The week in J.K. Rowling: Hufflepuff heroes and divination with Tinie Tempah

J.K. Rowling still doesnt do many interviews, but she does have a very active Twitter account. This is the Week in JK Rowling. Tinie Tempahs new trackGirls Likebegins with the line tell J.K. Im still rolling. Credit: Ferdaus Shamim/WireImage When a follower asked Rowling if she ever expected something like this, she said she no. But then Tempah chimed in with an aceHarry Potterreference, saying she shouldve spent more time in Divination class....

May 1, 2025 · 1 min · 174 words · Christopher Dawson

The week in J.K. Rowling: The lasting power of Harry Potter

J.K. Rowling still doesnt do many interviews, but she does have a very active Twitter account. This is the Week in J.K. Rowling. Rowling responded on Tuesday, saying that words were often her safe space as well. Credit: Ferdaus Shamim/WireImage Lasting impact Chrissy Harts letter wasnt the only evidence this week of Harry Potters continuing impact. Nielsen Book statistics show that the women raised on Rowlings books are now fueling the entire publishing industry....

May 1, 2025 · 1 min · 124 words · Joseph Andrews

The Weeknd dedicates BBMA win to Prince

‘I didn’t know him but he was very close to me,’ he said when accepting the Top Hot 100 Artist Award The Weeknd is up for for 19 awards atSunday nights Billboard Music Awards, and he used his first acceptance speech to honor a personal hero. I want to dedicate this award to the late, great Prince, he said to the crowd at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas after winning the Top Hot 100 Artist Award, growing visibly emotional....

May 1, 2025 · 1 min · 176 words · Diana Haley

The Weeknd donates $250,000 to Black Lives Matter Network

The Weeknd has donated $250,000 to the Black Lives Matter internet, EW can confirm. The foundation was created in 2012 following Trayvon Martins death. In the past, The Weeknd has been vocal about his support for Black Lives Matter. Credit: Dave J Hogan/Getty Images its time to stand up for this. we can either sit and watch, or do something about it. the time is now. He joins a number of notable musicians that have backed the movement....

May 1, 2025 · 1 min · 117 words · Cynthia Curry

The Weeknd, Belly cancel Jimmy Kimmel appearance over Donald Trump

Belly is set to release his mixtape,Another Day in Paradise, on Friday. I create songs people go to sleep and wake up to, songs that they fall in love to. To play my part in this business is a privilege and a beautiful thing. Credit: John Shearer/Getty Images Trump has been criticized often for his inflammatory rhetoric during the presidential campaign. Without looking at the various polling data, it is obvious to anybody the hatred is beyond comprehension....

May 1, 2025 · 1 min · 105 words · Kathryn Perry

The Who honor David Bowie at Madison Square Garden show

A message to the late star displayed on the screen before the band began playing. The Who honored David Bowie on Thursday night during their show at New York Citys Madison Square Garden. The note read: David Bowie. Credit: Gareth Davies/Getty Images Friend of The Who. Son of New York. Tonight we will distinctly miss David Bowie, longtime fan of The Who. He covered I Cant Explain and Anyway, Anyhow, Anywhere on hisPin Upsalbum....

May 1, 2025 · 1 min · 153 words · Emma Sanders

The Who: Tonight Show Who Are You? performance riles up Jimmy Fallon's audience

The Who is currently performing across the U.S. on The Who Hits 50! Tour, which celebrates the 50th anniversary of the band. Singer Roger Daltrey described it as the beginning of a long goodbye. Credit: The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon The band will now go on to perform in Boston on March 7. Watch video of theirFallonperformance below. During the Madison Square Garden performance, a message was projected on a large screenpaying tributeto the lateDavid Bowie....

May 1, 2025 · 1 min · 145 words · Crystal Lambert

The Wildest Pieces of Fan Memorabilia

See some of the most out-there pieces of fan memorabilia, ahead. Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images; Hulton Archive/Getty Images; Paul Drinkwater/NBC/NBCU Photo Bank; Kristian Dowling/Getty Images; Robyn Beck/AFP/Getty Images; Joe Klamar/AFP/Getty Images Mario Tama/Gettty Images Scott Olson/Getty Images (Antonio Perez/Chicago Tribune/MCT via Getty Images Courtesy of Chris Lacey Courtesy of Chris Lacey Michael Brown/Getty Images Courtesy of Sotheby’s/Newsmakers/Getty Images Stephen Shugerman/Getty Images Joe Klamar/AFP/Getty Images Michelle, Maytown, PA Don EmmertAFP/Getty Images Chris Jackson/Getty Images...

May 1, 2025 · 1 min · 132 words · Leon Evans

The Witness game review impressions

PlayingThe Witnessis an exercise in extremes. That drive to continue on stems from the price the game puts on a players ability to learn. The Witnessbegins with as cold an open as a game in recent memory has. A desert lies to the west, right next to a healthy forest, which resides by a swampland. This unexplained introduction puts the player in a peculiar position. Those are the demandsThe Witnessmakes of players, introducing ideas and some progressions that complicates what the player learns....

May 1, 2025 · 1 min · 122 words · Heather Little

The Wiz Live! Craig Zadan, Neil Meron on next-day success and future Broadway plans

ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: How do you guys feel this morning? NEIL MERON:Were feeling great. CRAIG ZADAN:Also the social media figures are quite astonishing. Credit: Virginia Sherwood/NBC Look, we learned our lessons on doing the Oscars for 3 years. We learned how to do social media and tie it into a show. I think that we used everything that we learned and we had like unbelievable support from people. MERON:Kerry Washington. Just a lotta love out there forThe Wizand for live musicals....

May 1, 2025 · 3 min · 618 words · Danny Bradford

The Wiz Live! producers Craig Zadan, Neil Meron talk musical

The pair sat down on the Long Island set ofThe Wizto talk about this star-studded trip to Oz. ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: Lets go back toPeter Pan Live!.Looking back what are your thoughts on it? NEIL MERON:Our goal with doing these live musicals is to try something different with every iteration. Credit: NBC So we tried to distinguishPeter Panfrom the presentation we had withSound of Music. So we really cant take any sort of criticism very seriously....

May 1, 2025 · 4 min · 695 words · Patrick Warren

The Wiz Live!: EW Review

Can you feel a brand new day? Well, kind of. Theyre using iPads and eating sushi in Munchkinland. Credit: Virginia Sherwood/NBC The Scarecrows doing the stanky legg. The Tin Man is dabbing. Dorothys got squad goals. Emerald City looks like a fabulous gay club fromParis Is Burning. And the best live NBC musical yet has an all-black cast. A lot has changed sinceThe Wizfirst premiered on Broadway in 1975. Although, judging by all the earnest excitement on Twitter tonight, very little has changed for the superfans....

May 1, 2025 · 2 min · 301 words · Katherine Sanchez

The Wiz Live!: Where did Toto go? And more questions

Seriously, where did Toto go? NBCs latest live musical was actually fabulous. Where did Toto go? Credit: Virginia Sherwood/NBC Who was responsible for Queen Latifahs contouring? How about her robe in the scene where the gang discovers shes a sham? Is Ne-Yo made of tin? you’re free to tell from things like his teeth and voice and pulse! Was Mary J. Blige born to cackle at underlings and dance with shovels?...

May 1, 2025 · 1 min · 170 words · Erika Park