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The Latest Breaking News from JK Rowling

‘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

Daily Mirror

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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’

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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

The Independent UK

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.

The Independent UK

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

Daily Mirror

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

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

Bristol Post

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

The Guardian - UK

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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.

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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.

Tribune News Service

Movie review: Too little magic in ‘Secrets of Dumbledore,’ as ‘Fantastic Beasts’ has a hero problem

It’s time to acknowledge that something is missing from the Wizarding World.

Tribune News Service

Review: 'Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore': There's some magic in this story not well told

We're now midway through the five-movie "Fantastic Beasts" series, a sort of prequel/cousin to the Harry Potter world created by J.K. Rowling, and the most enthusiasm I can muster is that it's all lovely to look at. Set in a magical version of the 1930s, David Yates' "Fantastic Beasts: The…

Tribune News Service

Movie review: 'Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore' a new low for franchise

What a depressing descent it’s been for the “Fantastic Beasts” movies, the “Harry Potter” prequel franchise intended to expand the magical world of witches, wizards and muggles spun to life by J.K. Rowling. The first film, “Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them,” was an assertion of gentle humanity and…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Review: Potter Prequels Peter Out in ‘Dumbledore’

Time always flew in J.K. Rowling’s Wizarding World but it has lately seemed to catch up to the Potter pop cultural sensation. Those long lines outside bookstores are a long time ago now. The books stopped but the movies never did. The “Fantastic Beasts” prequels, now up to three with…

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