Yep, man I’d love to have enough money to take a year off to read. I’d do it in warm places though, I’d sure as fuck not be in London in February.

Because most of them are still chasing some sort of external validation. That’s what makes this such a cool move on her part, and at her age.

It is a privilege. However, when most of actresses and actors could do the same, they wouldn’t. And the fact that she chose to devote her time that could be earning tons of money and fame to do her personal project is really admirable already.

werd. i always wonder why more rich and famous people don’t do stuff like this, be like, great guys i can live fucking comfortably for the rest of my life without any more effort so i’m just gonna be over here doing whatever.

From what I read after Alan Rickman died, the HP set was a nurturing place where the kids were treasured and mentored throughout all 8 films. That has to be part of the reason - they literally grew up in the best, most supportive environment possible for children.

Plus she has been famous since she was 10 years old and (at the age of 25) would have recently gained control of her earnings from the HP franchise. I don’t see why this is so worthy of snark from some of the people on here. I really admire Emma for being vocal about her dedication to both non-profit organizations and…

I would never trust the opinion of someone who doesn’t look like they eat at all.

Oh honey. This lady may tell me how to make candied yams. You may not.

The only reason I’m not rolling my eyes at this is because she is still a very young woman and I do believe she WILL use the time and the results of her studies to do those wonderful, charitable things. She doesn’t seem like the type not to.

What the hell is Wendy even suggesting with that comment? The clip cuts out immediately before she clarifies what she means by “rolling camera on it, you know like a camera [cuts out]” but she puts her hand up to the top of her head like she’s talking about filming sexual abuse with a GoPro. Like, WTF? A: GoPro hadn’t…

They didn’t grow up in Hollywood, none of their families relied on the kids’ income or fame, and they all continued at their normal schools. And they seem to have all had very grounded parents.

To be fair, she’s been working since she was 10 and she’s wealthy. Taking time off for college and to consciously self-educate seems more laudable than always running after the next part.

I think so too. I think she’ll have quite a diverse career. I think she’ll end up directing, producing and maybe teaching a college course or two.

“She’s important because she...I just really identified with her,” Watson reflects. “I was the girl in school whose hand shot up to answer the questions. I was really eager to learn in an uncool way. In a super uncool way, actually. And then the character of Hermione gave me permission to be who I was.”

Why the snarky tone of the article and all the unnecessary quotation marks (“personal development”, “homeschooling”, etc.)? Is Emma Watson now on Jez’s crap list?

I wonder if she’s going to use this time to write a manuscript. I could see her becoming a successful author.

There are enough pop songs about bi-curiosity among women that Crazy Ex-Girlfriend parodied them!

I can confirm that Kristen Bell is both adorable and the size of Tinkerbell.

I think it’s more Kristen Bell is that short

A while ago I was walking in a businessy part of San Francisco’s Chinatown at 8am and got whooshed by a dude on a skateboard with carefully coiffed hair, a comically large paper cup of coffee, and really strong weed fumes. I was so impressed. That seemed to be a lot to already have done by 8.