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The Morning’s Top 5 Pop Culture Stories

By Caroline Stanley on

1. It’s official: Shooting on Skyfall, the 23rd installment of the James Bond franchise, begins on Monday. Joining Daniel Craig for the Sam Mendes-helmed project (which it should be noted, will not connect with Craig’s previous two Bond films, plot-wise): Academy Award winner Javier Bardem, who was previously cast as the villain — although it’s… Read More

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‘The Dark Tower’ Coming to HBO

By Caroline Stanley on

If you’ve been following along, then you know there has been no shortage of drama concerning Ron Howard’s planned adaptation of Stephen King’s genre-bending series, The Dark Tower. First, the epic project — which is meant to encompass a total of three movies and two interlocking television seasons — was unceremoniously dumped by Universal over… Read More

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Javier Bardem Is (Officially) Your Next Bond Villain

By Jason Bailey on

Javier Bardem, who crafted one of the most chilling screen villains in recent memory with his Oscar-winning turn in No Country For Old Men, has confirmed that he’s taking on another nefarious role: Bond villain. Rumors have circulated for months that the once-and-forever Anton Chigurh was circling the latest Bond movie, known for now only as Bond 23, which will mark Daniel Craig’s third time in the role. Oscar-winner Sam Mendes (American Beauty) will direct. … Read More

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The Morning’s Top 5 Pop Culture Stories

By Caroline Stanley on

1. In an obvious ploy to upstage Alec Baldwin’s news that he’s leaving 30 Rock next year, Tina Fey announced that she is pregnant with her second child while taping an episode of Oprah yesterday: “Who will be my daughter’s family when my husband and I are dead from stress-induced cankers? She must have a… Read More

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The Morning’s Top 5 Pop Culture Stories

By Caroline Stanley on

1. City planners in China want to combine the nine cities in the Pearl River Delta into a 42-million-person megacity that’s the size of Rhode Island, Connecticut and New Hampshire combined. [via Gawker]

2. Patti Smith is currently “about 68 percent done” writing a detective novel that opens in the churchyard of St… Read More

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The Morning’s Top 5 Pop Culture Stories

By Caroline Stanley on

1. It turns out that Penelope Cruz and Javier Bardem got hitched earlier this month in the Bahamas. We wish them a marriage full of all of the passion and none of the drama of their onscreen romance in Vicky Cristina Barcelona, and lots of insanely beautiful babies. [via US Weekly ]
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The Morning’s Top 5 Pop Culture Stories

By Caroline Stanley on

1. Liz Phair posted her first new album in five years on her website over the weekend, and Ann Powers seems to be the only person who doesn’t hate its tongue in cheek offerings. [via Pop & Hiss]
2. Even though it was meant to be awful, M. Night Shyamalan‘s The Last Airbender… Read More