoff)—a recovering addict who’s turned her life around to become a famous artist—Chloe must learn to trust the woman who gave her up years ago in order to stop the bloodthirsty, shape-shifting demon stalking them.

The supernatural horror film Don’t Knock Twice, directed by Caradog James, had its premiere at the Raindance Film Festival in the UK on September 30. Bloody Disgusting’s Luiz reviewed the film, calling it “a charming and well-crafted thriller.” The pic stars genre fav Katee Sackhoff (Oculus, Riddick, Battlestar Galactica), with Lucy Boynton (Miss Potter, Ballet Shoes, Mo) and Nick […]...

***Children’S Open Audition Call, On Stage At The Savoy Theatre With Double Olivier Award Winning West End & Broadway Choreographer Stephen Mear And Leading Musical Director Nigel Lilley, London, 3rd July 2016***

A children’s open audition call will be held on stage at The Savoy Theatre on 3rd July 2016 to find 25 of the UK’s most talented musical theatre performers! The audition workshop day will be led by the Stagebox Resident Team alongside double Olivier award winning West End & Broadway Choreographer Stephen Mear (Gypsy, Mary Poppins, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang) and leading West End Musical Director Nigel Lilley (Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Bend It Like Beckham, Spring Awakening). Stagebox Artistic Director Sammy Murray is also a leading television and film choreographer and is currently working with Jenna Coleman on new primetime ITV Drama "Victoria". Sammy is also known for her choreography on BBC’s “That Day We Sang” (starring...

Here's a first look at newcomer Ferdia Walsh-Peelo who stars alongside Lucy Boynton in a coming-of-age film set in 1980s Dublin, featuring a memorable '80s soundtrack with hits from the likes of The Cure, Duran Duran, The Police, The Jam and Genesis.

Talented singer Ferdia, from Wicklow, who has his own band in reality, stars as 14 year old Conor, who is forced out of his comfortable private school by an economic recession and into survival mode at the inner-city public school where the kids are rough and the teachers are rougher.

21 year old Lucy Boynton (represented by United Agents), who previously starred in the BBC's Ballet Shoes and more recently Canal+'s The Borgias co-stars as the mysterious and ultra-cool Raphina, whose heart Conor aims to win by inviting her to star in his band's music videos.

She agrees, and Conor must deliver what he’s promised – calling himself...

21 year old Lucy Boynton stars in Don't Knock Twice, a supernatural horror feature film which is currently shooting in Cardiff, directed by Caradog James from a script by Howl writers Mark Huckerby and Nick Ostler.

Don't Knock Twice is the story of a guilt-ridden mother, played by Katee Sackhoff, who must encounter the truth behind the legend of a vengeful witch in order to reconnect with the estranged daughter she placed into care.

Lucy (represented by United Agents) started acting aged 11 when she was cast as the young Beatrix Potter alongside Renée Zellweger in the movie Miss Potter. She went on to film Ballet Shoes for the BBC with Emma Watson, as well as playing Margaret Dashwood in the BBC’s 2008 adaptation of Sense & Sensibility.

She'll next be seen on TV in the BBC Two drama Life in Squares, following the entangled lives of the Bloomsbury Group across 40 years, where...

The fifth Pirates of the Carribbean film in Disney’s cash-cow franchise could be a reboot. The news comes from an interview IGN did with Orlando Bloom. Earlier this year the actor revealed that he has been in talks with the studio to reprise his role as Will Turner. There’s no official word on if that’s actually the case or not, but when asked about Pirates of The Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales he said:

“I’m not entirely sure that [I'll be back] just yet, but there are talks. Basically they want to reboot the whole franchise, I think, and do something with me and the relationship with my son… I’m of course Davey Jones now, so I’m down the bottom of the ocean. It might be kind of fun to do something where I’m rumbling round the bottom of the ocean, because I won’t look anything like me.

Disney is almost done casting the fifth installment of Pirates of the Caribbean. The studio is looking to cast the female lead and they've narrowed their search down to five actress including Kaya Scodelaria (Skins, The Maze Runner) and Gabriella Wilde (Endless Love, Carrie).

Also on the list are Lucy Boynton (Miss Potter, Ballet Shoes), Alexandra Dowling (Hammer of the Gods, “The Musketeers”), and Jenna Thiam (Vie sauvage, “The Returned”). The details of this role are being kept under wraps, but sources suggest that the actress who is cast will play the love interest of Brenton Thwaites, who will play a British soldier. (Especially because Disney is running chemistry tests between said actresses and Thwaites this week.)

Johnny Depp will reprise his role as Jack Sparrow, and Javier Bardem is onboard to play the villain. Although unconfirmed, there are also rumors that Orlando Bloom will return as William Turner.

Which...

15 year old newcomer, Ferdia Walsh-Peelo, leads the cast in Sing Street, the third music-themed feature film from director John Carney, who's previous films include Once and Begin Again.

Talented singer Ferdia, from Wicklow, who has his own band in reality, stars as 14 year old musician Cosmo.

Sing Street has been described as ‘a semi-autobiographical tale inspired by the filmmaker’s love of music’. Set in 1980s recession-ridden Dublin, it tells the story of a fourteen year old named Cosmo who finds life at home difficult. He decides to form a band with school mates, whom he writes songs and shoots videos with. When family trouble strikes, he runs away to London with his fifteen year old girlfriend who aspires to be a model.

20 year old Lucy Boynton (represented by United Agents), who previously starred in the BBC's Ballet Shoes and more recently Canal+'s The Borgias co-stars as Raphina, his girlfriend.

Having been in the spotlight pretty much as long as we can remember, you may think you know everything there is to know about Emma Watson. She played everyone's favourite wizarding book-worm for ten years, she empowers women all around the world with her bad-ass feminist 'tude and was allegedly the victim of one of history's greatest ever heckles.

But if you don't already love her after all of that, Digital Spy has waved its magic wand over the internet to try to come up with some lesser-known facts that will increase your love for Emma to stratospheric levels.

1. Born Emma Charlotte Deurre Watson on April 15, 1990, Emma did most of her growing up in Oxfordshire. However, she was actually born in Paris while her lawyer parents Jacqueline Luesby and Chris Watsonwere working in the French capital. It was only at the age of 5 that she moved to England after her parents' divorce,...

Take another look @ actress Emma Watson in a recent issue of "Elle" (Australia) magazine:

Watson rose to prominence playing 'Hermione Granger' in the "Harry Potter" film series starting at the age of nine, having previously acted only in school plays. She starred in all eight "Harry Potter", earning her several awards and millions of dollars.

She made her modelling debut for "Burberry's" autumn/winter campaign in 2009.

Her other film credits include "Ballet Shoes" (2007), "The Tale of Despereaux" (2008), "My Week with Marilyn"(2011) and "The Perks of Being a Wallflower" (2012).

In 2013, she appeared in "This Is the End" (2013), "The Bling Ring" (2013) and "Noah" (2014).

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Sneak Peek new images of actress Emma Watson in the April 2014 issue of "Elle" (Australia) magazine:

Watson rose to prominence playing 'Hermione Granger' in the "Harry Potter" film series starting at the age of nine, having previously acted only in school plays. She starred in all eight "Harry Potter", earning her several awards and millions of dollars.

Watson made her modelling debut for "Burberry's" autumn/winter campaign in 2009.

Her other film credits include "Ballet Shoes" (2007), "The Tale of Despereaux" (2008), "My Week with Marilyn"(2011) and "The Perks of Being a Wallflower" (2012).

In 2013, she appeared in "This Is the End" (2013), "The Bling Ring" (2013) and "Noah" (2014).

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Sydney, July 19: Emma Watson has said that she tries to make her movie choices from the heart.

The 23-year-old actress said that her decisions are based on what she loves and identifies with, the Sydney Morning Herald reported.

She said that she is still studying, so she'd rather do something because it will look good.

So far her decision has meant the she has not done any more wizard films after 'Harry Potter.'

Her first non-wizarding movie role was in a TV adaptation of Noel Streatfeild's classic 'Ballet Shoes,' since then she has starred in 'The Perks of Being a Wallflower,' where her role was of a arty high-school.

Former Hogwarts alumni in line for two new films: Watson for Kenneth Branagh's Cinderella and Radcliffe for Frankenstein

Harry Potter alumni Emma Watson and Daniel Radcliffe are lining up leading roles in two new versions of well-known tales: Cinderella and Frankenstein respectively.

Watson, fresh from the well-liked teen flick The Perks of Being a Wallflower, is being courted for Disney's live-action version of the Cinderella fairy story, to be directed by Kenneth Branagh.

Watson, 22, had a somewhat tentative start to her post-Potter acting career, taking on a TV movie of Noel Streatfeild's Ballet Shoes and a small role in My Week With Marilyn as she appeared to concentrate more on fashion-related work. But the success of Perks has seen her sign up to more substantial projects: she has a leading role in Sofia Coppola's celeb-thief drama The Bling Ring, plays herself opposite James Franco in Evan Goldberg...

A host of young British talent is included in the international cast of 400 Boys, an action fantasy feature film from British director Alastair Paton, which is set to shoot for eight weeks from late October in Hong Kong, Macau and Ace Studios in Guangzhou, China.

Jodelle Ferland, the 17-year-old Canadian starlet, who currently lends her voice to a central character in ParaNorman, heads the young cast as Friday, alongside "Resident Evil: Retribution" star Bingbing Li, and Spanish actress Maria Valverde as Paiva.

The young Brits include 16 year Charlie Rowe (represented by Arg), recently seen as Peter Pan in Sky's Neverland, as Phat Frank and 18 year old Lucy Boynton (represented by United Agents), star of Ballet Shoes, who also recently filmed the lead role of Esther in the feature Copperhead directed by Ron Maxwell, as Heidi.

Also in the cast are Sky1's Sinbad, 21 year old Elliot Knight (represented by Payne...

Young British newcomer 21 year old Scott Chambers will star alongside Submarine star Yasmin Paige in the film directorial debut of up-and-coming British director Joe Stephenson.

They team up with Weekend star Chris New in Chicken, an adaptation of a stage play, which the original author Freddie Machin will be scripting, along with New.

Scott (represented by Curtis Brown) will reprise a role he played in the original play, with New playing his brother. The two brothers live in a caravan on someone else’s land and have their lives turned upside down with the arrival of a new land-owner and his daughter Annabel (Paige).

21 year old Yasmin (also Curtis Brown) was nominated for a Best British Newcomer Bifa in 2010 for her performance in comedy-drama Submarine. She is familiar to TV audiences for her roles in The Sarah Jane Adventures and Ballet Shoes and most recently Pramface.

Chris New was nominated...

Each week within this column we strive to pair the latest in theatrical releases to worthwhile titles currently available on Netflix Instant Watch. This week we offer alternatives to The Avengers, The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel & First Position.

Iron Man, Thor, Black Widow, Captain America, Hawkeye and the Hulk join forces as the Avengers to face an evil unlike the earth has ever seen before. Robert Downey Jr., Chris Evans, Scarlett Johansson, Chris Hemsworth, Mark Ruffalo, and Jeremy Renner co-star; Joss Whedon directs.

How about giving some lesser-known superheroes their due:

Confessions of a Superhero (2007) This quirky and compelling documentary follows four dreamers whose passion to become professional actors has landed them all on Hollywood Boulevard costumed as Superman, Wonder Woman, Batman, and the Incredible Hulk. Matt Ogens directs.

Big Man Japan (2007) This Japanese mockumentary explores the downside to being a superhero. Daisato is a middle-aged, second-rate superhero who not...

2012 Tribeca Film Festival Announces Short Film Selections

The 2012 Tribeca Film Festival (Tff), presented by founding sponsor American Express, today announced its lineup of 60 short films, 26 of which are world premieres.

For the second year running, the recipient of the Tribeca Film Festival.s Best Narrative Short award will qualify for consideration in the Short Films category of the annual Academy Awards® without the standard theatrical run, provided the film otherwise complies with the Academy rules. The 2011 Tff Narrative Short Pentecost was nominated for Best Live Action Short at this year.s annual Academy Awards®, while last year.s award-winning Tff documentary short Incident in New Baghdad was nominated for Best Documentary Short.

Tff.s shorts programs chart a wide range of cultural perspectives and geographic coordinates. Drawn from more than 2,800 submissions, the 2012 roster represents 25 countries and territories, including Australia, Canada, Colombia, Croatia, Egypt, France, Germany, Haiti, India, Ireland, Israel, Japan,...

HollywoodNews.com: The 2012 Tribeca Film Festival (Tff), presented by founding sponsor American Express, today announced its lineup of 60 short films, 26 of which are world premieres.

For the second year running, the recipient of the Tribeca Film Festival’s Best Narrative Short award will qualify for consideration in the Short Films category of the annual Academy Awards® without the standard theatrical run, provided the film otherwise complies with the Academy rules. The 2011 Tff Narrative Short Pentecost was nominated for Best Live Action Short at this year’s annual Academy Awards®, while last year?s award-winning Tff documentary short Incident in New Baghdad was nominated for Best Documentary Short.

Tff’s shorts programs chart a wide range of cultural perspectives and geographic coordinates. Drawn from more than 2,800 submissions, the 2012 roster represents 25 countries and territories, including Australia, Canada, Colombia, Croatia, Egypt, France, Germany, Haiti, India, Ireland, Israel, Japan, Mexico, New Zealand, Palestine, Puerto Rico,...

In less than a month the SXSW Film Festival will kick off (Friday, March 9, to be exact), and the line-up keeps getting better and better. The festival has announced some exciting additions to their already-stellar line-up including the Sundance hits Safety Not Guaranteed, Searching for Sugar Man, Chasing Ice, Shut Up and Play the Hits, Sleepwalk with Me along with the world premiere of Steve Taylor‘s Blue Like Jazz, and Todd Rohal‘s Nature Calls. They have also added the Oscar nominated Montreal film Monsieur Lazhar which we have championed since its World Premiere at Tiff.

You can find the lineup of today’s film announcements below, and check the entire schedule, complete with both screening and conference dates and times, at www.sxsw.com/film.

Narrative Spotlight

Blue Like Jazz

Director: Steve Taylor, Screenwriters: Donald Miller, Steve Taylor, Ben Pearson

A Texas college student flees the hypocrisy of...

After a few announcements, the 2012 South by Southwest Film Festival has firmed up their schedule, adding a number of notable films including a few we saw at Sundance. Among them include the LCD Soundsystem documentary Shut Up and Play the Hits (review here), Mike Birbiglia‘s Sleepwalk With Me (review here) and Safety Not Guaranteed (review here) starring Aubrey Plaza and Mark Duplass. Also jumping out as one of my most-anticipated is Todd Rohal‘s The Catechism Cataclysm follow-up Nature Calls, with Patton Oswalt, Johnny Knoxville and Rob Riggle. Check them all out below for the festival kicking off March 9th.

Narrative Spotlight

Blue Like Jazz

Director: Steve Taylor, Screenwriters: Donald Miller, Steve Taylor, Ben Pearson

A Texas college student flees the hypocrisy of his religious upbringing for life in the Pacific Northwest at ‘the most godless campus in America.’ Based on the New York Times bestseller by Donald Miller.

Chicago – We’re back with another DVD Round-up of recently released titles that may catch your attention when you’re browsing the DVD store this week. (Do they still have DVD stores?) This time, read this entire piece aloud in a British accent. Once again, these round-ups are designed as informative, to let you know about releases that might not get as much attention and what special features to expect if you pick them up. Having said that, this is a particularly strong round-up. Ricky Gervais, Camelot, and dinosaurs? You really can’t go wrong with any of these choices.

All three titles were released on January 10th, 2012.

“The Adventures of Merlin: The Complete Third Season”

The Adventures of Merlin: The Complete Third Season

Photo credit: BBC

Available: DVD

Starring: Bradley James, Angel Coulby, Katie McGrath, Richard Wilson, Colin Morgan, Anthony Head, and the voice of John Hurt.

The London Critics’ Circle has announced the nominees for its 32nd Film Awards, including five fantastic young actors all nominated for the Young British Performer of the year, and all previously featured on Screenterrier.

The five nominees for Young British Performer of the Year are:

19 year old John Boyega for his role as Moses in 'Attack the Block'. John has been out in the Us this year filming on Spike Lee's TV pilot Da Brick.

20 year old Jeremy Irvine for his role in Steven Spielberg’s 'War Horse'. Jeremy will also star as Pip in next year's film adaptation of Great Expectations, and recently filmed Now Is Good alongside Dakota Fanning.

20 year old Yasmin Paige for her role as Jordana in 'Submarine'. Familiar to TV audiences for her roles in The Sarah Jane Adventures and Ballet Shoes, Yasmin starred alongside fellow nominee Craig Roberts...

With all the hype surrounding Michelle Williams’s turn as Marilyn Monroe in "My Week With Marilyn," you’d be forgiven for forgetting that the film marks a turning point for another actress in the project. With her first on-screen role since wrapping the "Harry Potter" series, Emma Watson makes the leap from the franchise that won her fame and fortune.

Is this the start of a burgeoning career for the young British beauty? For Watson, that all depends on how she plays the game.

In "Marilyn," Watson turns in a charming performance as a costume girl on set of "The Prince and the Showgirl"; she falls for Colin Clark, an ambitious assistant on set. The role is small and doesn't offer Watson much to do other than play scorned when Clark sets his sights on Monroe, but Watson carries the bit part off with relative ease and leaves a good,...

Kenneth Branagh‘s first post-Thor project, Ballet Shoes, was only announced around a month ago, but Variety already has the drop on major casting. As they report, both Anthony Hopkins — who had a central part in Branagh‘s superhero film — and Judi Dench — who co-stars with the director in My Week with Marilyn — are negotiating for the leads in the adaptation of Henning Mankell‘s novel.

Hopkins would have the role of “an elderly man — a former surgeon — who is reunited with an old flame whom he had abandoned many years ago.” (Dench, as I assume you’ve already gathered, would be this former lover.) When news of her terminal cancer comes to light, he must “fulfill a promise that he made to her nearly 40 years ago — to take her to a pool in the middle of the northern forests where he had spent a day with his father when he was young.

'My Week With Marilyn' and 'Perks of Being a Wallflower' are the first two post-'Potter' projects Watson lined up.

By Terri Schwartz, with reporting by Josh Horowitz

Emma Watson

Photo: Jim Spellman/ WireImage

We hope Emma Watson has already digested her post-"Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 2" brunch. Because now that she's finished the project that virtually defined a decade of her life, the actress has plenty to look forward to.

The 21-year-old starlet did just a few non-"Potter" acting roles during her time with the franchise, only separating herself from Hermione long enough to star in the 2007 BBC film "Ballet Shoes" and lend her voice to 2008's "Tales of Despereaux." Now, she has wrapped her first two post-"Potter" films and is excited for people to see her outside of a "Harry Potter" capacity.

Up first is the Michelle Williams-starring adaptation of "My Week With Marilyn,...

'My Week With Marilyn' and 'Perks of Being a Wallflower' are the first two post-'Potter' projects Watson lined up.

By Terri Schwartz, with reporting by Josh Horowitz

Emma Watson

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We hope Emma Watson has already digested her post-"Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 2" brunch. Because now that she's finished the project that virtually defined a decade of her life, the actress has plenty to look forward to.

The 21-year-old starlet did just a few non-"Potter" acting roles during her time with the franchise, only separating herself from Hermione long enough to star in the 2007 BBC film "Ballet Shoes" and lend her voice to 2008's "Tales of Despereaux." Now, she has wrapped her first two post-"Potter" films and is excited for people to see her outside of a "Harry Potter" capacity.

Up first is the Michelle Williams-starring adaptation of "My Week With Marilyn,...

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Emma Charlotte Duerre Watson (born 15 April 1990) is an English actress and model who rose to prominence playing Hermione Granger, one of three starring roles in the Harry Potter film series. Watson was cast as Hermione at the age of nine, having previously acted only in school plays. From 2001 to 2010, she starred in seven Harry Potter films alongside Daniel Radcliffe and Rupert Grint; she will return for the final instalment: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2. Watson’s work on the Harry Potter series has earned her several awards and more than $10 million. She made her modeling debut for Burberry’s Autumn/Winter campaign in 2009.

In 2007, Watson...

The boys at Brown must be crying onto their laptops today: Emma Watson is putting University on hold to focus on movie projects. “I love Brown and I love studying pretty much more than anything but recently I’ve had so much to juggle that being a student And fulfilling my other commitments has become a little impossible,” she said on her website. “I’ve decided to takea bit of timeoff to completely finish my work on Harry Potter (the last one comes out this summer) and to focus on my other professional and acting projects.I will still be working towardsmy degree… it’s just going to take me a semester or two longer than I thought.”

Watson hasn’t done much film outside of the Potter films—just a BBC original movie Ballet Shoes, voice work for The Tale Of Despereaux, and a small role in Kenneth Branagh...

The final Harry Potter film hasn't even been released yet, but Emma Watson's post-Potter career is already proving to be -- if you'll indulge my British compulsions a moment -- a smashing success. Prior to now, the only acting she's done outside of the Harry Potter series is some voice work in The Tale of Despereaux and a TV movie in the UK titled Ballet Shoes. That'll soon change in the coming years though, as she's playing a vital role [1] in the upcoming My Week With Marilyn (which stars Michelle Williams as Marilyn Monroe). She's also the top contender to take on the role of Claudia [2] in Fox's adaptation of Catherine Fisher’s teen fantasy/sci-fi novel Incarceron (which has Taylor Lautner attached to star). Now there's another film to add to the list: The Perks of Being a Wallflower, based on Stephen Chbosky's novel of the same name.

Merlin, starring Colin Morgan, Bradley James and Anthony Head, returns for a third season on Syfy beginning Friday, January 7, at 10Pm (Et/Pt).

Few shows have had the sort of rough history that Merlin has had to survive, including the simple lack of attention, and fewer still are as fun and wild. Somewhere in the general category of such things as Hercules, Robin Hood, and Legend of the Seeker, Merlin finds us tagging along with the earlier versions of our Camelot legends. Uther is alive, and has outlawed magic, and Merlin is Arthur's squire-come-houseboy who has to somehow perfect his abilities without being able to use them openly. We have to get from there to the days that rise to mythic stature (so I guess we know who isn't going to die), all the while doing battle with a variety of beasts and baddies.

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With Daniel Radcliffe’s turn in Hammer’s The Woman in Black getting a lot of attention at the moment and as the dust settles after the juggernaut of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 rolls through town the spotlight is now fixed on another of the main cast.

Emma Watson took a role in the 2007 UK TV adaptation of Noel Streatfeild’s novel Ballet Shoes and in her first role post Potter (although they are still wrapping up reshoots on the second part of the final film) sees Watson take a role in Simon Curtis’ big screen version of My Week with Marilyn.

In the picture below, which was secreted between some other showbiz stories by the Mail’s Baz Bamigboye, Watson is seen playing opposite Eddie Redmayne as Lucy, a wardrobe assistant on the film The Prince and the Showgirl, the making of which acts as the film’s backdrop.

Emma Watson believes there could be something more between Hermione and Harry. The "Ballet Shoes" beauty shared her opinion on the matter when asked about the subtext of the dancing in the tent scene between her character and Daniel Radcliffe during a junket for "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part I" in London.

"The way that Dan and I played it was there was the possibility there could be something else between Hermione and Harry," the 20-year-old said. "If you spend that period of time with one person alone on the road and you don't know when you're going to see anyone else again, I dunno, I feel like maybe there could have been something there, but not really from Hermione's end."

Although she thinks the scene offers more than just a moment between friends, the actress who voiced Princess Pea in "The Tale of Despereaux" did note that...

As "Harry Potter" film franchise is going to end with "Harry Potter and Deathly Hallows", Emma Watson has begun looking for her new starring vehicle. According to Variety, the British star is now circling "The Perks of Being a Wallflower". She will possibly team up with Logan Lerman as he is reportedly also in talks to take a lead role in this upcoming drama, but the characters that might be tackled by the two are not yet known.

Despite the big names mentioned as contenders for the cast, the movie itself is planned to be a low-budget indie production. Directed and written by Stephen Chbosky, "The Perks of Being a Wallflower" is based on Stephen Chbosky's 1999 novel of the same title which tells the story of a shy and unpopular teenager who describes his life by writing a series of letters to an anonymous person and explores the awkward times of adolescence,...

London -- He commissioned such projects as Peter Bowker's "Occupation," "Ballet Shoes" and "Murphy's Law" for the BBC. Now, BBC Northern Ireland drama head Patrick Spence is setting up his own production shop within U.K. drama house Tiger Aspect, opening up for business in mid-July.

Spence, who exec-produced the Sundance director and screenplay winner "Five Minutes of Heaven," and has worked on a slew of BBC primetime crime procedurals including "Silent Witness," "Waking The Dead," and "Messiah," will work with the Endemol-owned British indie to develop specialist and mainstream drama.

He will work with Tiger Aspect's head of drama Greg Brenman, launching his own label within Tiger Aspect supported by the indie's production and back-office resource.

"Patrick has shown time and again that he is a great champion and producer of talent," said Brenman, who worked extensively with Spence when he was at the BBC.

"This is the perfect marriage for me,...

"Harry Potter" star Emma Watson is single again after reportedly splitting from her longterm boyfriend. The 19-year-old British actress has been dating 28-year-old financier Jay Barrymore since 2008, but is now said to have ended the relationship just months after she moved to the U.S. to study at Brown University, Rhode Island.

A source tells British newspaper the Mail on Sunday, "Emma and Jay were in trouble for months and with Emma at Brown University in America, the transatlantic gap proved too much for their relationship to survive."

Professionally, Emma Watson rose to fame when she portrays Hermione Granger in "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone". She was cast in the wizards film when she was 11 years old. Beside playing in the movie series, Emma has also played in "Ballet Shoes" and lent her voice for "The Tale of Despereaux".

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She’s off to see the wizard!

Well, not quite, but Frannie was certainly wearing the right footwear to ‘follow the yellow brick road’ while hanging with dad, actor Jason Bateman, at The Lumberyard in Malibu on Feb. 20.

The adorable 3-year-old wore a cute grey and white checked tunic and grey leggings paired with super sparkly red ballet flats. And boy, do they pop!

After a quick search, we discovered her shoes are Circo’s Adelaide Glitter Ballet Shoes.

And at only $13, not only are these fab ruby slippers fit for a princess, they’re totally affordable!

Image: http://snitchseeker.com/uploads/library/RGriffiths2.jpg Today - *July 31st* - Richard Griffiths (http://www.snitchseeker.com/hp-movie-facts/griffiths-richard-vernon-dursley-42735/), the actor who plays Uncle Vernon Dursley in the Harry Potter films, celebrates his 62nd birthday! Mr. Griffiths has had a long and prestigious career on film, stage, television and radio. He is also well known by Harry Potter fans in other projects with his Harry Potter co-stars such as Equus with Daniel Radcliffe and Ballet Shoes with Emma Watson. *:birthday: Happy Birthday Richard! :birthday:*...