'Zero Dark Thirty' star Jessica Chastain 'not dating Tom Hiddleston' Published Saturday, Jan 19 2013, 12:33pm EST | By Kristina Bustos DIGITAL SPY

Jessica Chastain has denied that she's dating Thor star Tom Hiddleston.

Earlier this week, the Zero Dark Thirty actress was romantically linked to Hiddleston, after reports that she had visited his family and friends this Christmas.


"Why would they say that?" she told USA Today. "It's not true at all. It's funny, two weeks ago I was dating - I'm not dating.

"But there was a rumor on Page 6 that I was dating [co-star] Edgar Ramirez. I love him, but he's just my friend.

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Ewan McGregor Joins 'Snowtown' Director Justin Kurzel's John Le Carré Adaptation 'Our Kind Of Traitor' NEWS BY KEVIN JAGERNAUTH JANUARY 17, 2013 9:40 PM (INDIEWIRE)

First announced last spring, "The Snowtown Murders" director Justin Kurzel's adaptation of John Le Carré's "Our Kind Of Traitor" has been moving slowly. There was a brief flick of life in November when it was reported that Mads Mikkelsen, Ralph Fiennes and Jessica Chastain were rumored for roles. But now it seems the first actor has come aboard, and it's none of those names.

According to the usually plugged-in Baz Bamigboye, Ewan McGregor has joined the picture in an unspecified lead role. The film, penned by Hossein Amini ("Drive," "Snow White and the Huntsman"), follows an English couple who get mixed up with a Russian businessman who turns out to be an oligarch, and one of the world's biggest money launderers. They get caught up in his plans to defect and are soon positioned between the Russian Mafia and the British Secret Service, neither of whom they can trust. We presume McGregor is one half of the English couple.

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Forget the 'no actors' rule! Jessica Chastain dating War Horse star Tom Hiddleston By RICHARD KAY (MAIL ON LINE)

She declared a strict 'no actors' dating policy this year after a frightening experience with paparazzi.

But it seems Jessica Chastain has already broken that vow, and fallen into the arms of War Horse star Tom Hiddleston.

The the flame-haired, porcelain-skinned Hollywood star, who has just been nominated for an Oscar for spy thriller Zero Dark Thirty, is the actor's new object of affection.

'Tom is taken with Jess and it’s serious,' says a friend. 

'Before Christmas she visited Britain to stay with him and meet all his family for the first time.'

The couple certainly appear well suited. 

However, Jessica, 35, and Tom, 31, who previously dated theatre actress Susannah Fielding, are at pains to keep their new union quiet. 

Jessica, in particular, is notoriously private about her past lovers.  

'In this business it’s very tough to maintain a relationship because we’re like gypsies — always on the move,' she has said.

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-2262568/Jessica-Chastain-dating-War-Horse-star-Tom-Hiddleston.html#ixzz2I43T2lN3 

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Jessica Chastain Is Dating (Loki) Tom Hiddleston! 1/14/2013 7:08 PM ET (PEREZ HILTON)

Critics aren't the only ones falling for Jessica Chastain!

The Zero Dark Thirty star is rumored to be in a VERY serious relationship with Avengers bad-guy, Tom Hiddleston.

Despite attempting to keep their romance hush-hush a good friend of the couple has come forward, telling sources:

"Tom is taken with Jess and it’s serious. Before Christmas she visited Britain to stay with him and meet all his family for the first time."

Awwwww!!


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SPOILER ALERT FOR DOWNTON ABBEY IN AMERICA

**SPOILER ALERT for U.S. fans of DOWNTON ABBEY who have not yet viewed the drama's third season or last night's holiday episode which aired on Britain's ITV network**

DOWNTON ABBEY creator Julian Fellowes has officially decided the fate of Dan Stevens' character 'Matthew Crawley,' he told the Daily Telegraph this weekend.

Rumors of Stevens' potential departure developed months ago, when he first made the move to Broadway to star in THE HEIRESS alongside Oscar-nominated actress Jessica Chastain.

Crawley, following the series' Christmas special, will officially be killed off. Fellowes told the paper that he "didn't really have an option."

"We have always tried to persuade him to stay," Fellowes said. "He had done fantastically well for the series and his creation of Matthew was terrific.

But there was no changing Steven's mind, Fellowes said.

"But this is life. Dan felt that this was right thing for him, and the right moment to move on to different areas."

There were few options Fellowes could take with DOWNTON's Crawley, while respecting the character's relationship with Mary. There was one choice, and Fellowes, as the showrunner, knew it was the only viable one.

"So we didn't really have any option. By him dying, their love can remain in tact."


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SPOILER SPOILER Dan Stevens Has Something to Say About ‘Downton Abbey’ By DAVE ITZKOFF (NEW YORK TIMES)

Dan Stevens as Matthew Crawley on “Downton Abbey.”

WITH Michelle Dockery

Be forewarned that this post deals with developments on “Downton Abbey” that British viewers are now aware of, but which have not yet occurred in the American broadcast of that series. In other words, major spoilers ahead.

Just when things were going swimmingly for Matthew Crawley at “Downton Abbey” — that aristocratic character, played by Dan Stevens, was enjoying his long-delayed wedding to Lady Mary (Michelle Dockery); his wife had given birth to their first child, a son; he was delighted by his fancy new motorcar — an automobile accident he sustained in the show’s Christmas special resulted in his demise, and ended Mr. Stevens’s tenure on the popular period drama.

Speaking with The Telegraph of London, Mr. Stevens said that his departure from “Downton Abbey” felt strange but inevitable, and that his decision to leave the series was made before he started filming its most recent season (which begins in the United States on Jan. 6).


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The Cast of Downton Abbey Takes a Royal Field Trip to See Dan Stevens in The Heiress (BROADWAY BUZZ)

By Lindsay Champion

Dan Stevens had some very noble guests in the audience at The Heiress on December 11, when a group of his Downton Abbey co-stars came all the way from England to catch his performance! After seeing Stevens’ Broadway debut as dashing suitor Morris Townsend, Downton Abbey stars Joanne Froggatt (Anna), Elizabeth McGovern (Lady Grantham), Sophie McShera (Daisy), Hugh Bonneville (Lord Grantham), Jim Carter (Carson) and Rob James-Collier (Thomas) gathered onstage for a celebratory photo with their Matthew. (MIA: The woman we hope Stevens will marry this season, Michelle Dockery as Lady Mary!) 

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