WHAT an image to start the day with - if it wasn´t morning I would use the blankee gif rigth now. Thanks so much, LindaLinda wrote: Yes, I noticed how full his lips are - so much better to be kissed by him with those delicious full lips -
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The top notch acting in the Weisz/Craig/Spall 'Betrayal' is emotionally true, often v funny and its beautifully staged with filmic qualities..
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I just wanna know what he'd look like with bright red lipstick on!!!Germangirl wrote:WHAT an image to start the day with - if it wasn´t morning I would use the blankee gif rigth now. Thanks so much, LindaLinda wrote: Yes, I noticed how full his lips are - so much better to be kissed by him with those delicious full lips -
I don't think that Daniel would make a very effective transvestite cause his masculinity is so intense! His lips have always looked sensual and juicy even without any cosmetic assistance!!! 
Anyway. Its very interesting! Could U scan it? Pleeeeaase!JEC57 wrote:Got the magazine. Daniel doesn't get a single mention in a 6 pages spread!Elvenstar wrote:What's new about this anniversary Empire issue?
Waiting for new info and pics from Tin Tin...
It's a meaty 250 page magazine, so I'll check the rest later when I get a chance, to see if he appears anywhere else.
It they are hoping to sell this movie to cinema-goers who are not TinTin fans and who are not die-hard Daniel fans, then they need to push him out there a bit more because the lead actors don't have the weight to carry it imo.
I don't think those who might go to see Daniel as a result of Bond will pay to go see an computer image of him unless someone does some nifty publicity to persuade them (just my 2 buttons worth)
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This is realy good and has some nice quotes, that are not entirely new, of course, but still interesting, I think.
Daniel Craig
Daniel craig is the grittiest of all the great-looking blokes who have played James Bond over the last four decades. He’s also full of contradictions. His working-class background keeps him grounded—and yet he recently was named to the tony International Best-Dressed list. Bond would be amused by such an honor. And so is Craig.
When we meet for afternoon tea in London’s artsy Soho neighborhood, he is casual but sophisticated in a black cashmere sweater, black shirt, and black jeans. Craig’s 2006 movie Casino Royale became the highest-grossing Bond film in history, earning nearly $600 million worldwide. His second effort, Quantum of Solace, due out Nov. 14, picks up where Casino Royale left off.
“The question I keep asking myself while playing the role is, ‘Am I the good guy or just a bad guy who works for the good side?’” he says. “Bond’s role, after all, is that of an assassin when you come down to it. I have never played a role in which someone’s dark side shouldn’t be explored. I don’t think it should be confusing by the end of the movie, but during the movie you should be questioning who he is.”
Playing the world’s most famous spy has, Craig admits, changed his life. “I was at a stage of my career in which things were going pretty well,” he says. “I was making plenty of money, relatively speaking—enough to live on. But when this opportunity came along, I knew it would turn everything upside-down. I’m 40 now. It really helped me put things in perspective. It wasn’t about the money. It was about changing things up and seeing what would happen.” He takes a sip of tea and adds contemplatively, “At some point, life starts to pass you by and becomes about avoidance. I want to stay clear from that situation, because I don’t like that.”
For Craig, playing Bond seems to be as much an athletic endeavor as an acting challenge. He played rugby as a schoolboy in Liverpool—and talking about that time, he softens. His mother, an art teacher, and his father, who ran a pub, divorced when he was 4 years old. When I ask if his love of performing stems from those early days in his father’s pub, his blue eyes crinkle with joy.
“Oh, you’ve found me out,” he says. “I’ve always loved to dress up a bit and show off. There was also a great theater company in Liverpool called Everyman, where I hung out as a kid. It was one of the major influences on me.”
What would the people who knew him back then say about his becoming a sex symbol? Craig’s raucous laughter is loud enough now to fill any pub back in Liverpool. “If people want to think of me that way, that’s great,” Craig says. “But the truth is, I don’t have a connection with that image.” So, what was he thinking when he posed for the now-famous beefcake photo of Bond emerging from the surf in a Speedo? The shot swept the Internet in 2006, just when he was being introduced as the new 007.
“I was being objectified, but actually that’s not a bad thing to feel,” he says with a laugh. “I knew exactly what was going on when I did that shot. There’s a conscious decision to everything I do. For me to say, ‘Oh, God! I didn’t realize that would happen!’ sounds incredibly naïve. I look at that picture, and my only thought now is that I certainly don’t look like that anymore. For Quantum of Solace, I made a decision that I wanted to get bigger and get muscles, because Bond is older and has probably been training.” It’s unlikely though, that any subtle change in physique will alter his appeal. “As I keep saying, I’m 40 now, and in five years’ time or even less, sex symbol might be a really kind of weird term to attach to myself. How about sexy father figure?” he suggests.
Craig is, in fact, a father. His daughter from an early marriage that ended in divorce is almost as old now as he was when he dropped out of school at age 16 to move to London to pursue an acting career. Would he allow his own child to do such a thing? “No,” is his quick answer. “No. No. No. No.”
His mother and sister are two of the most important people in his life. He is still close to his ex-wife. And his longtime girlfriend, Satsuki Mitchell, a movie producer, is another steady presence. All this female energy around him may explain why Craig’s masculinity onscreen is not off-putting but forged instead with a kind of fierce sensitivity.
“There are people on this planet where you go, ‘Oops, no, I don’t even want to look that person in the eye,’” says Craig. “And that real scariness is not something I’m capable of. That’s something maybe De Niro is capable of at his best. But that’s not me. As tough a role as I have to play, I’m always just me. It’s good to be in touch with as much of yourself as possible. Otherwise, you’re a rather one-note performer. Who wants to be the tough guy and nothing else?”
Among his many tough-guy antecedents in Hollywood—Steve McQueen, Paul Newman, Humphrey Bogart, Clark Gable, James Cagney—with whom does Daniel Craig most identify?
“The obvious choice for me would be Bogart,” he says. “Not only because of that ease he had with his unique take on masculinity, but also—and this is much more important—because he got to sleep with Lauren Bacall.”
I finally ask this British actor a deeply American question: “Who do you think would be the better James Bond—Barack Obama or John McCain?”
Craig doesn’t hesitate. “Obama would be the better Bond because—if he’s true to his word—he’d be willing to quite literally look the enemy in the eye and go toe-to-toe with them. McCain, because of his long service and experience, would probably be a better M,” he adds, mentioning Bond’s boss, played by Dame Judi Dench. “There is, come to think of it, a kind of Judi Dench quality to McCain.”
And who does he think would be the better Bond girl—Michelle Obama or Cindy McCain?
Again Craig’s laughter practically lifts him from his seat. “Oh, now you’ve crossed the line,” he says. “That’s much too dangerous a question. Can’t we go back to talking about Lauren Bacall?”
http://mohdsuak.blogspot.com/2009/04/da ... s-007.html
Daniel Craig
Daniel craig is the grittiest of all the great-looking blokes who have played James Bond over the last four decades. He’s also full of contradictions. His working-class background keeps him grounded—and yet he recently was named to the tony International Best-Dressed list. Bond would be amused by such an honor. And so is Craig.
When we meet for afternoon tea in London’s artsy Soho neighborhood, he is casual but sophisticated in a black cashmere sweater, black shirt, and black jeans. Craig’s 2006 movie Casino Royale became the highest-grossing Bond film in history, earning nearly $600 million worldwide. His second effort, Quantum of Solace, due out Nov. 14, picks up where Casino Royale left off.
“The question I keep asking myself while playing the role is, ‘Am I the good guy or just a bad guy who works for the good side?’” he says. “Bond’s role, after all, is that of an assassin when you come down to it. I have never played a role in which someone’s dark side shouldn’t be explored. I don’t think it should be confusing by the end of the movie, but during the movie you should be questioning who he is.”
Playing the world’s most famous spy has, Craig admits, changed his life. “I was at a stage of my career in which things were going pretty well,” he says. “I was making plenty of money, relatively speaking—enough to live on. But when this opportunity came along, I knew it would turn everything upside-down. I’m 40 now. It really helped me put things in perspective. It wasn’t about the money. It was about changing things up and seeing what would happen.” He takes a sip of tea and adds contemplatively, “At some point, life starts to pass you by and becomes about avoidance. I want to stay clear from that situation, because I don’t like that.”
For Craig, playing Bond seems to be as much an athletic endeavor as an acting challenge. He played rugby as a schoolboy in Liverpool—and talking about that time, he softens. His mother, an art teacher, and his father, who ran a pub, divorced when he was 4 years old. When I ask if his love of performing stems from those early days in his father’s pub, his blue eyes crinkle with joy.
“Oh, you’ve found me out,” he says. “I’ve always loved to dress up a bit and show off. There was also a great theater company in Liverpool called Everyman, where I hung out as a kid. It was one of the major influences on me.”
What would the people who knew him back then say about his becoming a sex symbol? Craig’s raucous laughter is loud enough now to fill any pub back in Liverpool. “If people want to think of me that way, that’s great,” Craig says. “But the truth is, I don’t have a connection with that image.” So, what was he thinking when he posed for the now-famous beefcake photo of Bond emerging from the surf in a Speedo? The shot swept the Internet in 2006, just when he was being introduced as the new 007.
“I was being objectified, but actually that’s not a bad thing to feel,” he says with a laugh. “I knew exactly what was going on when I did that shot. There’s a conscious decision to everything I do. For me to say, ‘Oh, God! I didn’t realize that would happen!’ sounds incredibly naïve. I look at that picture, and my only thought now is that I certainly don’t look like that anymore. For Quantum of Solace, I made a decision that I wanted to get bigger and get muscles, because Bond is older and has probably been training.” It’s unlikely though, that any subtle change in physique will alter his appeal. “As I keep saying, I’m 40 now, and in five years’ time or even less, sex symbol might be a really kind of weird term to attach to myself. How about sexy father figure?” he suggests.
Craig is, in fact, a father. His daughter from an early marriage that ended in divorce is almost as old now as he was when he dropped out of school at age 16 to move to London to pursue an acting career. Would he allow his own child to do such a thing? “No,” is his quick answer. “No. No. No. No.”
His mother and sister are two of the most important people in his life. He is still close to his ex-wife. And his longtime girlfriend, Satsuki Mitchell, a movie producer, is another steady presence. All this female energy around him may explain why Craig’s masculinity onscreen is not off-putting but forged instead with a kind of fierce sensitivity.
“There are people on this planet where you go, ‘Oops, no, I don’t even want to look that person in the eye,’” says Craig. “And that real scariness is not something I’m capable of. That’s something maybe De Niro is capable of at his best. But that’s not me. As tough a role as I have to play, I’m always just me. It’s good to be in touch with as much of yourself as possible. Otherwise, you’re a rather one-note performer. Who wants to be the tough guy and nothing else?”
Among his many tough-guy antecedents in Hollywood—Steve McQueen, Paul Newman, Humphrey Bogart, Clark Gable, James Cagney—with whom does Daniel Craig most identify?
“The obvious choice for me would be Bogart,” he says. “Not only because of that ease he had with his unique take on masculinity, but also—and this is much more important—because he got to sleep with Lauren Bacall.”
I finally ask this British actor a deeply American question: “Who do you think would be the better James Bond—Barack Obama or John McCain?”
Craig doesn’t hesitate. “Obama would be the better Bond because—if he’s true to his word—he’d be willing to quite literally look the enemy in the eye and go toe-to-toe with them. McCain, because of his long service and experience, would probably be a better M,” he adds, mentioning Bond’s boss, played by Dame Judi Dench. “There is, come to think of it, a kind of Judi Dench quality to McCain.”
And who does he think would be the better Bond girl—Michelle Obama or Cindy McCain?
Again Craig’s laughter practically lifts him from his seat. “Oh, now you’ve crossed the line,” he says. “That’s much too dangerous a question. Can’t we go back to talking about Lauren Bacall?”
http://mohdsuak.blogspot.com/2009/04/da ... s-007.html
The top notch acting in the Weisz/Craig/Spall 'Betrayal' is emotionally true, often v funny and its beautifully staged with filmic qualities..
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I've put it into the TinTin thread. Sorry for the delay - I totally forgot.Elvenstar wrote:Anyway. Its very interesting! Could U scan it? Pleeeeaase!JEC57 wrote:Got the magazine. Daniel doesn't get a single mention in a 6 pages spread!Elvenstar wrote:What's new about this anniversary Empire issue?
Waiting for new info and pics from Tin Tin...
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When I signed up to the BFI (British Film Institute) in London to attend the screening of FOAF last April, they added me to their mailing list. I have just had an email from them about a "Bond Weekender" occuring in London in the first weekend of May. It doesn't look like Daniel will be there ( 
) but there are a few interesting things going on. Click on the link below to find out more. If I thought I might afford a trip to London, I would go and drool over the exhibition of Bond Cars on May 2nd. Alas, I have too many bills to pay this month so I might not be able to go! 
http://www.bfi.org.uk/whatson/bfi_south ... 7sbmonthly
) but there are a few interesting things going on. Click on the link below to find out more. If I thought I might afford a trip to London, I would go and drool over the exhibition of Bond Cars on May 2nd. Alas, I have too many bills to pay this month so I might not be able to go! http://www.bfi.org.uk/whatson/bfi_south ... 7sbmonthly
omg! I try to find the news in english !! just a little tibbid but..I wonder if DC likes so much modern art and if he was really there, I found no pic 
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About Two Thousand Guests Visited the Opening of the Damien Hirst’s Exhibition at the PinchukArtCentre in Ukraine24 April 2009
On the eve of the public opening of the Damien Hirst’s exhibition ‘Requiem’ in Kyiv, a vernissage took place at the PinchukArtCentre that gathered Ukrainian and international cultural beau monde. Top contemporary artists, influential art critics, curators, directors of the biggest art institutions, philanthropists, actors and musicians came to Ukraine especially for this event.
Artists Andreas Gurski and Jeff Koons, Hirst’s professor at the Goldsmith College Michael Craig-Martin, the director of Tate sir Nicolas Serota, director of Arken Christian Gether, director of the 53rd Venice Biennale Daniel Birnbaum, the founder of the Garage contemporary culture centre Dasha Zhukova, art critic Francesco Bonami and many other influential representatives of the artistic community came to greet Hirst with the biggest retrospective in his life. Many celebrities were noted among the guests, such as actor Daniel Craig, member of the legendary Clash Paul Simonon, musician Antony Genn, film director and clip maker Baillie Walsh and the Council of Europe Goodwill Ambassador Bianca Jagger (the ex-wife of Mick Jagger).
Almost two thousand guests visited the vernissage.
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concerning the exhibition itself: http://pinchukartcentre.org/en/photo_an ... photo/9033
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About Two Thousand Guests Visited the Opening of the Damien Hirst’s Exhibition at the PinchukArtCentre in Ukraine24 April 2009
On the eve of the public opening of the Damien Hirst’s exhibition ‘Requiem’ in Kyiv, a vernissage took place at the PinchukArtCentre that gathered Ukrainian and international cultural beau monde. Top contemporary artists, influential art critics, curators, directors of the biggest art institutions, philanthropists, actors and musicians came to Ukraine especially for this event.
Artists Andreas Gurski and Jeff Koons, Hirst’s professor at the Goldsmith College Michael Craig-Martin, the director of Tate sir Nicolas Serota, director of Arken Christian Gether, director of the 53rd Venice Biennale Daniel Birnbaum, the founder of the Garage contemporary culture centre Dasha Zhukova, art critic Francesco Bonami and many other influential representatives of the artistic community came to greet Hirst with the biggest retrospective in his life. Many celebrities were noted among the guests, such as actor Daniel Craig, member of the legendary Clash Paul Simonon, musician Antony Genn, film director and clip maker Baillie Walsh and the Council of Europe Goodwill Ambassador Bianca Jagger (the ex-wife of Mick Jagger).
Almost two thousand guests visited the vernissage.
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concerning the exhibition itself: http://pinchukartcentre.org/en/photo_an ... photo/9033
You only live twice or so it seems..
One life for yourself and one for your dreams...And one day I realize that I was addicted to Daniel Craig's blue eyes.
One life for yourself and one for your dreams...And one day I realize that I was addicted to Daniel Craig's blue eyes.
I just found this little pic and can't get it bigger...
source: http://news.rambler.ru/Ukraine/world/2533120/
source: http://news.rambler.ru/Ukraine/world/2533120/
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slightly bigger here : http://korrespondent.net/showbiz/818935
so great to finally have a new pic!
Thanks for the info and link livetwice and dunda!
so great to finally have a new pic!
Thanks for the info and link livetwice and dunda!