30th May 2012 Celebrity Trending - Doc Watson, emma watson

Doc Watson, the blind Grammy-award winning folk musician whose mountain-rooted sound was embraced by generations and whose lightning-fast style of flatpicking influenced guitarists around the world, died Tuesday at a North Carolina hospital, according to a hospital spokeswoman and his manager. He was 89. Watson died at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center in Winston-Salem, where he was hospitalized recently after falling at his home in Deep Gap, in the Blue Ridge Mountains. He underwent abdominal surgery while in the hospital and had been in critical condition for several days. Arthel “Doc” Watson’s mastery of flatpicking helped make the case for the guitar as a lead instrument in the 1950s and 1960s, when it was often considered a backup for the mandolin, fiddle or banjo. His fast playing could intimidate other musicians, even his own grandson, who performed with him. Richard Watson said in a 2000 interview with The Associated Press that his grandfather’s playing had a humbling effect on other musicians.

Emma Watson will be on hand at this weekend's MTV Movie Awards to present the first trailer for her highly anticipated big-screen adaptation of "The Perks of Being a Wallflower," but that's certainly not the only project on the starlet's plate. Teen angst seems to be on the menu as Emma will once again channel adolescent anxiety in Sofia Coppola's buzzy "Bling Ring." Inspired by an alleged, real-life group of teen bandits who burgled the homes of stars like Paris Hilton and Lindsay Lohan, "The Bling Ring" is flaunting its spoils courtesy of Entertainment Weekly, who is giving us our first official look at Emma and co. strutting their stuff. The actress recently took to Twitter to reveal details about her character, Nicki, including her penchant for "lip gloss, purses, yoga, pole dancing, Uggs, Louboutins, juice cleanses, iced coffee and tattoos."

Emma is flanked by a number of young stars in the photo, including "American Horror Story" actress Taissa Farmiga in only her second movie role. (Seriously, get this girl a YA adaptation, stat!) "Bling Ring" doesn't have an official release date yet, but expect to see it prowl into theaters sometime in 2013.