Author J.K. Rowling makes £15.3 million donation for MS research
Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling has made a substantial donation for research into the treatment of multiple sclerosis at a center named after her late mother. The £15.3 million ($18.8 million) donation announced Thursday will be used for new facilities at a research center based ...
Pokemon Go developer releases new Harry Potter mobile game in Japan
One of the developers of the smash-hit mobile game Pokemon Go jointly released Tuesday a new Harry Potter game for smartphones in Japan, featuring augmented reality technology that blends "wizarding" with the real world. The Japanese version of Harry Potter: Wizards Unite was released by ...
Katherine Waterston discusses making magic in 'Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald'
From the get-go, "Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald" makes it clear that the new installment of J.K. Rowling's "Fantastic Beasts" franchise will be gloomier and heavier than the first film, a playful romp set in New York during the age of jazz. Katherine Waterston, ...
'Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald': Wizards and wands, but no magic
Quick: what's a good spell against boredom? After getting off to a nimble start with "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them" in 2016, J.K. Rowling's five-part prequel to the "Harry Potter" series is already starting to feel like an almighty slog. While its ...
YouTube releases trailer for new show starring 'Harry Potter' star Tom Felton
YouTube has offered the first glimpse at its new sci-fi thriller series fronted by "Harry Potter" star Tom Felton — revealing it is an "Alien"-like horror story on an isolated ship. "Resident Evil" director Paul W.S. Anderson is to helm "Origin," which brings together an ...
The literary magic of Harry Potter
Will the ultra popular Harry Potter series stand the test of time?
Twenty years to the day after the first book in the Harry Potter series was published, fans gathered online and in the real world to express their enduring love for J.K. Rowling's magical creation. Since "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone" came out in 1997, ...
Recalling the ins and outs of our memory
In the Harry Potter films, Hogwarts headmaster Albus Dumbledore shows the young wizard memories that he keeps in glass vessels. The franchise portrays memories as things that possess a physical structure that can be moved around. Although they appear to look like wispy ...
Tokyo Comic Con calls on Hollywood's big guns for star power
As we sit down for an interview, Tokyo Comic Convention Committee Chairman Mitsuaki Munegumi casually points to a glass case in the center of the room. "There's actually a real 'Star Wars' lightsaber in there," he says, and reaches over. He pulls out a hilt ...
'Harry Potter and the Cursed Child,' latest in Potter series, hits bookstores in Japan
The Japanese-language version of the latest book in the Harry Potter series, "Harry Potter and the Cursed Child," was released Friday. Fans lined up in the rain in front of Book Store Kumazawa's Hachioji store in western Tokyo on Thursday evening as they counted down ...
'Harry Potter' author reveals Japanese wizarding school
J.K. Rowling, author of the fantasy series “Harry Potter,” has let muggles in on a big secret — there is a hidden magic school in Japan. Rowling revealed the Japanese version of Hogwarts on her Pottermore website Friday, along with schools in North America, Brazil ...
Alan Rickman made wickedness delicious. Reviewing Rickman's breakout role as a scheming hedonist aristocrat in the play "Les Liaisons Dangereuses," Guardian newspaper critic Nicholas de Jongh likened the actor to "a cat who knows the way to the cream." Rickman, who died of cancer Thursday aged ...
