Gemma Arterton had almost quit her role as a Bond girl in Quantum Of Solace when a movie executive disparaged her “common” accent.

The star was cast as agent Strawberry Fields in Daniel Craig’s second 007 outing in 2008.

However, she almost walked out when one American film chief warned her that if she carried on talking in her native British accent she would only ever be cast as a maid.

“I said, ”Hello! I”m playing a Bond girl who works for the British consulate!” I was so annoyed I nearly walked out… I went through this whole thing of, ”I”m common compared to all these Oxford graduates. I don”t know anything,”” the Daily Star quoted her as telling GQ magazine.

The actress’ accent almost cost her a role in upcoming blockbuster ‘Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time’ – after director Mike Newell ordered her to lose her twang and speak “posh”.

And now, the 24-year-old beauty is working with a voice coach after moviemaker Stephen Frears advised her to seek professional help during a recent audition.

“I went into this meeting and he went, ”Oh dear, oh dear. Why do you speak like that?” And I went, ”It’’s where I”m from.” He said, ”Well, you are going to have to sort that out,”” added Arterton.

George Michael was recently spotted cruising with a couple of guys even as his relationship with Kenny Goss is in the doldrums, it has emerged.

The singer was reportedly seen boozing and smoking cannabis joints in the morning as he snuggled up to one of the mates aboard his luxury yacht.

George, 46, had a good time with the guys over beer and coffee, as they enjoyed the early-morning spin round Sydney Harbour.

“It’s a different kind of cruising in Sydney but George still seemed to be enjoying himself,” the Daily Star quoted an onlooker, as saying.

The witness added: “They were having a whale of a time. George and one lad in a pink shirt looked especially close, snuggling and getting up-close and personal.”

However, George’s attitude could further deteriorate his relationship with Kenny. Kenny’s pals say George’s snaps having a gala time with other fellas will “drive a nail through his heart”.

The duo broke up last year but Kenny, 50, and George kissed and reunited in October.

But Kenny’s pals are afraid these snaps could end everything between them.

One friend said: “We’ve been begging Kenny to leave George, but he always goes back.

“Maybe now he’ll see sense. Their relationship has been struggling for months but he can’t make the break.

“It’s bad for Kenny as George isn’t always the most savoury character to be around, and it’s bad for George. It lets him continue his unhealthy lifestyle.

“They always say they have an open relationship, but seeing your fella with another man will be a nail through Kenny’s heart.”

However a spokesman for George said: “The man in the picture is just a friend.”

Singer Jessica Simpson has revealed that while she was concerned about reports criticising her weight gain, she found that many countries outside the US prefer their women to be big.

Simpson, 29, who had made a trip to Africa recently for a programme for VH1 about the world’s various social standards of beauty, was shocked to find that she was considered too underweight to be attractive in their culture.

According to Digital Spy, Simpson revealed one trip to Uganda with friend her CaCee Cobb that found particularly eye opening.

“The men told CaCee and I that we would have to [gain weight] for them to consider marrying us!” the Daily Telegraph quoted her as telling Us Weekly.

Jennifer Aniston got cosy with Gerard Butler on the red carpet in London.

The ‘Break-Up’ actress flaunted a mini dress even in the cold weather.

The pair was present to promote their new movie ‘The Bounty Hunter’.

“We have a blast together and she appreciates that Celtic manner,” the Telegraph quoted Butler as saying.

He added: “There’’s nothing diva-ish about her, she’’s very down to earth, very sure of herself and who she is, and I”m like a little kid, who doesn”t take myself too seriously.

“We had a fun script and a great director, so we just had to dive in and it was a blast.”

Meanwhile, Aniston added: “I love my Gerry. We just lucked out – director fantastic, Gerry fantastic, our crew, New York – you just can”t go wrong.”

Rocker Billy Corgan has blasted John Mayer for dubbing Jessica Simpson “sexual napalm.”

“He’’s trying to destroy his career,” the New York Daily News quoted Corgan, as telling Rolling Stone.

The Smashing Pumpkins star, 42, went on: “Rather than take a year off or change his musical direction, some part of it is irritating his soul to the point where he’’s trying to blow it up.”

Corgan said Mayor is “a talented guy,” and it is “hard to watch someone literally burn their career to the ground – speaking as somebody who’’s done it.”

In the March issue of Playboy, Mayer, 32, dished dirt on his ex-girlfriend Simpson, 29, by saying she was “crazy” in bed.

But Corgan believes Mayer should have just kept mum.

He said: “I think for any person who has celebrity to sort of drop rocks at somebody else’’s feet like that, there’’s things you should really just keep your mouths shut on.

“There’’s things that should just be left alone.”

While Corgan did not reveal if he ever shared a relationship with Simpson, he previously told Rolling Stone that he had feelings for her.

He said: “Sometimes people just like being around each other, and good things come out of that.

“My goal in life is to love whoever I think is worth loving, and I think if people knew her like I knew her, they would love her like I do. It’’s really simple.”

20 killed, 40 injured in Lahore blasts : LAHORE: Two explosions ripped through a market in Armenia, the South Cantt Bazar near a bus stop, where crowds gathered for Friday prayers, killing 20 people and killing 40, according to Geo News.
Rescue workers and ambulances rushed to the Bazaar of the Republic of Armenia, a densely populated area in the city. The area was crowded as the explosions occurred shortly before the main Friday prayers were to start.
Rescue teams and ambulances were dispatched to the scene.
Security forces cordoned off the area and prevent the passage. The media was not allowed to go near the place of the incident.
The blasts came just four days after a suicide car bomb destroyed the offices used for the interrogation of suspected militants in a posh district in Lahore.

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Indian Car Designer Transforms Scrap Into Office Utilities : K Sudhakar, the famed car designer and enthusiast of automobiles from the Twin Cities of India’s southern Andhra Pradesh has conjured up scrap materials from various sources for a unique office set up, with almost every facility shaped as a vintage car.
This innovative enthusiast who is much fascinated by vintage cars noted that he has designed the office table, sofas, and teapots, all in the shape of his cherished designs of vintage cars.
He candidly mentioned that it took him nearly three years to set up his dream office, where everything is in shape of vintage cars.
He has designed an office cabin in such a manner that the 1908 Ford car model can be converted into an office table, all within mere three seconds. Even, the sofas of his innovative office boast of headlights and wheels of oldie-goldie cars.K Sudhakar, the famed car designer and enthusiast of automobiles from the Twin Cities of India’s southern Andhra Pradesh has conjured up scrap materials from various sources for a unique office set up, with almost every facility shaped as a vintage car.
This innovative enthusiast who is much fascinated by vintage cars noted that he has designed the office table, sofas, and teapots, all in the shape of his cherished designs of vintage cars.
He candidly mentioned that it took him nearly three years to set up his dream office, where everything is in shape of vintage cars.
He has designed an office cabin in such a manner that the 1908 Ford car model can be converted into an office table, all within mere three seconds. Even, the sofas of his innovative office boast of headlights and wheels of oldie-goldie cars.

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Pulmonary Congestion Kills : Corey Haim, who died on Wednesday, received on March 10, a lot of media attention focused upon him after his death, perhaps more than he received in the past he disappeared from sight. And cause of death, and possibly pulmonary congestion, has speculated very subject, although most observers initially jump to the conclusion that he had fallen victim to a drug overdose, a conclusion that the world decided upon in the event of death of any celebrity. More than that in the case of Corey Haim, adding that he was known for a long battle with drug abuse, having been in and out several times to rehabilitation.

However, the report issued by the coroner’s office in Los Angeles County gives a clear idea of how he died. According to reports, which are based on preliminary results, has fallen victim to the perpetrator is not a drug overdose, but perhaps serious health problems, which included congestion of the lungs, water in the lungs and the heart was also enlarged. Not yet been determined as one of these, however, he was responsible for the death of a premature application of the perpetrator, who was not there only 38 at the time of his death, but it is highly likely that all three were.

However, the real reason behind the premature death only be found after toxicology reports are released. However, the report from the medical examiner has taken the blame for the drug, more or less. In fact, Corey Haim’s mother Judy Haim, has refuted all the allegations about her son after he died of a drug overdose as possible, citing pulmonary congestion is the cause.

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SEC Basketball tournament 2010 Live Score and Bracket For decades, Vanderbilt to appear in the SEC men’s basketball tournament in many cases it may be the pattern 40 minutes.
This is the team more in-depth and sports in 11 seasons under coach Kevin Stallings, the Commodores have shown this rare composure down stretch of games away from Memorial Gym, winning many competitions SEC road as home.
“I have been part of teams that have not achieved good results in the tournament,” junior center àj said Ogilvy. “But I feel that this team is a lot different. We went on the road and were successful.’s Success has been at home, and that there will be a big difference.
“No matter where or when we play and this team will be ready to go.”
Stallings loves this team in the tournament.
“We believe we can,” said Stallings. “We feel like we’re better equipped, and we are more deeply, we are the largest, and we are stronger, we are more physical, we are better, so we feel that we have a better chance to play well and have a chance to win this tournament.
“I think there will be more success here and there, no one was successful, but the state of Kentucky.”
Wildcats to the championship from 25 to 19 more than anyone else. Kentucky, Vanderbilt will not meet until the final game.
A ticket from Vanderbilt in the success of the tournament abbreviated hanging from the rafters to commemorate the gym – a new logo displays this year of the program a single title, in 48 games.
“Coach talked about that,” forward Andrei student, “said Walker. “It was like ‘Are you kidding me? 1951?’ It is difficult to believe that they have a lot of great teams here. I’m glad we have the opportunity to try to get Santana there.”
The Commodores were several teams strong enough to guarantee the championship titles in the 1960s and early ’70s, including the 1965 and 1974 champions. But have not been any tournaments 1953-78.
Since the resumption of the tournament, Vanderbilt has boomed in the first game 17 times. The Commodores reached the semifinals three times
1989-93, but remained there only once since then – in 2004.
Senior point guard Jermaine Beal hopes that the Bridgestone Arena will serve as a home court advantage. Vanderbilt is 1-2 in tournaments and a Supreme Council of Education (2001 and 2006) and lost there on Dec. 11 for Western Kentucky this season.
“We have a great opportunity at the end of this week in our own backyard to make some history,” Biel said.Harry President Truman when the Commodores captured the championship title and a single in 1951. The final program only.
With the best conference record (12-4) in 17 years, and this team Vanderbilt (23-7) aims to make this week at the Bridgestone Arena many do not forget.
The Commodores will open at 8:45 p.m. today with Georgia, and winner of more than one state, Arkansas.

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