Famke Janssen News

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As promised we are balancing the previous "Our 10 Favorite Actors from Geeky Movies & TV" with the equivalent list for the actresses.

You know rap is outta control when: First off, you may be pondering: who is Jean Grae ? And no, we don't exactly mean a lyric-spitting Famke Janssen , the is-she-dead-or-not? co-star of Hugh "Wolverine" Jackman ...

A little horror movie set in the frightening world of high school, with some pre-stardom roles for Famke Janssen, Elijah Wood, Jon Stewart, and Josh Hartnett amongst others.

The lady who played Dr. Jean Grey in the X-Men movies wouldn't have been my first pick to portray a loving-but-estranged mother figure, but hey, after seeing this one, I'll probably be willing to give her the ...

Elvis Mitchell hosts writer-director Jonathan Levine whose latest film is The Wackness , which won the Audience Award at this years Sundance festival.

The strife between humans and mutants edges up to the brink: a bombastic, apocalyptic yet tensionless live-action Marvel comic, thanks to the anything-goes capabilities of the motley heroes.

Who needs a child when they can have a dog? That is actress Famke Janssen 's question.

Enid High School student Heidi Fischbach is studying with an "X-Men" star, Ansel Adams protege and many more award-winning artists at the Oklahoma Summer Arts Institute at Quartz Mountain .

In this week's Wanted , Angelina Jolie returns to heat-packing form as an assassin named The Fox, but how does she measure up against the likes of fellow fatal femmes like Sigourney Weaver , Uma Thurman , ...

Thirty-three Edmond high school students are studying with an "X-Men" star, Ansel Adam's protege, and many more award-winning artists at the Oklahoma Summer Arts Institute at Quartz Mountain .

Comedy, Action, Adventure Famke Janssen, Eddie Murphy, Owen Wilson When the Switchblade, the most sophisticated prototype stealth fighter created yet, is stolen from the U.S. government, one of the United ...

Geoffrey Rush steals the show as Sir Francis Walsingham, her ruthless bodyguard.

ACTOR-TURNED-DIRECtor Chris Eigeman is perhaps best known for his roles as the spiky preppy from Whit Stillman's 1990s lockjaw trilogy , a persona he has more or less reprised in turns on the 'Gilmore Girls' ... via Los Angeles Times

“Maybe I'll adopt a kid one day. Would I adopt a baby? Maybe not, it would have to be a kid that's a little older.”

Caption: Actress Famke Janssen outside Mr Chow restaurant. Los Angeles, California - 09.03.08 Actress FAMKE JANSSEN has no plans to become a Hollywood mum - because she's too devoted to her pet dog. via ContactMusic.com

You can almost smell the clammy atmosphere inside the New York pool hall to which Kailey Sullivan , a tough cookie from upstate, periodically repairs to regain her bearings in "Turn the River." Kailey, who has ... via New York Times

“The Last Days of Disco'), waited so long to get behind the camera? 'Turn the River”

TURN THE RIVER . Noirish drama about a pool shark trying to hustle enough money to skip town with her son. via Newsday.com

“The trick was to sound sloppy”

Famke Janssen mastered a very difficult pool shot for 'Turn the River.' How competitive is actress Famke Janssen ? She had never played pool before picking up a cue to play a hustler for her new movie, "Turn ... via New York Daily News

“You realize how dependent you are on comments from other people. Like, 'Oh your hair looks cute' or 'You look great today,' and when you don't have that you just have to bring it from within. It's definitely not something I'm used to.”

Most 42-year-old actresses wouldn't jump at the chance to spend ample time on screen sans makeup, clean hair and other usual signifiers of feminine attractiveness. via Women's Wear Daily

Famke, of 'Nip/Tuck' fame made the scene at the Coolidge Corner Theater with director Chris Eigeman and her Boston terrier, Licorice. via Boston Herald