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In 1988, he came out as gay and became a founding member of Stonewall, one of the United Kingdom's most influential LGBT rights groups, of which he remains a prominent spokesman.
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Further proof of Sir Ian’s fabulousness

By LeeWochner on  From leewochner.com
We’ve written here before about our enjoyment of Sir Ian McKellen. Here’s a photo of his participation in the recent protest against the Pope. (To quote a gay friend of mine, “Just say nope.”) By the way, posting this image earlier a little bit ago on my Facebook page resulted in the following dialogue with a Facebook friend (whom I actually know but haven’t seen in… 10 years?). This little exchange really shows how issues of sexuality, politics, and Sir Ian McKellen, all intersect over...Read Full Story

Waiting for Godot: Khayelitsha, South Africa

By rhystranter on  From apieceofmonologue.com
Sean Mathias' successful production of Samuel Beckett's play to be performed in Khayelitsha, South Africa Ian McKellen and Roger Rees in Waiting for Godot. Source . After a successful run in London's West End, Sean Matthias took a production of Beckett's Waiting for Godot to Australia and New Zealand. Now, the director leads a cast of actors, including Sir Ian McKellen, to South Africa. David Smith, writing from Johannesburg, has the details: He failed to appear in Paris, London, New Orleans...Read Full Story

BOOKTALES NEWS

By rbrown on  From booktales.wordpress.com
The Library and The Prisoner I have been focusing on just booktales news lately but you will start to see a lot more on the other pages ..The government in the uk are thinking of playing around with booklovers heaven that is your local library in the uk , some places or things never need bringing up to the 21st century i can just imagine a costa coffee shop in the library or TVs advertising the latest books ,  library’s should be a place of  peace and quiet and relaxing yes they should have...Read Full Story

Sir Ian McKellen mistaken for Gogo

By rhystranter on  From apieceofmonologue.com
As the successful West End production of Samuel Beckett's Waiting for Godot relocates to Melbourne, Sir Ian McKellen has been mistaken for a homeless man outside the theatre. The Metro newspaper has featured the story: The 70-year-old thespian had been rehearsing the Samuel Beckett play Waiting For Godot in Melbourne, Australia. During a break, a passer-by approached him as he sat in his tramp costume and put an Australian dollar in his hat. "During the dress rehearsal of Godot , I crouched...Read Full Story

Ian McKellan Claims The Hobbit Still Happening!!

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We want to believe you, Ian McKellan ! But with all of the pre-production dramz, we just don’t know! Despite all this shiz that has stopped the production of The Hobbit from moving forward, Gandalf the Grey himself took to Twitter to assure fans that The Hobbit is still happening, despite losing its director, Guillermo del Toro ! He wrote : “ Hobbit ” sets are ready, script ready and movie is casting this month. Fans are not to worry. The films will get made. I suspect we’ll start...Read Full Story
Leading figures in the world of education, science, business, the arts, and sport are among those who will be honored at University of Ulster graduation ceremonies this year. US Open Golf Champion Rory McIlroy, Manchester United manager Sir Alex ...  
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No doubt Shakespeare was gay. His predilection was evident from his works. An unmistakenly feminine portrait of his patron Henry Wriothesley adds evidence that early sonnets to ‘fair youth’ were probably meant for males Married, with children, he left his wife in Stratford to live in London. I’d say he slept with men. The Merchant of [...]  
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Ian said, 'That's fantastic ... Despite the romantic impetus behind the purchase of The Grapes, this is not an act of dilettantism. McKellen talks of his lifelong fascination with hospitality, born of an actor's many idle hours in restaurants and hotels.  
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The clientele may become a little glitzier, the menu a dash more up-to-date and the decor subtly freshened, but the new owners of one of London's oldest pubs today ... not become "a star-studded bolt hole, a theatre cabaret or a gay bar" on his watch.  
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"Romeo and Juliet" may have set a multiple-century precedent for star-crossed -- and primarily heterosexual -- love stories, but at least one legendary actor of stage and screen believes William Shakespeare enjoyed the company of male lovers in his own personal life. As the Daily Mail is reporting, Sir Ian McKellen cited the frequently gender-bending plot devices of Shakespeare's famed plays as evidence that the playwright himself was gay, or...  
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Jackie Marrison Sir Ian McKellen versus Michael Fassbender Sir Ian McKellen played a perfect mix of debonair maniac and tortured flawed anti-hero. His dark cape and sinister passion as Magneto was perfection. The Brotherhood had no better leader than the super mutant who owned his powers and loved with a cold black heart. Magneto was the rage against the machine of humanity whose ideology was ...  
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Sir Ian attended a fundraising event at the venue last week, along with Rupert Everett, which has got the total up to £100,000. But if the entire £400,000 is not pledged in time then flats will have to be built instead. Mr Bond said: "We've got three ...  
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"Shakespeare obviously enjoyed sex with men as well as women," says esteemed actor Sir Ian McKellen. New York Post columnist Cindy Adams reports the 72-year-old actor, who has portrayed a number of leading Shakespearean characters including ...  
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Get your skates on if you want to join England cricket legend Sir Ian Botham in Canary Wharf. The former all-rounder turned charity fundraiser is holding a special evening at Canary Wharf Ice Rink on January 5 in support of...  
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Last week we got our first look at the first movie trailer for next year’s prequel film The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey. Today we get to check out a new promo image from the film. As you may know, Sir Ian McKellen played the role of Gandalf in the Lord of the Rings trilogy of [...]  
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