Cancer doesn't stop at Christmas and neither does the journey for a New Plymouth family living with the legacy of leukaemia. Emma Watson, 4, was diagnosed with the disease nearly two years ago.

Last November during intense chemotherapy she contracted a superbug that resulted in two cardiac arrests and multiple organ failure. But now she can jump with two feet, ride a tricycle along the coastal walkway and climb steps. "They're small milestones but they show just how far she's come," her mother Joanne says.

"It's like she's in remission now but it's difficult to say she's totally in it. No news is good news but we can't assume she's beaten it."The journey is ongoing. Emma has oral chemotherapy every day, steroids once a month and a lumbar puncture under general anaesthetic at Starship Children's Hospital every three months.

One of the biggest challenges is a sense of isolation because for much of the time she has little to no immunity. "A lot of people don't realise how long this journey is. Socially, she's not around other children that often but the Child Cancer Foundation send invitations and we have opportunities to socialise with other children in similar situations."

"We have to keep a close eye on her; a lot of children have relapsed. We never take our eye off the ball," Mrs Watson says. "We can't change it. We couldn't have predicted this. I firmly believe in many ways how you deal with it is how you get through it. Humour is our best weapon."

Emma and her mother also make headbands for other children having treatment and Mrs Watson cannot believe the support from the Taranaki community to the project, called Your Inner Princess.

She'll need that support, plus a touch of strength next year when she considers starting Emma at school at the end of her treatment in July. "We've been to look at a small school. It's hard to think about the future. This journey is unpredictable."

As they know too well – many of Emma's friends have lost their battles with cancer and death is spoken about freely in the Watson household. "My hope is by doing that it gives her the opportunity to make sense of it somehow." As for the school in consideration, it is attended by another New Plymouth child with cancer and that thought is comforting.

Mrs Watson closed her New Plymouth photography studio the day after her daughter was diagnosed but she says next year may be the time for her to start considering work again.
When Emma is asked what she wants to be when she grows up, she smiles bashfully and glances at her mum: "A photographer."But for now some sort of fairy toy and a good run of health for Christmas will do just fine.

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Emma Watson slyly turns down Eddie Redmayne’s requests for a date in this new clip from My Week with Marilyn. In the movie, the 21-year-old British actress plays Lucy, a wardrobe assistant who is wooed by assistant director Colin Clark (Redmayne).  Over the weekend, Emma and Eddie attended the London premiere of the film. My Week with Marilyn opens November 23 in the States and November 25 in the UK.

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Emma Watson has revealed that she's happy to be living back in England while she studies at Oxford University. The Harry Potter star is taking a year out of her studies at America's Brown University to study in her hometown and said that it's good to be back. 'It's really nice... just to have that steady routine and back being home, being around people I love and doing what I love,' she told People magazine.

'I'm studying and really excited about my next projects,' she said. 'I can't really talk about them right now, but I am going to try and fit in some film projects next year in between school.'The 21-year-old stars as Marilyn Monroe's wardrobe assistant in new flick, My Week With Marilyn, and said she enjoyed not being in the lead role for once.

'I loved it,' she said. 'It was less pressure, but at the same time it was an interesting role, although it was a small role. I loved the script and loved the story, and I'm very interested in Marilyn, so I really wanted to do it.''I'm very proud of it, and I'm really pleased with my part in it.'And she praised her co-star Michelle Williams for her portrayal of the Hollywood legend. 'I thought she was wonderful. Such a thing to take on, to play someone who is so iconic and so loved, and I think she just pulled it off so well. I was so impressed.'

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Harry Potter star Emma Watson tonight likened her life to that of screen goddess Marilyn Monroe. Speaking at the London premiere of My Week with Marilyn, Ms Watson, 21, who plays wardrobe assistant Lucy in the film, said: "I certainly feel a lot for her and for what she went through.

"I think she was just trying to find her feet in the midst of this kind of crazy circus that went on around her, and trying to find some sort of balance and some sort of normality in her life, and I can definitely relate to that."

Ms Watson, wearing an embroidered white top by designer Jason Wu, said she was currently focused on her work at Oxford University, but she said of future projects: "There are a lot of things that I'm lining up."

My Week with Marilyn, directed by Simon Curtis, stars Michelle Williams as Marilyn Monroe when she comes to Pinewood Studios in 1956 to star alongside Sir Laurence Olivier in The Prince and The Showgirl. Eddie Redmayne plays 23-year-old Colin Clark, whose real life memoirs The Prince, The Showgirl and Me formed the basis for the film.

Clark's first job in the movie business was working as a "third assistant director". Monroe, hounded by paparazzi and nervous about working with Olivier, turns to Clark for solace. Monroe starred in a string of hit movies in the 50s and became a major sex symbol. She died aged 36 from an overdose of barbiturates, although the exact circumstances of her death have never been established.

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Emma Watson has become a megastar since first appearing in the Harry Potter film series 10 years ago. But it looks like it's her brother Alex's turn to step into the limelight - because seems he's been offered a role in E4 reality show Made In Chelsea. 'The producers think it would be amazing to get Alex on the show,' says MIC's Amber Atherton, 20.

'He's good looking so he'd make great competition for Spencer [Matthews],' she explains. If the rumours are true, model Alex, 18, will appear in the show's third series next year. But his big sister might not be too happy about the casting. MIC star Francis Boulle, 22, recently revealed that he had a brief romance with Emma, 21, in 2008 but dumped her because she was too famous.

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Multi-talented Emma Watson is more than just an actress, student, and sometime fashion model. She is also the new poster girl for a panoply of conservative and/or religious groups including the LDS who admire her for her stance on modesty.

It all started when La Watson reportedly said: "I'd never go out in a mini-skirt. It's just not me."It's a simple enough statement, but it has since been heard and repeated around the world. Especially after Emma went on to opine: "I find the whole concept of being 'sexy' embarrassing and confusing...the less you reveal the more people can wonder."

With just a short statement, Watson stirred up a frenzy of activity across the Internet with conservatives making Watson a poster-child for modesty. Lest anyone jump to the erroneous conclusion that Emma Watson's modesty is "about protecting the image of her character, Hermione Granger, in the Harry Potter films," nothing could be further from the truth. Modesty is simply her personal belief. It's a belief she shares with many people, and many churches "from the Latter Day Saints to Catholics to born-again Christians are now rallying behind her and encouraging other women to jump on the modesty bandwagon. "I like [what she said]," claims one Utah Valley University freshman. "I don't like when people wear less and show more."

"I think it's a step in the right direction," a sophomore chimed in. "In society and movies, a lot of creeps think less is better."So there you have it. Emma Watson may eventually become to Bhurkas what the Jonas Brothers once were to purity rings.

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Actress Emma Watson's brother Alex is being considered for the cast in " Made In Chelsea", according Amber Atherton, who currently appears in the film. Alex has appeared as an extra in the "Harry Potter" movies and has also modelled for Burberry. "The producers think it would be amazing to get Alex on the show. He's good-looking so he'd make great competition for Spencer," femalefirst.co.uk quoted Atherton as saying.

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While Harry Potter star Emma Watson is appearing in My Week With Marilyn, it looks like we might be getting some screentime with another Watson... of the male variety. Her younger brother, Alex, who has already appeared in Burberry commercials with Emma, and was an extra in one of the Harry Potter movies, is reportedly set to appear on Made In Chelsea.

Amber Atherton, a star of the reality TV show, told Closer magazine, "The producers think it would be amazing to get Alex on the show. He's good-looking so he'd make great competition for Spencer. This won't be Emma's first Made In Chelsea experience though. She previsouly dated MIC star Francis Boulle, who recently said, "We had a bit of a thing a while back, but I have always been an ambitious person and I want to achieve my own notoriety for what I've done. That's why I chose not to pursue it any longer, because I didn't want to be the boyfriend of some child actress." Meaow.

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Emma Watson and her LA-based boyfriend Johnny Simmons are 'on the rocks' because she's in Oxford and he's in the US. The couple have been dating since they met on the set of The Perks Of Being A Wallflower in June, but their future's looking uncertain because student Emma's believed to have asked Johnny to join her England - and he said no. 'Emma has been telling people that the relationship is complicated,' says a source. 'They've not seen each other in a while and they've barely spoken.'

Actor Johnny, 24, is reportedly being 'very distant' with Harry Potter star Emma, 21, who will be studying in Oxford for a year before completing her degree at America's Brown University.  'She doesn't want things to be awkward when they reunite to promote the film,' the source tells the Mail On Sunday, 'but she's worried the relationship is over before it even began.'

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'Harry Potter' star Emma Watson has reportedly found love with a fellow university student after recently starting classes in Britain. The 21-year-old actress, who began studying at America's prestigious Brown University in 2009, later took a break and  transferred to Oxford University for English Literature studies, Daily Star reported.

Watson is now rumoured to be dating an American post-graduate student she met on campus. "He's called Will Adamovicz and is thought to be an American postgraduate. I saw them coming out of the King's Arms (pub) in Oxford hand-in-hand the other night, looking very lovey-dovey and, obviously, an item," a source said. The 21-year-old actress was most recently linked to actor Johnny Simmons, who she met on the set of her latest film project 'The Perks of Being a Wallflower'.

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