"Iron Man" rules

Superhero movie "Iron Man" pounded the competition at the North American box offices for (a)(the) second straight weekend, landing at No. 1 with just over 50 million dollars (USD) in ticket sales. The movie about a comic book superhero in a high-tech suit of armour blasted past two new entries, family adventure "Speed Racer" and romantic comedy "What Happens in Vegas."

Daniel Craig has been hard at work on the upcoming James Bond flick, "Quantum of Solace." The talented actor, who helped breathe life back into the role of "007," tells Reuters that he has no worries about being typecast as the man with the license to kill.

SOUNDBITE (English) DANIEL CRAIG ON BEING TYPECAST AS JAMES BOND, SAYING

"I'm not going to fight against it, I think that would be the wrong thing to do. I am just going to accept because I accepted it when I took the role. When it happens it is a very nice thing to happen."


Actress Uma Thurman is suing the French cosmetics giant Lancome. The "Kill Bill" star is seeking 15 million dollars in damages, accusing the company of using her name and face in advertisements after her contract had expired. Thurman recently made headlines in a separate case involving a former mental patient who was convicted of stalking her.


Lastly, Paul McCartney and his estranged wife Heather Mills are expected to be back in court on Monday (May 12, 2008) to officially finalize their very contentious and well publicized divorce.

John Russell reports.

pound - verb 1. (sometimes with on) beat, strike, hammer
armour or US armor

Noun

1. metal clothing worn by medieval warriors for protection in battle
flick - a form of entertainment that enacts a story by sound and a sequence of images giving the illusion of continuous movement; "they went to a movie every Saturday night"; "the film was shot on location"

film, motion picture, motion-picture show, movie, moving picture, moving-picture show, pic, picture show, picture

sue v. sued, su·ing, sues

To court; woo

stalk - to follow (an animal or person) quietly and secretly in order to catch or kill them