'Harry Potter' TV Show Reveals New Faces for Harry, Hermione and Ron
Tuesday, 27 May 2025 () The "Harry Potter" TV series just dropped a major casting bombshell -- a fresh trio of pint-sized magic-makers are ready to take on the Big Three and bring Hogwarts back to life! HBO just dropped the first photo of the new kid crew: Alastair Stoutβ¦
HBO's 'Harry Potter' TV series has found its Harry, Ron and Hermione in three newcomers. The network released a new photo and announced that Arabella Stanton will play Hermione Granger, Dominic McLaughlin will portray Harry Potter and Alastair Stout is Ron Weasley.
We finally got our hands on A24's 'The Smashing Machine' starring Dwayne Johnson. The film is highly anticipated considering The Rock has become known for blockbusters and spectacle rather than indie films. Johnson stars as Mark Kerr, the real-life two-time UFC Heavyweight Tournament Champion who was the subject of the 2002 HBO documentary of the same name that detailed Kerr's journey and struggles with addiction to pain killers.
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John Oliver opening up about the death of Pope Francis and connecting it to J.D. Vance. Francis died Monday at age 88 after a stroke put him into a coma and led to heart failure. He also had suffered from chronic lung disease and recently had been hospitalized for 38 days due to respiratory issues that led to double pneumonia. On his HBO series, Oliver noted that Francis died "just a day after meeting with [Vice President] J.D. Vance."
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Pauline Chalamet was part of the group of actors who joined The Creative Coalition on Capitol Hill to advocate for funding the National Endowment for the Arts on Right to Bear Arts Day. She chatted with THR on why she believes everyone should agree on funding the arts because of how lucrative it is for the economy. Plus, she shares her hopes for the future of 'Sex Lives of College Girls' after being canceled on HBO.
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John Lithgow is addressing some of the criticism to the actor playing Hogwarts headmaster, Albus Dumbledore, in the upcoming 'Harry Potter' TV series. Lithgow recently told BBC's 'The One Show' that he's "very excited" yet "very intimidated" to be the next actor to take on a role which has been played before in the 'Harry Potter' films by Richard Harris and Michael Gambon in the original films and by Jude Law in the 'Fantastic Beasts' franchise.
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Nick Frost has been inundated with messages from angry fans who are against him joining the 'Harry Potter' TV series in light of author J.K. Rowling's anti-trans comments.
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