The Big Break: Anjelica Huston First Debuted in Bond Classic ‘Casino Royale’ 55 Years Ago

Christopher Vourlias Gravel Road Distribution Group has acquired world sales rights with producer Rani Sitaram to “Greytown Girl,” a romantic drama set in Apartheid-era South Africa from Oscar-nominated director Darrell Roodt (“Yesterday”).The film tells the true story of a small-town South African girl, Meena, who was born with physical limitations and abandoned as a baby. Through her personal bravery she’s able to build a better life, even as her journey of self-realization and self-love unspools against the dramatic backdrop of Apartheid South Africa’s journey toward its first democratic elections.“What I love most about ‘Greytown Girl’ is its authenticity.

Peter Debruge Chief Film CriticA slight but satisfying choice to open Director’s Fortnight at the Cannes Film Festival, Pietro Marcello’s “Scarlet” isn’t quite a fairy tale, although it certainly feels like one at times. For example, roughly midway through the movie, a woman who might be a witch meets the film’s fanciful young heroine, Juliette (Juliette Jouan), in the woods and predicts her fortune, explaining that one day this girl — who’s destined for greater things than the provincial Normandy farm where she’s dutifully passed her adolescence — will be whisked away by a ship flying scarlet sails.Set in the years just after the Great War, this charming French-language fable — which hails from the celebrated Italian doc maker whose epic narrative debut, “Martin Eden,” was a critical success on the festival circuit just pre-COVID — is smaller, sweeter and more sensitive than Marcello’s earlier work.

Red Hot Chili Peppers‘ Chad Smith and Pearl Jam‘s Matt Cameron have apologised for comments they made in a recent Rolling Stone article about the time leading up to the death of Foo Fighters‘ Taylor Hawkins, distancing themselves from the piece.The Rolling Stone story, citing Hawkins’ friends – including Smith and Cameron – asserts that Hawkins had grown increasingly uncomfortable with the band’s touring schedule. The drummer allegedly told the band that he was struggling to keep up with the physical demands of three-hour concerts night after night.Cameron, who played with Hawkins in the side project Nighttime Boogie Association, is quoted in the story as saying: “He had a heart-to-heart with Dave [Grohl] and, yeah, he told me that he ‘couldn’t fucking do it anymore’ — those were his words.”“So, I guess they did come to some understanding, but it just seems like the touring schedule got even crazier after that”.

Katie Price celebrated her friend’s birthday abroad this year and was pictured having a ball aboard a yacht with her boyfriend and friends.She wore a sea blue matching shirt and shorts set from her collaboration with JYY London and took photos of herself sipping on oysters and flashing her huge engagement ring.Katie was joined by her partner Carl Woods and his manager Chad Teixeira with a group of their friends.They celebrated her mate Ross Mackenzie Fraser’s birthday aboard the boat, in an undisclosed location.Katie, 43, and fiancé Carl, 32, enjoyed their fifth holiday of this year after travelling to Portugal, Thailand, The New Forest and Belgium.The group slurped oysters and soaked up the sun aboard the mini yacht, named Dolly, which Carl treated his followers to a tour of.He jokingly told his followers: “It’s the b******* isn’t it?”Carl also took a selfie aboard the boat as it jetted along the ocean, posing in a backwards cap and slick aviator sunglasses as he flashed his pearly whites at the camera.He captioned the picture: “Whatever makes you happy. Do that.”Katie and her beau Karl are rumoured trying to start a family together, after The Sun revealed that they were planning on starting IVF treatments to have a baby.She has five children already and is hoping for a sixth fathered by her current partner, and they were spotted visiting a fertility clinic together in London.Carl opened up about how he was worried he wouldn’t be able to have children after using steroids.He spoke on Steph’s Packed Lunch, saying: “I’ve got a history of using steroids when I was younger.

Paolo Nutini has announced details of a new UK and European tour – get your tickets here and see the full list of dates below.The Scottish artist returned last week with two new songs and news of his fourth studio album ‘Last Night In The Bittersweet’, the follow-up to 2014’s ‘Caustic Love’.Nutini has now announced a UK and European tour in support of the LP, with a pair of live dates in Ireland in August joining a run of dates that run from September through to November.The tour will visit the UK from October 22-November 1, with gigs in Manchester, London, Birmingham, Hull, Edinburgh and Aberdeen.Fans who pre-order ‘Last Night In The Bittersweet’ by 3pm on Monday (May 23) will receive exclusive access to a pre-sale for tour tickets, which opens at 9am on Tuesday (May 24).

Kim Kardashian has been accused by fans of changing her California accent to sound more like that of her Staten Island-raised boyfriend, Pete Davidson. In a clip from a recent episode of her family’s new Hulu show, The Kardashians, Kim, 41, can be heard speaking to her mother, Kris Jenner and friends (and partners), Simon Huck and Phil Riportella.The group were discussing Kim’s sister Kourtney’s upcoming wedding to Blink-182 drummer, Travis Barker, and Kim joked about her own experience with marriage after she's been wed three times.

Angela Scanlon has revealed that she and her friend had to spend a night in a Mexican prison when they were younger.The One Show presenter, 38, and her friend had travelled to Mexico for a relaxing holiday, but things took a left turn after a passport mishap. Angela had used her sister's passport to get into the country, but had issues when she was trying to leave. Speaking to Alan Carr on his Life's A Beach podcast, she said: "I was in a Mexican prison.That's a whole other story.

Kourtney Kardashian and Travis Barker tied the knot at a small ceremony over the weekend.The loved-up couple had an intimate wedding in Santa Barbara on Sunday, before a lavish event set to take place in Italy in the coming weeks. The 43 year old reality TV star said "I do" to the 46 year old rocker, in front of just two witnesses – Kourtney's maternal grandmother, and occasional Keeping Up With The Kardashians star, Mary Jo 'MJ' Campbell and Travis's father, Randy.

Johnny Depp allegedly said he could "punch Amber Heard in the face" after they married in February 2015.The Pirates of the Caribbean star is in the middle of a court battle against his ex-wife after an op-ed she wrote in the Washington Post about experiencing domestic violence. While she didn't name the alleged perpetrator, Johnny launched a £40.29m ($50m) libel lawsuit against her, claiming the article damaged his career and prevented him from getting roles.

bear cub sinking its teeth onto a woman with a "death grip". The baby brown bear was used as a real-life prop to entice people to pay for a photo-op with the beast inside a main park in Grozny, Russia.Medina and her sister sat down at the bench and paid £185 to take photos with the bear cub.In the video, the bear clambers over Medina and goes closer to her face, sniffing around her mouth.Medina hugs the cub and smiles for a photo but the animal could smell the salmon salad she had just eaten, and suddenly sinks teeth into her chin.She said: "It has a death grip.

EXCLUSIVE: French industry execs Naomi Denamur and Julie Billy are launching Paris-based independent production company June Films with a bustling film and TV slate. Scroll down for the company’s current lineup.

EXCLUSIVE: Berenice Bejo (The Artist) agreed that making Cannes opening-night film  Final Cut (Coupez!) with filmmaker husband Michel Hazanavicius (The Players) had been a family affair.

Lorraine Kelly, 62, has spoken about her ITV co-star Kate Garraway’s husband, Derek Draper and given an update on his health in a new interview.The presenter described the news surrounding Covid as “dire,” but said that she tried to include light-hearted features on her show with a focus on kindness during the pandemic.“There weren’t many bits of light in this whole terrible time.”Speaking on the Spinning Plates podcast with Sophie Ellis-Bextor, she discussed how the heartbreaking news of Derek’s hospitalisation really “impacted” her.The daytime TV show presenter explained: “Kate Garraway’s husband was one of the first to get really sick.

football match at Devonport Strikers Soccer Club.The nation's leader, who was still dressed in his suit and tie, seemed eager to get involved but while attempting to pull off a tackle, he ended off ploughing into one of the boys, knocking him down. Morrison also took a tumble, however, the pair seemed to be okay after the incident as they both got up and high-fived when the PM asked the ginger-haired young sportsman if he was alright.

James Martin, 49, once dated Hollywood legend Barbara Broccoli, who is 12 years his senior.The Saturday Kitchen chef addressed why he called it quits with the James Bond producer back in 2008.James met Barbara, 61, at a charity auction and recalled how the pair “instantly clicked”.The pair went on to date for five years before they finally went their separate ways, with James admitting that there would always be “an imbalance” between them.James, who opened up about their break-up in 2008, confessed that the worlds they came from were just too different. The chef recalled often feeling starstruck in the presence of Hollywood stars like Bond Girl Halle Berry or Nicole Kidman.While James enjoyed plenty of gifts from Barabra over the years, he described how her generosity was eventually the straw that broke the camel’s back.Barbara, who has an estimated net worth of $400 million, had showered him with some incredible presents – including three genuine Picassos.But when she tried to buy James an £180,000 Aston Martin DBS with the chassis number 007, it all became too much for the British TV chef. “It wasn’t as if it was my birthday or Christmas – it was just a spur of the moment thought,” he wrote.“In the end I said, ‘If I want something, I’ll work for it. Just drop it or we’re going to fall out over this’.“It was a defining moment in our relationship.

James Bond.Swedish blonde Britt played Bond’s assistant Mary Goodnight in the 1973 film The Man With The Golden Gun, but had also previously appeared in 1967’s Casino Royale with ex-husband Peter Sellers.When Roger died in 2017, Britt paid tribute to the actor and recalled one event in which he potentially saved her life.She said that there were "many reasons to adore Roger" because he was "so much fun, very tall, very handsome, kind," and "a class act who made filming a joy".However, her admiration extended further than this after he saved her from a fire.Britt reflected on the moment he "literally saved her life", explaining: "We were shooting the scene where we were escaping from Scaramanga’s island with a series of controlled explosions and pyrotechnics. It was a burning hell.

Fans might be anxious to find out just which star will be the next James Bond following Daniel Craig‘s end as the MI-6 agent.

Hitler was massive, involving soldiers, sailors, airmen, factory workers and many other people in a wide range of occupations.But perhaps the strangest operation of World War 2 was dreamed up by a novelist.Ian Fleming, long before he became famous as the creator of super-spy James Bond, worked as assistant to the director of Naval Intelligence, Admiral Sir John Godfrey (who was the inspiration for Bond’s boss M).In 1943, with the massive Allied invasion of Sicily poised to strike at what Churchill called the “soft underbelly” of Hitler’s Europe, the German defenders needed to be lured elsewhere to prevent a bloodbath on the beaches.And back in 1939, Fleming had dreamed up a secret plan as wild as the plot of any of his novels that would distract the Nazis from the obvious target.In fact, the original idea was pinched from a 1937 detective novel by Basil Thomson, The Milliner’s Hat Mystery.In a list of ideas for baffling the German High Command, Fleming wrote: “A suggestion (not a very nice one).“A corpse, dressed as an airman, with despatches in his pockets, could be dropped on the coast.”The fake despatches would contain misinformation to convince Hitler’s henchmen that the strike would come not in the obvious place of Sicily, but in Greece and Sardinia.From Fleming’s “not very nice” idea Ewen Montagu of Naval Intelligence, a barrister in civilian life, and the RAF’s Charles Cholmondeley, created Operation Mincemeat, an operation so bold, and so strange, it’s inspired two major feature films.Many of the details of the plan were only declassified in 1996.

Sasha Urban editorAs soon as Daniel Craig announced in 2019 that “No Time to Die” would be his fifth and final film as international spy James Bond, rumors began — and haven’t stopped — swirling about who might take his place.Tom Hardy, Henry Cavill, Idris Elba and even “Euphoria” star Jacob Elordi have been whispered about in relation to the coveted role, and Lashana Lynch became the first woman to hold the 007 title when her role of Nomi took over Bond’s position in the last film.But Bond franchise producer Barbara Broccoli says “it’s going to take some time” before Craig’s replacement is named.“It’s a big decision,” Broccoli told Variety at the Longacre Theatre on Thursday at the opening night of “Macbeth” on Broadway, which she is producing and in which Craig is also starring. “It’s not just casting a role.

Sam Heughan is back playing Jamie Fraser in the highly-anticipated Outlander Season 6. The Scottish actor has returned to our screens in the hugely popular Outlander series. Outlander Season 6 is available from March 6 – and Heughan himself was on the red carpet for the world premiere last month.

Amazon saw revenue nose up 7% to $116 billion but swung to a net loss of $3.8 billion in the first quarter of 2022 from a profit of $8.1 million the year before. Its Q2 outlook disappointed the Street and investors dinged the stock, which is off 7% in after-hours trading.