Actress Afshan Azad has thanked J.K. Rowling in a tweet marking the 20th anniversary of the first “Harry Potter” movie. Azad, 33, played Padma Patil in the final five films in the fantasy franchise, winning a legion of fans across the globe. On Tuesday, she took to Twitter to mark two decades since “Harry Potter […]

Fans will be spellbound. After months of anticipation, HBO Max has finally dropped the first official photo from the set of the highly anticipated “Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts” special. “Like they never left,” the streaming platform wrote alongside the nostalgic Twitter pic, which depicts stars Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint and Emma Watson conversing […]

Let’s take a look at some of the items you can buy this week. Aldi Specialbuys This Sunday at Aldi you can treat the kids to some new toys of their favourite characters from Harry Potter to Disney and you can find some DIY must-haves too.  Lightyear Sox Interactive Pet Toy (Aldi) Get a furry […]

They needed an actor to play a younger version of Albus Dumbledore. It sounds as if the folks making 2018’s “Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald” — the second Wizarding World adventure set decades before author J.K. Rowling’s “Harry Potter” saga — didn’t exactly have to beg Jude Law to take on the role of […]

Mads Mikkelsen’s the worst thing to happen to J.K. Rowling’s wizarding world since that snaky varmint Voldemort. Replacing Johnny Depp after his various controversies, Mikkelsen’s a deliciously sinister delight as dark wizard Gellert Grindelwald in “Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore” (★★★ out of four; rated PG-13; in theaters April 15). The third installment of director […]

Not every good actor is a good crier on screen. Just like anything else, to making weeping look authentic on celluloid, it needs considerable talent. If you overdo it, that is of course a problem, but if you underplay it too much, the larger audience won’t be able to connect with it. It might sound […]

JK Rowling attends the press preview of “Harry Potter and The Cursed Child” at Palace Theatre on 30 July 2016 in London. Photo by Rob Stothard/Getty Images It’s 20 years since Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone, the first movie adaptation of a Harry Potter book, was released in cinemas worldwide, prompting plenty of nostalgic […]

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With Friday’s release of “Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore,” I felt that it was appropriate to look back at the 10 previous film entries in the Wizarding World. Almost all of them have their own individual charms, and now the entire franchise is primed for a comprehensive ranking. Here is how I would rank […]

Naturally, then, there are a fair few references to places, characters, and things we know and love from the original books and movies – and we’ve done our best to pick them all out below. Read on for all the Harry Potter Easter Eggs in Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore. **Spoiler warning for Fantastic […]