NEW YORK, May 12, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Appearing throughout the stories and loved by Hogwarts students and teachers alike, Butterbeer is a much-requested fan-favorite soft drink. From June 3, fans visiting Harry Potter New York can choose from draft Butterbeer, Butterbeer ice cream and bottled Butterbeer to enjoy in New York’s only Butterbeer Bar. Harry […]
Joe Biden keeps Dems with RSS-BJP links out
Sandeep Dikshit Tribune News Service New Delhi, January 21 As strategists parse the nearly 20 Indian-Americans appointed in the Biden administration, noteworthy are those who didn’t make it. Obama administration staffer Sonal Shah as well as Amit Jani, who worked on the Biden campaign team, have so far been excluded, allegedly due their RSS-BJP links, […]
Robin Wright on directing “Land,” a film about human kindness
“Just to wake up and hear the birds, you don’t hear planes or trains or automobiles … nothing. You just hear nature.” Nearly alone, at 8,000 feet up in the remote Canadian wilderness, actress Robin Wright is taking on the great outdoors, instead of the wilds of Washington. “Maybe because six years on a stage […]
Biden keeps out Democrats with RSS links
Sandeep Dikshit Tribune News Service New Delhi, January 21 As strategists parse the nearly 20 Indian-Americans appointed in the Biden administration, what is noteworthy are those who didn’t make it. An Obama administration staffer Sonal Shah as well as Amit Jani, who worked on the Biden campaign team have so far been excluded, allegedly due […]
List of Bollywood films of 2021
The highest-grossing Bollywood films released in 2021, by worldwide box office gross revenue, are as follows.
How J.K. Rowling’s endless updates to Harry Potter became a meme
When the last Harry Potter book came out, most passionate fans thought they’d spend years grappling with what to do with themselves without new Potter stories to look forward to. The opposite turned out to be true. Instead, Rowling wouldn’t stop adding to her universe, confronting some fans with a different challenge. On message boards […]
Can You Name The 15 Most Used Spells In The “Harry Potter” Books?
Spells used in this quiz are based on this super-awesome chart depicting the most used spells. Check it out! Also, image credit: Warner Bros.
Clinton and Patterson’s New Thriller, E L James and Edgar Allan Poe on Netflix
Hello, book lovers! The unexpected but thrilling partnership between Bill Clinton and bestselling author James Patterson has produced another exciting novel. Also returning to an old writing endeavor is E L James as she releases what could possibly be the last Fifty Shades romance. But if thrillers and steamy love stories aren’t your thing, perhaps […]
Exploring how storytelling tropes cluster in popular films
IMAGE: Some popular movies view more Credit: Pablo García Sánchez An analysis of film tropes–common storytelling elements seen in different movies–explores combinations of tropes that tend to co-occur in films, identifying patterns that could help inform development of new movies. Pablo García-Sánchez and Juan Merelo of the University of Granada, and Antonio Velez-Estevez and Manuel Cobo […]
Flick Pick – The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It (2021)
Flick Pick is a podcast about movies. In today’s episode, Andrew Green reviews The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It, a movie that’s currently in theaters. This is the third installment of the spooky Conjuring series. Andrew has seen all of the Conjuring universe films, and generally likes them. Did this latest entry into […]