Ian McKellen News

Reprising her role as the shape-shifting mutant Mystique from X-Men: First Class , Jennifer Lawrence is the focus of director Bryan Singer's latest X-Men: Days of Future Past set photo.

The Drama League announced today the winners for the 79th Annual Drama League Awards: Distinguished Production of a Musical, Kinky Boots; presented by Diane Paulus ; Distinguished Play, Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike, presented by Pam MacKinnon ; Distinguished Revival of a Musical, Pippin, presented by Alex Timbers ; Distinguished Revival of a ... (more)

Critics ripped apart the new comedy, about a bickering elderly gay couple living in London, when it aired on ITV earlier this month, with reviewers branding it "lame" and "the least funny new comedy in recent memory". Viewing figures for the show have also significantly plummeted since it was first aired, but veteran star Jacobi is still convinced ... (more)

'All good stories deserve embellishment,'' Gandalf the Grey tells Bilbo Baggins in the opening scenes of Sir Peter Jackson's first movie based on The Hobbit.

Hugh Jackman and Nicholas Hoult are the featured players today on the set of Bryan Singer's X-Men: Days of Future Past .

Here's what appears to be a first look at Smaug from the upcoming film "The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug" by director Peter Jackson and starring Cate Blanchett, Richard Armitage, Martin Freeman, Ian McKellen, Elijah Wood, Hugo Weaving and Andy Serkis.

Australian comedian and television star Magda Szubanski has been announced as the keynote speaker for the Aurora Group's Annual Ball in June.

London's newest theatre, backed by Sir Ian McKellen, opens later with a performance of Melanie Marnich's These Shining Lives.

LANDSCAPE IN PORTRAITS: Wellington photographer Brady Dyer's composite image of Cuba St's Bucket Fountain will be sold to raise money for the Christchurch earthquake appeal.

Billy Crudup and Shuler Hensley have been added to the cast for the two-play repertory of Harold Pinter's "No Man's Land" and Samuel Beckett's "Waiting for Godot" coming to Broadway this fall, the producers said Monday.

Step aside, Sir Ian McKellen. Your role as Gandalf is about to be taken by an unexpected enemyfamed country singer/songwriter, Willie Nelson! In a recent Web exclusive produced by the folks at TeamCoco , Willie Nelson shows off his questionable acting skills in an audition reel for Peter Jackson's upcoming ' Hobbit ' sequel.

Least original show of the year? C5's Big Fat Gypsy rip-off, The Truth About Travellers, with cut-and-paste merchant Henry McKean: "Marrying within the traveller community is encouraged.

Stephanie Timbrell, whose son Liam and grandson Charlie, were killed in a fire in Prestatyn that killed five members of the same family spoke to Darren Devinep Campo reckons Gatland's party lacks the X-Factor and even argues the Welsh domination will work against the Lions because Australia have the Indian sign on the men in red anyway.

Because it was hard to raise so much as a smile as luvvies of the realm Ian McKellen and Derek Jacobi tried far too hard to make their criminally old-fashioned pet project, Vicious, funny.

Bryan Singer has shared, via his Twitter feed, an exciting new behind-the-scenes photo from his upcoming X-Men: Days of Future Past .

When Sir Derek Jacobi and Sir Ian McKellen took the roles of a bickering gay couple with theatrical tendencies in ITV's new sitcom, Vicious, it might have fulfilled a long-standing ambition.

SIR IAN MCKELLEN and SIR DEREK JACOBI's new sitcom about an elderly gay couple has been branded "lame" and "a let down" in scathing reviews by TV critics.

This might be your only chance to get a glimpse at Vicious , the Britcom with Sir Ian McKellen and Derek Jacobi as squabbling old lovers with arms flailing and pinkies up.

Willie Nelson may be 80-years-old now, but he recently showed that regardless of his age that he is still as sharp as a knife's edge when it comes to tickling our collective funny-bones. The veteran country singer made a fake audition tape for Conan , in which he pleads his credentials for the role of Gandalf in the upcoming Hobbit sequel, or The ... (more)

We asked you to tell us what you thought of new ITV sitcom Vicious, and you ardent telly fans certainly didn't hold back.