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Succession star Brian Cox: Cancel culture is ‘modern day McCarthyism’

The veteran actor appeared on TalkTV.

The Independent UK

Amber Heard recalls leaving Johnny Depp’s private island with his daughter Lily Rose after ‘death threat’

Couple had gone to Bahamas to enjoy last trip on yacht before actor sold it to author JK Rowling

The Independent UK

Miriam Margolyes says it’s ‘humbling’ to know she’ll be ‘most remembered’ for Harry Potter scene

‘I’m just an infinitesimal part of a franchise,’ Margolyes said

The Independent UK

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Tribunal of barrister suing Stonewall delayed after hospital admission

Allison Bailey claims the LGBTQ charity induced her employer, Garden Court Chambers, to investigate her over her gender-critical views.

The Independent UK

‘I’m deeply ashamed’: Miriam Margolyes admits to hitting her paralysed mother in emotional confession

‘The thing that really gets to me is that my mother forgave me,’ actor says in BBC documentary episode

The Independent UK

Rare proof sheets of first Harry Potter book expected to sell for £20,000

The ‘fascinating insight into what was to become an iconic work’ is the only known surviving copy of its kind and is to be auctioned along with a first edition signed by Rowling

The Guardian - UK

JK Rowling shares 'white, bearded, Stonewall-approved lesbian' image after fury

Author JK Rowling received criticism after sharing an image of her friend Allison Bailey marching for LGBT rights in San Francisco in 1991

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Piers Morgan's 17 fiercest celeb bust-ups - bitter book row to vicious Twitter spat

From Phillip Schofield and JK Rowling to Chrissy Teigen, Piers Morgan has had it out with most celebs either online or in real life

Irish Mirror

JK Rowling accused by Lesbian Visibility Week founder of ‘stirring hate within our community’

‘This is a perfect example of #HowNotToBeAnAlly’

The Independent UK

JK Rowling vows to attend book club of Scots fan who backed her over trans row

The Harry Potter creator said she would show support to a fan who stuck up for her amid criticism over her gender views.

Daily Record

Trans author sparks anger over ‘killing off’ JK Rowling in novel

JK Rowling in the past has received death threats after being vocal on the trans debate about her opinion that ‘biological sex is real’

Evening Standard

The hollow retconning of Dumbledore

Has "Harry Potter" – depicting a shallow, antiquated and dangerous idea of queer people – finally lost its magic?

Salon

Professor Sprout Defended J.K.R’s Fkd TERF Views & Honestly We’d Rather Listen To Mandrakes Cry

Accio massive disappointment.

Pedestrian.tv

JK Rowling: Platinum Jubilee judge defends decision to snub Harry Potter author from books list

The BBC’s Big Jubilee Read lists 70 ‘great reads’ from across the Commonwealth

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Queen’s Platinum Jubilee: JK Rowling and JRR Tolkien missed off BBC’s list of 70 Commonwealth authors

Some notable titles did not make the list, including the Harry Potter series by creator JK Rowling and JRR Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings.

Daily Mirror

Miriam Margolyes offers to mediate between JK Rowling and Emma Watson amid trans row

Miriam Margolyes, 80, who played Professor Pomona Sprout, has defended JK Rowling after she made controversial comments about the transgender community. The actress encouraged kindness, and shared her own experience with a friend who wanted to transition

Bristol Post

Reaction as JK Rowling missed from Queen's Platinum Jubilee author list

Dr Liam Fox says brands omission as "disgraceful and cowardly"

The Guardian - UK

The God of Small Things to Shuggie Bain: the Queen’s jubilee book list

Expert panel selects 70 books from across the Commonwealth marking the seven decades of her reign

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Salon

The magical magnetism of Mads Mikkelsen

Our eternal affection for silent types explains why Americans would kill to have this Dane at a party

Salon

"Fantastic Beasts 3" gay story censored

This cursed movie just can't catch a break ...

Reason

Review: Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore

Another return to Potterville.

Inverse

How 'Fantastic Beasts 3' censoring its gay storyline could affect the franchise’s future

What does the Wizarding World stand for? Warner Bros. decision to censor 'Fantastic Beasts 3' comes at a bigger cost than the studio may expect.

The Guardian - UK

Without the gay love story, Fantastic Beasts makes even less sense

The plot of the new movie is confusing enough if you know Dumbledore and Grindelwald were lovers; pity the audience in China for whom this detail is censored

Inverse

'Fantastic Beasts 3' review: 'Secrets of Dumbledore' improves slightly on a failed franchise

The latest Wizarding World movie may be an improvement, but it doesn’t do much to elevate the 'Fantastic Beasts' franchise.

Tribune News Service

Jude Law talks about his approach to portraying Albus Dumbledore

They needed an actor to play a younger version of Albus Dumbledore.

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