By Ellen Coughlan For Mailonline Published: 10:57 BST, 20 September 2023 | Updated: 11:01 BST, 20 September 2023 Given his reputation as an amazing Quidditch player, you’d expect Harry Potter‘s record at the wizarding sport to be impressive. However fans online are only just realising that JK Rowling‘s famous boy wizard actually had a really disappointing … Read more
Harry Potter set to enter the streaming world as live-action TV series is in ‘early development’ at HBO Max A Harry Potter live-action TV series is being discussed at HBO Max, sources tell The Hollywood Reporter The beloved franchise spawned eight feature films grossing more than $7 billion worldwide The talks are being kept under … Read more
Johnny Depp fans flock to buy his Dior aftershave as the brand sticks by the actor after he lost his ‘wife beater’ libel trial – and internet searches for the fragrance shoot up 23% The Pirates of the Caribbean actor, 57, continues to be face of the Sauvage scent Luxury brand appears to have stuck … Read more
ANDREW PIERCE: Harry Potter and the curse of the woke fan By Andrew Pierce for the Daily Mail Published: 00:22 GMT, 2 November 2020 | Updated: 00:22 GMT, 2 November 2020 The BBC has invited a fan of author J.K. Rowling to present a 30-minute Radio 4 documentary called: ‘Can I still read Harry Potter?’ … Read more
A video of a pet dog appearing to prevent a little girl from being scolded by her mother has gone viral in China. The child’s mother, who filmed the scene, claimed that the five-year-old golden retriever was protecting her two-year-old daughter as she was scolding the girl. She claimed that her daughter had grown up in … Read more
JK Rowling has revealed the cross-dressing villain in her new book is based on real-life serial killers Jerry Brudos and Russell Williams after facing another transphobia row. The Harry Potter author released Troubled Blood under her crime-writing pseudonym Robert Galbraith earlier this week. The thriller sees detective Cormoran Strike try to work out what happened … Read more
JK Rowling has once again been criticised for her new novel, after she was accused of ‘transliterating’ one of the book’s working class characters by spelling their dialect differently. Troubled Blood, written under Rowling’s pseudonym Robert Galbraith, was released Tuesday and sees detective Cormoran Strike work out what happened to missing GP Margot Bamborough. The … Read more
JK Rowling is embroiled in yet another trans row after it was revealed that the villain in her latest book is a male serial killer who dresses as a woman to slay his victims. Troubled Blood – written under Rowling’s pseudonym Robert Galbraith – is set to be released on September 15 and will see … Read more
Will Young today waded into the JK Rowling transgender debate and branded the author ‘stupid’ – but insisted she is entitled to her views. The singer, 41, urged the Harry Potter writer to ‘be a little smarter’ after she shared her controversial opinions on Twitter in June, where she tweeted about the use of the phrase … Read more
More used to talking about war than fighting one, TV historian Neil Oliver says lately he has felt like he’s in ‘the Ypres Salient in the First World War’, fighting skirmish after skirmish. The area in Belgium was the scene of some of the Western Front’s fiercest battles and, recently, the 53-year-old presenter has found … Read more
Forbes Celebrity 100: Ed Sheeran places in 23rd with his £47.8m fortune while J. K. Rowling’s £44.1m wealth lands her in 28th… as they lead Brits in annual rich list The hitmaker, 29, entered the list at Number 23 with his £47.8m ($64m) fortune while the Harry Potter creator, 55, placed in 28th with £44.8m … Read more
Strike: Lethal White Rating: Life isn’t fair. Tom Burke barely has to act as moody private investigator Cormoran Strike: He just stomps around with a scowl, lighting cigarettes and grunting. Yet his one-legged character gets star billing. As JK Rowling‘s crime series returned, his name was the headline – Strike: Lethal White (BBC1). His assistant … Read more
Kirsty Wark hits out at cancel culture and warns of ‘dangerous mob mentality’ growing in society Kirsty Wark, 65, says critics should engage with JK Rowling rather than shunning The BBC Newsnight presenter warned of ‘incredibly dangerous mob mentality’ She said people risked being ‘found guilty in the court of public opinion’ By Kumail Jaffer … Read more