JK Rowling has fired back at Emma Watson’s recent podcast interview — not with words, but by posting a parody clip mocking Watson’s remarks. Watson, best known as Hermione Granger, spoke on Jay Shetty’s podcast about their rift. She said she felt hurt that “a conversation was never made possible,” and suggested she remains open to dialogue. A Rift Between ...

J.K. Rowling has responded to The Mandalorian (2019) star Pedro Pascal for calling her a “heinous loser” after she celebrated the divisive outcome of the U.K. Supreme Court ruling on biological sex, which sent shockwaves through the trans community earlier this year. Rowling, who has been incredibly vocal throughout the ongoing trans debate, celebrated the controversial ruling by sharing a ...

The Dark Mark continues to hang over HBO’s new Harry Potter TV series like a bad omen. But let’s face it — with J.K. Rowling onboard as one of the executive producers, the project was always going to garner controversy faster than you can say “Nimbus 2000.” Over the past several years, the world-famous author has been repeatedly criticized for ...

When unknown writer J.K. Rowling released her first novel — Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone — she created a franchise that would go on to become one of the most popular and iconic ones the world had ever seen. Tens of millions of people fell in love with her wizarding world and the people who inhabited it. Fans felt that Harry ...