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HE NARROWLY missed out on playing James Bond but now Dougray Scott is set to follow in former 007 agent Sir Roger Moore's footsteps after landing the lead in The Saint, we hear.

British movie star JAMES PUREFOY loves signing up for swordfighting epics - because it's a cheap way of updating his impressive blade collection.

Giamatti is to play King John in Ironclad , a new medieval action epic co-starring James Purefoy.

Though its grasp of English history may be a bit fanciful, "Solomon Kane" is a powerful, high-spirited romp -- with equally high production values -- through the realms of the increasingly popular fantasy genre.

The movie world is upside down. The Hollywood studios are here at the Toronto International Film Festival mostly with small, intimate, indie-type films, and a British independent is here with a $40 million adaptation of Robert E. Howard 's "Solomon Kane," a violent 16th-century "Dirty Harry." The film plays tomorrow night at a Midnight Madness ...

By Kayt Turner IWAS in the house on my own last Sunday. The rain was lashing down outside and it seemed a perfect afternoon for lounging on the sofa with a big tin of Quality Street to watch Vanity Fair .

When James Purefoy is good, he is very, very good as he was in the charitably short-lived NBC summer series The Philanthropist.

The indomitable Dame Kiri Te Kanawa won't give up singing any time soon, despite rumours she will retire next year.

Caption: James Purefoy The UK premiere of 'Burma VJ' at BAFTA - Inside London, England .... British actor JAMES PUREFOY has opened up about a movie set accident which nearly cost him his life - he was stabbed in the head during a fight scene.

HOME > FEATURES > DAY & NIGHT > James cuts a dash after sword fight goes wrong BLOODIED: Purefoy Tuesday July 28,2009 HEART-THROB actor James Purefoy has spoken of the time he was rushed to hospital after being stabbed in the head while filming a movie.

NBC'S new drama "The Philanthropist" might be a hit with viewers, but it's a bust with Council on Foundations president Steve Gunderson , who says the show starring James Purefoy is misleading.

While it's easy to find problems with the pilot to The Philanthropist , the work of actor James Purefoy and the beautiful world music soundtrack make it all work surprisingly well.

James Purefoy as Teddy Rist on NBC's 'The Philanthropist.' James Purefoy , the latest British actor to land a lead role in a U.S. network show, stars as bad-boy do-gooder Teddy Rist in "The Philanthropist" on NBC .

What is an Obama-era TV show? NBC's "The Philanthropist'' calls out for that moniker by giving us a billionaire playboy who decides to devote his life to charitable works.

The Philanthropist debut, 10 p.m., NBC. Teddy Rist is a rich businessman with planes and phones and such.

In one of the first scenes of the new series about Teddy Rist, a billionaire playboy inspired to mix business with helping out impoverished and troubled people around the world, Purefoy barely manages to keep his modesty covered as local authorities attempt to rouse his character from a hung-over slumber while storm waters fill up his African hotel ...

What initially looked like a throwaway summer series to me now looks very promising.

I am - " Hercules!! An disappointing drama from writer-producer Tom Fontana , "The Philanthropist" stars the great James Purefoy as a billionaire named Teddy Rist who travels about throwing his money at an array of problems.

Proof that the road to ratings hell is paved with good intentions, NBC presents "The Philanthropist" during the summer silly season.

James Purefoy, who made his mark as Antony in in "Rome" plays a slightly different character in "The Philanthropist" , but far less believable.