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Gandalf Is The Only Gay in Middle Earth

Sorry slashers and fan fiction enthusiasts, but none of it's real. Ian McKellen, the only openly gay man thought to be "cool" by fourteen year old boys, says that there was no homo hanky panky going on during Lord of the Rings filming. On the adorably named "E-Post" section of his website McKellen answers a reader's question about rampant rumors of hot Orlando Bloom-on-hobbit action by saying: "This gossip is all news to me. Elijah, Dominic and Orlando introduced me to their girlfriends during shooting." The gays were convinced the whispers were true! But Sir Ian wouldn't lie. Ah well. I guess the fantasies will just have to live on in my writing. Like that Bilbo/Gollum 'ship I'm working on that starts so promisingly: "It was nearly time for elevenses in the Shire, but Gollum had already been nibbling on his precious all morning." Delightful! [Towleroad] Two more romantic slash images after the jump. More »

12:10 PM on Wed Mar 26 2008
By Richard
2,128 views, 25 comments

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From the mailbag: "I saw Ian McKellen in Lear last night. I can confirm that, in addition to a truly inspired performance, he is still swinging some pipe. I hope that I'm still packing like that when I'm 68."

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Fit Ian McKellen Meets, Flashes Press

In the middle of this Sunday's Times Arts & Leisure profile of Ian McKellen, writer Alan Riding notes the following:
After our conversation this reporter was invited to accompany him while he changed from jeans and sweater into his Lear costume to record a scene used to publicize the production's Antipodean tour. And, at a glance, it seemed evident that he is an actor who still works out.
We're all for participatory journalism, but, wow... dude got a glimpse of Gandalf's staff! Hot! More »

10:40 AM on Tue Sep 4 2007
By abalk
5,162 views, 21 comments

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Rush & Molloy Update Ian McKellen's Gay Military Record for Newer Film

Stentorian English actor Ian McKellen — at left, with hobbit — is proudly gay as a heapin' bowl of Froot Loops, but that hasn't stopped him from being inducted into the Georgia state politico-military machine as an honorary "aide de camp" to the governor's staff. Various gay websites picked up this story from Rush & Molloy in the New York Daily News where McKellen recounts the honor bestowed upon him during press work for The Da Vinci Code (some sites misinterpreted this to mean that McKellen had been inducted into the Georgia National Guard). Trouble is, as the New York Blade reports, the Rush & Molloy item is itself a recycled McKellen quote actually given in 1997 during press for McKellen's movie Richard III. More »

1:00 PM on Thu Jul 27 2006
By Chris Mohney
381 views, 1 comment

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