1. There's a new scroll of the episode Vienen and some pictures. Here are some:
   
   Its nice to have Mulder back, isn't it?
   
2. Here are many news items.
   Media Alerts
   Robert Patrick gets stumping in New York next week. Check for times and channels in your area.
   4/30 Live with Regis and Kelly
   5/1 Good Day NY
   5/2 Fox & Friends
   5/2 Late Night with Conan O'Brien
   5/3 The Daily Show with Jon Stewart
   5/4 The View

   Frank Spotnitz is interviewed for an April 19th Washington Post article on fan fiction. (Note from Rachael: I think they mean 29th. That is today)
   

3. 
   Fox Store Sales
   The X-Files section at the Fox Online Store has weekly specials on merchandise through the month of May.
   April 23rd - April 29th Commuter Mug
   April 30th - May 6th Rubber Patch Cap
   May 7th - May 13th Gunmetal Watch in Canister
   May 14th - May 20th Youth Ringer T-shirt
   May 21st - May 27th Stainless Sports Bottle
   
4. 
   Auctioning for a Cause
   The Gillian Anderson Website is holding its 5th Annual Online Auction to benefit Neurofibromatosis, Inc. Hundreds of autographed items from The X-Files will be available from May 1st through the 31st.

SCI FI Wire previewed the trailer, which screened for the first time at Universal's summer movie preview in Los Angeles on April 19. Producer Kathleen Kennedy said the film will offer viewers "everything and more that people expect from a Jurassic Park movie."

In the trailer, the film's plot is set in motion when a millionaire (William H. Macy) and his wife (T�a Leoni) hire Dr. Alan Grant (Sam Neill) to guide them as they fly over Isla Sorna in a small plane. But the plane unexpectedly crashes on the island, placing the party in peril of several new species of dinosaurs. In addition, velociraptors from the previous two movies return, with a sinister new agenda. The party is shown wandering through the wrecked birthing lab from the first film, running through rain and dangling from cranes. In the final scene of the trailer, Neill discovers a large birdcage--and Leoni asks, "For what?" Jurassic Park III opens July 20.


04/28/01
This is from the IMDB

1. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
2. Traffic <--My 2nd personal favorite of the year
3. Dancer in the Dark
4. Almost Famous <--My personal favorite of the year
5. Yi Yi
6. You Can Count on Me
7. Beau travail
8. Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samuri
9. Requiem for a Dream
10. The House of Mirth <--My 3rd personal favorite of the year
11. Wonder Boys
12. O Brother, Where Art Thou?
13. High Fidelity <--My 4rd personal favorite of the year
14. Croupier
15. The Wind Will Carry Us
16. Gladiator
17. Erin Brockovich
18. Chicken Run
19. Time Regained
20. The Virgin Suicides

Happy Earth Day!

In the trailer, the film's plot is set in motion when a millionaire (William H. Macy) and his wife (T�a Leoni) hire Dr. Alan Grant (Sam Neill) to guide them as they fly over Isla Sorna in a small plane. But the plane unexpectedly crashes on the island, placing the party in peril of several new species of dinosaurs. In addition, velociraptors from the previous two movies return, with a sinister new agenda. The party is shown wandering through the wrecked birthing lab from the first film, running through rain and dangling from cranes. In the final scene of the trailer, Neill discovers a large birdcage--and Leoni asks, "For what?" Jurassic Park III opens July 20.

Actress Gillian Anderson (The X-Files) emceed the eclectic evening of music, encouraging people to sign the petitions in the lobby and otherwise injecting politics between sets of music, ranging from the jangly guitar pop of the Bangles to the softer, ethereal sounds of Sarah McLachlan to the heartland rock of Etheridge.

"Who did not shave your armpits this evening?" Anderson asked, volunteering that she had not. "It's a choice, and a choice I'm glad to have."

Based on the 1905 novel by American author Edith Wharton, The House of Mirth is the delicately harrowing story of a woman's fall from grace in New York City high society at the dawn of the 20th century. As its tragic heroine, Lily Bart, Anderson plays a woman struggling for independence in a venal world. But unlike Erin Brockovich, Cinderella warrior, she doesn't speak in manifestos or kick butt. She communicates in a sly code, navigating a word where every pleasantry is envenomed with innuendo. Lily seeks a station, not a job; her only hope is a rich husband or an inheritance. And as this proud woman is sadly outmaneuvered by her own emotions, Anderson delivers a performance that is so subtle and finely modulated that you're reminded just how intimate a motion picture can be.

It was written and directed by British filmmaker Terence David, best known for etching painful childhood memories onto tableau miniatures such as The Long Day Closes and Distant Voices, Still Lives. With The House of Mirth, Davies has created an exquisite chamber piece, yet one in which the lush decor does not upstage the characters. As a slow-paced drama of civilized cruelty, the film recalls Martin Scorsese's The Age of Innocence, based on another Wharton novel. Davies's camera, however, is quieter than Scorsese's, and there's no narration, just velved-and-razor layers of dialogue.

Wharton is latter-day Jane Austen, but darker. Lily, a ravishing socialite supported by a maiden aunt, knows she must find a husband, but is having trouble getting into the spirit of it. In contemporary terms, she's one of those women who is convinced there are not men, although she's surrounded by them. She loves Lawrence Seldon (Eric Stoltz), a lawyer, but he assumes he's not rich enough for her. Gus Trenor, a married financier played by Dan Aykroyd, lures her into an investment scheme, then tries to reap a dividend in sexual favours. The blunt Sim Rosedale (Anthony LaPaglia), the movie's only honest character, proposes marriage as a business deal. But i's a woman who turns out to be the most lethal predator: Bertha Dorset (an insidiously charming Laura Linney) uses Lily to distract her husband while she betrays him on a Mediterranean cruise.

Lily, says Seldon, "has it in her to be whatever she is believed to be." In other words, she is a good actress, but one who tends to choose ill-advised roles. Anderson, however has chosen well. In The House of Mirth, the actress who became an icon of emotional reserve as Scully in The X-Files is still being preyed upon by alien life-forms, this time men. But to watch her mouth slowly close the distance to a trembling kiss, or to see her coquettish pride give way to despair, is to watch a performance of rare depth. There is, in the end, something terribly familiar about Lily's world. "Men have minds like moral flypaper," she says. "They will forgive a woman almost anything except the loss of her good name." Substitute "looks" for "name," and she could be talking about Hollywood.


04/16/01
This is from Zap2It.com

"It's big, big," says Spotnitz. "We've got our 'X-Files' crossover. We've got Michael McKean, reprising the role he played on the 'X-Files.' We've got some other nice surprises in that show. It's the third Friday of sweeps, May 11. It's called 'All About Yves.'"
To read the rest of the article go here.

Ratings Roulette
The gender lines among TV viewers March 4 were more pronounced than insults at an XFL game. Males chose Fox's The Lone Gunmen, while females were torn between NBC's Jackie, Ethel, Joan: Women of Camelot and ABC's Amy and Isabelle. With executive producer Oprah Winfrey's name attached, Amy trounced Jackie in the weekly ratings, playcing 16th among viewers 18-49 to Jackie's 52nd. The split of female viewers helped Gunmen land at 15th. So was Oprah in on a conspiracy, or did Gunmen act alone?

The Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films has announced its nominations for the 27th annual Saturn Awards, honoring genre movies and television shows, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The awards will be presented June 12 in Los Angeles.
(Note from Rachael: This is not a full list of the nominees. Just the ones that have a connection to XF)

Fantasy Film �Chicken Run �Dinosaur �Family Man �Frequency �Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas �What Women Want	Actress �Cate Blanchett, The Gift �Ellen Burstyn, Requiem for a Dream �Tea Leoni, Family Man �Jennifer Lopez, The Cell �Michelle Pfeiffer, What Lies Beneath �Michelle Yeoh, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
Genre Home Video Release �Ghost Dog: Way of the Samurai �Godzilla 2000 �The Ninth Gate �Princess Mononoke �The Prophecy 3: The Ascent �Scream 3	Network Television Series �Angel �Buffy the Vampire Slayer �Dark Angel �Roswell �Star Trek: Voyager �The X-Files
Actor on Television �Richard Dean Anderson, Stargate SG-1 �Jason Behr, Roswell �David Boreanaz, Angel �Ben Browder, Farscape �Robert Patrick, The X-Files �Kevin Sorbo, Gene Rodenberry's Andromeda	Actress on Television �Jessica Alba, Dark Angel �Gillian Anderson, The X-Files �Claudia Black, Farscape �Charisma Carpenter, Angel �Sarah Michelle Gellar, Buffy the Vampire Slayer �Kate Mulgrew, Star Trek: Voyager

1. 
   From Monday to Friday
   Actor Darren Burrows (from "Monday" 6X15) crosses over Ten Thirteen shows to make an appearance on The Lone Gunmen. Burrows plays convicted murderer Douglas Pfeiffer in "Maximum Byers," which airs on Friday, April 13th.
   
   
2. 
   Saturn Rings Three Noms
   The X-Files has been nominated for Best Network Television Series in the 27th Annual Saturn Awards which recognizes science fiction, fantasy and horror in film and television. Robert and Gillian were also both named in the Best Actor and Actress on Television categories. The awards will be announced June 12th.
   (Note from Rachael: In tomorrows news there will be a bigger list of the nominee's (Tea Leoni stuff) and who they are up against)
   
   
3. 
   Summer Reruns
   We've already got the scoop on the first repeats of the summer. If you somehow couldn't figure out what happened to Mulder last year, here's the rebroadcasts to refresh your memory:
   06/03/01 7X22 "Requiem"
   06/10/01 8X01 "Within"
   06/17/01 8X02 "Without"
   06/24/01 8X03 "Redrum"
   07/01/01 8X04 "Patience"
   
   
4. 
   All New Shows In April
   Mulder secretly conducts his own investigation after a man is gunned down on the White House lawn attempting to inform the President of a planned alien invasion in "Three Words." The episode written by Chris Carter and Frank Spotnitz airs on April 8th. It was directed by Tony Wharmby.

   Special Agent Monica Reyes returns in "Empedocles," which airs on April 22nd. First Assistant Director Barry Thomas moves into the director's chair to helm the episode written by Greg Walker.

   April 29th's "Vienen" has Mulder and Doggett in tight quarters on an oil rig off the Gulf of Mexico. The episode is written by Steve Maeda and directed by Rod Hardy.

First, we have a couple more shots from the April 22 episode titled "Empedocles". That episode features Mulder and Doggett teaming on a case that has connections to Doggett's murdered son.

Returning to The X-Files - if you were to abduct someone yourself as an alien, who would it be?

Easy - George W Bush.

Not a big fan of the gun-happy hick, then?

No. I'm amazed we've elected him President. It's a little hooky to me. He's elected by the swing of the Florida vote - where his brother is governor. And the man who's really calling the shots? It's his old man - and he's an ex-CIA spook. Jesus, I work on The X-Files - we deal with conspiracies every day.

This first set of pictures is from this coming Sunday's episode titled "Three Words," which features tensions between Mulder and Doggett.

Here is a little snippit from the chat that caught my attention.

peakie00: whats buskaid?
gillian_anderson_live: There is the Buskaid music school ... and there is the string project ... and there is a woman named Rosemary Nalden, who is a viola-ist in London. She decided to give up her cushy job and move to teach young kids to play classical music in Soweto, and she has transformed their lives. They are amazing musicians and a symbol of hope and what can be accomplished from the townships of Soweto to performing at Royce Hall in Los Angeles."