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Emma Watson is a British actress known for playing Hermione Granger in Harry Potter films. She's also a UN Women Goodwill Ambassador and advocate for gender equality.
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Despite the fact that humankind is very much on the road to achieving gender quality, in many areas of life, women are still treated as second class citizens. However, ladies are a lot more revered by men than you may think, and when this Twitter user asked men if they…
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It has now been almost 20 years since the first Harry Potter film - Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone - was released in movie theaters. What followed was an unprecedented ride of soaring successes - seven further movies, a spinoff movie series, endless theme park rides, studio tours and…
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It has now been more than 20 years since the world was first introduced to the boy wizard, Harry Potter. Since then, Harry Potter has become a part of our collective cultural lexicon to a quite remarkable extent. Seven books, eight movies, a spinoff movie franchise and countless other activations…
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Emma Watson caused quite a stir last year when she asserted that she very much enjoyed being single, and referred to herself as being "self-partnered". Now, the erstwhile Harry Potter star has opened up about her sexual preferences in an interview she conducted for Teen Vogue with the author Valerie…
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Millennials grew up obsessed with the Harry Potter franchise; we've all got accounts on Pottermore, we know which house we'd be sorted into, and I even know what my Patronus would be. In fact, we can be weirdly passionate about aspects of the books and films. Just think back to…
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It might be coming up to a decade since the main Harry Potter movies came to an end - but that hasn't stopped fans from all over the world rewatching the entire franchise from start to finish and dissecting each and every little scene. Check out this 2001 interview with…
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Unless you're lucky enough to be in the business, you'll never truly understand how much time and effort goes into making a movie. So, to celebrate all the hard work that goes into making a hit on the silver screen, we've compiled a list of 30 eye-opening behind-the-scenes pictures from some…
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The Harry Potter movie made up one of the highest-grossing film franchises in cinematic history. The response to the first movie was nothing short of total adoration and ultimately led to another seven hugely lucrative movies being made. Naturally, the child actors at the centre of the movies who, for…
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Michelle Obama is quite the role model. Whether she's championing women's rights, or making efforts to solve childhood obesity, and support service members and veterans, it's apparent that the first African-American First Lady of the United States has carved out her own legacy, separate to that of her husband'. Michelle's…
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A number of American states including Alabama and Georgia have come under fire for new anti-abortion laws that have either been passed or proposed. Under these restrictions, unless a woman aborts a fetus as early as six weeks, which is when most pregnancies are discovered, it will be illegal for…
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The quickest way to feel old is to realise that Rupert Grint, the actor who played Ron Weasley in the Harry Potter series, turned 30 years old this year - especially since he was cast at the young age of eleven. A little older than his wizarding co-stars Emma Watson,…
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I'd like it placed on record that I'm willing to put my Harry Potter knowledge to the test against any fellow fan, any time, any place. I've read the books countless times, watched the films so religiously that I could quote you the dialogue line by line, and listened to…
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Hermione Granger and Draco Malfoy were sworn enemies onscreen, and we all loved watching it (Is anyone else's favourite Harry Potter scene when she punches him in the face?). But it seems that, in real life, Emma Watson and Tom Felton are pretty great friends, with the two stars reuniting in…
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It's weird how the characters that actors portray are often nothing like their real-life personas. For example, take Robert Englund, the man behind the melty face of slasher movie villain Freddy Krueger. This is a character who's about as detestable as you can get, a loathsome child-murderer who haunts the dreams…
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If I were to say the names "Emma Stone" and "Jonah Hill" in the same sentence, you'd probably smile, sigh a little and start reminiscing about how great they were together in Superbad. Well, in just over a months' time, you won't have to mourn the good 'ole days anymore, because the…
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We all know celebrities like Chris Hemsworth, Ryan Gosling and Idris Elba are ridiculously, ridiculously good-looking. Don't you just wish you should clone them? Well, you can't. Not yet, anyway. Stupid government. Anyway, if you're thirsty to look at more luscious man-meat - and I know you are - I've…
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Each year, Forbes compiles a list of the highest-earning actors based on data cross-referenced from Nielsen, ComScore, Box Office Mojo and IMDB, as well as special intel from "industry insiders". A few days ago, Forbes released the top ten list for the world's highest-earning actresses and yep... they probably earned…
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When you think of Harry, Ron and Hermione, and it's hard not to picture Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint and Emma Watson. The Harry Potter movies were perfectly cast - 1,000 points to Warner Brothers! Over a decade, we watched the actors grow up from wide-eyed children into grim young adults,…
