08.24.06
Trio News
via HPANA
Actor Rupert Grint has stated in a recent interview that he’d like to continue playing Ron for all seven movies. He said:
I want to do all seven and hopefully that’ll happen.
It’ll be weird when it’s all finished because it’s been a huge part of my life. I started when I was 11 and I’m 18 now.
Rupert’s film Driving Lessons is set to come to New York and Los Angeles in October. No word yet on whether it will be released to general audiences.
In other news, The Press Association is reporting that Emma Watson has achieved top grades in her GCSEs. She received eight A*s and two As. British readers, please explain to your American friends, what’s better, an A* or an A? We grade like this: A+, A, A-, B+, B, B-, etc.)
The same article states that Dan Radcliffe recently got his exam results back and that he received three A- grades in his AS-levels. The article also states that he is now taking a year off from his studies for his acting projects, including his upcoming appearance in Equus.
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harrypotter_lover35 said,
August 24, 2006 at 8:02 pm
That’s great. Congratulations Emma Watson and Dan Radcliffe! Oh ya, and Rupurt Grint on Driving Lessons.
sheart said,
August 25, 2006 at 11:31 am
The system goes like this
A+
A1
A2
B3
B4
C5
C6
D7
E8
F9
I think ! Cos thats how it is here in Singapore and we follow the British education system. =)
But anyhow, A+ is definately better than A.
David Flanagan said,
August 25, 2006 at 2:54 pm
I saw the trailer for Driving Lessons, it looks like it will be a great movie. Almost a cross between Driving Ms. Daisy and Harold and Maude is my first impression. I look forward to seeing it.
neuro said,
August 29, 2006 at 5:20 pm
GCSEs are pretty straightforward: it’s simply A*, then A, B, C, D, E, F, G, and U with G being the lowest grade you can be awarded without failing, and a fail is a U (unclassified). A U grade does not appear on your certificate.
See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GCSE#Structure for more info
RavenclawWit said,
August 30, 2006 at 8:16 pm
Thanks, neuro, for the breakdown. Americans don’t take GCSEs, most students Dan’s age take two college prep tests, the ACT and the SAT. On the ACT the highest possible score is a 36, but most people don’t score anything near that. A 21 is the average score. The SAT also gets a numerical score. For the new SAT the highest possible score is a 2400. I took the old one, so my score was out of a 1600 instead. Oh, and you can’t really “fail” either test, but your score affects what kind of college or university you can get into. For instance an “ivy league” (term used in the U.S. for an elite university) school like Harvard or Yale won’t accept an SAT score less than about 1400 (at least for the old test, I don’t know about the new test). I went to a public state university and they were looking for students to have at least a 1000 on the SAT and a 19 on the ACT. (I got a 23 on the ACT and a 1260 on the SAT)