Bond 22 underway as new Bond girl announced

The new James Bond film has begun production at London's Pinewood Studios with Ukrainian actress Olga Kurylenko named as Bond's leading lady.
Principal photography on the eagerly anticipated 22nd James Bond adventure began yesterday with Daniel Craig reprising his role as 007.
The as-yet-untitled film will be directed by Marc Forster and follows the success of 'Casino Royale', the latest and highest grossing film in the series. 
Craig will be joined by a cast which includes critically acclaimed French actor Mathieu Amalric as the sinister villain, and Kurylenko. 
Gemma Arterton also joins the cast and will play the role of MI6 Agent Fields. However, despite recent reports, it is believed her role in the new movie will be significantly smaller than that of Kurylenko. 
The former model, who was last seen on screen in 'Hitman', will be the film's main 'Bond girl'.
Returning to the new movie from 'Casino Royale' are Judi Dench in her role as M, Jeffrey Wright as Felix Leiter and Giancarlo Giannini as Mathis.
Commenting on the commencement of production, producers Michael G. Wilson and Barbara Broccoli said: "We are fortunate to continue in the Bond tradition of attracting the finest international actors for our starring roles.
"Mathieu in the role of Dominic Greene, a leading member of the villainous organization introduced in Casino Royale', will be a powerful counterpart to Daniel's portrayal of Bond.
"Olga Kurylenko will play the dangerously alluring Camille, who challenges Bond and helps him come to terms with the emotional consequences of Vesper's betrayal." 
The new Bond movie is scheduled for release on 07 November 2008.

Glastonbury retains registration system

Glastonbury retains registration system

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Former Idol star McPhee gets married

Former Idol star McPhee gets married

Singer and actress Katherine McPhee has married producer Nick Cokas in a ceremony in Beverly Hills.
According to People magazine, the former 'American Idol' star's spokesperson confirmed the mates had married in a Presbyterian Church in Beverly Hills on Sat afternoon.
The 23-year-old isaac Merrit Singer reportedly wore a strapless tusk Manuel Mota gown to the observance, which was attended by over 300 guests.
McPhee met 42-year-old Cokas in 2005 when they performed together in a Los Angeles output of 'The Ghost and Mrs. Muir'.

IFI announces its new director

IFI announces its new director

The fresh Conductor of the Irish Gaelic Film Institute has been announced.
Sarah Glennie volition pick out up the placement in fall 2008.
Glennie has previously worked as Director of the Framework Liberal arts and Niland Drift and Commissioner of the Irish people Pavillion at the Venezia Biennale 2005.
She has curated projects for PS1 MoMA, Newly York, and Phellem 2005 and held positions at the William Henry Moore Instauration and the Irish people Museum of Modern Artistic production.
Commenting on Glennie's naming, Eve-Anne Cullinan, Chair of IFI, said: "Sarah has a wealth of experience in strategic cultural provision and of track and working in public cultural institutions both in Republic of Ireland and internationally. We are delighted to welcome Sarah Glennie to IFI to lead one of the country's most popular cultural venues into an exciting point in its history."
Among the freshly projects to be undertaken by the IFI are a renovation of the IFI centre in Dublin's Eustace Street; a collaboration with the Dundalk Constitute of Technology on a freshly facility for the Irish Film Archive and a three-year strategy plan.




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Mariah Carey did get a pre-nup

Mariah Carey did get a pre-nup

Mariah Carey did tie fellow Nick Cannon with a pre-nup in place, contempt claims to the contrary.
A friend of the ‘Touch My Body’ isaac Bashevis Singer antecedently said that “in that respect was no pre-nup” because “at that place wasn’t time” before last week’s scattergun ceremony.
Just Mariah has hit back, reportedly telling a acquaintance, “Anyone world Health Organization thinks we didn’t suffer a prenup is smoking something!”

Last.fm Announces Exclusive Global Premiere of New Portishead Album

Last.fm Announces Exclusive Global Premiere of New Portishead Album

Sociable Music Network Will Offer Portishead's Third in its Integrality for
Free-On-Demand Cyclosis, One Week In front Functionary Spill

New House of York and Greater London, April 14 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Last.fm
announced today that Portishead's long-awaited newly record album, Third base, will be
made alone available on the site, in its entirety, for free from
April 21, a calendar week earlier its official going.

Third base is the Bristol band's get-go studio album in 11 years, and from each one of
its 11 tracks volition be made available for liberate, full-length, on-demand
streaming on Cobbler's last.fm for 7 days lead up the functionary departure on April
28.

Martin Stiksel, Finis.fm cofounder, said: "We're enormously proud to be
able to host the premier of an album that caps a trilogy of modern
classics from Portishead, one of the near innovative and influential bands
the U.K.'s ever produced. It means a hatful to us, as Portishead was the first
creative person we of all time uploaded to Last.fm, and "Cowboys" from their instant album
was the kickoff running e'er played when we went live in 2002. So it's enormously
earmark that we kick off what aims to be an ongoing series of exclusive
album previews with the band that helped us kick off Last.fm."

The album will be available from Mon, April 21 at:
Cobbler's last.fm/music/portishead/third.

This is the first time that Last.fm, which offers dislodge admission to the
largest licensed catalogue of music on the Web, has collaborated with an
mortal artist to only prime minister an album before its official
acquittance. Completely of Portishead's previous albums are too available to watercourse
in full for free at Death.fm/music/portishead.

Currently the fastest-growing liberate medicine Web site in the US, Last.fm
will be offer more exclusive album premieres throughout 2008 and beyond.

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the web. Last.fm canful offer music fans millions of tracks in every music genre for
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Music Group, Sony BMG, CD Infant, freelancer aggregators The Grove and
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Writing pair ready for "Fun"

Writing pair ready for "Fun"

Newly York (Hollywood Newsperson) - Screenwriters John Francis Daley and Jonathan Goldstein take "Hours of Fun" in entrepot working on the family unit drollery. Walt Disney Studios and Winfield Scott Rudin Prods. let hired the duad to rewrite the screenplay by Greg Yard.


The tentatively titled "Fun" is the history of iI puerility friends world Health Organization ordered a slue of freshness toys (such as X ray specs, Sea-Monkeys and transforming robots) from the gage pages of their late-'70s comic books. Thirty years after, the toys begin living up to their natural state advertising claims, forcing the pair to write their town from the ensuing bedlam.


"Finger cymbals" star Francis Daley (known for his role on "Freaks and Geeks") and Goldstein ("The New Adventures of Old Christine") sold their comedy specification script "The $40,000 Human race" to New Line in 2007. The studio has signed Terry cloth Zwigoff ("Ghost World," "Bad Santa") to direct.


Reuters/Hollywood Newsperson