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Even the New York Times is body-shaming Serena Williams now: It’s time to...
Serena Williams (Credit: Reuters/Pascal Rossignol) You needn’t concern yourself with the size of Serena’s butt. Don’t bother losing sleep over the musculature of her legs. After 21 Grand Slams, she’s...
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J.K. Rowling’s “Harry Potter” trivia tweets: Changing the role of author, 140...
(Credit: Warner Bros. Entertainment) When we close a novel, what happens to our favorite characters? Do they live in our minds – getting married and divorced, hair graying, moving to the countryside,...
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J.K. Rowling takes hilarious umbrage at BBC’s comparison of Donald Trump to...
J.K. Rowling (Credit: AP/Dan Hallman) “Harry Potter” author J.K. Rowling took offense at the BBC’s characterization of GOP presidential hopeful Donald Trump’s charade of a campaign. “Why people are...
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Racists flip out over casting of black actress as “Hermione” in “Harry Potter...
J.K. Rowling (Credit: AP/Dan Hallman) When news broke that a middle-aged Hermione Granger would be played by a black South African woman named Noma Dumezweni in the stage production “Harry Potter and...
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Yes, Hermione is black: The “Harry Potter” stage sequel finally gets...
(Credit: AP/Max Nash) A black actor, Noma Dumezweni, will be playing Hermione Granger in “Harry Potter and the Cursed Child,” which is set to play in London’s theater district in 2016. Consistent with...
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Luke Skywalker, Dumbledore and the problem with secretly-queer heroes: “As...
(Credit: Warner Bros./Lucasfilm/Walt Disney Pictures) Could Luke Skywalker be bisexual? According to actor Mark Hamill, the character’s queerness is in the eye of the beholder. On Twitter, Hamill...
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J.K. Rowling’s rejection letters are a sorry statement on the future of book...
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“Harry Potter” author J.K. Rowling defends Donald Trump’s right to “be...
J.K. Rowling (Credit: AP/Dan Hallman) J.K. Rowling is clearly no fan of presumptive Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, having responded to a BBC article last year that characterized him...
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J.K. Rowling pens Twitter tribute to Harry Potter theme park worker killed in...
Luis Vielma (Credit: Twitter) Shortly after news of the Orlando massacre broke, fans of Harry Potter informed J.K Rowling that employees of the Universal Orlando theme park based on her books were...
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Celebs couldn’t stop Brexit: J.K. Rowling, Eddie Izzard and more urged Remain...
J.K. Rowling (Credit: AP/Dan Hallman) For all kinds of reasons, the decision by British voters to leave the European Union has led to shocked reactions around the world. Part of it is that the vote...
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Pottermore problems: Scholars and writers call foul on J.K. Rowling’s North...
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Got your broomstick? IRL Quidditch gets super competitive
Major League Quidditch Players (Credit: Matt Dwyer) This past weekend saw two undefeated teams competing at their sports’ highest level battle in its ultimate event. Yet this hotly contested...
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J.K. Rowling’s allegory fail: Werewolves are not a useful metaphor for HIV/AIDS
J.K. Rowling (Credit: AP/Dan Hallman) J.K. Rowling recently published three “Harry Potter” e-books, and in one of them, “Short Stories of Heroism From Hogwarts of Heroism, Hardship, and Dangerous...
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Piers Morgan calls J.K. Rowling a “serial loser”
Twitter fingers are flying nowadays, and almost no one is safe from internet criticism and virality — including Daily Mail editor and former “Celebrity Apprentice” winner Piers Morgan, who engaged in...
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The latest spat between the Asian neighbors has descended into name-calling of the wizard variety
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More remarkable still: They were able to secure permission from J.K. Rowling and Warner Brothers
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What madness is this? The "Everything Store" is blocking pre-orders of "The Lego Movie"
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