Lucknow: Haunted by the spectre of cheating in the MBBS entrance exam for those aspiring to be doctors, the Uttar Pradesh Combined Pre-Medical Test (CPMT) organisers have this year put in place unprecedented security measures. These include bringing answer sheets on a chartered flight, keeping secret the forward route of the sheets and closing all photocopying shops around the test centres. Other steps include taking fingerprints, keeping handwriting experts on...
07:29 AM, Jun 02, 2012
Istanbul: The next James Bond movie, 'Skyfall,' promises the usual action, exotic locations, scheming villains and beautiful women. For fans of the original novels by Ian Fleming, there's more: a journey into the troubled psyche of the iconic spy. After all, the director of the 23rd film in the franchise, which spans half a century, is Sam Mendes, whose cinematic studies of personalities in emotional turmoil and even meltdown include...
02:35 PM, Apr 30, 2012
London: Suave and brutal British super-spy James Bond will find himself in the thick of danger at the end of the swinging '60s in a new, official novel by author William Boyd due out next year. The best-selling British novelist told Reuters on Thursday that he will put his knowledge of Cold War espionage to good use to pen the next adventure of the 007 character created by Ian Fleming,...
05:48 PM, Apr 12, 2012
Los Angeles: Actress Judi Dench's character M, the Head of Secret Intelligence Service also known as MI6 in the James Bond film will reportedly meet her demise in 'Skyfall'. A source from the production team revealed that there is going to be "a fairly momentous death" in the forthcoming 007 movie since Dench is quitting the franchise, reported Ace Showbiz. "We've just filmed M's death scene. Judi Dench is leaving...
02:02 PM, Apr 09, 2012
New Delhi: Bondgirls are known for their beauty and glamour but actress Naomie Harris, who plays field agent Eve in 23rd 007 movie 'Skyfall' opposite Daniel Craig, promises to bring 'brains and ambition' too to the role. "It is one dimensional when Bondgirls are just glamorous and beautiful. As Bond becomes more human, women in his life have to evolve to match this change. They need to have more potential...
04:39 PM, Mar 27, 2012
London: Veteran actress Dame Judi Dench, who has been diagnosed with macular degeneration which can lead to blindness, says she is battling to save her eyesight. The James Bond star, 77, said her sight is already so bad she cannot see faces in front of her and friends have to read scripts to her so she can learn her lines, reported Daily Mail. "I can't read scripts any more because...
03:50 PM, Feb 18, 2012
Hyderabad: Innovation is the middle name of Puri Jagannadh. The three-time Nandi Award recipient has his diary full this year and the list of projects include one with Junior NTR, Devudu Chesina Manushulu with Ravi Teja-Ileana, an untitled flick with Pawan Kalyan-Kajal Agarwal, Businessman 2 and Hindi Businessman. The one with Junior NTR will hit the floors in August. Evidently, they are absolutely in no mood to pay the price...
07:26 PM, Feb 07, 2012
New Delhi: The first official photo from actor Daniel Craig's Bond movie 'Skyfall' was released on Wednesday from a scene set in Shanghai. 'Skyfall', from Albert R Broccoli's EON Productions, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios and Sony Pictures Entertainment, is directed by Academy Award winner Sam Mendes and stars Craig, who returns for his third film as Ian Fleming's James Bond 007. Joining Daniel Craig the cast includes Javier Bardem, Ralph Fiennes, Berenice...
05:28 PM, Feb 01, 2012
London: British actress Naomie Harris says she is delighted to star with Daniel Craig in new James Bond movie 'Skyfall'. The 35-year-old, who plays the role of field agent Eve in the film, believes Craig has reinvented the role of the iconic British spy, reported Contactmusic. "There are some great Bonds but I think Daniel totally reinvented Bond and make it his own, which was very impressive and took a...
02:11 PM, Jan 29, 2012
London: James Bond film 'Skyfall' is to shoot almost entirely in the UK after budget cuts meant production could no longer head to Bali and China. The forthcoming 23rd installment of the franchise - starring Daniel Craig, Javier Bardem and Dame Judi Dench - was expected to shoot in locations across the globe including Bali and China, but because of budget cuts Turkey is now the only other country the...
02:12 PM, Jan 19, 2012
Tokyo: For a former James Bond car, it's a chance to live twice. Japanese engineers put a new spin on an old classic car for a recent auto show, remodelling a Toyota 2000GT with solar panels and high-tech gadgets to make it 100 per cent electric and solar-powered. Heralded as Japan's first sports car when it came out in 1967, the vehicle was used in the James Bond movie You...
08:07 PM, Jan 18, 2012
London: Actor Daniel Craig says he is such a perfectionist that he is never satisfied with his work. The 'James Bond' actor, who resumes his role as the iconic British spy in the next instalment of the franchise, 'Skyfall', is "constantly" unhappy with his work. "I'm definitely not satisfied about my career. I don't know how you can be; it's the very nature of things. I'm always trying to figure...
12:56 PM, Dec 05, 2011
London: Daniel Craig will be back dodging bullets and vanquishing villains from China to Turkey in the 23rd instalment of the James Bond film franchise, but the stars and director of 'Skyfall' are keeping the who, what and how under wraps for now. As previously announced, Oscar-winning director Sam Mendes directs his first Bond adventure, which celebrates its 50th anniversary in 2012 when Skyfall is released. One of the few...
02:42 PM, Nov 04, 2011
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