Emma Watson Pretty in Plaid at GQ Men of the Year Awards 2011

2011 GQ Men of the Year Awards has taken place at the Royal Opera House on Tuesday (September 6) night in London, England. It was a night dedicated to men, but the ladies happened to be the ones who stole the attention on the red carpet. Among them were Emma Watson and Charlize Theron.

21-year-old Emma came to the 14th annual awards show wearing a tartan wool puffball mini dress from the Alexander McQueen secondary line McQ. Giving an edge to the plaid dress, the "Harry Potter" beauty paired it with a leather jacket and donned Christian Louboutin "Pigalle Spike" heels.

36-year-old Charlize, in the meantime, drew in mixed reactions. The "Prometheus" actress opted to don a Roland Mouret Fall ensemble that put together a lilac carre top with a pair of wide-leg grey pants. She completed her look with a silver metal clutch and Jimmy Choo sandals. While some said she looked lovely, some others didn't dig her choice of fashion.

Another female celebrity rocked the red carpet was Australian singer Kylie Minogue. The 43-year-old showed off her curves in a lingerie-inspired lace and satin bustier dress from Dolce & Gabbana's Fall 2011 collection. She paired the dress with a pair of Dolce & Gabbana leopard print peep-toe heels and diamond Bvlgari jewelry.

In the men department, Bradley Cooper sported a sleek look in a black and white suit with a bow tie. At the event, the leading man of "The Hangover Part II" was honored with GQ International Man of the Year. Speaking of the win, he said, "The whole speech thing is a bit trepidatious! But outside of that, I've always been a fan of the magazine and I'm a bit of an Anglophile, so it's really cool." 

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Chic Emma Watson Injects a Little Mystery to New Lancome Commercial

A new commercial for Lancome's new fragrance, Tresor Midnight Rose, has made its way out online. Bringing an air of mystery to the perfume ad that is presented as a mini-movie was "Harry Potter" beauty Emma Watson as she catches the attention of French actor Cyril Descours.

Shot by Mario Testino on the streets of Paris, the film tells a story of romance and fate with a touch of magic. It begins with scene of Cyril running on the street to the Seine before flashing back to the moment when Emma accidentally leaves her hat behind in the bookstore where he works.

Speaking of the mini-movie in a behind-the-scene video for the ad, the 21-year-old beauty said, "What I love about this story that we put together is that it's almost fate, like chance, that brings the two of them together." She added, "You never know what's going to be around the corner. That's what we wanted to get across in the fragrance: that life is magical with little surprises." 

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Emma Watson Will Fall in Love with a 'Beast'

Emma Watson just can't seem to distance herself too far from Fantasy Land. The break-out Harry Potter star is set to co-headline yet another film adaptation of Beauty and the Beast
according to film producer Denise Di Novi, who mentioned the project during a press junket for Crazy, Stupid, Love.

The producer says Watson will be teaming up with Pan's Labyrinth director Guillermo del Toro, which means the end result will definitely look creepy. But before Emma ever hits the set on a Beauty and the Beastproject, she's still got two movies lined up for theatrical release.

First up is My Week with Marilyn where she'll play a supporting role alongside Michelle Williams who is playing Marilyn Monroe coming off her Oscar-nominated performance in Blue Valentine. Next Emma will have a central role in the film adaptation of Stephen Chbosky's popular young adult coming-of-age novel, The Perks of Being a Wallflower.

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Emma Watson: I Made 'Life Difficult' for the 'Harry Potter' Crew

Emma Watson dropped out of Brown University after this year, and she's since revealed that she opted out of continuing her education there for a few reasons. They include: She couldn't get dates, she wasn't quite as "normal" as she'd hoped to be, and she got tired of fighting the scheduling conflicts between her schoolwork and acting career.

The Harry Potter star said she's been "fighting an uphill battle" over her education for a decade now. "I have felt for the last 10 years I have had this battle; I've been fighting so hard to have an education. It's been this uphill struggle," she said (via Usmagazine). "I was Warner Bros.' pain in the butt. I was their scheduling conflict. I was the one who made life difficult."

She wouldn't even sign the contract to appear in the last two films of the franchise before producers agreed to work around her schedule. "I just realized at one point that I can't fight everything. I have to move in the direction of it -- and go with it," she said.

She ended up finding a sympathetic ear in James Franco, who's known for his academic endeavors. They briefly met while he studied at the Rhode Island School of Design.  "It was such a relief to speak to someone who is trying to do the same thing I'm doing," Watson says. "I talked to him about juggling studying and making films and going backward and forward. He's not afraid or limited by what he fears people will say about it."

Even though she ended up leaving Brown, and will reportedly be attending college in LA in the fall, she's glad she stood her ground for 2 years. "I've probably earned the right to screw up a few times," she says. "I don't want the fear of failure to stop me from doing what I really care about."

And, now, she's trying to find her own way. "I have had no control over my life," she said about her time as Hermione Granger in the Harry Potter series. "I have lived in a complete bubble. They found me and picked me for the part. And now I'm desperately trying to find my way through it."

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Emma Watson Clears Up Reasons for Dropping Out of Brown University

Emma Watson announced that her days as a co-ed at Brown University were coming to an end back in April, and, of course, that turned into speculation that it was because she was being bullied. Well, the feisty Harry Potter star says it ain't so. 

"I've never even been asked for an autograph on campus. I threw a party for nearly 100 students and not a single person put a photo on Facebook," she said (via Us magazine).

"Anyway, even if I was being given a hard time, I wasn't going to wuss out of university because someone said 'Wingardium leviosa' to me in a corridor, or 'Ten points for Gryffindor.' I've been dealing with the media since I was nine. If I can't stand up to a few people giving me a hard time, it's a bit pathetic, really. I've had so much worse."

She says she decided to leave because she realized she's maybe too famous for campus life."I was in denial," she explained. "I wanted to pretend I wasn't as famous as I was. I was trying to seek out normality, but I kind of have to accept who I am, the position I'm in and what happened."

Plus, she couldn't get a man! "I say to my friends, 'Why hasn't X called me? Why doesn't anyone ever pursue me?' They're like, 'Probably because they're intimidated.' It must be the fame wall," she said. "It must be the circus that goes around me. Me, as a person, I find it hard to believe I would be intimidating."

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Emma Watson Rarely Goes On Dates Because Men Are Intimidated By Her

Yes, gorgeous Brit actress Emma Watson rarely goes on dates because men find her intimidating. Uh… maybe these so-called men should get their eyes checked.

Emma is beautiful, stylish, famous, and extremely rich. Plus, she’s never been the center of any controversial or scandalous celebrity news pieces… which makes her practically perfect, right? However, in reality, these superlative attributes are most probably to blame for the ‘Harry Potter’ star’s nearly non-existent love life. She says:

“It must be the fame wall… It must be the circus that goes around me. Me, as a person, I find it hard to believe I would be intimidating.”

And even more surprising, Emma shares that sometimes these curiously strange—and possibly brainless—guys even make fun of her:

“Sometimes, perhaps because they are intimidated, they feel they have to knock me down… They know perfectly well who I am, but say, ‘How are the Narnia films going?’”

Poor Emma. Maybe she should start hanging out with equally successful people who won’t beintimidated by her awesomeness?

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Emma Watson Was Teased Over 'Harry Potter' at Brown

Emma Watson is currently taking a break from her studies at Brown University, presumably to finish work on the final Harry Potter installment and other film and fashion projects. But the New York Daily News claims that Watson may have had other reasons for ditching class: The British actress was reportedly teased and taunted in and out of class.

A source told the paper that Watson was a regular participant in class discussions, but that her statements, however cogent, were often met with cheers like, "Three points for Gryffindor!" What's more, Watson found herself being stalked by Harvard students at a Brown-vs.-Harvard football game, and had to be surrounded by security guards.

Watson says she's still planning to get her degree, but now there's speculation she'll seek it somewhere else. Maybe there are just too many Harry Potter fans at Brown.

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Emma Watson’s ‘pristine complexion ruined by outbreak of blemishes’

London, Apr 4 – Emma Watson has been spotted suffering from an untimely outbreak of blemishes, just as she takes over from Julia Roberts as the face of beauty company Lancome.
She admitted that she struggled with bad skin during her early years working on the Harry Potter films, in which she plays Hermione Granger.
She said that she developed spots but was left in agony by the treatment a dermatologist recommended.
“The dermatologist gave me something that burnt the skin off my face. It was terrible. They couldn’t hold filming; we just had to put more makeup on, which made it really sore,” the Daily Mail quoted her as saying in a recent interview. 

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Emma Watson Re-Shot 'Deathly Hallows II', Calling It 'Strange'

Emma Watson has temporarily left her days at Brown University to go home to her native U.K., not only for the holidays but also for a re-shoot of "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part II". The actress posted a message on her Facebook page to update the filming status of the last "Harry Potter" installment.

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First Look at Emma Watson in Post 'Harry Potter' Film 'My Week with Marilyn'

Emma Watson gets her first role after completing the production of "Harry Potter" film franchise in "My Week with Marilyn". Now the first picture of her in the biopic has emerged via Daily Mail. It shows her as her character Lucy, an assistant in the wardrobe department at Pinewood studios in 1956, sporting a wig which has bangs and standing among some clothes.

"My Week with Marilyn" has Michelle Williams taking the lead role of Marilyn Monroe. The movie is based on the diary of Colin Clark who was Laurence Olivier's assistant who looked after Monroe when she arrived in London to film "The Prince and The Showgirl".

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Daniel Radcliffe Wants To Work With Emma Watson Again

Daniel Radcliffe and Emma Watson have both come and tasted success at the same point of time in their careers. And now that the ‘Harry Potter’ series has reached its end, will we get to see the actors on screen again? While producers have not made any announcements as of yet, Daniel Radcliffe has admitted in a recent interview that he would love to work with his ‘Harry Potter’ co-star Emma Watson in the future. Speaking to the media, Daniel Radcliffe said that both he and Emma Watson have almost grown up together during their ten-year-old journey with ‘Harry Potter’.

While a next ‘Harry Potter’ is not something that the actors can expect in the future, Daniel Radcliffe would be more than happy if filmmakers cast him and Emma Watson in a movie together, a movie in which both actors can do justice to their respective roles. Speaking about Emma Watson, Daniel Radcliffe describes her as a very talented actress and the best co-star to have around especially when he was just beginning work in the industry.

It seems that the end of the ‘Harry Potter’ saga has saddened not only the audience but the actors as well. We have often heard Daniel Radcliffe saying that he will miss playing Harry on screen and miss all those magical tricks at Hogwarts. Likewise, Emma ‘Hermione’ Watson too, has many a times told the media that she will miss the sets of ‘Harry Potter’ immensely, but will also have to move on from here.

We, as fans are hoping that Daniel Radcliffe and Emma Watson will come together for another project very soon in the future.

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Emma Watson Had Incredible Homesickness When Started U.S. University

Actress Emma Watson suffered incredible homesickness when she started studying at America's Brown University and couldn't phone home to speak to her parents for three months. The British star admits her father wanted her to study at England's renowned Cambridge University but she had a dream to study overseas. After an extensive search for the right college, she packed her bags and headed for Rhode Island's Ivy League school.

But the distance from her relatives took its tool on her emotions. She tells Parade magazine, "I didn't call home for three months. I'd send text messages, but it was too hard to pick up the phone - I'd just burst into tears. Dad told me, 'Be yourself and you'll be fine'. My mom was more like, 'Make sure you wear a warm coat'. She sent me thermals and English chocolates."

But she admits she could have done with a real "Harry Potter" wand - to help her crack her own locker code. She tells the publication, "I had serious issues with the code on my locker - remembering the numbers and how to turn it one way and then the other... I would be there for 15 minutes on the verge of tears because I couldn't open this bl**dy locker to get my mail."

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Fake Nude Photo Emailed Around in Campus, Emma Watson Finds It 'Tiresome'

Harry Potter" beauty Emma Watson is tired of doctored nude photograph being circulated around her American university. According to Daily Mail, a photo of Emma has been emailed among students at the Brown University, showing the British star with a towel around her waist standing by a hot tub.

And now, Emma's spokesman has released a statement over the matter. "There have been a number of nude fakes over the past two months. Emma has seen them and finds them tiresome. People should know better," the spokesman said.

Though it still not clear whether the alleged nude shot is indeed real or not, a friend of Emma said that the Hermione Granger depicter insisted the image is fake and found it troublesome. The pal was said as quoted by the site, "Emma is trying to seek out the source so she can put a stop to it. She says the picture has been faked."

Emma herself recently revealed she will never strip in a movie just to move on from her Hermione role. "I'm not going to get my kit off or snort cocaine in a film, just to leave Hermione behind," she told The Sunday Times magazine. "I'm not going to do something shocking because I'm so paranoid or insecure that I can't play another role convincingly. I don't want everyone to forget me as Hermione. I'm really proud of her."

Emma had finished the last installment of "Harry Potter" productions. "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part I" and "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part II" will hit U.S. theaters on November 19 this year and July 15, 2011 respectively.

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Emma Watson Won't Give Up College Experience for Anything

"Harry Potter" star Emma Watson is thoroughly enjoying her time at America's Brown University - because most fellow students have no idea exactly who she is. The young Brit has blended in to the Ivy League college in Rhode Island and insists right now she'd prefer to be there, studying, than on a movie set.

She tells U.S. magazine Parade, "I get some amazing offers to act, and sometimes it's hard to say, 'No, I'm going to stay here and do my homework.' People are like, 'What do you mean she's not available?' This college experience is really important to me, and I won't give it up for anything."

And she is a big fan of life on campus, "My days as a student are structured so differently from being on a movie set, where I had people constantly telling me what to do. When you're filming, someone needs to know where you are every second of the day."

"Here, no one tells me what time I can have lunch, when I can go to the bathroom. It's incredibly empowering and liberating. My friends think I'm crazy because I get so much joy out of really simple pleasures like staying up late talking or deciding to go for a walk."

"The amazing thing is that everyone here is interested in their own lives, so they aren't nosy about mine. I'm used to people being intrusive and gossipy, but I can be anonymous. My best friend at Brown has never seen a 'Harry Potter' movie or read the books, and one guy I dated didn't know anything about the films, much less that I was one of the stars - which I found hilarious."

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Emma Watson Spotted Stepping Out With Mystery Man

Emma Watson may have found herself a new boyfriend following her split from model/singer George Craig in September. The Hermione Granger of "Harry Potter" movie series was spotted with a mystery man on Tuesday night, November 2.

In pictures obtained by Daily Mail, Emma, who looked stunning in her pixie cut, was seen sitting in the back of a taxi with the male companion. The two were seen sharing smile as they headed home after reportedly enjoying time at a London nightclub.

And it turned out it wasn't only Emma who was spotted in a night outing with a new companion. Her ex-boyfriend George was also photographed with a female companion on the same night. However, unlike Emma who looked sober and fresh, George was snapped in bleary, half-closed eyes, seemingly enjoying his night a little too much.

Emma has been in London as she enjoys a break from Rhode Island's prestigious Brown University and "Harry Potter". Though she has finished "Harry Potter" productions, fans are still able to see Emma on big screen. Her upcoming movies include "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part I", "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part II", "My Week with Marilyn" and "The Perks of Being a Wallflower"

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Emma Watson 'Felt Sick' After Learning Her Fortune

Emma Watson "felt sick" and "emotional" when she realized she had amassed a multi-million dollar fortune from the "Harry Potter" movies - and immediately enrolled on an accountancy course. The British actress had no idea what she was being paid to portray Hermione Granger in the wizard movie franchise until she was "17 or 18" when her father sat her down for the "money conversation".

And Watson, who had previously been living off a $75-a-week allowance, admits she enrolled on a course at Coutts bank to learn how to manage her bulging finances. She tells Britain's Vogue magazine, "By the third or fourth film, the money was starting to get... serious. I had no idea. I felt sick, very emotional."

Beside acting, Watson is also modeling. She became the face of Burberry's Spring/Summer 2010 collection earlier this year.

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