“You should learn to participate,” maintains Paul Rudd's English teacher to timid high-school freshman Charlie (Logan Lerman).

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Kara Hayward is the latest in a line of child actresses who have brains as well as talent. The 13-year-old star of Cannes opening-night film Moonrise Kingdom has been a member of Mensa since the age of nine. Some of the Massachusetts native's artwork and poems have been published. So she looks odds-on to join the club of brainy actresses who, having taken Hollywood by storm, decide to take a career sabbatical to study. 

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Survey links narrow range of inspirational figures to stereotypical career ambitions

Watson has carefully peppered her career with choices that pertain very closely to her own interests

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Nathan from The Wanted receives a death threat from a jealous fan and he gets told he looks like Emma Watson.

Emma Watson ready to try comedy

Emma Watson wants to star in a "quirky" comedy.

Emma Watson to return to Brown

Emma Watson plans to return to Brown University.

Final Harry Potter breaks US record

The final Harry Potter film has broken records in the US and Canada for weekend box-office takings, according to estimates.

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Rupert Grint misses being on the set of 'Harry Potter' because it had become his second home.

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A clip from the final adventure in the Harry Potter film series.
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