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Daniel Radcliffe is a British actor best known for playing Harry Potter in the film series. He's since appeared in various stage and screen productions.
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Social media has been sent into meltdown after the subject matter of J.K. Rowling's upcoming crime novel was revealed online. As per a now-viral tweet from Pink News, the new novel, titled Troubled Blood and written under Rowling's pseudonym 'Robert Galbraith', is about "a murderous cis man who dresses as…
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It has now been almost 20 years since the first Harry Potter film - Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone - was released in movie theaters. What followed was an unprecedented ride of soaring successes - seven further movies, a spinoff movie series, endless theme park rides, studio tours and…
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Actor Daniel Radcliffe has revealed that playing the role of Harry Potter caused him to turn to drink into an in a candid new interview. Speaking on BBC Radio 4's Desert Island Discs, the actor made the admission to host Lauren Laverne. The 30-year-old said: "If I went out and…
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Incredibly, it has now been more than 20 years since Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone was published, and 20 years since filming started on the movie of the same name. That's proof either that time really does fly when you're having fun, or that life is a relentless march…
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Most celebrities have to put up with being recognized all the time. It's considered something of an occupational hazard if you're a movie star that, when you're out in public, you can only enjoy relative peace and anonymity for about half an hour before someone spots you, and starts begging…
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Millennials grew up obsessed with the Harry Potter franchise; we've all got accounts on Pottermore, we know which house we'd be sorted into, and I even know what my Patronus would be. In fact, we can be weirdly passionate about aspects of the books and films. Just think back to…
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It might be coming up to a decade since the main Harry Potter movies came to an end - but that hasn't stopped fans from all over the world rewatching the entire franchise from start to finish and dissecting each and every little scene. Check out this 2001 interview with…
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The Harry Potter movie made up one of the highest-grossing film franchises in cinematic history. The response to the first movie was nothing short of total adoration and ultimately led to another seven hugely lucrative movies being made. Naturally, the child actors at the centre of the movies who, for…
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The current president, whatever your opinion of him, has definitely polarised voters in the United States. Not only that, but he's sparked up debates all around the world, with everyone seemingly joining the fray to say exactly what they think of him. In the case of celebrities, those who feel…
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For the decade between 2001 and 2011, Daniel Radcliffe was almost constantly in the limelight as Harry Potter. When the film franchise first started, Radcliffe was only 12 years old, meaning we all got to see him grow up before our very eyes. Now, however, at 29 years old, the…
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How did you meet your partner? The standard answers are "at work", "through a mutual friend" or "in a bar" - but Daniel Radcliffe can top all of these. The Harry Potter star first got to know his girlfriend Erin Darke when they filmed a racy sex scene together in 2013 film…
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The quickest way to feel old is to realise that Rupert Grint, the actor who played Ron Weasley in the Harry Potter series, turned 30 years old this year - especially since he was cast at the young age of eleven. A little older than his wizarding co-stars Emma Watson,…
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I'd like it placed on record that I'm willing to put my Harry Potter knowledge to the test against any fellow fan, any time, any place. I've read the books countless times, watched the films so religiously that I could quote you the dialogue line by line, and listened to…
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There are many remarkable things about the wizarding world of 'Harry Potter', not least of which is that Albus Dumbledore, the greatest and wisest wizard of them all, doesn't appear familiar with the concept of background checking his Defence Against the Dark Arts teachers before hiring them. Many of us…
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We've gotten used to crunching foliage underfoot, the evenings keep getting darker, and suddenly our tastebuds have started demanding sweet, caffeinated beverages in varying flavours of pumpkin spice. Yes, winter is here, folks. Now, when this kind of weather hits, there's only one place that I long to be: on the…
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Fans of the Harry Potter series know the films back to front. But the truth is, we'll never know what truly went on behind the scenes. Take Evanna Lynch, for example. From the outside, the actress had it all: beauty, fame and a part in one of the biggest movie series…
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When we see celebs, we automatically focus on their dresses, their hair and whatever scandal they're creating at that point in time. However, have you ever thought about how tall A-listers are? Us neither! Hey, it's not like you've got a tape measure on the side of the screen with…
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If you've been online and not stumbled upon a Harry Potter meme, have you even been on the internet? Enthusiasm for the boy wizard on the web is still high sky even seven years after the last film came out and the memes just keep on coming. One person who has…
