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Callum Scott Howells: JK Rowling ‘stoking the fire’ as ‘trans rights attacked’

The actor also said it was ‘shameful and disappointing’ that Qatar was hosting the World Cup.

The Independent UK

Helena Bonham Carter supports Johnny Depp, J.K. Rowling amid controversies

Helena Bonham Carter is defending two of the most polarizing celebrities in her life, J.K. Rowling and Johnny Depp.

Tribune News Service

Nicola Sturgeon charity event speech interrupted by anti-self-ID activist

An anti-self-ID activist has interrupted a speech by Nicola Sturgeon at a charity event promoting the end of male violence against women.

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Harry Potter audiobooks reach one billion hours of play time on Audible

The JK Rowling books - narrated in the UK versions by Stephen Fry - were made available on Audible seven years ago

Wales Online

Helena Bonham Carter Defends Rowling’s Transphobia, Takes Aim At Emma Watson Daniel Radcliffe

“I think they’re very aware of protecting their own fanbase."

Pedestrian.tv

Bonham Carter defends Depp and Rowling

Bonham Carter also told The Times that so-called "cancel culture" has become "quite hysterical" in recent years

Salon

JK Rowling slates Scottish Labour over gender recognition reform support

JK Rowling has attacked Scottish Labour over its support for the Scottish Government’s plans to help Scots to change their legal gender –…

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‘It’s horrendous’: Helena Bonham Carter defends JK Rowling and Johnny Depp

Speaking in an interview with the Times, Bonham Carter said she felt that Rowling had ‘been hounded’ for her opinions and the actor had been ‘completely vindicated’

The Guardian - UK

JK Rowling attacks Labour over support for Nicola Sturgeon's gender bill

The author said 'the Tories have been handed an open goal' on safeguarding women

The Telegraph

Stephen Fry urges calm in debate over JK Rowling and trans issues

Stephen Fry has urged calm in the debate over transgender issues, but said he has many trans and intersex friends who are “deeply upset” by JK Rowling.

Irish Independent

Will Ralph Fiennes ever play 'Harry Potter' villain Lord Voldemort again? Check out actor's answer

It seems like Harry Potter’s final battle in ‘Deathly Hallows II’, during which the boy wizard ultimately defeated his parent’s murderer, Lord Voldemort, won’t be the last time that audiences saw the franchise’s iconic villain.

The Times of India

Warner Bros keen to make more Harry Potter movies if JK Rowling agrees

The movie studio released eight Harry Potter films from 2001 to 2011 to huge acclaim

Evening Standard

The small-town writer who outsells JK Rowling and Stephen King

Colleen Hoover, who self-published her first three novels, has sold at least 20 million books in the last three years.

Livemint

Why ‘Harry Potter’s’ Daniel Radcliffe condemned J.K. Rowling’s anti-trans tweets

Daniel Radcliffe is holding firm in his stance against transphobia, shedding light on why he felt the need to speak up in 2020 when “Harry Potter” author J.K. Rowling made polarizing remarks about transgender people.

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Salon

Daniel Radcliffe is no Voldemort

Shortly after his co-star defended J.K. Rowling, Radcliffe reiterated his own support of trans rights

The Telegraph

JK Rowling 'hurt' young Harry Potter fans with trans views, says Daniel Radcliffe

'And so seeing them hurt on that day I was like, I wanted them to know that not everybody in the franchise felt that way'

Irish Independent

Daniel Radcliffe: It was really important to speak out in JK Rowling trans row

Daniel Radcliffe says he felt it was “really important” to speak out previously against alleged anti-trans remarks made by JK Rowling.

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Daniel Radcliffe Has Shared Why It’s So Important To Speak Out Against JK’s Fked Transphobia

"I don't think I would've been able to look myself in the mirror had I not said anything."

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JK Rowling: MSP who quit Government over gender recognition law is a 'heroine'

THE SNP MSP who quit the Scottish Government in a row over plans to reform the gender recognition process has been hailed as a “heroine” by JK…

Irish Independent

JK Rowling: MSP who quit Scottish Government over gender laws is a heroine

The SNP MSP who quit the Scottish Government in a row over plans to allow self-identification for transgender people has been hailed as a “heroine” by JK Rowling.

Daily Record

JK Rowling hails SNP MSP Ash Regan for quitting Scottish Government over 'misogynistic' GRA Bill

The bestselling author is a long-standing critic of Scottish Government plans to make it easier for people to legally change their gender identity.

The Guardian - UK

Tom Burke: ‘Alan Rickman was like family, really’

The actor on tapping into his sinister side for Joanna Hogg’s Sundance hit The Souvenir, losing godfather Alan Rickman, and growing sideburns for new film The Wonder

Daily Mirror

Corrie's Dame Maureen Lipman says it's hard to speak her mind due to cancel culture

Dame Maureen Lipman has warned comedy risks being 'wiped out' as many performers are scared of offending audiences. Over summer, she faced backlash after backing JK Rowling in the transgender debate

The National (Scotland)

JK Rowling praises MSP who quit Scottish Government over gender bill

JK Rowling has backed a former Scottish Government minister who quit her role over proposed reforms to gender recognition.

AFP

Scottish minister resigns over new gender recognition law

Edinburgh (AFP) - A minister in Scotland's devolved government resigned on Thursday over planned gender recognition legislation which has pitted First Minister Nicola Sturgeon against Harry Potter author JK Rowling.

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