Emma Watson to design clothing range for charity

September 21st, 2009 HARRY POTTER star EMMA WATSON is hoping to make ethical clothing stylish with a new range for teens - after previously branding fair trade fashion "kind of ugly". The actress admitted in July (09) she was interested in clothing produced conscientiously but that "the stuff's kind of ugly".

September 18th, 2009 LONDON - Harry Potter star Emma Watson has revealed that she spent her gap year designing a 'complete teenage summer wardrobe' for the fair trade fashion brand People Tree. Watson, 19, who has just enrolled at Brown University in the US, acted as a creative advisor for the ethical fashion collection, which will reach shops in February.

September 10th, 2009 LONDON - Emma Watson has revealed her excitement as she makes the smooth transition from being an actress to a student at a university in the US. The 'Harry Potter' star, who plays Hermione Granger in the hit wizard series, recently arrived at Brown University, Rhode Island.

September 7th, 2009 EMMA WATSON has thrown herself into making new pals at her U.S. university - by snubbing her designer wardrobe for casual clothes to play ice-breaking games with her dorm-mates.

August 2nd, 2009 LONDON - Harry Potter star Emma Watson is taking her first steps into a fashion career - she is close to clinching a deal with Fairtrade company People Tree to create a teenage clothing line. The 19-year-old is keeping the line strictly ethical like her character Hermione Granger from the wizard franchise and is expecting to launch it later this year, reports poplife.biz.

July 15th, 2009 WASHINGTON - 'Harry Potter' actress Emma Watson has said that she prefers watching earlier films in the franchise because she looks like a "chipmunk" in them, and does not recognise herself. Watson, who has been playing Hermione Granger since she was 10, likes to watch the initial 'Harry Potter' instalments because she looks so different.

July 15th, 2009 LONDON - British actress Emma Watson has thrashed her Harry Potter co-stars at table tennis so often that they are now too frightened to play her. Rupert Grint kept a ping-pong table in his room during shooting of 'Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince', reports the Sun.

July 14th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Harry Potter star Emma Watson has confessed that she never had feelings for Danielle Radcliffe or Rupert Grint, instead she had a crush on Tom Felton, who plays Draco Malfoy in the wizard films. "I have to confess, I had a bit of a crush on Tom Felton in the earlier films, but never on Daniel or Rupert, they are just good friends," Contactmusic quoted her as saying.

July 14th, 2009 LONDON - Harry Potter star Emma Watson is reportedly teaming up with rocker Marilyn Manson for a musical. The 19-year-old has been offered a part in a Goth-inspired reworking of glass slipper fairytale 'Cinderella', the Sun reports.

July 14th, 2009 LONDON - After playing a witch in the Harry Potter series, British actress Emma Watson will be seen as a princess in a musical in which she teams up with rocker Marilyn Manson. The 19-year-old has been offered a part in a Goth-inspired reworking of glass slipper fairytale "Cinderella".

July 13th, 2009 LONDON - "Harry Potter" star Emma Watson has dismissed reports suggesting she plans to turn her back on acting after her stint as Hermione Granger in the "Harry Potter" films end in 2010. The 19-year-old has enrolled herself at US' prestigious Columbia University but says that she plans to take on film roles during breaks from university, reported femalefirst.co.uk.

July 13th, 2009 NEW YORK - She might have worked with Hollywood heartthrob Robert Pattinson, but Harry Potter star Emma Watson denies any sparks ever flew within them. While attending the Ziegfeld Theatre premiere of 'Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince", Watson admitted that she and Pattinson are "good friends".

July 10th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Harry Potter star Emma Watson has confirmed that she will be moving to U.S. this autumn to continue her education in an American university.

July 7th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Brit actress Emma Watson has brushed off reports that she plans on giving up acting to attend university, and insists that she is capable of balancing both. Watson, 19, who plays studious wizard Hermione Granger in the hit Harry Potter franchise, is preparing to move from London to begin her first term at an American university later this year.

June 21st, 2009 LONDON - "Harry Potter" star Emma Watson is trying her hand at designing a clothing range. The actress who was unveiled earlier this month as the new face of British fashion house Burberry, after previously modelling for French couture brand Chanel is now releasing her own designs for teenagers, reports imdb.com.