J.K. Rowling to Attend Special Screening of “Fantastic Beasts” to Benefit...
J.K. Rowling will attend a special screening of Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them at Carnegie Hall in New York on Saturday, November 12 to benefit the Lumos Foundation. Eddie Redmayne, director...
View ArticleIlvermorny Origins and Houses Revealed by J.K. Rowling!
Since we first learned about Ilvermorny, the American wizarding school, we’ve all been longing to know more about the school, as well as learn the identity of the four houses. Well, finally we’ve got...
View ArticleWhat Does It Mean? Warner Bros. Acquires “Cursed Child” Trademarks
Irish solicitor Brian Conroy noticed some trademark registrations today that are very interesting to Harry Potter fans – Warner Bros. has applied for a Harry Potter and the Cursed Child trademark,...
View ArticleWaterstones Launches Contest to Win a Signed Copy of “Cursed Child”
Those of us who are unable to make it London to see Harry Potter and the Cursed Child are counting down the days until the script is released – and it won’t be long now! To celebrate this momentous...
View ArticleA Look Behind the “Pottermore Presents” E-books
We learned yesterday that Pottermore will be publishing three new e-books on September 6, Hogwarts: An Incomplete and Unreliable Guide, Short Stories from Hogwarts of Power, Politics and Pesky...
View ArticleLumos Launches Charity T-Shirt, Rowling to Participate in Live Chat
Today, Lumos announced that J.K. Rowling will be taking part in a very special Facebook Live chat in order to talk about the work that the charity does around the world. This coming Saturday, September...
View ArticleJ.K. Rowling Participates in Live Chat to Launch We Are Lumos Worldwide
Earlier today, J.K. Rowling participated in a live chat broadcast on Facebook to launch the latest initiative of her charity, Lumos, called We Are Lumos Worldwide! As described on Lumos’s official...
View ArticleJ.K. Rowling Joins “Cursed Child” Cast for Special Lumos Gala Performance
On Saturday, September 17, Lumos launched its We Are Lumos Worldwide campaign with a special Facebook Live chat with J.K. Rowling. Yesterday, J.K. Rowling was at a special gala performance of Harry...
View Article“A Right to Families”: Read Rowling’s Full Lumos Gala Speech
Earlier this week, J.K. Rowling gave a speech before a special gala performance of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child in support of her charity, Lumos. In the moving address, Rowling praised the play,...
View ArticleAlumni Roundup: Be the Light for Lumos
Last week, J.K. Rowling took to Facebook Live to chat about Lumos’s new campaign, We Are Lumos Worldwide, and launch an exclusive limited edition Lumos t-shirt. Many Potter alumni have spoken up to...
View ArticleJ.K. Rowling Tops Hollywood Most Powerful Authors List
We’re used to seeing author J.K. Rowling feature on all sorts of lists and winning awards, so it’s no surprise that Rowling has been named on a list of Hollywood’s most powerful authors. With the...
View ArticlePottermore Reveals Magical History of MACUSA
There’s just over a month to go until we get to enjoy the full magic of Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them and find out just what Newt Scamander got up to in New York in 1926. Today, Pottermore...
View ArticleLumos Contest: Win a Trip to NYC to See Advance Screening of “Fantastic Beasts”!
November is going to be the best month ever. Thanks to J.K. Rowling’s foundation, Lumos, one lucky fan is going to win a trip to New York City to see Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them! This...
View ArticleHolliday Grainger to Star in “Cormoran Strike” TV Series
British actress Holliday Grainger has been cast as Robin Ellacott, opposite the previously announced Tom Burke, who will play Cormoran Strike, in BBC’s The Strike Series, which is based on J.K....
View ArticleHandwritten Copy of “Beedle the Bard” Set to Be Auctioned
Those of you with £500,000 to spare are in luck; Sotheby’s is set to auction off one of only seven handwritten copies of The Tales of Beedle the Bard next month. As for the rest of us, well, we can...
View ArticleJ.K. Rowling Talks “Fantastic Beasts” in Video Interview!
We’ve been waiting years, and Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them is nearly upon us! Details about the second film are beginning to leak out (there are slight spoilers in the link!), but there’s...
View ArticleFirst Look at “Cormoran Strike” TV Series!
We only found out recently who would be portraying Cormoran Strike and Robin Ellacott in the TV adaptation of Robert Galbraith’s Cormoran Strike crime novels (Tom Burke and Holliday Grainger,...
View Article“Cursed Child” Reaches Final Round of Goodreads Choice Awards
We reported earlier this month that Harry Potter and the Cursed Child had been nominated for the 2016 Goodreads Choice Awards in the Best Fantasy Category. Following a competitive semi-final, we are...
View ArticleUnsigned Singer Gets Her Big Break in “Fantastic Beasts”!
An unsigned singer-songwriter from Devon, England, is about to get her big break in Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them! Emmi, who currently has no management or record deal, was handpicked to sing...
View ArticleJ.K. Rowling Reminds Us All Why She Is the Queen
In case anyone had any doubts, J.K. Rowling has proven, once again, that she has the biggest heart in the business. Entertainment Weekly reported this week that Rowling sent Harry Potter books to a...
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