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The knight who would be king
![THERE'S not a word in "King Lear" about any "Queen Lear," but Ian McKellen takes the stage nonetheless wearing two wedding rings, ones few in the audience will notice. Sir Ian simply had an epiphany as he prepared to take on the great Shakespearean role for the first time -- that the aged king likely had had two wives, the first bearing him his eldest daughters, now so plotting and duplicitous, and the second giving him sweet Cordelia, the youngest. McKellen imagined a more detailed back story for that second marriage too, one that has the beloved second Queen Lear having died in childbirth, and now their girl is about the same age she was then, putting all these complex feelings in the recesses of the king's mind -- and Sir Ian's -- as they make their grand entrance and for 3 1/2 hours become one and the same tragic figure.](http://www.latimes.com/media/thumbnails/story/2007-10/33138117.jpg "THERE'S not a word in "King Lear\" about any \"Queen Lear,\" but Ian McKellen takes the stage nonetheless wearing two wedding rings, ones few in the audience will notice. Sir Ian simply had an epiphany as he prepared to take on the great Shakespearean role for the first time -- that the aged king likely had had two wives, the first bearing him his eldest daughters, now so plotting and duplicitous, and the second giving him sweet Cordelia, the youngest. McKellen imagined a more detailed back story for that second marriage too, one that has the beloved second Queen Lear having died in childbirth, and now their girl is about the same age she was then, putting all these complex feelings in the recesses of the king's mind -- and Sir Ian's -- as they make their grand entrance and for 3 1/2 hours become one and the same tragic figure.")
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterTHERE'S not a word in "King Lear" about any "Queen Lear," but Ian McKellen takes the stage nonetheless wearing two wedding rings, ones few in the audience will notice. Sir Ian simply had an epiphany as he prepared to take on the great Shakespearean role...Tags: Sherry Lansing, Stratford, University of California, Los Angeles, Companies and Corporations, Ian McKellen
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Connery Receives Top Film Honor
Zap2It.comHollywood's Kodak Theatre was shaken and stirred Thursday night to honor a lifetime of entertainment from cinema's first 007. The American Film Institute bestowed its 34th annual Life Achievement award on Sean Connery on June 8 while Tinseltown's elite...Tags: Gregory Peck, Dustin Hoffman, Mike Myers, Indiana Jones (fictional character), James Cagney
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Walter Mirisch, his memoir and memories
![Oscar-winning producer Walter Mirisch has lived the American dream. He grew up in a poor immigrant family, and despite suffering hardships during the Great Depression, he found his way to Harvard. He later went on to a storied career producing some of the finest films of the 20th century, including "West Side Story," "The Magnificent Seven" and "In the Heat of the Night."](http://www.latimes.com/media/thumbnails/story/2008-06/40056314-16152040.jpg "Oscar-winning producer Walter Mirisch has lived the American dream. He grew up in a poor immigrant family, and despite suffering hardships during the Great Depression, he found his way to Harvard. He later went on to a storied career producing some of the finest films of the 20th century, including "West Side Story,\" \"The Magnificent Seven\" and \"In the Heat of the Night.\"")
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterOscar-winning producer Walter Mirisch has lived the American dream. He grew up in a poor immigrant family, and despite suffering hardships during the Great Depression, he found his way to Harvard. He later went on to a storied career producing some of the...Tags: Drama (genre), Jerome Robbins, Movies, Career and Workplace, Peter Sellers
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Ving Rhames' mission possible: selling his Brentwood home
![In an indelible award-show moment, best-actor winner<b> Ving Rhames </b>gave his Golden Globe to fellow nominee Jack Lemmon in 1998, saying: "I feel that being an artist is about giving, and I'd like to give this to you." There was nary a dry eye in the house, and the Hollywood Foreign Press Assn. later made a duplicate award for Rhames. (Sorry, Sally. While we may really, really like you, this guy is a class act.)](http://www.latimes.com/media/thumbnails/story/2008-11/43248364-07163709.jpg "In an indelible award-show moment, best-actor winner<b> Ving Rhames </b>gave his Golden Globe to fellow nominee Jack Lemmon in 1998, saying: "I feel that being an artist is about giving, and I'd like to give this to you.\" There was nary a dry eye in the house, and the Hollywood Foreign Press Assn. later made a duplicate award for Rhames. (Sorry, Sally. While we may really, really like you, this guy is a class act.)")
In an indelible award-show moment, best-actor winner Ving Rhames gave his Golden Globe to fellow nominee Jack Lemmon in 1998, saying: "I feel that being an artist is about giving, and I'd like to give this to you." There was nary a dry eye in the house,...Tags: Security, HBO (tv network), Texas, Rodeo, Electrical Appliance
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Robert Prosky dies at 77; stage, TV and film actor appeared in 'Hill Street Blues'
![Robert Prosky, a character actor with hundreds of film, TV and stage credits, and whose roles included an avuncular sergeant on the NBC police drama "Hill Street Blues" and a desperate real estate salesman in David Mamet's play "Glengarry Glen Ross," has died. He was 77.](http://www.latimes.com/media/alternatethumbnails/story/2008-12/43794024-10010634.jpg "Robert Prosky, a character actor with hundreds of film, TV and stage credits, and whose roles included an avuncular sergeant on the NBC police drama "Hill Street Blues\" and a desperate real estate salesman in David Mamet's play \"Glengarry Glen Ross,\" has died. He was 77.")
Robert Prosky, a character actor with hundreds of film, TV and stage credits, and whose roles included an avuncular sergeant on the NBC police drama "Hill Street Blues" and a desperate real estate salesman in David Mamet's play "Glengarry Glen Ross,"...Tags: Robin Williams, Dustin Hoffman, Drama (genre), Washington (U.S. state), Theft
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Interview with NSA Director Lt. Gen. Keith B. Alexander
Sun StaffOn Aug. 16, Siobhan Gorman, a correspondent in The Sun's Washington bureau, interviewed Lt. Gen. Keith B. Alexander, 53, the new director of the National Security Agency, in his headquarters office at Fort Meade. Here is a transcript of the interview as...Tags: Wars and Interventions, National Security, Clubs and Associations, Politics, Companies and Corporations
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75 achievements Oscar forgot
Tribune movie criticWhen the Oscar nominations come out Tuesday, there are bound to be cries of injustice -- and in many cases, those charges will have merit. Can anyone really defend the exclusion from the Oscar nominee list in various years of movies such as "Some Like...Tags: Harold Pinter, Denzel Washington, Stanley Donen, David Lean, Graham Greene
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An Oscar mantra: Press to excess
Los AngelesTimesI was around a gaggle of movie people the other night who were all talking about the Oscars. That wouldn't be such an odd thing at this time of year, except for one thing: The awards themselves were something of an after-thought. Everybody was talking...Tags: Stanley Donen, News Media, Lifestyle and Leisure, Judi Dench, Elections
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The Legend of Bagger Vance
TIMES FILM CRITICFriday November 3, 2000 No golf course in America is as carefully manicured as "The Legend of Bagger Vance." A highly polished genteel fantasy about the game of golf and its relation to, yes, the game of life, "Bagger Vance" is so meticulous in...Tags: Bruce McGill, Golf, Billy Crystal, Movies, Charlize Theron
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For Neff, an era of glamour came first
Times Staff WriterInnovative as they were, Wallace Neff's WW II-era low-cost housing designs such as the the Shell House in Pasadena never really caught on in America. No matter. Neff was already famous as the architect of the golden age of movie star mansions, building...Tags: Hotels and Accommodations, Sunset Boulevard, Cary Grant, Groucho Marx, Roxbury
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The academy: Neither a secret, nor a society
Times Staff WriterWe talk about it as if it were a storm front, or a rock band, some highly concentrated force of nature given to predictable patterns of behavior offset by sudden inexplicable shifts in direction and secret internal activity -- this year, small films are...Tags: Gregory Peck, Regional Authority, Bars and Clubs, June Foray, Lifestyle and Leisure
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Academy has an uneasy time with box-office names
Times Staff WriterAcademy Award voters aren't shy about nominating superstars such as Tom Cruise or Julia Roberts for showy roles in films like "Born on the Fourth of July" and "Pretty Woman." But proclaiming big stars winners is another story. On awards night, both of...Tags: Elizabeth Taylor, Kathy Bates, Cary Grant, Elections, Anna Paquin
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