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The Standard 100: London's leading figures in Media, Fashion, the Royal Family (and those Behind the Scenes)

The Standard 100’s list of people shaping London include categories for Media and Fashion: among those named are Lachlan Murdoch, Kate Moss and Sir Ian McKellen

Evening Standard

9 top new movies to stream this week on Netflix, Max and more (Oct. 29-Nov. 4)

There are plenty of new movies arriving on the best streaming services this week including “Joker: Folie à Deux”, “Despicable Me 4”, “The Substance” and more.

Tom’s Guide

The Lord of the Rings: The Hunt for Ideas … is a standalone Gandalf movie on its way?

A film about the wizard and his search for Gollum is coming – and it turns out a second may also be in the offing. Will he battle Balrog, entreat Entwines or just plod about perplexed?

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Mark Strong and Lesley Manville make ancient tragedy 'Oedipus' a political thriller

One of the most basic questions in the world is “Who are you?”

The Independent UK

Jack Whitehall and Roxy Horner enjoy rare date night at Come Alive! opening night

The model previously admitted she ‘feels like I’m on my own quite a lot’ with their one-year-old daughter as the actor and comedian’s work takes him abroad

Evening Standard

What went wrong with Starmer’s Gray matter?

Appointing the person most associated with Partygate to a partisan Labour role seemed like a mistake from the start

The Guardian - UK

The Rings of Power's Stranger actor reveals exactly when he was told about the Gandalf reveal and whether he's reached out to Ian McKellen

Exclusive: Daniel Weyman explains what his and Ian McKellen's performances have in common

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Sir Ian Mckellen and Ellie Goulding among guests at The London Standard's star-studded launch party

Famous faces gathered to toast the new paper, which launched this week

Evening Standard

Dame Maggie Smith: Oscar-winning Harry Potter and Downton Abbey star dies, aged 89

Giant of stage and screen was one of Britain’s most successul stars

The Independent UK

‘I filed my copy from Waterloo station loos’: the Guardian’s theatre critics assess The Critic

Ian McKellen plays a theatre reviewer in the 1930s in the new film adapted from Anthony Quinn’s novel Curtain Call – but how accurate is it?

The Guardian - UK

The Critic review – deliciously waspish Ian McKellen lifts 30s London murder mystery

A fine cast is squandered in this sour adaptation, scripted by Patrick Marber, of Anthony Quinn’s lively novel

The Guardian - UK

Will The Hunt for Gollum really be two movies? That’s got to be a stretch

If Ian McKellen is right, a double feature Lord of the Rings movie based on a story gleaned from Tolkien’s appendices seems overly thin, even with an AI Orlando Bloom

The Guardian - UK

The Critic review: Ian McKellen is too good for this overstuffed theatre critic drama

Gemma Arterton and Lesley Manville co-star in a film that fails to truly grapple with any of the interesting themes floating around Patrick Marber’s screenplay

The Independent UK

Sir Ian McKellen says he 'won't return to the stage for a year' following fall

The veteran actor says aside from his physical injury, he has been left with a ‘mental disturbance’ because ‘I thought it was much more serious at the time than it was’

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Sophie, Duchess of Edinburgh's surprise London Fashion Week moment as S.S. Daley wins Queen Elizabeth II award

Sophie, Duchess of Edinburgh stepped out to award S.S Daley the Queen Elizabeth II award for fashion design

The Guardian - UK

The Critic review – Ian McKellen’s poison pen sharpens 30s society cosy-crime drama

As a jaundiced reviewer with a dangerous private life, McKellen brings glorious life to this story of sour toffs in a dishonest decade

Inverse

12 Years Later, Lord of the Rings Is Repeating Its Worst Movie Mistake

'The Lord of the Rings: The Hunt for Gollum' could be split into two films, foiling the franchise's return with another bloated mess.

Total Film

Gandalf actor Ian McKellen says the Lord of the Rings: Gollum movie script is coming "in the new year" and he'll "judge" whether to return then

The Hunt for Gollum is coming

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Marie Claire

Sir Ian McKellen Says He's "Most Definitely" on Prince Harry's Side When It Comes to the Royal Feud

And he called the Queen out for being rude when he met her in 2008.

The Independent UK

Sir Ian McKellen says he would have rejected knighthood if he was ‘man of adamant principle’

‘Lord of the Rings’ actor said he considered turning down royal honour

The Independent UK

Sir Ian McKellen says ‘he’s most definitely on Prince Harry’s side’ as he reveals late Queen was ‘rude to me’

The Lord Of The Rings actor said he thinks the late Queen was ‘quite mad at the end’

The Independent UK

Ian McKellen wants to take Shakespeare play to Southport and Sunderland following race riots

‘Come on, I believe in you, Southport,’ said the veteran actor in response to August’s race riots

Marie Claire

Surprising Facts About Hollywood's Biggest Stars

Think you know everything about your favorite celebs? You might just be surprised!

Total Film

Ian McKellen says he has no plans to retire anytime soon following Gandalf news: "I'm not letting anyone else put on the pointy hat and beard if I can help it"

Ian McKellen doesn't want to stop playing Gandalf

The Independent UK

Q&A: Ian McKellen is his own harshest critic as he discusses his stage fall and new thriller

Ian McKellen is listening to his inner critic

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