Hoyaheel 1,874 Report post Posted April 11, 2008 (edited) I routinely bitch about the copy editing/writing in my local twice a week newspaper, but I realize I live in a very small town in the rural south and their labor pool probably isn't all that deep or wide. But companies that make as much money as OK! and other national tabloidy places should at least be able to pay an English major or two for proper spelling & grammar, right?? Youngsters today rely too heavily on spell check, but that doesn't help with stupidity (or homonyms....) [yeah, I know, I sound like a crotchety old woman....so be it ] Edited April 11, 2008 by Hoyaheel Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hedda_louella 1 Report post Posted April 11, 2008 I routinely bitch about the copy editing/writing in my local twice a week newspaper, but I realize I live in a very small town in the rural south and their labor pool probably isn't all that deep or wide. But companies that make as much money as OK! and other national tabloidy places should at least be able to pay an English major or two for proper spelling & grammar, right?? Youngsters today rely too heavily on spell check, but that doesn't help with stupidity (or homonyms....) [yeah, I know, I sound like a crotchety old woman....so be it ] No, I'm the same way. It irks me no end to see the obvious spelling and grammar skills that make it into print. And don't get me started on news anchors who cannot speak properly. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MC 1 Report post Posted April 11, 2008 I routinely bitch about the copy editing/writing in my local twice a week newspaper, but I realize I live in a very small town in the rural south and their labor pool probably isn't all that deep or wide. But companies that make as much money as OK! and other national tabloidy places should at least be able to pay an English major or two for proper spelling & grammar, right?? Youngsters today rely too heavily on spell check, but that doesn't help with stupidity (or homonyms....) [yeah, I know, I sound like a crotchety old woman....so be it ] No, I'm the same way. It irks me no end to see the obvious spelling and grammar skills that make it into print. And don't get me started on news anchors who cannot speak properly. I saw a clip somewhere on television last week about a guy who is crossing the country and politely changing grammar and spelling mistakes on people's signs (he asks first). He carries white-out and a lot of markers. One of my least favorite signs is one that sometimes is outside of Macy's. It says, "Macy's let's you (something about saving money and earning points).....". Pisses me off that stuff like that gets through such a huge retail chain's marketing and printing departments. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tifflet 0 Report post Posted April 12, 2008 I routinely bitch about the copy editing/writing in my local twice a week newspaper, but I realize I live in a very small town in the rural south and their labor pool probably isn't all that deep or wide. But companies that make as much money as OK! and other national tabloidy places should at least be able to pay an English major or two for proper spelling & grammar, right?? Youngsters today rely too heavily on spell check, but that doesn't help with stupidity (or homonyms....) [yeah, I know, I sound like a crotchety old woman....so be it ] No, I'm the same way. It irks me no end to see the obvious spelling and grammar skills that make it into print. And don't get me started on news anchors who cannot speak properly. I saw a clip somewhere on television last week about a guy who is crossing the country and politely changing grammar and spelling mistakes on people's signs (he asks first). He carries white-out and a lot of markers. One of my least favorite signs is one that sometimes is outside of Macy's. It says, "Macy's let's you (something about saving money and earning points).....". Pisses me off that stuff like that gets through such a huge retail chain's marketing and printing departments. Grammatical errors drive me absolutely crazy. The misuse of pronouns has become rampant in society and on television! I teach science, but I continually correct grammar in my classroom. My students sometimes actually stop and correct themselves in order to avoid my pesky corrections. I can't help myself - my grandmother taught English for over 40 years! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hedda_louella 1 Report post Posted April 12, 2008 I routinely bitch about the copy editing/writing in my local twice a week newspaper, but I realize I live in a very small town in the rural south and their labor pool probably isn't all that deep or wide. But companies that make as much money as OK! and other national tabloidy places should at least be able to pay an English major or two for proper spelling & grammar, right?? Youngsters today rely too heavily on spell check, but that doesn't help with stupidity (or homonyms....) [yeah, I know, I sound like a crotchety old woman....so be it ] No, I'm the same way. It irks me no end to see the obvious spelling and grammar skills that make it into print. And don't get me started on news anchors who cannot speak properly. I saw a clip somewhere on television last week about a guy who is crossing the country and politely changing grammar and spelling mistakes on people's signs (he asks first). He carries white-out and a lot of markers. One of my least favorite signs is one that sometimes is outside of Macy's. It says, "Macy's let's you (something about saving money and earning points).....". Pisses me off that stuff like that gets through such a huge retail chain's marketing and printing departments. Oh, apostrophe/false-contraction abuse is rampant and unchecked among the populace. Sometimes, it's just accidental and clearly the person knows better. It just slips in, more along the lines of a typo. Then there are those who are absolutely sure that "lets" must always have an apostrophe, no matter the usage. Having said all this - of course there was a HUGE mistake in my own prior post. "It irks me no end to see the obviously poor spelling and grammar skills..." I think it's some sort of law of the universe that says if you riff on grammar or spelling online, you'll invariably make a mistake. Anyway, don't even get me started on loose v lose, lead v led, definitely v definately, etc. It's all appalling and I don't know what kind of schools these people went to - bad ones, obviously. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Serendipity 12 Report post Posted April 12, 2008 No, I'm the same way. It irks me no end to see the obvious spelling and grammar skills that make it into print. And don't get me started on news anchors who cannot speak properly. Well, since you brought it up... drives me nutso when I hear news anchors referring to a solitary soldier as a "troop." Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
akua123 0 Report post Posted April 13, 2008 Well, since you brought it up... drives me nutso when I hear news anchors referring to a solitary soldier as a "troop." YES!!!! YES!!! YES!! I'm glad to know I'm not the only one on this, drives me CRAZY! (Sorry to go off-topic) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
theempress 80 Report post Posted April 13, 2008 I saw a clip somewhere on television last week about a guy who is crossing the country and politely changing grammar and spelling mistakes on people's signs (he asks first). He carries white-out and a lot of markers. One of my least favorite signs is one that sometimes is outside of Macy's. It says, "Macy's let's you (something about saving money and earning points).....". Pisses me off that stuff like that gets through such a huge retail chain's marketing and printing departments. I was walking through Macy's last week when I saw a bunch of "green" t-shirts featuring Snoopy and Woodstock, and the slogan "Put litter in it's place." I stopped and gave my children an impromptu grammar lesson in the middle of the store. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sanlee 49 Report post Posted April 13, 2008 Daniel Craig's Facebook Lesson Daniel Craig wants Facebook lessons taught in schools. The James Bond actor - who has a 15-year-old daughter, Ella, from a previous relationship - believes children need to be protected from the dangers of the social networking website. He said: "I genuinely believe it has to be part of education, because if we're going to be this savvy, if we're going to go, 'OK right, we'll share this with the world', we have to understand the implications." Craig also worries about the lack of world knowledge young people have and fears teenagers no longer want to be different. The 40-year-old actor said: "We have a general malaise. Unfortunately, there are so many media outlets now, what do you focus on? Individuals with a passion are seen to be rare because people don't seem to be interested in that slight craziness that I grew up loving - that eccentricity." Source: people.monstersandcritics.com Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ElleDriver 0 Report post Posted April 14, 2008 Craig sheds 007 charm for new film He's a style icon known to millions as suave superspy James Bond. So it could be called ironic that Daniel Craig feels at home playing an aging, miserable actor in the low-budget British film "Flashbacks of a Fool." But Craig says it would be "terribly easy" to become like his character Joe Scot, an embittered, fading star who finds no amount of Hollywood hedonism can fill the void within. "He has failed as a human being, and I wanted to explore that," Craig told reporters Sunday at the film's world premiere in London. "I think you have to work hard at not becoming disillusioned about what you do for a living," Craig said. "If you have any success in what you do for a living, you have to maintain an energy and love of it. If you can, that's a great thing." Craig attended Sunday's London premiere midway through filming on his second Bond thriller, "Quantum of Solace," which is due for release later this year. The actor has not always seemed comfortable with the level of attention he has received since being cast as 007 in 2005. "Flashbacks" is a return to small-scale, personal projects for Craig. It was written and directed by his longtime friend Baillie Walsh, best known as a director of videos and documentaries for bands including INXS, Massive Attack and Oasis. A coming-of-age drama centered on Joe's teenage years in the 1970s, the film veers — at times erratically — between wistfulness, tragedy and spiky humor. It has a strong British cast that includes Helen McRory, Olivia Williams and Harry Eden as the young Joe, a soundtrack of vintage David Bowie and Roxy Music, and fantastic seaside scenery — set in a suspiciously sunny English seaside town. It was actually filmed in South Africa. Craig said the film was "a personal journey" for him. "The film touches on a lot of things we all went through — electrifying moments when you're a teenager which form who you are as a human being," Craig said. "I think Baillie has captured that so well." "I hit 40 this year, but I still think about being a teenager, and hopefully I will for the rest of my life." And Craig says he has discovered an upside to his new fame — the power to get projects like "Flashbacks" made. Craig has an executive producer credit on the film, and his clout helped greenlight the script, which Walsh wrote for him several years ago. "If I can be responsible, even slightly, for getting movies like this off the ground — movies I can be proud of like this one ... then I am going to get a huge amount of enjoyment out of it," Craig said. Copyright © 2008 The Associated Press Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ElleDriver 0 Report post Posted April 15, 2008 Daniel Craig Wants To Take To The Stage Daniel Craig is planning to return to his theatrical roots with a stint on the stage, as soon as he can take a break from playing James Bond. The British star made his stage debut with a production of Shakespeare's Troilus and Cressida at the age of 16, before studying alongside fellow leading men Ewan McGregor and Joseph Fiennes at London's Guildhall School of Music and Drama. But, after years of struggling with an acting troupe, Craig moved on to film with his big-screen debut in 1992's The Power of One before becoming the latest 007. Now the 40-year-old is considering returning to tread the boards on London's West End - but only if he can find the right material. Craig tells AOL movies, "My ideal would be to choose some new writing. I have nothing against the classics, but new writing to me seems like it gives you a chance to try new stuff out, stuff no one's ever seen before. I think that makes for a much more exciting theater experience."/WENN Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ElleDriver 0 Report post Posted April 24, 2008 Stuntman seriously injured on James Bond set in Italy A stuntman was seriously injured in a car crash while filming an action sequence for the new James Bond movie on a famously winding lakeside road in northern Italy, a local official said Thursday. The London-based production company for "Quantum of Solace" said that an experienced stunt driver of an Alfa Romeo car remained hospitalized in serious condition following the accident Wednesday. A second stunt driver in the same car also was injured, but less seriously. "Filming with the second unit on 'Quantum of Solace' will be suspended while the accident is investigated," the statement said. It noted that neither director Marc Forster, Daniel Craig nor any other cast members were at the location when the accident occurred. The identities of the stunt drivers weren't released. A spokesman for the town of Limone sul Garda, where crew have been filming for the past two weeks, said the Alfa Romeo crashed into a wall during a chase sequence involving a truck and Bond's Aston Martin along the Gardesana, a curvy, two-lane lakeside road with gorgeous panoramas and many tunnels. A helicopter on standby during the filming flew the seriously injured stunt driver to Verona, where he underwent surgery, said town spokesman Marco Girardi, who also was acting as a liaison to the production company. He said the driver suffered serious head injuries. "They chose this road because it is full of curves and tunnels. It will give the film a lot of impact," Girardi said. He said that the filming was scheduled to wrap up Wednesday, and that they were in the final hours when the accident occurred. The accident was the second on the Bond set in four days, after an Aston Martin being delivered to the set skidded off the road in heavy rain and landed in Lake Garda on Saturday. No one was injured and the car was later fished from the lake. On Thursday, the production company was packing up equipment, including cars, to close the set. Workers and officials refused any comment to an Associated Press photographer. Copyright © 2008 The Associated Press. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sanlee 49 Report post Posted October 19, 2008 Craig: Bond Should Give Up Cigarettes ------------------------------------------------------------------------ BOND star DANIEL CRAIG wants the superspy to quit smoking for the sake of his health - but is happy for 007 to carry on drinking. Craig caused a sensation in his first Bond movie Casino Royale when he showed off his toned body as he emerged from the sea. And he insists the cigarette-puffing hero created by author Ian Fleming is unrealistic - because tobacco would hamper the action hero's fitness. He says, "I don't wish for him (Bond) to smoke. Fleming wrote a Bond that smoked 60 cigarettes a day. I can't do that and then run two-and-a-half miles down a road, it just doesn't tie in." But Craig is still willing for 007 to sip his famous cocktails - adding: "But the drinking's there, the Dutch courage. In one of the books, Moonraker, Bond is about to play cards at a club with the bad guy, and he orders Benzedrine from M16, which is speed, which he mixes in with the Dom Perignon, and that's how he starts the evening..." Source: contactmusic Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sanlee 49 Report post Posted October 20, 2008 Craig: Picking Bond Girls Is Weird ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Movie star DANIEL CRAIG finds the auditions for BOND girls "weird" because they involve him trying to connect with a string of beautiful ladies. The producers of the Bond films have always insisted their stars play a major part in picking the suave superspy's leading ladies - but Craig admits he feels uncomfortable choosing a film partner in a room of hopefuls. He says, "They build a set, and you get the cameras in; then you're introduced to 10 girls. You have to act out a scene with them. "It's kind of weird and awkward and strange, but you know if something's working almost immediately." So far, Craig has helped select Eva Green for Casino Royale and Olga Kurylenko for new 007 adventure Quantum of Solace. Source: contactmusic Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BobbyD 2 Report post Posted October 22, 2008 Daniel Craig Says 007's Martinis Left Him 'On the Floor' By Courtney Rubin Daniel Craig, the current James Bond, says not only has he tried a Vesper martini – the drink 007 invented in Casino Royale – but he's done a taste test for the best recipe. "I've tried about 10 of them," Craig, 40, tells London's Time Out in its Oct. 23 issue. "They're knockout. We did a proper taste test: full measure of gin, full measure of vodka and then another liqueur on top of it. I ended up on the floor." When he's off duty, the actor says he prefers vodka martinis with an olive. Shaken or stirred? "I don't know who drinks stirred cocktails anymore. I like them ice, ice, ice cold, so you have to shake them up." Marine Workout To work off his excesses, Craig literally calls in the big guns: the Royal Marines. "They always hurt me ... my trainer is one. They haunt me." In the interview – which features questions from the circa-'70s 007 Roger Moore and singer Shirley Bassey, who scored a Top Ten hit with the classic title song to 1965's Goldfinger – Craig also sounds off on his relationship with his Bond predecessors. "I speak to Pierce [brosnan] occasionally," says Craig, whose second Bond film, Quantum of Solace, hits theaters Nov. 14. "We've got the same publicist, so I might get on the phone with him when he's on junkets. He was really nice and encouraging when the whole thing kicked off." Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BobbyD 2 Report post Posted November 11, 2008 All Reuters Movie News -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Roger Moore dislikes the more violent James Bond Tuesday November 11 12:45 PM ET Movie audiences nowadays expect scenes of graphic violence in James Bond movies, unlike when Roger Moore played the super spy with a tongue-in-cheek humor, the actor believes. "I am happy to have done it, but I'm sad that it has turned so violent," Moore said before "Quantum of Solace," starring Daniel Craig as a darker Agent 007, opens in North America on Friday. "That's keeping up with the times, it's what cinema-goers seem to want and it's proved by the box-office figures," Moore told Reuters in an interview about his memoir, "My Word is My Bond." The new Bond film opened in London on Oct 31, breaking the British weekend box-office record with a gross of $25 million. It has taken in more than $106 million worldwide so far. Moore, 81, recalled being appalled at the violence in "A View to a Kill," the 1985 movie which was the last of the seven in which he played Bond. "That wasn't Bond," he said. In his book, Moore writes of his distaste for guns, ever since he was shot in the leg by a friend with a BB gun as a teenager. While making "The Man With the Golden Gun," director Guy Hamilton wanted Bond to be tougher and had him threaten to break Maud Adams' character's arm to get information, he writes. "That sort of characterization didn't sit well with me, but Guy was keen to make my Bond a little more ruthless. "I suggested my Bond would have charmed the information out of her by bedding her first. My Bond was a lover and a giggler, but I went along with Guy," the British actor wrote. Moore has not yet seen "Quantum of Solace," but based on Craig's first Bond film, "Casino Royale," believes it will be a success in North America too. "Daniel has done one Bond and he was in 'Munich' and ... he's done a lot of stuff, but his face, after one Bond film, that's all he needs. He is Bond." Asked about his own legacy as an actor known mostly for playing Bond and in TV series such as "The Saint," and "The Persuaders," with Tony Curtis, Moore said: "I would love to be remembered as one of the greatest Lears or Hamlets. But as that's not going to happen I'm quite happy I did Bond." His memoir is full of anecdotes about Hollywood and the stars he worked with such as Vivien Leigh, Mae West and Lana Turner. He also tells of his bust-up with Grace Jones during the filming of "A View to a Kill," when he forcibly pulled the plug on her stereo and flung a chair against the wall because she was playing loud rock music. The only child of a south London policeman, Moore also writes about growing up before and during World War Two, of evacuation to the country and air raids and getting -- and being fired from -- his first job with a cartoon film company. By the time he was called up, the war was over, but he served as an officer in Allied occupied Germany, where he ended up in the Army's entertainment regiment. That was his entree into show business, along with his marriage to British singer Dorothy Squires. "You're not that good, so smile a lot when you come on!" his first repertory theater manager told him. His first wife, who was a professional ice skater, was no less encouraging: "You'll never be an actor, your face is too weak, your jaw is too big and your mouth's too small." Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kappy22 1 Report post Posted November 12, 2008 Poor Roger Moore ~ He gets no respect. I never wanted to see a single Bond movie that he made. I abhor violence for violence when I go to movies. But after seeing Craig as Bond in the last movie, I was literally drooling over the character. That's never happened to me before even when Sean Connery played the part. As a female, I love Mr. Craig. You'll just have to get over it Mr. Moore. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
FrenchDoll 0 Report post Posted November 13, 2008 Hands down, daniel Craig is the best James Bond...hottest, sexiest....yummyiest!! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Hoyaheel 1,874 Report post Posted November 13, 2008 I'm a Sean Connery Bond fan myself, but warmed up to Daniel Craig quickly. Certainly when he walked across the beach in those tight shorts, oh my......I think it's pretty violent too, and I don't like that. But I have the entire Bond collection on dvd so I can transport myself back to "the good old days" of martinis & seduction and offscreen violence anytime I want Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Freckles 79 Report post Posted November 15, 2008 My favourite Bond is Connery, too, but Daniel Craig surprised me by coming a close second. I love the way he - like Sean - is not a pretty boy but rather rugged and manly and a little Beat-Up-Lookin. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
FrenchDoll 0 Report post Posted January 3, 2009 http://www.dlisted.com/node/29928 This does not look like the mouth watering hunka love that came out of the ocean wearing a tight blue bathingsuit in the first James Bond movie! Yikes! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cathmonast 0 Report post Posted January 3, 2009 Man he went back to Geordie Peacock form...mmmmmmmmmm Ruffles. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
FrenchDoll 0 Report post Posted January 3, 2009 Man he went back to Geordie Peacock form...mmmmmmmmmm Ruffles. LOL!!! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ga.peach 0 Report post Posted January 4, 2009 I can't stand Daniel Craig he's always pursing his lips like he's a Baldwin or something. Ack. I hope his Bond career is short. Then again I'm not really into Bond. The movies are sexist and the wonderful toys aren't all that wonderful anymore. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cathmonast 0 Report post Posted January 4, 2009 Sorry but when I hear the name Daniel Craig, this picture always came to mind: And yes it's Mark Strong with hair...but not his real hair, he stole it from some guy while he was sleeping... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
