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, ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
The secret is out — the first-ever Harry Potter play will be a magical sequel. Producers announced Friday that "Harry Potter and the Cursed Child" will center on an adult Harry and his son Albus Severus. The two-part stage saga begins where J.K. Rowling's books ...
Have you ever dreamed of chasing the Golden Snitch on a broomstick, as Harry Potter does in the game of Quidditch? How about releasing a devastating "Kame Hame Ha" energy wave like the character Goku in the Dragon Ball manga and anime? Our world and the ...
Oscar-winning actor Eddie Redmayne will enter the world of magic in Warner Bros.' anticipated "Harry Potter" spinoff movie "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them," the studio said. Redmayne, 33, who won a best actor Oscar this year for his role as Stephen Hawking in ...
There are few actors who can enjoy the kind of success that Daniel Radcliffe has enjoyed at his age. At 10, he became the face of the multibillion-dollar "Harry Potter" franchise, which became a cultural phenomenon. As the series drew to a close in ...
For theme park strategist Tsuyoshi Morioka, it was clear that a little Harry Potter magic might lift the fortunes of Universal Studios Japan as it struggled with falling ticket sales. The Osaka theme park launched its wizard's attraction in July, and has since enjoyed visitor ...
As Japan edges toward legalizing gambling resorts, USJ Co. is counting on its cachet turning around its Universal Studios theme park to win a partnership with a foreign casino operator. The operator of Osaka's 13-year-old Universal Studios Japan is in talks with MGM Resorts International, ...
