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For Daniel Craig, 2015's "Spectre" was the last time he thought he'd be playing the iconic James Bond."I thought I probably was physically not capable of doing another," Craig, who suffered a torn meniscus during filming, told Total Film. "For me, it was very cut and dried that I wasn't coming back."However, the opportunity to explore a different side of Bond drew the English actor back in for one last hoorah."It's interesting to explore his emotions, because he's a cut-off character. He doesn't feel like other people, because he's a killer," he explained. "On 'Casino' he loses the love of...

The multidecade-long bull market in Treasurys has delivered rich gains to patient investors, but a 2021 bond-market selloff is likely inflicting significant pain on some market participants. Though many were expecting yields to rise this year as the reflation narrative gained ground, few were prepared for the rapid rise in long-term bond yields since the start of this year. Yields move in the opposite direction of bond prices.

Screen shot from the hearing, cropped scaled and text added by Dean Weingarten On 11 February 2021, there was a hearing requested by the Kenosha District Attorney’s office in the self-defense case involving Kyle Rittenhouse. The shooting occurred during the riots in Kenosha, Wisconsin, on 25 August 2020. Judge Schroeder of Kenosha presided over the virtual hearing, which was done on Zoom. The hearing was contentious. Judge Schroeder schooled DA Thomas Binger on the law, bond procedure, and the facts several times during the hearing. In the end, the judge denied Binger’s requests and forbade the DA’s office from accessing...

Wisconsin prosecutors are seeking to change the terms of Kyle Rittenhouse’s bond agreement after the Kenosha gunman was spotted drinking at a bar and allegedly flashing white power signs earlier this month. The motion stems from an image of Rittenhouse, 18, at Pudgy’s Pub in Mount Pleasant on Jan. 5 wearing a T-shirt that read “Free as F–k,” WTMJ-TV reported.

Sean Connery, the Edinburgh-born Scotsman actor whose roles as British secret agent James Bond made him an international icon, died in the Bahamas on Saturday. He was 90. Bond producers EON Productions confirmed his death, first reported by the BBC. Producers Michael G. Wilson and Barbara Broccoli said they were “devastated by the news.” “He was and shall always be remembered as the original James Bond whose indelible entrance into cinema history began when he announced those unforgettable words — ‘The name’s Bond… James Bond,’” they said in a statement. The producers said Connery’s “gritty and witty portrayal of the...

Sir Sean Connery has died aged 90. The multi-award-winning Scots actor was best known for defining James Bond, and was the first to bring the role to the big screen. He appeared in seven of the spy movies, and was knighted by the Queen at Holyrood Palace in 2000.

007 Star George Lazenby has posted a moving tribute to the late Dame Diana Rigg. The British actress has died at the age of 82 following a private battle with cancer. Lazenby and Rigg appeared alongside each other in the 1969 James Bond film On Her Majesty's Secret Service, with Rigg playing the feisty Contessa Teresa "Tracy" di Vicenzo Draco. In the film, Diana played the first on-screen 'Bond girl' to win Bond's heart and become his wife, Tracy Bond. Tragically, the character was killed-off in a drive-by shooting at the film's conclusion. Now, one-time Bond actor George Lazenby, 81,...

This November, the Dallas Independent School District will ask voters to approve a shocking $3.7 billion bond—on top of their outstanding $2.5 billion debt, which they haven’t finished using yet. They propose spending $40 million of this not in the classroom, but to support Democrat policies like “immigration services.” "It is our responsibility to use the 2020 bond funding to right the wrongs of our past,” said Michelle Prudhome-Coleman, director of Dallas ISD’s Racial Equity Office. The district’s presentation mentioned “unfair distribution of financial, educational, and material resources” in the past. This bond is unique because, unlike other bonds, the...

NEW YORK - Investors expect robust demand for the Treasury Department’s new $20 billion issue of 20-year bonds, set to launch Wednesday, from U.S. institutions, foreign investors and other market participants. The government’s borrowing needs have jumped dramatically in recent weeks, after Congress authorized trillions in spending to fend off an economic hit from the coronavirus pandemic, which has slammed U.S. growth. The U.S. plans to sell a total of $54 billion of the 20-year bonds over the next three months. The Treasury said earlier this month it intends to increase auction sizes across all nominal coupon tenors over the...

Halle Berry spilled the beans on a secret she’d been keeping since her time on the 2002 James Bond installment of “Die Another Day.” The actress spoke with Jimmy Fallon on Tuesday’s edition of “The Tonight Show” and revealed that while filming the movie alongside Pierce Brosnan, he once saved her life on the set after she began choking — and for that, she’s eternally grateful to the Bond star. “I was supposed to be all sexy, trying to seduce him with a fig,” Berry said of her Bond girl character Jinx Johnson. “I end up choking on it and...

On Oct. 5, 1962, Eon Productions released a project called Dr. No—a spy flick that screened the very first depiction of James Bond on screen. Starring Sean Connery as the British secret agent, the box office smash would go on to gross $59.6 million worldwide and $16.1 million domestically—which amounts to a whopping $215.1 million after inflation. Thus, the 007 series was born. And the success of that original film has continued through 2020, as last weekend was scheduled to premiere the 27th installment of the franchise with No Time to Die.

Casino Royale has been crowned the best James Bond movie of all time. Daniel Craig's first role in the tux, from 2006, scooped the most votes in a poll set up by IMDb, beating Pierce Brosnan's GoldenEye. In fact, with Casino Royale and GoldenEye as the two finalists, Royale won by a convincing 70.8% to 29.2%, with nearly 4,500 votes being cast. Classic Bond instalments Goldfinger and Dr. No were beaten to the final by the more recent movies in the polling.

Honor Blackman, best known for playing Bond girl Pussy Galore, has died aged 94, her family has said. The actress shot to international stardom as Pussy Galore at the age of 38, starring alongside Sean Connery, in 1964's Goldfinger. In a statement her family said: "It's with great sadness that we have to announce the death of Honor Blackman aged 94. "She died peacefully of natural causes at home in Lewes, Sussex, surrounded by her family. "She was much loved and will be greatly missed by her two adopted children Barnaby and Lottie, and her four grandchildren Daisy, Oscar, Olive...

George Lazenby washed his hands and car windows Sunday as the former James Bond star stopped at a gas station in Los Angeles amid the coronavirus pandemic. The 80-year-old Australian actor donned a red sweater over a grey shirt along with dark blue jeans and blue sneakers while making a pit stop in the Brentwood area. George was spotted using a squeegee to clean his windows and drying his hands with a paper towel after cleaning them.

Olga Kurylenko is sharing an update with the world on her coronavirus diagnosis just one day after revealing she was denied a hospital bed in London in the wake of overcrowding in the area’s hospitals. "Hello everyone! I'm feeling better today. My fever is gone!," she wrote to her Instagram followers on Wednesday. "I hear people can't figure out where I currently am. I'm in London! How do I know it's coronavirus and not just a flu? I did a test for coronavirus which came back positive.” “What are the medicines that doctors prescribed as treatment? NONE! I was told...

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James Bond is having trouble with his cell phone. “I seem to be having a bloody problem with this. It was acting up earlier this morning.” Turns out 007, or actually the actor who famously played the dashing spy just once, isn’t as tech savvy as his on-screen counterpart. George Lazenby is speaking from his home in Santa Monica, 50 years to the day since the release of his one and only James Bond film, 1969’s “On Her Majesty's Secret Service.” Once considered the forgotten Bond film, the movie is now viewed as one of the strongest entries in the...

The French-born actress played Domino opposite Sean Connery in the 1965 movie. Claudine Auger, the French actress who played Bond girl Dominique "Domino" Derval in 1965's Thunderball, died Wednesday in Paris, her talent agency announced. She was 78.

by Sheri Urban Hollywood celebrities have routinely attacked Donald Trump using the most vile and profane names imaginable, since the very day he announced for office. But one famous actor, who once joined others in claiming he would leave the country if Trump got elected, has reportedly been won over by the President's performance in office. Pierce Brosnan, who most famously played James Bond in 4 films mainly in the 1990s had high praise for the businessman-turned-president when it comes to the economy. TheHill reports: Brosnan once suggested he might leave the United States because of President Trump, but he now...

And we thought Christmas only came once a year. The first full-length trailer for No Time To Die has been released, giving fans a flavour of what to expect from Daniel Craig's final outing as James Bond. The promo, which launched on Wednesday and can be seen below, shows Rami Malek in character as the latest villain for the first time, as well as a new female agent with a licence to kill.