In hindsight, I cannot believe I didn’t know the fate of Cedric Diggory when I first read the Harry Potter books. I was an incredibly late bloomer with the series (I read all of them after my Sophomore year of college), and when I started The Sorcerer’s Stone, the only characters whose doomed fate I …
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Well, it’s official. We have our first confirmed cast member for the Harry Potter Max series. John Lithgow will be taking off the Cardinal robes he wore in the Best Picture nominee Conclave and will be putting on the wizard robes of one Albus Dumbledore. On accepting the role, Lithgow said this:  «»It’s going to …
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Harry Potter haters always talk about how Hogwarts does not give its students a well-rounded education. It’s perfectly acceptable to thrust a population of 18-year-old wizards with barely a 5th-grade mathematics education into the wizarding world. While it is wild that the only math course at Hogwarts is an elective, the subjects taught correlate pretty …
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Harry Potter actors will be asked about their roles in the movies for their entire lives. Jason Issacs was recently asked about the upcoming Harry Potter reboot, to which he quipped that he’d like to play Hermione. He also revealed that he had originally auditioned to play the role of Gilderoy Lockhart and was frustrated …
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Valentine’s Day is almost here, and as always, love is in the air at Hogwarts. It really is wild that Fred and George Weasley, two literal teenage wizards, were able to create a love potion that was actually effective and didn’t have dire consequences for the takers. Well, I guess it depends on what you …
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As a Harry Potter fan who is always happy to stop by the Harry Potter Store in the Flatiron District of Manhattan, I have a bone to pick with the London-based fans. I will never understand the appeal of going to King’s Cross Station in the middle of rush hour traffic just to hear an …
Seguir leyendo The Funniest Harry Potter Memes of the Week (January 22, 2025)

I wonder what will happen when Harry Potter enters the public domain. This year, such iconic works as the book Valley of the Dolls and the composition An American in Paris have outlasted their copyright and, therefore, can be used without payment or prosecution.  I don’t know if many of us will be around when Harry Potter can be …
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I’m shaking in anticipation for the new Harry Potter series coming out on Max next year. With the success of the Percy Jackson Disney+ series, I’m sure that Warner Brothers is going to do whatever they can to make it as great, if not better, than the original movies. Many people think that the path …
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Last month, there were rumblings in the media that actor Paapa Essiedu would be cast as Severus Snape in the upcoming Harry Potter HBO series, and everyone seems to have a hot take about it. He’s best known for his role I May Destroy You, which was also created by HBO. The reason the rumors …
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