Ian McKellen
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BirthDate BirthPlace |
05/24/1939
Burnley, Lancashire, England |
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EXTRA: Mutant Alert!
March 19, 2001 11:50am ESTHOLLYWOOD, May 17, 2000 - All right, here's the scoop: Mutants walk among us. But not to worry, a hard-line, true-blue U.S. senator is working to save America from these genetically impure subhumans. Heck, he's even come up with ways to help you identify mutants in your midst, and if you suspect your milkman or co-worker, you can report them to the proper authorities. Say what? Oh, yeah, we forgot to mention it's all a (very clever) satirical campaign to promote Fox's upcoming "X-Men" movie, wh
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THE COMING BOX OFFICE WEEKEND (MAY 12-14 AND SUMMER):
March 19, 2001 11:50am ESTDreamWorks' "Gladiator" should be victorious again on the box office battlefield this weekend. With "Gladiator" still commanding a 30% first-choice tracking score among opening and released movies, there's little doubt the R-rated action adventure will keep a tight grip on the top spot. If "Gladiator" slips 36% from its $34.8 million opening, its second weekend tribute will still be a handsome sum of about $22 million. DreamWorks is distributing "Gladiator" domestically, while Universa
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SCI-FI GEEK: Godzilla Stomps Filmmakers
March 19, 2001 11:50am ESTSANTA MONICA, Calif., April 14, 2000 -- Maybe it's Godzilla's revenge. "Godzilla" Word comes this week that there likely (and somewhat surprisingly) will be a sequel to Sony's disappointing big-budget 1998 "Godzilla". But, even more surprising, the guys who made the first overhyped film (remember those "Size does matter" billboards?) won't have anything to do with the second overhyped film. Although Sony Pictures Entertainment and director Roland Emmerich's Centropolis Entertainment couldn
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CHANNEL SURFER: Everybody Walk the Dinosaur
March 19, 2001 11:50am ESTSANTA MONICA, Calif., April 16, 2000 -- First, an apology. Because "Fail Safe" was presented "live" last Sunday, and because the ending was a closely kept secret, and because we never bothered to actually see the original movie on which it was based, we just had no idea. If this column was responsible in any way for your sitting through an hour and a half of nail-biting suspense, only to get to the part where the president of the United States decides that dropping an atomic bomb on New York Ci
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ShoWest 2000: 'Lord of the Rings' Cometh
March 19, 2001 11:50am ESTLAS VEGAS, March 6, 2000 -- Wizard watchers, the moment has arrived. The big-screen "Lord of the Rings" is slated to make its debut here at ShoWest.Whoops. Did we fail to mention that we meant the trailer, not the film? "Lord of the Rings" Well, in case you didn't already know, ShoWest is no Sundance. The most buzz-worthy screenings are about three minutes long -- snippets, teasers, coming attractions.In addition to the much-awaited "Lord of the Rings" footage (being unveiled at the New Line
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Who Is Spider-Man?
March 19, 2001 11:50am ESTSANTA MONICA, Calif., January 24, 2000 -- Look, up in the sky! It's a bird! It's a plane!No, it's another "Spider-Man" rumor.For nearly seven years, speculation has run rampant among comic-book geeks and genre-film fanatics about the red-and-blue building-climbing superhero. Nearly every director worth his box-office salt has been linked to "Spider-Man" at one time or another, beginning with no less than James Cameron ("Titanic") and ending with Sam Raimi ("A Simple Plan," "For Love of the Game"
