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  • NewsGwynne Watkins

    The Making of Daniel Craig's Eye-Poppingly Iconic 'Casino Royale' Swimsuit Scene

    When Daniel Craig emerged dripping from the ocean in Casino Royale (2006), the universe of James Bond was as shaken as 007’s preferred martini. Watch the famous beach scene from ‘Casino Royale’ The wet-and-wild moment comes early in the film, when Bond (Craig) travels to the Bahamas to track down Alex Dimitrios (Simon Abkarian), a business associate of terrorist financier Le Chiffre (Mads Mikkelsen).

  • NewsGwynne Watkins

    The Tasty Story Behind the 'Silence of the Lambs' Parody Musical

    Jenn Harris as Clarice and David Garrison as Hannibal Lecter in ‘Silence! The Musical’ (Photo: Carol Rosegg) “Homicidal freaks! Lunatics behind steel bars! Women missing skin! Decapitated heads in jars!” That’s what Silence! The Musical, Jon and Al Kaplan’s unauthorized theatrical parody of The Silence of the Lambs, promises in its opening number, sung (naturally) by an earnest chorus of lambs. The fantastically silly, obscene musical hews closely to the 1991 horror classic, telling the story o