Chris Columbus, who directed 2001’sHarry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stoneand 2002’sHarry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, doesn’t expect the films’ cast to reunite for related future projects. In an interview with The Times, the filmmaker confirmed that author J.K. Rowling‘s anti-trans views make actors reluctant to be associated with …
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Tom Lehrer, the influential song satirist whose darkly comic lyrics gained a cult following decades after he stopped making music, has died at the age of 97. Lehrer died at his home in Cambridge, Massachusetts, his longtime friend David Herder told the Associated Press. No cause of death was provided. …
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On Friday, Daniel Radcliffe shared a sweet tribute for Maggie Smith, who died earlier in the day at age 89. The actors appeared together in the Harry Potter films, in which Smith played Professor McGonagall. In his missive, he recalled the first time he met the actress, years before their …
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Daniel Radcliffe has spoken out about J.K. Rowling‘s ongoing anti-transgender comments, saying that he is “really sad” the Harry Potter author has embraced that perspective. Speaking to The Atlantic about his current role in the Broadway production ofMerrily We Roll Along, Radcliffe discussed being part of the Harry Potter film …
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The movies like to lionize stunt people, from the fugitive thriller The Stunt Man to Brad Pitt’s Cliff Booth in Once Upon a Time in Hollywood to the upcoming big-screen reboot of The Fall Guy. They do dangerous work in near-anonymity, toiling in close proximity to stardom with few of …
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The enduring friendship between Daniel Radcliffe and his Harry Potter stunt double, who was paralyzed during a stunt while filming, is the focus of the upcoming documentary David Holmes: The Boy Who Lived, which premieres on HBO later this month. Holmes, a gymnast as a child, was selected to serve …
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Sorry, Potterheads, Daniel Radcliffe‘s bespectacled hero will not bereturning to the wizarding world anytime soon. A new Harry PotterTV series was announced by Warner Bros.Discovery earlier this year for its streaming platform Max. The new project will be based on the original books, meaning it will also be covering the …
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Harry Potter is an ally. Back in 2020, when J.K. Rowling started spewing transphobia on Twitter, Daniel Radcliffe — who portrayed Harry onscreen — spoke up in a powerful letter sharing his support for trans people, calling out the author. Now, Radcliffe is reflecting on that decision in a new …
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It started with just a few of them, a random passerby or two milling about Toronto’s King Street in Hawaiian shirts and curly-haired wigs. Then, as if following some primitive instinct, they’d find each other and begin to chat. At one point, four twentysomethings dressed in the same floral printed …
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Weird: The Al Yankovic Story star Daniel Radcliffe says shooting a scene where a fictionalized Weird Al Yankovic goes on a drug trip and hatches from an egg is the second strangest thing he’s ever done onscreen. In a new interview with The New York Times, Radcliffe compared the scene …
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