“Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince,” the sixth installment in the “Potter” franchise, grossed an estimated $58.3 million as reported by box-office tracking firm Exhibitor Relations.
The sixth “Harry Potter” film has seen the biggest-ever opening day thus far for the series. The movie, based on J.K. Rowling’s hit book of the same title, grossed Hollywood’s fourth-highest single-day score, trailing behind “The Dark Knight,” this summer’s blockbuster hit “Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen” and “Spider-Man 3.”
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Correcton: andPOP initially reported that Emma Watson was attending Columbia University while in fact she is attending Brown University.
Harry Potter star Emma Watson will be attending New York’s Brown University in the fall, reports Perez Hilton. The British star, 19, who plays Harry’s friend Hermione Granger in the Harry Potter films, will be living in a dorm room and says she’s looking for some “normality” in her life.
“As long as there are no Harry Potter posters on the wall, I will be fine and happy,” she said, adding she hopes her roommate isn’t a fanatic of the series.
“I really hope they are a really massive Harry Potter fan,” teased Watson’s co-star, Daniel Radcliffe, who plays Harry. “I hope you walk in and the first thing you see is your face on a duvet.”
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Emma Watson must have learned a thing or two from the “Harry Potter” set, because she has certainly worked some magic on the head honchos of Chanel.
According to the British paper “The Mail”, the 18-year-old will be the new face of the brand, replacing Keira Knightley, with a $6 million pay check.
A source told the paper that Watson was carefully chosen. “Emma has been slowly integrated into the Chanel brand. They have been dressing her for film premieres and parties over recent months to see if she is the right fit.”
“Once it became clear she is growing into a beautiful young woman and wears the Chanel brand so elegantly, they had to sign her up.”
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“Harry Potter” actress Emma Watson has signed on to star in the period romance “Napoleon and Betsy,” replacing Scarlett Johansson.
According to the Hollywood Reporter, the 18-year-old Brit will play Betsy Balcombe, a noblewoman who falls in love with Napoleon on the island of St. Helena after the former emperor of France has been exiled there.
The story is based on real events. In 1815, Napoleon was imprisoned and banished by the British to St. Helena, where he lived for a short time at “The Briars,” an estate belonging to William Balcombe.
It was there that he befriended the family, including Balcombe’s younger daughter Lucia Elizabeth (Betsy), though it is unclear whether the relationship ever crossed over into romance.
It is the first leading film role outside of the “Harry Potter” movies for Watson, who took over from Johannson after the 23-year-old actress was deemed too old for the part.
Johansson is still attached as a producer.
The movie, written and directed by Benjamin Ross, will hit theatres in 2009.
Watson is currently shooting “Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince,” the sixth installment in the hugely popular boy-wizard series.
