Harry Potter starlet Emma Watson may be legally allowed to enjoy a drink now that she is 18, but she still has curfews to obey.

The actress, who is filming Harry Potter And The Half Blood Prince in Hertfordshire, abandoned her birthday celebrations last week so she would be fresh-faced on set.

Annoyingly, Emma, who has a good behaviour clause in her contract with Warner Brothers, wasn’t even allowed to go to the MySpace Beyond The Rave party last week which she was due to attend with her financier boyfriend Jay Barrymore.

“Jay was there on his own,” I’m informed.

“Emma wasn’t happy to be told she wasn’t allowed out.” Nor will she be happy to hear that Jay was having a long chat with Tamsin Egerton and Tallulah Riley from the St Trinian’s movie.

But there is a little silver lining to go with her cloud.

After turning 18 last week Emma access to her £10.5 million fortune for the first time

She only got her hands on the money after agreeing to enrol on a crash course on being a multi-millionaire, Mail Online has learned.

And, after amassing the huge sum over eight years starring as Hermione Granger, she is reportedly being paid £2.5million for the latest Harry Potter adventure.

However it has emerged that she will have a battle on her hands if she wants to try and blow her millions all at once.

Emma will only have access to her money through a wall of men in suits at Coutts - the bank favoured by the Royal family - which also managed co-star Daniel Radcliffe’s estimated £24million fortune.

She has also had to complete a crash course in being rich, given by the bank at the request of her parents.

The actress had to sit through three days of tutorials with other Harry Potter child stars including Tom Felton who played Draco Malfoy in the movie franchise.

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Emma Watson is attached to star in “Napoleon and Betsy,” a period drama being written and directed by Benjamin Ross.

Watson will play Betsy Balcombe, a young, impetuous noblewoman trapped on the isolated British Isle of St. Helena who falls in love with Napoleon, who is in exile on the island.

Watson is filling the shoes recently vacated by Scarlett Johansson, who stepped aside as the part skewed younger.

Johansson is still producing, along with Alexandra Milchan, Melanie Sloan and Gilles Arondeau.

Watson, who just signed with WMA in all areas, is known for her role as Hermione Granger in Warner Bros.’ “Harry Potter” films, and is completing filming on the sixth installment, “Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince.”

With filming of the last chapter, “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows,” scheduled to commence in early 2009, Watson hopes to shoot “Napoleon and Betsy” in the fall.

Watson recently starred in the BBC telefilm “Ballet Shoes” and additionally lends her voice to the role of Princess Pea in the animated film “The Tale of Despereaux,” which Universal releases this year. She continues to be repped by Markham and Froggatt in the U.K.

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17 April, 2008: 18-year-old Harry Potter starlet Emma Watson has been approach…ed my Hugh Heffner to pose for Playboy magazine.

When Harry Potter actress Emma Watson turned 18 Tuesday, she received a birthday present fit for a wizard.

For most teens, turning the big 18 and becoming a legal adult comes with a few small perks including voting rights. For Emma Watson, Hermione in the Harry Potter films, turning 18 grants her access to the $20 million she’s amassed making the wildly popular film series.

But Watson’s parents are making sure their daughter doesn’t blow through her millions.

Watson has sat through a series of lessons in money management given by Coutts bank, the Daily Mail reports. She’s reportedly learned about basic economics, investing, and philanthropy.

Coutts manages the Queen’s money as well as Watson’s and her co-star Daniel Radcliffe’s estimated $48 million.

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A thank you video from Emma Watson to fans who have sent her a Birthday Present.

Thanks to our forum mod Feist

From all of us at PotterShots.net, we’d wish you a

Happy 18th Birthday Emma Watson!

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for taking a short notice request and doing a such wonderful job with the artwork, which is now our new banner. Thanks!

Openning of Balenciaga’s was a private event, so there aren’t many pictures.

“I joined Emma Watson (in flats so as not to upset her teen fanclub!) at the opening of Balenciaga’s Mount Street store followed by a cosy dinner at Harry’s Bar, hosted by Charlotte Gainsbourg and Nicolas Ghesquiere.”

And here’s a snip from the Instyle UK Blog:

No other event in town was more exclusive than the cocktail party marking the store opening last night. Well, the dinner that followed the cocktail party marking the store opening was more exclusive, so much so that it was only A-listers and socialites, no press thank you very much, but the drinks party was a very intimate affair: Ghesquiere, of course, Emma Watson, Bee Schaffer, Charlotte Gainsbourg, shoe designer Pierre Hardy and make-up artist Pat McGrath… and me! Oh there were other journos in the room, but they don’t count because I highly doubt they love Balenciaga as much as I do. Except maybe Emma Watson, who told me: “I have never met the designer before, but I can’t wait. I’m wearing Balenciaga top-to-toe.”

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Here’s the 3rd headshot thanks to amycad4!

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First picture from Warner Bro’s photoshoot of Emma Watson:

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Emma said on her website that new pictures from the Harry Potter studio r around the corner!

Harry Potter author JK Rowling gave prisoners learning to read a “real boost” when she visited them in jail.

The millionaire author presented awards to inmates at Edinburgh Prison.

Rowling, whose writing has brought her millions of fans worldwide, was invited to carry out the honours by the Shannon Trust. The London-based charity helps prisoners across the UK learn to read.

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SPORTY Harry Potter actress EMMA WATSON has thrashed her male co-stars at table tennis so often that they are now too frightened to play her.Emma, who plays Hermione Granger, is currently filming Harry Potter And The Half-Blood Prince with RUPERT GRINT and DANIEL RADCLIFFE.

Rupert, who plays Ron Weasley, said: “I’ve got a table tennis table on set and we’re always playing between scenes.

“Dan has been having a lucky few months and we’ve both been getting really good but Emma is brilliant. We rarely play her now because it gets quite embarrassing.”

I’m looking forward to the movie version of the trio’s battle - Harry Potter And The Ping Pong Queen.

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NOT even the sorting hat is going to help Ron Weasley choose between the two bewitching women in his life.

Harry Potter star Rupert Grint, 19, found himself in the wizard position of having Lily Allen, 22, on the phone while enjoying a shopping trip with co-star Emma Watson, 17.

Not exactly a rock and a hard place, you’ll agree…

But when Watson caught Allen calling his mobile while he was busy trying on a suit in Armani, things got a bit tricky.

The Mayfair boutique was then treated to the spellbinding sight of the two magic sprites unleashing angry incantations as the Smile singer was banished. (Or, as we Muggles would say, when Emma slammed the phone down on her.)

Our source with the new expensive handbag told us: “Rupert was trying on suits when his mobile rang in his jacket, which he’d hung next to Emma.

“She picked up the call and I heard her say: ‘Why am I answering his phone? Because he’s rather occupied at the moment. Is there something you want?’”

The tailor was taking Rupert’s measurements at the time, which he may want to do again because we imagine he was shrinking from shame at this point.

Our well-heeled curtain-twitcher continued: “Emma listened to the person on the phone for a bit and then she said: ‘We’re busy right now, like you should be, Lily.’

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The first picture of the trio from the Half-Blood Prince has emerged

And could that be the Half-Blood Prince’s Potion’s Book in Dan’s hand? O.o

It’s a scan so it’s not the greatest quality but hopefully we will get a better version soon

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