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!!


READ MORE: http://perezhilton.com/2013-01-14-tom-hiddleston-jessica-chastain-new-couple#.UPWIRYc1k8c

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."


READ MORE: http://tv.broadwayworld.com/article/Julian-Fellowes-has-Decided-Matthew-Crawleys-Fate-on-DOWNTON-ABBEY-20121230

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).


READ MORE: http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/12/26/dan-stevens-has-something-to-say-about-downton-abbey/

THE HEIRESS' Dan Stevens in Talks to Join DreamWorks' Wikileaks Film (VARIETY)

By JUSTIN KROLL

"Downton Abbey" thesp Dan Stevens is looking to make the leap to the big screen as he is in negotiations to join the cast of DreamWorks' untitled Wikileaks movie starring Benedict Cumberbatch.

Daniel Bruhl and Alicia Vikander also star with Bill Condon directing.

Pic revolves around the Wikileaks founder who launched the whistleblowing site in 2006 and began leaking embarrassing diplomatic cables and other state secrets. Stevens will play a hacker friend of Bruhl's character who comes to work for the website.

READ MORE; http://movies.broadwayworld.com/article/THE-HEIRESS-Dan-Stevens-in-Talks-to-Join-DreamWorks-Wikileaks-Film-20121219

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!) 

READ MORE: http://www.broadway.com/buzz/166087/the-cast-of-downton-abbey-takes-a-royal-field-trip-to-see-dan-stevens-in-the-heiress/