Apparently Chris Carter aka my idol doesnt sleep Perhaps hes a supernatural creature in his own right because in the midst of directing producing and now editing The X-Files I Want to Believe for its July 25 release date Carter has secretly been shooting another movieThough Carters reps wont confirm the project the Reporter cites the film is called Fencewalker and is a dark coming-of-age semiautobiographical character pieceThe cast looks extremely interesting and includes X-Files sequel star Xzibit The Tudors star Natalie Dormer Katie Cassidy David Cassidys daughter among others The film is being shot around Los Angles including Carters hometown of Bellflower CalifCarters no dummy based on the smashingly successful and secretive marketing around JJ Abrams Cloverfield hes smart to keep the film which he also wrote hush-hush to pique peoples interests Do you want to know more about Fencewalker or are you wondering what the big deal is all
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I love it when TV can be both very, very good as well as good for you. Such is the case with a logjam of terrific historical dramas competing for attention this Sunday. Two of them had me fighting back tears (and occasionally losing the fight), and then theres Showtimes The Tudors, that stimulating royal tonic of sex, religion and other courtly intrigues. Not a lot of boo-hooing while watching this Henry VIII romp, but rarely a dull moment, either.The quality honors this weekend go to HBO and PBS. HBO for concluding its remarkable John Adams miniseries with an episode of quiet, pained humanity as the nations second president (Paul Giamatti) goes into retirement with about as much gracewhich is to say, very littleas he conducted himself in the political arena. Grumpy, discontent, impatient to the end and convinced hell be forgotten by time, John never lets up. Theres a terrific scene in which hes invited, in his 90s, to view the portrai...
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On a sunny September day near Killruddery House, an Elizabethan mansion outside of Dublin, Jonathan Rhys Meyers strides imperiously across an immaculately seeded lawn. Clad in a purple velvet cloak and an elaborately embroidered rose-colored doublet, he looks every inch the king he is portraying.
Relaxing in his trailer later, the 29-year-old actor admits that the spirit of King Henry VIII, his role in Showtime's new 10-part series, The Tudors (Sundays at 10 pm/ET), has inhabited him so thoroughly that his demands — mainly along the lines of "Get us a cup of tea, love," he says — have become more regal, too. "There is a certain level of arrogance that has to seep into your system if you are playing the king," Rhys Meyers says with a smile. "Although I'm sure it was there before."
For those whose memories need
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