
In a video message to his fans, Christopher Lee sounds as he ever does.
"We are coming to the end of 2011," he intones in his trademark baritone. "I hope you all had a wonderful Christmas, a happy Christmas, and the family's gathered together." Proceeding from there, he begins to talk about the state of the world, and how the state of things are in bad shape. It's heavy talk coming from the long-time actor, but with his 90th birthday approaching, it would be weirder if he didn't have thoughts of mortality on his mind.
Lee spends much of the video discussing "The Hobbit," the two-part prequel to "Lord of the Rings" that sees the actor returning to the role of Saruman the White.
To the surprise of few, "
Finally, a new
No shocker here, but good news just the same:
History was made on Friday when
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Christopher Lee To Receive Academy Fellowship Award At BAFTAs, And We Think It's About Time
Posted 2/8/11 12:48 pm EST by Terri Schwartz in Commentary, News
These days, the 88-year-old Brit is best known for his roles of Saruman in "The Lord of the Rings" and Count Dooku in the "Star Wars" prequels, but it was only 50 years ago that he was the king of horror films. But why I really love returning to his page is because the list of his film goes on and on and on.
In total, Lee has appeared in 268 films since his first role in 1948. With so many movies under his belt, my question for the BAFTA committee is not why they chose to honor Lee with the prestigious Academy Fellowship award at the awards ceremony this Sunday (February 13), but really, what took them so long? I outline the reasons why I think he deserved this role a long, long time ago after the jump.
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