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Appearances and Events > Outings and Launches > ‘The Bling Ring’ Premiere – The 66th Annual Cannes Film Festival – May 16, 2013
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The 39th annual Seattle International Film Festival will open May 16 and continue through June 9, with 271 feature-length films and 174 short films from a record 85 countries.

Beginning at McCaw Hall with Joss Whedon’s contemporary take on Shakespeare’s “Much Ado About Nothing,” it will end at Cinerama with the North American premiere of Sofia Coppola’s “The Bling Ring,” starring Emma Watson and based on a real-life story about a gang of Hollywood teenagers who rob celebrities’ homes.

Tickets go on sale Thursday at www.siff.net and various locations.

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Along with the new trailer, we also have a brand new article where Emma talks about her character in the film, Nikki. Here is what she had to say.

Sure, we’ve seen Emma Watson writhing on the dance floor in Sofia Coppola’s “The Bling Ring,” but the film’s first trailer marks the first time we’ve heard her thick, Southern California mallrat accent. And its the cherry on top of the first hateable character she has ever played.

“She’s superficial, materialistic, vain, amoral. She’s all of these things and I realized that I hated her,” the 23-year-old actress told British GQ of her character Nikki, based on a real life teen who, along with her posse, robbed the homes of celebrities.

Watson’s character is loosely based on Alexis Neiers, a model and former reality show star. Shortly after filming the pilot for the short lived E! show, “Pretty Wild,” Neiers was arrested for her involvement in the so-called Bling Ring robberies.

“When I read the script and I realized that essentially it was a meditation on fame and what it’s become to our society, I had to do it. The character is everything that I felt strongly against,” the former “Harry Potter” star said.

In the trailer, premiering exclusively here on Yahoo! Movies, Watson’s misguided character addresses the press, seemingly enthralled by her moment of fame: “I’m a firm believer in karma,” she says with Paris Hilton-esque voice inflection. (Speaking of Hilton, she was one of the real life celebrity victims in the Bling Ring robberies. And she makes a cameo in the film.)

Watson’s air-headed character deflects blame, adding, “And I think the situation is a huge learning lesson for me to grow and expand as a spiritual human being. I wanna lead a country one day for all I know.”

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Emma Watson and her sticky-fingered pals are going to bring some bling (and hopefully not steal any on their way out) to Cannes Film Festival later this month.

Sofia Coppola-directed “The Bling Ring” will premiere during the Un Certain Regard portion of the festival, the Cannes Film Festival announced on Wednesday. While “The Bling Ring” is showing at the festival, it won’t be eligible for the big prize, the Palme d’Or, given that it’s premiering during the Un Certain Regard.

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To top off this new information, I have also just uncovered a new film clip of Emma in the Bling Ring that we have not previously posted. View it below!

It is definitely a more risque role for Emma and it will be very interesting viewing her performance. What do you think of the clip?

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Emma is gracing the cover of InStyle Germany Magazine for May 2013. She looks absolutely beautiful as always. You can view the cover in our gallery. Hopefully the scans from the magazine will be added soon.

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Late last month, Emma was honored with her very own wax figure at the world famous Madame Tussauds in London. Madame Tussaud is celebrated for her life-like wax sculptures of celebrities.

What do you think of Emma’s wax figure?

I have added four images to our gallery, which you can visit by clicking on them below.