Ed Sheeran slammed rumors that he was one of the attendees at Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling‘s New Year’s Eve party at her estate. Sheeran also corrected a story about performing for wounded IDF soldiers in the same post. Sheeran’s statement on Instagram was in direct response to a post …
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Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling andtech billionaire Elon Muskwere named in a complaint filed in Franceover allegations of “aggravated cyber harassment” against Olympic boxing championImane Khelif. Variety confirmed the news on Tuesday, and said that the lawsuit was filed against X (formerly Twitter) on Aug. 9, the same day Kehlif …
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“You’ve seen nothing yet,” tweeted Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling on Sunday. She was responding to another X user who had told her, “Your downfall is so sad,” a reaction to her continued attacks on transgender people. Rowling promised that worse was in store. “Wait til I hit rock bottom. …
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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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Warner Bros. Discovery’s forthcoming Harry Potter television series is on track to premiere on Max in 2026, according to CEO David Zaslav. The intended schedule was revealed during a fourth-quarter earnings call the company hosted on Friday morning, according to The Hollywood Reporter. “I was in London a few weeks …
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Hogwarts Legacy, a hotly anticipated new role-playing video game set in the magical world of Harry Potter, is already breaking records. Its early access launch made it most popular title on the streaming platform Twitch, even before its official Feb. 10 release. But with the fantasy franchise increasingly tarnished by …
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A newHarry Pottervideo game is ostensibly trying to distance itself from J.K. Rowling and herstring oftransphobic commentswith the introduction of the series’ first trans character — and many fans are calling it a cynical way to make up for the creator’s rhetoric. Over the weekend, the first reviews of Hogwarts …
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Rupert Grint is still quite shaken by something that happened one afternoon as he watched The Irishman at his London home: His house was broken into by an unknown man, who thankfully only managed to grab Grint’s jacket and a bunch of Kit Kat bars (more on that later) before …
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Helena Bonham Carter went all out in defending Johnny Depp and J.K. Rowling in a new interview with The Times UK. She said Depp had been “completely vindicated” after his libel suit against Amber Heard, and it was a “load of bollocks” that Rowling was being criticized for her comments …
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Although J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter series was rooted in fantasy and make-believe, the author seems to be drawing inspiration from something a little more realistic for her latest book: her own life. Rowling’s new novel, The Ink Black Heart — part of her crime-thriller series Cormoran Strikeand penned under the …
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