Gillian Anderson

Gillian Anderson is all about Martha Gellhorn, a war reporter who covered conflicts for 60 years. As a correspondent for Collier's Weekly, she reported on the Spanish Civil War, along with her future husband, Ernest Hemingway. Ms. Anderson read Caroline Moorehead's 2004 biography Gellhorn: A Twentieth-Century Life and was hooked. "Martha Gellhorn was one of the most respected journalists of this century, and I thought Caroline's biography effectively encompassed her rich and complex life," Ms. Anderson told Variety. She was so taken with Ms. Gellhorn's story that she's producing and starring in a new movie about the journalist.  read more »

Gillian Anderson, the red-headed scientist hottie from The X-Files, will replace the fogey male journalists who have hosted PBS' signature show Masterpiece Theater for the past 37 years. Ms. Anderson is part of a major overhaul of the show, which will begin its new season on Jan. 13 by airing a bunch of Jane Austen period costume movies.

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