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Emma Watson doesn’t get a lot of privacy when it comes to her dating life.  The 18-year-old actress is said to be dating Australian drama student Angus Willoughby, 19. The pair meet while studying at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts in London, and
are said to be planning a trip to Willoughby’s home town of Perth, Australia, according to British newspaper the Daily Telegraph. Watson was previously linked to another drama student – Italian Roberto Agnillera, after they were spotted enjoying a string of dates in August.

In other Harry Potter cast related news Daniel Radcliffe was excited to experience a presidential election first hand (even if he can’t vote) so he tagged along with an “Equus” co-star who voted near NYU yesterday. The 19-year-old Brit told The NY Post’s Barbara Hoffman: “Barack Obama’s treated like the Messiah in England,”  “We don’t have particularly inspirational politicians, certainly no one who can draw crowds in the thousands.” Speaking of crowds, Daniel can walk the streets of NY undetected without any invisible cloaks needed. “The other day, I walked through Battery Park City up around Wall Street for about two hours, and I wasn’t stopped once,” Radcliffe says. “I’m so short, (5-foot-5) no one notices me!” 

Despite having some anxiety about making the transition from teen actor to Hollywood star Zac Efron seems to be a hot commodity right now.

“Senior Year” director Kenny Ortega wants the 20-year-old to take the lead role of the modern version of “Footloose”, insisting that Efron would be “perfect” for the role. Ortega told BBC, “I think he’d be the perfect, perfect, perfect candidate to step in. I mean he’s got this global excitement, this wonderful know-how.” Further hinting that Efron may take the role once belonging to Kevin Bacon, the filmmaker then added, “He’s the perfect age, so versatile, and talented and dynamic. You know it’s hard for me to even imagine anybody that I think would be more perfectly suited.”

Zac who is now a young veteran in musicals including High School Musical and Nikki Blonsky’s co-star in “Hairspray” commented: “I’ll always be open to more musicals. I think they’re fun and I think it’s our responsibility as performers to try and keep them alive. I love Footloose – it’s a great movie.”

On the remake project of the 1984 flick itself, it is expected to begin sometime in 2009, according to Ortega.

Zac recently revealed he could still “mess up” and is looking to get advice on how to steer his acting career:

“I would love to just sit down and talk with Leonardo DiCaprio and Johnny Depp and pick their brains about their early careers. They do it because they love it, not because they enjoy being famous. You have to have good foresight and be really careful. If you don’t adapt and learn at a very young age, you can really mess up.”

Zac is clearly hoping to shed his wholesome image, having just finished shooting period drama Me and Orson Welles alongside Claire Danes.

It’s also been revealed the Disney heartthrob has been approached to take over from Harry Potter actor Daniel Radcliffe in controversial Broadway play Equus. Zac let slip at the London premiere of High School Musical 3, saying: “You know that Daniel Radcliffe role on Broadway, well it’s been mentioned.”

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In an interview and photo shoot with style magazine Details, Harry Potter star Daniel Radcliffe seems determined to ditch his boy wizard image. The 19-year-old actor gives a rather revealing interview in which he seems happy to open up about his life. Radcliffe, who has spent eight years playing Harry Potter, is soon to start a run of Equus on Broadway, New York.

He will be on stage eight times a week, with full frontal nudity, just as he did in the hit London production. And although he will soon be playing psychiatric patient Alan Strang eight times a week, he said he had never spent any time on the couch himself.

‘I’ve been pretty happy. I’ve got a great family,’ he said.

‘We’re a very tight-knit group. We work very well as a team and as a tribe. I owe it to that.’

Radcliffe added that he was currently single, and does not have room for a girlfriend in his life.

‘Most of my friends have been girls and I see how they are with their boyfriends and I think ‘I couldn’t do that,’ he said. I just don’t have the time.

Radcliffe did admit he celebrated reaching the age of 16, by losing his virginity to a much older girlfriend.

But although he insisted the age difference ‘wasn’t ridiculous’, he did say it ‘would freak some people out’.  The young lady rumored to have taken young Daniel’s innocence is Amy Byrne. Amy was 23 at the time and worked as an assistant hairdresser on one of the Harry Potter movies.

The actor , who is known for living a quiet life and not succumbing to the wild party scene said vodka and Diet Coke was his beverage of choice, because he was a ‘pansy-ass civilian’. He does have a wild streak though.

The 19-year-old actor confessed he would love to play a cross-dresser just so he could wear lots of slap and eye make up.

‘I think part of me would love to play a drag queen,’ he says in the September issue of Details magazine.

Radcliffe also told Details that the Harry Potter phenomenon had not left him with child star angst – but confessed he suffered from the normal teen problems.

‘For the most part I’ve been happy every single day,’ he said.

‘And all the times I’ve been unhappy, it’s never been anything to do with Potter.

‘It’s just been the normal, boring teenage crap. Insecurities, acne – all the normal stuff.’

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Rupert Grint, who plays Ron Weasley, in the Harry Potter movies (of course) has taken part in an interesting indie film called Cherry Bomb. Looking to move on from Harry Potter, he has stepped into a very challenging role which also required him to strip down for a sex scene with his co-star Kimberly Nixon. So now Daniel Radcliffe isn’t the only Harry Potter star to strip down for a role.
As for the reason why he took the part, Rupert says, “I really loved the script and having done Harry Potter, I wanted to do something different. It was quite a challenge.”

The film centers around a love triangle between the main characters, Rupert, his best friend Luke (Robert Sheehan) and Nixon.

Nixon is a bit disturbed and makes the two guys do some “terrible things” for her, while tragedy looms and someone dies at the end.

The film was shot in Belfast and Rupert had been spotted partying often with his co-stars and friends. And now that “Half-Blood Prince” has been delayed until July 2009, Potter fans will get to see a lot more of Daniel (Equus) and Rupert in their respective projects that both happen to involve nude scenes. Sorry to disappoint but so far Emma Watson hasn’t found a role yet that requires her to abandon her clothes! Cherry Bomb is scheduled to hit theaters in January 2009.

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Harry Potter star Daniel Radcliffe has revealed he suffers from dyspraxia. Dyspraxia affects motor skill development and can impair all areas of development and learning, including intellectual, physical and language.  People with dyspraxia have difficulty planning and completing intended fine motor tasks. It is estimated that as many as 6% of all children show some signs of dyspraxia, and in the general population, about 70% of those affected by dyspraxia are male.

Daniel’s dyspraxia is comparatively on the mild end of the spectrum. Daniel admits he ‘was rubbish at everything at school’ and finds tying his shoe laces a bit of a challenge. In an interview to mark his Broadway debut in the play Equus, Daniel talked about the condition and  in reference to the shoe tying, jokingly added: ‘I sometimes think, “Why, oh why, has Velcro not taken off?’’’

Daniel revealed in the interview that he wanted to be an actor from the age of five. But he said his mother was against it. When she finally allowed him to audition to play David Copperfield, in a BBC version of the Dickens classic when he was nine, he says it was because she could see he needed a confidence boost. And the rest is history.  Daniel got the part and was a hit, which helped him onto Harry Potter and amassing a personal fortune estimated at $34 million.

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The new Lord of the Rings prequel movie The Hobbit, has a director but is still searching for it’s star.

Scottish actor James McAvoy is rumored to be the lead candidate to play the role of hobbit Bilbo Baggins.

The J.R.R. Tolkien novel is hoping to be the next blockbuster hit and will be directed by Guillermo del Toro. Sir Ian McKellen as Gandalf is already on board for the prequel.

But the big speculation is who will play the starring role of Bilbo Baggins. During the previous Lord Of The Rings film, Bilbo was played by Ian Holm, but the studio is looking for a new star for the prequel.

An industry insider tells the Daily Express,

“A number of names have been doing the rounds, including Daniel Radcliffe and Jack Black, but James [McAvoy] is the one the film’s bosses really want. They’re expected to have talks soon so hopefully it could be confirmed in the not too distant future.”

Director del Toro, hasn’t revealed his choice but indicates there is a favorite: “I can tell you it’s down to a few names that we all agree upon. For our first choice, completely magically we all have the same name.”