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'Harry Potter' star Ralph Fiennes says 'verbal abuse' of J.K. Rowling over her transphobic comments is 'disgusting'
Other "Harry Potter" franchise stars, including Daniel Radcliffe, Katie Leung, and Eddie Redmayne, …
Palmer Haasch
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The 'Harry Potter' reunion special doesn't address J.K. Rowling's history of transphobic remarks
The "Harry Potter" 20th Anniversary special "Return to Hogwarts" includes archived clips of J.K. Ro…
Palmer Haasch
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Real-life Quidditch to change its name partly to distance itself from J.K. Rowling's 'anti-trans positions'
Two Quidditch organizations said that a Warner Bros. trademark and J.K. Rowling's "anti-trans posit…
Alia Shoaib
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J.K. Rowling's comments around a reported Scottish police policy are labeled transphobic by fans and critics
J.K. Rowling's latest comments on a Scottish police policy around gender are being called transphob…
Palmer Haasch
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J.K. Rowling accused 'activist actors' of publicizing her family's home address online
The "Harry Potter" author, who's been accused of transphobia, said she has "now received so many de…
Callie Ahlgrim
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'Harry Potter' director reveals Peter O'Toole turned down being the new Dumbledore because he 'didn't feel it was right' to step into Richard Harris' shoes
Richard Harris played the beloved Hogwarts headmaster in the first two films. After his death, acto…
Debanjali Bose
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There is no good way to introduce 'Harry Potter' to the next generation
Hogwarts was a safe escape for many young readers in the 1990s and 2000s, but J.K. Rowling made it …
Pam Segall
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'Harry Potter' director reveals the most difficult scenes to film were any that involved Quidditch because he only understood 'about 75%' of the rules at first
Chris Columbus told Insider designing the Quidditch pitch and working out the scoring system was li…
Debanjali Bose
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Harry Potter video game 'Hogwarts Legacy' has done $850 million in sales so far, despite calls for a boycott after JK Rowling's anti-trans comments
Warner Bros. announced that over it has sold over 12 million "Hogwarts Legacy" games, making it the…
Samantha Delouya
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I visited the street in Edinburgh that's thought to have inspired Diagon Alley, and it was far more magical in real life
My visit to Victoria Street.Mikhaila Friel/Insider
Mikhaila Friel
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Daniel Radcliffe revealed there are 2 other 'Harry Potter' characters he'd want to play in a reboot
The actor, who starred as Harry Potter, wouldn't want to return as his revered character in a futur…
Yasmin Garaad
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J.K. Rowling says she's been targeted by 'trans activists' after blasting a pipe bomb death threat from a Twitter user
The author wrote on Twitter that "hundreds of trans activists" have "threatened to beat, rape, assa…
Zac Ntim
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Warner Bros. Discovery defends J.K. Rowling after she received a death threat over publicly supporting Salman Rushdie
J.K. Rowling tweeted in support of author Salman Rushdie Friday after he was stabbed moments before…
Lauren Edmonds
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A woman who was fired for saying that transgender women are male or 'honorary female' wins High Court appeal - and JK Rowling's backing
Maya Forstater, who lost her job after expressing views that biological sex cannot be changed, won …
Sophia Ankel
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'Harry Potter' star Daniel Radcliffe says he spoke out against J.K. Rowling's transphobic comments because she doesn't represent 'everybody in the franchise'
"Harry Potter" star Daniel Radcliffe discussed why he felt it was important to speak out against J.…
Eammon Jacobs
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Influencers are calling out makeup brand ColourPop for moving forward with its 'Harry Potter' collab despite transphobic comments from author J.K. Rowling
The makeup brand first teased its collaboration with the popular book franchise in early September,…
Michele Theil
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Police in the UK say they're investigating a threat made against J.K. Rowling after she tweeted support for Salman Rushdie
"Don't worry you are next," a user replied to Rowling's tweet about Rushdie, who was attacked in up…
Katie Balevic
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An artist is stripping JK Rowling's name off Harry Potter books and reselling them to fans who oppose the author's vocal anti-trans rhetoric. A legal expert says it's not copyright infringement.
Bookbinder Laur Flom's website shows re-bound versions of all seven books with black and gold cover…
Cheryl Teh
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Celebrities are paying tribute to 'Harry Potter' actress Helen McCrory after news of her death
J.K. Rowling, Tom Felton, Cillian Murphy, and Florence Pugh are some of the people who have reacted…
Debanjali Bose
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9 details you missed in 'Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban'
There are plenty of hidden details in "Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban."Warner Bros. Pictu…