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Londoner’s Diary: ‘I’m hopeful that scourge of NDAs will end at last’

In today’s Diary: Weinstein assistant on NDAs / Truss on manoeuvres? / Keyes’s honest face / Blessed’s unusual dream / The PM and Fortuna / Bradley confusion

Evening Standard

Corrie's Bill Roache was 'teary eyed' over video from Sir Ian McKellen for 90th birthday

Coronation Street veteran William Roache turns 90 next week, with the milestone occasion being celebrated in a new ITV documentary titled Happy Birthday Bill

Daily Mirror

Sir Ian McKellen to star in Edinburgh Fringe exclusive production of Hamlet

The Lord of the Rings star is set to reprise the role 50 years after first playing the Shakespearean prince as part of a special performance alongside the Edinburgh ballet company

Edinburgh Live

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Ian McKellen to play Hamlet at the Edinburgh fringe

The actor will share the role with Danish dancer Johan Christensen in a new production this summer

The Guardian - UK

Sir Ian McKellen returning to stage as Shakespeare’s Hamlet in Fringe line-up

The 82-year-old will perform the speeches and soliloquies and will share the role with dancer Johan Christiansen.

The Independent UK

Sir Ian McKellen regrets not coming out as gay to his dad before he died

The Lord of the Rings star believes his dad would have accepted him

Liverpool Echo

Sir Ian McKellen's 60-year acting career, coming out as gay at 48 and 'making up for lost time'

The 82-year-old is being interviewed by Amol Rajan on March 3 and he's on The Graham Norton Show on March 4

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TV tonight: Sir Ian McKellen reflects on gay kisses and X-Men’s origins

The celebrated actors opens up to the BBC’s Amol Rajan. Plus, Billy Connolly is searingly honest about fatherhood. Here’s what to watch this evening

The Guardian - UK

Patrick Stewart: ‘I’d go straight home and drink until I passed out’

As he beams aboard another Star Trek adventure, the 81-year-old actor talks about playing Picard as an intergalactic Prospero, hitting the bottle during an exhausting Macbeth – and reaching page 310 of his memoir

The Guardian - UK

Back to the Future and Frozen dominate WhatsOnStage awards

Veteran Ian McKellen, who raised more than £1m for theatre charities and arts groups, also honored

The Guardian - UK

Sir Ian McKellen warns fans of 'fraudulent impersonator' who faked his signature

Around 400 fans are understood to have been scammed at a fake autograph event

Wales Online

Ian McKellen warns fans after imposter scams hundreds with fake autograph event

‘Beware of imposters who try to gain confidence,’ said Lord of the Rings star

The Independent UK

Lord of the Rings cast now - married to pop star, controversy, cancer and tragic death

The stars of The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring bonded so much on set they all got matching tattoos - but what have the cast been up to since the film came out 21 years ago?

Daily Mirror

Ian McKellen keen to star in a stage musical: ‘I’m available but incompetent’

The actor, who is taking on a one-off role as a detective, is ready for an all-singing, all-dancing production next

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Whodunnit? Ask Emma Thompson and her surprise super-sleuths

Ian McKellen and Sanjeev Bhaskar will also take to stage and solve a crime without rehearsal in starry fundraising drama at London theatre

TechRadar

The best superhero movies: 28 great comic book films to watch in December 2024

These are the 28 best superhero movies that every comic book fan should watch, including multiple Marvel and DC films.

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