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Getting soapy: Ian McKellen, who played the wizard Gandalf in “The Lord of the Rings” movies, is fulfilling a long-held ambition: to act on the British soap opera “Coronation Street.” He’ll appear in 10 episodes of the show in May, producers said.

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No new trial: A judge’s decision to grant a new murder trial to rapper C-Murder has been overturned by a Louisiana state appeals court. The 34-year-old rapper, whose real name is Corey Miller, is facing life in prison without parole for second-degree murder, stemming from a 2003 shooting at a nightclub in Harvey, a New Orleans suburb.