Tag Archives: Ian McKellen

Last night on Conan, Patrick Stewart explained his habit of kissing his dear friend Ian McKellen on the mouth. That lead to a discussion on other knighted actors Stewart might want to kiss. And as you can see, the bit ended with Stewart giving Conan a personal demonstration. Click for the clip.

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Via press release: Heritage of Pride, organizers of NYC Pride and the annual New York City Pride March, today announced the event’s Grand Marshals for 2015. This year’s marshals are: Sir Derek Jacobi and Sir Ian McKellen, both openly gay English actors currently co-starring in the PBS series “Vicious.” Sir Jacobi is primarily known for his stage work and in …

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Via the New York Times: If it is surprising to see esteemed actors like Mr. McKellen and Mr. Jacobi trading barbs in a traditional, multicamera sitcom recorded in front of a studio audience, “Vicious” further astonished British audiences, when it ran on ITV last year, with its very premise. It cast Mr. McKellen (of the “X-Men” and “Hobbit” movies) and …

Many more super fun NYC touristy shots are here. (Via JMG reader Scott)

Via Buzzfeed: McKellen noted that, according to Marvel, young Jewish, Black, and gay people are the biggest readers of the X-Men comics. “These are all people who, well, feel a little bit like mutants,” he added. As for those who still feel that way, and are living in the closet, McKellen said, “I feel sorry for anyone who feels the …

Actor Ian McKellen yesterday said that the British government has warned him that he would not be safe in Russia. In an interview with the Radio Times magazine, the openly gay actor, 74, said he was told by Britain’s Foreign Office that it could not “protect him” from the laws. In July a nationwide law banning distribution of “propaganda of …

Trailer recap: The ultimate X-Men ensemble fights a war for the survival of the species across two time periods in X-MEN: DAYS OF FUTURE PAST. The beloved characters from the original “X-Men” film trilogy join forces with their younger selves from “X-Men: First Class,” in an epic battle that must change the past — to save our future. 4M views …

For those unaware, those statues are part of George Segal’s Gay Liberation monument in Christopher Park, which is in Sheridan Square in the West Village. Stewart had a scene with the statues in the 1995 movie, Jeffrey. (Via Towleroad)

“As a gay participant in the opening ceremony of the London Paralympics in 2012, I am angered by the International Olympics Committee’s announcement that harsh Russian anti-gay laws do not transgress its own Sixth Fundamental Principle of Olympism that ‘any form of discrimination is incompatible with belonging to the Olympic movement.’  In Russia, it is now effectively illegal to speak …

Last week Ian McKellen officiated at the wedding of Patrick Stewart to Sunny Ozell in Lake Tahoe, Nevada.

“Lest we forget, this nasty, brutish and short measure of the third Thatcher administration, was designed to slander homosexuality, by prohibiting state schools from discussing positively gay people and our ‘pretended family relations.’ Opposition to Section 28 galvanised a new generation of activists who joined with long-time campaigners for equality. Stonewall UK was founded to repeal Section 28 and pluck …

Via the NYT’s Arts Beat: The theater and film stars Ian McKellen and Patrick Stewart, known for their chemistry in the “X-Men” films as the friends-turned-foes Magneto and Professor Xavier, will return to Broadway together in the fall for an unusual two-play repertory of Harold Pinter’s “No Man’s Land” and Samuel Beckett’s “Waiting for Godot,” the producers said on Thursday. …

(Via Towleroad)

McKellan: “Marry me in Middle Earth.”