It’s been a sad day for many movie fans today as the news of Sir Christopher Lee’s death has filtered through the media. Lee took on a number of incredible characters throughout the decades he...
Sir Ian McKellen says fun is the key to feeling young. The 76-year-old actor keeps his mind sharp and his soul youthful by constantly challenging himself and finding new things to enjoy in life.When...
The Lord of the Rings actor turned 76 last month (May15) and admits he is acutely aware of his mortality because he has seen many friends pass away in recent years. He...
Sir Ian McKellen finds it ''difficult'' to cry in front of the camera.The 76-year-old actor - who's starred in a string of hit movies during his career, including 'The Hobbit' and 'X-Men' franchises - has...
Sir Ian McKellen has defended his roles in 'X-Men' and 'The Lord of the Rings'.The 76-year-old actor, who reprised his role as the powerful mutant Magneto in 2014's 'X-Men: Days of Future Past' and...
The owners of the Ashers Bakery in County Antrim hit headlines last month (May15) when they were taken to court for refusing to decorate a cake with the message "Support Gay Marriage" above...
Sir Ian McKellen is ''surprised'' by his new movie 'Mr. Holmes'.The 76-year-old actor, who's previously starred in 'The Hobbit' and 'X-Men' franchises, plays the legendary detective Sherlock Holmes in the new crime drama film and...
Sir Ian McKellen was offered a ''fortune'' to attend someone's wedding dressed as Gandalf.The 76-year-old actor has revealed people are such big fans of his role as Gandalf the wizard in the 'Lord of the...
Sir Ian McKellen has revealed he considered turning down his knighthood, because he believes the system is “unfair". The 75 year old was given the honour in 1991 for his services to the performing arts.Sir...
On Saturday (23May15), it was officially announced that Ireland had become the first country to legalise same-sex marriage by public vote, and Irish stars and outspoken supporters of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender...
The charity drive has raised more than $1 billion over the past three decades in the U.K., and a slew of celebrities in the U.S. joined forces hoping to garner the same success...
Ewan McGregor will be starring in 'Beauty and the Beast' opposite Sir Ian McKellen, Emma Watson and Emma Thompson.The 44-year-old actor has been announced as the latest casting for Disney's live-action film, and will be...
Thanks Josh Gad for making our day! Yes the Frozen actor has just put a mid-week smile on many a face as he’s shared the first cast picture from the upcoming live action remake of...
Sir Ian McKellen will be starring in 'Beauty and the Beast' opposite Emma Watson and Emma Thompson.The 75-year-old actor has been announced as the latest casting for Disney's live-action film, and will be playing Cogsworth,...
The Lord of the Rings actor will play Cogsworth, the prince's butler who is transformed into a clock in the Disney movie, which will be directed by Bill Condon. Other stars taking...
Sir Ian McKellen will play Cogsworth the talking grandfather clock in Disney's upcoming live action remake of Beauty and the Beast. The 75-year-old joins Emma Watson (Belle), Dan Stevens (The Beast) and Emma Thompson (Mrs...
The British author James Herriot has been honoured in the North Yorkshire market town of Thirsk, where he lived and worked as a vet for most of his life. A life sized bronze statue of...
Ian McKellen will be honoured in his hometown of Wigan. He will be given a star in Wigan town centre. Although McKellen was born in Burnley, the 75-year-old actor lived in Wigan during the...
The Lord of the Rings actor, who lived in Wigan between the ages of three and 11, will return to the town to unveil the tribute in Believe Square, a public space that...
Plummer still has regrets about turning the role down, but admits MCKellen found a warmth in the character he wouldn't have. The veteran says, "I thought maybe three or four years (shooting...
Sir Ian McKellen doesn't think he's ''top choice'' for directors.The 'Lord of the Rings' actor admits there are many movies he would have loved to have starred in but was never approached by the filmmakers.He...
Sir Ian McKellen finds it ''very difficult to resist'' bacon and pork pies, despite being vegetarian. The 75-year-old actor is pleased he gave up eating meat 30 years ago because he discovered it was the...
Neill Blomkamp's new film Chappie held its world premiere this week in New York, just a day before before it opened around the world. Blomkamp (who previously made District 9 and Elysium) was present along...
The great character of Sherlock Holmes has flexed his mind with many an actor - the beguiling Benedict Cumberbatch on the small screen and the rough and ready Robert Downey Jr at the cinema to...
Rose Byrne will be rejoining the X-Men cast in the 2016 instalment of the Marvel franchise, X-Men: Apocalypse. The 35-year-old Australian actor played CIA Agent Moira MacTaggert in the 2011 film X-Men: First Class as...
Patrick Stewart, appearing on a US talk show, stated that he and his co-star Ian McKellen are unlikely to appear in the next X-Men film, X-Men: Apocalypse. 74-year-old Stewart appeared on Larry King Live, due...
Sir Ian McKellen feels ''lucky'' to portray Gandalf.The veteran actor has portrayed the wizard in both the 'Lord of the Rings' and 'Hobbit' movie series and thinks it is rare for such an interesting part...
Two long years since the first instalment of the Hobbit trilogy whet audiences’ appetites with dwarfs, wizards, dragons, fighting and, of course, a hobbit, the concluding cinematic experience has finally arrived.Sir Ian McKellen takes on...
Peter Jackson doesn't know how to use email.The award-winning director is the creative force behind 'The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies', which features lots of impressive-looking special effects, but Peter concedes he still...
A new trailer for Peter Jackson's The Hobbit: Battle of the Five Armies has rolled out online at the end of the big week of hype for cinema. Christopher Nolan's Interstellar is doing huge business...