Emma Watson is “ecstatic” after getting straight A’s on her A-levels, England’s high school finishing exams, a source close to the Harry Potter star has said.

“She’s ecstatic,” says the source. “She worked really hard and she got the results.”

Emma, who turned 18 in April, received her results Thursday. She took three A-level exams: English Literature, History of Art and Geography, reports People magazine.

But the actress — who has previously spoken spoken of her desire to attend Cambridge University (which her grades qualifies her for) — hasn’t decided yet about whether to enroll right away.

“She’s just enjoying her results,” a rep for Watson says. “She’s not making any decisions right now.”

Meanwhile, Harry Potter fans are going to have to weight until next year to see the sixth Potter movie. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince — which was due to be released Nov. 11 — has been pushed back to July 17, 2009.

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Harry Potter star Emma Watson has sparked rumors she is romancing a young Italian actor - after the pair was spotted enjoying two dates in a week.

The 18-year-old was seen spending time with Roberto Agnillera at a polo event in England on July 28th and was photographed with the thespian again this week enjoying a romantic night out together in London.

The pair is set to have met at prestigious British stage school the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA), where Watson is taking an eight-week course on Shakespeare.

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Harry Potter star Emma Watson is set to replace Keira Knightley as the face of French fashion house Chanel, signing a reported $6 million contract.

Knightley has been the star of the advertising campaigns for premium fragrance Coco Chanel since 2006, but the actress’s contract expires this summer.

And bosses at Chanel have reportedly lined up 18-year-old Watson to take Knightley’s place.

A source tells British newspaper The Mail on Sunday, “Emma has been slowly integrated into the Chanel brand. They have been dressing her for film premieres and parties over recent months to see if she is the right fit.”

“Once it became clear she is growing into a beautiful young woman and wears the Chanel brand so elegantly, they had to sign her up.”

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Emma Watson is so sick of the media speculation surrounding her friendship with co-star Daniel Radcliffe, she has vowed never to start a romance with the actor.

Watson, who plays Potter’s sidekick Hermione Granger in the hit film franchise, is convinced fans of the boy wizard series desperately want her and Radcliffe to become a couple in real life - because their characters fail to unite in author J.K. Rowling’s books.

And the 18-year-old blames the public’s desire for the union for the constant press speculation about their relationship.

She says, “Dan Radcliffe is very charming, and very, very sweet and knows how to handle it (the rumors about their relationship). We’ve been handling this situation for six years now. Everyone has been going, ‘Are you and Dan together?’ Because it doesn’t happen in the books, everyone is so desperate for it to happen in real life that any opportunity to come up with a story about it is taken.”

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Emma Watson received an expensive birthday present on her 18th birthday - she gains access to her huge $20 million fortune.

The British star has been given complete reign over the money she has earned through appearing in all five of the Harry Potter films.

Although Watson, who turned 18 on Monday, is in control of her millions for the first time, the star’s money management skills are under intense scrutiny by a team of financial advisors, according to Britain’s Daily Mail newspaper.

In a deal with England’s royal bank Coutts, who also look after her co-star Daniel Radcliffe’s fortune, the actress is required to make low-risk, high-interest investments and attend courses on how to be a responsible millionaire.
The star, who is currently working on the franchise’s latest outing Harry Potter And The Half-Blood Prince, is paid $5 million (GBP2.5 million) for her role as the schoolgirl wizard.

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She may be a few years off hanging up her broomstick, but life outside Hogwarts is already shaping up nicely for Emma Watson. The Harry Potter star, who was catapulted to fame when she took the role of Hermione at just 9, is starring in a new BBC production, Ballet Shoes.

In the feature-length film, set in 1930s London, Emma plays the part of orphaned Pauline Fossil, who is adopted by an eccentric explorer, played by Richard Griffiths. While the young actress says she couldn’t pass up the “amazing project,” she has revealed she occasionally craves a normal teenage life away from the spotlight. She told the Daily Telegraph: “I’m not the girl they get the number 19 bus into town with to grab a coffee.”

I just get mobbed. It’s an uncomfortable experience for everyone. Sometimes I miss the fact that I have never really been a teenager because I have been Hermione for such a long time.” Emma has already amassed a 20 million dollar fortune, but she is applying to Cambridge University as a backstop “in case acting doesn’t work out.” Still, the 17-year-old is grateful for her early success: “I just tell myself I won the lottery.”

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