Hugh Jackman

Hugh Jackman, the famous Australian actor  has been named as “the Sexiest Man Alive”. The star was ranked at the top in the  People magazine’s annual list of “the most attractive guys in the world”. With his unforgettable performances in several movies like  X-Men, The Prestige and Scoop,  Jackman has left female hearts pounding faster.

“He’s a triple threat - a star who can sing, dance and wield a weapon. At 6ft 2in, all scruff and biceps, Jackman, 40, looms large in the epic Australia and left people stammering, ‘Oh. my… God!’ according to co-star Nicole Kidman”, the magazine wrote while explaining why they elected  Jackman as the Sexiest Man Alive.

Close behind Hugh, the second place was secured by the Quantum of Solace actor Daniel Craig. He rose to fame with his most impressive acting in the film as British spy James Bond.  His muscular body and striking blue eyes left all his female fans awestruck.

The third position was given to  the star of hit US TV show Mad Men, Jon Hamm, while  Zac Efron, High School Musical heartthrob and   Robert Buckley, the  Lipstick Jungle hunk came fourth and fifth respectively.

The other personalities to have ranked in the list were Soccer player David Beckham, Oscar-winner Javier Bardem, Twilight star Robert Pattinson, former Dawson’s Creek actor Joshua Jackson and Olympic swimmer Michael Phelps.

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Quantum of Solace

The latest James Bond film “Quantum of Solace” made another whopping five million pounds ($7.52 million) over its third weekend in Britain as it maintained its top spot on the British box office.

Daniel Craig’s second  007 affair and the 22nd official Bond film has now earned 40.2 million pounds in its British run, according to Screen International on Tuesday. Craig along with the films fame has acquired huge fan following and a massive sense of stardom.

It belittled the 1 million pounds taken by the No. 2 film on its debut weekend, “Max Payne,” a video game spin-off with Mark Wahlberg as a lone avenger in New York. “Quantum of Solace” finally gets solace in Britain with the massive third week grossing.

“High School Musical 3: Senior Year,” with Zac Efron, Vanessa Anne Hudgens and Ashley Tisdale was down one place at three while comedy “Zack and Miri Make a Porno” came in at four with its tale of two friends going triple-XXX to pay their rent.

Ricky Gervais was down two at five as the cantankerous dentist in “Ghost Town” while Bollywood movie “Dostana” was new at six.

“Burn After Reading” with Brad Pitt and George Clooney was down by two at seven and “Easy Virtue” stayed at eight with its reworking of Noel Coward’s play set among the inter-war British aristocracy.

The animated evil scientists of “Igor” were stuck at nine while horror movie “Saw V” was the week’s biggest failure, down six places at 10.

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Daniel Craig

Present 007 spy Daniel Craig wants to show off his new dresses. He revealed that he is finicky about what he wears at shows and socialite night outs. He also likes the fact that being an actor he can “dress up and show off”.

Craig told how his career as an actor carried forward his opportunities to dress up outrageously and flaunt his stuff and talent to be precise. He said he was honest enough to reveal that “You get into acting for the chase. It’s dressing up and showing off…” Craig now stands rock solid with his “exhibitionist” tag.

But the star insisted that he was aware of getting carried away by all that. He does not ever want to become self-obsessed or arrogant about his talent.

Daniel also revealed that his present stardom with his reprising role as ruthless British spy James Bond for a second time in ‘Quantum of Solace’ has not made him sober. He revealed that he has had his share of brawls. He has been involved in several fights and physical altercations during his nights out.

USA Today quoted him : “Bar-room brawls? I’ve done maybe two or three, and I’ve never been particularly successful at them. They’re always very quick, and then suddenly you’re outside and you don’t know quite how you got there.”
Craig though insisted that people should keep oneself humble. “…Anybody who starts to think they’re sexy immediately becomes unsexy.” Craig must be keeping himself grounded in order to fight his urge to show off everytime he decides to flaunt and showcase himself.

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Daniel Craig

Daniel Craig has come a long way since his Casino Royale days.He uses stunts where he has to risk his limbs.He has had his share of accidents and scares. He has been reading Bond novels a lot these days. He finds it tougher than his predecessor Bond actors to bring out perfection as James Bond. He feels it must have been easier for past Bond characters as there was no such pressure as the present day to use more and more high frame risk stunts. The public has grown watching high action in Bond films and so quite obviously with each passing day Bond films are dsure to entail more sweating out by newer actors like him who would have to fit the bill. He explains, “How do you impress people when there are couples who go away on weekends… and camp out on top of a mountain and jump off? ” Craig reasons that these days people are used to live life larger,faster and in a more dangerous manner. Craig insists that his forerunners might have had it real easy because truly action sports and daredevil pastimes are much more extreme these days than they ever used to be - and Bond has to be seen to be more of an action man than filmgoers’ neighbours and friends. Craig knows that Bond fans have already started expecting a huge thing from 007 stunts and so he has to risk his like and limbs to get things right.

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Daniel Craig Bond

After the run away success of Casino Royale which gave the franchise a new lease of life Daniel Craig is back with his latest Bond release “Quantum of Solace”. There are a number of good things about the latest Bond film that makes it quite a draw for movie goers this time around too. The first web clip was released a few days ago. The first shots of the film seem pretty promising which leaves a lot more to be expected.
Most part of the film was shot in South America and therefore it is sure to portray some spectacular scenery. With Paul Haggis the Oscar winning director of Crash coming back for scripting the movie is grabbing a lot of headlines. The star Daniel Craig has on the other hand moved into different territories since playing the charismatic spy in Casino Royale. In his next release after “Quantum of Solace” the movie star plays a high-flying actor who is too stuck up with his position. The film called “Flashbacks of a Fool” is directed by Craig’s friend Baillie Walsh and the actor will also be acting as the executive producer.

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