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The empire of Emma Watson

Duff admits to playing catch up in fast-paced music biz

Emma Watson is all grown up. The actress, best known for playing the iconic Hermione Granger in the “Harry Potter” franchise, turned 25 on Wednesday, and, based on estimates from Forbes, she’s not doing too badly for herself. With a net worth of $60 million, the star has certainly made the most out of her magical start. After auditioning eight times for the role that would ultimately make her an international star, Watson began her journey as Hermione at the age of 9 and made her film debut at 11. Her first film, the first of eight in the “Harry Potter” series, grossed more than $974 million worldwide and was nominated for three Academy Awards and seven British Academy of Film and Television Arts Awards. At 15 she became the youngest celebrity to appear on the cover of Vogue magazine. Four years later, Watson grossed about $30 million in 2009, collecting a reported $15 million for Parts 1 and 2 of “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows,” putting her at the stop of Vanity Fair’s list of Hollywood’s 40 top earners. But to say the 25-year-old has expanded her empire beyond Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardy would be an understatement. In addition to being an accomplished actress, Watson is also a humanitarian, model and recent graduate of Brown University. Since the completion of the “Harry Potter” series, Emma starred in a variety of different films and began modeling. And her efforts have not gone unnoticed. Her performance in “The Perks of Being a Wallflower” scored her a People’s Choice Award for Favorite Dramatic Movie Actor and Best Supporting Actor Award at the San Diego Film Critics Society Awards. Loved by fans and critics alike, it’s no surprise that Watson has a fairly large social media presence (despite being adorably awkward on Twitter. She has 17.4 million followers, as well as 29.3 million likes on Facebook and 2.6 million followers on Instagram. Widespread film popularity and a large social media following only scratch the surface on her accomplishments, though. Watson has been involved in the promotion of girls’ education for several years, visiting Bangladesh and Zambia to further her humanitarian

efforts. She has also worked to promote fair trade and organic clothing and serviced as an ambassador for Camfed International, a movement to educate girls in rural Africa. Last summer, she was named U.N. Women Goodwill Ambassador. Her speech before the U.N. on behalf of the HeForShe campaign went viral and established Watson as a crucial advocate for gender equality. Not long after, Watson also delivered a 4,000-signature petition to Uruguay’s parliament, calling for greater political participation by women. During her acceptance speech for MTV’s Trailblazer Award in 2013 Watson stated, “If you truly put your heart into what you believe in, even if it makes you vulnerable, amazing things can and will happen.” While most 25-year-old superstars may have been content raking in the magical megamillions, Emma Watson has set herself apart. Her charitable efforts have allowed her to redefine her role as a young celebrity and has set a higher standard for what it means to be a 20-something in the spotlight. (cnbc)

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NEWYORK — Though Land’s “Younger”. Hilary Duff is 27, when it “Obviously I want my comes to the music industry, music on the radio and I she’s first to admit she’s trywant my record to do well, ing to make up for lost time but I also have a totally in the seven years since she different career, so a lot of last released an album. people who are in music are “When I first started it just in music and can dediwas all about selling records cate all their time to that and I and I was lucky to sell a can’t do that, so I really want lot,” Duff said in a recent to have both things and I’m interview. “Now it’s just just trying to figure out how,” different.” she said with a laugh. Duff was riding high a Last year Duff released decade ago with Top 40 sucthe singles “Chasing the Amy Sussman/Invision/AP, File cesses and platinum-plus alSun” and “All About You” bums like “Metamorphosis” to little success, and she and “Hilary Duff” on Disney’s Hollywood Re- said her full-length album will be released this cords. She’s now signed to Sony’s RCA Records summer. Duff said her return to music has had — the home to Miley Cyrus, Justin Timberlake challenges, and she confesses the radio business and Britney Spears — and she’s slowly releasing is “hard as hell.” new music, including the dance track “Sparks.” “It’s a really, really tough game. I haven’t “Coming back into it for me has been a big quite figured that one out yet,” she said. “I’m learning experience and it’s a lot of anxiety,” also very challenged when it comes to technolDuff said. “I want to stay true to myself. I ogy, so when I’m sitting in label meetings and want to have a specific message. I want to give they’re like, ‘Oh, we’re gonna stream this’... my fans what they want to hear. I want to be my brain starts to like fizzle, fizzle, fry. I’m like, competitive.” ‘What is happening right now?’” Duff knows it will be hard to compete “The world is so, so different,” she added. because she’s juggling her music career with “And I’m trying to keep up, but I sound like I’m motherhood and her latest acting job on TV 50, but it’s just a new world.” (ap)

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AAC 2015

33 state leaders confirm attendance

JAKARTA - As many as 33 Asian and African state leaders have confirmed their attendance at the 60th Asian-African Conference (AAC) with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The events will be held in Jakarta and Bandung, West Java, from April 22 to 24. The Head of Intra-Regional Cooperation in the Asia-Pacific and African Sub-Directorate of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ferdy Piay, said on Thursday that the total count of state leaders who will be attending the AAC will be likely reach 34 as the Japanese leader sent a strong indication of attendance. “However, Japan has yet to con-

firm officially. Despite giving a strong indication of attendance, we expect the Japanese leader to participate as Japan and Indonesia have close ties,” Piay stated. The heads of states of Brunei Darussalam, Jordan, Swaziland, China, North Korea, Iran, Madagascar, Malawi, Myanmar, Sierra Leone, Namibia, South Africa, Vietnam,

and Zimbabwe will be attending the 60th AAC. Excluding Japan, the heads of governments who confirmed their attendance are those of Bangladesh, Cambodia, Egypt, Gabon, Malaysia, Nepal, Pakistan, Palestine, Rwanda, Singapore, and Thailand. In addition, officials from the vice president and deputy prime minister’s level from Algeria, Angola, Liberia, Philippines, Seychelles, Zambia, Azerbaijan, South Korea, and Laos will be participating in the event. The 60th AAC will also be attended by representatives of six

international and multilateral organizations, including the African Union, the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, the Asian Development Bank, the Arab League, the South Center, and the United Nations. “We expect the secretary generals of all these organizations, including UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, to be available to attend the conference,” Piay noted. Altogether, some 3,600 participants, including state leaders (heads of states and governments), ministerial level officials, representatives of international organizations, and

delegation members, will attend the series of events commemorating the 60th AAC in Jakarta and Bandung from April 19 to 24. “The number of participants may rise in the last days before the event,” Piay pointed out. (ant) News can also be heard in “Bali Image” at Global Radio FM 96.5 from 9.30 until 10.00 am. Listen to Global Radio FM at http:// globalfmbali.listen2myradio.com or live video streaming at http://radioglobalfmbali.com and http:// ustream.tv/channel/global-fm-bali.

Daniel Craig gets ‘license to save’ as U.N. envoy on mines

UNITED NATIONS - As secret agent James Bond, Daniel Craig has a license to kill, but on Tuesday the United Nations gave the British actor a “license to save” by appointing him as the first global advocate for the elimination of mines and explosive hazards. Craig - who has been filming his fourth movie as the dapper, martini-drinking agent 007 - will spend the next three years raising awareness for the U.N. Mine Action Service (UNMAS) and political and financial support for the cause. “You have been given a license to kill (as James Bond), I’m now giving you a license to save,” U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon told Craig at United Nations headquarters in New York. The United Nations said 162 States are parties to the Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention. Last year, the United Nations said it destroyed

more than 400,000 land mines and explosive remnants of war and more than 2,000 tons of obsolete ammunition. “I am honored to accept this role, I’m humbled that I will get the chance to work next to people who are risking their lives every day to help ordinary people live ordinary lives,” said Craig. “I will do my very best.” (rtr)

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National flags of participants in the upcoming 60th Asian-African Conference are seen along a street in Jakarta, April 15, 2015. The 60th Asian-African Conference is planned to be held in Jakarta and Bandung from April 19 to 24.