"Speed Racer" premiere in London
British actor Ian McKellen attends the premiere of "Speed Racer" at Empire, Leicester Square in London on April 29, 2008. (UPI Photo/Rune Hellestad)
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MADRID, Sept. 24 (UPI) -- British actor Ian McKellen has been presented with the Donostia Award, a lifetime achievement honor, at Spain's San Sebastian film festival.
LONDON, Nov. 1 (UPI) -- British actors Ian McKellen and Patrick Stewart, who co-starred in the "X-Men" films, are to share a stage in a London production of "Waiting for Godot."
LOS ANGELES, July 14 (UPI) -- PBS chief Paula Kerger told reporters in Los Angeles that she doesn't know yet if Ian McKellen's nude scene will appear in a PBS taping of his play "King Lear."
NEW YORK, June 30 (UPI) -- Jim Caviezel and Ian McKellen have signed on to star in a miniseries remake of the 1960s TV show "The Prisoner," American Movie Classics announced Monday.
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LONDON, April 30 (UPI) -- British actor Ian McKellen said he will reprise his "Lord of the Rings" role of Gandalf the wizard in two upcoming big-screen adaptations of "The Hobbit."
LONDON, Dec. 29 (UPI) -- Australian pop singer Kylie Minogue has been tapped by Britain's Queen Elizabeth to receive an Order of the British Empire.
LONDON, Dec. 28 (UPI) -- About 5.3 million viewers tuned in to see the series finale of the sit-com "Extras" when it aired Thursday on British television, the BBC reported.
LONDON, Nov. 18 (UPI) -- The BBC is embarking on an ambitious project to produce new versions of all 37 of Shakespeare's plays over the next 12 years, employing an ensemble cast.
NEW YORK, Sept. 6 (UPI) -- Actor Ian McKellen was set to begin playing the title role in Shakespeare’s "King Lear" Thursday at the Brooklyn Academy of Music, Playbill.com has reported.
