USDish, an authorized reseller of DISH Network, decided to step in for the sorting hat and see which Harry Potter Wizardly house each state would likely belong to.

This AI version of Draco gives full-body chills.

The Harry Potter universe has a lot to offer, whether you like your magic steeped in lore and history, or just think it's hilarious that there's jelly beans that taste like snot. One of J.K. Rowling's greatest triumphs is the vast world she created to support the Harry Potter books,…

From Death Star to Hogwarts, pop culture structures are as every bit iconic as the characters. How much would they cost to build in real life? We estimate the costs of five iconic structures.

Twelve years after JK Rowling’s final book in the wizarding series, why is everything from Quidditch slippers to Hedwig lip balms still flying off the shelves?

So how, exactly, is it possible that Professor McGonagall was running around Hogwarts telling off students in the early 20th century, if she was born in 1935 and started teaching there in the 1950s?

It’s been two years since surprised audiences by appearing near the end of Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them.…

Studio says unauthorized commercial activity needs to be halted but fans liken move to Dementors sucking the joy out of fun

A new Harry Potter story hit the Web this week—but it wasn’t written by J.K. Rowling. Entertainment group Botnick Studios on Tuesday released “The Handsome One,” a wild and wonderful tale generated entirely...

The writers of Eloise, Goodnight Moon and more pushed boundaries of behaviour. Dark episodes in their pasts may have proved fruitful, writes Hephzibah Anderson.

The collection includes illustrations of basilisks, mandrakes, and bezoars.

Believe it or not, the world almost missed out on Harry Potter. Author J.K. Rowling has told the story of how she received "loads" of rejections before "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone" (known in the U.S. as "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone") was finally published on June 26, 1997. Rowling once told fans that she couldn't even get books published under the pseudonym of Robert Galbraith, which she used for some thrillers she wrote.

The Wand Company’s Kymera Wand universal remote control is not a toy: it is a beautifully designed and highly detailed real working magic wand. It has been carefully fabricated from high quality precision engineered materials and the perfect blend of advanced technology and authentic wizardry results in a truly realistic product.

A seven-year-old girl in the Syrian city of Aleppo has thanked JK Rowling for sending her the Harry Potter books. Bana Alabed says she likes to read "to forget the war" around her, as Aleppo is regularly bombed. Her mother Fatemah tweeted the author to say she had watched the films and Bana would like to read the novels. JK Rowling responded and digital copies of the books have been sent to Bana, who has shared pictures of herself reading them on a mobile phone.

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The home used as 4 Privet Drive in Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone is for sale in Bracknell for £475,000. Owners will get a three-bed house with large garden and cupboard under the stairs

Dive back into the wizarding world of adaptations with part 2 in our What’s the Difference Harry Potter-a-thon. Let’s take a look at the significant ways the movies veered away from the books. Wands at the ready…

Harry Potter is one of the most popular book and movie series of all time. Now it’s time for us to do some magic to find the differences between the first 3 books and films. Have you read any of the Harry Potter books? Have you read them all? Which is your favorite? Do you think prefer the books or the movies? Are you looking forward to Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them? What other works would you like to see us explore on What’s The Difference?