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  "id": 3526771,
  "title": "Rupert Grint to Join Broadway Cast of ‘Harry Potter and the Cursed Child’",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/26/rupert-grint-to-join-broadway-cast-of-harry-potter-and-the-cursed",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-08-26T14:07:47.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Hollywood Reporter",
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    "url": "https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lifestyle/arts/rupert-grint-harry-potter-and-the-cursed-child-1236681941/"
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  "summary": "Grint will play the adult version of Ron Weasley, a role which he originated in the film franchise.",
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    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "BBC News",
        "title": "Kit Harington joins HBO's Harry Potter series as Gilderoy Lockhart",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/24/kit-harington-joins-hbos-harry-potter-series-as-gilderoy-lockhart",
        "published": "2026-08-24T21:58:49.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Gulf News",
        "title": "Winter is over: Kit Harington heads to Hogwarts as Lockhart in Harry Potter Season 2, Nicholas Hoult bows out",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/25/winter-is-over-kit-harington-heads-to-hogwarts-as-lockhart-in-harry",
        "published": "2026-08-25T04:44:11.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Toronto Sun",
        "title": "Kit Harington joins HBO’s ‘Harry Potter’ series as Gilderoy Lockhart",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/26/kit-harington-joins-hbos-harry-potter-series-as-gilderoy-lockhart",
        "published": "2026-08-26T12:00:31.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "TheWrap",
        "title": "Rupert Grint to Return as Ron Weasley in ‘Harry Potter and the Cursed Child’ on Broadway",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/26/rupert-grint-to-return-as-ron-weasley-in-harry-potter-and-the-cursed",
        "published": "2026-08-26T14:57:19.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}