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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The transaction would put the storied Hollywood studio behind “Mission: Impossible” and “The Godfather” under the same ownership as the powerhouse that brought the Harry Potter series and “Casablanca” to the big screen.

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But they may feel that “Starfleet Academy” has more in common with “Harry Potter” and the rest of the kids-at-boarding-school stories, a canon that would seem to predate the Big Bang.

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The company’s storied library, home to Harry Potter and Batman, is coveted in Hollywood, offering a way for Paramount or Netflix to add scale and attract and retain streaming customers.

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David Holmes was just 17 years old when he started making magic happen as Harry Potter's stunt double.

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Here, in his own words, he explains how breaking his neck has never changed his personality, and how his friendship with Daniel, along with a new role in a Harry Potter audio book, has brought him peace.

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