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J.K. Rowling writes through the pain

J.K. Rowling put her work over her own health on Thursday (01.19.17) when she an hour lying on the floor typing out her new story idea, despite having a bad back.

The ‘Harry Potter’ writer had been trying to working on fresh material but was suffering with severe muscular pain and so decided to try and ease her discomfort by having a relaxing bath.

However, while she was soaking her aching body in the hot water, Rowling was struck by a moment of fictional inspiration and decided to jump out of the bath, take the pain and get writing.

The 51-year-old novelist-and-screenwriter said: "Pro tip: an hour spent typing while sitting on the bathroom floor will not help your bad back. Rather the reverse … I started work early, back hurt, thought I’d have a bath, had idea in bath, got out of bath and started typing, stayed on floor for an hour. (sic)"

Some of Rowling’s 9.05 million followers then tweeted her exercise advice to strengthen her weak back, with some recommending "pole dancing" and others detailing exercise combinations which could help.

Many mentioned Pilates as a good fitness tool to strengthen her core, and it seems the social media users proclaiming Pilates is the answer to Rowling’s problems are echoing her husband Neil Murray’s advice to her.

Referring to one follower named Megan who advocated Pilates, Rowling replied: "My husband appears to have set up an account in the name of Megan in a last ditch attempt to make me take his advice."

Rowling’s most recent project was the ‘Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them’ film which saw her pen the screenplay for Eddie Redmayne, Colin Farrell and Ezra Miller and the rest of the cast to bring to life on the big screen.

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Eddie Redmayne: I’m the ‘least cool’ person on the planet

Eddie Redmayne says he’s the "least cool" person in the world.

The 34-year-old actor has said he doesn’t think his four-month-old daughter Iris – whom he shares with his wife Hannah Bagshawe – will find him "cool" when she’s older, despite his starring role in as Newt Scamander the ‘Harry Potter’ spin-off series ‘Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them’.

Appearing on ‘The Late Show with Stephen Colbert’ on Monday night (11.14.16), Eddie was told by the 52-year-old show host: "[Iris] will never know a world in which you are not in the wizarding world of ‘Harry Potter’. Does your wife have any chance of being as cool as you are to your child?"

Eddie then replied: "I mean [my wife] is pretty wizard-like in her tolerance of me. No, but she’s pretty cool. I’ve spent most of my life trying to be cool and I’m the least cool human being in the world, so she definitely wins that one."

Meanwhile, Stephen also asked the star what Newt’s "Patronus" – the wizarding term for the animal a person has the deepest affinity with – would be.

Eddie said: "My character does have a Patronus. On Pottermore, the website, J.K. Rowling’s website, there is this new Patronus finder. They basically ask you all these questions, and there’s all these algorithms that then choose what your Patronus is.

"I did it once, and I came out as a basset hound. Which I was really excited about! It’s not the most dangerous nor threatening, but kind of doe-y eyed and I thought it was quite sweet.

"Anyway, they said ‘Do it again’, as if they wanted Newt to have a more hardcore Patronus. And because of the algorithms it’s physically impossible to get same… Statistically impossible to get the same twice, but I was a basset hound twice."

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J.K. Rowling: I’m ‘still learning’ how to write screenplays

J.K. Rowling is "still learning" how to write screenplays.

The 51-year-old author has been capturing children’s imaginations since 1997 when she released the first ‘Harry Potter’ book and has since become a world renowned writer, but says she still struggles when it comes to writing the screenplays for the movie versions of her hit novels.

Speaking at the premiere of her ‘Harry Potter’ spin-off ‘Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them’ in New York City, the author said: "It was intense. I was learning to write a screenplay while writing a screenplay.

"It’s a totally different thing to novels. It was a real challenge. To tell you the truth, I loved that. I am still learning."

But screenplays are something the writer will have to get used to, as the spin-off movie – which was originally supposed to be a stand-alone feature – has been slated for a five-part series with the author working as a screenwriter on all the installments.

Answering a fan question on Twitter, she wrote: "I’m the screenwriter. Currently putting the finishing touches to the second one."

The Eddie Redmayne-fronted movie franchise then posted on its own Twitter account: "@jk_rowling has just confirmed the magic continues in a total of FIVE MOVIES! We can’t wait #FantasticBeasts (sic)"

Meanwhile Bonnie Wright – who played the flame-haired Ginny Weasley in the original film series – believes the series is a hit because it offers people a world they can "escape to".

She said at the premiere: "[‘Harry Potter’ is a hit because of] the themes of loyalty and friendship and love . . . Something we all strive to live by. When the world can sometimes be challenging, people love a world to escape to."

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JK Rowling to build £2M equestrian centre

J.K. Rowling is to build an equestrian centre at her mansion.

The author of the ‘Harry Potter’ book series and her husband Neil Murray, 45, were given planning permission by Edinburgh council last month to erect stables and two buildings for staff to live in, at a cost of £2million, at their lavish home in the Scottish capital.

The 51-year-old writer’s husband is listed as the director of the build, according an application by horsing company Blagdon Equestrian Limited obtained by The Sun newspaper.

The design plans state: "The farmland is mixed grazing, arable and there is a group of farm buildings and dwellings. The applicant acquired the farm in 2012 by which time the property had fallen into a state of disrepair.

"All the buildings had suffered from lack of maintenance and field fences and walls were broken down.

"Woodland areas were badly overgrown and dangerous, field drainage had failed and outbreaks of Japanese Knotweed were discovered. The new owners embarked on a programme of improvements designed to secure a viable future for the farm."

However, a representative for the star – who is believed to be worth around £600 million – is yet to comment.

Earlier this year, Rowling – who has been married to Neil since 2001 – splashed out on Hollywood actor Johnny Depp’s yacht.

The 51-year-old writer put £22 million down to secure the sale of the luxury 156-foot vessel as she was fascinated by its five cabins and three large decks after she took it out on a family charter trip.

Rowling intends to spend holidays on the boat with her husband and their two children David, 13, and Mackenzie, 11, as well as her 23-year-old daughter Jessica from a previous relationship.

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Three new Harry Potter stories to be released

Three new ‘Harry Potter’ stories will be released next month.

A number of online book stores posted entries for three e-books by J.K. Rowling which will go on sale in September, ‘Short Stories from Hogwarts of Power, Politics and Pesky Poltergeists’, ‘Short Stories from Hogwarts of Heroism, Hardship and Dangerous Hobbies’, and ‘Hogwarts: An Incomplete and Unreliable Guide’, and it has now been confirmed the stories will "supplement" the author’s original seven-book series.

A statement read: "The Pottermore Presents series will launch in September and is intended to supplement the Harry Potter book series with short-form content that is entertaining, creatively curated by the Pottermore staff and accessed easily on mobile platforms."

In 2011, a Harry Potter website, Pottermore, which offers news, features and articles, as well as previously-unpublished writing from Rowling, was launched and one of the reasons the books are going on sale is to "reach" fans who don’t currently use the online portal.

The statement continued: "We also recognise that not all Harry Potter fans who want to read more about the wizarding world visit pottermore.com so we’ve developed Pottermore Presents to reach those fans through other channels. The titles will be available on the Pottermore shop and via leading online retail outlets."

‘Short Stories from Hogwarts of Power, Politics and Pesky Poltergeists’ will reportedly reveal the truth about Professor Dolores Umbridge, and how Horace Slughorn met Lord Voldemort.

Beloved teacher Minerva McGonagall and werewolf Remus Lupin will feature in ‘Heroism, Hardship and Dangerous Hobbies’, while will focus on Minerva McGonagall and Remus Lupin, while ‘Hogwarts: An Incomplete and Unreliable Guide’ will take fans behind-the-scenes at the famous school of magic.

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Harry Potter and the Cursed Child set for Broadway

‘Harry Potter and the Cursed Child’ is set to be staged on Broadway.

The two-part play – which is set 19 years after J.K. Rowling’s books and spin-off movies – has its official opening in London’s West End on Saturday (07.30.16) and producers Sonia Friedman and Colin Callender are working on plans to stage the show in New York.

Colin told the Daily Mail: "We’ve got to take a very big breath now and get through the weekend.

"Then we’ll deal with what the next stage looks like – and hopefully Broadway will be part of that."

The play sees Harry as an "overworked" employee of the Ministry of Magic and centers on his and Ginny Weasley’s son Albus and author J.K. Rowling recently pleaded with fans not to spoil the plot of the play for others.

She said in a YouTube video: "You’ve been amazing for years at keeping Harry Potter secrets so you don’t spoil the books for readers who came after you.

"So I’m asking you one more time to keep secrets and let audiences enjoy ‘Cursed Child’ with all the surprises that we’ve built into the story.

"Potter fans have always had each other’s backs."

Meanwhile, Daniel Radcliffe – who played Harry in the movies – has revealed he is reluctant to see the production in case his presence in the audience distracts from what is going on on stage.

He said: "It would be a weird one. I could be completely wrong in this, but I feel like if I went to see it, there’s going to be a lot of ‘Harry Potter’ fans there in the audience obviously and would that then become a thing?

"Would it be more about them watching me watch the show or would it take away from the show. I would never want to do anything that would distract or take away from the show.

"I don’t know. I’m busy doing a play here at the moment, but I’m not sure."

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Daniel Radcliffe teases a return to Harry Potter

Daniel Radcliffe has teased he’ll play Harry Potter again "in the future".

The 26-year-old actor, who played the titular wizard in the hit movie series based on the books by J.K. Rowling, has delighted fans and said he’s not ruled out a return to the role that rocketed him to world-wide fame.

The ‘Now You See Me 2’ actor says he’d be willing to play an older version of Harry under one condition, and said: "It would depend on the script. The circumstances would have to be pretty extraordinary. But then I am sure Harrison Ford said that with Han Solo and look what happened there! So I am saying, ‘No,’ for now but leaving room to backtrack in the future."

Daniel was thrust into the limelight when he was cast as the orphan with magical powers alongside Emma Watson and Rupert Grint as Harry’s two best friends Hermione Granger and Ron Weasley.

And it’s not known whether his fellow child stars would follow his lead and play the Gryffindor alumni once more.

Daniel can be seen in playing a magician called Walter, who is out to avenge his father, with Jesse Eisenberg, Dave Franco and Woody Harrelson, but says he never saw the link between his old character and Walter.

He said: "I actually didn’t consider the connection to magic until somebody pointed it out to me. They were like, ‘You are going to get loads of questions about magic again,’ and I went, ‘Oh, damn, I guess I am!’

Meanwhile, despite firmly making a distance between him and Harry, Daniel is still mobbed by Potter fans, especially in Japan and Mexico City.

He told Radio Times: "They are the two places where I thought, ‘OK, I can’t really walk around here.’

"It is much more now because when I was younger I wasn’t going out by myself. Also, the fans of the films were younger and they were indoors with their parents whereas now we are all in our 20s. The people who were big fans of Potter I am more likely to meet now, rather than when I was in my teens."

An adult Potter is currently depicted in London’s West End in J.K. Rowling’s play ‘Harry Potter and the Cursed Child’, with Jamie Parker in the title role.

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Daniel Radcliffe unsure he’ll see Potter play

Daniel Radcliffe thinks it would be "weird" for him to see ‘Harry Potter and the Cursed Child’.

The ‘Now You See Me 2’ actor shot to fame playing the boy wizard in the hit movie franchise and is reluctant to see the upcoming new play in case his presence in the audience distracts from what is going on on stage.

He told E! News: "It would be a weird one. I could be completely wrong in this, but I feel like if I went to see it that night, there’s going to be a lot of ‘Harry Potter’ fans there in the audience obviously and would that then become a thing?

"Would it be more about them watching me watch the show or would it take away from the show. I would never want to do anything that would distract or take away from the show.

"I don’t know. I’m busy doing a play here at the moment, but I’m not sure."

Author J.K. Rowling recently pleaded with fans not to spoil the plot of the play for other audience members.

She said in a YouTube video: "You’ve been amazing for years at keeping Harry Potter secrets so you don’t spoil the books for readers who came after you.

"So I’m asking you one more time to keep secrets and let audiences enjoy ‘Cursed Child’ with all the surprises that we’ve built into the story.

"Potter fans have always had each other’s backs."

The play – which will begin preview performances at London’s Palace Theatre on July 7 – is set 19 years after the last book ended and sees Harry as an "overworked" employee of the Ministry of Magic and centers on his son Albus.

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J.K. Rowling favours Dumbledore in Harry Potter

J.K. Rowling has revealed her favourite ‘Harry Potter’ character is Professor Dumbledore.
The author of the books about wizard Harry Potter’s wizarding adventures was chatting to fans on Twitter on Monday (11.04.16) when she was posed the big question and despite having Hermione Granger, Ron Weasley, Harry, Rubeus Hagrid and even Dobby – the loyal house elf – to choose from, she settled on the head teacher of Hogwarts, whose full name is Professor Albus Percival Wulfric Brian Dumbledore.
Asked by one of her followers on the social media site, "Besides Harry, who is your favorite character in the series?" she wrote back: "Dumbledore."
Professor Dumbledore guided the young Harry Potter through his battles with his greatest adversary Voldermort and was the Head of the Transfiguration department and a member of the Order of The Phoenix.
The character was depicted by Richard Harris and then Michael Gambon in the film adaptations and fans were left devastated when he met his death at the end of ‘Half-Blood Prince’.
However, the new trailer for the upcoming prequel movie ‘Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them’ which stars Eddie Redmayne as central character Newt Scamander, has teased that Dumbledore will be brought to life once more, after Colin Farrell’s character Graves said his name.

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Harry Potter play to open in the West End

A new Harry Potter play is opening in the West End.

The stage show, called ‘Harry Potter and The Cursed Child’, will debut at the Palace Theatre in the heart of London in summer 2016 with tickets set to go on sale this autumn.

The show will follow the lives of the boy wizard’s doomed parents, Lily and James Potter, and their death at the hands of Lord Voldermort, which results in a baby Harry being sent to live with Lily’s cruel sister Petunia Dursley, her husband Vernon and their bullying son Dudley.

The play has been penned by Potter author J.K. Rowling, Jack Thorne and John Tiffany, who will also be directing the show.

While the cast is yet to be announced, producers Sonia Friedman and Colin Callender are said to be on the lookout for the leads and informal auditions are currently being held, reports the Daily Mail newspaper.

The 49-year-old writer took to her Twitter to announce the news but refused to reveal too much about the play for fear of spoiling the story.

She tweeted: ”I’m very excited to confirm today that a new play called Harry Potter and the #CursedChild will be opening in London next year.

”It will tell a new story, which is the result of a collaboration between writer Jack Thorne, director John Tiffany and myself. #CursedChild

”I don’t want to say too much more, because I don’t want to spoil what I know will be a real treat for fans. #CursedChild

”However, I can say that it is not a prequel! #CursedChild. (sic)”

Rowling also revealed the reason behind her decision to add to Harry’s story in a play format instead of releasing a new novel.

She explained: ”To answer one inevitable (and reasonable!) question – why isn’t #CursedChild a new novel? – I am confident that when audiences see the play they will agree that it was the only proper medium for the story. #CursedChild

”I’ve had countless offers to extend Harry’s story over the years, but Jack, John and Sonia Friedman are a dream team! #CursedChild

”It has been a huge pleasure to share with them (and soon, with you!) this untold part of Harry’s story. #CursedChild. (sic)”