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Daniel Craig Dresses Like a Woman to Promote International Women's Day [VIDEO]
By Torie Bosch - AOL NewsA classic icon of masculinity is celebrating ... International Women's Day. Watch James Bond actor Daniel Craig dress in drag to promote the worldwide celebration of womanhood. Not familiar with International Women's Day? Surge Desk has you covered. According to the United Nations, its origins date back to more than a century ago. In 1909, the Socialist Party of America helped promote the first-ever National Women's Day in the U.S., celebrated on Feb. 28. The next year, at the International Conference of Working Women in Copenhagen, a socialist from Germany named Clara Zetkin raised ...
Newcomer to Star in 'Dragon Tattoo'
By not in system - AOL NewsLOS ANGELES (Aug. 16) - Newcomer Rooney Mara has landed one of the most-coveted roles in Hollywood, co-starring alongside James Bond star Daniel Craig in the English-language remake of "The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo." Sony Pictures announced Monday that Mara, 25, will play Lisbeth Salander, a fearless genius tormented by a terrible childhood, in the crime thriller based on the first book in Stieg Larsson's best-selling series. Kevin Winter, Getty Images Rooney Mara has been cast as troubled computer genius Lisbeth Salander in the English-language movie of "The Girl With the Dragon ...
Lisbeth Salander, the Girl Who Rocked the Mystery-Action Genre
By Luisita Lopez Torregrosa - Politics DailyWe are all a little in love with her. In this season of heat and sweat and languor, there's no escaping Lisbeth Salander. She is, of course, the enigmatic action hero of the sensational Millennium Trilogy -- "The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo," "The Girl Who Played With Fire," The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest''-- the trio of dazzling mystery novels by the Swedish journalist Stieg Larsson, who died of a heart attack at the age of 50 in 2004, before his manuscripts were published and he could witness the worldwide phenomenon his books became in just a few years. Lisbeth Salander, 25, frail, ...
What's in a Famous Name? Good Seats in Restaurants and Lots of Confusion
By David Moye - AOL News(June 22) -- What's in a famous name? Well, if you're the one with the name but not the fame, it can mean a lot of ribbing from friends and co-workers and a lot of confusion from others. Take the case of Daniel Craig, a software developer in Chantilly, Va., who shares the name of the British actor who plays James Bond. Although he doesn't mind having the same name of a guy who plays a hero, he does have to deal with annoying co-workers putting his face on the famous actor's body. Dan Craig / Getty Images Software developer Daniel Craig, above right, shares the same name as the actor who ...
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