Vanity Fair’s new issue is all about the ladies of television and “Mad Men” is featured, but we’re waiting to see if January was featured in the new shoot and spread. January Jones Fan will let you know as soon as possible! In the meantime, January has spoken to OK! and the AMC Blog recently. The Q&A is a little long, so click Read More to view the full questionnaire.

January Jones wants a romance that “carries [her] away”. The 34-year-old actress has a six-month-old son Xander, and has so far refused to reveal the identity of his father. January would like a fairy-tale ending as far as finding a relationship is concerned, but admits it’s harder than she first thought.

“It’s not easy. I’ve been in some long relationships and now I’m finding myself dealing with being single and it’s okay,” she told the UK edition of OK! magazine. “It’s hard to find romance anywhere, the kind of love story that carries you away – I’d love that. I’m pretty idealistic when it comes to love. “I grew up in a fairy-tale setting in this small town in South Dakota. I’d ride horses and sit on my bed dreaming a lot. I was a hippy and very laid-back. There’s still a part of me that thinks that way.”

The star’s popularity has increased in recent years thanks to her role as Betty Draper in the hit drama series Mad Men. January thanks her family for her success. “They’ve never told me I can’t do something and I’ve had a lot of crazy ideas of what I’ve wanted to do!” she exclaimed. “I’m a loose cannon, so they just watch and see what I do next. I entertain them a little bit.”

Q: You did X-Men: First Class during the break. How was that different than doing Mad Men?

A: There’s a luxury of time on a film. Getting used to the pace going from one to the other is challenging for me. I literally went from the set of Mad Men to packing and then the next day going to London to do X-Men. So I was on this huge massive blockbuster set and doing half a scene in a day versus eight pages a day on Mad Men. I was like [snaps fingers], “Come on people! Let’s get this thing going!”

Q: Was it not a little more relaxing in some ways than doing Mad Men?

A: I have sort of grown to love the way we do Mad Men because it’s so regimented that it feels good. I just do well with barriers I think and being given a tight time frame. You’re given the script, and the next day you start shooting. Your brain starts working faster, and it’s kind of amazing.

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Betty is back! With the third episode of “Mad Men” airing last night, we got the return of Betty Francis and quite a surprise. January is donning a “fat suit” and to those who doubt it, take a look a images of Jan right before Xander was born and just two weeks after his birth. No way did January have that much weight on her face or arms. Any-who, I actually love Betty’s new (okay-continuing) storyline. Last season, we got a tougher, more defiant, and slightly bitchier Betty. The return to a Betty I not only like, but feel sympathy for, is a definitely a nice thing. I’ve added 475 HQ captures from the episode along with 3 MQ stills to the gallery. I’m also adding more event images from over the years and some recent scans, so I’ll let you know when there up!

What did you think of last night’s episode? You can let us know in the comment section!

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January Jones Fan is thrilled to be the first to bring you some snaps of January attending The Metropolitan Opera`s Gala Premiere of Jules Massenet`s Manon last night. She wore a floor length Yves Saint Laurent dress from the most recent Fall/Winter campaign. I love the back and side of the dress, as well as Jan’s make-up and hair, but something about the front is throwing me. What are your thoughts? I’ve added a couple of HQ, but we have a ton more coming so come back soon!

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PUBLIC APPEARANCES > 2012 > March 26 / The Metropolitan Opera`s Gala Premiere of Jules Massenet`s Manon

As expected (if you read the spoiler below), January was not in the season opener of “Mad Men”. She is, however, in the next episode, 5×03: “Tea Leaves”, but they are keeping her appearance a secret. I’m guessing this is to not give away how they incorporated January’s pregnancy into filming, but the promo shows Henry and his mother speaking to her. Did you catch the season premiere? You can leave your thoughts in the comment section and discuss with others who watched. Or if you have a guess as how they incorporated Jan’s pregnancy, you can leave that as well!

When asked how she copes with being a working mother, January told People magazine: ”I have a great doula who makes sure I’m eating well, with vitamins and teas, and with placenta capsulation. ”Your placenta gets dehydrated and made into vitamins. It’s something I was very hesitant about, but we’re the only mammals who don’t ingest our own placentas. It’s not witch-crafty or anything! I suggest it to all moms!”

”I think I went back to set six or seven weeks after, so he was really little. I had the baby and the baby nurse in their own room so I could go back and feed him every two hours. If I felt like he needed me, or if he needed to eat, or even if I just needed a squeeze because I was having separation issues, I would go back and see him. It was such a blessing that I wasn’t separated from him.”

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“I think, creatively, Matthew just wanted to f–k with people, basically, and have them wonder where Betty is because there was so much going on about how we were going to shoot it because I was pregnant when we first started the show this season,” she said.

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Catch it all on the Bloomberg channel tonight!

NBC Chicago has a great interview with January discussing Betty, Jon Hamm and the show. I’m uploading more “Mad Men” goodies today so come on back soon!

After a few seasons of playing “Mad Men’s” increasingly frosty Betty Draper Francis, is January Jones is hinting at a possible thaw coming for Season Five?

As she returns to the role of the ever-dissatisfied ‘60s housewife, Jones tells PopcornBiz about finding a different side to Betty, leaning on Jon Hamm behind the scenes and how she feels about those constrictive undergarments of the era at the end of each season.

What was really exciting about where you got to take Betty this time around?

It just continues to be challenging to me, that Matt Weiner writes, at least for Betty…she feels almost like a completely different person from season to season. He knows I like a challenge, and so I think he writes her a little bit different. I mean, she’s ever evolving, sometimes badly, sometimes negatively and sometimes positively, but that just continued for me – but it was in a different direction so I could sink my teeth into something a little bit different than you’ve seen.

Is each season a little bit of a history lesson for you? Do you learn something each time out about the era?

Yeah, definitely. I think that a lot of it just goes over my head, though – a lot of the historical references or the things that we address in the time period. If I don’t ask about it, I don’t ever even realize what they’re talking about half of the time.

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When we last saw Betty Francis (formerly Mrs. Don Draper) on Mad Men, she had just impulsively fired her long-time housekeeper, severed ties with her emotional peer (a 10-year-old neighbor named Glen), learned about her ex-husband’s impromptu engagement, and moved out of the Draper marital home. Played by January Jones, the oft-misunderstood mother will pick up her struggle for happiness, and assortment of strained familial relationships, on Sunday, when AMC airs the premiere of season five. We spoke with Jones by phone earlier this week, and heard about her unexpected reaction to last season’s finale, where she would like to see Betty go in a spin-off, and—most important—why she wants to crash your theme party on Sunday night. Related: VF.com’s interview with John Hamm.

Julie Miller: Do you miss Betty during Mad Men hiatuses or do you need a break from her?

January Jones: I don’t miss Betty, but I do miss the cast members and the group of people that we work with. It’s really nice to see everyone and be in that community.

Betty ended last season on a few especially miserable notes. When you read the scene in which Betty fires her housekeeper, Carla, did you understand her motivation?

I understood it. I don’t want to say that it was justified, but she was having jealousy issues with [Betty’s daughter] Sally over the Glen character. Betty thought that she had a special emotional bond with Glen. Whether Betty could address it to herself or not, I don’t know, but seeing Sally with Glen made her have a physical reaction. She had told Carla that he wasn’t allowed in the home alone with Sally, and Carla let it happen. Therefore, Carla got fired. I think that really upset a lot of people. But to Betty, that was entirely justifiable.

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