The special features added to the package will only complement those favored episodes. Commentary by Executive Producer Frank Spotnitz includes a never-before-seen kiss between Mulder and Scully in "Memento Mori." Audio had been edited out of the original 1996 broadcast of "Home" because it was deemed "too harsh for TV." That full audio is now restored, and is accessible with a special button to turn it on in the episode. Executive Producer Vince Gilligan also provides commentary on "Small Potatoes."

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Maybe so. But these days Leoni is more likely to define herself by her priorities. Through the megabudget JP III will likely boost her career, "her child, her marriage, family and friends come first," says Taylor. At home in Malibu, where the family shares a $3 million house with their dogs Blue adn George, Leoni gets around in a Dodge pickup, boxes to keep in shape and dotes on Daughter West (as her parents call her). "She has David's eyes and David's cautious smarts," says Leoni, who took a break from acting between Impact and last year's The Family Man to care for her. "From me she has somewhat of a dramatic tendency."

"The Sutton Place Hotel is where I stayed when I first came to Vancouver. I have a sentimental attachment to it because that's where we started X-Files and went through all our growing pains when I lived there. I didn't get an apartment until maybe five months into the first year, so I stayed there a good, long while. It's right downtown. We were working real hard, and the hotel has nice massage people downstairs. You could get a massage in your room or down at the spa. That was always very relaxing."


07/22/01
Happy 28th birthday to Daniel Jones of Savage Garden!

The letter, which was distributed to the press had Carter addressing his signing, saying, "The decision to return was a difficult one."

Regarding the last season and his own plans, Carter revealed, "I felt we ended last season just right. With David Duchovny's announcement that he wouldn't be returning, it created the opportunity for a natural exit."

Perhaps suggesting Gillian Anderson's impending exit from the series after the ninth season, Carter adds, "If I may steal a little bit from STAR TREK, I'm looking forward to the NEXT GENERATION of THE X-FILES."

The representative that we spoke with indicated that this book has not been published and is expected to be released August 2, 2001. Release dates tend to fluctuate, however, so there is a chance that this will change. If we receive additional information about this, we will let you know.


07/19/01
This is from The Haven

Regarding the deal, Fox Broadcasting prez Gail Berman said, "Chris has so many ideas for this show as we go forward. Chris and Frank and John and Vince are the life and breath of this series. We are thrilled that he is coming back with his team in place."

Regardless, this may still turn out to be Carter's last seaosn given recent comments by Gillian Anderson that she will depart after the curtain drops on season nine. Then again, Carter did stay on even after Duchovny split. Time will tell.

Carter, creator and executive producer of "The X-Files," has inked a new deal with 20th Century Fox TV to remain at the helm of the venerable Fox drama series next season. Carter will serve as showrunner and alongside his seasoned team of executive producers, Frank Spotnitz, Vince Gilligan and John Shiban.

Carter is said to have wrestled with the decision on whether to commit to running the show or to segue into a consultant role. But after lengthy negotiations, 20th and Carter finalized a new one-season deal late last week.

"Chris has so many ideas for this show as we go forward," Fox Broadcasting Co. president of entertainment Gail Berman said. "Chris and Frank and John and Vince are the life and breath of this series. We are thrilled that he is coming back with his team in place."

The rest of the article talks about DD leaving and GA possibly leaving after season 9, the new cast members and the suit with FX. To read the rest go here.

OUTSTANDING MAKEUP FOR A SERIES
MADtv
Sex And The City
The Sopranos
Star Trek: Voyager
The X-Files (Prosthetic) � Deadalive � FOX Ten Thirteen Productions in association with 20th Century Fox TV Cheri Montesanto-Medcalf, Department Head Make-Up Artist; Matthew Mungle, Special Makeup Artist; Laverne Munroe, Makeup Artist; Clinton Wayne, Makeup Artist; Robin Luce, Makeup Artist


Here are some other special ones that I enjoyed very much.

OUTSTANDING ART DIRECTION FOR A SINGLE-CAMERA SERIES The West Wing � Noel � NBC	OUTSTANDING CASTING FOR A DRAMA SERIES The West Wing � NBC
OUTSTANDING DIRECTING FOR A DRAMA SERIES ER � The Visit � NBC The West Wing � In The Shadow Of Two Gunmen Part 1&2 � NBC The West Wing � Shibboleth � NBC	OUTSTANDING SINGLE-CAMERA PICTURE EDITING FOR A SERIES The West Wing � Two Cathedrals � NBC
OUTSTANDING MUSIC COMPOSITION FOR A SERIES (DRAMATIC UNDERSCORE) The West Wing � Shadow Of Two Gunmen � NBC	OUTSTANDING LEAD ACTOR IN A DRAMA SERIES The West Wing � NBC Rob Lowe as Sam Seaborn The West Wing � NBC Martin Sheen as President Josiah Bartlet
OUTSTANDING LEAD ACTRESS IN A COMEDY SERIES Malcolm In The Middle � FOX Jane Kaczmarek as Lois	OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A DRAMA SERIES The West Wing � NBC Bradley Whitford as Josh Lyman The West Wing � NBC John Spencer as Leo McGarry The West Wing � NBC Richard Schiff as Toby Ziegle
OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A MINISERIES OR A MOVIE Conspiracy � HBO Colin Firth as Stuckart	OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A DRAMA SERIES The West Wing � NBC Stockard Channing as Dr. Abigail Bartlet The West Wing � NBC Allison Janney as C.J. Cregg
OUTSTANDING GUEST ACTOR IN A DRAMA SERIES ER � A Walk In The Woods � NBC James Cromwell as Bishop Lionel Stewart The West Wing � NBC Oliver Platt as Oliver Babish	OUTSTANDING COMEDY SERIES Malcolm In The Middle � FOX
OUTSTANDING DRAMA SERIES ER � NBC The West Wing � NBC	OUTSTANDING VARIETY, MUSIC OR COMEDY SERIES The Daily Show With Jon Stewart � COM Late Show With David Letterman � CBS Saturday Night Live � NBC
OUTSTANDING ANIMATED PROGRAM Futurama � Amazon Women In The Mood � FOX The Simpsons � Homr � FOX	OUTSTANDING SINGLE CAMERA SOUND MIXING FOR A SERIES The West Wing � In The Shadow Of Two Gunmen, Part Two � NBC
OUTSTANDING TECHNICAL DIRECTION, CAMERAWORK, VIDEO FOR A SERIES Late Show With David Letterman � #1527 � CBS Saturday Night Live � Host: Christopher Walken, Musical Guest: Weezer � NBC	OUTSTANDING WRITING FOR A DRAMA SERIES The West Wing � In The Shadow Of Two Gunmen (Parts I & II) � NBC
OUTSTANDING WRITING FOR A VARIETY, MUSIC OR COMEDY PROGRAM The Daily Show With Jon Stewart � COM Late Night With Conan O�Brien � NBC Late Show With David Letterman � CBS Saturday Night Live � NBC	OUTSTANDING NON-FICTION PROGRAM (REALITY) The Awful Truth With Michael Moore � BRV
OUTSTANDING SOUND MIXING FOR A NON-FICTION PROGRAM The Beatles Revolution � ABC

The site reported that David Duchovny is under consideration to put on the blue suit, and director Tim Burton may become involved if his upcoming Planet of the Apes movie hits this summer.

Batman producers Benjamin Melniker and Michael E. Uslan are rumored to join longtime X-Files director David Nutter and Dan Hill as executive producers, the site reported. Warners Brothers wants to see how well Sony's Spider-Man film does next year before putting the project on a fast track for a Christmas 2003 release, the site added.
(Note from Rachael: Can you imagine David Nutter, Tum Burton (one of my favorite directors) and David Duchovny all working together? WOW!)


07/13/01
This is a little snippit from a Letter to the Editor
Think about these questions now. With the bunnecessary murder of Alex Krycek, The X-Files no longer has a clear or compelling bad guy. Alex Krycek was the one thing Carter really had going for him till the "incident" in the parking garage. The character could very well have breathed some life into the show and kept long time fans tuned in. But no, Alex is dead and gone. (Not even the most creative person alive would be able to work around that type of injury, not realistically anyways.)

Fox's renewal deal for The X-Files also ends at the end of the ninth season, Reuters reported. "She's happy to be going back to do the ninth season, then her contract is up, so the assumption is that will be the end," Anderson's manager, Connie Freiberg, told Reuters. "We don't even know if the show is continuing" beyond a ninth year, Freiberg added. Asked whether Anderson would return to the show for a 10th season if the series gets renewed for another year, Freiberg said, "We can only face that when it happens."

The star of the hit TV series "X-Files" and the movie "Evolution" is wearing a light blue Banana Republic cotton shirt that makes his eyes, which seem to change from brown to green, stand out.

Deciding to keep the blonde color of his hair that director Ivan Reitman ("Ghostbusters") insisted for "Evolution," the six-foot-tall Duchovny has been described as a thinking woman�s sex symbol but many simply know him as the hunk from "X-Files," period.
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"Chris Carter doesn't reveal very much," said the actress, who was directed in "Essence" by veteran X-Files producer and director Kim Manners. (Manners put her through her paces more than a decade ago in the Next Generation episode "When the Bough Breaks.") "When I was coming onto the show, I don't think they'd even quite had it worked out who the baby was, what it was, how it was going to be born," Crosby said. "Chris was writing it in secret and wasn't very available. I just know that I was Scully's [Gillian Anderson] doctor, and I was taking care of her. Speake is an obstetrician."

Crosby--who's also contemplating a sequel to the documentary Trekkies, which she co-produced and hosted--considers Dr. Speake a character with tremendous potential. "She could align herself with Scully and protect the baby," Crosby said. "But for all I know, she could be an alien who tries to bring in the second coming. So I don't know what will happen. The show is so out there. But I'm sure Chris will think of something."


07/06/01
The Dreamworks Fan Site page posted this picture from the upcoming Jurassic Park. If you look close you'll see that that person is in fact Tea Leoni.

"It feels good. It's time," she said.

After nine years in her Emmy-winning role as the straight-laced FBI agent, Anderson, 32, says she plans to star in a production next summer in London's West End. She's mum on the details, but adds that "the stuff I am going to do is as far from Scully as humanly possible."
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1. The "Sleeping" (I can't bring myself to say the "D" word) Alex was really a clone. The real one has been held prisoner by the alien collaborators and will escape next season opener.

2. Jeremiah Smith or someone just like him was hiding in the garage and when everyone left he came out and brought Alex back.

Of course, in both my dreams Alex was still a bad boy, but this time he also had some remorse for all he'd done to our FBI friends and tries to make it right. Maybe we all should write to Chris Carter and demand our Rat Boy back. I'm not sure I can watch the final season (there is going to be a next season isn't there?) without my Alex in at least some of the episodes.

Judy Ralston

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(Note from Rachael: Judy, that is exactly how I (and many others) feel.)


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