Emma Watson

'Deathly Hallows' reaches healthy end

2011-07-14 13:37:00

Those who have grown up with Harry Potter will appreciate the level of maturity displayed by the young adult wizard and his pals in "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2." This emotionally satisfying conclusion to the series ensures that the...

Warners sends out a big, fat 'Harry' farewell

2011-11-08 06:50:00

"Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" packs up a lot of troubles into its old kit bag of magic spells and evil ambitions — and the result is smiles, smiles, smiles. The supposedly last installment in Warner Bros.' big-screen "Harry Potter"...

Cannes 2013: Festival robberies echo past heists, real and on film

2013-05-20 13:00:00

Two high-profile robberies at this year's Cannes Film Festival have attracted a lot of attention, but they're the hardly the first such heists (on screen, or off). First, a stash of Chopard jewelry reportedly valued at more than $1 million was taken...

Cannes: Kim Kardashian, Lauren Conrad Were 'Bling Ring' Inspirations, Says Emma Watson

2013-05-17 15:33:04

May 17 (TheWrap.com) - Reality stars Kim Kardashian and Lauren Conrad have become Hollywood film muses. "Harry Potter" star Emma Watson was in Cannes promoting her new film, Sophia Coppola's "The Bling Ring." The film is based on actual events...

Cannes Film Festival: Nothing succeeds like excess -- and a white badge

2013-05-16 09:49:00

CANNES, France — The class envy raging through F. Scott Fitzgerald’s “The Great Gatsby” helps to explain why teenage readers, usually assigned the book in school, fall under its spell. So sad about that doomed love, the kids sigh....

Cannes 2013: Emma Watson says 'Bling Ring' 'wasn't about stealing'

2013-05-16 15:06:00

CANNES -- Few people can call watching reality TV a professional obligation. But Emma Watson found herself in just that position researching the role of a celebrity-obsessed thief in the fact-based "The Bling Ring." “I had a lot of work to get into...

'Bling Ring' inspiration came from Kardashians, Emma Watson says

2013-05-16 16:00:00

"The Bling Ring" had Emma Watson "Keeping Up With the Kardashians." The "Harry Potter" alum plays a character based on convicted socialite Alexis Neiers in Sofia Coppola's film, which chronicles the shenanigans of those who looted the homes of...

Cannes Film Review: 'The Bling Ring'

2013-05-16 06:30:05

When future generations want to understand how we lived at the dawn of the plugged-in, privacy-free, Paris Hilton-ized 21st century, there will likely be few films more instructive than "The Bling Ring." A spiritual sequel of sorts to "The Social Network,...

Emma Watson turns to crime in celebrity-obsessed film at Cannes

2013-05-16 09:24:04

By Belinda Goldsmith CANNES, May 16 (Reuters) - British actress Emma Watson has turned to crime in her latest role as part of a celebrity-obsessed teenage gang robbing their Hollywood idols' homes in a film that made its debut at the Cannes film festival...

Lily James picked to star in 'Cinderella'

2013-04-30 11:41:00

Lily James, who plays�Lady Rose MacClare in "Downton Abbey," will take the lead role once rumored for Emma Watson in "Cinderella," the Walt Disney Co., announced Tuesday. The 24-year-old English actress, whose film credits include "Wrath of the Titans"...

Harry Potter and the royals' studio visit

2013-04-29 14:33:00

Two of America's favorite British things -- the royals and Harry Potter -- converged over the weekend. Nothing like that wee bit of magic to knock us off our broomsticks! Prince William, his wife Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, (the former Kate...

SIFF announces 2013 films, events and special guests

2013-04-28 09:14:01

The 39th annual Seattle International Film Festival will open May 16 and continue through June 9, with 271 feature-length films and 174 short films from a record 85 countries. Beginning at McCaw Hall with Joss Whedon's contemporary take on Shakespeare's...

Emma Watson's British GQ cover shows the "Harry Potter" star as a bad girl, vamped up as her "The Bling Ring" character, Nicki.

2013-04-05 12:31:14

At least the fans know what a winner "The Perks of Being a Wallflower" is. The film was named Favorite Dramatic Movie, while Emma Watson was the Favorite Dramatic Movie Actress, and the former "Harry Potter" star was duly moved.

2013-01-09 20:43:34

Hermione Granger is a hero to a generation. She's smart, driven, funny, loyal and completely brilliant with a wand. She helps save the world from He Who Must Not Be Named and gets her ginger guy in the end.

2012-10-30 05:57:38