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Ian McKellen and Elijah Wood in 2001’s ‘The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring’
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Rachel Weisz and Ian McKellen step out in London, Aug. 24, 2009
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Ian McKellen as Gandalf in ‘The Return of the King’
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Sir Ian McKellen and Patrick Stewart pose with Richard Linnell and Sam Walton who were chosen from open auditions to join the lead actors on stage in the new production of ‘Waiting for Godot’
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Sir Ian McKellen speaks during the PBS portion of the 2009 Winter Television Critics Association Press Tour at the Universal Hilton Hotel on January 7, 2009 in Los Angeles, California
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Ian McKellen and Brad Renfro in 'Apt Pupil' (1998)
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Mary J. Blige attends the Sundance Channel HQ Hosts An Artist Talk with Mary J. Blige For ‘The Invisible War’ during the 2012 Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah, on January 20, 2012
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Nick Carter of Backstreet Boys performs on the stage during the Liaoning Television Station Spring Festival Gala recording, China, on January 17, 2013
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AccessHollywood.com gets to know Brooks, Bryden, Brad, Juan Pablo and Will
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A scene from 1993’s ‘Dazed and Confused’
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‘Game of Desks’ on ‘Late Night with Jimmy Fallon,’ May 2013
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Halle Berry as Storm in ‘X-Men: Days of Future Past,’ April 2013
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Halle Berry as Storm in ‘X-Men: The Last Stand’
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Anna Paquin, Ellen Page and Shawn Ashmore at the Palais des Festival Terrace in Cannes, France on May 22, 2006
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Hugh Jackman in ‘The Wolverine’
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Martin Freeman as Bilbo Baggins in ‘The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey’
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