Earlier this year, Louis C.K. proved his own “cancellation” was a myth when his big comeback special Sincerely Louis C.K. not only landed a nomination but went on to win the Grammy Award for Best Comedy Album. Don’t be surprised if Dave Chappelle pulls off a similar trick at the Emmys. Now, to be fair, […]

For those looking for a cute and magical romance, Carry On by Rainbow Rowell is perfect for the magically inclined. This YA novel is the story of the worst ever “chosen one,” Simon Snow, a student at the Watford School of Magicks, who is having a rough time figuring out being a wizard and falling in […]

Hasbro puts a magical spin on its classic whodunit game with Clue: Wizarding World Harry Potter Edition Mystery Board Game. The thrilling wizarding twist in this Amazon exclusive edition finds players moving around the board as Harry, Ron, Hermione, Ginny, Luna, or Neville. Players try to figure out who disappeared, under which spell, and where the […]

Warner Bros. said it has removed references to a gay relationship between two protagonists in the upcoming China release of a “Harry Potter” prequel. The Hollywood studio confirmed that it has expunged details of the romance between Jude Law’s character, Albus Dumbledore, and Gellert Grindelwald, played by Mads Mikkelsen, in “Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of […]

It was the biggest single dumping of animals in at least 10 years – and one that shocked the Christchurch SPCA. Twenty-two small puppies were found alongside the Waimakariri River, cold and starving. It is the second dumping of pets in the area in recent weeks, following a disabled kunekune being left to die on […]

Harry Potter fans were delighted after the acting trio who played the lead characters recently reunited for a 20th anniversary special, Return To Hogwarts, to mark two decades since the first film’s release. And it seems that at least one of the leads has revealed he would be keen to reprise his role, suggesting we […]

Then, that night, Jack’s toys wake him and explain that, on Christmas Eve, humans can enter the Land Of The Lost where there is a chance of Jack rescuing DP. The Christmas Pig, DP’s replacement, leads him there. In the Land Of The Lost, objects from scissors and staplers to smartphones have come alive and […]

A certain film series is celebrating its 20th anniversary—“Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone” was released in Nov. 2001, don’t gasp—and one of the things that made the movies so successful was author J.K. Rowling’s insistence that only British actors play her characters (which, with only a couple of exceptions, they did). What was rather […]

For over 20 years, Albus Dumbledore has been one of the most beloved characters in J.K. Rowling’s “Harry Potter” world but actor Jude Law, who continues to play the character in Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore, reveals that Dumbledore is going through “a process of regression” from the older Harry Potter stories to the […]

On a bright spring morning, Jonathan Porter begins a tour of places that have made a profound difference in his life, beginning with a visit to the A.G. Gaston Boys Girls Club (AGGBGC) in Bessemer, and ending with an interview in his 16th-floor office at Alabama Power’s Corporate Headquarters in downtown Birmingham. In between those […]