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Daniel Radcliffe and Emma Watson have recently been named as the highest paid actor and actress of the last year. So far both Daniel and Emma have starred in 6 installments of the Harry Potter series and there’s more to come. In terms of their net worth, Radcliffe tops the list and even features in the top ten being the youngest to do so. His net worth is estimated to be at approximately $60 million allegedly being paid $16 million for the fifth Potter film. 

The 20 year old actor is however mulling over what his life will be like post the Potter series. According to fellow co-star and friend, Rupert Grint aka Ron Weasley, the real world seems scary. However, Radcliffe has proved his acting skills beyond Harry Potter and the list of successes can only be expected to increase. And if his splurges are taken into consideration, it doesn’t seem that Radcliffe is too concerned having recently purchased a $8 million home in New York. His property worth alone stands at $20 million now.

Emma Watson ranks below Radcliffe though her net worth stands at an astounding $24 million. Catapulting to fame when she played the role of Hermoine Granger in the Harry Potter, Watson says that she may live to be a 100 years old but she will always be proud to be a part of the Potter franchise.  Apart from the Potter series, this actress in now the face of Burberry and can be seen their 2009 Fall/Winter campaign while earning a six figure sum under this contract. This 19 year old actress states that she will be an “uncontrollable wreck” when the filming of the last Potter film is finished.

Apart from the Potter series, Watson has also starred in big screen projects like The Tale of Despereaux and Voice (2008). However, possibly the biggest news has been that Watson plans to give up acting in order to pursue higher studies. She is recorded to have said that she wants to be a “proper, proper nerd” and will be studying at the prestigious Yale University in the U.S. As explained to Interview magazine, Watson misses school life and plans to study English, History, Politics, Art and French.

Britain’s Bafta’s took place in London last night at London’s Royal Opera House and they proved that the Baftas are currently by far the more interesting awards on the calendar. In a display of good taste and independent judgement, Bafta’s 6,000 voters – industry professionals every one – delivered some intriguing, heartening results.

The main colour to be seen in was black, worn by Alesha Dixon, Kylie and Emma Watson, all sporting black gowns. When speaking to the press, Emma Watson said, “The Baftas are very important. For us here, we don’t often have the support we need to get small British films off the ground so anything that promotes us, I think it’s wonderful.”

Brad Pitt and Daniel Craig were both two well known faces who looked absolutely gorgeous as they made their way into the Royal Opera House.

Artist Steve McQueen was making his big-screen debut, winning the Carl Foreman special achievement award for his uncompromising film Hunger, about IRA hunger strikers in the Maze prison.

And you have to love the fact that the British public voted Noel Clarke as this year’s Orange rising star. He may be best known as Doctor Who’s Mickey Smith, but he is also an accomplished screenwriter and director (Adulthood, Kidulthood) who deserves this public boost.

As for the ‘major’ awards, it was a relief that Kate Winslet has now put her acceptance speech problems behind her and remains the lead actress to beat at any awards ceremony. The Bafta voters opted for the right one performance by Kate, her work in The Reader has clearly burned itself on our collective memories in a manner Revolutionary Road has not. 

The night’s big winner, Slumdog Millionaire, which won seven Baftas, may seem an obvious choice now, but until its British premiere back in October at the London Film Festival, it looked an unlikely awards front-runner.

One final pleasing aspect to the BAFTAs: here is a ceremony that can be edited down to two hours of TV time, and not a minute more.