I added some The Bling Ring stills and posters to the gallery. Happy Sunday!

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Candids > 2013 > Canal+ TV Stage at the 66th Cannes Film Festival – May 17

Harry Potter star Emma Watson shows off a new celeb-obsessed personality and a specific Los Angeles accent in The Bling Ring.

But her fans will be interested to see that Sofia Coppola’s new film features a fully-clothed Watson performing a brief but memorable show on Paris Hilton’s stripper pole dance floor.

The British actress insists she needs some work on the sultry maneuvers.

“If you watched the film, I’m hardly a pro pole dancer,” Watson said on Friday, promoting The Bling Ring at the Cannes Film Festival where it premiered. “I actually look pretty bad doing it.”

But the 23-year-old actress is turning over a new page following the last Harry Potter film in 2011 and taking on more provocative roles. The Bling Ring focuses on a group of celeb-obsessed Los Angeles kids who use the internet to track their favorite celebrities so they can rob their Hollywood homes of designer goods.

Director Coppola is impressed with Watson’s “transformation” in the film, insisting that the pole dancing was necessary to reflect Watson’s real-life character.

“The pole dancing exercises was part of that culture,” said Coppola. “I wanted to show that whole universe.”

The former child star is growing up as a human being and learning about herself in the process.

“You sort of accept certain things about your personality,” Watson said of growing older. “I don’t need to beat myself up about not wanting to go out (at night). I thought there was something quite peculiar about me because I was this insular person. But that’s just how I am. You learn to be okay with the way you are.”

That new found acceptance does not include ordering a stripper pole for her own home.

“Shockingly no,” Watson laughed, when asked about getting her own pole. “But who knows? Anything can happen. I might be totally different in a year.”

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I added some candids of Emma arriving to two of her Cannes appearances to the gallery:

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Candids > 2013 > Leaves Palais du Festival in Cannes – May 16
Candids > 2013 > Arriving at ‘The Bling Ring’ Cannes Film Festival Press Conference – May 16

Pictures from the Cannes Film Festival have been coming in slowly, so do check back as I have hundreds more pictures to add =)

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Appearances > 2013 > ‘The Bling Ring’ Cannes Film Festival Press Conference- May 16
Appearances > 2013 > ‘The Bling Ring’ Cannes Film Festival Photo Call- May 16
Appearances > 2013 > ‘The Bling Ring’ Cannes Film Festival Premiere – May 16

Believe it or not, Emma Watson considers the Kardashians an inspiration.

In Sofia Coppola’s The Bling Ring, Watson, 23, plays an L.A. teenager who becomes part of a criminal gang, and the actress says she has Kourtney, Kim, Khloe and a few other reality TV starts to thank for helping her perfect the role.

“I watched a lot of Keeping up with the Kardashians and The Hills, and I tried to understand the psychology of this kind of girl as much as possible,” Watson told reporters at Cannes. “I didn’t want her to be just a parody. The accent was hard as it was a particular kind of dialect. I also thought a lot about what her parents must have been like.”

Though it’s inspired by true events, Watson says the film’s more than a crime movie.

“This really isn’t a heist movie,” said Watson. “It was how about these kids wanted to pretend for just two hours or so that they were actually Paris Hilton and living that life.”

The film includes a cameo by Hilton, who was a victim of the actual crimes, and stars Leslie Mann as Watson’s mother.

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Photo Shoots > W Magazine (2013)

When Emma Watson was cast in the Harry Potter films as Hermione Granger, the serious, smart role model to countless young girls, the actress, who was only 9 years old, set a nearly impossible course for herself. Not only did she have to bring life to a beloved fictional character for generations to come, but in an increasingly prying Internet-tabloid culture, she also had to measure up to the perfection of Hermione while creatively moving past that ideal. To grow up in public is brutal on many levels, but Watson, 23, has managed to escape both the bad behavior and the career paralysis that afflict so many child stars. Her biggest act of defiance seems to be her recent move to the United States. She is currently an English major at Brown University in Rhode Island. And although roles in corset movies surely have been offered to her in abundance, she has chosen, post-Hermione, to play two different American girls: Sam, the charismatic object of desire in The Perks of Being a Wallflower, in 2012, and Nicki, an aspiring actress and part-time thief in Sofia Coppola’s The Bling Ring, out this month.

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Candids of Emma arriving in Nice, France yesterday looking absolutely gorgeous have been added to our gallery:

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Candids > 2013 > Arriving in Nice – May 13

Candids of Emma out in New York City yesterday have been uploaded to the gallery:

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Candids > 2013 > Out in NY – May 7

More pictures from Emma’s GQ UK shoot have been added to the gallery:

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Photo Shoots > GQ UK (2013)

Pictures of Emma at the MET Gala last night have been added to the gallery. Check back throughout the day for more adds!

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Appearances > 2013 > “PUNK: Chaos To Couture” Costume Institute Gala – May 6