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The Hollywood Reporter @thr.com · 1d

Keira Knightley was asked about signing onto an upcoming 'Harry Potter' project during a recent publicity stop.

Keira Knightley “Was Not Aware” of J.K. Rowling Controversy Before Joining Harry Potter Project

Keira Knightley was asked about signing onto an upcoming Harry Potter project during a recent publicity stop.

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Deadline @deadline.com · 1d

While many of her peers boycott the 'Harry Potter' universe, Keira Knightley appears to have avoided the fiery discourse around the franchise.

Keira Knightley “Was Not Aware” Of ‘Harry Potter’ Boycott Before Joining Audiobook Cast

While many of her peers boycott the 'Harry Potter' universe, Keira Knightley appears to have avoided the fiery discourse around the franchise.

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الكسندرا ميراي @lexialex.bsky.social · 1d

Keep it going. Get your family and friends to join
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Boycotting Israel has gone mainstream: ‘We’ve never seen such traction before’

After decades of being dismissed as fringe, the boycott call has been taken up by leading figures across arts, sports and politics

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Anna Menta @annamenta.bsky.social · 1d

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Keira Knightley was "not aware" of 'Harry Potter' boycott when she joined audiobook cast for JK Rowling series: "I'm very sorry"

Keira Knightley will voice Professor Umbridge in the new Potter audibooks.

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Dylan Morrison @dylanthyme.bsky.social · 1d

yeahhh. a foundational piece of this movement its insistence that trans people are unreliable narrators, even on ourselves. this limits our ability to spread info outside our own circles, however true said info is! if your credibility has not been eroded in this way you gotta pick up the baton

Anna Menta @annamenta.bsky.social · 1d

This. I believe every entertainment journalist right now has a responsibility to confront anyone working with Rowling, if only to spread awareness. If you're being forced to cover the new Potter HBO show, I hope you'll include constant, repeated references to Rowling's extreme, daily hate.

Corey Atad @coreyatad.com · 3d

i’ve said it before and i’ll say it again: i don’t think most people are aware of just how extreme Rowlings views and actions are

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Anna Menta @annamenta.bsky.social · 1d

it's actually insane that this misspelling has been up for 3 days now? hello???

@NewsJennifer (Jennifer Schulze) @newsjennifer.bsky.social · 1d

CBS News would never put a thinly sourced 'story' by a rookie blogger like this on it's air. Until now. The Free Press isn't a journalism outlet, it's bloggers aren't reporters. This piece is more NYPost than Tiffany Network but I guess that's the goal.

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Some NYPD officers worry about Mandani becoming the NYC mayor, The Free Press reports

The Free Press spoke to several New York City Police Department officers who are worried about Zohran Mamdani becoming mayor. Olivia Reingold joins CBS News with more.

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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 1d

Keira Knightley says she was ‘not aware’ of JK Rowling boycott calls before joining Harry Potter audiobooks

Actor, who voices Dolores Umbridge in the new full-cast recordings, says she hopes ‘we can all find respect’ amid renewed controversy over Rowling’s views on trans rights Keira Knightley said that she was “not aware” of demands to boycott JK Rowling prior to joining the cast of the new audiobook versions of the Harry Potter series. Knightley was speaking to Decider to promote her new Netflix movie The Woman in Cabin 10 (in which she plays a Guardian reporter), and was asked if she knew that “some fans are calling for a Harry Potter boycott”. Continue reading...

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Anna Menta @annamenta.bsky.social · 1d

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Anna Menta @annamenta.bsky.social · 1d

(That's why I did this.)

Decider @deciderdotcom.bsky.social · 3d

Keira Knightley was "not aware" of 'Harry Potter' boycott when she joined audiobook cast for JK Rowling series: "I'm very sorry"

Anna Menta @annamenta.bsky.social · 1d

(That's why I did this.)

Decider @deciderdotcom.bsky.social · 3d

Keira Knightley was "not aware" of 'Harry Potter' boycott when she joined audiobook cast for JK Rowling series: "I'm very sorry"

Keira Knightley will voice Professor Umbridge in the new Potter audibooks.

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Anna Menta @annamenta.bsky.social · 1d

This. I believe every entertainment journalist right now has a responsibility to confront anyone working with Rowling, if only to spread awareness. If you're being forced to cover the new Potter HBO show, I hope you'll include constant, repeated references to Rowling's extreme, daily hate.

Corey Atad @coreyatad.com · 3d

i’ve said it before and i’ll say it again: i don’t think most people are aware of just how extreme Rowlings views and actions are

Decider @deciderdotcom.bsky.social · 3d

Keira Knightley was "not aware" of 'Harry Potter' boycott when she joined audiobook cast for JK Rowling series: "I'm very sorry"

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Corey Atad @coreyatad.com · 3d

there are people out there who probably aren’t politically correct on trans stuff, who would still be totally weirded out by Rowling’s deranged radicalism if they knew about it

try to explain it, though, and it all sounds to a normal person like arcane Twitter shit

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Corey Atad @coreyatad.com · 3d

but even the tweets, like i’m not sure they realize she spends 90% of her time straight up picking on trans people on Twitter. it’s like, oh what’s a few bad tweets? no big deal.

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Corey Atad @coreyatad.com · 3d

i’ve said it before and i’ll say it again: i don’t think most people are aware of just how extreme Rowlings views and actions are

Decider @deciderdotcom.bsky.social · 3d

Keira Knightley was "not aware" of 'Harry Potter' boycott when she joined audiobook cast for JK Rowling series: "I'm very sorry"

Keira Knightley will voice Professor Umbridge in the new Potter audibooks.

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Decider @deciderdotcom.bsky.social · 3d

Keira Knightley was "not aware" of 'Harry Potter' boycott when she joined audiobook cast for JK Rowling series: "I'm very sorry"

Keira Knightley will voice Professor Umbridge in the new Potter audibooks.

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Sam Adams @samadams.bsky.social · 5d

the suggestion of playing “hot or not” with Palestinian statehood is so breathtakingly offensive I don’t even know where to start

aaron from queens from twitter @aaronnarraph.bsky.social · 5d

the background on zohran's colbert appearance is jaw-droppingly disgusting

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Ashley Lynch ✂️🎞️ @ashleylynch.bsky.social · 7d

Any trans person who begins their transition today is exhibiting more courage than most people will in their entire lives.

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Erin Biba @erinbiba.bsky.social · 12d

Since many of you are distracted by other things or not following any Jewish media, you should know that today, on one of the holiest days of the year, a man drove his car into a crowd gathering to go into a Synagogue in Manchester then got out and started stabbing people. Two people are dead.

The Mill @manchestermill.bsky.social · 12d

On their holiest day, Manchester’s Jews face their ‘darkest of moments’.

Our story about today’s attack.

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On their holiest day, Manchester’s Jews face their ‘darkest of moments’

Amid fasting and prayer, terror comes to Crumpsall

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emily moonlight @threnody.bsky.social · 12d

if you’ve ever even quietly thought “i would just move,” now’s your chance to pony up and make that possible for not just someone but three someones.

ghostly gwen howerton @kissphoria.bsky.social · 12d

A few Houston trans scene people I know are fundraising to leave Texas, just thought I'd boost their GFM with my platform.

Donate to help 3 trans people fleeing texas, organized by brooke caimonte

Texas has gotten scarier and scarier for trans people and especially trans women and… brooke caimonte needs your support for help 3 trans people fleeing texas

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Matt Baume 🏳️‍🌈 @mattbaume.bsky.social · 13d

Really stark how there are only like a handful of political leaders in the country who are like “I think it my job to be helpful to the people who hired me”

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · 13d

A bus of Bronx middle schoolers pulled up to the Capitol this morning for a long-planned field trip just a few hours after the government shut down.

All Capitol tours were cancelled as the guides can’t work in shutdown.

So I escorted them in myself and gave them a personal tour. They were great!

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Anna Menta @annamenta.bsky.social · 13d

the fear street movies might be a tad gory for 10, but the teens love that one!

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 14d

FUCK ICE FOREVER

Till Eckert @tilleckert.com · 14d

1/ DEVELOPING: A journalist was rushed to New York-Presbyterian Hospital following another incident with an ICE agent at 26 Federal Plaza, an immigration court in NYC. The last I heard, he was getting X-rays for his lower back.

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 15d

SCOOP / UPDATE — Disney saw more than 1.7 million total paid streaming cancelations during the period 9/17-9/23, a Disney source confirms to me. The total includes Disney+, Hulu and ESPN.

Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 21d

NEW — I wrote about my confirmed scoop from last night that Disney hastened Kimmel's return because of a planned Disney+ streaming price increase announcement coming on Tuesday:

Kimmel reinstatement preempted Disney+ price increase

The Handbasket reported first Monday evening on Bluesky

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Alex Zalben @azalben.bsky.social · 15d

Hey New Yorkers!

October 20: Last day to change or update your address for the election

October 25: Last day your application to register to vote can be received meaning it needs to be sent in earlier

Also October 25: Early voting begins!

Check your registration now: voterlookup.elections.ny.gov

Voter Search Screen for VoterLookUp

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Decider @deciderdotcom.bsky.social · 18d

Ayo Edebiri responds to her viral, awkward interview about MeToo and Black Lives Matter: “It was a very human moment”

Earlier this month, Edebiri pushed back on a reporter who said #MeToo and Black Lives Matter were "over."

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Anna Menta @annamenta.bsky.social · 18d

I left the #NYFF screening for A House of Dynamite absolutely BUZZING. phew!!!!!

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