Harry Potter HQ has revealed it is looking for someone to play the teenage version of Albus Dumbledore in the upcoming ‘Fantastic Beasts and Where To Find Them’ sequel. A teenager between the ages of…
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Harry Potter and the Cursed Child dominates Olivier Awards
‘Harry Potter and the Cursed Child’ dominated the 2017 Olivier Awards, with wins in nine categories. The two-part play – a follow-up to J.K. Rowling’s ‘Harry Potter’ series of books – won in nine of…
Handwritten J.K. Rowling fairytales sold at UK auction
A rare collection of fairytales handwritten by J.K. Rowling as a gift to her “Harry Potter” publisher sold for nearly £370,000 at a UK auction on Tuesday. The copy of “The Tales of Beedle the…
Three new Harry Potter stories to be released
Three new ‘Harry Potter’ stories will be released next month. A number of online book stores posted entries for three e-books by J.K. Rowling which will go on sale in September, ‘Short Stories from Hogwarts…
The magic is back: Harry Potter play hits London stage
Harry Potter fans were buzzing with excitement Saturday ahead of the opening gala of “Harry Potter and the Cursed Child”, a stage play that imagines the fictional boy wizard as a grown-up father of three….
Harry Potter studios at Pinewood could be sold for Sh43.1 bn
Britain’s Pinewood Studios, where Harry Potter and James Bond movies were filmed, could be sold to a property company for £323 million ($426 million, Sh43.1 billion) under a draft deal revealed Thursday. Pinewood “announces that…
JK Rowling’s ‘Harry Potter’ chair sells for almost Sh40 million
The chair JK Rowling sat in while writing the first two books of the ‘Harry Potter’ series has sold for $394,000 (Sh39 million) at auction. JK used the chair while penning ‘Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s…
#WeirdNews: Chair J.K. Rowling used to write Harry Potter books to sell at auction
A chair J.K. Rowling used to write the first two volumes of her best-selling Harry Potter series is set to sell at auction in New York on Wednesday. Pre-auction bidding via the Internet had reached…
Alan Rickman aka Professor Snape dies aged 69
‘Harry Potter’ star Alan Rickman has died at the age of 69 after losing a battle with cancer, a statement from his family has confirmed. The British actor has lost a battle with cancer and…
‘Harry Potter’ star Daniel Radcliffe gets Hollywood star
British actor Daniel Radcliffe, who rocketed to fame in the “Harry Potter” films, said he was “in awe” as he got his star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. “A few months ago, I was…