‘King Lear’: A jewel in the crown for Ian McKellen
STRATFORD-UPON-AVON, England: By imagining King Lear’s age as “four score and upward,” Shakespeare gave an end-of-career ring to…
Continue readingActor Ian McKellen to speak at Guthrie
Stage and screen star Ian McKellen will speak at the Guthrie Theater on Oct. 8 as part of…
Continue readingNew Yorker Talks McKellen
Lee writes: In this week’s New Yorker magazine there is a very long article on Ian McKellen. There’s…
Continue readingMcKellen eyes role in popular kiwi soap
Proving his acting repertoire is not restricted to the highbrow, Sir Ian McKellen is planning to make a…
Continue readingDragonCon is only a week away!
Ringer Celebriel sends this pre-con report: Just over a week to go! Fans start gathering next Thursday night…
Continue readingFrom Gollum to gangster
Andy Serkis has swapped the technical difficulties of playing characters such as Gollum in Lord of the Rings,…
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