Holliday Grainger to Star in “Cormoran Strike” TV Series
British actress Holliday Grainger has been cast as Robin Ellacott in BBC’s “The Strike Series”, which is based on J.K. Rowling’s bestselling crime novels under the pseudonym Robert Galbraith.
British actress Holliday Grainger has been cast as Robin Ellacott in BBC’s “The Strike Series”, which is based on J.K. Rowling’s bestselling crime novels under the pseudonym Robert Galbraith.
We’ve previously seen glimpses of MACUSA in the “Fantastic Beasts” film trailers, and we’ve learned a little bit about 1920s MACUSA President Seraphina Picquery, but now we finally get to know more about the early beginnings of MACUSA, thanks to new writing on Pottermore by J.K. Rowling.
We’re used to seeing author J.K. Rowling feature on all sorts of lists and winning awards, so it’s no surprise that Rowling has been named on a list of Hollywood’s most powerful authors.
For this week’s special edition of Alumni Roundup, we’ve gathered some of the highlights from the Lumos gala performance of “Cursed Child” and the launch of the campaign.
J.K. Rowling gave a moving speech at the gala performance of “Cursed Child” in support of her charity, Lumos.
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On Saturday, September 17, Lumos launched its We Are Lumos Worldwide campaign with a special Facebook Live chat with J.K. Rowling. Today, J.K. Rowling was at a special gala performance of “Harry Potter and the Cursed Child” in aid of Lumos.
To launch We Are Lumos Worldwide, J.K. Rowling discussed the work of her children’s charity, Lumos, in a Facebook live chat with host Lauren Laverne! Find out more here!
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Today, Lumos announced that J.K. Rowling will be taking part in a very special Facebook Live chat in order to talk about the work that the charity does around the world. A special charity “Be the Light” T-shirt is also available to buy now.
We learned yesterday that Pottermore will be publishing three new e-books on September 6, featuring content from Pottermore’s archives. Today, Pottermore discussed how these e-books came to be.
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Albert Runcorn
Petunia Dursley
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