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The Hermione-to-Columbia rumor machine continues to be more active than anything ESPN Insider has to offer (yes, that was a sports reference – just move along). Previous rumors (which we and our commenters were skeptical of) were based an entry in the Columbia University directory, but now British tabloid The Daily Mail is reporting that, in the August issue of Elle, Watson confirms that she will be headed to Morningside in September.
Unfortunately, the article, in typical British tabloid tabloid fashion, doesn’t actually quote any excerpts saying she’s definitely coming, and quick check of the local magazine racks turned up no copies of the Elle issue in question. But fans may continue to live in hope.
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@I'm calling it........ She definitely is coming to Columbia. Too many media outlets have rumored that it is to be so. So I’m calling it…..why oh why did I graduate in 2009?
@Riven According to a serious german news website she is going to columbia in the fall
@Well According to Daniel Radcliffe, she’s going to Brown
http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/2009/jul/04/daniel-radcliffe-harry-potter-jk-rowling
I’m assuming he would know
@MEG Scans! http://s623.photobucket.com/albums/tt320/LeakyGalleries/Cast/Emma%20Watson/Articles%20and%20Scans/2009%20July%20-%20Elle/
@CU is celeb friendly I dunno, Columbia does get a lot of celebrities- Chelsea Clinton and Christy Turlington are students now on the med campus- Alicia Keys spent a few weeks as a freshman before leaving (not well known back then), Julia Stiles, Anna Paquin, both Gyllenhaals (somewhat established indie actors at that point) and of course Rider Strong… then there’s Casey Affleck, Amanda Peet, Matthew Fox etc. who made it big after school…
@agreed i remember seeing spike lee when he was taking some class in hamilton and no one even noticed him. i think that columbia would be the school that would be the least likely to be “omg, a celebrity.” i’ve honestly lost track of all the celebrities sightings i’ve had. though my favorite is jon lithgow in the magazine section at barnes and nobles.
@oooh Jon Lithgow…that reminds me… Joseph Gordon-Levitt had some kind of Q&A in Lerner a few years back and he said he was a Columbia dropout.
@Julia stiles didn’t think the campus was very celeb-friendly
@oh come on! People saying our campus went “crazy” over stalking Franco are just being ridiculous. Sure, there was one case when he was basically bum rushed in Butler… but other than that its all been whisperings. Stop being pretentious and acting like getting excited about celebrities is SO uncool.
Anyhoo, I’m done speculating on the whole Emma rumor. I really do believe she’s going to Brown, based on little tidbits from people here and there, but I hold out hope that Miss Hermione Granger will indeed be joining us this fall.
@It is "uncool" juvenile, annoying, ridiculous.
Franco was/is a grad student barely present at the school and people were going insane with the “whispering” as you call it.
Imagine the situation with a cute undergrad girl permanently living on campus. An open campus with people from around NY now considering it an attraction. This is what happens.
How about you grow up and stop Twilighting over “Hermione” like a chubby 14-year-old. You’re an adult for fuck’s sake.
@idunno i don’t think columbia students have been bad with the stalking…(shrug)
@JAMES FRANCO http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HBRF910RFsM&eurl=http://moviefill.com/JAMES-FRANCO-TRASHES-AN-APARTMENT-17244/&feature=player_embedded
@5 bucks says That once she deals with Facilities, she’ll give up on SPEW.
@i appreciate your combination of columbia and harry potter knowledge.
@whooaoaaaaaaa the SSOL exclamations are green!!
guess the administrators are having trouble developing new ways to make the campus green.
@Londoner I’ve seen in the London morning newspaper Metro that she’s going to Columbia, for what it’s worth.
The Mail is a right-wing, anti-immigrant rag, generally. It likes to blame everything on Gypsies.
@Another Londoner It was also in thelondonpaper. I suspect they’re all taking this from the one rumour that started and was proved shaky at best.
@Londoner again I think the Daily Mail runs thelondonpaper. Or at least they’re printed at the same place near Surrey Quays.
I read the Mail for teh lulz.
@o rly “The best thing about Columbia is the boys”
http://www.nydailynews.com/gossip/2009/06/30/2009-06-30_once_a_jett_always_a_joan_jett.html#ixzz0JwOmFY1I&D
http://www.nydailynews.com/gossip/2009/06/30/2009-06-30_once_a_jett_always_a_joan_jett.html
@Anonymous I used to have an insider subscription =P
@Random, but the little exclamation marks next to the login/password boxes on SSOL are no longer red, but green! My summer needs more spice.
@i like sportz love sports references
@harry she’s coming, fo sho
http://www.nydailynews.com/gossip/2009/06/29/2009-06-29_life_after_harry_potter_emma_watson_sets_her_sights_and_.html
@Meh Given how people stalk James Franco I don’t know why anyone famous would want to come to Columbia. I’d imagine Brown would make it a lot easier for her to blend into the background and have a ‘normal’ college experience, esp since Columbia cannot be considered a typical undergrad experience even when not famous.
@Not Chanel? But Gucci me thinks. Either way, she has a brilliant publicist worth every penny. Uncertainty = increased press to stay her during a hiatus.
@Yeah, she’s definitely going to Brown, not Columbia. I’ve read it in several British newspapers far more reputable than the Daily Mail, (which is like the New York Post for those not from the UK). Also, that Chanel bustier segments her body, making her look like an insect complete with head, thorax and abdomen. Pity.
@Well, in any case, I don’t think that the risque look pictured above works very well for her at all.
@You don't like her mounting a vibrator in leather?
@Anonymous She’s going to Brown. She confirmed to a French magazine, with quote. She was actually in the directory weeks ago before pulling herself off it. These attempts at journalism are just the print media’s week late issuance of false internet rumors.
@this this whole business is really boring.
@the quote “The 19-year-old is busy preparing for the end of the Harry Potter franchise and her start at U.S. university Columbia in September.”
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-1196203/Emma-Watson-life-Harry-Potter-Im-hoping-fade-background.html
@Class of '09 Guy Damn……again……
@Not true? I looked at relevant parts from the issue (which I found scans of online…), and found a total of zero Columbia references.
Seems, however, that she’s interested in the United States. I think it’s this aversion to being in the spotlight all the time or paparazzi and whatnot. So I guess there’s still a chance.
I love being an investigative reporter type. Yay me.
@James Can you (or any other readers) send us a link to the scans?