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Nicholas Hoult cast in season two of Harry Potter TV series

The 36-year-old will play Hogwarts professor Gilderoy Lockhart in the HBO adaptation of the children’s fantasy novels by JK Rowling.

Evening Standard

Nicholas Hoult to play Gilderoy Lockhart in Harry Potter TV series

Nicholas Hoult will play Gilderoy Lockhart in the programme - the role previously played by Kenneth Branagh in Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, the 2002 movie adaptation of JK Rowling’s boy wizard books.

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Harry Potter Adults have gone too far. They must be stopped

COMMENT: Construction plans for a multi-million-pound power link were altered after it threatened to disturb a memorial to Dobby, a fictional elf. ‘Get a life’ doesn’t quite cover it, writes Louis Chilton

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UK’s biggest Harry Potter shop to open in London this autumn

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UK’s largest Harry Potter shop to open in central London

The two-level store inspired by the magical shopping street Diagon Alley will open its doors in Oxford Street on November 4.

The Independent UK

First look at huge Harry Potter shop coming to London's Oxford Street - as opening date is revealed

The two-level store is inspired by the magical shopping street Diagon Alley

Evening Standard

UK’s largest Harry Potter shop confirms opening date ahead of highly anticipated launch

Warner Bros teased the site will feature immersive themed spaces designed for fans of the wizarding world

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Harry Potter HBO show casts X-Men star in pivotal Season 2 role

Nicholas Hoult is set to join the show as Gilderoy Lockhart

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£430M Undersea Cable Diverted After Harry Potter Fans Say: 'Leave Dobby's Grave Alone'

The £430M Greenlink interconnector between Britain and Ireland was rerouted to protect Dobby's memorial at Freshwater West, demonstrating how fan influence helped preserve a Harry Potter location.

International Business Times UK

$580 million undersea cable rerouted to avoid the grave of Dobby the House Elf — company caves to fan demands to safeguard Harry Potter filming location, will instead pass by Bronze Age burial site

The Greenlink Connector project, which will connect the grid of Ireland and Wales, had to reroute its path after Harry Potter fans complained that it would 'desecrate' the 'grave' of beloved character Dobby. The change of plans brought the undersea cable close to a few Bronze Age remains but allowed…

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A £430 million power cable was heading for Dobby’s ‘grave’. Harry Potter fans forced the company to change its plan

Harry Potter fans helped change the route of a £430 million power cable project after the original plan threatened to pass through the makeshift memorial for Dobby at Wales’ Freshwater West beach.

The Economic Times

Harry Potter Fans Rerouted £430M Cable To Avoid Dobby's 'Grave' but Hit Real Ancient Remains

Harry Potter fans helped reroute a £430m electricity cable away from Dobby's memorial in Wales, where Bronze Age remains were later discovered.

International Business Times UK

‘Harry Potter’ Star Turned Adult Creator Reveals How Much She Earned In 1 Year After Joining In ‘Complete Desperation’

"Powerful example of how unpredictable life can be after fame."

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Harry Potter fans get £430m power link between UK, Ireland rerouted to save Dobby’s ‘grave’

Harry Potter fans have successfully forced a change in the route of a £430 million power link between the UK and Ireland after raising concerns that the project could disturb the fictional memorial of beloved house-elf Dobby at a Welsh beach.

International Business Times UK

Bel Powley Reveals Why She 'Strongly Disagrees' With JK Rowling Ahead of Harry Potter Role

Bel Powley, cast as Petunia Dursley in HBO's Harry Potter series, disagrees with JK Rowling's gender views, supporting trans acceptance while navigating her role in the franchise.

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Harry Potter Fans Force Authorities To Reroute $500M Undersea Cable, The Reason Has People Shaking Their Heads

The project is going “quite close to some real Bronze Age remains, but we avoided Dobby’s grave.”

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Harry Potter Fans Rallied To Divert Pricey Project Because No One Wanted Dobby’s Grave Disturbed

A £430 million project met its match in a house elf.

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Lego Has A Mini Hogwarts Set Coming, And Merlin's Beard Is It Cute

It's like someone put a shrinking charm on the bigger set!

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'The trans community deserve safety and dignity': Harry Potter TV star Bel Powley disagrees with J.K. Rowling's gender views

Bel Powley - who will play Petunia Dursley in the upcoming Harry Potter TV series - has revealed she "strongly disagrees" with J.K. Rowling's outspoken views on transgender rights.

Evening Standard

Harry Potter TV star Bel Powley: ‘I strongly disagree with JK Rowling’s views’

The 34-year-old actress will portray Petunia Dursley in the upcoming HBO television adaptation of Rowling’s Harry Potter books.

The Independent UK

Harry Potter reboot star says she ‘strongly disagrees’ with JK Rowling: ‘The trans community deserve safety and dignity’

Bel Powley follows several of her co-stars in distancing herself from Rowling's stance on the trans community

The Guardian - UK

Harry Potter fans force relocation of £430m undersea cable to avoid Dobby’s ‘grave’

Power cable linking UK and Ireland now passes near Bronze Age human burial remains instead of fictional grave on Welsh beach

Euronews

Harry Potter fans force cable diversion of multimillion pipeline project to protect Dobby’s ‘grave’

It has been revealed that Harry Potter fans succeeded in diverting a multimillion-pound power link between the UK and Ireland after they pointed out the project would disturb a memorial to Dobby the House Elf.

International Business Times UK

'Harry Potter' Star Claims Onlyfans Gig Earned More Than 'Entire Acting Career' in One Year

Jessie Cave, known for her role in Harry Potter, reveals her OnlyFans earnings have surpassed her entire acting career, highlighting a dramatic income shift and unexpected career rejuvenation.

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