Archive for March, 2016

Dame Maggie Smith’s van from ‘The Lady in the Van’ up for Auction

Mar 19, 2016

Posted by: Emma Pocock

News, Smith

Silverstone Auctioneers in Warwickshire will be selling one of two rare, fully-restored yellow Bedford CA van (hand-painted by Dame Maggie herself!). from Oscar-nominated, BAFTA-winning film The Lady in the Van, starring Maggie Smith as Mary Shepherd, who lived in a van on a man’s driveway for over 10 years. The van is estimated to sell for between £9,000 and …read more!

Emma Watson Interviews Lin-Manuel Miranda for UN Women HeForShe Arts Week

Mar 17, 2016

Posted by: Milka Väinämö

HP Cast, Interviews, Watson, Watson Interviews

Emma Watson, the UN Global Goodwill Ambassador, has taken to Facebook to share a four-part interview with Lin-Manuel Miranda, the creator, star and writer of the Broadway hit musical Hamilton. This interview was taped during the HeForShe Arts Week in New York City. The HeForShe Arts Week, an initiative to leverage the arts for gender equality, was a …read more!

Daniel Radcliffe in ‘Now You See Me 2’ Official Trailer

Mar 17, 2016

Posted by: Emma Pocock

News, Radcliffe

Daniel Radcliffe will be starring in Now You See Me 2, which released its official trailer yesterday (below). The film also stars Morgan Freeman, Jesse Eisenberg, Mark Ruffalo, Woody Harrelson and Lizzy Caplan and Dave Franco. According to The Hollywood Reporter: Daniel Radcliffe plays tech prodigy Walter Mabry, who tricks the Horsemen, landing them in China where …read more!

Emma Watson Interviews Tom Hanks for ‘Esquire’ Magazine

Mar 14, 2016

Posted by: Emma Pocock

Actor Interviews, News, Watson, Watson Interviews

After being interviewed by Esquire prior to the release of the magazine’s Men and Women issue for April 2016, Emma Watson has interviewed Tom Hanks (who features alongside her on the cover) on films, family and feminism.   Starring in The Circle together, Hanks and Watson make a great duo, and their talk about the HeForShe campaign is enlightening and shows …read more!

Total Film’s ‘Fantastic Beasts’ interview with David Heyman

Mar 13, 2016

Posted by: Emma Pocock

Fantastic Beasts Movie, Filmmaker Interviews, Heyman, Heyman Interviews, J.K. Rowling, News, Producers, Redmayne

We recently reported on Total Film including Fantastic Beasts as part of the 10 coolest movies coming your way, and after the magazine’s release on Friday, we can finally see the updates they had in store for us! An interview with David Heyman (Producer) discusses working on Fantastic Beasts, and how J.K. Rowling provided a grounding to keep the …read more!

History of Magic in North America, Lesson Four: 1920s Wizarding America

Mar 11, 2016

Posted by: Alysha McLeod

News, Pottermore

This morning, Pottermore published the final of J.K. Rowling’s four pieces about the history of magic in North America. If you haven’t read it yet, you can do so here. While the previous three posts focused on more specific time periods and events leading up to the 1920s, the final post highlights several significant cultural …read more!

History of Magic in North America, Lesson 3: The 18th Century

Mar 10, 2016

Posted by: Catherine

J.K. Rowling, News, Pottermore

We all thought that the Salem Witch trials were bad (because they really were tragic), and the trials were what drove Wizards away from America, and more underground. However, as we discover in today’s background story from J.K. Rowling, the story gets a lot more complicated than than. This morning, Pottermore released the third out …read more!

‘Esquire’ interviews Emma Watson!

Mar 10, 2016

Posted by: Emma Pocock

News, Watson, Watson Interviews

After revealing the cover of the Men and Women issue of Esquire magazine for April 2016 (also featuring Tom Hanks), Emma Watson sat down with them to talk men, women and Feminism. Just in case you haven’t been keeping up with her movements, Emma Watson has been helping run the HeForShe campaign since becoming UN Women Global Goodwill …read more!

‘Total Film’ to Cover ‘Fantastic Beasts’!

Mar 10, 2016

Posted by: Emma Pocock

Fantastic Beasts Movie, News, Redmayne

Hitting newsstands tomorrow (Friday 11th), Total Film gave a sneak peak of their front cover (below), starring Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them as one of the 10 coolest movies coming our way! With this comes the hopes that they’ll tell us more about the film – adding to our growing list of suspicions. Whilst you’re …read more!

History of Magic in North America, Lesson 2: “The British Invasion”

Mar 09, 2016

Posted by: Catherine

News, Pottermore

Yesterday, Pottermore released the first in a four-part super mini series of background writings from Harry Potter author, J.K. Rowling. The first History of Magic in North America writing covered the fourteenth century through the seventeenth century. Today, the new writings cover the 17th Century, or the fist “British Invasion”  (before the Beatles in the …read more!



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