Craig beats rival Bonds at box office
DANIEL CRAIG’S debut as 007 took more at the box office than any previous Bond film on its first day.
Casino Royale , a return to the darker James Bond envisaged by Ian Fleming, took £1…….
R&B pioneer Ruth Brown dies at age 78
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Pioneering rhythm and blues singer Ruth Brown, known as “the girl with a tear in her voice” for emotion-laden singing, died on Friday at age 78 after a stroke and heart attack in Las Vegas, friends said.Brown was the best……
Germany jails 9/11 hijackers’ friend before sentencing
BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany’s top appeals court ruled on Friday that a Moroccan friend of the September 11 hijackers should be returned to jail while he waits to receive a new sentence for abetting mass murder.The ruling overturns previous……
Bond vs. penguins in box-office battle of tuxedos
By Steve GormanLOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The winner of this weekend’s U.S. box-office battle is almost guaranteed to be wearing a tuxedo. “Casino Royale,” the 21st installment in the venerable James Bond franchise, opened on Friday with Daniel Craig……
Licensed to sell
The last Bond film was dubbed Buy Another Day but
Casino Royale has taken a more exclusive approach to product placement, writes Harry Wallop….
Newey’s gamble on Ocean pays off
Paul Newey, who shot to fame after winning £3m at a Birmingham casino, has agreed to sell his loan company Ocean Finance and Mortgages to a subsidiary of American insurance giant AIG….
