The court also directed the puja committee to file an undertaking stating that they would not use any character from the book without permission in future.
According to the Sunday Times J K Rowling is the richest paid author in history.
Even with its convoluted plot and a bit of a mid-series sag, Young Sherlock is tremendous fun, applauds Deepa Gahlot.
Harry Potter star Daniel Radcliffe is the youngest actor to make it to Madame Tussauds.
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The legendary British actress Dame Maggie Smith passed into the green room of eternal performers up in Heaven on Friday, September 27, 2024. She would have turned 90 on December 28.
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Shah Rukh Khan and Kajol unveiled a bronze statue of their iconic characters, Raj and Simran, from Aditya Chopra's blockbuster Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge in London on December 4.
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Aseem Chhabra lists his top 10 films from this year's Sundance festival, a blend of narratives and documentaries made in the US and other parts of the world.
Former United States President George W Bush's advisers believed that JK Rowling's books 'encouraged witchcraft' and thus deprived the author from a top US honour, reveals a new book.White House officials raised an objection against the move, saying that she promoted sorcery in her boy wizard series. They stopped Rowling from receiving the US' top gong for civilians who contribute to America, world peace or culture.
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Only firms that have scale in content and a technology engine that drives its discovery and monetisation can compete,' explains Vanita Kohli Khandekar.
Mumbai's Vihaan Kulkarni tells us how much he loves the Harry Potter series.
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The 50th edition of the Toronto International Film Festival is extra special for India.
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The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has awarded the 2025 Nobel Prize in Chemistry to Susumu Kitagawa, Richard Robson, and Omar M Yaghi for their pioneering work in the development of metal-organic frameworks (MOFs), Al Jazeera reported.
It is a marketplace of attention, where legacy publishers, global franchises, and consumer brands meet to make the most of India's expanding fandom economy.
Harry Potter star Emma Watson's earnings amount to 20 million pounds, making her the highest earner in 'Hollywood's top 40' rich list.
'For the longest time, he was not an activist.' 'He was just trying to build his own self-identity, self-respect and ambition.'
In India, several shops opened very early in the morning to allow die-hard fans to get their copies.
A tour of the Harry Potter theme park.
Calling all film nerds. Rare and iconic memorabilia from some of history's most celebrated movies -- including the acceptance letter from Hogwarts in Harry Potter to the complete suit from Batman -- are going up for auction. Prop Store is putting 900 items -- valued at more than $7.5 million - up for sale over two days on September 30 and October 1 at London's BFI IMAX. Take a look at what's on sale.
Born with no hands and with only one leg, Francesca Cesarini, 15, always wanted to be an acrobatic pole dancer.
The actor is also a martial artist and stuntwoman.
Delhi's youngest Chief Minister Atishi took charge of the capital's government on Monday, September 23, 2024.
The pooja pandal is designed in a manner which resembles Hogwarts Castle and displays statues of the Potter characters like Hagrid and Hedgewig apart from Harry himself.
