EMMA WATSON was left "quite shaken" after students from rival university Harvard stalked her during a recent football match.The actress, who attends Brown University, was at a game between the two schools on Saturday (26Sep09), but security guards had to surround her to protect her from harassment. Harvard's student magazine The Voice targeted Watson and posted a blog on its website stating supporters would try to draw as much attention to her as possible. The post reads, "We will be Live-Tweetin’ the game and possibly stalking Emma Watson, so keep your eyes peeled for that, too!” During the match, students from the Harvard Voice wrote a series of posts on Twitter.com, including: "In enemy territory. Lookin for a certain witch,” and, “WATSON FOUND. I repeat WATSON FOUND.” The magazine also posted a photo of the star and branded the stalking campaign a "success", according to New York gossip column PageSix. But after a series of complaints, the editor of The Voice attached a note t...

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HARRY POTTER star EMMA WATSON struggled with her first week at university as her fellow students got used to their celebrity classmate.The 19-year-old British actress has begun her first year at the prestigious Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island, where she is studying English literature. The paparazzi has followed Emma Watson to her campus - and her classmates were just as fascinated by her presence. She says, "The first week was a little bit tough - you know, I'm a new face in America, let alone the town where I'm studying, so it took a while for people to kind of get used to seeing me around." When asked how she balances her classes with her career, Emma Watson adds, "I don't really know to be honest! I think you make time for things that you care about. You seem to make extra hours in the day for things you're passionate about and I love everything that I do so it's all worth it!"

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EMMA WATSON has ditched her designer wardrobe for casual clothes to play ice-breaking games with her dorm-mates in a bid to make friends at her new university.The Harry Potter star has turned her back on the acting world so she can study for her degree, and has started her three-year course at New York's prestigious Columbia University and Brown University in Rhode Island. Emma Watson - who is a muse for Chanel designer Karl Lagerfeld and is currently the face of Burberry - insisted recently she wanted to be treated as "Emma Watson, the student from the U.K." rather than "Emma Watson who starred in those Harry Potter films". And it seems her wishes are coming true - she has been snapped giggling and wearing student attire in a bid to fit in with her new friends. Emma Watson was seen sitting on her new classmate's backs and playing a range of games to get to know her college roommates better as they embark on their Freshman year. Emma Watson will shoot her scenes for the remaining t...

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Teen star EMMA WATSON is too busy working to find herself embroiled in any scandalous activity - so she is convinced she'll "go crazy" when she hits 30.The 19-year-old Harry Potter star, who will begin college later this year (09), shot to fame after landing the role of Hermione Granger in the wizard franchise when she was just 11 years old. But Emma Watson has kept out of the tabloids and avoided controversy in her personal life by throwing herself into her film schedule and studies. She explains, "I can totally understand why young actors go nuts. The level of interest in their lives, the pressure to be perfect. That's what you do, you screw up. I don't know why I haven't gone off the rails. I don't have time. I'm working too hard to be of the rebellious nature." But the actress isn't ruling out any wild behaviour in the future: "I'm sure when I hit my 30s I'll go crazy. I'll have this rush of hormones and madness."

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EMMA WATSON's HARRY POTTER character HERMIONE GRANGER has been named as the most beloved role in the wizard franchise, according to a new poll.Fans of the tales voted the bushy-haired academic as their favorite member of the Harry Potter gang. And Harry Potter devotees are adamant the 19 year old actress will have the most successful career after the films come to an end in 2011. Some 51 per cent believed Watson would enjoy a more lucrative future than her co-stars Daniel Radcliffe and Rupert Grint, with 39 per cent insisting she'd become a sex symbol. Emma Watson has already proved a hit on the fashion circuit, landing modelling jobs with high-class design house Burberry.

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EMMA WATSON has dismissed reports she plans to turn her back on acting after her stint as HERMIONE GRANGER in the HARRY POTTER films end in 2010, insisting she plans to take on film roles during breaks from university.The young actress has enrolled to attend America's prestigious Columbia University but she is committed to continuing her acting career, despite reports she plans to concentrate on her studies. She tells WENN, "I'm going to university but it doesn't mean I'm giving up acting. I feel like I do want to continue. I just want a normal experience for a bit. "I think the media found it confusing that I wanted to go to university and don't really understand why I'm doing it. I'm very excited and looking forward to it. I've managed to juggle and balance study and working well enough up to this point, so I don't see why I can't keep doing that. "At university I've got five months off and the gaps are enormous, so I will have enough time to make films. I think everything is poss...

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EMMA WATSON is setting down her roots before starting university in America - the HARRY POTTER star has reportedly purchased her first London home.The 19-year-old actress is preparing to begin her first term at a U.S. university later this year (09) - but not before establishing a base in her hometown. Watson, who has earned an estimated $15.8 million from the hit franchise, is said to have paid $4.5 million for the property. A source tells Britain's Daily Mirror, "Despite the fame, she's really got her head screwed on. After consulting with several property experts, as well as her family and friends, she's decided to invest in her own place. It's a North London townhouse and it's just a stone's throw from her dad Chris' home."

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EMMA WATSON and RUPERT GRINT filmed so many retakes of their sizzling screen kiss in the upcoming HARRY POTTER movie - because they kept bursting into fits of giggles.The actors - who play Hermione Granger and Ron Weasley in the hit wizard franchise - lock lips for the first time in the latest instalment, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince. Despite admitting they were desperate to get the nerve-wracking scene out of the way, when it came to filming the pair couldn't stop laughing. Emma Watson says, "I was quite terrified. We weren't looking forward to it really. The thing is, it could potentially sound like we are putting each other down but we were both in the same boat. It was a horrible thing to have to do because we are just like brother and sister, so it's really weird. "He (director David Yates) did spring it on us. We didn't really know. We had problems with laughing - we kept laughing. We would get there, and we just couldn't take it seriously. It was awful. But anyway, ...

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HARRY POTTER star EMMA WATSON has dismissed reports she plans to give up acting to study at university, insisting she can continue her Hollywood career at the same time.Emma Watson, who plays studious wizard Hermione Granger in the hit franchise, is preparing to move from London to begin her first term at an American university later this year (09). But Emma Watson insists the start of her higher education in no way signals the end of her acting career. She explains, "There's been a lot of confusion in the media that university is mutually exclusive, that I can't act as well as study at the same time, and I seem to have managed it okay up to this point, so that's what I hope to continue to do. "I love learning and I don't ever want to stop. It was always my dream before doing the films and I don't see why it should change." And Watson, 19, is hoping she'll be able to enjoy the last of her teens away from the glare of the media spotlight: "I think I'm just looking forward to being a...

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EMMA WATSON is set to break the heart of her HARRY POTTER co-star RUPERT GRINT - after admitting she was "desperate" to get the pair's on-screen kiss out of the way.The Brit actress, who plays swot Hermione Granger in the wizard franchise, locks lips with Grint - Ron Weasley - in the forthcoming installment, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince. But Watson admits the scene was anything but sexy - insisting she couldn't wait to get the smooch over and done with. She tells British chatshow host Jonathan Ross, "I pounced on him, I was so desperate to get it over with." The comment will come as a devastating blow to Grint, after he admitted he and fellow co-star Daniel Radcliffe have competed for Watson's affections since they started filming the movie aged 11. He told FHM magazine, "Emma’s a pretty girl. Have Daniel or I ever hit on Emma? Well, she’s quite popular with the cast. As for who has the worst crush on her - me or Radcliffe - I’d rather not say."

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