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Cat-007 [Big Boss Cuts] Take-5 <~> Actor Daniel Craig has been confirmed as the new James Bond, at a news conference in London...The English actor, who arrived by speedboat, said he wanted take the film series "somewhere it's never gone before"... The English star of gangster film Layer Cake, who arrived at a press conference in London by speedboat, will play a tougher, grittier and darker 007... "It's a huge challenge. Life is about challenges and this is one of the big ones as an actor," said Craig, 37, who will be the sixth James Bond...

He joked he "had a couple of Martinis" when he got the role. Casino Royale is due to start filming in January..."We've got an incredible script and that's my first line of attack," he said. "Once I'd read that, I realised that I didn't have a choice. I had to go for it."

Daniel Craig arrived at the James Bond press conference by boat He admitted taking the role was a big responsibility but added: "I've just got to step up to the plate and deal with it." Bond was "a huge iconic figure in movie history and these things don't come along very often", he said...Producer Michael G Wilson said the film-makers considered more than 200 actors from around the world over two years before settling on Craig... Neither Q nor Moneypenny will appear, Mr Wilson added, but M will return. However, it was not confirmed whether Dame Judi Dench will play the spy chief... Producers are now setting their sights on finding a female star to fill what Mr Campbell said would be the "best Bond girl part" ever.
Casino Royale will be an adaptation of author Ian Fleming's first James Bond novel, in which the spy was introduced as a more youthful and cold character than he has been portrayed on film.

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Cat-007 [Big Boss Cuts] Take-5 <~> Cannabis:-~ what teenagers need to know Panorama explores the latest scientific research on the effects of cannabis on the human mind... British youngsters are using Cannabis earlier and smoking more of it than any previous generation. Most don't even think of it as a drug, and the popular perception is that it has no serious long-term effects. However, the truth is that, until very recently, very little was known about how cannabis actually affects developing brains... The programme meets young people who have developed psychotic illnesses after heavy cannabis use and speaks to the psychiatrists who have found links between users' genetic makeup and the risk of developing mental illness...

The programme features the work of scientists who have used the latest technology to look inside peoples' heads and see - quite literally - how cannabis changes the way people think. It meets the scientist whose unpublished new research suggests that cannabis can cause long-term chemical changes in users' brains and supports the idea that it can be a "gateway" making users more likely to take other drugs ...

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Cat-007 [Big Boss Cuts] Take-5 <~> Singer Michael Jackson was mobbed by fans at London waxworks museum Madame Tussauds during a stay in the capital... Jackson, who is believed to be recording a single for the victims of Hurricane Katrina, had his children with him during the visit on Sunday... On Saturday, the singer arrived in a people carrier with his children 15 minutes late for the matinee performance of musical Billy Elliot... Throughout the show, hundreds of his admirers waited outside brandishing posters of support and chanting his name... On Friday Jackson signed autographs after being pursued by fans through an underground car park near a recording studio...

The star has also been spotted in the Dorchester Hotel, London, meeting fans and posing for photographs... Jackson was cleared of 10 charges in June... Jackson is believed to have arrived in the UK on Thursday to record Hurricane Katrina charity song From The Bottom Of My Heart... The singer has been in Dubai since his trial in California... it is not clear which recording studio is being used by the star or how fans knew where the singer would be appearing...

Footage of fans surrounding Jackson at the car park of the studio was released by 2 Seas Records, a joint venture between Bahrain's Southern Governor Shaikh Abdullah bin Hamad Al Khalifa and Jackson's brother Jermaine... Jackson climbed onto a car roof in the car park to greet his fans, who took photos on cameras and mobile phones ...