Lancôme has released a video of the Trésor Midnight Rose party honouring Emma Watson held back in May. Hundreds of guests attended the party in Paris and we see Emma arriving at the party, making her entrance, dancing to the music and having a good time.
'Emma 13' - Giclee print
Announced on Emma’s site, artist Mark Demsteader has now released one of his portraits of Emma as an open edition Giclee print. You can get your own print signed by the artist for £125 (£75 for unsigned) from the Panter & Hall gallery, postage and packaging not included. The print is not framed. Image size is 43 x 28 cm, paper size 55 x 38 cm.
Like the originals, 10% of the purchase price will go to CAMFED International, a charity selected by Emma.
To purchase a print, contact the gallery at enquiries@panterandhall.com or 0207 399 9999.
I’ve added pictures to the gallery from yesterday’s MTV Movie Awards. Emma Watson wore a white Marchesa dress for the red carpet and award ceremony where she presented a sneak peak at Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2. After the show she changed into another Marchesa outfit for the afterparty. Thanks to Rose and superiorpics for some of the photos.
Emma Watson attended the 2011 MTV Movie Awards today. She was nominated for Best Female Performance, Best Kiss (with Dan) and Best Fight (with Dan and Rupert against the deatheaters) but sadly the only award to a Harry Potter star went to Tom Felton for Best Villain. Congratulations Tom!
I have a couple videos from the pre-show and the ceremony. In the first, Emma is welcomed to her first MTV Movie Awards by Jim Cantiello, and the second Emma introduces a new clip from Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2. Sorry, the quality is not as good as I had hoped. I should have more videos up tomorrow along with pictures.
The Sunday Times digital edition has a new interview with Emma Watson for June 5th. She talks about Lancôme, school and and the ups and downs of fame. You can read the article below, but first, a behind-the-scenes video from the Lancôme photoshoots with Mario Testino accompanies the article. In a voiceover Emma talks about being asked to be the ambassadress, the fragrance Tresor Midnight Rose, working with Testino again, and the ‘story’ the advertising campaign tells.
UPDATE: Photo by Tom Munro for Lancome.
A charmed life
Emma Watson has dropped out of university to front an ad campaign and make a film. Meet a reluctant star finally embracing her fame
On a Tuesday night in the poshest part of Paris, Emma Watson is making her way through a party. I can’t actually see her, only the throng of photographers in her orbit. It’s a peculiar scene. The 400 other guests barely chat, too obsessed with getting a glimpse of Lancôme’s latest “ambassadress”, who was once the world’s most famous little girl. “Hermione!” cries an onlooker spontaneously, while I elbow my way past Alber Elbaz, the Lanvin designer, for a better look. Someone stomps on my foot. I turn around to berate them and discover it’s Mario Testino. It’s getting pretty intense, but then Watson has been famous for much of her 21 years. Perhaps she’s used to being celebrity carrion?
Suddenly, she’s coming towards me, tiny and superpretty in Azzaro. She could easily pass for 15, even in make-up. She shakes my hand and keeps hold of it sweetly, like an anchor. For someone who’s been doing this for years, the nerves still flicker about her face. Her palm is endearingly clammy. “You’re doing well,” I say. “Oh, gosh, I hope so. Look at all this.” She marvels at the stage, the cameras, the champagne-rinsed crowd, her name in enormous neon letters. She looks pleased — and ever so slightly scared.
It’s surprising, really. A year ago, Watson, a terribly nice girl from Oxford, didn’t appear to want this life any more. She finished school, as well as Hogwarts, and put fame on the back burner in favour of a “normal” university existence at Brown, an Ivy League college in Providence, Rhode Island. Now, she is taking a term off, back in glitz’s grasp, the face of a luxury brand and filming a movie. With a reported £20m in the bank, she could afford to retire. So why bother? “See you tomorrow,” she says, bestowing two shy kisses on me before she is instantly enveloped by the crowd.
Emma Watson will be at the MTV Movie Awards this Sunday to present new footage from Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2. The new clip will be part of a montage of the Harry Potter series. Tom Felton is also confirmed to attend. The ceremony will air live at 9pm EST this Sunday.
Voting for the awards is still open here. Emma has been nominated in three categories for her work in Deathly Hallows: Part 1 – Best Female Performance, Best Kiss (along with Daniel Radcliffe), and Best Fight (along with Daniel and Rupert Grint for their fight against the Deatheaters. Daniel is also up for Best Male Performance, Tom Felton for Best Villain, and Deathly Hallows for Best Movie.
New pictures from the set of “The Perks of Being a Wallflower” came out recently. Emma and co-stars Ezra Miller and Mae Whitman are seen leaving the set in costume after filming scenes where the characters participated in a showing of the Rocky Horror Picture Show.
In an interview with the Post Gazette, Stephen Chbosky, author of Perks, apologized to the city of Pittsburgh for disruptions the filming has caused, but says that when people see the tunnel scene in the film they think it was worth it.
“I would like to formally ask the forgiveness of my beloved hometown and to thank them for being so patient. But I think that when everyone sees Emma Watson flying out of the tunnel — standing up on a pickup truck — I think they’ll agree that it was worth it.”
Mr. Chbosky calls that sequence “a particular dream come true for me, in a whole series of dreams come true, which is what this movie is. I’ve had those images of the kids flying through the tunnel in my head for about 18 years now, and to finally have actually filmed it on Wednesday feels pretty fantastic.”
The British actress known as Hermione in the “Harry Potter” series was safeguarded by a harness in scenes shot with a stunt driver at the wheel and police nearby. So, kids, don’t try this at home, even if you are feeling “infinite,” to quote lead character Charlie.
After sharing Ms. Watson’s declaration that it was “one of the greatest moments of her life,” the director says, “Those of us from Pittsburgh, we understand how beautiful it is, but to hear it from an outsider was very special.”
Chbosky also said the movie project would never have happened without Emma’s influence.
In January, she made the rounds at LA studios to plead the case for “Perks.” Summit Entertainment, the studio behind “Twilight,” said yes. “We wouldn’t be making the movie without her passion for it,” the director-writer says.
As for the fans who turn up on the sidelines to see Ms. Watson, Mr. Chbosky reports, “The crowds have been very respectful of our process and her time. Those people who have come out to watch filming — and there have been quite a few of them — I think they just want to witness what’s happening. There’s never been a moment in the middle of a take where someone goes, ‘Emma!’ Doesn’t happen.”
Honorable mentions go to Ljubinka, Jia, Ljubinka again, Rinske, Fifi, Charlotte and Liz. Thank you to everyone that entered, and thank you to all who voted.
All the competition entries can be viewed here.
Sarah Dunn, the photographer for Empire Magazine’s Harry Potter Ultimate Celebration feature, released new photos from the shoot. They include a new portrait of Emma, the cover photo without text, and an on-the-set shot from Emma’s section of the supplement. And I thought that picture of Emma in front of a fireplace was real. 😛
I also have another photo by Sarah Dunn. It appears to be from a photoshoot for the 2008 Empire Awards.
Today is our 5 year anniversary. It’s been 5 years since the site reopened on May 29, 2006. A lot has changed over those years. Emma has changed. It used to be there was not much news about Emma except for Harry Potter news. Often there would be weeks go by with nothing new to post. Now Emma is busy in so many things. New movies, clothing lines, modeling, etc. There is so much interesting news it’s hard to keep up. Not all change is good though. The media now reprint any nonsense rumour that comes along. Paparazzi ambush her everywhere. And sadly, I think many ‘fans’ have lost the idea of what it means to be a fan. Sometimes I feel the days when news was slow were the best. People would actually talk about the latest news item. I remember great discussions. Now it seems more people are just waiting for the latest gossip or next set of paparazzi pics to come out.
I want to thank our staff, past and present, for all the work they have done for the site. I want to thank Jo and the people she worked with on the previous site for creating such a solid foundation to build on. Mostly though I want to thank all our loyal fans. Thank you for being part of the site by sending in news tips and graphics. Thank you for participating in projects and calendar contests and comments. And thank you to those who don’t say much but keep coming back. Thank you all. You are the reason the site is still here and with your support I hope it will be here for another 5 years. – dook
Update: As some people have pointed out in the comments, E-W.net has been here for over 7 years, not just 5. When we reopened the site 5 years ago, we kept the same philosophy, but it was mostly a new group of people and site, so I think of it as our anniversary. I also don’t know exactly when E-W.net first opened, only that it was in early March 2004.
And now, time to choose our calendar for June.
Remember, you only get to vote one time. Do not vote multiple times from different emails, and do not ask your friends to come and vote on your calendar. Let’s keep the competition fair.
Please make sure you write your choices in the order you like them. Your favorite should be first, then next favorite, etc.
Voting is open through June 1, 00:00 GMT.
Good luck everyone!
Calendar by Elena
