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Crudup and Hensley to join McKellen, Stewart

Prior to Broadway, "No Man's Land" will play a brief engagement at Berkeley Rep from Aug. 3-31, with McKellen, Stewart, Crudup and Hensley all aboard.

Pacino's late comedic turn also a homecoming

It's George C. Scott or Ian McKellen.

Ian McKellen, Patrick Stewart heading to Broadway

Producers announced Thursday that Stewart and McKellen will star in Harold Pinter's "No Man's Land" and Samuel Beckett's "Waiting for Godot" in repertoire under the direction of Sean Mathias.

Review: Bard comically humanized off-Broadway

Since seeing McKellen, DeVita says he's spent the past 25 years trying to learn to "make Shakespeare's language actually sound like a person talking."

Hollywood sticks to tried and true in 2013 lineup

To expand the relatively slender "The Hobbit" into a three-movie epic, Jackson has borrowed heavily from J.R.R. Tolkien's "Lord of the Rings" appendices, which fill in much of the Middle-earth...

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But (Ian) McKellen was the king of the social scene.

Movie review: Peter Jackson's 'The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey'

Chances are you know the story: A Hobbit leaves the comforts of hearth and home to join with other denizens of the fantastical Middle-earth to save their land from the clutches of evil -- all...

Prince William graces 'Hobbit' green carpet in UK

McKellan, who plays the wizard Gandalf in the adaptation of J.R.R. Tolkien's work, told reporters Wednesday that it "feels proper" to celebrate the film in London, given that a large part of the...

Wizard garb helped McKellen re-conjure Gandalf

Repeated filming delays almost caused Ian McKellen to quit his reprise as Gandalf the Grey in "The Hobbit" trilogy, a prequel to "The Lord of the Rings" in which he first played the wily wizard.

Review: 'The Hobbit' suffers from story bloat

Bilbo has no desire to hit the road after wizard Gandalf (Ian McKellen, grandly reprising his own "Rings" role) and a company of dwarves turn up to enlist him on a quest to retake a dwarf mountain...

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'Mad Men' stars engaged, Gaga on the mend

That's what friends are for: Ian McKellan announced on British TV's The Jonathan Ross Program...

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WDW Photo: Sir Ian McKellen stars as 'Gandalf'

Sir Ian McKellen stars as 'Gandalf'

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Sir Ian McKellen has proven to be a capable comedic actor in [...]

WDW News Feed: The Hobbit Gets Defense From Sir Ian McKellan

The Hobbit Gets Defense From Sir Ian McKellan

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The Hobbit Trilogy Resumes Final Filming, Director Peter Jackson Posts Photo on...

The director has posted a pic of himself and Ian McKellen (aka Gandalf) on Facebook to inform...

Find Out Who Wants To Be The New Gandalf In Dailies!

Someone is making a grab for Ian McKellen's role as Gandalf in "The Hobbit."

Ian McKellen Criticizes Margaret Thatcher, Recalls Late Prime Minister's...

McKellen went on to say that "Thatcher was led by her supporters...