Radcliffe snubs university for acting

September 23rd, 2009 LONDON - Actress Hayden Panettiere has revealed she has no intentions of going to college. The 'Heroes' star, who features as a college student in the hit American sci-fi series, said she used to be drawn towards an university education.

September 2nd, 2009 HARRY POTTER actor DANIEL RADCLIFFE has withdrawn from the party circuit - because he is disgusted by freeloading minor celebrities. The 20 year old admits he enjoys partying at A-list events in London, but often finds himself mixed up with reality TV stars and wannabes while he is out.

August 24th, 2009 LONDON - Harry Potter stars Daniel Radcliffe and Tom Felton were seen cheering side by side at The Oval recently. The two actors, who are rivals in the wizard films, are said to have enjoyed the game immensely, reports the Sun.

July 21st, 2009 WASHINGTON - Harry Potter star Emma Watson has confirmed that she will be joining Brown University in Rhodes Island, an Ivy League establishment. "I am [going to university in the Fall] - to Brown, which is an Ivy League establishment in the U.S.A.

July 16th, 2009 LONDON - Harry Potter star Daniel Radcliffe is looking forward to the wizard film franchise coming to an end so that he can accept other roles. The 19-year-old has played the boy wizard since he was 11 and has turned down other acting ventures to concentrate on the fantasy films.

July 14th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Danielle Radcliffe bagged two gongs at Broadway.com Audience Awards for his performance in the New York production of Equus. He won Favorite Leading Actor in a Broadway Play and was also awarded for Favorite Breakthrough Performance, Contactmusic reports.

July 13th, 2009 LONDON - Harry Potter star Daniel Radcliffe may have become a millionaire at a young age but he insists that he isn't doing films for money. Radcliffe has made a fortune of 30-million-pound but says that it's his love for acting that drives him.

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 11th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Harry Potter star Daniel Radcliffe has said that 'Twilight' star Robert Pattinson is a much better sex symbol than he is. Talking to reporters at the New York premiere of 'Harry Potter And The Half-Blood Prince', the 19-year-old star said that ladies were better off lusting after Pattinson.

July 11th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Daniel Radcliffe has revealed that he has no immediate plans of joining a university for further studies, unlike his Harry Potter co-star Emma Watson. "I want to keep working for as long as possible, just acting ideally," Contactmusic quoted him as saying.

July 8th, 2009 LONDON - "Harry Potter" star Daniel Radcliffe denies having a fetish for older women and says it is purely a coincidence that he has only dated women in their 20s. The 19-year-old reportedly refuses to go out with girls his age because he finds them too 'high maintenance', and even his own mother believes he deliberately targets older women but Radcliffe is adamant he has no specific age range in mind when looking for romance, reports contactmusic.com.

July 7th, 2009 LONDON - While fans might have enjoyed watching Harry Potter flying on his Quidditch broomstick, for Daniel Radcliffe, the wizarding sport was the worst thing in the movies. "Quidditch is right up there with the least fun things I've done in Harry Potter," the Telegraph quoted him as saying.

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 8th, 2009 LONDON - Harry Potter star Daniel Radcliffe will quit acting for a career in movie direction, says his co-star Jason Isaacs. Isaacs, who plays Lucius Malfoy in the Potter films, says Radcliffe has a long Hollywood career ahead of him but not as an actor, reported dailystar.co.uk "He will potentially be a great director or producer.

June 8th, 2009 LONDON - Daniel Radcliffe will quit acting for a career behind the camera, according to his Harry Potter co-star Jason Isaacs. Radcliffe was just 11 when he got the lead role in Harry Potter and has grown up in the spotlight.