Who in the world would not like to show that he or she has money, especially when they have a lot of money?

The fabulous “Harry Potter” hottie Emma Watson, who lived in France until she was five-years-old, recently decided to make her contribution in the economy of the country. She speaks fluent French and is a enthusiastic skier.

She has bought a French Ski Chalet for a mere one million pounds. Wasn’t there an expensive one available for sale?

The elegant lady, who established control over her 10 million pounds fortune on her 18th birthday in April 2008, has so far collected over 10 million pounds by starring in Harry Potter movies and Chanel perfume deals.

Reportedly she will be spending a huge amount of money on renovating and dressing-up the home at breezy Meribel in the French Alps.

Keep it going, Hermione!!!

Movie wizard Daniel Radcliffe has hit the jack-Potter – earning $26million in only a year. And the 18-year-old Harry Potter star has wisely invested millions from his film work in property and businesses.

The actor’s assets have risen by $6million since last year – not including the $16million he made from Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix.

Figures for his company Gilmore Jacobs show that in 12 months he put $8million in cash in the bank, had investments of $14million and was owed $4million in outstanding payments.

The figures have just been lodged at Companies House and cover the year to August 2007.

In December last year Daniel – whose total fortune is estimated at $50million – paid $2.5million for a pad in Manhattan that he plans to rent out at $20,000 a month. He also set up Almada Productions to develop scripts, and it made a $130,000 profit last year.

Daniel, who has portrayed the Quidditch-playing hero since 2001, took full control of his earnings when he turned 18 last July. Gilmore Jacobs is owned by his parents Alan and Marcia, but they have stipulated that all the riches belong to him.

Oscar winning British actor Jim Broadbent has signed on to appear in the sixth ‘Harry Potter’ film – Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince. Few weeks ago there was a news article in the daily news paper that I get a copy of every morning and it said that Harry Potter movie series has become the top most grossing movie series of all times when it beat British spy movie series James Bond to claim that title. I have seen the Harry Potter movies and probably everyone in the world who watches cinema has seen the movie and it is superb movie of fantasies and magic but is far from the truth, children shouldn’t be exposed to the harsh realities of our naked world at an early age so they will obviously enjoy seeing some kido stuff but James Bond is more of a man’s thing where the spy agent 007 works on a mission and has the license to kill, thrill and the license to have sex anytime he sees a beautiful blond or brunette. So that’s my choice for a slick movie and not Harry Potter. Sorry you kids if you ever happen to read my comments.

HARRY POTTER author J.K Rowling on Tuesday lost a court fight in London to ban publication of a photograph of her young son.

Rowling, whose seventh and final Potter book was released worldwide last month to a frenzy of excitement and record sales, had argued at the High Court that her son David’s right to privacy was invaded by the picture.

The photograph, showing Rowling and her husband Neil Murray with the child in a buggy, was taken by a picture agency photographer using a long-range lens in a street in her home city of Edinburgh in 2004.

The boy, now aged four, was 20 months old at the time.

One minute after midnight last night the final book in the Harry Potter series went on sale. Fans all over the world were lined up at their favorite bookstore, many of them dressed as their favorite character. In the past few weeks speculation about the end of Harry Potter has been at the forefront of entertainment news. When interviews with the author, J.K. Rowling revealed an emotional and heart wrenching ending for the writer it only made curiosity soar. Now that the book is available I’m sure it won’t be long until we all know if Harry dies or not. I’m sure we can’t trust readers to keep that secret for too long. I’ll be surprised if no one just skips right to the end. Maybe now that the story is over life can get back to normal. Perhaps after the final movie the talk about Harry Potter will decrease until he is only mentioned at Halloween, like most other fantasy story characters.

Hundreds of Harry Potter fans crammed into London’s Leicester Square in torrential rain for the European premiere of the fifth film.

The film’s star Daniel Radcliffe arrived clutching an umbrella as fans’ chants of “Harry, Harry, Harry” drowned out the sound of thunder.

He was joined by author JK Rowling, who said that it was “fantastic” to see the crowds of fans.
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix opens in the UK on 12 July.
Rowling spoke of finishing the final book in the series, which is published on 21 July.
Some fans had camped out overnight

Nearly 1.6 million have already placed an order for Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows the seventh and final instalment - ahead of its publication.