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Emma Watson took some time out of her super busy schedule to post a video with holiday cheer and happy wishes for her fans on her website.

The Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows actress said “Hi guys! I just wanted to send you a message to say Happy Christmas. I hope you’re having an amazing holiday and just thanks for everything. Merry Christmas!”

Emma Watson scored the Singapore cover of Seventeen magazine for December 2010. The Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 1 actress has a fresh holiday look for the year ending issue.

Emma is always stylish and fashionable but one  popular bandwagon the Brown University sophomore will not jump on is the celebrity fragrance train. Watson said:

“I can’t understand this fragrance thing. Why would you want to smell like somebody else? Don’t you want to smell like yourself?”

Watson is committed to continuing in the fashion industry in a capacity that helps others or the environment (such as her People Tree collaboration or her more recent pairing with Alberta Ferretti.) She is so strongly opposed to celebrity branding she said:

“The idea of making my own perfume makes me want to vomit.”

That’s pretty definitive. No Emma scent for the masses.

Evanna Lynch has a lot to be grateful for from Harry Potter author JK Rowling. The Deathly Hallows actress says that before she was cast as the lovely and loopy Luna, she wrote to Rowling and the mega-successful author was inspirational in helping her overcome an eating disorder at the young age of 11.

“I told her the books gave me hope, particularly Luna Lovegood,” said Evanna. “I told how I looked up to her. She wrote back and was like a counsellor. She told me anorexia is destructive, not creative, and the brave thing was not to succumb to it. I told her I’d love to be in the films and she encouraged that but said I’d need to be well to do so. In the end I think that’s why I recovered.”

Lynch, of course, went on to win the role she was so captivated with and has been able to put her anorexia behind her to costar in the HP films. (She really is a perfect Luna, don’t you think?)

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 1 is in theaters now.

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Emma Watson is very aware of how people perceive her as a modern fashion icon and the thought of it is daunting to the Harry Potter actress. She told MTV:

“I keep hearing that fashion icon thing. It makes me nervous. Please don’t say that,” Emma said. “It’s like obviously a huge compliment, but I am suddenly aware that every outfit I wear is being analyzed.”

“When I’m at college, I don’t put in half as much effort as I probably should. I get very lazy,” she said with a laugh.

Emma has a great sense of style and it shows. She is always put together and chic without ever being over done.

MTV’s After Hours series is always good for a laugh and this video is no exception. Josh Horowitz takes the Harry Potter actors on a journey of American phrases that are ridiculously common and yet so funny to hear from British actors out of any context at all. Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, Rupert Grint and Tom Felton are great sports and all do their level-headed best to say “Olive Garden,” “Charlie Sheen,”  “boo-yah” and a few others, but then sneaky Mr. Horowitz throws in “Twilight Blows.”

Can I just say how much I love Josh Horowitz for this? There – I just did – in my best freedom language accent!

Daniel Radcliffe walked the black carpet at Alice Tully Hall on Monday November 16th for the New York City premiere of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1. The actor had a chance to talk about how he felt working on the film franchise under so many varied directors:

“Yeah, I think it was great to be honest with you, because I remember when Chris told me he was leaving on #2, I was very upset and I thought, “Oh no, that’s a terrible thing.” But actually, it proved the best thing for the series because it opened it up to different creative ideas and different people came on board. I think the fact that Alfonso (Cuaron) came along to the film was not just for him, but really, really smart from our producers, particularly David Heyman, who was very instrumental in that. (Alfonso) had just directed “Y Tu Mama Tambien” and for such a mainstream movie franchise, it gives you a bit of weight with the critics, to have somebody who’s had such an indie (hit) suddenly working on the film. (laughs) So I think that made people see us in a slightly different light, and I think the fact that David Yates got the job on #5 was fantastic because it shows that we’re not afraid of taking risks, because a lot of people saw it as a risk.”

Daniel is getting ready for his Broadway show How to Succeed in Business (Without Really Trying) to open in February 2011.

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Head-turning Emma Watson appeared in New York City for the Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1 premiere on November 16th. The Hermoine Granger actress is still amazed that her decision to chop off her long locks would cause such a commotion:

“I knew it would be kind of a shock, but I had no idea that it would be that big. Like everyone would make this much fuss over it,” Watson, who chopped her golden locks in August, told USA TODAY’s Andrea Mandell at the New York premiere.

Emma wears this hair style well – look how fabulous and effortless she looks in her sleek Calvin Klein dress! I think it’s hard for people to see little Hermoine growing up and that has a lot to do with how much people are focusing on her hair. This is a decidedly mature move for her.

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Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1 premiered in New York City at Alice Tully Hall with star Rupert Grint on the black carpet Monday (November 16th) night.

The actor says he has become sort of a poster boy for red-headed folks and is quite proud:

“It’s funny the reaction I get from the ginger community. People with red hair get a hard time, but I’ve always managed to escape it, I’ve never had any negative reaction to it. I’m a very proud ginger. Ginger people in the street shake my hand and it’s nice. I would dye it for a role, but I’m a ginger at heart.”

Rupert is lucky to have escaped the bullying that people with red hair can endure. People with ginger hair often dye it to escape the torment.

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Tom Felton came out to the New York City premiere of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 1 at Alice Tully Hall on Monday (November 15th) night. The actor spoke about his character, Draco Malfoy and his softening in the final films:

What has Draco learned since Half Blood Prince?

He’s learned that he’s not cut out to be the villain that he once thought he was. He’s certainly realized that his father isn’t quite the greatest influence or role model that he once took him for. And I think he realizes that he’s in a really horrible place now, he’s terrified to be where he is. And I think he sympathizes with Harry a little bit and he wishes he could have helped him out earlier on.

What’s it like playing remorseful Draco instead of mean Draco?

It’s cool. It actually really nice, it’s always nice to play something differently or find something new. It’s always nice when a character has a journey or an arc like this. And in these last two films you really see him step out of his father’s shadow and start to think for himself.

Tom will hit the July premiere for the final Hogwarts movie and Felton’s next film, Apparition with Ashley Greene is due September 2011.

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Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1 premiered in New York City on Monday November 15th at Alice Tully Hall and Lourdes Leon hit the black carpet for the event.

The 14 year-old daughter of Madonna was casual cool in a blue dress with a skull print scarf and union jack clutch. The teenager is currently in the drama program at LaGuardia High School of Performing Arts and works with her famous mom on the line of juniors clothing, Material Girl, sold at Macy’s. Check out her blog (she doesn’t update too often – I’m sure she’s busy at school) to find out what’s she up to.

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