It started with a tweet. What if Harry Potter attended an HBCU? Now it's a book series

Williams talked to The Associated Press about how his tweet became a novel and his inspirations for “Blood at the Root.”

Lifestyle 03 May, 2024

Depp scores near-total victory in U.S. defamation case against ex-wife Heard

Actor Johnny Depp won more than $10 million in damages on Wednesday, achieving a near-total victory in a defamation suit against ex-wife Amber Heard to cap a six-week trial featuring graphic testimony about the stars' soured relationship.

Entertainment 02 Jun, 2022

Australia's new PM shifts focus to domestic woes after Quad trip

Morrison, who stood down as leader of the Liberal Party after one of its worst election showings, has promised to support his successor.

World 26 May, 2022

Barack Obama memoir off to record-setting start in sales

NEW YORK: Former President Barack Obama's “A Promised Land” sold nearly 890,000 copies in the US and Canada in its first 24 hours, putting it on track to be the best selling presidential memoir in modern history. The first-day sales, a record...

Art & Culture 19 Nov, 2020

JK Rowling returns award from group linked to Kennedy family

LONDON: Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling says she is returning an award from a human rights group linked to the Kennedy family after the president of the organization criticized her comments about transgender issues. Rowling's decision comes after...

Travel Abroad 29 Aug, 2020

Two Harry Potter fan sites distance themselves from JK Rowling over her views on transgender

KATHMANDU: Rejecting British author JK Rowling's beliefs on transgender issues, two Harry Potter fans sites with more than one million Facebook followers have distanced themselves from the author. The fans sites — The Leaky Cauldron and Mugglenet...

Travel Abroad 03 Jul, 2020

Actress Emma Watson joins board of French Gucci owner Kering

PARIS: British actress Emma Watson, famed for playing Hermione in the Harry Potter film series, and former Credit Suisse boss Tidjane Thiam are set to join the board of French luxury group Kering as it pushes to raise its profile in areas such as...

Travel Abroad 17 Jun, 2020

My Lockdown Experience

As always when my final term was finished, I was happy as I had interesting plans for my holidays. I didn’t know much about COVID-19. When I came to know about COVID-19, I was scared. Neither did we go to our village nor did we go on vacation or...

13 Jun, 2020

Sun says JK Rowling article did not glorify domestic abuse

LONDON: The Sun newspaper said Friday it did not intend to “glorify’’ domestic violence by giving a platform to Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling’s ex-husband just days after she revealed she had been a victim of domestic abuse. Following a...

Travel Abroad 13 Jun, 2020

JK Rowling responds to critics over her transgender comments

LOS ANGELES: “Harry Potter" creator J.K. Rowling said she refuses to “bow down" to criticism about her recent comments on transgender people. Rowling published a lengthy post on her blog website Wednesday in response to the backlash and her...

Travel Abroad 11 Jun, 2020

Daniel Radcliffe backs trans youth after JK Rowling tweets

LONDON: Actor Daniel Radcliffe has expressed support for transgender rights and apologised to LGBT+ "Harry Potter" fans for pain caused by tweets on the issue from author JK Rowling. The star of the hit movie series said that while Rowling was...

Travel Abroad 09 Jun, 2020

JK Rowling�s tweets on transgender people spark outrage

LOS ANGELES: “Harry Potter” author JK Rowling is facing hefty backlash after she posted a series of tweets about transgender people. Rowling drew outrage Saturday on Twitter when she criticized an opinion piece published by the website Devex, a...

Art & Culture 08 Jun, 2020