Xena Battles The Boogeyman
Everyone's favorite warrior princess may finally be meeting a foe she can't beat: the boogeyman himself. Xena's Lucy Lawless
has signed on to co-star in The Boogeyman, a thriller shooting in her home country of New Zealand. Along with Lawless, 7th
Heaven's Barry Watson stars as a young man returning to his childhood home to try to overcome traumatic, boogeyman-inspired
events that took place in his bedroom. Not to be confused with the schlocky '80s series of Boogeyman movies, this fright-fest comes
from Sam Raimi's (Spider-Man) new horror production company, Ghost House. Raimi used to executive produce Xena, and he's also
got a horror-picture pedigree—he was responsible for such scary movies as The Evil Dead and Darkman.
Garner Comes Out
Sexy superbabe Jennifer Garner has decided not to be closeted. She's currently in production on Revolution Studio's 13 Going
on 30, a romantic comedy about a geeky teen who gets locked in a closet by her mean classmates just five days before her 13th
birthday. The teen wishes she were popular, then magically emerges from the closet to find herself 17 years in the future, a successful
career gal just days away from her 30th birthday. Garner plays the uncloseted adult, while the dark and handsome Mark Ruffalo (You
Can Count on Me) co-stars as her once-geeky, now-dreamy boyfriend. 13 Going on 30 throws open the multiplex doors in March
2004.
Brini's No Meanie
Brini Maxwell, the Manhattan cable maven of all that's right in the retro home, is taking her act to the big leagues—well, to the
Style cable network. Brini, the drag alter ego of Ben Sander, started taping a home style show from her Chelsea apartment—with her
mother behind the camera—back in 1998, and it soon became a Friday-night staple for New York cable viewers.
The show offers helpful tips to the stylish homemaker on everything from fashion to cleaning. Style loved Brini's sleek look (her
home only features items from 1958 to 1974) and chirpy demeanor so much they signed her up to shoot a 13-episode, primetime
season of the show for the network. To catch a look at Brini, you can turn the dial of your cute, white Nixon-era television to Style in
the fall.
Queer as Folk Creator Finds Jesus
Move over Bruce Almighty—the Son of God has returned to England, and he looks nothing like Jim Carrey. The Second Coming,
the latest offering from Russell T. Davies, creator of the original U.K. version of Queer as Folk, stars Christopher Eccleston (28 Days
Later, The Others) as a man who goes mysteriously missing for 40 days. He returns claiming to be God's offspring, and he's got the
grand-scale miracles to prove it. The bad news? He also threatens a seriously wrathful Judgment Day unless humankind can get its
act together in five days. Cable network BBC America will debut the original film on Sept. 20. Expect holy chaos to ensue.
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