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Clad in a dark blue blazer, designer

jeans and a crisp, bright-white button-down shirt, Joseph Fiennes is the

epitome o class. Resting back a bit

in his chair in a spacious bungalow in

Pasadena’s posh Huntington Hotel, he’s

relaxed yet ocused. And he’s everything

you’d imagine him to be—respectul

and so wonderully English. Make that

English (Salisbury, Wiltshire) by way o

being raised in West Cork, Ireland.

But then … as you experience more

o Fiennes, you realize that the dashing

man is actually one thing you may nothave ever realized he was—a noncon-

ormist.“I wouldn’t really give any advice,” Fiennes

admits when asked about how to live one’s lie

outside o the box. “Probably because I think

the human mind wants to latch onto an idea

or an emotion like a leech and then, once it’s

set on the idea, it’s no longer cherished; it’s

slightly destroyed.“I think you can live well by advice, but I think

what you need to do is eel without thinking,”

he adds with sheer grace. “In act, my advice,

even though I said I wouldn’t give it, would beto shut up the senseless chatter o the mind

and … just eel.”

And so it goes with one o Hollywood’s more

proound artists. Here’s a man with an open

heart, yes, but somebody who apparently

is also smart enough not to get caught up in

the trappings o “ame.” When his celebrity

soared to great heights ater starring oppositeGwyneth Paltrow in 1999’s indelible, Oscar-win-

ning Shakespeare in Love, Fiennes did some-

thing absolutely unpredictable. He respectully

turned down a fve-picture deal with Miramax,

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Finding Fiennes

d!: InCamelot , Merlin is gutsy. In what

ways do you eel you are courageous?

JF: [Laughs] By getting back into a pair

o tights.

d!: Who do you most admire in history?

JF: Desmond Tutu. He’s an extraordinary

man that had to look at the essenceo orgiveness and how to bring a re-

ally ractured landscape to pull itsel

into unity—without shedding blood.

It was a brutal program o truth and

reconciliation aer apartheid, but

somehow, it moved South Arica

orward in a way I don’t think other

countries can do.

d!: When you think o home, what

comes to mind?

JF: My wie, my daughter, and the twolittle dogs we picked up in L.A. rom a

rescue home.

d!: What do you love most about acting?

JF: You get picked up by the scruf o

the neck—i you’re lucky—and get

dropped of at the ront line o a very

diferent perspective. You broaden

your mind as a consequence. And I

think that … is really a gi.

(At the time he reportedly noted: “I wentback to what my initial voice was … I thatmeant not ollowing up with a typical leading-man role, then that’s what it is. I’m an actor,and whatever speaks to me I will do.”)

It’s just one o many indicators that Fiennes,a Screen Actors Guild Award-winner, march-es to the beat o other creative percussions.Completely comortable in his own skin,he sets a stellar example o how to remaintrue to onesel by making lie choices morerom the “heart” than the head.Enter Camelot , the epic and impressive

10-part mini-series hitting Starz this month.At rst glance, the “King Arthur reboot”seems to be the perect vehicle or Fiennes,who takes on the pivotal role o Merlin op-posite Jamie Campbell Bower’s (The Twilight Saga) young, reckless Arthur. The show is

lush with legend and, oh so English.But Fiennes saw other possibilities with

the role.“I thought, ‘you know, fy or ail, I’m going

to have un with Merlin,’” he says with en-thusiasm. “I thought, I, as an actor, am goingto tackle Merlin in a dierent way—dispensewith the long hair, the prophet-like look, withthe beard and the long sta and the pointyhat, and I am going to do more o a bullish,warrior monk.”Eva Green costars as Arthur’s dark yet pow-

erul hal-sister Morgan and Tamsin Egertontakes on Guinevere. Collectively, Fiennes

notes that the kinetic energy amongst thecast made stepping into this series all themore inviting. His instincts to take on the rolewere right on, but those instincts must havebeen nurtured at a younger age.“My mother and my ather [Jini and Mark

Fiennes] were the greatest infuences in termso my creativity and what I do,” Fiennes opensup. “One o my mom’s phrases was, ‘Put yourguts into it. You have to instill your presencewith discipline as much as just winging it.’”As a result, the Fienneses exposed their

children to literature, great writing, the arts.“My mother was a writer and an artist,”

Fiennes notes. “She elt that the whole world

was integral to our society. Typically, it is thathere’s politics, sports and then the arts. Thawas never the case [at home]—that the artwere second best. It was vital and pertinentI grew up in that atmosphere, that belie. I

was encouraged.”So much so that Fiennes, a raternal twin

and the youngest o six siblings—oldebrother Ralph also turns heads on screen—plunged into art school and later consumedhimsel in theater at the Guildhall School oMusic and Drama. He stood out in numerous stage productions and captured the eyeo producers, who cast him in standout lmroles like Stealing Beauty and Elizabeth. Hecareully chose his roles ater Shakespeare iLove—everything rom Luther , The Merchanof Venice, Running With Scissors and, morerecently, TV’s FlashForward lled an emo

tional purpose or Fiennes.

Still, deep as he is, the creatively adventurou40-year-old may not have realized he’d begoing deeper. Ater the birth o his daughtewith his wie Maria Dolores Dieguez last year

suddenly lie—living—had new purposeBecoming a ather allowed him to explore adierent rontier within himsel.“What I am learning about mysel lately

comes rom my inant daughter. Suddenly, itmore about this little person; how they showup and mirror aspects o yoursel.“[Children] are so uniquely dierent than

you,” he muses. “Yet at the same time, yoshare so much with this amazing being. I’mlearning about a kind o evolution o mindbody and spirit in the most extraordinaryway—seeing all that as it silently lters intothe oasis o my brain … and my heart.”

Fiennes (right) as Merlin on the set of Camelot with fellow actors Jamie Campbell Bower (leftas King Arthur and Peter Mooney (middle) as Kay.

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The King’s SpeechAcademy Award-winning screenwriterWilliam Goldman once said o Hollywood, “Nobody knowsanything.” Each year when theyassess the presumed star-studdedhits that went on to bomb at the boxofce or the modest productions thatthe public unexpectedly took to itscollective heart, he is proven right.Who would have expected that a flmabout an obscure British king whostruggles to overcome his stutterwould be the year’s most celebratedflm. Colin Firth gives an indelibleperormance as Prince Albert, theman who would be King George VI,crowned in 1937 ater his brotherEdward VIII abdicated the throneor the woman he loved. George’ssel-doubts about his ftness to ruleduring a time o economic tumultare ueled by his debilitating stutter.

Enter Lionel Logue (Georey Rush),a struggling speech therapist withunorthodox methods who is recruitedby the King’s nurturing wie (HelenaBonham Carter). The King’s Speech charts their unlikely riendship as anincreasingly panicked George acesthe prospect o a radio address to hispeople in which he will declare war onGermany. Written by David Seidler,who himsel suered rom a childhoodstutter, and artully realized by directorTom Hooper, The King’s Speech rules.Rated R.

Made in DagenhamThe year is 1968. The place is theFord actory in the London suburb o Dagenham. The women sew car seatupholstery in deplorable conditionsin an outdated plant. Worse, theyare being reclassifed as unskilledlabor and make a raction o whattheir male co-workers make. GoldenGlobe-winning star Sally Hawkinsis Rita, an unlikely candidate whobecomes the leader o an equal paymovement ater the plant’s union rep(Bob Hoskins) selects her to attend

a meeting with Ford managementwhere she angrily threatens a strike.From here, she and her co-workersare on a collision course with Ford,the area’s largest employer, whichthreatens to shut down the actory.They gain a champion in BarbaraCastle (Miranda Richardson), theSecretary o State or Employmentand Productivity, as well as supportrom the wie (Rosamund Pike) o a Ford executive. With its spiritedperormances and period-settingsoundtrack o classic AM rock,

Made in Dagenham is an efcientlyassembled crowd-pleaser. Rated R.

Rabbit HoleRabbit Hole is a wrenching andpowerully sad flm, and yet theinsightul screenplay by David LindAbaire (based on his own PulitzerPrize-winning play), sensitive directby John Cameron Mitchell, andexceptional perormances by NicolKidman, Aaron Eckhart, and DianneWiest elevate what in lesser handscould have been a shallow movie othe week. Kidman and Eckhart staras Becca and Howie coping, but noreally, with the death o their our-yold son. They are at cross-purposesshe wants to let go, and he wants thold on, watching home movies othe once happy amily. Becca doesnot take to group therapy. She rebHowie’s romantic advances, as wellas the counsel o her mother (WiesHowie bonds with Gabby (SandraOh), a member o the support grou

or eight years. Meanwhile, Beccaseeks out the high school boy whoaccidentally killed her son. Rabbit Hole is not without humor, pitch blthough it may be. And it is not withhope. When Becca asks her mothethe pain ever goes away, she replie“No. It changes. The weight o it.” Rabbit Hole deals with unimaginabloss and grie, but it never eels heaRated PG-13.

The Fighter David O. Russell’s The Fighter is a

boxing movie like Chariots of Fire is about track. Much grittier, butjust as rousing, it was one o 2010’sbest flms, and certainly one o thebest acted. From A-listers and Oscnominees Mark Wahlberg, ChristianBale, Amy Adams and Melissa Leoto the unknowns who punch up theflm with authentic local color, thereisn’t a bum in the cast. Wahlberg,who trained or our years whilewaiting to get this pet project madstars as junior welterweight MickyWard rom Lowell, Mass. Managed(or mismanaged) by his ormidablemother (Leo) and trained by hisirresponsible crackhead brotherDicky (Bale), a ormer boxer whosedays as “the pride o Lowell” arelong gone. Then he meets Charlen(Adams), a strong-willed barmaidwho encourages Micky to break rerom his amily (including his sevenintrusive sisters) to pursue his dreamWhile the boxing sequences delivethe brutal goods, the flm’s most hahitting scenes take place outside thring. Perhaps The Fighter ’s greatesachievement is that it indelibly capt

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its 11th season) lets its careully culled recipes, ood science segments, cooking equipment assessments,

and taste tests speak or themselves. The approach is practical and simple: the best ood, methods and

equipment, equal the best outcome—no matter what you’re cooking.

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›Nurse JackieIt’s one o the best-written shows on television. Nurse

Jackie has two intoxicating things going or it—Edie

Falco, o course, who can do no wrong creatively doing

so much wrong in this Emmy Award-winning series. The

other jewel is how unapologetic the show is. True, we’re

now inundated with dramas eaturing awed charactersbut unlike, say, Shameless, which tends to play things

over the top with its lead, Falco’s pill-popping Jackie

remains a crowd-pleaser. Why? Falco shows panache,

depth and, most importantly, subtlety in a complex

role o a sel-aware addict coping with how absolutely

messed up she is. In the third season, Jackie fnds hersel

on the receiving end o an unwanted intervention, but

yet oh so skilled at masterully hiding that pill addiction

she has no intention o quitting. We love that Lady J’s

secret is out. And we’d love to—at some point soon—

discover the underlying motivations o Falco’s character

even more. The time is coming to show audiences howJacks got hersel into this emotional mess. Bring it on.

Watch: Mondays, 10/9 pm C, Showtime

›ChaosIt revolves around a group o rogue CIA spies in the

Clandestine Administration and Oversight Services

(CHAOS). Sounds serious. But actually, Chaos is a comedy-

drama. How CBS spins this will be interesting. Ater all, threats

to national security and political infghting aren’t always the

most amusing topics, but this is

the network that worked wonders

with the CSI and NCIS ranchises.Good news: the cast is solid.

Freddy Rodriguez (Grindhouse, Six

Feet Under ) is on board alongside

Tim Blake Nelson and Christina

Cole. And what, exactly, will this

“CHAOS” team do? Leap into high-

risk oreign intelligence missions

“using manipulation, deception and

wit to succeed.”

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Sunday nights stand out for the entire month, but forget everything you might expect from one

series—hello, Nurse Jackie—and embrace a few different shows that could become hits.

Behold—the month’s headturners:

›4th and Forever At frst glance, 4th

and Forever appears

to be just another re-

ality series but it’s ar

rom it. This revealing

new outing is bothbreathtaking and bold

in its vision and execu-

tion. Here, we’re taken

inside Long Beach

Polytechnic High School, a beleaguered educational institu

tion that has bred most o the nation’s NFL players. As we

ollow around some hopeuls—young men with varying lie

challenges—the series steers clear o being dramatic or even

melodramatic. By genuinely showcasing these young men

with real dreams, you witness a heartelt realness that is so

blatantly absent rom other reality bashes. “It’s everything to

me,” assures one young player o “the game.” “I sleep anddrink and think about the ootball team every day.” Anothe

teen—a ather dedicated to raising his inant son—wants

to do good so he can provide or his amily. Watch, too, o

how well the show’s writers weave in just the right amount o

revealing testimonials rom coaches who shed light on gang

issues and their attempts to keep the students ocused—

and o the streets. “Our ootball program has saved a lo

o kids,” one coach notes, adding that he’s been driven to

“look inside the young person and see what you can do to

help them.” As or Current TV, the ever brave and passionate

indie net that birthed this show? One word: Touchdown.

Watch: Premieres Sunday, April 3, 10/9 pm C,Current TV

›The KillingThe series Forbrydelsen quickly became a cult hit on

Danish TV. Now, this inventive American revamp ushers

one o TV’s best actors: Billy Campbell a la Once and

Again ame. Mireille Enos (Big Love) and Joel Kinnaman

costar. Perhaps more promising is that Cold Case

executive producer Veena Sud is at the helm o the

project, which suggests there will be care in how the

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plots unravel and how the show is shot.

About that … the tale revolves around

the murder o a young Seattle girl andthe subsequent police investigation.

This also marks the fth original series

AMC has launched—ollowing the

success o Mad Men, Breaking Bad ,

Rubicon and The Walking Dead . Taking

the network’s glowing track record

into account, we could very well have

another guilty pleasure on our hands.

Watch: Sundays, 10/9 pm C, AMC

›Workaholics

Can you really work together 9 to 5 andthen live together rom 5 to 9? That’s the

premise o this new comedic escapade,

which comes rom the irreverent minds

that made the sketch group Mail Order

Comedy such a hit on the Internet.

Forget dress codes and deadlines. Think

young—very young—sel-starters (a troika,

in act) who can prank and work with similar

levels o intensity. Whether series stars

Adam DeVine, Anders Holm and Blake

Anderson will retain their level o Web

ame remains to be seen. (They may havemore work to do.)

Watch: Premieres Wednesday, April 6,

10:30/9:30 pm C, Comedy Central

› The BorgiasWe’ve got another “epic” series on

our hands. Here, writer-director Neil

Jordan (The Crying Game) has an

Oscar winner to mold—Jeremy Irons,

who morphs into Rodrigo Borgia, the

patriarch o one o history’s most no-

torious amilies, and the man who be-came pope in 1492. This may sound

heaven sent creatively, but on screen,

expect some hell. Borgia is manipula-

tive and scheming as he maneuvers

his way into the highest position o

power during the Italian Renaissance.

“I will not orgive ailure!” he assures

one minion. Prepare or spilled wine—

and bloodshed.

Watch: Sundays, 9/8 pm C, Showtime

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delightul eature: Every movement is measured andappears on the screen. The “hold” button instantlystops on a particular point, allowing you to record yourmeasurement.

This app is best or: DIY enthusiasts

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