Sunset, Coastal Commission to honor 'heroes' Sep 14, 2009
Actor Pierce Brosnan and actress Julia Louis-Dreyfus will be among those honored at the event, which is taking place at the Aquarium of the Bay, according to event organizers. The program will include presentations by the chair of the White House Council of Environmental Quality and the Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. (Palo Alto Online, CA)
Manilow project in the works Sep 10, 2009
Characters will not follow a plot and burst into song, as Meryl Streep and Pierce Brosnan and others sang from the Abba catalog. The project was hatched by Stern, who hooked Manilow with the idea making a character-driven romantic comedy with intersecting storylines involving Manilow fans who are all arriving in Las Vegas on a weekend where Manilow will headline Mandalay Bay, the largest venue on the Strip. (Variety)
Santa Monica Pier celebrates 100th birthday Sep 9, 2009
Pierce Brosnan asked for directions to the aquarium. And he saw Redford in his pinstriped suit playing Johnny Hooker in The Sting. (Boston Globe)
Meet Shias newgal pal Carey Mulligan Sep 5, 2009
She also appears in The Greatest with Pierce Brosnan and Susan Sarandon and Brothers with Jake Gyllenhaal and Natalie Portman. 2009 MSNBC Interactive. (MSNBC -- News)
50 fun facts about Hawaii as 50th star hits 50 Aug 31, 2009
44 Celebrity landowners on Kauai include Bette Midler and AOL founder Steve Case, both of whom grew up on Oahu, as well as Graham Nash, Pierce Brosnan and Ben Stiller. 45 Its construction halted by Hurricane Iniki five years earlier, Puakea Golf Course on Kauai opened in 1997 with just 10 holes. (San Francisco Chronicle)
BANK OF THE WEST CLASSIC Aug 3, 2009
Upon reaching that final, Bartoli announced that she had drawn strength from seeing one of her idols, Pierce Brosnan, in the Centre Court stands. It proved to be inspiration of the highest order, as Bartoli knocked off Justine Henin in a semifinal nobody thought she could win. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Behind the scenes Aug 2, 2009
Dinny's nephew Gary is a stuntman working with the latest generation of Bonds - such as Pierce Brosnan and Daniel Craig. FROM BBC WORLD SERVICE. (BBC News -- Europe)
Daily TV guide Jul 24, 2009
Local Search Site Search. THIS STORY HAS BEEN FORMATTED FOR EASY PRINTING. (Boston Globe)
Harry Potter Faces Love And War In 'Half-Blood Prince' Jul 11, 2009
He had already appeared in a BBC production of "David Copperfield" with his future "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" co-star Maggie Smith, as well as "The Tailor of Panama" with Pierce Brosnan and Jamie Lee Curtis. His age synced up with the part in a way few actors get to experience, and he's grown up along with Harry through each sequel. (VHI.com -- Music News)
Bond flicks: for your eyes only Jul 9, 2009
I have nothing against Sean Connery, Robert Moore, Pierce Brosnan, or the other guys. It's just a very simple matter of taste. (Erie Times-News, PA)
'Tall and dashing' Jun 17, 2009
At the UN Correspondents Association annual dinner one Christmas, Sir John Sawers laughed heartily as he saw how journalists had compared him to James Bond actor Pierce Brosnan. Tall, dashing, and an excellent dancer, Britain's Ambassador to the UN could indeed be a character out of Ian Fleming - and now he becomes the head of Britain's Secret Intelligence Service (SIS). (BBC News)
Suit: Danny Devito Owes $500,000 Jun 1, 2009
Businessman Michael Caridi claims he struck a deal with DeVito's Jersey Films to raise 10 million for the movie, which stars Morgan Freeman and Pierce Brosnan, and was to be paid 5 percent for his efforts. He's now alleging that DeVito is not only refusing to honor the agreement, but is claiming that no agreement existed in the first place. (New York Post -- Gossip)
Simon Baker Sizzles In "The Mentalist" May 20, 2009
Plus, Pierce Brosnan, Robert Pattinson, Woody Allen and Penelope Cruz. Stories. (CBS News)
The stars may leave, but sequels keep coming May 19, 2009
From Connery to Lazenby to Connery again to Roger Moore to Timothy Dalton to Pierce Brosnan and now Daniel Craig, the 007 franchise remains a global juggernaut. Audiences have come to expect that actors will eventually grow too old to play the deadly globe-trotting (and bed-hopping) assassin, and while theres always a difference of opinion about how the current Bond ranks opposite his predecessors, the movies continue to do well. (MSNBC -- Movies)
Museums have played pivotal roles in films through the years May 17, 2009
It's where Pierce Brosnan pulls off his climactic heist in the remake of "The Thomas Crown Affair." It's where Sigourney Weaver works, as a curator, in "Ghostbusters II." It's where Brian De Palma flexes his Steadicam muscles - and Angie Dickinson dances an unknowing pas de deux with her future murderer - in "Dressed to Kill.". (A bit of museum-movie trivia: The sequence was shot at the Philadelphia Museum of Art, masquerading as the Met. (Boston Globe)
Ontario gallery to show another side of Hannibal May 13, 2009
He follows the trend of Hollywood celebrities from Pierce Brosnan to Sylvester Stallone who have attracted considerable public interest and not-so-shabby prices for their late-career, painterly compulsions. Hopkins's canvases are to be priced between roughly $6,000 and $30,000, while his ink drawings will range from $2,100 to $4,500. (Globe and Mail)
A suit fit for 007 - and you May 12, 2009
That's because the film's costume designer, Daniel Orlandi, opted to outfit the actor in Brioni, the same world-renowned suit maker that has clothed the two most recent 007s, Pierce Brosnan and Daniel Craig. True, most viewers will be far more interested in unravelling the plot conspiracies than scrutinizing the fabric of Langdon's sport jackets. (Globe and Mail)
Trek not the only facelift Hollywood got right May 9, 2009
So they replaced Pierce Brosnan with a blonde Daniel Craig, dropped the familiar theme music, and (gasp. actually had their secret agent trying to hide his identity in the movie. (MSNBC -- News)
Celebrity birthdays for the week of May 10-16 May 7, 2009
Actor Pierce Brosnan is 56. Actress Debra Winger is 54. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
Married Life May 2, 2009
Very early in the film, Pierce Brosnan describes marriage as a mild kind of infection, somewhat akin to flu or chicken pox and thanks destiny for never having caught this infection himself ... First, he respects his wife too much to leave her hurting with the tag of a divorcee and second, he has Pierce Brosnan, a completely rakish philanderer friend who falls in love with Cooper's girl friend and wants her for himself ... While Chris Cooper is always a delight to watch with his ability to touch... (India Times, India)
Craig makes Bond his own Apr 28, 2009
If the most recent forays into the James Bond universe -- with their horribly convoluted plots, far-fetched gizmos, campy scenarios, cheesy villains and Pierce Brosnan -- have disillusioned you about the possibility of a decent new film, then your worries are at an end. Bond enthusiasts now can die another day in peace, knowing the franchise is in good hands with Daniel Craig. (Fresno Bee -- Lifestyle)
'He Was Inspiring' Apr 12, 2009
"He was always my favorite actor, but when I wanted to read something about him, I found almost nothing," said Richard Shepard, director of "The Matador" starring Pierce Brosnan and an Emmy Award winner for directing the "Ugly Betty" pilot. "It was like he was forgotten.". (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
Jennifer Lopez evicts cybersquatters Apr 11, 2009
The Grammy-nominated singer, widely known as J.Lo, joins other celebrities in ousting cybersquatters through the dispute procedure, including Pierce Brosnan, Tom Cruise, Celine Dion, Scarlett Johansson, Nicole Kidman, Madonna and Julia Roberts. Lopez, who is from the South Bronx, registered her name as a trademark in the United States in May 1999 and has sold more than 48 million albums worldwide, according to her complaint. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Technology)
Best Gaming April Fools' Apr 7, 2009
With that device and the right code, you could re-enact Sean Connery bitch-slapping Pierce Brosnan to your heart's content. 4. (IGN PS2)
New on DVD: 'Bolt,' 'Quantum,' 'Duck' Mar 27, 2009
Also just out on $27 Fox Blu-rays: vintage Bonds Goldfinger (1964, Sean Connery); Moonraker (1979, Roger Moore); Never Say Never Again (1983, Connery); and The World Is Not Enough (1999, Pierce Brosnan). Howard the Duck* *, 1986, Universal, PG, $15. (USA Today -- Life)
* OTHER RELEASES Mar 27, 2009
For the TV show, Ringo Starr and the late George Carlin were among the narrators for the UK and US markets respectively; for the movie, Pierce Brosnan steps into the sound-proof booth. Screening at the Vieshow complex in Xinyi District. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- Sports)
Interview with Robert Patterson Mar 24, 2009
Twilight: What's Next for Rob Pattinson. - Thompson On Hollywood on Variety. (Variety)
‘Mamma Mia' Wonderful, tuneful, joyous (1) Mar 22, 2009
The possible fathers, a collection of perfect leading men of a certain age, are played by Pierce Brosnan, who handles both the singing and romance with aplomb; Colin Firth; and Skellan Skarsgard. There must be something about the Greeks that Rita and Tom Hanks love because they produced both My Big Fat Greek Wedding and the sun-drenched, set-on-a-Greek-island Mama Mia. (Desert Entertainer, CA)
'Duplicity' between spies goes way back Mar 18, 2009
A big batch of Blu-ray is coming next week, after which the tally will be: Sean Connery (5); George Lazenby (1); Roger Moore (3); Timothy Dalton (0; but Licence to Kill arrives May 19); Pierce Brosnan (1); Daniel Craig (2). The Silencers (1966, Sony, $15). (USA Today)
Films for St. Patrick's Day Mar 17, 2009
Although this romantic comedy starring Pierce Brosnan and Julianne Moore is initially set in New York City, a large and significant portion of the movie shows the two lead characters in the rich scenery of the countryside of Ireland. Moore and Brosnan play two top divorce attorneys. (Suite101.com)
Quiet, funky Kauai town Hanapepe was the model for Disney's ‘Lilo &Stitch' Mar 3, 2009
"Pierce Brosnan comes in," Justus said of the former 007. "He's really tall. He has a place up on the North Shore. He was with his mother. He said he wanted to come back down and play cribbage one night.". (Herald Online, SC -- Lifestyles)
Henry Selick on 2-D 'Coraline' Mar 2, 2009
Coraline's Selick on the Fantastic Garden - Thompson On Hollywood on Variety. Remarkably, on its fourth weekend, the is still hanging in there--it grossed more than $5 million and placed eighth on its way to some $70-million in total domestic gross--even though. (Variety)
NY's tax credit program revamped Feb 28, 2009
Pierce Brosnan and Meryl Streep star in the film adaptation of the Broadway hit musical. Will Smith plays a superhero with some not-so-super habits in Sony's big-budget 'Hancock. (Multichannel News)
'Chippers' smoke less, to fight stress Feb 24, 2009
Pierce Brosnan: Being a cigar advocate seems like such a James Bond kind of thing to do. Mary-Kate Olsen: No doubt she prefers ultra-slim cigarettes. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Living)
No 'Love' for 'Guru' Feb 23, 2009
Pierce Brosnan was chosen as worst supporting actor for "Mamma Mia!" The worst-director Razzie went to Uwe Boll for three movies: "In the Name of the King: A Dungeon Siege Tale," "1968: Tunnel Rats" and "Postal.". Razzies voters also gave a prize for worst career achievement to Boll, whose critically drubbed movies include "Bloodrayne" and its sequel. (Fox News)
Comedy flop earns Golden Raspberries triple for Myers Feb 23, 2009
Myers' Love Guru co-star Sir Ben Kingsley, though, was spared embarrassment when the worst supporting actor prize went to Pierce Brosnan in Mamma Mia. Quizzed on his nomination at the Spirit Awards, held before the Razzie ceremony on Saturday, Sir Ben claimed not to know what a Razzie was. (BBC News -- Americas)
Myers, Hilton top flops Feb 23, 2009
Other notable winners on Saturday included former James Bond star Pierce Brosnan, who picked up the worst supporting actor for his performance in ABBA musical 'Mamma Mia. Meanwhile Steven Spielberg's revival of the Indiana Jones franchise in 'Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull' was crowned worst prequel, remake, rip-off or sequel. (iAfrica.com)
* PLANET POP Feb 23, 2009
Other notable winners on Saturday included former James Bond star Pierce Brosnan, who picked up the worst supporting actor for his performance in ABBA musical Mamma Mia. Final preparations for the Oscars were being made yesterday, with uplifting drama Slumdog Millionaire poised to romp home in the race for the coveted best picture prize. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World Business)
Through VIP looking glass Feb 23, 2009
Former James Bond star Pierce Brosnan was awarded the worst supporting actor for his singing role in the Abba musical Mamma Mia. RATINGS WAR. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Love guru, Paris Hilton Razzed over films Feb 23, 2009
Ex-James Bond, Pierce Brosnan, took home the Worst Supporting Actor trophy for his role in Mamma Mia. Drop dimes to trackgals@bostonherald. (Boston Herald)
The Razzies: Feb 22, 2009
Pierce Brosnan was chosen as worst supporting actor for Mamma Mia. The worst-director Razzie went to Uwe Boll for three movies: In the Name of the King: A Dungeon Siege Tale, 1968: Tunnel Rats and Postal. (Sydney Morning Herald)
MIKE MYERS AND PARIS HILTON LOSERS AT RAZZIES Feb 22, 2009
Pierce Brosnan won Worst Supporting Actor dishonors for "Mamma Mia!" while Germany's Uwe Boll was named Worst Director for three movies, as well as receiving a special Lifetime Achievement award from the Golden Raspberry Award Foundation. lect. (New York Post -- Entertainment)
Movie, recipe help get you in Gere Feb 20, 2009
SHOWCASE :: Erie's Entertainment Web Site. Music as a Weapon tour with Disturbed, Killswitch Engage, Chimaira, Lacuna Coil to visit Tullio Arena on April 20; tickets on sale Feb. 14. (Erie Times-News, PA)
Polanski Afraid to Return Feb 19, 2009
He s currently filming The Ghost in Germany with Pierce Brosnan, Kim Cattrall and Ewan MacGregor. And I m told exclusively by sources that Polanski s next film will be God of Carnage, based on the new Yazmin Reva comedy of manners just about to open on Broadway with James Gandolfini, Marcia Gay Harden, Hope Davis, and Jeff Daniels. (Fox News)
MICHAEL SHANNON: 'Road' steers him on new path Feb 18, 2009
" Oscar win or not, this year is shaping up to be a good one for Shannon. He premiered two films at Sundance: The Missing Person, in which he plays an alcoholic private eye, and The Greatest, co-starring Pierce Brosnan and Susan Sarandon. "I'm getting a little more attention, some good stuff thrown my way," Shannon says. "I'm trying to find variety in what I do. You have to work hard at convincing people that you can do more than one thing. (USA Today -- Life)
Costumes and Props From Academy Award(R)-Nominated Films: 'Frost/Nixon,' 'Milk' and 'Hellboy II' on Display at Universal Studios Hollywood's Attraction, 'The Universal Experience: Behind the Scenes of Universal Pictures,' Beginning February Feb 17, 2009
Other movie memorabilia include wardrobe worn by Meryl Streep and Pierce Brosnan from the blockbuster, "Mamma Mia!" and the miniature stop-motion animation set pieces and figures from the upcoming release, "Coraline," and showcased exclusively at "The Universal Experience.". "The Universal Experience" will be updated regularly with material from new movies and artifacts from the Studio's vast archives. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
AFTER-PARTIES Feb 8, 2009
The bash: NBC/Universal/Focus Features The venue: The Beverly Hilton Hotel rooftop The stars: Ron Howard, Pierce Brosnan, Jane Krakowski, Tina Fey, Amy Poehler, Rainn Wilson, John Krasinski. Seen & heard: Guests, including Howard, Brosnan and Krakowski, noshed on sushi and partied in a posh room decorated with displays of vintage, very pricey Carter diamonds. (USA Today -- Life)
