With his big screen debut as James Bond in 'Casino Royale' due in cinemas on 17 November, it has been confirmed that Daniel Craig will return as 007 for a second film. With Casino Royale due for release in November 2006, it seems Dan has done enough to impress the producers, who've bagged him for the 22nd Bond film

The life of a superhero isn't all spandex and adoration. Consider the trials of G-Girl, the secret identity of mousy Jenny Johnson (Uma Thurman), gallery assistant by day and chic caped crusader by night. Dinner dates get constantly interrupted by the need to go out and save humanity; romantic evenings at home with new boyfriend Matt (Luke Wilson) get stopped short when she realizes — horrors! — that she's forgotten to change out of her G-Girl tank top

There’s one thing wrong with the bricks & mortar villain in Monster House: It’s alive! But there are a lot of things rights with Monster House as an animated movie: It is fun, funny, smart and even scary — in that surreal way the old Universal horror movies such as Frankenstein were frightening

Victor Willis, the original policeman in '70s disco band The Village People, has pleaded no contest to drug possession charges. Willis, 54, appeared in court Wednesday. He was arrested in March in South San Francisco after police stopped his car and said they found cocaine and drug paraphernalia. At the time, he faced a bench warrant for failing to appear at his October sentencing hearing in San Mateo County Superior Court on another drug charge. A judge will decide Sept

John Cusack has won a restraining order against an obsessed fan. The 'High Fidelity' actor - who did not attend the court hearing in California - filed a lawsuit against 31-year-old Emily Leatherman last month, saying she demonstrated an "unusual interest" in him. The 40-year-old actor claimed she "threatened to commit violence against herself" if the actor did not help her

Keith Richards has been pardoned as a reckless driver - 31 years after committing the offence. The state of Arkansas is preared to clear the 62-year-old Rolling Stones guitarist for the reckless driving offence he pleaded guilty to in 1975. Governor Mike Huckabee said he decided to pardon the veteran rocker because he didn't want Richards' impression of Arkansas "marred by a misdemeanor traffic stop"

Two years after Los Angeles based Odd Lot Entertainment brought the rights to comic book character 'The Spirit'; they've finally found a director in the shape of Frank Miller, author and co-director of 'Sin City'. Variety reports that producer Michael Uslan shopped 'The Spirit' to various studios with no luck. 'They would say, "This is great, but we have to get him out of a suit and tie and into spandex

Daniel Baldwin, part of the Baldwin actor clan, has been hospitalized after reportedly crashing into two parked cars at an estimated speed of 125km/h. The 45-year-old, who made news in April when he was arrested for cocaine possession, was driving a silver-colored rented Ford Thunderbird at a speed of 80 mph at about 1 pm in Los Angeles's Bundy Drive, the speed limit for which is 35 mph. He jumped a red signal and on being chased by a traffic policeman, sped towards Saltair Avenue

Kid Rock and Pamela Anderson will be husband and wife by month's end. Three years after their first engagement went belly-up, the high-flying couple got celebrity-watchers buzzing Tuesday with word that they will wed July 29 on a yacht in St. Tropez, France. Though the Detroit rocker and Anderson had been spotted together in Europe earlier this month, the wedding news surprised many. It's the second set of wedding plans for Rock and the former "Baywatch" star

Walt Disney Company, whose film division hasn't posted a profit increase in four quarters, will cut 650 jobs, or 20 percent of the unit's workers, shuffle management and increase its reliance on Disney-branded movies. Nina Jacobson, president of the motion pictures group, will leave the company, Burbank, Calif.-based Disney said yesterday in a statement. She will be replaced by Mark Zoradi. Oren Aviv was made president of production at Walt Disney Pictures