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Doc WatsonFolk musician Doc Watson dies at 89

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 WatsonEmma Watson Steals Our Attention In 'Bling Ring' First Look

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.

The 16-year-old - who plays Hermione Granger in the hit films - has started complaining about her work and arguing with the film bosses.

Emma Watson is said to have confronted the director of 'Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix', David Yates, and asked him whether she was contractually obliged to do so many takes.

Yates - who prefers to do around 30 takes to get everything just right - politely told her "yes".

The young actress threatened to quit the Harry Potter series but was allegedly lured back with a £2 million contract to keep playing Hermione for the full seven films.

Emma said: "I've kind of come from nowhere and gone straight in at the top. Where do I go from here? I feel like I need to backtrack and work my way through again.

"I'd be really interested to kind of train properly because I feel I shouldn't be here. I should have done so much more."

But she denies money was the reason she considered quitting.

She said: "It was more about juggling my A-level exams, going to university and doing the movies."

Actress Emma Watson will star in the next Harry Potter movie, despite rumors she was leaving the franchise.

The actress, who has played Harry's sidekick Hermione in the last five films, has played down suggestions she wanted to leave the much loved series - insisting she would do them for free.

Earlier this year, her co-star Rupert Grint fueled reports she was quitting, by saying, "Emma doesn't want to do it any more. She's tired of being known as 'that girl from Harry Potter'."

However, she hit back saying, "I definitely intend to do (another Harry Potter movie)."

"I would do Harry Potter for nothing. It's not really anything to do with the money."