In brief: Gillian Anderson fears effect of Caped Crusader
David Duchovny and Gillian Anderson were in Leicester Square yesterday for the London premiere of the new X Files film, I want to Believe. However, while there was a good turnout of fans in London, Anderson believes the movie has been having a difficult time at the American box office due to the release of another, high-profile summer blockbuster. "It's had a bit of a rough time in the States," she said. "It’s opening against one of the highest grossing movies, Batman. People in the States are so used to lots of CGI [computer generated graphics], action and sex and we don't really offer a lot of that in this film.”...Paul Newman has been pictured leaving hospital in a wheelchair, sparking fresh speculation about his health. Newman’s long-time friend and business partner, AE Hotchner, was quoted several months ago as saying the 83 year-old actor had "a form of cancer"…Jerry Lewis, the veteran American comic, was arrested by police yesterday after attempting to board a flight with a gun in his hand luggage. The 82-year-old, who was part of a double act with Dean Martin in the 1950s, was stopped at Las Vegas McCarran International Airport when staff spotted the .22 calibre handgun during a routine baggage screening… Another comic, Michael Barrymore, is in for a hard time this evening when he appears in a play about Spike Milligan at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. Terry Lubbock, the father Stuart Lubbock, who died in the comedian’s swimming pool in 2001, will stage a one-man protest ahead of an Independent Police Complaints Commission report into the incident... ·













