NEWS
By Reed Lindsay and Reed Lindsay,SPECIAL TO THE SUN | July 23, 2002
SALIQUELLO, Argentina - Daniel Belot has seen his share of dead cows. As a veterinarian in the heart of the cow-full pampas, Belot has written off bovine deaths to causes as diverse as foot-and-mouth disease, bloat, lightning, killer bees and cattle thieves who butcher their loot in place, a crime that has become increasingly common as Argentina's economic crisis has extended to the countryside. Then, in April, he discovered a case that stumped him. A rancher had found a nearly 1,000-pound Aberdeen Angus lying on its belly "like a rabbit," in Belot's words.
FEATURES
By Zap2it.com | January 18, 2002
LOS ANGELES - After nine seasons and countless conspiracies, The X-Files will finish its run on Fox at the end of this season, series creator Chris Carter says. "This has been an incredible decade of my life," he says. The show has taken a hit in the ratings this season, the first not to feature David Duchovny as Agent Fox Mulder, whose dogged pursuit of the conspiracy to hide alien life from the people drove the show's mythology for much of its run. Duchovny appeared in only half of last season's episodes, and sued producer 20th Century Fox TV over his share of profits from syndication sales.
ENTERTAINMENT
By Philip Wuntch and Philip Wuntch,Knight Ridder / Tribune | June 10, 2001
David Duchovny wore a dress in "Twin Peaks," flirted with Garry Shandling on "The Larry Sanders Show" and re-created the voice of "The X-Files'" Fox Mulder on "The Simpsons." But he faces his biggest challenge in the new movie "Evolution": He wants to make us laugh -- out loud. "Everyone always says that broad comedy is really the toughest thing to do," he says in a recent telephone conversation. "After 'Evolution,' I definitely believe it." Duchovny may file "The X-Files" in a been-there, done-that basket.
FEATURES
By Athima Chansanchai and Athima Chansanchai,SUN STAFF | June 8, 2001
Aliens are taking over Earth and the only person who can stop it is a smart-aleck prodigal son leading a band of misfits against them and an obstructive military. Wait, cut! This isn't "The X-Files"! It may be a sci-fi project starring David Duchovny, but it's different, really, it is! What distinguishes "Evolution" from the series most is that it proves intelligent life on Earth is a much more precious commodity than we realize. Spoofy sci-fi works best when it zaps audiences with full-on audacity - "Men in Black" comes to mind.
FEATURES
By David Zurawik and David Zurawik,SUN TELEVISION CRITIC | March 3, 2001
How many geeks does it take to carry a prime-time series? That's the question Fox will try to answer in the next three weeks with the tryout of "The Lone Gunman," a spinoff from "The X-Files" featuring Byers, Frohike and Langly, the computer-hacking conspiracy geeks occasionally called upon to help FBI agents Dana Scully (Gillian Anderson) and Fox Mulder (David Duchovny) in their search to find the truth "out there." Tomorrow night's pilot is filled with talk of: patriotism, cover-ups, Pentium chips, anagrams, JFK, gigabytes and demanding fathers.
NEWS
By Laura Sullivan and Laura Sullivan,SUN STAFF | August 8, 2000
Two years ago, the National Security Agency began posting previously classified documents on its Web site to deflect the growing number of requests each year for information about flying saucers and space aliens. But the plan backfired. Rather than relieving suspicions that the agency is hiding information about unidentified flying objects, the result has been more people than ever demanding to see UFO documents. A record 36,000 people perused the UFO page last month. What has piqued UFO believers' interest is not so much what the documents on the Web site say - often little or nothing between the blacked-out censored sections - but their extraordinary volume: thousands of pages of unofficial reports and antiquated radio interceptions from abroad.