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FILM: Will Fantastic Beasts 2 Showcase Gay Dumbledore?

July 5, 2017 by scott

Warner Brothers has released new characters and confirmed the key actors for Fantastic Beasts 2. Filming of the sequel began at Warner Bros. Studios in Leavesden this week. It’s previously been announced that Jude Law will be playing Dumbledore, while Johnny Depp will play Grindelwald. The second Fantastic Beasts movie will also see the return of queer star Ezra Miller, who plays the role of Credence. A Warner Bros announcement teases he will be returning ‘in a mysterious way’. Miller recently said watching Harry Potter helps him cope with homophobic bullying. By Jamie Wareham – Full Story at Gay Star News … Read more

Is Severus Snape Trans?

July 2, 2017 by scott

Harry Potter theories are a way for fans to keep their favourite fictional world alive. From the creator herself, JK Rowling, revealing that Dumbledore is gay to the fan theory Ronbledore, which suggests Ron and Dumbledore are the same person, these added extras to the actual storyline are a brilliant way to introduce new dimensions to the books and film. One of the more recent theories is about Severus Snape: the former death eater who is besotted with Harry Potter’s mother, Lily. Snape is portrayed as a pretty evil character for a good portion of the books but we soon … Read more

Facebook’s Magical Harry Potter Secret

June 29, 2017 by scott

Harry Potter is 20 years old, sort of. This week marks the 20th anniversary of the publication of Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone back in 1997 (renamed Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone in the US). The book by LGBT ally JK Rowling sparked a phenomenon in publishing and the wider world of culture and entertainment. It was followed by six sequels, a number of print and digital spinoffs, a stunning theatrical production, some theme parks and, oh, some of the most successful movies ever made. It’s no surprise then, that everyone’s getting in on the celebration as the … Read more

ENTERTAINMENT: Jude Law to Play Young Dumbledore

April 18, 2017 by scott

Jude Law will play a young Albus Dumbledore in the “Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them” sequel, according to Variety. Set in the 1920s, the film will show Dumbledore as the professor of transfiguration before he became Hogwarts headmaster and mentor to Harry Potter. Johnny Depp will also appear in the “Harry Potter” prequel as the villainous Grindelwald, Dumbledore’s childhood friend and first love. Eddie Redmayne returns as the spinoff’s lead character Newt Scamander. “Harry Potter” author J.K. Rowling will pen the sequel’s script and David Yates is back on board as director. By Mariah Cooper – Full Story … Read more

ART: Hogwarts on Her Body

February 1, 2017 by scott

Makeup artist and body painter Georgina Ryland just took Harry Potter fandom to a whole new level. Ryland recently painted a nighttime scene depicting Hogwarts at night on her body, and the result is truly a masterpiece. The Brisbane, Australia-based artist created the work of art using both makeup and paint. “This look is inspired by a scene from ‘Harry Potter and the [Sorcerer’s] Stone’,” Ryland wrote in a YouTube description of the look. “It took roughly five hours to paint but I could have happily gone for ten hours! It was challenging but fun to try it in this … Read more

News: The Harry Potter Experience – in Brooklyn

January 24, 2017 by scott

Hold your hippogriffs, there’s a Harry Potter-themed restaurant in Brooklyn. With medieval-like light fixtures, big leather chairs, wax candles, goblets on the tables and a sorting hat, the Potter premise at Pasta Wiz is half-baked at best (there’s not even any Butterbeer on the menu). But it’s better than nothing. The Huffington Post spoke with Alex Dimitrov, owner of the Williamsburg-based restaurant that’s been open for only four days. “The place is magical so [the] Harry Potter theme came naturally,” he said via an email exchange, adding, “We do plan to have Harry Potter-themed events and meet ups.” By Carly Ledbetter – … Read more

News: Rowling Approves Queer Harry Potter Pic as Pulse Benefit

December 26, 2016 by scott

An anthology comic being produced to benefit the victims and families who lost loved ones in the shooting at Pulse in Orlando, Fla., has scored the support of a huge name in publishing: Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling, who according to Bleeding Cool, has for the first time ever permitted a drawing of her beloved Hogwarts characters in a comic book. And not just any sketch; the approved illustration for Love Is Love, by Jim Lee, features Harry with his friends Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger, and their beloved gay former headmaster, Albus Dumbledore, as they cast a spell that … Read more

News: Harry Potter Tree Gets Surgery

December 9, 2016 by scott

We can’t leaf this tree alone! A historic tree featured in the fifth “Harry Potter” film, “Harry Potter and the Order of The Phoenix,” is in danger of toppling over. The aged cedar of Lebanon tree, located in the grounds of Blenheim Palace, is 55 feet tall and has a massive hole in the trunk. The hole makes it so that the tree could tip over at any moment. But a rescue plan is in the works. Tree surgeons ― yes, this is a thing ― are using “climbers and a cherry picker to fix cables to its larger upper … Read more

Pop Culture: Harry Potter Christmas Tree

December 3, 2016 by scott

The British Harry Potter fan set up the ultimate Harry Potter Christmas tree using trinkets collected from frequent visits to the Harry Potter studio tour in London, she told HuffPost. The tree features gems only true Potter fans would recognize, from a Ravenclaw diadem to the Dolores Umbridge unicycle and a Sorting Hat at the top. “The two things I love the most are Christmas and Harry Potter,” Burnett told HuffPost of her tree. “At first my friends thought it was a crazy idea, but now they love it.” By Suzy Strutner – Full Story at The Huffington Post

“Fantastic Beasts” Flirts With Gay Allegory

December 2, 2016 by scott

It’s been a strange year to be gay in a Hollywood blockbuster—the strangest part being that you can now actually be gay in a Hollywood blockbuster. Well, sort of gay. Big-budget movies in 2016 have taken to assigning sexuality to previously neutered supporting characters, like Sulu in Star Trek and the raving scientist in Independence Day, both of whom in this year’s sequels pointedly embraced husbands we never knew they had. (No kissing allowed, of course.) They’re barely better than the status quo of coded gay characters, like Kate McKinnon’s eccentric ghostbuster or maybe those two women pushing a stroller … Read more