“Daniel looked spaced out and away with the fairies. He didn’t want us to recognize him. When I said he looked like that actor in Lord of the Rings [Elijah Wood], he got a bit funny and said, ‘No, that’s not me’. He looked pretty uncomfortable. I didn’t recognize him as he looked so different to what I expected from the films. When my friend told me who he was, I was shocked.”

The actor then made a swift exit from the party after one of his photographers spotted fellow partygoers snapping cell phone photos of Daniel’s escapades.

Wadia explained: “Laura was very protective. She said Daniel had a reputation to protect and couldn’t ruin it. I presume she meant by being seen smoking. I said I didn’t know what she was talking about. But almost immediately afterwards, she and Daniel left.”

But Daniel’s rep insists he’s not smoking what the paper says he’s smoking. In a statement Friday, Daniel’s camp said: “We categorically deny the allegations regarding Daniel Radcliffe published in today’s Daily Mirror. Daniel does smoke the occasional roll-up cigarette, but he was not doing anything more than this. We are considering our position and will be taking all necessary action in relation to such allegations.”

The actor who played Gandalf in the hit trilogy was a guest on the when host Whoopi asked: “Are you coming back in Harry Potter?”

Sir Ian, 70, closed his eyes, paused, and said: “I don’t play Dumbledore – I play ‘Lord of the Rings.’”

Whoopi apologized immediately.

Emma, who is a 19-year-old freshman at Rhode Island’s prestigious Brown University, journeyed to nearby Cambridge to cheer on her school only to be hassled by a group of student reporters from the Harvard Voice Magazine.

The magazine attempted to draw as much attention to the Harry Potter witch as possible. Before the game, a blog post on the Voice’s website read, “We will be Live-Tweetin’ the game and possibly stalking Emma Watson, so keep your eyes peeled for that, too!” The blogger continued to Tweet throughout the football game, writing, “Let’s go Hermione! Lolz. In enemy territory, Lookin’ for a certain witch.” The writer later added, “WATSON FOUND. I repeat WATSON FOUND.”

The magazine posted a photo of Emma on the website, and called their “stalking mission” a “success.”

Emma is also rumored to be “freaked out” by a few local ”Potter”-obsessed fans who’ve tracked down where she lives. The star has hired additional security, besides the one bodyguard she brought with her to the Providence, R.I., campus in August.

The young stars have entered the Guinness World Records book as the highest-grossing lead actors over the past ten years after their first six Potter films earned more than $5.4 billion at the box office worldwide, according to Britain’s Daily Telegraph.

Daniel, who plays boy wizard Harry Potter, earned an average of $558 million for his work in the series. While Emma, who stars as Hermione Granger, clocked $753.7 million for her work on the big screen, which includes the animated movie The Tale of Despereaux.

On Tuesday, actor Tom Felton announced details on the planned Harry Potter Theme Park at Universal. The park will live on 20 acres at Islands of Adventure in Orlando, The Gainesville Sun reports. The Wizarding World of Harry Potter will boasts a 15-story Hogwarts Castle, a roller coaster, a real Hogwarts Express, an Owlery, a Three Broomsticks Restaurant, an Ollivanders wand shop, and a Hogs Head Pub – which will serve Butter Beer!

Over the weekend, the 19-year-old Harry Potter star and her boyfriend, Jay Barrymore, were photographed relaxing on the steps of a building on the campus of the historic Ivy League institution. Emma appeared happy as she mingled with her fellow freshman wearing a simple white T-shirt and denim mini-shorts.

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Emma Watson is the latest celebrity to become the subject of death rumors on the Web.

On Friday, rumors began circulating that the 19-year-old star of the Harry Potter film franchise had died after suffering a fatal head injury in a car crash outside London.

A posting on one fansite read: Emma Watson was pronounced dead at 11:23AM this morning at Guy’s Hospital in London. She suffered a major brain haemorrhage after a car crash which left both her and the driver of the 2007 Ford Fiesta which she was a passenger in a serious condition. The driver is in an unknown state and there is not known to be any other vehicles involved in the collision.

He tells gay-friendly Attitude Magazine: “I just loathe homophobia. It’s just disgusting and animal and stupid and it’s just thick people who can’t get their heads around it and are just scared. I grew up around gay people entirely. I was the only child in my class who had any experience of homosexuality or anything like that.”

The Harry Potter star is reportedly dating his former Equus co-star, actress Laura O’Toole. Earlier this month, Daniel revealed that he finds it “awesome” when fans think he is gay.

The world is still enchanted by the magical fantasyland of Harry Potter. After a two-year break, the boy wizard and his pals stormed the box office Tuesday night. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince raked in the biggest midnight gross of all time, earning $22.2 million at the box office, according to early estimate from Warner Bros.

The film — the sixth in the beloved franchise — beat out previous record holders, The Dark Knight and Star Wars: Episode III, which earned midnight grosses of $18 and $17 million, respectively.

Half-Blood Prince raked in $10 million more from midnight screenings than the last Harry Potter feature, The Order of the Phoenix, which opened in the summer of 2007.

Who’s seen the movie already? Is it any good? Let us know.

After fighting fierce battle against a potentially deadly bout with swine flu, actor Rupert Grint swung by The Early Show Wednesday to chat about the sixth Harry Potter film and his rising fame in film.

Harry Potter & The Half-Blood Prince is in theaters now.