Record-breaking author J.K. Rowling has remembered the moment she first realised that, in her schoolboy wizard Harry Potter, she had created a phenomenon.  Rowling’s series of seven books telling the trials and triumphs of Harry and his friends at Hogwarts School for Wizards has now sold more than 500 million copies across the world and…

By Miriam Kuepper and Nick Pisa In Bogota and Katherine Lawton Published: 14:45 EDT, 18 August 2024 | Updated: 14:56 EDT, 18 August 2024 Meghan Markle has gushed about her daughter, three, in a speech about ‘Afro women and power’ talk on the final day of her tour in Columbia with Prince Harry.  She said that Lilibet…

Static Media There are a lot of reasons why “The Simpsons” has lasted as long as it has, but a big one is just how fun those “Treehouse of Horror” anthology episodes always are. Even long past the golden age of the show, these Halloween specials reliably breathe new…

 Police confirmed they have arrested a 26-year-old man on suspicion of murder  Officers were called just after 7am on Sunday to reports of an ‘altercation’   A murder investigation is underway after the incident in Crawley, West Sussex By Francine Wolfisz Published: 14:22 EDT, 18 August 2024 | Updated: 14:32 EDT, 18 August 2024 A young…

SUNDAY AM UPDATE: So much for the doldrums of August. Between Alien: Romulus and the near $100M-grossing Sony/Wayfarer Studios movie’ It Ends With Us, it’s clear we’ve shaken off all the strike jitters. Disney continues to keep the shine on its 20th Century Studios brand with their own fingerprints on storied franchises as Alien: Romulus…

The Royal family had a bit of a rumble last weekend as the Prince and Princess of Wales faced off against their children in a Nerf battle. Prince George, 11, Princes Charlotte, nine, and six-year-old Prince Louis joined in the festivities at the Gone Wild Festival at Holkham Hall, Norfolk for a high-intensity Nerf war with…

EXCLUSIVE: Jamie Lloyd, director of the Broadway-bound Sunset Boulevard musical led by an incandescent Nicole Scherzinger center stage as Norma Desmond, is making a move into the world of movies and reveals to Deadline that his London-based Jamie Lloyd Company “will set up a separate film division and work with new partners from the film world.”…

The mother of a kidnapped Israeli waitress has said she is throwing her daughter a huge party for her 24th birthday today in the hope she will see it in captivity. Hundreds turned out to mark the birthday of Romi Gonen and to add pressure to secure a ‘last chance’ deal to free the 115…

John Aprea, the actor known for his roles in The Godfather Part II and Full House, has died. He was 83. According to his manager Will Levine, Aprea died of natural causes on Monday, Aug. 5 at his Los Angeles home, where he was surrounded by family. Born March 4, 1941 in Englewood, New Jersey,…

Chicago law enforcement are bracing for a hostile week at the Democratic National Convention as the city still reels from a crime-riddled weekend.  At least 11 people were shot across Chicago over the weekend, including three fatally, as yet another weekend of violence gripped the city.  With police resources already stretched, the anticipation of protests…