'Harry Potter's' Jamie Waylett jailed for joining in London riots

Actor Jamie Waylett, who played Slytherin bully Vincent Crabbe in the "Harry Potter" films, has been jailed for his actions during the London riots last August. 

Waylett, 22, was convicted of violent disorder after the actor was caught on camera swigging from a bottle of bubbly that had been stolen from a supermarket. He received a two-year jail sentence, plus a concurrent 12-month sentence for handling stolen property but is eligible for release after a year behind bars, the BBC reported Tuesday.

"You chose to go out on to the streets on what was the third day of the violence," Judge Simon Carr said, noting that the onetime child actor was hanging out near a part of town that was being looted and was seen holding a fueled-up Molotov cocktail.

Waylett was, however, cleared on a charge of intending to destroy or damage property with the flammable device.

"I accept entirely the jury's verdict that you did not throw or have any intention of throwing it, but merely being in possession of it would have been terrifying to anyone who saw you," the judge said.

Cops investigating after the arrest claimed to have found 15 cannabis plants in his house, TMZ reported back in October. He has a previous conviction for growing pot, CBS said Tuesday. 

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Photo: Jamie Waylett at the premiere of "Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban" in New York in 2004. Photo credit: Thos Robinson / Getty Images.

 

Rupert Grint turns 23 and yes, he's still acting, post-'Potter'

Rupert Grint, who as Ron Weasley was wing man to Daniel Radcliffe's Harry Potter in eight films over 10 years, turned 23 on Wednesday, causing squeals to erupt across Twitter and on the Web. Because, really, he was the cute one, right? Am I right?

After the final "Harry Potter" film, there were mutterings that Grint might give up acting, but since then he's been busy with film projects. His latest is the World War II drama "Wartime Wanderers," with Jonathan Pryce, coming out next year. The movie is based on the true story of the Bolton Wanderers soccer team, 15 of whose members signed up in 1939 to fight in the war.

PHOTOS: Rupert Grint

Grint might be wise not to give up his acting career yet. At the very least there would be a legion of disappointed fans who have watched as Harry's best friend progressed from redheaded cherub through youthful acne and straight on to beard stubble.

In celebration of another year of manhood, fans are wishing Grint happy birthday on his Twitter account.

A highlight among those wishes is "10 Reasons to Fancy Rupert Grint," from the Bike Shed blog in Britain. No. 1 reason? He's a laid-back lovely. No. 7? He sells ice cream. Yes, Grint owns an ice cream van. Something he told Regis and Kelly about last year. Yes, for Grint, life's still sweet — even without Harry.

See Rupert Grint's over-the-years transformation in the fan video below.

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Photos: Rupert Grint in a 2000 promo picture for the first "Harry Potter" movie, left, and at the London premiere of the last one in July 2011. Credits: Terry O'Neill / Warner Bros. / Reuters, left; Joel Ryan / Associated Press, right.

Meet Daniel Radcliffe's new girlfriend, Rosanne Coker

Daniel Radcliffe has been under the spell of a 22-year-old mystery woman -- a mystery until now.

The lucky lady, with whom Radcliffe has confessed he's "very much in love," has been identified as Rosanne Coker.

Coker, the English-born daughter of a painter and interior decorator, met Radcliffe when she worked as a production assistant on "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince," according to the Daily Mail. 

While it's unclear when they got serious, Radcliffe confirmed to Larry King that he is serious about the brunette. The Mail report says they've worked on four films together, though her future career ambitions are unknown.

And perhaps they don't need to be, as Radcliffe is reportedly worth nearly $100 million.

Coker is said to be splitting her time between the London suburb of Surrey, where her parents reside, and Radcliffe's Manhattan digs. The Ministry wishes you luck, young lovers.

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Photo: Daniel Radcliffe presents a trophy at the 2011 Tony Awards. Credit: Gary Hershorn / Reuters

Emma Watson will return to Brown for final year of college

A lot of fuss surrounded Emma Watson's exit from Brown University this year: bullying rumors, the pressures of fame and a waiting film career were whispered as reasons for her March departure from the Ivy League school.

Well, she's going back. So there.

"I'm still a student at Brown," Watson said.

Her spring departure came with comments that "other professional and acting projects" required her to defer a semester or two and that she'd make up for lost time this fall with courses at Britain's esteemed Oxford University.

"It's just that I’ll spend my third year abroad — at Oxford. Then I’ll return to Brown to complete my last year," she told the Virginian-Pilot.

She'll feasibly continue on that path, given that "My Week With Marilyn" and "The Perks of Being a Wallflower," the films she shot to follow the end of the massive "Harry Potter" franchise, won't need her for promotion until 2012.

Don't sharpen Watson's pencils just yet, however. There's buzz that she'll join a darker adaptation of "Beauty and the Beast," to be produced by Guillermo Del Toro.

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Photo: Emma Watson attends the premiere of "Harry Potter and The Deathly Hallows — Part 2" at Trafalgar Square in London on July 7. Credit: Ian Gavan / Getty Images.

Amid the Potterheads, Emma Watson reflects on life as Hermione

As Emma Watson made it down the final "Harry Potter" red carpet Monday night in New York City she paused to reflect on what she'd miss most about wielding Hermione Granger's magic wand.

"I'm going to miss, just, being her," the actress told 24 Frames, somewhat wistfully. "She's such a wonderful character and geting to live in her world was -- amazing."

Photos: London premiere of "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows -- Part 2"

Fans had camped out at Lincoln Center for as long as six days before the stars arrived, and Tom Felton surprised a few with a pizza delivery Sunday night. Do the math: six girls from from Florida, New Jersey and upstate New York were on site in Manhattan starting Wednesday, a day before London's Trafalgar Square filled up for that world premiere -- where the NYCPotterheads they said they would have been if they'd been able to afford the trip.

"I can't wait to tell our kids we were part of this crazy fandom," Natasha Pereira, 21, told the Village Voice on Monday morning, before echoing a sentiment heard last week in London:

"This is like the end of our childhood."

The group ultimately found themselves among the lucky few granted up-close access to the red carpet, and tickets to the "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows -- Part 2" screening.

Click over to 24 Frames to watch the red carpet interview with Watson and others from the "Harry Potter" cast.

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World premiere: Fans take over Trafalgar Square for 'Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows -- Part 2'

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Photo: Emma Watson signs autographs for fans at the premiere of "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows -- Part 2" in New York. Credit: Evan Agostini / Associated Press

 

 

 

Tom Felton didn't crush on Emma Watson -- but is rap music a different love story? [Poll]

Tom Felton couldn't have cared less, back in the day, that he was Emma Watson's first crush -- because according to the the bleached-blond "Harry Potter" bad boy, he was crushing way too hard on an older woman: Helena Bonham Carter.

Felton, 23, was in New York on Monday for the East Coast premiere of "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows -- Part 2," which opens Friday in the U.S. after its London world premiere last week.

So, did Mrs. Tim Burton ever learn the secrets of young Draco Malfoy's heart?

Wincing at the memory, Felton told E! News that yes, he'd "embarrassingly wrote it in a card to her after the third or fourth film."

Reminiscing about how young they'd both been, he said that Watson's infatuation, which he heard about through the grapevine, was actually flattering to the 12-year-old boy who found himself a decade later to be friends with that former 12-year-old girl.

In other Tom Felton talk Monday, it was reported in the Sun that the actor, who has a record deal with an indie label, had "revealed" upcoming plans to become a rapper -- more specifically, that he was "looking to get into the grime rap UK scene."

While some outlets played the story as straight news, others at least considered the possibility that Felton's dry sense of humor was again at play, especially given the nature of Felton's musical career to date, busting out gangsta tunes like "Hawaii," below.

The Ministry is firmly in the tongue-in-cheek camp -- British humor has fooled people before -- but we'd love to know where Felton fans fall. Let us know, in the poll and in comments.

 

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Photo: Tom Felton meets fans at the New York premiere of "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows -- Part 2" on July 11, 2011. Credit: Evan Agostini / Associated Press

Harry Potter fans take over Trafalgar Square for 'Deathly Hallows -- Part 2' premiere [Pictures]

Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint and Emma Watson traipsed the red carpet Thursday in London as the world premiere of "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows -- Part 2" apparated in Trafalgar Square. Surrounded by droves of fans crowding into the British landmark, they headed for a screening of the eighth and final film in the franchise.

"It's a moment that you have to let yourself sit back and say 'this is really cool,' " said Radcliffe, who went through 160 pairs of glasses and wore out 60 to 70 wands playing the boy wizard. "The atmosphere is unrepeatable, so this is fitting."

Photos: 'Deathly Hallows -- Part 2' London premiere

Radcliffe, who took a break from his Broadway show to make the premiere, said he kept two pairs of glasses, one from the first film and one from the final film, that he would pull out if he ever felt "nostalgic."

"It's my whole childhood," said one fan, who was among an estimated 18,000 expected at the event.

Warner Bros. set up the massive premiere in front of the National Gallery and crews created a makeshift Diagon Alley to neighboring Leicester Square, where the cast would be viewing the film.

The day got off to a wet start as rain poured down on fans in a very British fashion, but the weather dried as the stars came out and fans waited eagerly to catch a glimpse of Radcliffe, Grint, Watson and the woman who imagined it all: J.K. Rowling, whose books have sold more than 450 million copies.  

"I knew I would one day I'd be standing in Trafalgar Square with people chanting my name, and I wasn’t even called J.K. then!" Rowling joked about the ultimate premiere.

"They're such British books. We just needed to stay true to the essence of the books and the Britishness because Hogwarts is in Scotland," added the author, who also served as a producer on the David Yates-directed film.

"Thank you for making glasses, spectacles and red hair very cool," producer David Heyman said to Rowling. "Thank you for encouraging a generation of young people to read. Thank you for allowing us to make films of your books."

"You just have to let yourself kind of revel in it because it won't happen again," Radcliffe said. "It's a day to be elated."

Over 10 years, Radcliffe's boy wizard faced dementors, Death Eaters, boggarts, backfiring spells, love and He Who Must Not Be Named, played by a serpentine and noseless Ralph Fiennes, with whom he'll have a final showdown in "Deathly Hallows -- Part 2."

"I got used to [not having a nose] now," Fiennes said. "Now it's strange to see myself with a nose!"

'Harry Potter' fans camp in Trafalgar Square for 'Deathly Hallows -- Part 2' premiere [Pictures]

 

Judging by pictures coming in of Harry Potter fans setting up shop in Trafalgar Square ahead of the world premiere of "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows -- Part 2" -- well, let's just say those "Twilight Saga: Eclipse" fans have some serious competition. And in L.A. last June outside Staples Center, it wasn't even raining.

Hard-core Potterites began showing up Monday in anticipation of the Thursday world premiere of the final installment in the franchise, which opens in U.S. theaters on July 15. Stars Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson and Rupert Grint will be on hand in central London to launch the movie, and fans are hoping to catch a glimpse, snap a photo or perhaps snag an autograph off the red carpet.

"We've grown up in the Harry Potter generation," said Rhys Bowen Jones, 18, speaking with Reuters. "I read the first book when I was five so now it's weird that it's coming to an end ... like the end of childhood." Bowen Jones was in London from Wales.

Added Lucy Nee, also 18: "I can't remember a time when there hasn't been a book or film to look forward to. It's a nice coincidence that Harry finishes school at the same time as me; it feels like we've grown up together."

Trafalgar Square has been shut down for the premiere of "Deathly Hallows -- Part 2," the first Harry Potter film to come out in 3-D.

Check back with the Ministry of Gossip in a bit for more pictures of the "Harry Potter" scene in Trafalgar Square.

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Top photo: Harry Potter fans arrive in Trafalgar Square in London a day ahead of the premiere of "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows -- Part 2," the final film in the franchise. Credit: Ben Stansall / Agence-France Presse / Getty Images 

Middle photo: Fans take shelter from the rain. Credit: Kerim Okten / European Pressphoto Agency

Bottom photo: Harry Potter fans fill a shut-down Trafalgar Square. Credit: Joel Ryan / Associated Press

'Harry Potter's' Daniel Radcliffe admits past drinking problem

Daniel Radcliffe just turned 21, and he's already given up drinking. It turns out the "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows — Part 2 " star partied a little too hard over the years and decided to call it quits a while back.

Radcliffe admitted to boozing it up while filming the 2009 blockbuster "Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince" (for non-Potterites, that would be the sixth flick in the franchise).

"I became so reliant on [alcohol] to enjoy stuff," he told GQ-U.K. "There were a few years there when I was just so enamored with the idea of living some sort of famous person's lifestyle that really isn't suited to me."

And no, it wasn't butter beer he was guzzling: Radcliffe said he was a whiskey guy before going dry in August 2010. However, he couldn’t be happier with his sober new life.

"I'm actually enjoying the fact I can have a relationship with my girlfriend where I'm really pleasant and I'm not [messing up] totally all the time," he said.

Sweet, right? Get this, he added, "I'd just rather sit at home and read, or go out to dinner with someone, or talk to someone I love, or talk to somebody that makes me laugh."

And don't expect him to be having even a single drink to celebrate the opening of "Deathly Hallows — Part 2" on July 15.

"As much as I would love to be a person that goes to parties and has a couple of drinks and has a nice time — that doesn't work for me. I do that very unsuccessfully," he said.

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Emma Watson's first crush: 'Harry Potter' costar Tom Felton

Emma Watson had an on-set "Harry Potter" crush — and it wasn't for the guy who played Ron Weasley.

The "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows — Part 2" star revealed that while filming the first two "Harry Potter" films, her 11-year-old self had a "huge crush" on costar Tom Felton, who plays bleached-blond Slytherin nemesis Draco Malfoy.

"He was my first crush," the actress tells Seventeen magazine. "He totally knows. We talked about it — we still laugh about it. We are really good friends now, and that's cool."

Felton now has a long-term girlfriend, Jade Olivia, whom he met three years ago when she was a stunt coordinator's assistant on the "Harry Potter" set. But our Muggle minds are still whirring with the possibilities in a Draco Malfoy-Hermione Granger romance. Could the mudblood-hating pureblood actually have gone for the frizzy-haired, know-it-all witch? Sounds like the makings of some incredibly fun fan fiction, and members of the Draco-Hermione camp must be ecstatic right about now.

But Watson doesn't count her feelings for Felton as a "celebrity crush."

"I've never understood having crushes on people who you don't know in real life. I only crush on people I meet," she said. "I mean, I can appreciate that someone is good-looking, obviously, but I don't intend to fantasize about people I don't know!"

The Brown University dropout also dished about her alternative prospects had she not become the brainy best friend of a certain lightning-scarred wizard.

"If I hadn't done 'Harry Potter,' I would have gone and done years of art. I really do love it, and I'd love to write," she said.

At 21, Watson is currently brushing up on her American accent for the film "Perks of Being a Wallflower," trying her best to not sound like Paris Hilton. Listen to her Yankee voice here.

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Photos: Emma Watson at the MTV Movie Awards, top, and on the cover of Seventeen. Credits: Valerie Macon / Agence France-Presse /Getty Images, top; Seventeen.