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J.K. Rowling is a British author best known for the Harry Potter series. One of the world's bestselling authors, she's faced controversy over comments about transgender issues.
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Imagine you're J.K. Rowling. It's October 31st and, rather than join in the Halloween hysteria, you're dutifully staying inside and trying to get some work done. The only problem? More or less the whole world is dressing up as characters that came exclusively from inside your head and they keep on…
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Every wedding proposal is spellbinding in its own way, but you can't deny that a Harry Potter one carries a unique kind of magic. This was most certainly in the air when Harry Potter fanatic Heather Pearson, decided to pop the question to her girlfriend of three years, Kelsey Stacey,…
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Pirates of the Caribbean is a billion dollar movie franchise based on a 15-minute theme park ride. Crazy, right? A lot of the credit goes to Johnny Depp, who played selfish, swaggering rogue, Captain Jack Sparrow. The actor channeled Keith Richard's quirky, drugged-out energy, delivering an iconic - and Oscar-nominated…
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The Harry Potter series has its fair share of monsters and villains; from Hagrid's three-headed dog Fluffy, to the Hungarian Horntail, and even Lord Voldermort himself. But one of the creepiest and most enigmatic villains in the Harry Potter mythos is the Dark Lord's pet snake Nagini - who was more…
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We've gotten used to crunching foliage underfoot, the evenings keep getting darker, and suddenly our tastebuds have started demanding sweet, caffeinated beverages in varying flavours of pumpkin spice. Yes, winter is here, folks. Now, when this kind of weather hits, there's only one place that I long to be: on the…
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The Harry Potter movie franchise ended seven years ago, but the magic isn't over yet. Through the spin-off franchise Fantastic Beasts, J.K. Rowling is exploring new stories, and making fans lose their minds over sexy young Dumbledore. Then there's The Wizarding World theme park, where you can get an incredible…
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Lord Voldemort, the dark lord, the heir of Slytherin, and the nemesis of Harry Potter, has got to be one of the best and most terrifying antagonists in the history of fiction. Everything about him is just truly sinister. The ragged robes, the rotten teeth, the weird snake slits for…
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Fans of the Harry Potter series know the films back to front. But the truth is, we'll never know what truly went on behind the scenes. Take Evanna Lynch, for example. From the outside, the actress had it all: beauty, fame and a part in one of the biggest movie series…
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It's weird how the characters that actors portray are often nothing like their real-life personas. For example, take Robert Englund, the man behind the melty face of slasher movie villain Freddy Krueger. This is a character who's about as detestable as you can get, a loathsome child-murderer who haunts the dreams…
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The scenario is this - and bear with me here because it is going to take some hops of imagination on your part - but here we go, the scenario is this: you're a former child star who appeared in a highly successful kids show, but now it's all finally…
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Over the past few days, the latest instalment of the Harry Potter franchise - Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald - has received a mixed reception from fans. The controversy started when the final trailer for the film revealed that Nagini (Voldemort's pet snake) was actually a "Maledictus" - a…
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Yesterday, Harry Potter fans worldwide lost their collective chocolate frogs as it was revealed that Nagini - Voldemort's reptilian companion - is actually a "Maledictus" (i.e. a person whose blood was cursed from birth, leading them to eventually transform into a beast). The surprise reveal came as part of the…
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With only two months until Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald finally hits our screens, tension is high, with the non-wizarding world eager to see young Albus Dumbledore guiding Newt Scamander through his quest to defeat the evil wizard, Gellert Grindelwald. Although we ultimately know where the powerful and dangerous dark…
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At the U.S. Open, Serena Williams hoped to take home her 24th Grand Slam, tying the record set by Margaret Court. Instead, things, uh, went a different way. During the final, the umpire, Carlos Ramos, gave Williams a code violation for coaching. Apparently, her coach, Patrick Mouratoglou, gave hand gestures…
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When it comes to trolling people online, J.K. Rowling is the woman we all turn to in times of need. The Harry Potter author is somewhat of a wizard when it comes to putting people in their place, something that has been seen time and time again, with the 53-year-old targeting…
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Over the course of seven uniquely magical books, J.K. Rowling created a world so tangible and coveted that even now, more than twenty years after its inception, people are still as riveted by the wizarding world of Harry Potter as they were all those years ago when they first picked…
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It's only a few more months until Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald is released and fans are hungry, to say the least. It's almost two years since the first film was released and we all need so many questions answered ASAP. Namely, how does Gellert Grindelwald escape MACUSA? What did…
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Over the course of seven books that were subsequently split into eight movies, J.K. Rowling created a universe that was at once tangible and yet so other-worldly to readers. For those of us who grew up in parallel with Harry, Ron, Hermione et al, the books had a profound effect on…
