Total Film magazine has a feature on Half-Blood Prince in the May issue. It doesn’t look like there are any new pictures, but there is an interview and Emma has some interesting quotes. You can read the article on their website here.
Last chance: Time for one last reminder for the 19th Birthday Project. The deadline is here.
Emma has designed a jacket on behalf of the AFI Dallas International Film Festival for a charity auction to fund the fight against AIDS. Emma’s jacket along with jackets by well known designers will be shown at the DIFFA/Dallas 20th Anniversary Collection: Utopia Preview Party on March 31 at Union Station in Dallas. The auction will be held on May 2nd. You can read the full press release below. Thanks to Harlow at Coffee Break for the news and a picture of Emma’s jacket.
Press release:
DIFFA/Dallas presents preview party for Dallas Collection ’09: Utopia
The Design Industries Foundation Fighting AIDS: DIFFA/Dallas presents the DIFFA/Dallas 20th Anniversary Collection: Utopia Preview Party on Tuesday, March 31, 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. at Dallas’ historic Union Station.
The event offers the public a first glimpse of the 2009 Jacket Collection to be auctioned off at the Hilton Anatole Hotel on May 2.
Dallas Collection and the preview party will feature jackets by nationally and internationally renowned designers such as Michael Simon, Geoffrey Henning, Tadashi, St. John, Lela Rose, Kenneth Cole, Emma Watson for AFI, Tory Burch, The Muppets and costume designers from “Desperate Housewives,” “Heroes” and “Ghost Whisperer” and more.
Chef Wolfgang Puck will provide the food.
Union Station is located at 400 S. Houston Street in downtown Dallas. DIFFA/Dallas asks for a $20 donation at the door. For more information call 214-748.8580 or go online to www.diffadallas.org.
New Half-Blood Prince posters have been published on UK MSN, featuring Harry, Draco, Ron, Snape, Dumbledore and Hermione. We have the Hermione poster for you in low quality, and will have a HQ version later. Thanks to Katie for the tip. Update: added a larger version.
Emma is on the cover of the March issue of the Italian magazine, IO Donna. Credit to Portkey.it, thanks to Valerie for the tip and Snitchseeker for translation of the high points.
Did you want the main role in Twilight?
I haven’t had time to read it…. I think I should because it’s getting more and more famous.
You work and study. You are about to start University.
It’s an exciting part of my life. I’m grown up now, kind of. It’s a bit scary because I’ll stay away from home. I may choose an American university, I don’t know yet.
Why, since you have Oxford and Cambridge near home?
In America you can attend 4 different classes and then specialize. In England you have to choose a single class and attend for 3 years. It’s limited.
Any names?
Mmmh, Harvard, Yale, Columbia.
For British press, you are a fashion icon. Could you describe your style?
I’m a true Londoner. The weather is a bit grey. That encourages a freaky fashion. I mix the street style with vintage. I enjoy it. My mother is very stylish, I learned a lot from her.
And from Kate Moss?
She has a great style too. You can immediately see that she wears her own dresses. In America you can’t do anything if the the stylist hasn’t told you what you have to wear.
You bow to thinness dictatorship?
It has never been a dictatorship to me, I don’t think it’s a good thing being too thin. I’m not on a diet. I like eating and cooking. I can make a very good cake with raspberries and macaroons.
It’s been a quiet weekend for Emma news, but we have a couple site updates to mention. First a reminder about the birthday project. The deadline is now set for March 31. Don’t be late.
I have updated the fan graphics section, with new avatars from Kelsey, new banners from Kelsey, Malgorzata and Brittany, and new wallpapers from Caro and Marina.
I have also updated the Respect pages. We have new avatars and banners from our staff, Katy and Maud. I’ve also added a new section for respect graphics sent in by fans. We have received quite a few, and now we finally have a place to display them. Thank you to Isa, Asia, Ana, Raquel, Sarah, Xcm, Exter, MacCraig, Aida, Alisa, Guy, Roni, Jade, Natalia, Svetlana, Kelli, Josh, Taty, Bianca, Mina, Tessa, Brittany, Clement, Atonement, Riley and Kellbell. I’m sorry it took so long to add them to the site.
Emma and her brother Alex attended the premiere for Damned United on Wednesday. We have a mix of HQ and MQ pics in our gallery, credit to preppie, Watson-Daily and Ohmywatson.
Site update: I’ve added new graphics from our staff members to the media pages. We have new avatars from Katy and Maud. Some are a bit older. I thought they had been lost in a server crash but I found copies. We also have some recent wallpapers from our retired staff member Marta. Those of you who have been around a while should remember Marta’s graphics.
The Tale of Despereaux, with Emma as the voice of Princess Pea, comes out on DVD and Blu-Ray in the US on April 7, and in the UK on April 20. Both the DVD and Blu-Ray come with a “making of” featurette, and the Blu-ray includes access to cast interviews and behind-the-scenes footage, but it’s not clear if Emma is included in any of this.
The Russian edition of In Style had a feature called “The Look” with Emma in their February issue. The text is in Russian, but I guess they liked the grey outfit she wore to the Sonia Rykiel show during Paris Fashion Week. Thanks to Mirik for the scan.
Emma has posted a new e.m.s message on her site. Harry Potter and football, what a combination. 😆
Ok, let’s start the April calendar competition!
Our project for Emma’s 19th birthday is going to be a little different from past projects. What we have done before is ask you for things that fit a specific theme that we came up with. This time, you can decide how you want to say Happy Birthday. We are going to create, print and send a birthday card to Emma, but what goes in it is up to you. If we can print it, we’ll include it. For more details on how to contribute, go to
Some people have talked about sending Emma a gift for her birthday. On her site, Emma asks people not to do that, and suggests donating to UNICEF, a charity she supports, if they really want to do something to make her happy. She was talking about Christmas, but I think it applies just as well to her birthday.
There are new promotional photos of Emma, Rupert and Dan included in a feature on Half-Blood Prince in the April issue of Nick Magazine (shown in the first scan below). The picture of Emma isn’t actually new though. It has been used on the Noble Collection’s French site which we told you about on March 8, and also from the Noble Collection’s print catalog back in November. Thanks to Jade for the scan. The picture in Nick is clear of advertising though. Thanks to TLC for the Nick scan.
We also have a more complete translation of the Crash article, thanks to Neve.
How did your acting career start? I was nine when people came to my school to hold auditions for the HP movies. I was already a big fan of the books so my teacher told me to go ahead. After around 8 auditions and tests with other “Rons” and “Harrys”, I got the part!
You started playing Hermione when you were 10. Now you’re 18. It’s rather rare to see an actor growing up playing the same part. How does that feel? It wasn’t easy growing up on the big screen. When you’re a teenager, you’re worried by a million things. You learn, you grow up, you make mistakes. It was hard going through this moment of changes while being part of such a huge production.
What’s the most interesting thing about being an actress? I love analysing a character: understanding how she’d react in a given situation, what she’d be thinking. I love the escapism of it. You can forget yourself completely. I love digging into my positive and negative memories. I keep them alive to be able to bring them back quickly while doing a scene.
How do you see your future? I don’t do it! I only care about the next 5 years… maximum! I’m only 18! Anything can happen! I’m taking advantage of all the opportunities!
Why do you want to go to university? I feel alive and motivated when I’m learning. I never want to stop learning. I want to meet new people. I want to know what I like besides the movie industry, because it’s a world that can be very isolating and the work can be quite intermittent. I want to fill in the gaps with something I love. And I want to be anonymous. I want to feel normal for a while.
What are you going to study? I want to speak French fluently, like when I was a kid. I want to paint better. I want to learn photography. I haven’t studied History since I was 15 and I’d like to go back to studying it. I love literature. And I’ve never studied philosophy or politics.
You are very humble. You don’t play “the star”. How do you feel about child stars? I don’t really like that label. Child stars don’t follow the best paths… if you listen to the media. They always seem to forget Meryl Streep, Natalie Portman, Julia Stiles, Jodie Foster. I don’t think I’m bound to fail. I’m not more messed up than somebody else. I’m not a drug addict. Sure, life’s not going to be easy after HP. I’ll always be a bit scared of becoming a “former child star”. I’ll probably never be as famous, as young, as well paid as I am today. But it will all depend on how I will see my own success.
How do you separate your private life and your public life? I like having my privacy, but it’s rather difficult at the moment. I never talk about my love life, and journalists grumble a lot about that. In a certain way, having people speculate is better. Nobody knows the truth, but they keep writing articles anyway: they have no credential. Audrey Hepburn always said: “I don’t care what they write about me, as long as it’s not true.” Tabloids are ridiculous, and I tend to agree with her. But I can’t really complain. Relatively speaking, I’ve been rather well-treated.
You’re really keen on fashion. Why? It’s such a pleasure! I love dressing up, it’s expressive, it’s creative! I appreciate fashion the same way I appreciate Art.
What are your favourite designers? Chanel, Vivienne Westwood, Balenciaga, Balmain, Preen, Christopher Kane, Marc Jacobs…
What did you think of your first experience with Karl Lagerfeld? I’ve been a fan for a long time, but it’s only now that I start realising the magnitude of his work. I REALLY think he’s a genius. Besides, the photoshoot we did is one of the nicest I’ve ever had.
Where would you like to live? France.
Your worst nightmare? Sharks!
Are you involved in charities? I’m starting slowly. I want my decisions to be based on thorough information and to participate in actions that really make a difference. I don’t want to just be the “face” of a project.
Are you green? I cannot not be “green”. I did my end of school project on global warming and hurricane Katrina. I studied the effects on a small scale, like the dam projects in London, but also on a bigger scale. My car is electric, I recycle, I take public transportation, I try not to buy and drink bottled water. I’m not a purist and I’m not perfect, but it’s something I feel strongly about.
Do you believe in magic? Yes. Not everything can be explained.
Do you believe in miracles? I got the part, didn’t I?
Your favourite kind of music? I’ve been listening to a lot of blues and folk lately.
Your favourite sound? That of a baby laughing.
Your favourite scent? Rose Raspberry.
Your favourite book? “The Shadow of the Wind” by Carlos Ruiz Zafón.
Your favourite piece of Art? My favourite artists are Euan Uglow, Gustav Klimt, Egon Schiele and Jenny Saville. I love Tim Walker’s photographs. I want to live in a Tim Walker photograph! I went to see the Francis Bacon exhibition at the Tate Gallery a few months ago and it was the most beautiful exhibition I had ever seen. But don’t ask me to pick just one piece of art, it’s too difficult!
Recently students from Parmiter’s School in England had the opportunity to visit the set of Deathly Hallows at Leavesden Studios. The visit was a reward for their efforts in raising money for Red Nose Day. Footage of their visit aired yesterday on the BBC’s Comic Relief telethon. The students got to meet Dan, Rupert and Emma and we have a video below, thanks to DanRadcliffe.com. We only see Emma briefly, as she says Hi to the students. We also get a first look at Dumbledore’s portrait.
Calendar by Elena
