Tag Archives: Harry Potter

Super New Role For Rupert Grint

By Fraser McAlpine | Posted on February 15th, 2013

Rupert Grint (Rex Features via AP Images)

After a week of talking excitedly about British actors appearing in new British dramas and not being entirely sure when or whether these productions would make the move to the U.S.

Emma Watson Stopped by Airport Security

By Brigid Brown | Posted on January 7th, 2013

Emma Watson has been named the favorite bait by McAfee. (Photo via AP)

Britain’s sweetheart Emma Watson (Harry Potter;The Perks of Being a Wallflower) was confused by JFK airport security as a child traveling alone.

New ‘Harry Potter’ Shop Opens On An Actual Platform 9 3/4

By Fraser McAlpine | Posted on December 24th, 2012

When it comes to marketing opportunities for the Harry Potter franchise, it’s only natural to want to put a magical retail outlet on the not-actually-there site of a fictitious railway platform, isn’t it? The ground rent ...

Happy 50th Birthday Ralph Fiennes!

By Brigid Brown | Posted on December 22nd, 2012

Ralph Fiennes turns 50 today. Happy Birthday!

These days Fiennes is known to children, and adults, worldwide as “the name we do not speak” (Lord Valdemort) in the Harry Potter franchise.

‘Harry Potter’ Stars Recreate The Magic One More Time…

By Fraser McAlpine | Posted on December 11th, 2012

It’s important, for the sake of all the Harry Potter fans out there that are still bereft and inconsolable since the franchise came to an end last year, to state that this is a very vague story indeed. There’s only one ...

JK Rowling’s ‘Casual Vacancy’ to Become BBC Series

By Kevin Wicks | Posted on December 3rd, 2012

The Casual Vacancy, JK Rowling‘s first novel after the profitable Harry Potter book series, is set to be adapted to television by the BBC, BBC NEWS has confirmed. Rowling will collaborate on the series, which is currently set for ...

Emma Watson Takes Fashion Hiatus

By Brigid Brown | Posted on November 28th, 2012

The Perks of Being a Wallflower star Emma Watson (Harry Potter) is making her acting career her primary focus. She has been seen as the face of Burberry and Lancome; and consulted on behalf of the fair trade corporation People Tree as a ...

WATCH: ‘Comes a Bright Day’ Trailer

By Brigid Brown | Posted on November 13th, 2012

Sam Smith is having a bad day but has a pretty bird by his side. ( comesabrightday.com)

One of London’s most exclusive jewelry stores is the target of a bank heist in debut director/writer Simon Aboud’s Comes a Bright Day out on DVD, Tuesday, November 13.

(Now With Added Video) Why Is Daniel Radcliffe In A Bath With Jon Hamm?

By Fraser McAlpine | Posted on November 12th, 2012

It’s because they’re both in a Sky Arts TV adaptation of Mikael Bulgarov’s short stories, A Young Doctor’s Notebook, a mini-series set to air at the beginning of the December in the UK.

Rich Brits Under 30

By Brigid Brown | Posted on October 23rd, 2012

The lucrative Harry Potter franchise may be ending, but Radcliffe is well-prepared for a post-Hogwarts future. He impressed denizens of Broadway with a show-stopping, heel-kicking performance in How To Succeed in Business Without Really Trying. (AP Photo/Charles Sykes)

The UK’s Heat magazine has compiled a list of the ten richest Brits under 30. Oh, to be young, rich and British. Daniel Radcliffe, of infamous Harry Potter fame, tops the list pulling in an estimated £53.