Author Salman Rushdie is still recovering from the attack he suffered on Friday, with Deadline reporting The Satanic Verses author is on a ventilator and could lose an eye. He was stabbed in the neck and the liver during the attack, which has no stated motive yet.

Shaping a generation. J.K. Rowling‘s books about a wizard named Harry Potter was just the beginning for what would go on to become a cultural phenomenon.According to the author’s website, the idea for the series came to her in 1990 while she was sitting on a delayed train in London. It took five years for Rowling to figure out the entire journey — which she broke down on pieces of scrap paper.

All aboard the Hogwarts express! Over the course of 10 years, the stars of Harry Potter brought magic, mischief and more to millions of fans around the world.Based on the series of seven books by J.K. Rowling, stars Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson and Rupert Grint captured the hearts of viewers between 2001 and 2011. The eight movies raked in more than $7.5 billion worldwide, making it the ...

Bill Maher thinks Elon Musk is worried about population collapse because it's a convenient excuse not to wear a condom ... it was a jk, but his point is ominous. Stay with us.

A sight for sore eyes. Justin Long and Kate Bosworth‘s chemistry is palpable in the first look at their upcoming movie House of Darkness.The offscreen couple costar in the horror flick directed by Neil LaBute, which follows a man who “thinks his beautiful, mysterious date will be another casual hook-up,” per the synopsis — until things take a “sinister” turn.

Harry Potter has cultivated a die-hard fandom of Potterheads who know everything from their Hogwarts house to the correct pronunciation of “Wingardium Leviosa.”J.K. Rowling began writing the acclaimed children series in 1990 while on a delayed train from Manchester, England, to King’s Cross station in London. The story follows 11-year-old Harry — an orphan raised by his mean aunt and uncle — who ...

Quidditch, the real-life game played by wizards in “Harry Potter,” has cut ties with J.K. Rowling and the franchise by rebranding to quadball, Major League Quadball (MLQ) and U.S. Quidditch (USQ) announced Tuesday.

An appeals court on Thursday rejected a $95 million defamation lawsuit against comedian Sacha Baron Cohen filed by former Alabama Supreme Court Chief Justice Roy Moore, who said he was tricked into a television appearance that lampooned sexual misconduct accusations against him.

Warner Bros. has stood by J.K. Rowling after an external PR told Sky News that the company is 'not connected' to the author.

J.K. Rowling is calling out the Russian pranksters for their "distasteful hoax" after they tricked her into believing she was on a video call with Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. In a statement to ET, Rebecca Salt of the Harry Potter author's public relations team confirmed that Rowling fell victim to the prank that produced a 12-minute video where she and the pranksters discussed ...

J.K. Rowling was pranked by a couple of Russians after thinking she was talking to President Zelensky about her charity work.

Billy Strings backs his black Jeep Gladiator down to the lip of Nashville’s Percy Priest Lake and hops out to unhook the tricked-out bass boat he’s towing behind him. The heavy sounds of Primus, one of his favorite bands, spill loudly out of the cab, where old Combos wrappers, cigarette butts, and fishing lures are strewn about. Strings, in a Dickies work coat with “Boomer” embroidered over the ...

Seth Meyers is pretty sure that you could get Rudy Giuliani to anywhere – even the January 6 committee hearings – if you let him wear his costume from his stint on “The Masked Singer.”The late-night host presented his hypothesis during his “A Closer Look” segment on Thursday night, in which he discussed what might be seen during the televised hearings. Of course, because “Late Night” was taped ...

Overnight Editor, HuffPostNRA CEO Wayne LaPierre was trolled right to his face at the NRA convention in Houston as some of his biggest supporters looked on.Not everyone caught what was happening in the stunt by the Good Liars, aka progressive pranksters Jason Selvig and Davram Stiefler.

Overnight Editor, HuffPostSen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) was given an offer he could refuse.A prankster duo known as The Good Liars asked the lawmaker for an autograph. He appeared ready to comply until he got a closer look at what he was expected to sign.

Dave Chappelle was slammed on social media for joking that a “trans man” attacked him on stage Tuesday night.After a man armed with a fake handgun tackled Chappelle in the middle of a performance at the Hollywood Bowl, the stand-up comedian turned to his audience and declared, “It was a trans man!”

Raiders running back Brandon Bolden copped an amazing $150,000 custom Ford Bronco.

Bill Hader is not the only comedian in his family. During his April 25 appearance on Jimmy Kimmel Live, the Barry actor shared how he was tricked into meeting Chris Pratt, 42, while out to eat at a restaurant with his three daughters: Hayley, 7, Harper, 9, and Hannah, 12.

All aboard the Hogwarts express! Over the course of 10 years, the stars of Harry Potter brought magic, mischief and more to millions of fans around the world.Based on the series of seven books by J.K. Rowling, stars Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson and Rupert Grint captured the hearts of viewers between 2001 and 2011. The eight movies raked in more than $7.5 billion worldwide, making it the ...