The ending of the new Fantastic Beasts film, The Crimes of Grindelwald, throws a ton of information at viewers — most of it using odd phrases like “dark twin,” “middle head,” and “starring Johnny Depp.” Even the most hard-core Harry Potter fans may have a hard time making heads or ...

J.K. Rowling was putting pen to paper for teaching gigs before 'Harry Potter' ever took off, and now one of her employment bids can be yours ... for the price of a modest home. An application Rowling filled out in 1996 to teach in Scotland is...

On the publication of Stephen Hawking's final book, his daughter Lucy Hawking reflects on their shared experiences and coming to terms with his death

Singapore's Changi Airport has transformed three of its four terminals into iconic locations from the Harry Potter Wizarding World for the holidays.

Harry Potter's world has gotten so, so complicated. Let's unpack everything we can.

With the new Fantastic Beasts film — the second in the franchise, J.K. Rowling takes audiences deeper into the world that pre-dated Harry Potter and his friends. Newt Scamander’s 1920s New York and Europe is alive with wizardry, magic and…alchemy. Rowling has often drawn from mythology and folklore to create the Potter universe, with key elements like the philosopher’s stone and the real life alchemist who discovered it having a place in true history…. strengthening the connection bet

Though it was written by J. K. Rowling herself, 2016’s Harry Potter expansion franchise Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them was a weak attempt to recapture the magic of her earlier stories. Gone were the engaging original characters, replaced by a bunch of empty vessels. And the mythology that ...

With the 2004 film Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, director Alfonso Cuarón attempted the difficult task of adapting a story by one of the most famous fantasy authors in the world, marrying his filmmaking sensibility to someone else’s distinctive vision in the hopes of finding a rich middle ...

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