Emma Watson caught the Tribeca Film Festival premiere of Struck By Lightning this weekend. Her look for the evening mixed demure, almost dainty florals with a black leather jacket for a schoolgirl goes punk vibe.

Struck By Lightning marks the screenwriting debut for Glee‘s Chris Colfer, who also stars.  It looks back on a high school senior’s last few weeks of life, leading up to his death by – you guessed it – a bolt of lightning.   The cast also includes Christina Hendricks, Allison Janney and Sarah Hyland.

More views of Emma after the jump.

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I try not to use the phrase “gracing the cover” of a magazine anymore; I think it’s way overused.  That’s never a problem when it comes to Emma Watson, though.  While she’s entirely graceful in every way, she doesn’t just “grace” a magazine cover:  she ROCKS it.

To wit:  Watson’s cover for the current issue of Elle France Weekly (January 27, 2012).  Photographer Rankin caught her looking fierce, flirty and just plain fabulous.

Emma talks fashion and fame with the magazine.  Some highlights from her interview:

On her now-famous pixie haircut:  “For ten years, because of my Harry Potter contract, I wasn’t allowed to cut my  hair.  This summer, when I could finally do as I liked, I really went for it!”

On her personal style:  My problem is that I’m kind of boring.  I don’t carry designer handbags or wear huge sunglasses.

On choosing to embrace fame rather than reject it:  “When I don’t have to be “Emma Watson” in public, I prefer not to put myself out there.  Someone asked me why I took the job with Lancôme if I wanted to stay out of the spotlight.  In fact, I’ve let go of the idea that perhaps I could someday become anonymous again.  Before, I used to insist on riding buses and trains:  my way of rebelling against my suffocating fame.  But last year, I was in Bangladesh, passing through a very poor village, with huts made of dried mud.  This ragged little boy asked me, ‘Hey, aren’t you the girl from Harry Potter?’ I mean, what can you do?”

If you read French, catch her whole interview here.  And don’t forget to click through for some more pics from Watson’s cover shoot.

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Emma Watson is her usual classy and sexy self in her latest ad for Lancôme.    She’s introducing the cosmetic company’s new Rouge In Love line of lipsticks.  The line features 24 shades, offered at $25 each, and is directed at a teen consumer.

Lancôme International President Youcef Nabi explained:

“…the idea is to make this young generation — that has been a gloss fan — come back to using lipsticks…they were complaining about the fact that the classical lipsticks were heavy on lips.  So we invented a formula which is a brand new generation of texture that is at the same time very intense color and six-hour perfect wear.”

Watson worked with the company to create the range of shades, and if that’s not appealing enough to young women, Lancôme plans to make the line even more youth friendly by introducing a new app, Virtual Mirror, along with the lipsticks.    Nabi commented:

“You will be able to try all the shades by downloading your picture.  It’s really you transformed [before] your eyes.”

She also revealed details about Vernis In Love, a collection of matching nail polishes.

“Lipstick doesn’t come without a nail enamel.  It’s the ultimate fashion accessory.”

You can find Rouge In Love and Vernis In Love online and at Nordstrom stores beginning in February.

Photo Source:  Lancome

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Emma Watson is back to college after taking last semester off, this time she’s in England.

The Harry Potter star is enrolled at Brown University but is spending a semester abroad and is doing so at one of the premiere universities of the world – Oxford.

The 21 year-old posted a message to fans on her blog and a photo of her going back-to-school outfit: jeans, plaid flannel shirt, boots and khaki jacket with fur trim.

“To Everyone who is starting a New School Year, (sorry those who have been at school for a while Oxford starts late)

Just to say have a great term and good luck with all your work.
You might not hear from me for a while because I will be really busy studying but I wanted to just say hi and bye : )

Hope you all like ‘My Week with Marilyn’ and i’ll keep you posted on ‘Perks’.
Love Emma xx”

Watson is in the November 23rd release My Week with Marilyn, starring Michelle Williams and Eddie Redmayne. She will also be in The Perks of Being a Wallflower with Logan Lerman and Nina Dobrev due for release sometime in 2012.

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Michelle Williams is taking on the screen legend and icon Marilyn Monroe (see her Monroe inspired October cover and photo spread for Vogue here) for the biopic My Week with Marilyn.

The story takes place during the filming of The Prince and the Showgirl, which Monroe and Sir Lawrence Olivier (played by Kenneth Branagh) filmed in the summer of 1956 in England.

Monroe, who was just married to playwright Arthur Miller (Dougray Scott) at the time, was accompanied by production assistant Colin Clark (Eddie Redmayne) who went on to write about the experience – with one week missing.

That stretch of time is the film’s core – when the 23 year-old was enraptured with the Hollywood star and pulled into her life.

Dominic Cooper, Dame Judi Dench, Julia Ormond and Emma Watson costar.

For any actress to play a larger-than-life persona like Monroe, the task can be daunting and intimidating so will she pull it off? Check out the trailer and see what you think.

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Emma Watson conjured up an edgy fashion look for the red carpet of the GQ Men of the Year Awards 2011 held at the Royal Opera House in London on Tuesday evening.

The Harry Potter actress chose a plaid dress with full skirt from the Alexander McQueen secondary line McQ that she paired with a leather biker jacket.

The 21 year-old star presented photographer Mario Testino with the Inspiration of the Year Award.

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Our little Hermione is growing up fast!  Emma Watson, back in England to attend Oxford University this academic year, has lately been spotted around London with her sweetie, actor Johnny Simmons (Scott Pilgrim Vs The World).  They’ve been staying with her parents at their North London home.

Radar Online reports:

“Things are getting pretty serious between Emma and Johnny so she wanted to take him back to London to meet her parents.  They’ve been having a brilliant time together.”

This presumably being Johnny’s first time in London, he surely wants to see the sights, and Emma is accommodating his wish.

“Emma knows the city like the back of her hand so she is a great person to show him around. They’ve done loads of tourist spots but she has also been taking him to a few flea markets and some great local pubs.”

A source noted that the couple have been taking an environmentally-friendly approach to their sightseeing, saying, “They’ve been taking bikes or eco-cars.”

Ah, young love!

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Photographers and fashion magazines love Emma Watson, and Mariano Vivanco and i-D are no exception.  Emma appears in “The Pick Me Up Issue” of the magazine.  With her short hair gelled firmly in place and very dramatic makeup, the Harry Potter actress was snapped in black and white and color photos – the latter surely to highlight the glow from her metallic outfits.

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The surfboards were big, blue and plentiful at the 2011 Teen Choice Awards.

Hosted by The Big Bang Theory‘s Kaley Cuoco at the Gibson Amphitheatre in Universal City, California on Sunday night, Taylor Swift, Twilight, Selena Gomez, the Harry Potter cast and the stars of The Vampire Diaries were the big (multiple) winners.

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Emma Watson can’t seem to make up her mind about college!  After declaring in March that she was leaving Brown University, she has now announced that she’ll be back.

Emma is headed to Oxford for the fall, but will return to Brown in 2012 to finish her degree.    Good for her; back in 2009, she said that completing a college degree was one of her big goals.

I wonder what’s behind all the indecision?  It’s OK to transfer schools if Brown’s not working out for you, Emma!

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