J.K. Rowling and John Oliver are facing off again over the issue of transgender athletes. The duo, linked by their respective creative partnerships with HBO, clashed last November after Oliver argued ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. John Lithgow isn’t being intimidated by “Harry Potter” fans. Lithgow said he “absolutely” didn’t expect to get so much hate from ...

John Oliver has once again provoked J.K. Rowling when it comes to the topic of trans athletes. Oliver devoted the bulk of “Last Week Tonight” on April 6 to criticizing the MAGA and right wing ...

“I thought, why is this a factor at all? I wonder how J.K. Rowling has absorbed it. I suppose at a certain point I’ll meet her and I’m curious to talk to her," the actor said of the author, who has ...

Not long after addressing Harry Potter fans' concerns that an American actor will play the British wizard Albus Dumbledore, John Lithgow is turning to a different criticism of his casting in HBO's ...

John Lithgow is opening up about how fans feel about him joining HBO's "Harry Potter" series, considering the involvement of the contentious franchise creator J.K. Rowling. In a sit-down with The ...

Despite the ire toward and denouncement of J.K. Rowling from such colleagues like Nicola Coughlan, Pedro Pascal and David Tennant, and amid the rise of anti-trans rhetoric from the presidential ...

John Lithgow admitted facing backlash from J.K. Rowling’s critics after he joined HBO’s upcoming “Harry Potter” TV series was not on his bingo card. In a new interview with the Times of London, the ...