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This week's guest is Andy Mills, the co-creator of Reflector, a new documentary podcast. Reflector's early episodes delve into controversial treatments for alcoholism and the free speech implications of the trial of rapper Young Thug, whose lyrics are being used by prosecutors to build a RICO (Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act) case. Mills is a legend in podcasting circles. He helped create The New York Times podcast The Daily, one of the most listened-to shows on the planet, and he produced the wildly popular and controversial The Witch Trials of J.K. Rowling for The Free Pre...
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The original watercolor illustration for J.K. Rowling’s "Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone" sold for a record-breaking $1.9 million (approx. €1.7 million) yesterday (Wednesday 26 June), becoming the most valuable Harry Potter item ever sold at auction. Thomas Taylor’s artwork, which sold at Sotheby’s in New York, was featured on the covers of the first edition of the 1997 novel. Taylor was just 23 when he received his first professional commission to create a cover for J.K. Rowling’s first novel. He was one of the first people to read the manuscript for the original Harry Potter book, a...
Euronews (English)
Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling has criticised Labour this week for "abandoning" women over its stance on the rights of transgender people. Writing in The Times, Rowling, a former Labour donor, said she would struggle to vote for Keir Starmer in the upcoming general elections. Rowling's comments refer to Labour’s pledge to “modernise” the process by which people can change gender. In its election manifesto, Labour has committed to making it easier for people to legally change gender, replacing the “outdated” necessity to present evidence showing that a person has lived as their new gender for...
Euronews (English)
«Harry Potter»-Autorin J.K. Rowling hat sich in den britischen Wahlkampf eingemischt. Sie werde voraussichtlich nicht für die Labour-Partei stimmen wegen des Standpunkts der Partei in der Debatte um Rechte für Transmenschen, schrieb Rowling in einem Gastbeitrag in der Londoner «Times». Sie warf den Sozialdemokraten vor, Frauen im Stich gelassen zu haben, die sich besorgt über die Rechte von Frauen geäußert hatten. Rowling macht seit Jahren mit umstrittenen Äußerungen in der Debatte um Rechte für Transmenschen auf sich aufmerksam. Sie stellt sich auf den Standpunkt, das biologische Geschlecht k...
DPA (German)
A rare first edition Harry Potter book had been sold at auction for more than £45,000 (approx. €53,000). The novel, "The Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone", was auctioned off at the Lyon and Turnbull auction house in Edinburgh. The copy of J. K. Rowling’s book is one of the first 500 printed in 1997; publishers produced only a small number of copies because of the uncertainty towards its popularity. It was predicted to sell for between £40,000 and £60,000, because of some unique errors. The book eventually sold for £45,201 (€53,500), and features a spelling mistake of ‘Philosopher’s’ on...
Euronews (English)
J.K. Rowling has revealed in a new book of essays that her loved ones had tried to persuade her to keep her views on transgender women to herself. The Harry Potter author has contributed to an essay collection, "The Women Who Wouldn’t Wheesht", and in an extract published in The Times said that “people around me, including some I love, were begging me not to speak.” “So I watched from the sidelines as women with everything to lose rallied, in Scotland and across the UK, to defend their rights. My guilt that I wasn’t standing with them was with me daily, like a chronic pain.” Rowling has caused...
Euronews (English)
Daniel Radcliffe "never thought" fatherhood would leave him so tired. The 34-year-old actor welcomed a baby boy with his partner Erin Darke in April 2023 and admitted that it has been a "crazy year" but has learned that "women are incredible" after seeing his significant other go through labour. He told E! News: "It's the best. I never thought it would be possible for a creature to make me so tired and me still just love that thing so much. It's been a crazy year. "It's taught me that women are incredible, That my partner Erin is incredible. Everything that she has done for him, becoming a mum...
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Daniel Radcliffe has opened up about J.K. Rowling’s comments about the trans community. Her main star, who played the famous wizard in the film series, has commented in a new interview. Speaking to The Atlantic about his current role in the Broadway production of "Merrily We Roll Along", Radcliffe said: “It makes me really sad, ultimately. Because I do look at the person that I met, the times that we met, and the books that she wrote, and the world that she created, and all of that is to me so deeply empathic.” He confirmed that he has not had any contact with Rowling since she began making th...
Euronews (English)
Daniel Radcliffe has no regrets about being an ally for the LGBTQ+ community and he made sure controversial Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling knows it. In a new interview with The Atlantic the actor stated firmly, “I will continue to support the rights of all LGBTQ people, and have no further comment than that.” His statement was in response to being asked about Rowling’s tweet from Apr. 10 in which she said she refused to forgive Radcliffe and his HP co-star Emma Watson for their support of the LGBTQ+ community. A Rowling supporter tweeted the disgraced author and wondered if Radcliffe and Wat...
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Daniel Radcliffe ist „wirklich traurig" über die Kommentare von J.K. Rowling zur Trans-Community.Die Bestsellerautorin sorgt immer wieder für Schlagzeilen, weil sie der Meinung ist, dass das Geschlecht in der Biologie verwurzelt ist und Frauenräume geschützt werden sollten. Von Kritikern wird sie deshalb als transfeindlich bezeichnet. ‚Harry Potter‘-Star Daniel Radcliffe kann die ablehnende Haltung der Schriftstellerin nicht verstehen. Im Interview mit ‚The Atlantic‘ offenbart er: „Es macht mich wirklich traurig, denn ich betrachte die Person, die ich getroffen habe, die Zeit, in der wir uns g...
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