London, December 10 : Bond stars Daniel Craig and Dame Judi Dench have been named the top actor and actress of 2012.

The pair, who appear in Skyfall, won 26 percent of the votes for best male, the Daily Star reported.

Dame Judi, 78, received 27 percent of the vote for top woman in the Sky Movies survey.

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London, December 6 : The 23rd James Bond movie `Skyfall' has become the most successful film in British box office history, it has been revealed.

The flick has so far earned a stunning 94.3 million pounds (152 million dollars) according the producers of the blockbuster.

In just over 40 days, the film which stars Daniel Craig has outdone the efforts of the 2009 adventure film `Avatar' which made 94 million pounds in 11 months.

New York, December 3 : The `Twilight' finale and `Skyfall' continued to dominate the box office on a typically slow post-Thanksgiving weekend that brought big business for holdover films but a poor start for Brad Pitt's new crime story.

According to Sunday studio, estimates put `The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2' out front for the third-straight weekend with 17.4 million dollars domestically.

London, Dec 1 : Men and women share strikingly similar views of what constitutes the ideal shape, with both saying women should aspire to being slim-waisted but curvy, a study has found.

What might not have been so obvious, was that it was women who chose the curvier body.

London, Nov. 23 : From Daniel Craig's lace-up shoes changing to slip-ons during a train fight to shades that appear and disappear, the latest Bond film `Skyfall' is full of gaffes.

The other mistakes in the movie include, Eve - played by Naomie Harris - knocks out a car windscreen in one piece, then half of the glass is back in the frame, the Sun reported.

New York, Nov 21 : A month before ‘Skyfall’ was released, Daniel Craig completed a course on “responsible safe driving” to obtain a New York license, it has been revealed.

“No one is exempt, regardless of who you are,” the New York Post quoted Richard Fernandez, an office manager at the Professional Driving School of the Americas on East 23rd Street in Manhattan as saying.

Los Angeles, Nov 19 : Daniel Craig is said to have received 31 million pounds for two new James Bond movies and it makes him the highest-paid British actor, as well as the best paid 007 superspy.

The massive figure is almost five times the amount he had earned for his first two outings as the superspy, reports thesun. co. uk.

London, November 19 : Daniel Craig is being paid over 31million pounds to play James Bond in two more 007 films, it has been revealed.

The deal makes the 44-year-old actor, the best-paid Bond to date, the Daily Mail reported.

Craig, who features in the latest film `Skyfall', will star as the world's most famous secret agent in a film that could be ready for release by 2014.

London, November 19 : James Bond star Daniel Craig thrilled British troops stationed in Afghanistan on Sunday by coming to visit them as they prepared to watch his latest film.

Some 800 soldiers, sailors and airmen at Camp Bastion in Helmand Province were waiting for a screening of Skyfall when the 007 star arrived, the BBC reported.

Los Angeles, Nov 17 : The bike driven by Daniel Craig in the opening scene of new James Bond film "Skyfall" is being auctioned for charity.

The proceeds of the sale will go to charity organisation Children In Need, which works for the welfare of disadvantaged children.

Officials at Honda UK are hoping that the auction will raise tens of thousands of pounds, reports contactmusic. com.

Washington, Nov 15 : Daniel Craig has revealed that that he was not very innocent as a teenager and sex was all he could think about.

The 44-year-old actor even admitted that it wasn’t love but lust for him in his earlier relationships.

London, Nov 15 : Actor Daniel Craig says as a teenager, he always used to think about sex.

The 44-year-old says he wasn't that innocent as a child and there was more to just romance when it came to his first love, reports contactmusic. com.

"You want this nice, lovely image of me having my first kiss with hearts sparkling in the background? All I wanted to do was get in the girl's knickers," Craig told Rolling Stone magazine.

London, Nov 12 : Sir Alex Ferguson had offered Daniel Craig free tickets to see Manchester United match, despite knowing the James Bond is a die-hard fan of archrivals Liverpool.

Ferguson, 70, revealed he had met the actor's mother Carol on a jet to the US.

"I know Daniel Craig. The only thing about Daniel Craig is he's a Liverpool fan," the Sun quoted Ferguson, as saying.

London, November 12 : Bond hunk Daniel Craig has admitted he would run for his life if a fight broke out.

"I know I play a tough guy, but that's genuinely not me," the Daily Star quoted him as saying.

"I've always been very good at avoiding fights, having worked in pubs and seen pools of blood everywhere."

But Craig, 44, star of new 007 blockbuster Skyfall, did confess he gets riled when he catches other men looking at his wife.

London, Nov. 10 : Daniel Craig has come forward to put an end to all the speculations surrounding James Bond's sexuality, insisting there will never be a gay 007.

The 44-year-old actor was forced to comment after the chemistry between him and Javier Bardem's character Raoul Silva sparked rumours about Bond's sexuality.

London, November 9 : Daniel Craig loathes his big ears.

The James Bond star could not stop staring at them when he watched his new 007 movie Skyfall, the Daily Express reported.

Daniel, 44, says he told director Sam Mendes, 47: "Sam, I need to see this twice because the first time I'm going to be watching it going: `My ears are really f***ing sticking out! My God! F***ing hell.'" (ANI)

Mumbai, Nov 8 : The much-awaited 23rd James Bond movie "Skyfall" has grossed approximately Rs. 27.5 crore ($5.1 million) in four days, making it the second biggest opening weekend ever for a Hollywood film in India.

The opening collections of Daniel Craig starrer "Skyfall" are said to be best so for a Bond film in India.

Los Angeles, Nov 8 : Actor Daniel Craig, who has played super spy in three "James Bond" movies, wants to quit the franchise, but film bosses won't let him.

Craig, 44, first played the role in 2006 movie "Casino Royale".

"I've been trying to get out of this from the very moment I got into it. But they won't let me go, and I've agreed to do a couple of more," thesun. co. uk quoted Craig as saying.

New York, Nov 7 : Daniel Craig, who shot to fame as James Bond, has admitted that he doesn’t want to play the iconic spy anymore.

The actor has signed up to play Bond in two more films.

“I’ve been trying to get out of this from the very moment I got into it,” the New York Post quoted him as telling Rolling Stone magazine.

London, Nov 7 : A prominent hair surgeon from UK has said that until Daniel Craig gets a hair transplant, he will end up bald like former Bond star Sean Connery.

Hair transplant surgeon Dr Asim Shahmalak, said that even the world's hunkiest secret agent isn't immune from the trials of male pattern baldness (MPB).

London, Nov 3 : The new James Bond movie ‘Skyfall’ has made more money at the box office during its opening week than any other film in the history of UK cinema by taking 37.2 million pounds.

This overtakes ‘Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2’ – which raked in 35.7 million pounds.

Film: "Skyfall"; Cast: Daniel Craig, Javier Bardem, Judi Dench, Naomie Harris, Ralph Fiennes, Ben Whishaw, Berenice Marlohe and Albert Finney; Director: Sam Mendes; Rating: **

Agent 007 James Bond on the 50th anniversary of it's franchise portrays lost youth, acceptance of middle-age and even death.

London, October 29 : From bottles of Heineken to speeding BMWs, thousand of people packing cinemas to watch the latest James Bond flick ‘Skyfall’ have to first sit through 30 minutes of adverts and previews before the film starts.

Five of the adverts feature the secret agent, including ones for Heineken, Omega watches and a Bond aftershave.

London, October 26 : James Bond star Daniel Craig has revealed that he was not really up for playing the world famous fictional government agent.

The 44-year-old says he could not understand why producers kept insisting he should do a screen test for the prestigious role.

London, Oct 23 : The image of Daniel Craig emerging from the sea in tight swimming trunks as James Bond in 2006 hit `Casino Royale,' turned the son of a Merseyside pub landlord into one of the greatest screen heart-throbs of all time.

His brooding performance in the Bond sequel `Quantum of Solace' weakened knees still further.

And as `Skyfall' hits theatres on Friday, millions of female hearts will be fluttering.