Tag Archives: Sir Ian McKellen

What Are Brits Watching? ‘Vicious’

By | Posted on May 15th, 2013
(ITV)

Real life friends Sir Ian McKellen and Sir Derek Jacobi play more-than-friends in this new sitcom.

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Sir Ian McKellen: “I’m Going To Marry Patrick Stewart”

By | Posted on March 20th, 2013
Sir Ian Mckellen on ITV's The Jonathan Ross Show

This is one is too good pass up, even if you’re already reading it from other places.

(You, er, you don’t visit other places, do you? I’d hate to think you were getting your Anglophile jollies somewhere else.

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WATCH: Two Featurettes On The Special Effects That Made ‘The Hobbit’

By | Posted on December 18th, 2012
A Middle Earth montage for 'The Hobbit' (Warner Bros.)

Oh yes, I bet you thought now that The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey is in the theaters we’d have run out of things to say on the subject. Well nuh-uh.

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‘The Hobbit’ Breaks US Box Office Records

By | Posted on December 17th, 2012
Martin Freeman in The Hobbit

See, didn’t we tell you Martin Freeman was good?

The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey finally reached theaters this weekend, and despite some lukewarm reviews and complaints about the running time, Peter Jackson’s latest Middle-earth epic has set a box office record with the ...

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Sir Ian McKellen: “I’ve Had Cancer For Six Years”

By | Posted on December 11th, 2012
Oscar-nominated actor Sir Ian McKellen said, “If you're going around telling a lie you may get by but you won't be half as happy as you would be if you came out," according to PopEater.com. (Photo via AP)

It’s a curious story to suddenly run, just as The Hobbit is coming out and people are getting to see what he’s been up to down in New Zealand for much of the year, but still today is the day the Sun has chosen to disclose ...

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WATCH: The New ‘Hobbit’ Trailer

By | Posted on September 19th, 2012
Martin Freeman as Bilbo Baggins. (Photo via WB)

The new trailer for Peter Jackson’s film adaptation of J.R.R.

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The Brit List: 10 Out-and-Proud British Celebrities

By | Posted on July 7th, 2012

Torchwood star John Barrowman came out to his parents in 1992. (Photo via BBC)

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News Roundup: Russell Brand – ‘The Paralympics Have Novelty Value’

By | Posted on September 12th, 2011

Russell Brand appears to be the target of another attempted tabloid bashing, after on-stage comments he made about the Olympics were seized upon as proof of some kind of disability prejudice.

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Sir Ian McKellen Blogs From The Set Of The Hobbit… In Shades

By | Posted on May 13th, 2011

See this? Gandalf in shades? That’s got to be a Friday tonic for you, right there. And do you know who took the photograph? Peter flipping Jackson, that’s who.

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‘Lord of the Rings’ Gang Reuniting For ‘The Hobbit’

By | Posted on January 11th, 2011

If you want to know why Sir Ian McKellen is trending on Twitter, the man’s not dead. And clearly, his career isn’t either: according to The Hollywood Reporter, the star has officially signed on to reprise his Lord of the ...

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