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`Byron' offers chapter and verse on celebrity.(Arts and Lifestyle)
From: The Boston Herald
Date: 20051020
Author:Perigard, Mark A.
Byline: Mark A. Perigard
"Byron."
Saturday at 9 p.m. on BBC America.
Two stars (out of four)
Before there were rock stars, there were . . . poets.
In retelling the tragic life of 19th century scribbler Lord George Gordon Byron, BBC America's "Byron" (Saturday at 9 p.m.) proves celebrity culture existed at least 180 years before the first issue of People magazine.
Jonny Lee Miller (the first ex-husband of marriage wrecker Angelina Jolie) stars as the self-destructive poet, playing him like Jim Morrison with a wig of thick curls.
As "Byron" opens in ...
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