Ian McKellen

Theater Fall Picks 2013

Bad Reviews For Sitcom About Two British Queens! Check It Out

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. The critics hated these old biddies, but they should revisit the old movie Staircase--with Richard Burton and Rex Harrison as sq ... More >>

Kristin Chenoweth on the Oscars, Adele, Hugh Jackman, and S&M

Also: Sir Ian McKellan outs everyone

The Hobbit: Slouching Toward Erebor

Getting neither there nor back again

X-Men: First Class

Courtney Love Tells Me Her Hopes and Dreams

​CLICK HERE for my new column in which Courtney Love tells me that she wants to get out of "movie prison" just like Robert Downey, Jr did. Anyone have the keys? Also in the column:

Emmy Nominations Announced; HBO Maintains Primetime Stranglehold

We will never own one of these. ​Whee, the 62nd Annual (Primetime!) Emmys have been announced. There aren't that many surprises: As usual, HBO rocks, as does Mad Men, True Blood, 30 Rock, Glee, Neil Patrick Harris, and Tina Fey. Losties may get another chance to see the objects of their affect ... More >>

Ever Leave a Broadway Show at Intermission?

mckellen.com​I've only split shows midway a handful of times--most notably a one-person bore starring a valiant Olympia Dukakis and a strained revival starring the great Helen Mirren and Ian McKellen. With names like those involved, you can only blame other people for the torture. But at lea ... More >>

Gods and Monsters

Are The New Moon Stars Gay?

​A breathless call came in from a friend the other day. "I saw Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson on TV," she said, panting, "and I realized something: They're gay! They're bearding for each other! They come off completely 'that way'!" Yikes! Could it be true? Two actors in a movie actually ... More >>

This Week's Voice: R.A. the Rugged Man, Lil Wayne's The Carter Documentary, Zadie Smith, Fantastic Mr. Fox, Urs Fischer, and More

R.A. the Rugged Man: More dirty laundry than you can imagine. Photo by Calvin Godfrey.​In this week's Village Voice, Ben Westhoff recounts the long, setback- and STD-ridden journey of Long Island's own R.A. the Rugged Man, Jed Lipinski talks to the players involved with the semi-embargoed Lil ... More >>

"You're So Butch, Chris!"

​CLICK HERE, read my new column, and find out which famous hottie Sir Ian McKellen eyelash-battingly said that to last week in public! Not quite as butchly, I also dive into:

Jude Law Busted By Sir Ian McKellen!

You read it here first! (Whatever it is.)

This Week in the Voice

​When their pets die, most New Yorkers can't bury them in the backyard. They can put the earthly remains in the trash (properly marked). If that's too weird, there are people who will handle the deceased animals. They are, as you might imagine, an interesting bunch. Steven Thrasher walks among ... More >>

Emmy Nominees Include The Family Guy, Ernest Borgnine; Jon & Kate Snubbed

Emmy-nominated The Family Guy featuring Emmy-nominated Seth MacFarlane. For us the joy of the Emmy Nominations, announced this morning, is in the less-well-known categories. We see that there are only two shows, for instance, up for Outstanding Children's Nonfiction Program: Grandpa, Do You Know ... More >>

Who Does Michael Phelps Really Date?

Praying for a boy/boy encounter with Michael Phelps, and other wooden dreams By Michael Musto

Sarah Jessica! Sex Clubs! Chicken Hawks!

In the cabaret, shots of Bachardy (with Isherwood chasers). Plus, glory holes—do ask and do tell.

Ellen Page's Sexuality! Jennifer Garner's Hairdo!

Writer's cramp? No, a nonstop stream of diary during the Oscars telecast.

Lost Cause

Avoiding its anti-dogma roots, The Golden Compass veers off-course

Nunn and Nothingness

Ian McKellen plays Shakespeare and Chekhov, but nobody wins

London Lowdown

For New Yorkers there's no place like home, of course, but the U.K. can come awfully close

'Flushed Away'

Third Degree

The X-Men survive explosions, a threat to mutant rights, and Brett Ratner

Code Unknown

In the shadow of Da Vinci, Cannes '06's first great film: A visionary American comedy about the end of times

Louvre Story

Hanks and Howard turn bestselling Christian skullduggery into long-winded History Channel special

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Desperate Housewife: Randy Depressive Lost in Enervating Fog

Morning Report 5/6/05
Yelling 'Bliar! Bliar!' In a Crowded Theatrical

Rejoice, Muffy and Buffy

Two preppy '80s sneakers are primed for a comeback

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It Was 25 Years Ago Today

Selections from the Village Voice's annual Queer Issue

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Precious, Precious Movie License Slogs to Mordor, Torpor

Risk Management

Gambling Pros and Mutant Superheroes Spread the Odds

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Horoscope

Plastic Fantastic

Hate Your Chromosomes

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On Divas Live '99, the bewigged trio of Cher, Elton John, and Tina Turner rocked on Elton's theme song, 'Proud Mary.'

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I chatted up Debbie Matenopoulos, whose mantra was, 'How sick is it that I'm up for an Emmy?'

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Definitely honor-free will be Joseph Fiennes for Shakespeare (sorry, but the Bard didn't look like Rob Lowe).

Different Strokes For Different Volk

The Lost World Of Custom-Made Endings

Whale of a Time

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Footloose turns out to be like Stupid Kids without the irony, but not as bad as that sounds.

Nazi Business

Developing Dr. Seuss

Flash of the Titans

Previewing the 36th New York Film Festival