Emma Watson will be on the Today Show and other updates

Emma Watson will be on the Today show in NY in the near future. It'll be for the Tale of Despereaux movie promotion. Emma, Matthew Broderick, Kevin Bacon, members of Fall Out Boy, and many others are going to be special celebrity guest "elves" and help with the gift collection every morning at 8:30 am. I imagine Emma will be there around December 19th, give or take a few days.

Emma was also named a hero by Field and Stream. Fellow Harry Potter costar Tom Felton was also named a hero. This is probably about Emma's involvement with the Wild Trout fund. If anybody has a scan please send it in to the email above. To read more about all of the 2008 F&S heroes and villains, see “A Year in Review: The best (and worst) of hunting and fishing” in the Dec. ’08/Jan. ’09 double issue.http://fieldandstream.blogs.com/news/current_affairs/index.html

On Nov. 24th, there was a special screening of Despereaux for the media. Hopefully that means some early reviews will come out.

http://www.asifa-hollywood.org/2008/11/screening-tales-of-despereaux.html

Also Universal submitted Tale of Despereaux for Oscar consideration. See article here:

http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=50415

Emma is also up for Teen Vogue's best dressed of the year. Vote for her at this link:

http://www.teenvogue.com/contests/photocontests/bestdressed

On a Harry Potter note, the new trailer is on before Twilight. Even cooler, Hermione is in it plenty!

Plus, ABC Family continues the holiday cheer with its “Harry Potter” weekend Dec. 5 to 7, airing the first four installments of the popular film series as part of the network’s “25 Days of Christmas” programming event, officials said Monday. The trio and Michael Gambon will be discussing the upcoming Harry Potter movie plus there will be unseen footage introduced.

http://www.multichannel.com/article/CA6617170.html

Emma turned on the lights at the Somerset House ice skating rink a few days ago. Emma enjoyed an evening with her adorable family after the ceremony. There are so many photos to be found on the net, I will just post my faves.

Daily Mail article:http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-1087225/Emma-Watson-skates-Christmas-spirit-ice-rink-opens-Tania-Bryer-takes-tumble-breaks-wrist.html

Emma Watson makes best dressed in London list

Emma Watson has been recognized by ES Magazine for being one of London's best dressed women according to Vogue (UK.) I don't know what place she came in, but just being on the list is amazing in itself. I'll update when more info comes in.

http://www.vogue.co.uk/news/daily/081110-jemima-khan-is-es-best-dressed.aspx

Tale of Despereaux will be hitting the theaters in about a month so some promotional photos are being released. There are two cute ones with Emma posing with Princess Pea.

A really great trailer for Despereaux has also been released. There is more Pea, thus more of Emma's lovely voice.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RDnUNKr5baY



There also have been a few old articles recirculating in the news recently. I have no idea why they are coming up again but it must be a slow news week. (or they just miss Emma.)
The first was one was about dating being stressful and being linked to every guy she's seen with. This was first posted post Johnny Borrell.
http://fametastic.co.uk/archive/20081108/13994/emma-watson-datings-even-more-stressful-because-im-famous/

The second old new news is that Emma gets sent lots of Bibles as gifts.
http://news.stv.tv/entertainment/38621-emma-watsons-bible-gifts/

Lastly, Emma updated her official site with an EMS.
http://www.emmawatsonofficial.com/

Emma Watson has new boyfriend

Well it is a new month afterall! This time she is rumored to be dating an Australian lad by the name of Angus Willoughby. No sources were given in the article and I have no idea what reputation this paper has so I have no idea how accurate it is. ( I do like the picture they ran with the story though.) Nuff said- link:
http://www.thewest.com.au/default.aspx?MenuID=5&ContentID=105923

"A former Christ Church Grammar School boy has turned the head of British actress Emma Watson, best known for her role as Hermione Granger in the blockbusting Harry Potter series.
Angus Willoughby, 19, is reported to be going out with Watson. The pair is understood to be planning a holiday in the south-west of the State this summer and will be taking time out to make the most of WA's wineries and beaches.
Willoughby, the son of the late Olympic rower Tim Willoughby, is studying at London’s Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts.
He was captain of drama while at Christ Church and has performed in a number of theatre productions.
Willoughby lists among his skills, weapons handling, boxing, cooking and classical piano.
Watson, who turned 18 in April, is listed as one of Britain’s richest young millionaires with a personal wealth in excess of $230 million."

UPDATE!!!
Well, they changed the picture in the link above. Emma's picture is no longer there but you can see what Angus looks like. To be honest, I don't care who she's dating. She's 18, teens date. I'm would have liked to have read that she was planning on visiting Australia with her Australian friend because she is planning on filming Napoleon and Betsy in nearby Fiji!!!! That's why I'm not a journalist, I don't know what sells.

Pacino and Napoleon

Howard Rosenman wrote a really fascinating article about the film "Milk." He talks about how he was cast in the film and a naked Franco. To be honest after reading about a naked Franco I almost forgot about the Napoleon mention. But the interesting thing is that he called the film "Betsy and Napoleon." So I don't know if he's talking about Napoleon and Betsy, the film Emma Watson is "interested" in. Perhaps he is still talking about the other Napoleon project, the Monster of Longwood. However if they changed the name to Betsy and Napoleon, that is very interesting in itself. Also Alexandra Milchan, who co-produced righteous Kill starring Al Pacino, is the co-producer for Napoleon and Betsy. The saga continues. But I'm a huge fan of Pacino so I would love to see him in a film with Emma. Here's to hoping.

http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2008-10-28/my-date-with-sean-penn/
quote:
"I'm in business with Al Pacino now; we're developing Betsy and Napoleon about Napoleon's exile in St. Helena. The day I heard about the part in Milk I happened to have a meeting with Al at the brand new monumental Pharaohnic CAA office building. "