In a recent interview Emma was asked about her future in acting. Emma replied that the experience of filming Ballet Shoes made her think “Yeah, maybe I could see myself doing this, maybe this is where I’m meant to be.” The majority of those who have now seen the film I think would agree with her. Reviews have been overwhelmingly positive. Here are a few: FT.com, Scotsman.com, The Guardian, The Herald. TV Scoop has a quote which I think sums up most of what I have read very nicely. Emma Watson has instantly stepped out from the shadow of Hermione Granger and  shown herself to be incredibly talented.

Well done, Emma!

We also have a number of caps from the film sent in by Casper. You can view them here in the gallery.

[ dook ]

Helloooo! 🙂  
I hope everyone had a great holiday!

If you were lucky enough to watch “Ballet Shoes” yesterday I hope you enjoyed it! Solo let us know that The Guardian released the TV ratings and here’s how many people watched Ballet Shoes:

Over on BBC1, family drama Ballet Shoes picked up an average of 5.2 million and 22% between 8.30pm and 9.55pm.

Good job, Emma! You can see how many ratings other shows got last night right here.

[ Katy ]

As Christmas treats for you we have this beautiful graphic made by Maud and a video made by Neve and Antares. It’s a fan trailer for a movie about Emma’s life… But you’ll have to see for yourself if you want to know more! 😆  Click here to download the video, or watch it on our YouTube here.

A lot of you are wondering about the Christmas project. Here are some pages from the Christmas card with your messages that we sent to Emma. Some people asked for their message to be private, and because we didn’t ask, we will have them all private. You can see what it looked like below. There were 55 pages of your messages to Emma. 🙂

I’m sorry we don’t have a web version of the Christmas Favorites yet. We’ve all been quite busy, but I’ll try to have that soon.

Happy Holidays!
The Emma-Watson.net Team

Just a little update to let you know that Jo updated Emma’s official website with a new e.m.s, in which Emma talks about her first week back on the HP set and how much she’s looking forward to the holidays… 😆

Update: we just learnt that Ballet Shoes is scheduled to air on December 30th at 5 PM on the Canadian channel CBC. Isn’t it a nice Christmas gift for Emma’s Canadian fans? 🙂

[ Neve ]

Just a little update to let you know that Emma is #15 on Forbes “20 Top-Earning Young Superstars” list. Daniel is #6, and Rupert is #16. Click here to read more. But beware! They got some of the information wrong: for instance, we all know Emma wasn’t born on August 24th, 1988! 😉

Thanks to rockstar from our boards!

[ Neve ]

Hey EW.netters,

Solo from our boards found another review of Ballet Shoes, that you can read here. The journalist praised the movie, and Emma’s performance:

“Emma Watson, in her first role outside of the Harry Potter series, is surprisingly good. All those prim elocutionary speeches as Hermione are gone, in favour of a natural, likeable portrayal of Pauline, the eldest, who veers between anxiety about her burgeoning acting career, slight smugness and the genuine wish, as they all have, to hold the strange family together.”

Doesn’t this make you wish for December 26th to come faster? 😛

Also, DJohnson from our boards let us know that Emma is ranked #3 in Yahoo’s 10 Most Popular Stars of 2007 – you go, girl! 😆  See who else is on that list here.

Update: thank to Solo (again!) for sending us links to two more Ballet Shoes reviews. This one praises the movie, saying it “has picked up strong critical acclaim, and, for many female viewers, it promises to be a glorious confection for Boxing Day night“, while this one claims that “it’s all great fun and in full faux-30s style“.

Update: We now have the trailer for Ballet Shoes. Thanks to x_BittersweetTemptation for the tip. You will need the Xvid codec to view it. As usual, you can also watch the video on our YouTube.

[ Neve ]

Thanks to Solo from our boards for letting us know about this new article, in which you can read a few new Emma quotes, such as:

“So much of what Pauline is experiencing is similar to what I went through when I auditioned for Harry Potter, says Watson. She becomes famous sort of overnight and I could relate to that. But I also relate to the experience that she goes through earlier. I got into acting because I loved reciting poetry. At my school you had to learn a poem a week and recite it.”

Though we’re not sure whether it’s wise to still trust The Telegraph after what happened a few days ago (for example, we’re really doubtful Emma “only took the role because Ballet Shoes is also a favourite of JK Rowling’s” 😉 ), it’s still an interesting read.

Update: a first review of Ballet Shoes has surfaced on the Internet! You can read it here. Among other things, the article says that “this feature-length adaptation of the classic novel set in 1930s London is sprinkled with magic, including the performance of Harry Potter star Emma Watson. She leaves Hermione Granger and Hogwarts behind to play one of three unrelated orphans adopted by eccentric explorer Professor Brown (Richard Griffiths)” and that “there’s something for both children and adults to enjoy in a drama set to dance into the hearts of viewers.” Once again, thanks to Solo for telling us! 🙂

Another update: we also have the “Emma” segment from Biography’s The Harry Potter Kids online now in our video archive. In the description is a link to a high quality version in Xvid avi. You can also watch the segment on our YouTube. We’ll have the whole program posted there later.

Have a nice week-end!

[ Neve & Dook ]

Hey EW.netters,

Many thanks to SilentBelle from our boards for sending us a link to this ELLETV video, which features a short clip of Emma and her Dad at the Chanel fashion show (you can see them at 02:10)  🙂

You can also watch this video on our YouTube.

Update: I’ve added 5 more Ballet Shoes promo pics to the gallery. Thanks to UHP for the tip. New ones are at the end, Click.

Update 2: A lot of you have commented about the Telegraph interview in December 15 update, saying that it was rather sad. Jo from EWO had this to say about the interview:

Emma is a little unhappy with the way that this interview portrays her to be some sort of victim when she absolutely is not. Many (most) of the quotes were either incorrect or completely made up…and Emma doesn’t want you to feel sorry for her!
Direct quote from Emma: “please for goodness sake no one feel sorry for me !!! I consider myself to be one of the luckiest 17 year old girls on this earth”.

Have a great day!

[ Neve ]

There is an article about Emma in Stella magazine, a one day issue that came out with yesterdays Telegraph newspaper. The article is the same as the one on the Telegraph site, but it has a great new cover picture. Click on the thumb to view the whole article in our gallery.

Time for the calendar competition!  🙂

• The size of the calendar should be at least 1024×768
• Calendars must be in a common graphics format such as jpg, tiff, gif or png.
• It must have Emma-Watson.net and January on it
• Your calendar should be in by the 28th of December
• No more than 3 entries per person please.
• All entries must be sent to emmawatson.graphics@gmail.com
• If you use hotmail or msn, please attach the picture to your email as a FILE, not a PICTURE. Choosing picture will shrink the image to a small size.

[ dook ]

EWO was updated with some great pictures taken by Emma’s father of Emma getting ready for the Chanel Fashion show that took place just a few weeks ago, and also with some pictures from the event.

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Have a great week!

[ Katy ]