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September 29, 2007 - Potter wins big at film awards

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix has won three top prizes at the National Movie Awards.

The fifth film in the series took best family movie, while Daniel Radcliffe bagged best male performance.

And his co-star Emma Watson took home the prize for best female in her role as Hermione Granger.

It was also a good night for The Simpsons, which won best animation, and Bond film Casino Royale which was named best action and adventure movie.

Daniel Radcliffe, who was greeted by loads of screaming fans on the red carpet, said that winning his award was “totally unexpected”.

And Emma Watson told reporters she didn’t expect to win either. She said: “I can honestly, honestly say I didn’t. I didn’t dare to dream. I’m absolutely amazed and thrilled.”

She was there with her dad who revealed that she still gets pocket money even though she’s made loads of money starring in the Potter films. But he didn’t say how much!

The winners were voted for by the public on the internet, the phone and at cinemas.

Source: BBC.co.uk

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September 28, 2007 - Potter wins film awards hat-trick

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix dominated ITV’s first National Movie Awards at London’s Royal Festival Hall, after winning three gongs.

The fifth film in the Potter series won best family movie, while its star Daniel Radcliffe, who plays the boy wizard, won best male performance.

Radcliffe, who was greeted by screaming fans on the red carpet, said winning the award was “totally unexpected”.

Emma Watson, who plays Hermione in the movie, scooped best female actress.

When asked if she had expected to win, the 17-year-old said: “I can honestly, honestly say I didn’t. I didn’t dare to dream. I’m absolutely amazed and thrilled.”

She pipped Dame Judi Dench, Eva Green, Kirsten Dunst and Keira Knightley to the award.

Speaking before the ceremony Emma’s father - who accompanied his daughter - said he was “extremely proud” of her.

He also insisted she still gets pocket money from him despite the star having reportedly made millions from the Potter series.

The winners were voted for by the public over the internet, phone and by filling in a form which had been made available at UK cinemas.

Casino Royale, the latest Bond adventure - starring Daniel Craig - won best action and adventure movie, beating the likes of Die Hard 4.0 and Transformers.

The James Bond franchise also won the special recognition award at the event.

The movie’s producers Barbara Broccoli and Michael G Wilson accepted the honour.

“It’s great to be voted for by the public,” Wilson said.

However he refused to reveal any information about the next Bond film that is being planned.

“You’ll just have to come and see it,” he said.

Having beaten heart-throb Craig to best male, Radcliffe said he was not too sure whether he would ever consider taking over as Bond.

“It would be weird to suddenly be involved in another big franchise, but hey, it takes a big man to turn down Bond,” he said.

Joking about his height he added: “I don’t think the world’s ready for a short-arse Bond.”

Hot Fuzz, starring Simon Pegg and Martin Freeman, beat Borat, Night at the Museum and Mr Bean’s Holiday to the best comedy title.

Dame Helen said she was happy not to have been nominated

When asked how he felt about winning the award Pegg said: “It’s a complete joy. We were nervous and you always kind of hope, you pretend you don’t care, but you do really.

“You get called out and it’s wonderful, a real treat and I hope this goes on and on and we win more and more in the future.”

The Simpsons Movie beat rivals Shrek the Third, Happy Feet and Flushed Away to best animation.

Yeardley Smith, who is the voice behind Lisa Simpson, accepted the award on behalf of the cast and crew.

She said Lisa would be “absolutely thrilled” to accept the gong.

The Potter film, which topped the UK and Ireland box office for two weeks when it was released in July, beat Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End and Spider-Man 3.

Rupert Grint, who played Ron Weasley, missed out on best male to his co-star Radcliffe and joked afterwards how he thought the vote had been “fixed”.

Despite that he agreed the award had gone to the right man.

“Obviously I didn’t expect to win, because I think Dan deserves it more than me,” he said.

Before the ceremony the star who spent time signing autographs for fans revealed one of the biggest things he had spent his wages on was an ice cream van which he drives around in.

Dame Helen Mirren attended the event and presented one of the awards but failed to pick up a nomination herself.

When asked how she felt about that, the actress said: “Absolutely thrilled. It’s always better to give than to receive.”

The star who has enjoyed a successful year including winning an Oscar added: “I was frightened if I got nominated for anything else I’d actually be stabbed leaving the venue.”

Other stars who attended included Christian Slater, Mischa Barton, Jamie Foxx and Dame Judi Dench.

Take That were also there and performed Rule the World, a song they recorded for the fantasy film Stardust.

The show will be broadcast on ITV1 on Saturday at 2130 GMT.

Source: BBC.co.uk

Tags: harry potter, national movie awards, order of the phoenix!

September 26, 2007 - Emma Watson: ‘I can’t get a date’

Emma Watson fans might be shocked to hear that the Potter star reckons she can’t get a date.

Her on-screen character Hermione gets together with heart-throb Viktor Klum and has been flirting with Ron Weasley for years.

But it seems 16-year-old Emma is not as lucky in love.

“It’s really not easy. I suppose guys are either kind of intimidated by me and they have defences up,” she told a magazine.

“It’s stressful. I’ll just have to wait. Maybe someone will find me.”

But she ruled out romance with co-stars Rupert Grint, who plays Ron, and Daniel Radcliffe, who plays the lead role of Harry.

“They feel like my brothers,” said Emma.

Source: CBBC

September 7, 2007 - Emma Watson leaves Harry Potter behind for some clowning round by the lake

Harry Potter and magic potions appear to be the last thing on her mind as Emma Watson clowns around by a lake for her latest role.

Discarding the school uniform (and even footwear), the 17-year-old, clad in a summer dress and sporting a Red Indian hairband, larked about with her female co-star for the BBC drama Ballet Shoes.

Her free-spirited demeanour is a world away from Harry Potter - the film series based on JK Rowling’s novels which propelled Emma on to the world stage and helped her accrue a personal fortune of £10 million.

However Emma hasn’t completely left behind playing Hermoine Granger and life at Hogwarts.

Later this month she’ll be joining Daniel Radcliffe and Rupert Grint to begin filming Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince - the penultimate film in the widely-successful series.

Before then though, she is clearly relishing playing the part of the orphaned Pauline Fossil in the BBC adaptation of Noel Streatfield’s novel.

Harry Potter, broomsticks and wizards appear to be the last thing on Emma’s mind

“I think the books are really special and could not let such an amazing project go. I loved Pauline from the start,” Emma said on her website.

Emma was so determined to land the lead she took ballet shoes and dyed her hair white blonde for the role.

The feature-length film, set in 1930s London, tells the story of Pauline and her two sisters, who are adopted by an eccentric explorer.

As if being an A-list movie star wasn’t enough, the erudite Emma is also in the middle of studying her A-levels and harbours ambitions to study at Oxford University.

Source: The Daily Mail

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September 6, 2007 - Emma Watson dances on to screen

Emma Watson has been filming for a role as a schoolgirl in new BBC One drama Ballet Shoes.

The 17-year-old Harry Potter star plays orphan Pauline Fossil in the adaptation of the 1936 kids’ book.

There’s not too much change for Emma from her well-known role as Hermione Granger - she’s wearing school uniform!

The programme is going to be shown at Christmas time and tells the story of three orphans who are adopted by their uncle, who’s a wacky explorer.

The three girls all have their own dreams. Pauline (Emma Watson) longs to be an actress, Petrova (Yasmin Paige) yearns to fly aircraft and Posy (Lucy Boynton) seems born to be a ballerina.

But when Great Uncle Matthew disappears, the money runs out - and the girls have a struggle on their hands.

The book Ballet Shoes by Noel Streatfeild was first published in September 1936.

Source: BBC.co.uk

Tags: ballet shoes!