Do you remember that scene in Harry Potter and the Saucer Full of Surrender Monkeys where the staff and pupils at Hogwarts finally decide to abandon the struggle against the forces of evil? Voldemort, they’ve realized, is just too darn scary; the Death Eaters
Is J.K. Rowling a right-wing double agent, making the left look like fools on purpose? Her books, after all, are filled with right-wing ideas.
The left has got it wrong. The political messages of Harry Potter are actually incredibly right-wing.
A group of witches is attempting to use black magic to neutralize U.S. President Donald Trump by casting a “binding spell” to prevent him from governing.
British actor John Hurt died Friday at the age of 77 following a battle with pancreatic cancer, according to reports.
Harry Potter star Daniel Radcliffe has weighed in on the debate about racism in Hollywood, telling the BBC in an interview that it is “pretty undeniable” that the movie business discriminates against actors and actresses on the basis of skin color.
After having spent years starring in the blockbuster Harry Potter film franchise, Emma Watson’s latest film, The Colony, pulled in a paltry £47 in her native United Kingdom this weekend — or about $60.75 in U.S. dollars.
Daniel Radcliffe is an FBI agent embedded with a violent group of white supremacists in the first trailer for the thriller Imperium.
Harry Potter star Daniel Radcliffe is likely disappointed with the United Kingdom’s vote to leave the European Union on Thursday — in an interview earlier this week, the actor called both the Brexit and the political ascendance of Donald Trump in the United States “scary as sh*t.”
British Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling unloaded on presumptive GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump in an essay posted to her website this week, calling the candidate a “fascist” who possesses “the temperament of an unstable nightclub bouncer.”
Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling has fired back at “racist” and “idiot” critics who took issue with the casting of a black actress to play Hermione Granger in her new stage play Harry Potter and the Cursed Child.
Acclaimed Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling backhandedly defended Donald Trump on Monday night, saying that even though the presumptive GOP presidential nominee is “offensive and bigoted,” he should not be banned from entering the United Kingdom. The British author was delivering a speech at Pen
Emma Watson is the latest celebrity to be exposed in the Panama Papers leaks. Apparently she keeps chunks of her estimated $70 million fortune stashed away in an offshore company in the British Virgin Islands. Personally, I am more than
Oscar-winning actress Emma Thompson has been sprayed with manure by an irate farmer after trespassing on his land to protest about fracking. Once feted as a great actress, director and screenwriter for films including Nanny McPhee, Harry Potter and her Oscar-winning adaptation
Harry Potter actress Emma Watson has been accused of being a racist and a “fake feminist” after an ad that she appeared in for a skin-whitening cream three years ago went viral. Watson, now 25, reportedly appeared in an ad for
Just a few hours after J.K. Rowling posted the first part of her new four-part “History of Magic in North America” series on Tuesday, the Harry Potter author has come under fire from social media users for appropriating Native American culture.
Actress Emma Watson recently announced she’d be taking a year off from acting to learn more about feminism — but that’s not all she’s learning about, apparently.
While Alan Rickman’s stage and film career spanned nearly four decades, he was best-known recently for his portrayal of Severus Snape in the Harry Potter films. On the day of his passing, his former Harry Potter co-stars are turning to social
“Harry Potter” actress Emma Watson has launched a public brainstorm session on Twitter for help naming her new feminist book club.
The first trailer for “Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them,” a film set in the same universe as the Harry Potter novels, was released online this week.
Eyebrows have been raised across the Harry Potter fanbase after the news that Hermione Granger is to be portrayed by a black actress in the new official Potter theatrical production, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child. The production, which follows Harry
The author of the Harry Potter books, J.K. Rowling, weighed in on Donald Trump’s proposal to temporarily halt Muslim migration into the United States. According to the author, Trump is worse than the evil villain in her bestselling series.
Warwick Davis has slammed a theatre’s decision to replace Snow White’s traditional dwarves in its Christmas panto out of misplaced and patronising political correctness. Leicester’s De Montfort Hall has changed the production’s title to ‘Snow White and her Seven Friends‘ saying ‘dwarf’ is “generally not a word
Let’s raise a glass to the “feminist” role models who got the happy endings their fellow sisters didn’t want them to have.
The president doesn’t have as much time for reading as he used to, apparently. But at least he’s reviewed the classics.
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) targeted Harry Potter attraction at Warner Bros. Studios in England this week for alleged mistreatment of the exhibit’s owls.
Of the various insights into the diversity of Hogwarts culture JK Rowling has been sharing on Twitter lately, one in particular caught my eye. It wasn’t the revelation, reported by the Guardian, that the school had Jewish wizards. (So what?) Nor was it that Hogwarts
Of the various insights into the diversity of Hogwarts culture JK Rowling has been sharing on Twitter lately, one in particular caught my eye. It wasn’t the revelation, reported by the Guardian, that the school had Jewish wizards. (So what?) Nor was it that Hogwarts probably had a few poofs in it. (We knew that already, didn’t we?)
