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View ArticleReal theme of Harry Potter lost in all that snogging
Forget that Harry Potter snogs Ginny Weasley in the sixth Harry Potter movie, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince. The most interesting part of the film occurs at the beginning and revolves around...
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Latin lovers abound in university
Who said Latin was a dead language? Like the Roman army invading Britain, hordes of university students are flooding classics departments, intent on learning Caesar’s tongue. At York, enrolment in...
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Heaven for Harry Potter fans
The Weasley Twins (James and Oliver Phelps) ‘sort’ a young fan. Photograph by Andrew Tolson Picking a favourite item from the myriad movie artifacts in the new Harry Potter exhibit at Toronto’s...
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Harry Potter: The Exhibition (PHOTOS)
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Prince Harry takes flight The Apache attack helicopter is a nasty piece of weaponry, bristling with rockets, a 30-mm machine gun and 16 Hellfire missiles. It may soon be in the hands of a member of the...
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Things you always wanted to know but had no one wise enough to ask
Photo Illustration by Taylor Shute To make it as a columnist in the 21st century, you need to be willing to tackle the tough questions that confront modern society. Or you can be a white, middle-aged...
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Opening Weekend: ‘Micmacs’ and ‘Sex and the City 2′
(from left) Dany Boon, Marie-Julie Baup and Omar Sy in 'Micmacs' Fresh from the art-house bubble of Cannes, it was a rude awakening to get back to the Hollywood grind with the mindless excess of Sex...
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Harry Potter and the trial by fire
Photograph by Marianne Helm In November 2008, Kim Baryluk, lead singer for the band the Wyrd Sisters, sat down at her computer in her Ponemah, Man., home on Lake Winnipeg’s shores. There, she happened...
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Newsmakers
Doggone it Cesar Millan, TV’s “Dog Whisperer,” was a hit with the crowd at sold-out Scotiabank Place in Ottawa last week, even though Ontario law deprived him of a key cast mate—Junior, the...
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Newsmakers
All’s well that ends well Shania Twain tied the knot on New Year’s Day in Rincon, Puerto Rico, with Frédéric Thiébaud, the ex-husband of her ex-best friend, who apparently was too friendly with her...
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The afterlife of Harry Potter
IStock; Getty Images;Warner Bros; Photo Illustration by Bradley Reinhardt It wasn’t supposed to be this way. The marketing slogan for the July 15 release of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2,...
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Harry Potter’s final feat of magic
(from left) Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson and Rupert Grint in 'Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2' Finally, a great summer blockbuster! There was no question that the finale of the Harry...
View Article‘Deathly Hallows, Part 2’ makes box office magic
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 2 broke first-day box office records this weekend, taking in more than $80 million in domestic sales. The last installment in the series also broke records...
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Newsmakers: July 14-21
Kevin Winter/American Idol He speeds for good deeds When you imagine the record-holder for the fastest bicycle trip across Canada, you’re probably not picturing somebody’s grandpa. But as of this week,...
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Movie trailers are out of control
CP; Getty Images; Photo Illustration by Sarah Mackinnon Cultural shorthand keeps getting shorter. There was a time when taking part in the conversation meant saying, “I haven’t read the book but I’ve...
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‘Potted Potter’ comes to Toronto
Jeff Turner and Dan Clarkson in Potted Potter (photo courtesy of Seabright Productions) Two former BBC children’s hosts, Dan Clarkson And Jeff Turner, have co-written a hit show called, Potted Potter:...
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Harry Potter casts spell on Canadian campuses
Sonia Belviso/Flickr Two summers ago when Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 arrived at the cinema in Ancaster, Ont., Stephanie Kesler took the day off work and lined up for 12 hours to make...
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J. Meric/Getty Images Call it a foul, maybe? Even as she stood on the pitcher’s mound, it was obvious that Carly Rae Jepsen was about to embarrass herself. Sporting acid-washed daisy dukes and nude...
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J.K. Rowling updates fans on the latest Harry Potter gossip
Daniel Radcliffe and Emma Watson in ‘Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part I’ (Photo/Warner Bros. Pictures) When it comes to separating truth from fiction in Harry Potter’s world, everyone knows...
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Newsmakers: Indra Nooyi tells the truth and an aquanaut mission
Canadian Vasek Pospisil (right) and American Jack Sock won the men’s doubles in a surprise upset at Wimbledon (Sang Tan/AP) Tom Steyer The billionaire and anti-Keystone XL pipeline crusader earned a...
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J.K. Rowling and The Casual Vacancy: A sneak peek at its adaptation
J.K. Rowling’s first post-Potter novel has been turned into a three-part miniseries that will air on HBO later this month. Word is that the series strays from The Casual Vacancy—especially at the end....
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How I conquered the queue to get tickets to the Harry Potter play
‘Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 2.’ (©2011 Warner Bros. Ent. Harry Potter publishing rights ©J.K.R. Harry Potter characters, names and related indicia are trademarks of and ©Warner Bros....
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Where everybody knows your name—because your name’s Chewbacca
(Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP) Darth Vader and Princess Leia walk into a bar. “Can we start a dart league?” asks the Dark Lord. It’s not a scene from the upcoming Star Wars: The Force Awakens;...
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Welcome back to the Harry Potter universe
“All was well.” Those were the last words of the seventh and last Harry Potter book, released in 2007. Ever since, fans of the wizard have waited, with varying degrees of patience, for author J.K....
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Wands at the ready! It’s Harry Potter Book Night
(from left) Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson and Rupert Grint in ‘Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2’ What to do with a ferociously popular book series nearly a decade after the last volume was...
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Day One of the Cursed Child: Harry Potter and his magic are back!
Portraits of Harry Potter, his son Albus, and his wife Ginny, from the cast of J.K. Rowling’s new play, “Harry Potter and the Cursed Child.” (Handout) “To me, this is more important than my passport,”...
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Harry Potter play kicks off a new era of obsession
Members of the public take pictures in front of The Palace Theatre, following the first preview of the Harry Potter and The Cursed Child play last night, on June 8, 2016 in London, England. (Jack...
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The lesson J.K. Rowling is teaching a new generation
Members of the public take pictures in front of The Palace Theatre, following the first preview of the Harry Potter and The Cursed Child play last night, on June 8, 2016 in London, England. The new...
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Wingardium leviosa: Harry Potter casts his spell for the last time
Harry Potter Fans eagerly awaiting 12:01am for the launch of Harry Potter and The Cursed Child. Photograph by May Truong The power of Harry Potter to mobilize millions was on display Saturday night as...
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In ‘Harry Potter and the Cursed Child,’ a beloved series gets a proper finale
Amy Stocking reads from Harry Potter and The Cursed Child at the 12:01 launch of the book at Indigo (Bay and Bloor). Photograph by May Truong Harry Potter is back, nine years after J.K. Rowling...
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J.K. Rowling’s latest Harry Potter spinoff takes a dark turn
Newt Scamander (Eddie Redmayne) gets help from witch Tina Goldstein (Katherine Waterston) in America’s hidden wizarding world in Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them. (Jaap Buitendijk/Warner Bros....
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Fantastic Beasts review: the good, the bad and the beastly
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them. (Jaap Buitendijk/Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc/Ratpac-Dune Entertainment LLC) The film adaptation of J.K. Rowling’s Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them is...
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Books just keep getting longer
(Photo illustration by Stephen Gregory and Gerrit de Jonge) When Ben Blatt succumbed to Pottermania, he was in Grade 3, and the third book—1999’s Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban—had just come...
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Harry Potter Inc.
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