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Over the course of the insanely long Harry Potter book and film series, the character of Harry Potter himself has undergone a pretty intense transformation. He went from a lonely, isolated, and rejected young boy to a heroic young man who had a small world of people who loved him. And one of those people who he developed a strong relationship with was Luna Lovegood. Luna was one of the oddest birds at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, but she eventually came out of her shell and formed relationships with quite a few people around her....

Obviously, Hermione and Ron don’t technically become official boyfriend and girlfriend until the closing moments of Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows. By this time, they only get about five minutes more screen time, so there isn’t really enough to find a multitude of reasons to break up. As such, we’ve scoured the entire Harry Potterfranchise to find six moments where Hermione should have ended her friendship with Ron and never agreed to date him all those years later, and four times when Ron should have done the same....

Gordon Ramsay is one of the best chefs around, and also one of the most popular thanks to his many television competition series, including Masterchef and Masterchef Junior, 24 Hours to Hell and Back, and, of course, Hell’s Kitchen. Hell’s Kitchen rose to popularity after airing in 2005, a year after the U.K. version debuted, thanks to Ramsay’s foul-mouthed way of dealing with contestants. Season after season, he is seen screaming expletives, throwing raw pieces of chicken against the wall, and calling competitors “donkeys” or telling them to “wake up” as he tosses what they try to pass off for food in the trash....

The winners were announced at WWDC yesterday: iPhone Developer Showcase Infinity Blade Chair Entertainment Group, LLC Golfscape GPS Rangefinder Shotzoom Software LLC Cut the Rope Chillingo Ltd iPad Developer Showcase djay for iPad algoriddim GmbH Osmos for iPad Hemisphere Games, Inc. Our Choice Push Pop Press Mac Developer Showcase Capo SuperMegaUltraGroovy Pixelmator Pixelmator Team Ltd Anomaly Warzone Earth 11 bit studios S.A. Student Developer Showcase Grades 2 Tapity Pennant Vargatron...

While one of our favorite sitcoms, How I Met Your Mother, ended its last season in 2014, we’re still not totally over debating the characters’ fates. For starters, we know everyone has an opinion about Ted ending up with Robin in the last seconds of the series. Of course, everyone also has their two cents about Barney Stinson. Regardless if you love or hate this interesting character, we’re sure you’ve picked out his soulmate from the series....

In Harry Potter, brewing potions is an exceedingly difficult task, as both the knowledge of magic and combining of numerous obscure ingredients is necessary to even have a shot at making functioning magical potions. Yet, they are absolutely necessary, as some problems in the Wizarding World can’t be fixed by wand magic. However, there are some potions in the Harry Potter universe that are easier to make than others, some of which an ordinary muggle like yourself could brew using normal non-fictional ingredients… with the emphasis being on “could,” as according to Rowling, no magical potion can be made without the use of wands, despite these same potions being usable by non magical folk as well....

One Direction singer Harry Styles was among the names being seriously considered to play the young Han Solo, at least according to a person in-the-know. Known for the time being as the Untitled Star Wars Han Solo Anthology Film, the coveted role in the second Star Wars spinoff ended up, of course, going to up-and-coming actor Alden Ehrenreich. The Golden Ticket to play the young version of the iconic space scoundrel, didn’t come to Ehrenreich easy, though, as the shortlist of Han Solo contenders reportedly included Taron Edgerton (Kingsman: The Secret Service), Jack O’Connell (Unbroken) and Jack Reynor (Transformers: Age of Extinction) - who later admitted he was glad he didn’t get the part....

There are very few properties from the 80s that haven’t been tapped for a big-screen remake in recent years. The decade has been fertile ground for producers looking to get into franchise filmmaking, with attempts ranging from Transformers to The Smurfs. Mostly because most of the children’s programming in that era was primarily designed to sell toys and merchandising. (Oh, how times have changed.) One of the last IP’s begging to be brought to the theaters has been Masters of the Universe and it seems that the wait is coming to an end....

The Hackintosh community is probably best described as a group that doesn’t love Apple’s hardware options for pros but would prefer not to give up macOS for Windows or another alternative. They design their own custom PC builds, and work together to come up with the necessary hacks to get macOS and the software they need running on the machines. Who better to ask what Apple should include in its upcoming modular Mac Pro than the pros it has pushed away?...

Social chatter around New Year’s resolutions has been, to be honest, slow to get off the ground in 2020. We used Sprout Social Advanced Listening to learn what was causing this muted response and found only 27,208 messages across Twitter, Instagram, YouTube and Reddit from November 14-December 14. For comparison, one month’s worth of data on Halloween generated 13 million messages across Twitter alone. There are a couple of factors likely contributing to the dip in conversations surrounding 2021 goal setting....

[Editors note: Big Nerd Ranch has sponsored two posts on 9to5mac allowing readers to go to Nerd Camp for free] Hello, 9to5mac readers. It is a privilege and honor to be invited to provide a few guest blog postings for 9to5mac. I imagine the following has been a common experience of many of you: you wake up one day with an idea for an iPhone or iPad app that you would just love to see....

Apple has finally launched iOS 9.1 with a few new features you may be interested in. Along with that, we have some thoughts on those fresh iPhone 6s and Apple Watch ads and orders for the new Apple TV have started. Plus we dive into what Apple’s earnings results mean for the company. The Happy Hour podcast is available for download on iTunes and through our dedicated RSS feed. [soundcloud url=”https://api....

Birds of Prey reveals that Margot Robbie’s Harley Quinn voted for current Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders. Warner Bros.’ latest DC offering brings the fan-favorite character from David Ayer’s Suicide Squad back to the big screen. Finally out of prison, Harley roams around Gotham freely causing chaos. However, when she and the Joker broke up, all her past wrongdoings against other dangerous people in the city start to catch up with her....

We’re going to look through the books and movies to find the most terrifying, soul-sucking Dementors of them all. We’re also going to scoff at the lamest Dementors to ever float about making every day feel a bit like Monday. Want an excuse to eat chocolate? Then here’s the list for you! On one hand, Dementors are Harry Potter’s Achilles heel. They cut through his bravery right to his worst memories, like a free-floating Horcrux coming to make out!...

Harry Potter has lived in quite a few places over his lifetime. Due to becoming an orphan at a young age, he has been moved from place to place repeatedly. We’ve seen many of these locations in the books, on stage or on the big screen. It’s fair to say that some of these locations are far more welcoming to the chosen one than others. Some could definitely be called home and other places that he has lived are probably hated by the young wizard....

Two of the world’s biggest franchises dealing with fantasy and magic are that of Harry Potter and The Lord Of The Rings. They are both iconic, with masses of fans and some of the best, most successful series of movies in the past twenty years between the fourteen movies between their filmographies. Adored by fans, the pair of franchises also have a lot of critical acclaim between them. A decent way to gauge this acclaim is by looking at Rotten Tomatoes, and the Tomatometer, which gives a good idea of the popularity the films have amongst critics....

Creating First Program Step 1) Open PyCharm Editor. You can see the introductory screen for PyCharm. To create a new project, click on “Create New Project”. Step 2) You will need to select a location. You can select the location where you want the project to be created. If you don’t want to change location than keep it as it is but at least change the name from “untitled” to something more meaningful, like “FirstProject”....

More: What We Do In The Shadows Review: Maybe The Funniest Show On TV Right Now Although the decision to stick close to the original film is understandable in terms of establishing the characters and the stakes of the story, turning the initial episodes into a retelling of the first half of the film ultimately does the series a disservice, forcing an unfair comparison between film and television show, while not offering enough immediate differences to make the series stand out, much less stand on its own....

Albus Dumbledore was always one of the most important players in the entire Harry Potter saga. He guided Harry throughout all of his years at Hogwarts, he trained Harry on how to cope with his unavoidable destiny to face off against Lord Voldemort, and he skillfully chose what to reveal to Harry and what to hide in order to get him in exactly the position that he needed to be in so he could save the entire wizarding world from the dark lord....

Hermione Granger is the cleverest witch of her age, which is the main reason why so many Harry Potter fans scoff at her being sorted into Gryffindor, let alone being written as one of Harry’s BFFs rather than the main protagonist of the series. As the favorite character of many a fan, Hermione has had countless memes made of both of these illogical facts as well as general Potter topics, particularly in how they relate to her....