Ian McKellan says he knows why “Brokeback Mountain” didn’t win an Oscar for Best Picture. “It’s called homophobia,” the “Lord of the Rings” actor told the London Observer. “Nobody has ever looked to Hollywood for social advance. Hollywood is a dream factory. I love the way that conservatives think that Hollywood is a bed of radicalism — it couldn’t be more staid and old-ladyship if it tried.” . . - FROM THE DELISH MS. WALLS THE EMPIRE BROKEBACK?
