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A popular hotel in the Bahamas is about to be transformed into the Liberian Embassy in Madagascar — a perplexing development considering Madagascar's location off the coast of Africa - for the forthcoming James Bond film. The Palm Beach Post reports that the Buena Vista, a 200-year-old mansion with a legendary restaurant where waiters in burgundy jackets serve charcoal-broiled lobster and curried grouper to such illustrious patrons as Nicolas Cage, Michael Caine and Julio Iglesias, will double for a location in Casino Royale. Stan Bocus, the dapper Italian who has owned the Buena Vista for 31 years, said the old colonial building will be painted to make it look even older when it is transformed into the embassy, where the new James Bond will take on bad guys in the upcoming Casino Royale. Filming starts there on February 23rd — and the paper's report will go back to catch a glimpse of Daniel Craig as the new 007. MI6 Note: This news confirms that the Bahamas will be doubling fo...

Two major steps to Oscar were taken Wednesday as the Producers Guild of America and the Writers Guild of America announced nominations for their annual film awards. The Producers Guild's five candidates for this year's Darryl F. Zanuck Producer of the Year award for Best Theatrical Motion Picture are the drama about forbidden romance, "Brokeback Mountain"; the Truman Capote biopic "Capote"; the racially-charged drama "Crash"; the Edward R. Murrow biopic "Good Night, and Good Luck" ; and the Johnny Cash biopic "Walk the Line." The PGA also cited five nominees for Best Animated Motion Picture: "Chicken Little," "Madagascar," "Robots," "Tim Burton's Corpse Bride" and "Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit." On the WGA side, the guild tapped "Brokeback Mountain," "Capote," "The Constant Gardner," "A History of Violence" and ...

"Star Wars: Episode III -- Revenge Of The Sith" is the world's number one film of 2005. It grossed $848.5 million (Lm303 million) at the box office. 45% of that income came from US theatres with the other 55% from the rest of the world. Local audiences contributed very little to this sci-fi thriller bonanza as Star Wars films never are very popular in Malta. Second placed is "Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire" which tallied $715.3 million. It is UK"s number one film for 2005. The following are the world's top ten films for 2005. Star Wars: Episode III -- Revenge Of The Sith - $848.5 million Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire - $715.3 million War Of The Worlds - $588.9 million Madagascar - $525.7 million Charlie And The Chocolate Factory - $471.9 million Mr. & Mrs. Smith - $454.8 million Batman Begins - $371.9 million Hitch - $368.1 million Fantastic Four - $329.5 million Wedding Crashers - $283.1 million by Mario Azzopardi