BBC News Online scored a small sound byte from our very own Ian McKellen (Gandalf) at the X-Men Primere on Ellis Island (told you he was there!). McKellen on X-Men:

‘I discovered that there was a story of quite Shakespearean proportions going on between the forces of good and evil wrapped up in a wonderful adventure story with fantastical characters.’

Click here to go to BBC News Site, and click on the X-Men Audio Video on the right sidebar.

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Unless you’ve been living in a Hobbit hole for the past few months, you know that the Ian McKellen (Gandalf) film ‘X-Men’ opens today in North America.

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Access Hollywood had a small piece on the premiere of the ‘X-Men’ film. The premiere took place on New York’s Ellis Island, which is the final battle scene in the film. No luck getting an interview with Ian McKellen (Gandalf), however TheOneRing.net insiders say that Ian was most certainly there.

Ian McKellen (Gandalf) dominates the news for today, in an interview with the good wizard IGN.com managed to find out more about the English thespian.

PLUME: What kind of fulfillment do you get, personally, from acting?

MCKELLEN: Always the group that I’m working with. I move from job to job, from family to family, from group of friends to group of friends – sometimes they’re old friends, but often they’re new ones. For the time of working, the experience is so intense – it’s like you’re all climbing Everest together… [More]

It is with great gladness that TheOneRing.net can announce the birth of a healthy baby girl. TheOneRing.net Co-Editor ‘Tookish’ is the proud father to Halle, our congratulations to Tookish and his wife. Email him your best wishes as well!