Pierce Brosnan
Summary
Pierce Brendan Brosnan, OBE (born 16 May 1953) is an Irish actor, film producer and environmentalist who holds Irish and American citizenship. After leaving school at 16, Brosnan began training in commercial illustration, but trained at the Drama Centre in London for three years. Following a stage acting career he rose to popularity in the television series Remington Steele (1982–87).After Remington Steele, Brosnan took the lead in many films such as Dante's Peak and The Thomas Crown Affair. In 1995, he became the fifth actor to portray secret agent James Bond in the official film series, starring in four films between 1995 and 2002. He also provided his voice and likeness to Bond in the 2004 video game James Bond 007: Everything or Nothing.
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Trailer Mash 11-09-12
In 1962's From Russia with Love, the best James Bond movie to date, 007 was matched against his toughest enemy ever, British jailbird turned thug for hire Red Grant. Portrayed by Robert Shaw, Grant was the anti-Bond: a stone-faced, blond, over-muscled killing machine. Rather witty of the franchise producers, then, to recreate Bond in Grant's image for Casino Royale back in 2005.
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Trailer Mash 08-10-12
Twilight for those in their twilight years, Hope Springs is seemingly a film about thinking about old people having sex. The old people in question, Tommy Lee Jones and Meryl Streep, have their admirers, some not even from their own generation, but this is still a film about thinking about old people having sex.
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007: licensed to place product
The new James Bond film, Skyfall, will see the secret agent turning his back on martinis in favour of a well-known Dutch beer.
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Trailer Mash 9-16-11
No one is ever going to mistake James Marsden for Dustin Hoffmann, but since nobody under 40 is going to watch Sam Peckinpah's Straw Dogs, it hardly matters that the remake stars Cyclops from X-Men rather than Bernie Focker. As arcadian rape-revenge fantasy remake trailers go, this one is barely distinguishable from that of the recently revisited Last House on the Left.
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The Programming Insider: Monday 7/25/11
In Today's Issue: Primetime Ratings: Weekend Results Ratings Box: What’s Hot/What’s Not On the Air Tonight: Prime-Time Programming Options TV Tidbits: Notes of Interest TV Trivia Time: Frankly Mr. TV, I Don’t Give a Damn! ____________________________________________________________ PRIME-TIME RATINGS: Weekend Highlights Friday 7/22/11 Note: The following results are based on the fast affiliate ratings (Live Plus Same Day data).
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The readers' editor on… Celebrities in a serious newspaper
Even the Observer, you will have noticed, is not immune to celebrity culture. While hardly drenched in photographs of film stars, models, footballers and TV personalities, the paper recognises that their presence provides some necessary light relief amid sometimes heavy politics, economics and foreign affairs. Mass media invented the idea of celebrity and no publication, however high-minded, can entirely resist the temptation to broaden its appeal in its desire to reach a wider audience.
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Arianna Taps Actress Rita Wilson To Head New 'Boomer' Vertical Huff/Post 40
The AOL Huffington Post Media Group announced today they have tapped actress (and wife of Tom Hanks) Rita Wilson to be editor-at-large of a new Boomer vertical Huff/Post 40. The site is set to launch in August.
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Galliano wins cyber-squatting case at U.N. agency
GENEVA (Reuters) - British designer John Galliano, who was sacked by fashion house Christian Dior for his alleged anti-Semitic behavior, won a cyber-squatting case on Wednesday.
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Christina Hendricks & Olivia Munn Join Weinstein Co. Comedy
A trio of TV personalities have been cast in The Weinstein Company's feature adaptation of Allison Pearson's novel "I Don't Know How She Does It. ".
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Karen Sortito Dies at 49; Told 007 to Start Drinking Smirnoff
Ms. Sortito was a movie-marketing executive who pushed the limits of product tie-ins, most famously in James Bond movies.
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