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Harry Potter is a fantastic world with endless possibilities. The main series itself has captivated fans for years, and more recently the Fantastic Beasts franchise has been getting a lot of attention. Still, there are plenty of other avenues that the world could be exploring. For example, can you imagine the possibilities if Netflix was able to sign a contract to gain access to the world? The series it could produce!...

Harry Potter is one of the most recognizable and celebrated franchises in modern pop culture, and has even prompted crossover content from fandoms of other franchises. It’s an iconic tale of good versus evil, with a lot of grey areas thrown in. For Potterheads who grew up with the books and the movies, it’s a heartwrenching first taste of how unfair and muddy life can be. At the center of the action is Harry Potter, a young boy who manages to grow up to be good and kind despite a lifetime of mistreatment from his Muggle family and the trauma of being hunted by one of the greatest Dark Wizards of all time, Lord Voldemort....

Though witches and wizards seem to be the stars of the wizarding world, there are also endless monsters and magical creatures that inhabit the land around Hogwarts. The Harry Potter books mention many more creatures than are included in the movies, ranging from vampires to a giant squid living in the Great Lake. The movies still have their fair share of monsters and magical beasts, some more fearsome than others. While some are neutral, others lean toward the dark side....

HBO documentary films investigates a chilling murder mystery from India in The Talwars: Behind Closed Doors. The premium cabler has long delivered top-notch documentaries, but in recent years it has been tapping into some remarkable, and often disturbing, stories that are stranger than fiction. Just this year HBO has delivered The Inventor: Out For Blood, about the Theranos scandal and Elizabeth Holmes, as well as the painful Leaving Neverland, in which James Safechuck and Wade Robson detailed their alleged years’ long abuse by Michael Jackson....

Some Apple TV 4K users have been experiencing issues when using the HBO Max app. More specifically, the app shows a “can’t play title” error when trying to stream content. Although the bug has yet to be fixed, HBO has confirmed that it is already working on an update that should be released very soon. A fix for HBO Max bug on Apple TV 4K is on the way The bug seems to specifically affect Apple TV 4K models of any generation running tvOS 16....

SplashData, the company behind corporate password manager SplashID, has just compiled the latest top-25 ‘most hacked passwords’ rankings. As last year, the most-hacked password is 123456, with ‘password’ only managing second place. But perhaps naive Internet users have been paying attention. It seems some of those using 123456 have come up with a cunning plan to defeat the hackers: dropping the final digit. 12345 has raced 17 places up the charts into third place....

I’ve been a big fan of Philips Hue lights since the very first Hue Starter Kit was released back in 2012. I’ve been using that same initial set of bulbs ever since then, and have been largely happy with the experience. Thanks to the success of that initial release, Philips has added many more Hue products to the lineup. It also produced a new second-generation HomeKit-enabled Bridge, which allows you to control your Hue lights directly from Siri or via the Home app features found in iOS 10....

The Harry Potter movies brought the world of the books to life in many magical ways. There are hundreds of locations from the books that are also included in the movies. Seeing these locations brought to life on film was definitely exciting for Potter fans. But, since there are so many things in the books, it’s impossible to include every detail in the movies. Since Hogwarts castle is so huge and there are so many places in the books that are mentioned, not all of them were included in the movies....

Within the wizarding world of Harry Potter, there is no magical school that can ever hold a candle to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, at least in terms of popularity of course. And when it comes to Hogwarts, no Hogwarts house can hold a candle to the popularity of Gryffindor. It comes as no surprise that since the three main characters of the series are all in Gryffindor, the house of the lion gets more attention and fan support than all of the other Hogwarts houses combined....

The Harry Potter books and movies left people wanting to know more despite both having run for ten years each. Details derived from these mediums are common knowledge, and they are considered canon in their own right. However, there have been considerable facts delivered to fans through other outlets such as lexicons, video games, and JK Rowling herself, which people don’t strictly consider as “Harry Potter sources” since they weren’t found in easy-to-find materials like books and films....

The legacy of Harry Potter is told through the lens of three best friends at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, having adventures and trying to defeat the evil within the Wizarding World. The group experiences highs and lows, defeats and triumphs along the way while attempting to take down Lord Voldemort, but they have always stuck together along the way. While the story is focused on the adventures of Harry, Ron and Hermione together, if a viewer was to look closer into the Harry Potter universe, they would see that there is a deeper connection between two of the three members of the group....

Hellboy actor Ron Perlman expresses doubt that he’ll ever play a superhero role again. Perlman stepped into the superhero movie world when he played the titular character in Guillermo del Toro’s Hellboy in 2004. Perlman starred alongside Doug Jones, Selma Blair, and John Hurt, all of which returned for the sequel Hellboy II: The Golden Army in 2008. Both films were generally well-received by fans and critics, with The Golden Army even getting nominated for an Oscar....

Henry Cavill is asked when Warner Bros. will release Man of Steel 2 or another Superman solo movie, and the actor’s response is perfect. Cavill first portrayed Clark Kent aka. Superman in Zack Snyder’s Man of Steel, which hit theaters in 2013 and soft-launched Warner Bros’ DC movie universe. Cavill reprised the role in Snyder’s Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justice, the film that officially kicked off the studio’s expansive comic book universe....

The same goes for avocados, caffeine, grapes, raisins and macadamia nuts. Oh, and it’s best to keep dogs away from sugary foods and drinks, no matter how much they beg. Spoil them with these nine doggy goodies instead. If you want to make your dog feel like a million bucks, give them food that their wolfy ancestors ate. They need vitamin-packed foods like salmon, turkey, beef, duck and other natural ingredients....

The HomeKit ecosystem continues to expand with new accessories coming out all the time. Koogeek has now released the first hub-less HomeKit light bulb ($36) that can display more than 16 million colors. Existing solutions like Philips Hue require running a bridge hub in additional to buying the special multicolor bulbs. The Koogeek solution is simpler and easier to recommend as a gift item — just replace your current bulb and you are pretty much good to go....

Like iOS 10, tvOS 10 and macOS Sierra, watchOS 3 is a major update that pushes Apple’s wearable platform forward. You’ll find that, even in this early beta, the experience is much better than previous versions of watchOS. Apple has worked hard to improve the performance of Apple Watch apps, and it shows. It has also striven to improve the overall usability of the Apple Watch by implementing several new interface changes....

Even for bona fide Harry Potter fans, Andromeda Tonks is a character who they might be familiar with but one they probably know almost nothing about. And that comes as no surprise, because even in the books the information and character development for Andromeda Tonks is pretty brief and light. Andromeda Tonks is the wife of Ted Tonks and the mother to the incomparable Nymphadora Tonks, and although she was born into the insane wizard family that is house Black she ultimately forged her own path and became a genuinely decent person....

Harry Potter gave us a lot of couples out of its storyline, but the one at the top of the list is Ron and Hermione. The Harry and Ginny coupling has a lot of naysayers, which leaves Ron and Hermione as the best couple out of all others. Since these two are the joint-deuteragonists of the series, it only makes sense that we saw the most of these two compared to the other people who ended up in couples....

An impressive number of big-name actors were considered for the role of Albus Dumbledore in the Harry Potter film series based on the novels by J.K. Rowling. The Hogwarts Headmaster was originally played by Irish actor Richard Harris. After his untimely death following the second film, the studio was tasked with recasting the role. Michael Gambon was chosen as the replacement, portraying the character for the remainder of the films; however, there were other names on the list throughout both stages of casting the prominent role....

Havok, the brother of Cyclops, is finally back to being a hero again - and the new leader of Marvel’s X-Men. Havok will form a new team in the pages of Astonishing X-Men, one of Marvel’s four main X-Men titles aimed to streamline the universe already occupied by X-Men: Blue, X-Men: Gold, and X-Men: Red. Alex Summers, a longtime member of the X-Men, was turned into a villain by a magic spell gone wrong in the crossover event AXIS....