Irish actor Jonathan Rhys Meyers was handcuffed and questioned after he allegedly, while drunk, challenged police to a fight in a French airport. Meyers, 31, is best known for his work on TV's The Tudors, as well as in the movies Match Point and August Rush. He has previously spent time in rehab to treat his addiction to alcohol and was arrested in 2007 for being drunk and disorderly in a Dublin airport.

By RICHARD KAY JONATHAN Rhys-Meyers is hanging up his Tudors stockings and frilly shirts and throwing himself into a horror film for his next project.

The public drunkenness and breach of peace charges brought against actor Jonathan Rhys Meyers in Dublin last month have been dropped, the BBC said. The star of August Rush and The Tudors had been arrested after he got into a heated argument while trying to check in for a flight at Dublin Airport.

Oscar nominee Terrence Howard, who enjoyed a breakout year in 2005 with four notable film projects, including "Crash" and "Hustle & Flow," appears headed for another busy year as he lines up two new features.