The Perks of Being a Wallflower News

By CINDY ADAMS AS we speak, there's the Lower East Side Film Festival. Judges include Rebecca Miller.

Harry Potter actress Emma Watson has signed on to play the lead in Game of Thrones-style saga Queen of the Tearling .

After 10 years of wielding a wand and being the brightest witch of her age, Emma Watson is increasingly adding a list of screen credits to her resume that do not start with "Harry Potter."

On June 10, the Hadley Middle School Board of Education in Glen Ellyn reversed its prior decision to exclude the obscene and sexually graphic The Perks of Being a Wallflower from its independent reading program.

Here's hoping Emma Watson survives the apocalypse in "This Is the End," because the 23-year-old has just booked a would-be film franchise.

In an interview with USA Today , 'Harry Potter' star Emma Watson revealed that as soon as she completes her undergraduate degree at Brown University , she plans to head to the stage.

It's summertime and that means blockbuster season at the movie theatre where sequels, remakes and adaptations will leave little room at the box office for any original films.

Writers from across the country made the pilgrimage to the Hyatt Santa Barbara this week to share their stories and possibly hook a literary agent.

By virtue of her birth, Sofia Coppola is no stranger to the trappings of celebrity and she has taken the subject on more than once as a filmmaker.

A controversial book removed in April from eighth-grade classrooms at Hadley Junior High School in Glen Ellyn will be back on the shelves when students return to class in the fall.

Once a year, Santa Barbara's scribes crawl out of the woodwork for one of the most prestigious gatherings of writers on the West Coast.

"The Bling Ring" doesn't sound like the typical Sofia Coppola movie. Her films, like "The Virgin Suicides," "Lost in Translation" and "Somewhere," are quiet, contemplative dramas.

Actress Emma Watson , famous for her role as Hermione Granger in the "Harry Potter" movies as well as more recent films like "The Perks of Being a Wallflower," will return to Brown University in the fall of 2013.

Age, school, grade: 16, Berks Catholic High School, junior I see myself as: Outgoing, talkative, dedicated, friendly, helpful, charming and talented.

She's been glamming it up on the red carpet earlier this month as she promoted The Bling Ring at Cannes.

A new trailer Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters has been released. The follow-up finds the titular Percy and his friends venturing to a mythical land known as the Sea of Monsters to retrieve a golden fleece that is essential to the survival of his home.

Glen Ellyn District 41 school board members listen to parent Jen Boynton Tuesday during public comment about whether to keep the book "The Perks of Being a Wallflower" out of eighth grade classrooms.

She's trying to carve herself a name away from the Harry Potter franchise with roles in The Perks Of Being A Wallflower and The Bling Ring.

A controversial book that was removed from eighth-grade classroom shelves at Hadley Junior High School in Glen Ellyn could return, under a proposal by school district officials.

Who Has The Remote? today released its collection of best book-based movies. Taking a story from the pages of a novel to the big screen is a hard feat.