Emma Watson: I Belong at Brown

To movie fans, Emma Watson will always be Hermione Granger. They can get a look at her in this role via our latest round of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows photos.
But the actress feels just at home on the college campus of Brown University as she does on the big screen, a fact she goes into detail about in this month's Marie Claire. Excerpts, and pictures, from the interview are below.

On life at Brown: Brown has a real sense of community, and people are very protective of me. They really look out for me; they want me to feel like I’m part of it. I threw my 20th birthday party at Brown, and I didn’t even have to say to anyone not to put pictures on Facebook. Not a single picture went up. That was when I knew I’d found a solid group of friends, and I felt like I belonged.

On portraying Hermione: I felt like I knew exactly who she was. Like me, she’s very loyal and determined, she’s very intelligent, and she has a lot of guy friends, as I do. Her eagerness to please and to have the right answer is definitely like me. I’m a perfectionist, so my bossiness definitely comes out.

Britney Spears Ready to Get "Grimier"

Lukasz "Dr. Luke" Gottwald, a producer who's worked with other hot singers such as Ke$ha and Katy Perry, is now working on Britney Spears' follow-up to Circus.
"She's an icon," Dr. Luke said of Spears, whose new album will be "grimier" than ever. "She's been around and always delivers, so there's a lot for us to live up to."
Indeed. She sets the bar high for dirtiness ...

DIRTY GIRL: She really is. But we haven't seen anything yet.

Dr. Luke, who co-produced and co-wrote the title track to Circus, says he has some new ideas in mind that will help shift the pop star's musical style.
"It's early in the process, but I want [the sound] to get harder in some ways," he says "and maybe a little more deep into electronic - even grimier."
Sounds filthy. Spears has reportedly finished three new songs for the album, and grimy new release is slated for an early 2011 release. Supposedly.
Looking forward to new music from Britney Spears? Does this shift in style sound like a good one? Sound she clean up her act instead? Discuss.

Lady Gaga Makes Wax Museum History

Not only will Lady Gaga be inducted into Madame Tussauds museums around the world this month, but a staggering eight wax Gagas will be enshrined!
The reveal of her eight different looks (as seen in some classic Lady Gaga pictures) will be the biggest figure launch in the history of the museum.
What will the wax replicas of the "Poker Face" be? Here's a rundown:

 

There's nothing like a Lady Gaga fashion statement to really push the envelope. Can you even call this fashion?

1. Lady in Lace: Lace body stocking, Marie Antoinette hairstyle (Brit Awards 2010).
2. Telephone hat paired with a black Armani coat (Jonathan Ross, 2010).
3. Mini Mouse: Black latex body suit with straight hair (BBC Radio 1).
4. Hair Hat: Gaga’s own blonde locks, see-through dress (unknown).
5. Kinky Boots: Leather body suit and black lace bra (London 2009).
6. Harlequin: Black body suit, platinum hair (Seoul, South Korea).
7. Purple Hair: Towering purple hair piece (Denmark).
8. Wired “wing” dress with lightning “eye” (Germany).

Mother of Mario Barrett: My Bad!

Mario Barrett is off the legal hook.
In early October, the R&B singer was arrested for assault because his mother, Shawntia Hardaway, accused her son of shoving her in the chest and trashing her apartment. Readers, however, suspected that Hardaway's history of substance abuse played a role in this allegation.
They were correct.

On the witness stand yesterday, Hardaway changed her story and admitted she was under the influence of drugs and alcohol when she called the cops. She now says Mario never touched her.

The artist's attorney, Billy Murphy, says his client "remains committed to helping his mother battle her addiction." We hope for everyone's sake that she gets the assistance she needs.

David Cassidy Arrested For DUI

Former Partridge Family star David Cassidy was arrested in Florida Wednesday night on suspicion of DUI. Cops found a half empty bottle of bourbon in his car.
The 60-year-old former teen idol was weaving on and off the road a number of times on Florida's Turnpike around 8:00 p.m. and was eventually pulled over.
According to cops, Cassidy told the trooper he'd had a glass of wine around lunch time and popped a hydrocodone painkiller a few hours before the arrest.

David Cassidy's mug shot is scary. Mostly because it's so low-res.

Police ordered the father of Gossip Girl star Katie Cassidy (who was in a DUI bust herself in 2007) to get out of the car and say he was "swaying while standing."
David Cassidy took a breath test and blew a 0.139 and 0.141 - way over the .08 legal limit. A half-empty bottle of bourbon was then found inside his Mercedes.
Cassidy was taken to a nearby jail and booked for DUI.
The actor is adamant that he was NOT hammered on booze when he got behind the wheel last night and says he plans to fight the DUI charges tooth and nail.
He admits he did take a pain pill for his back earlier in the day and may have been tired from an early morning funeral he had to attend, but he wasn't drunk.
Cassidy is also disputing the results of the two breathalyzer tests he took at the time of arrest, insisting his true BAC could not have been properly measured.
Cassidy's rep tells us the actor is already on the hunt for a lawyer and plans to fight the charges adding, "He would never jeopardize anyone on the road."
"He would not have been driving had he not had to go to a funeral ... he's never been arrested in his life before for anything."