A stunt driver delivering a rare Aston Marton to the set of the latest James Bond film, Quantum of Solace, is in good condition after the $240,000 car slipped off the bend of a steep road. The driver was treated at the hospital and released with a heavily bruised ego and minor superficial bruises. Fireman came to his aid after the car slipped and plunged 55m to the bottom of Garda in Italy. The car was the only one of its kind available for the film, and it’s unknown how producers will replace it.

The last James Bond film was plagued by stories questioning the new blond Bond Daniel Craig’s fitness for the part. He had two of his teeth knocked out while filming his first fight scene for Casino Royale, he suffered prickly heat on set, he said he hated speedboats and guns, and he was so clueless at playing cards that he couldn’t even fake his way through the poker scenes at first. (A rumor that he couldn’t even drive stick shift turned out to be false.) Craig proved no matter how much people might make fun of him he was more than capable of turning in a solid, kick ass performance. The same could not be said for his first Bond girl, Eva Green, who I found annoying and unable to act. At least her character won’t exist for the next installment.

Quantum of Solace is due out later this year. Olga Kurylenko plays Bond girl Camille, a Russian-Bolivian agent, and Gemma Arterton stars as MI6 Agent Fields.

Here are stills from the film, thanks to AllMoviePhoto. Craig and his co-stars Olga Kurylenko and Gemma Arterto are also shown at a press conference.

[Crash details from Telegraph.co.uk and News.com.au]

The stars were out at the premiere of the children’s fantasy The Golden Compass last night in London. The film is based on the first book in Philip Pullman’s His Dark Materials trilogy, and stars Kidman as an evil villain to 13 year-old newcomer Dakota Blue Richards’ character, young heroine Lyra Belacqua. Daniel Craig plays Lyra’s uncle and guardian Lord Asriel. Eva Green is typecast as a witch who helps Lyra on her quest.

Here’s the trailer:

The Golden Compass is out on December 5 in the UK and December 7 in the US.

Here are the photos from the premiere. The Daily Mail points out that Daniel Craig’s girlfriend, Satsuki Mitchell, looks like she’s wearing an engagement ring.

Thanks to WENN for these pictures.

Who has the most enviable figure in the celebrity world?

A UK poll by fitness firm Premier Training International has come up with some less than predictable answers in a hot body poll.

Enviable Women

Myleene Klass - Big Brother contestant
Halle Berry - actress
Jessica Simpson - singer
Madonna - singer
Sophia Loren - actress
Angelina Jolie - actress
Uma Thurman - actress
Jennifer Aniston - actress
Gabby Logan - Strictly Come Dancing contestant

Enviable Men

Daniel Craig - actor
Jonny Wilkinson - rugby player
Brad Pitt - actor
Hugh Grant - actor
David Beckham - soccer player
Orlando Bloom - actor
Johnny Depp - actor
Lee Mead - Any Dream Will Do winner
Colin Firth - actor
Sir Sean Connery - actor

New Zealand Herald

It seems that being over 70 isn’t going to stop you from having an enviable body – Sophia Loren is 73 and Sir Sean Connery is 77. Checking out the pictures on IMDB I can only hope I look that good when I’m that sort of age, although I passed my mirror this morning and turned it to face the wall – but maybe by the time I’m old I’ll look better than I do now. Do you have to be good looking in your youth (I use the term loosely) to look good in your old age?

Also, it’s amazing that three of the celebrities are from reality TV shows. Myleene Klass was on last year’s Big Brother UK edition and she gained notoriety for her physique in a bikini. I’m amazed anyone can remember Big Brother from last year? Who can remember even last night’s reality TV?

Picture note by Celebitchy: Myleene Klass pregnant bikini picture from The Daily Mail. Die another Day, Dukes of Hazzard, and Troy movie stills from allmoviephoto. Brad Pitt Premiere cover from members.fortunecity.com/mattdamon. Shirtless Becks from PRPhotos.

There are probably a whole range a reasons why being James Bond is immensely cool. Like the gadgets and guns, some of which are designed exclusively for Bond’s use. Or the luxury cars that are sometimes amphibious. Then there’s the unlimited supply of custom fitted tuxedos. But probably the best perk of being 007 is the chicks. Daniel Craig knows this.

Daniel Craig is hand-picking his Bond girls for the new 007 film, due out at the end of next year.

“Daniel campaigned for Eva Green to do Casino Royale and is having a similar input in the casting of the next film,” says my movie mole.

“There’ll be four girls, all of whom will look Latin-American as much of the film is set in Panama, and Daniel is having a hard time choosing between those screen testing.”

Daily Mail

Anyone who has a job perk like choosing co-workers based entirely on their looks (let’s face it, Bond girls are not known for their acting ability, although some of them could act) and still gets paid $60 million for four films would definitely take on the role.

Daniel was of course partly chosen for his own good looks. He plans on slimming down for his next role, not in a skinny way, but rather not bulking up quite so much in the muscular department. He’ll also be showing off his physique, again.

Craig is quoted as saying: “I’m probably not going to bulk up as much as I did last time. That was an exercise that worked and I’m very happy I did it because I wanted to know if I could do it, but I’ve got to do stuff which will be closer to what I’m doing on screen, like running and jumping. I’ve got to do some of that.”

Craig also revealed that the film’s producer, Barbara Broccoli is determined to make sure he is forced to strip off in the next Bond film, ‘Bond 22′.

He said: “I think Barbara is going to have words with me about that. I’ll be, ‘I’m not going to take my top off’, and she’ll say, ‘Yes you are.’ There are no plans. They might have me taking a shower, what can I tell you?”

Showbiz Spy

A 007 shower scene? That we’d like to see…

Note by Celebitchy: Here’s a link to photos of Daniel Craig fully nude (NSFW) from the 2000 film Some Voices. You may have already seen the pictures here as they’re from the filming of Casino Royale.

Can James Bond ever be a sensible married man? Wouldn’t it ruin those cheesy lines? What will he do to fill in those dull evenings when he’s away from the missus and no bad guys are near?

Whoops, I seem to have Bond’s glamorous life confused with Daniel Craig’s somewhat more prosaic one. He has a long term girlfriend, and reports from Britain indicate they may be engaged.

The British actor reportedly proposed to film producer Satsuki Mitchell during a romantic break in Italy.

Mitchell has been spotted wearing a huge ring on her wedding finger ever since the summer vacation.

It will be second time up the aisle for Craig who married British actress Fiona Louden with whom he has a child.

Their daughter Ella was born in 1992.

Female First

His fiancé may have some competition – when has Bond ever been known for his monogamy? – after Daniel confessed to being turned on by his co-star Nicole Kidman.

In an interview with W magazine, Craig says: “Nicole turns me on. Not in a sordid, horrible way — well, come to think of it!”

Herald Sun

Daniel is currently filming the next Bond instalment, which should be full of more bangs and fast cars. After all, he’s the greatest Bond of all time, or at least the one that pulls the most cash at the box office. If you ask my mum, she likes Pierce Brosnan, grandma likes Roger Moore, and I’m partial to Sean Connery. If only because of this fabulous quote, about his good looks winning him film roles. In the early 1960’s Sean told Ruth Park “I reckon I have about five more years work in my face.”

Well, we’re all wrong sometimes. It’s not always a bad thing.

Daniel Craig can’t stand looking at Nicole Kidman. In fact, it’s so painful that he has stuck his fingers in his ears and is humming loudly to drown her out. The first Blonde Bond isn’t overly bright … but eventually switches to covering his attractively crinkled baby blues …which while distracting is rather more effective. Meanwhile, Kidman is happily responding to a question about whether the 38-year-old actor changed after landing his role as James Bond last year.

“Oh, completely,” deadpans Kidman, 39, who was with him, shooting one of their upcoming films, The Invasion of the Wrinkle Snatchers, when he got the call. “In 24 hours he became a diva,” she adds, with a nod toward the temporarily sightless Craig, who oddly continues to hum his tune as the pair sit in the cozy bar of a London photography studio, sharing a bottle of sparkling water, not that’s there anything wrong with that. But then Kidman breaks down and tells the truth: “Oh, he didn’t change at all,” she says in her haute-Aussie twang. “The thing about Daniel, and the reason I like working with him, is that he’s an actor’s actor. He has no access to Diva scrubs, exfoliating agents or even basic moisturizers. Look at the sate of that mug. Weathered we call it back home …and Australians know from weathered – its generations of freckled convicts frying in the noonday soon”

Of course, Craig has heard the whole thing due to his humming skills being complete rubbish and he seems far more alarmed by the compliment than by the faux insult. “How dare you!” he shouts, and they both giggle. An oddly blonde moment from two actors who are ever verging on the edge of ginger.

Other quotes from this month’s cover story:

Daniel on Nicole :”She turns me on… in the nicest possible way, you understand. Through heavily retouched photography.”

Nicole on Daniel: “In 24 hours, he became a diva — but still couldnt approach the smooth perfection of my epithelial layer”

“R Me in the M” by UrbanDK, has been edited for Celebitchy: for the complete story, pay attention to the powdery, oddly flat visage of your favorite females on your favorite mags.

I don’t know if this ruins the movie for me or not, but I was really looking forward to catching even a silght glimpse of Daniel Craig’s goods. Judi Dench says he has a monster c0ck, and that’s a good enough recommendation for the film for me.

Now the news is that Craig’s big member won’t be making an appearance in the film at all, and that he used a pen1s double. What a shame.

JAMES Bond star Daniel Craig was so nervous over his sexy bedroom scenes in new movie Casino Royale that he used STAND-INS.

Daniel, 38, admitted: “I had stunt men all the way.

“Stunt p***s? I’ve got four or five.”

But the blond 007 was determined to do his own stunts outside the bedroom.

He revealed: “I got hurt every day.

“All the stunt guys are as hard as teak — I can’t show any pain in front of them.” The movie premieres next week in London.

Craig suffered several mishaps on set: a prickly heat rash, knocked out teeth, and most recently damage to his nether regions. It’s so big that Craig couldn’t get out of the way in time durnig a whipping scene and took one right to the ‘nads:

In the scene, Bond is stripped and tied to chair before being whipped by baddie Le Chiffre, played by Danish actor Mads Mikkelsen.

However a blunder in the measurements of the whip and chair that Craig sat on, meant the end of the whip made contact with his privates when it should have only hit the chair.

He said: “I just jumped like eight feet in the air shouting ‘Stop!’ and left the room rather hastily.”

However, Craig knew that playing Bond would be no picnic physically so after a dose of painkillers he carried on filming.

He joked: “If you don’t get bruised playing Bond you’re not doing it properly.”

Casino Royale opens in the states on November 17th.

You’ve probably already seen this, but I hadn’t so I thought it was worth a post. Thanks to Commentors Angelika, Sorceress and maritime for pointing out that Daniel Craig looks hot in the Casino Royale trailer.

While I think the movie itself looks good and they’re certainly making it seem sexy in this trailer, I don’t know about Craig. He will probably pull it off with style, but what’s with his ears? They’re made for a bigger head if you ask me. Is it completely superficial of me to point this out? Now that I know how well endowed dame Dench considers him, I guess those ears go along with the territory.

Casino Royale is out in theatres in the US on November 17.

Here are some stills from the film, courtesy of All Movie Photo.

The new James Bond movie is going to be a lot more interesting than we thought. Rumor has it that girly-man Daniel Craig is going to redeem himself as the most metrosexual Bond ever with full frontal nudity in the film. Now Judi Dench, who is pretty well endowed herself, says that Craig’s no slouch in the manhood department. The dignified British actress says he’s got a monster c0ck!

DAME JUDI DENCH has lavished praise on DANIEL CRAIG’s manhood, insisting the JAMES BOND actor’s penis is “an absolute monster”. The Oscar winner, who plays M in the 007 movies, used a trailer opposite Craig during the shooting for CASINO ROYALE, and was surprised to find the 38-year-old actor wandering naked outside one day. Dench recalls fondly, “It’s an absolute monster. Sorry, I shouldn’t say that, should I? How uncouth of me.”

[via Fark]

When I read that all I could picture was the final scene in “Boogie Nights,” and I got a little woozy thinking about the possibilities for “Casino Royale.” Despite all of Craig’s well-publicized personal foibles, some of which were bogus like the story that he couldn’t drive a stick, (I never corrected that story, sorry) A reviewer at The Sun saw it and says he’s the best Bond since Connery. It sounds like he’s certainly fit for the part.

Here are older pictures of Craig filming “Casino Royale.”

Daniel Craig got so fat indulging in the local Czech cuisine while filming “Casino Royale” in Prague that producers hired him a trainer to get him back in Bond-shape for the role.

Craig lost two of his teeth while filming, got prickly heat, admitted he didn’t like guns or speedboats, and had to be schooled on how to play poker because he looked like an idiot in his card-playing scenes.

Movie marketers further messed with Bond’s image by cutting a deal with Ford to feature a Ford Mondeo in the film. They were also forced to make Bond’s trademark Aston Martin an automatic when it came out that Craig couldn’t drive a stick.

Now they’re making Bond’s transformation complete by reaching an endorsement deal with Heineken. Bond’s low-carb vodka martinis are going to be supplemented with the everyman’s drink, beer.

Bond has gone to hell already, so it really doesn’t matter if he starts swilling beer while he’s driving an American car. He could still get naked, which might prove to be the saving grace for this franchise. Now that he’s lost his edge though, do we really care?