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!

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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.

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Forbes magazine published their annual list of Hollywood’s Most Valuable Young Stars, or in other words, who can best ensure the financial success of a film among actors 19 and under. Topping the list are Daniel Radcliffe and Miley Cyrus, followed by Dakota Fanning, Abigail Breslin and Hayden Panatierre. Emma came in at #6.

I’m doing some maintenance and making a few changes on the site. New comments will be disabled for a while, but everything else should still work. I’ll update this to let you know of the progress.

If you have linked to emma-watson.net (or emma-watson.net), you will need to change your links to emma-watson.net. You may have some trouble accessing the site for a couple days.

Update: If you can read this, comments should be working.

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The latest issue of the French Crash magazine has Emma on the cover, and an article with new pictures. It’s a rather different, edgy look, and you’ll probably like them, or hate them. The pictures were taken by Karl Lagerfeld. Credit to Watson Daily for the excellent scans.

Update:

A lot of the information in the interview is stuff we already know, but Neve has translated the interesting parts.

• She’d like to live in France and go back to speaking French fluently.
• Emma talks about why and what she wants to learn, mentioning painting, photography, literature and History. She says she’s never really studied politics or philosophy but that she’d like to. She wants to go to university to learn, make new friends and be anonymous. She wants to “feel normal for a while”.
• She quotes Audrey Hepburn when being asked about how she deals with tabloids: “I don’t care what they write about me, as long as it’s false”.
• She says that she loves dressing up, that it’s a creative way of expressing yourself, which is why she enjoys it the same way she enjoys Art.
• She says she genuinely thinks Karl Lagerfeld is a genius and that the photoshoot was one of the nicest she ever did.

• “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 perfect, but it’s something I feel strongly about.”
• She’s been listening to a lot of folk and blues lately.
• Her worst nightmare: sharks.
• Her favourite sound is that of a baby laughing.
• Her favourite book is “The Shadow of the Wind” by Carlos Ruiz Zaf
  

For our March Site of the Month we have selected Scarlett-Fan.com, a great looking site with frequent updates and lots of information about Scarlett Johansson.

Gallery update: I’ve updated some of the Sean Cook photoshoot again, this time with HQs, thanks to Ohmywatson.

On the Noble Collection’s French site, it looks like they have used a new Hermione picture in the banner, along with a new Harry and Dumbledore. Thanks to UHP for sending it over.

Gallery update: I’ve added more MQ pics from the Sean Cook photoshoot (thanks Princess Watson), higher res versions of the Ellen von Unwerth shoot (thanks Palpatine), and HQs of the BAFTA portraits (thanks Ohmywatson).

And finally, EW.net is March Site of the Month at Hero Empire, a new site for Hero Fiennes-Tiffin who plays the young Tom Riddle in Half-Blood Prince. Thank you for the award Laetitia.

WB released a new Half-Blood Prince trailer yesterday, an exclusive for fansites. It looks great and there is some new footage, but sadly no new scenes with Emma.

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We do have some Emma news for you. TeenVogue.com has Emma at #2 on their February Ten Best Dressed list, wearing the Temperley dress at the Orange BAFTAs. Thanks Naomi.

I’m sure by now you’ve read the rumor that Emma announced accepting a place at Yale University on her twitter account. Even major news sites carried the story. Well, it’s not true. According to EWO, Emma does not have a twitter account, and she has not made a decision yet about university.

In site news, EW.net is the March Site of the Month over at Keane Fans, a new site for the band Keane. Thank you for the award Jo.