Harry Potter

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1. A boy wizard and the hero of a series of widely read fantasies by the British author J. K. Rowling. Eleven-year-old Harry, an orphan, discovers his magical powers, and the books chronicle his adventures at the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.

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The first book in the series was published in England as Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone and in the United States as Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone. It was made into a film in 2001.

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HBO Max will join the UK's streaming wars with a little help from its Friends - and Euphoria and Harry Potter - after the service confirmed its launch plans.

From BBC

It will also be the home of the forthcoming Harry Potter TV series, and will allow UK viewers to finally watch hit US medical drama The Pitt.

From BBC

They will include Lanterns this summer and the Harry Potter TV show next year.

From BBC

The two lead actors, both superb, strike a delicate imbalance: Mr. Melling, best-known for playing the young Dudley Dursley in the “Harry Potter” films, still has a certain British school-boy image, though one that has grown almost gaunt over the years, and it stands—or rather stoops—in ideal, amusing contrast to Mr. Skarsgård’s chiseled Swedish physique.

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A morose horse, rice cakes, and a Harry Potter villain have become surprise hits in China ahead of the country's Lunar New Year holiday.

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