Texas death row inmate Cedric Ricks, convicted of murdering his ex-girlfriend and her 8-year-old son, apologized to a surviving victim before execution.

'Harry Potter' has more than a few plot holes that even HBO's new series won't be able to fill.

Re “The Harry Potter Generation Needs to Grow Up,” by Louise Perry (Opinion guest essay, Feb. 1): I have a slightly different take on the Harry Potter message, finding it inspirational and timeless ...

The Harry Potter franchise may have started as a book series, but it quickly became one of the biggest entertainment franchises in the world. With a total of 11 movies, a Broadway play, and an ...

Starting in 2027, Hasbro will become the “primary” maker of Harry Potter toys and board games, the company announced yesterday. But it sounds like J.K. Rowling’s wizard won’t immediately pop up in all ...

HBO's Harry Potter TV series launches with its first season, based on The Philosopher's Stone, next year. The show is expected to be in production for the better part of a decade, and various parts of ...

Lauren Kathleen Turner is a writer and editor based in Perrysburg, Ohio. She currently writes for GameRant. She has previously written and edited for CBR, a leading pop culture website, and worked in ...

Actor John Lithgow defended his role in the upcoming HBO series based on J.K. Rowling’s "Harry Potter" books despite backlash over the author’s views on transgender issues. The 80-year-old actor was ...

The long-awaited Harry Potter series in the works at HBO that’s been filming for months now just took a massive step forward. HBO Max boss Casey Bloys has confirmed that the new Harry Potter show will ...

It seems strange to check in on one of literature’s favorite young-adult heroes now at the same age as his first generation of fans. Children who read the original 1997-2007 Harry Potter books and ...

J.K. Rowling had a method to her madness when writing the Harry Potter books, which exploded into pop culture and became a global franchise, incorporating movies, games, theme parks and, coming in ...

Ms. Perry is a journalist based in Britain. We were the children who queued outside bookstores and cinemas at midnight. We got Harry Potter tattoos, threw Harry Potter-themed weddings and named our ...