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  • Gillian Anderson Kisses David Duchovny [Pic]

    Gillian Anderson kissed David Duchovny. And the Internet nearly exploded. Well, that time, and the time they found out about Andre the Giant Cat.

    It’s been a good day to be the Internet.

    The scene of the amorous encounter was The Cutting Room in New York City. David Duchovny was on the stage with his band, singing songs from his debut album Hell or Highwater.

    Presently, Gillian Anderson joined him onstage.

    “Can we play some real music please?” Gillian Anderson joked

    “Is there anything you’re in the mood for?” Mulder asked Scully – er, Gillian Anderson. And Gillian Anderson requested the Neil Young song “Helpless.”

    The two sang together. When they were done, they hugged and kissed. Now if only they could do some more X-Files episodes…

    But, wait! They are doing more X-Files aren’t they? Fox announced that The X-Files will return on Sunday, January 24, at 10 PM. This is just night one of a two-night premiere, which sets the series back up on Mondays for the rest of the six-episode run.

    Maybe this was a warm-up. After all, David duchovny had admitted to being a little nervous about being on the set with Gillian Anderson again.

    “I think I’ll be nervous on the day. When I’m in a scene with Gillian, I think we’ll both be like, this is so weird. And I think we’ve both gotten better as we’ve gotten older, so how do we bring that to bear on these characters? If I were to look back at the first or second year of the show, I wouldn’t try to act like that guy. I’m capable of doing more. She’s capable of doing more. It’ll be interesting to see how we keep the characters the same but also the actors are better.”

  • Gillian Anderson, David Duchovny To Return For “X-Files” Revival

    Gillian Anderson, David Duchovny To Return For “X-Files” Revival

    Gillian Anderson is one busy lady.

    Gillian Anderson has a couple of huge projects coming up for fans to enjoy!

    Of most importance, Gillian Anderson will be returning, with David Duchovny, to Fox for a revival of the incredibly popular show, The X-Files.

    In an annoucement, Fox execs revealed, “The next mind-bending chapter of The X-Files debuts with a special two-night event beginning Sunday, Jan. 24 (10:00-11:00 PM ET/7:00-8:00 PM PT), following the NFC Championship game, and continuing with its time period premiere on Monday, Jan. 25 (8:00-9:00 PM ET/PT).”

    The statement continued, “The thrilling, six-episode event series, helmed by creator/executive producer Chris Carter and starring David Duchovny and Gillian Anderson as FBI Agents Fox Mulder and Dana Scully, marks the momentous return of the Emmy- and Golden Globe Award-winning pop culture phenomenon, which remains one of the longest-running sci-fi series in network television history.”

    So exciting!

    In addition to the long-awaited X-Files continuation, Gillian Anderson will be featured on Hannibal‘s upcoming season as the “bride of Hannibal”, Dr. Bedelia Du Maurier.

    Check out this intriguing preview:

    https://youtu.be/lQ4Bn5YuGcE

    Hannibal, besides bringing on Gillian Anderson, stars Hugh Dancy as criminal profiler Will Graham. Graham has the ability to see into the mind of serial killers.

    Mads Mikkelsen stars as a super creepy Dr. Hannibal Lecter. Lecter is psychiatrist who is helping with the cases. He is also a serial killer.

    So awesome.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y07jbp9iY4o

    With the addition of Gillian Anderson as Hannibal’s love, I just don’t know if this show could possibly get any better.

    And Gillian Anderson’s return as Dana Scully is just too much.

    What do you think about Gillian Anderson and David Duchovny’s return to The X-Files? Will you be watching?

  • Gillian Anderson and David Duchovny Now Have a Date

    Gillian Anderson and David Duchovny are on their way back to the truth.

    Fox has announced that The X-Files much-anticipated six-episode series will hit your television set on Sunday, January 24, at 10 PM. This is just night one of a two-night premiere, which sets the series back up on Mondays for the rest of the six-episode run. Gillian Anderson and David Duchovny will be back as Dana Scully and Fox Mulder, respectively, investigating the weird stuff that nobody else wants to touch with a ten-foot pole.

    Chris Carter will joing Gillian Anderson and David Duchovny as Executive Producer for the six episodes.

    “I think of it as a 13-year commercial break,” Chris Carter said recently. “The good news is the world has only gotten that much stranger, a perfect time to tell these six stories.”

    David Duchovny had previous told the New York Post that he was on board for the episodes, but beyond that couldn’t tell much.

    “I don’t know much at all,” Duchovny said. “We’re gonna do six episodes. I’m pretty sure it’s gonna begin and end with the mythology. But I really don’t know.”

    He did admit that it might be strange to get back on set with Gillian Anderson in these roles after all this time.

    “I think I’ll be nervous on the day. When I’m in a scene with Gillian, I think we’ll both be like, this is so weird. And I think we’ve both gotten better as we’ve gotten older, so how do we bring that to bear on these characters? If I were to look back at the first or second year of the show, I wouldn’t try to act like that guy. I’m capable of doing more. She’s capable of doing more. It’ll be interesting to see how we keep the characters the same but also the actors are better.”

    While Gillian Anderson has seen loads of success herself in the years since The X-Files originally ran, including the BBC series The Fall, both actors were surprisingly eager to return to the roles that made them famous. But Duchovny a surprising admission about Fox Mulder.

    “The interesting thing about Mulder is nominally he is law enforcement but he never solved one case in nine years. So he’s the worst F.B.I. agent of all time. As F.B.I. agents, I would say we were not by the book. Especially Mulder.”

  • The Entire First Season of The X-Files Is Now in HD on Netflix

    The Entire First Season of The X-Files Is Now in HD on Netflix

    Where I live, it’s a gorgeous day outside. I don’t know what the weather’s like where you live, but if it’s cloudy, rainy, or even remotely cold – I’d suggest a Netflix marathon.

    The entire first season of The X-Files is now streaming in HD widescreen.

    The show originally aired in 4:3, but as creator Chris Carter pointed out in a reddit AMA last year, they “considered HD all along.”

    “I’m imagining that they’ll be released in 4:3. When we began filming the show in 1992, we actually (except for maybe the pilot) considered HD all along. And so there was image and opportunity to expand and modify the aspect ratio. But the fact is these are all decisions made by 20th Century Fox, which I’m occasionally consulted on,” he said in responses to a question about a blu-ray release.

    Netflix hasn’t made any sort of announcement about the remasters, and my repeated attempts to find out the company’s re-uploading schedule have gone unanswered.

    The process began just last week, and by Friday the first 13 episodes of the first season were streaming in their new aspect ratio. As of today, all episodes of season one are updated – but Netflix has yet to get to work on season two.

    4:3 to 16:9 remasters haven’t always been universally welcomed, but these updates should leave fans salivating.

    The X-Files looks better than ever. What a perfect time to relive (or discover?) a great season of television.

  • The X-Files Is Being Updated in HD on Netflix

    The X-Files Is Being Updated in HD on Netflix

    In wonderful, absolutely freakin’ wonderful news, Netflix appears to be in the process of uploading HD widescreen versions of The X-Files – starting with the first 13 episodes of the first season.

    So, as of right now, all episodes up to “Beyond the Sea” are streaming in their new aspect ratio.

    The show originally aired in 4:3, but as creator Chris Carter pointed out in a reddit AMA last year, they “considered HD all along.”

    “I’m imagining that they’ll be released in 4:3. When we began filming the show in 1992, we actually (except for maybe the pilot) considered HD all along. And so there was image and opportunity to expand and modify the aspect ratio. But the fact is these are all decisions made by 20th Century Fox, which I’m occasionally consulted on,” he said in responses to a question about a blu-ray release.

    No word on when Netflix plans to update the rest of the show, but one redditor says that it was only episodes 1-3 that were in HD a few hours ago – so it looks like Netflix is just making its way through them.

    I’ve reached out to Netflix and will update accordingly.

    [h/t The Verge]

  • David Duchovny: Working with Gillian Anderson Again Might Be Weird

    David Duchovny is taking the news in stride. Ever since word hit the street that he and X-Files co-star Gillian Anderson will be reuniting for six all-new episodes of The X-Files, fans have been beside themselves.

    “The nerd in me just peed her pants,” one commenter admitted on hearing that the duo were back at it.

    David Duchovny spoke with the New York Times about his upcoming turn on the show that launched both his and Anderson’s careers.

    “The good things are working with Chris and Gillian again, and getting to do this show again and see what we’ve got. I’m as curious as anybody else. I’m amazed that there’s still an appetite for it and I’m touched.”

    When asked whether he was nervous about revisting the show and creative team after all this time, David Duchovny admitted that there could be some oddness, but nothing they couldn’t handle.

    “I think I’ll be nervous on the day. When I’m in a scene with Gillian, I think we’ll both be like, this is so weird. And I think we’ve both gotten better as we’ve gotten older, so how do we bring that to bear on these characters? If I were to look back at the first or second year of the show, I wouldn’t try to act like that guy. I’m capable of doing more. She’s capable of doing more. It’ll be interesting to see how we keep the characters the same but also the actors are better.”

    David Duchovny feels like the time is now right for the X-Files return. He recognizes the influence on other shows and film that the series had, even if some loyal followers were not too pleased with how the show ended.

    “The time is right because we got our [act] together to do it. In terms of culturally or what people want to see, I don’t know. I imagine if we waited too much longer people would eventually lose interest… We’re gonna make the same show. But it’ll be interesting because Gillian and I are older. I don’t want to act like it’s 20 years ago.”

  • Gillian Anderson Dives Back into Sci-Fi, and It’s Not X-Files

    Gillian Anderson can’t seem to outlive her past. She recently told KTLA that her past characters define her even now.

    “I was at a bachelor party last night, and a couple of times I was introduced as ‘Remember the girl from The X-Files?’ So, yeah, I’m ‘the girl from The X-Files.’”

    Wait. Gillian Anderson was at some dude’s bachelor party?

    While she has moved on to do the hugely successful BBC drama The Fall, as well as starring in a hugely successful West End production of A Streetcar Named Desire — a show which has the distinction of being the fastest sellout in the history of the Old Vic theatre — she still has one foot in the past somewhat.

    In fact, Gillian Anderson’s latest film opens today. And it puts her back in familiar territory — sci-fi.

    Called Robot Overlords, the movie is a British family sci-fi film that casts Gillian Anderson as a mother.

    “It’s a lovely family movie; compared to my usual roles I’m frumped down and softer and quirkier,” Gillian Anderson revealed. “I feel like she’s closer to who I am, how I am. I have a tendency to be sillier and more frivolous than I generally get to play.”

    For X-Files fans, this may be as close a taste as they get to seeing Anderson back in Scully territory until the recently-announced mini-series of X-Files episodes actually comes to fruition. Despite her chagrin at being known as “the girl from The X-Files,” both Anderson and Duchovny agreed to join forces again to do the limited run of episodes.

    “I don’t know much at all,” Duchovny told the New York Post. “We’re gonna do six episodes. I’m pretty sure it’s gonna begin and end with the mythology. But I really don’t know.”

  • Ghostbusters: Four New Films? A Prequel? An X-Files Crossover?

    With the big news that Channing Tatum and Chris Pratt will indeed be doing a Ghostbusters film, questions are starting to pop up.

    The whole thing is part of something call Ghost Corps, run by Ivan Reitman and Dan Aykroyd. We already know that Paul Feig is doing a film with female Ghostbusters. So where does the Tatum-Pratt film fit?

    Badass Digest did some more digging. The answers are better than you could have imagined.

    “The plan is to have this new Ghostbusters universe feel big and have the kind of tonal variety that allows there to be a legitimate shared universe, not just a whole bunch of franchises running in tandem. What’s more, the hope is that after Feig’s Ghostbusters is out and after Tatum’s Ghostsbusters is out the next film will see the two teams co-mingling, Avengers-style. This is planned out, and has been getting planned out for some time – it’s not a sudden change of heart at Sony.”

    So now we’re looking at the planning of three Ghostbusters films: Feig’s female cast, the Tatum-Pratt film, and a combo.

    But the word out of Sony is that there is a fourth already on the drawing board. This one will be a prequel of some sort. No one is talking about when it is set, but it could be even before the time period of the original Ghostbusters film.

    In fact, the idea of crossovers into other universes is a very real possibility.

    “‘Ghostbusters’ is going to be the catch-all umbrella for a world of supernatural FX comedies.”

    A few months back, Gillian Anderson did a Reddit AMA in which she expressed avid interest in being in Feig’s all-female Ghostbusters.

    “OH MY GOD, I just looked it up online. Paul Feig, cast me now! Start a Twitter petition! I’m free!!!!! I’m free I’m free and I’m funny, goddamnit!”

    That does not appear to have materialized. But wait.

    Someone in the Reddit AMA floated the idea that there could be crossover potential between the X-files universe and Ghostbusters. Gillian Anderson responded:

    “It would be kind of cool if she got to play Dana Scully in an alternate reality where she was forced out of the FBI for her work in the X-Files and ended up as a ghostbuster struggling to make ends meet.”

    Since we now know that there are plans for future X-files material involving Anderson and David Duchovny, maybe a real crossover move is more possible than it was even just a few months ago.

  • Gillian Anderson Talks Nude Jamie Dornan and Possible X-Files Sequel

    Fifty Shades of Grey fans aren’t the only ones who can’t stop thinking about Jamie Dornan naked. His co-stars cannot either.

    Gillian Anderson and Dornan star in The Fall, where they play a detective and a serial killer, respectively. On Thursday, The Fall premiered its second season on BBC2. During The Fall promotional tour, Anderson discussed some of the fans’ most pressing questions and spoke about working with Dornan.

    Season 1 of The Fall had no face-to-face interaction between its leads. Anderson and Dornan’s only scenes together involved phone conversations. The Fall season 2 finally transitions their characters from on the phone conversations to in-person ones. So Anderson shared her thoughts on Dornan’s acting and demeanor.

    “Jamie’s a great guy, really grounded and funny and personable and lovely to everybody and works very hard. He gets an opportunity in the second season to show how good an actor he is. I think that was an effort on (writer-director Allan Cubitt’s) part to create some meatier stuff,” Anderson told the Canadian Press.

    Besides admiring his talents, Anderson did admit his upcoming gig as Christian Grey has tainted her thoughts about the actor. “I could only see him naked from the moment he walked in. It was really distracting,” she jokingly said.

    — BBC Two (@BBCTwo) November 13, 2014

    Dornan won’t be doing a full-frontal nude scene in Fifty Shades of Grey. In his interview with the Guardian, he revealed that it’s in his contract for viewers not to see everything.

    — BBC Two (@BBCTwo) October 28, 2014

    Anderson also recently went on ITV’s This Morning to discuss The Fall. She left fans with a shocker: she still believes that “the truth is out there.”

    Post by The X-Files.
    When asked about whether the X-Files could return either in television or film form, she responded: "Yes, there is a possibility." She gave more explanation by saying, "There is always a possibility, it's always a matter of it actually happening - and there's a lot that needs to happen between the idea and actually turning up on set, and I don't unfortunately have any control over that. But would I do it? I would, yes."
    Post by The X-Files.
    The Fall's second season makes its US debut on January 16 on Netflix.

  • Gillian Anderson Coy About New X-Files Movie; Hints Long Delay

    X-files fans want to know if there are any more outings between Mulder and Scully left in the chamber. So when Anderson did a Reddit AMA recently, the question got fired out as dependably as asking Hillary Clinton if she’s running for President or asking Robert Plant if Led Zeppelin is getting back together.

    But Anderson gave the question a feint.

    “Uh….uh… uh… Sorta kinda. Keep your ears to the ground,” was all she would say. But even that brought rounds of “I want to believe” responses.

    A few days later, Anderson was at the New York Comic-Con, doing the usual X-files fan meet-and-greet sessions and panels. X-Files News got an exclusive interview with her and asked several questions about projects she’s worked on and where she’s going next. Specifically, she was asked about playing Blanche Du Bois in A Streetcar Named Desire.

    Anderson’s performances of Streetcar sold out a run at the famous Young Vic theatre in London, and were broadcast live worldwide by the National Theatre. Anderson was asked what she wanted to do next, what character she wanted to play after Blanche.

    “I can’t really think about ’next’ yet because I don’t feel like I’m finished with Streetcar. I’m very interested in bringing it back in some capacity. And also, knowing myself and knowing that it’ll be another three years or so before I do something else, I’ve got some time to think about it.”

    One thing that Anderson has done further with Streetcar is a film short with the Young Vic entitled The Departure. The short can be considered a prequel to the events of Streetcar.

    “The Departure imagines the circumstances leading up to Blanche arriving at her sister’s house in New Orleans,” explained Anderson, “a sort of prequel to Tennessee Williams’ great play. I am thrilled that, with the support of the Young Vic, [writer] Andrew [O’Hagan] and I have had the opportunity to delve further into the life of this iconic character and create something which can be seen by audiences across the globe.”

    If Anderson is considering an extension of her time with Streetcar, plus promotion of her new novel “A Vision of Fire”, and a three-year hiatus to follow that, it could be a long time before Scully makes another appearance.

  • Gillian Anderson Begs to Be a Ghostbuster, Hints at New X-Files Movie

    Gillian Anderson Begs to Be a Ghostbuster, Hints at New X-Files Movie

    Gillian Anderson is a nerd-boy fave. Most of those nerd-boys are now grown up, even if they are still living at home. But when Anderson dropped in to do a Reddit AMA (Ask Me Anything), the fan base turned out in droves.

    When asked about any recent news regarding a possible upcoming X-Files movie, Anderson was coy.

    “Uh….uh… uh… Sorta kinda. Keep your ears to the ground.”

    That was enough to elicit loads of “I want to believe” responses.

    Anderson was also asked, “Are you aware of Kumail Nanjiani’s podcast “The X-Files Files”? Have they tried to get you to do an episode?”

    She was all about it.

    “I wanna do it! I just heard about this yesterday and it sounds awesome.”

    But the most fun happened when she was asked about the idea of an all-female Ghostbusters project. Paul Feig has announced that he will do the project with a female cast. Bill Murray has offered up his picks for the women: Melissa McCarthy, Kristen Wiig, Linda Cardellini and Emma Stone.

    But Anderson wants in.

    “OH MY GOD, I just looked it up online. Paul Feig, cast me now! Start a Twitter petition! I’m free!!!!! I’m free I’m free and I’m funny, goddamnit!”

    Someone even floated the idea that there could be crossover potential between the X-Files universe and Ghostbusters.

    “It would be kind of cool if she got to play Dana Scully in an alternate reality where she was forced out of the FBI for her work in the X-Files and ended up as a ghostbuster struggling to make ends meet.”

    But does Anderson herself believe?

    One commenter asked, “Have you ever had a real life X-file moment? Or thought you did?”

    “I’ve definitely felt other spirits,” Anderson responded. “I’m quite sensitive to it. And yes. But it’s not something you can really talk about with too many people, especially not me.”

    Anderson also revealed to the Reddit crowd that she is slightly agoraphobic, likes pea and ham soup, loves Reuben sandwiches, has not quite finished watching Breaking Bad yet, and drinks Americanos at Starbucks.

    Anderson was on the AMA chiefly to plug her new novel “A Vision of Fire”, written with Jeff Rovin. But she played the game right and answered plenty of fan questions rather than just sticking to her book.

  • Tea Leoni on David Duchovny and ‘Madam Secretary’

    Tea Leoni dished recently about her split from X-Files actor David Duchovny as well as about her upcoming CBS show Madam Secretary. Not surprisingly, the two topics even merge.

    It was in Parade magazine that Leoni opened up about at least some of her feelings about the father of her children.

    “Listen, David gave me the two greatest gifts on the planet; I don’t know how I could ever hate him,” she says. “We’ve always loved each other, and we adore these kids. … I’m not playing stupid—I understand feelings can get hurt and things can get icky. We’ve had our moments like that. But these kids are too important, and he feels the same way, I know it. He’s a good guy.”

    The actress still bears a wedding band tattoo she got back in 2007 on her ring finger. It matches one David Duchovny still sports, too.

    She says their kids have tried playing one parent against the other from time to time, but they put their collective feet down immediately.

    “There was that brief moment when the kids said, ‘Oh, I can work a scam on you here and him over there,’ and we were like, ‘News flash—no!’” Tea Leoni explained.

    “Tea and I had a long time together; we’ll always be connected and there for each other,” David Duchovny says of the mother of his children. He also added that he had no doubt that Madam Secretary was a good fit for his soon-to-be ex-wife (Tea filed for divorce this past June–the couple has been separated since 2011).

    Duchovny says Tea “committed to it right away. She usually takes a long time to consider things from all angles.”

    Tea Leoni hopes Madam Secretary will pique people’s interest in how the government works.

    “I’m sorry that young people aren’t ­ignited by politics, that it’s a dirty word. My daughter is interested in the stalemate in Congress; she says, ‘So neither side budges and that’s it? We don’t do anything?’ Making a case and negotiating—that’s what we want to do in the show. Wouldn’t compromise and agreement be great things to promote?”

    Sometimes raising kids in a divorced household can be akin to the inner workings of the government. It sounds like Tea Leoni and David Duchovny are on top of their dynamic duo–at least for now. Maybe by the time the kids are really pulling the wool over on Mom and Dad, her experience in Madam Secretary will have taught her a thing or two she can use in the ongoing parenting battle.

    Madam Secretary premieres on Sunday evening, September 21st on CBS.

  • Gillian Anderson Releases Excerpt From New Book

    Add published author to Gillian Anderson’s resume. The X-Files actress has just released an excerpt from her new science-fiction book A Vision of Fire. Anderson wrote the book with New York Times bestselling author Jeff Rovin.

    Here’s the synopsis for the book:

    Renowned child psychologist Caitlin O’Hara is a single mom trying to juggle her job, her son, and a lackluster dating life. Her world is suddenly upturned when Maanik, the daughter of India’s ambassador to the United Nations, starts speaking in tongues and having violent visions. Caitlin is sure that her fits have something to do with the recent assassination attempt on her father—a shooting that has escalated nuclear tensions between India and Pakistan to dangerous levels—but when teenagers around the world start having similar outbursts, Caitlin begins to think that there’s a more sinister force at work.

    In Haiti, a student claws at her throat, drowning on dry land. In Iran, a boy suddenly and inexplicably sets himself on fire. Animals, too, are acting irrationally, from rats in New York City to birds in South America to ordinary house pets. With Asia on the cusp of nuclear war, Caitlin must race across the globe to uncover the mystical links among these seemingly unrelated incidents in order to save her patient—and perhaps the world.

    Anderson wanted to create a protagonist that she could relate to, “I wanted a very strong female character, around my age. I would want to read something like that and I think other women would like to read.”

    You will have to wait until October to read A Vision of Fire. However, readers can see a sample of the work on the Simon451 Fall 2014 Preview Sampler. The Sampler can be accessed via Barnes & Noble Nook, Apple iBookstore, Amazon Kindle, and the Google Play Store.

    Anderson and X-Files co-star David Duchovny recently sparked rumors during a Reddit AMA forum that another X-Files movie was possibly in the works. Duchovny stated, “I think Chris (creator Chris Carter) is working on a script. Chris is shooting a pilot right now, so he might not be working on a script, but he claims to be working on a script, and if he does do that and Fox wants to make it … Gillian will do it, I will do it, so start your writing campaign now. Seriously. We’d all love to do it. The ball is in Fox’s hands. And not Fox Mulder, Fox the studio.”

    Anderson is currently starring as Blanche DuBois in Young Vic’s production of the Tennessee Williams play A Streetcar Named Desire.

    Image via Wikimedia Commons

  • Gillian Anderson, David Duchovny Dating Rumors True or Just Wishful Thinking?

    Few who witnessed the chemistry between David Duchovny and Gillian Anderson on the X-Files can deny the idea of the alien-fighting duo getting together hasn’t crossed their minds now that Duchovny’s divorce from Téa Leoni is final.

    But are rumors of them together now true?

    Duchovny and Leoni have been on-again, off-again for the last six years. The couple were married in 1997 but split amidst Duchovny’s sexual addiction struggles that led the Aquarius actor to enter rehab in 2008.

    They reunited, split again in 2011 and finally divorced quietly in June.

    Immediately following the divorce, rumors emerged that Duchovny, 54, and Anderson, 46, were dating, but Duchovny denied the two were involved.

    Neither Duchovny nor Anderson has confirmed any romantic ties, but witnesses allegedly saw Anderson leaving Duchovny’s apartment a few weeks ago.

    Anderson has conceded that the alien-fighting co-stars have thought about a relationship, but any opportunity to unite may have slipped away.

    “Well now that it is over I can tell you… No. It’s a nice idea, but it’s not going to happen,” Anderson told HuffPostLive. “I think we know each other too well, we know each other better than our spouses at any time when we may have had spouses. There is an attraction… maybe even more than a [friend] attraction… but anyways.”

    Anderson herself is very quick to open up about her private life. In March, she revealed that she is bi-sexual, but has denied anything more than a great friendship between herself and the Californication star.

    Duchovny and his ex-wife will share legal custody of their 12-year-old son, Kyd Miller, and 15-year-old daughter, Madelaine West, although they will reside with the 48-year-old actress. Duchovny’s financial responsibiliies include $40K per month in spousal support and more than $8K per month in child support, as well as other expenses including summer camp, private school and college.

    Image via Wikimedia Commons

  • Gillian Anderson Poses Nude with Eel

    Hannibal star Gillian Anderson posed nude with a big eel of the Conger variety, in protest of depleting Euro fish populations, per the Fishlove movement.

    According to its website, Fishlove was established in 2009 by Nicholas Röhl, co-owner of MOSHIMO, and actress Greta Scacchi to raise awareness of the unsustainable fishing practices that are destroying the the earth’s marine ecosystem. Other nude Fishlove models that have posed for photographers Rankin, Alan Gelati and Denis Rouvre include Sir Ben Kingsley, Olivia Williams and Jeri Hall.

    Fishlove’s latest petition reads, “Amazing animals that live in the deep ocean are being systematically destroyed by massive fishing nets that catch or crush everything in their path. But in days, the European Parliament could vote to protect one of the world’s most precious deep-sea habitats, and we need to give them the public mandate to do it. On December 10th, Members of the European Parliament can vote to ban the most destructive forms of deep-sea fishing in the Northeast Atlantic…Let’s make sure they have what they need before this historical vote! If we come together right now to raise our voices – we can ensure one of the most wonderful ocean habitats in the world is protected. Sign the petition right now and share this with everyone.”

    Here’s Anderson admiring her eel pic:

    Incidentally, Conger is a genus of marine congrid eels, which includes some of the longest varieties of eels, with the European species reaching 10 feet. Conger eels are a tad vicious as well, as diver Jimmy Griffin can attest to – In July, a Conger bit a chunk out of his face, as he was diving about 75 feet down near the west coast of Ireland.

    In related news, Anderson and her former X-files costar David Duchovny have recently suggested that they would be okay with doing another X-files film, during a celebration of the 20 year reunion of the X-files pilot.

    Image via Twitter.

  • David Duchovny and Gillian Anderson Spark Rumors

    David Duchovny and Gillian Anderson Spark Rumors

    The truth is out there. It was a fanboy’s dream. David Duchovny and Gillian Anderson, you may know them better of course as Mulder and Scully, both participated in a 20th Anniversary X-Files Panel in New York City. The popular mis-matched FBI duo agreed to answer questions for reddit’s Ask Me Anything forum.

    It’s been over a decade since the uber-popular Fox science-fiction drama went off the air. And since that time, two X-Files films have been made. The first in 1998, simply called X Files and the second one X Files: I Want to Believe was made ten years later in 2008. But could there be a third X Files film on the way?

    When asked about the possibility of a third movie, Duchovny may have fueled the fire, “I think Chris is working on a script. Chris is shooting a pilot right now, so he might not be working on a script, but he claims to be working on a script, and if he does do that and Fox wants to make it … Gillian will do it, I will do it, so start your writing campaign now. Seriously. We’d all love to do it. The ball is in Fox’s hands. And not Fox Mulder, Fox the studio.”

    The pair sat for almost two hours and answered fan’s questions about any and every aspect of the show. Does Duchovny actually believe in aliens? He responded, “Odds are we are not alone.” And how about Anderson, “It wouldn’t surprise me. It’s just the fact of it. The universe is bigger than big.”

    The X-Files ran on the Fox network for nine seasons. Although, it may have began as a cult show, the intriguing paranormal storylines and the “will they or won’t they” sexual chemistry between Mulder and Scully turned the show into a water-cooler crowd-pleaser.

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  • Gillian Anderson Pilot Ordered by NBC

    TV Guide this week reported that Gillian Anderson, best known for her role as Dana Scully in X-Files, has been cast in a TV pilot for NBC.

    Cast alongside Anderson is Rachael Taylor, known for her work on Grey’s Anatomy, Charlie’s Angels, and 666 Park Avenue. According to TV Guide, Anderson and Taylor will play sisters in the new show, with Taylor starring as an FBI agent and Anderson starring as the CEO of a major company.

    The show, which doesn’t have a title yet, will involve Washington D.C. blackmail, conspiracy, and law enforcement agencies such as the FBI and Secret Service. It’s a conceit that sounds vaguely similar to Showtime’s hit show Homeland. The show is being headed by Rand Ravich, known as the writer/director of The Astronaut’s Wife and the executive producer of the NBC series Life.

    NBC had better hope that their Ravich project or other pilots, such as Hatfields & McCoys, turn out well, because the network’s peacock feathers are beginning to fade. Just last week NBC was projected to come in fifth in the ratings sweeps that took place between January 31 and February 19. Though shows such as The Biggest Loser and The Office received modest ratings, failures such as Do No Harm and 1600 Penn pulled the network below the ratings for Spanish-language network Univision.