No Time To Die: Ana De Armas was SHOCKED on being offered the Bond Girl role in Daniel Craig's James Bond film

Former President Donald Trump speaks during the 'Save America' rally at the Montgomery County Fairgrounds on January 29, 2022 in Conroe, Texas. Trump's visit was his first Texas MAGA rally since 2019.

DOVER, Del. - Delaware’s universal indoor mask mandate ends Friday morning, as their school mask requirements remain in effect through next month.Earlier this week, Gov. John Carney signed a revision of the State of Emergency order that lifted the state’s universal mask mandate, effective at 8 a.m. Also in Monday's revision to the State of Emergency order, Governor Carney temporarily extended the mask requirement in both public and private K-12 schools and child care facilities. As a result, that requirement will expire at 11:59 p.m.

Simon Cowell will miss the next round of auditions for Britain's Got Talent as he has contracted Covid-19.The 62 year old will be unable to judge the latest round of hopefuls on the ITV talent show while he self-isolates. A spokesperson for the music mogul confirmed the news to Mail Online, saying: "Simon was unable to attend filming today as he was isolating at home after testing positive for Covid-19." Current rules for contracting Covid-19 state people need to isolate for ten days but may leave after five if certain conditions are met. Alesha Dixon, David Walliams and Amanda Holden were spotted heading in to film the show and will be left with golden buzzer duties until the show's creator returns.

COLOMBO (News 1st): The foreign exchange shortage experienced in Sri Lanka will be short-lived, said the country’s Finance Minister Basil Rajapaksa.Speaking to officials at the Finance Ministry of Friday (11), Rajapaksa said the government expects to minimize the effects the forex shortage might have on the people.On Monday (7) President Gotabaya Rajapaksa instructed the officials to take steps to immediately release the containers containing essential items at the custody of Customs.The President also appointed a committee headed by Finance Minister Basil Rajapaksa to ensure that there is no shortage of essential commodities including food, and this committee met for the first time on Friday (11).A statement from the Finance Ministry noted that though there is a shortage of Milk Powder, Gas, Wheat Flour, and Cement in the local market, there are sufficient stocks of all other essential items and there will be no shortage.In addition, the tax reliefs granted by the government for essential food items not being enjoyed by the people were discussed and it was revealed at the meeting that errant traders abuse the concessions granted by the government and sell goods at exorbitant prices.The implementation of a new mechanism to expedite the release of essential commodities including food to the market, and to regulate and oversee this matter, was also discussed.

PHILADELPHIA - Philadelphia police are investigating after they say six people were stabbed inside if a Kensington home as they slept Friday morning.The incident happened around 4 a.m. on the 3000 block of North Front Street. Police say a family member went from bedroom to bedroom stabbing the six victims with two different knives that were described as kitchen knives.FOX 29’s Steve Keeley reports that all six of the stabbing victims are between the ages of 26 and 46. A 46-year-old woman is in critical condition after suffering stab wounds to the head and neck during the incident.

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France will deploy thousands of police in and around Paris and set up checkpoints at toll stations on major roads leading into the capital to keep so-called "Freedom Convoy" motorists out, the city's police force said.

₹9.57 lakh crore for the economy was far sharper than ₹2.12 lakh crore in GDP growth that was lost in 2008-09 global financial crises, yet the government was able to contain consumer price inflation (CPI) to within 6.2% as opposed to CPI ballooning to 9.1% during the global financial crisis.

Britain without taking any coronavirus tests starting Friday after the government scrapped one of the final restrictions imposed over the past two years in response to Covid-19.

COLOMBO (News 1st); Thousands of Sri Lankan health workers continued their strike action for the fifth consecutive day on Friday (11), despite a court issuing an order against a nurses trade union that is also taking part in the strike.Health workers in Sri Lanka have been staging demonstrations and strikes since November 2021 to draw attention to the issue of salary anomalies.Their major demands include the rectification of salary anomalies, higher allowances, and an increase in overtime rates.Supplementary and paramedical services, nursing services, and professionals from 16 health services including medical laboratory technologists, pharmacists, radiologists, public health inspectors, and family health officers are participating in the indefinite strike.Thousands of poor patients who visited government hospitals were turned away, as a result.A Sri Lankan court on Thursday (10) issued two enjoining orders preventing the strike action by the Government Nursing Officer’s Association from continuing.The Attorney General filed an action against the Government Nursing Officer’s Association and its president Saman Rathnapriya, seeking an enjoining order from the court to immediately suspend the trade union action of the said union.The Attorney General appraised the court of the present deplorable conditions in hospitals due to patient care being severely affected.District Court Judge of Colombo Aruna Aluthge issued two enjoining orders preventing the union from continuing the said trade union strike endangering the lives of the patients.As a result of the strike, over this week the activities at the Colombo General Hospital, Kandy General Hospital, 24 Teaching Hospitals, 26 General Hospitals, 46 Base Hospitals, 410 District

Prince Charles getting Covid again should be "ringing royal alarm bells," according to an expert who warns of some "regal whiplash". The 73-year-old is set to snatch an almost 200-year record by becoming the oldest person to be crowned monarch.

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Charli XCX has said that the criticism she’s received on social media lately has taken a toll on her mental health.The singer-songwriter, who releases her fifth album ‘Crash’ on March 18, issued a statement on Twitter yesterday (February 10) to explain that she’s temporarily stepping back from the platform due to the “negativity” surrounding her current campaign.“I’ve always had a pretty open dialogue with you guys and so I just wanna mention a few things that have been on my mind recently,” Charli began.“I have been feeling like I can’t do anything right at the moment.

COLOMBO (News 1st); The new University of Vavuniya was declared open by President Gotabaya Rajapaksa on Friday (11).The University of Vavuniya is the 17th State University in Sri Lanka and was established with effect from the 1st of August 2021 via an Extraordinary Gazette on the 8th of June 2021 that elevated the Vavuniya Campus of the University of Jaffna, to a separate state university in Sri Lanka.The new state university was established for the purpose of providing, promoting, and developing higher education in the branches of learning of Business Studies, Applied Science, and Technology Studies.

Two-time Oscar-winning filmmaker Ben Affleck cuddled his COVID-19 quarantine partner Ana de Armas during their Easter Sunday stroll with their two dogs near his Pacific Palisades home.At 47, the Berkeley-born, Cambridge-raised actor is 16 years older than the Cuban beauty - who played his cheating wife on the New Orleans set of New Regency's 2021 erotic thriller Deep Water.The Golden Globe nominee wore a half-heart BFF necklace with a white jumpsuit and matching sneakers for their outing.

Ben Affleck and Ana de Armas have got this quarantine thing down pat, it would appear!

Ben Affleck and Ana de Armas are getting some fresh air on Easter.

Even in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, Hollywood divorcees Jennifer Garner and Ben Affleck have continued to practice amicable custody of their children.And on Saturday, the 47-year-old actressdonned a face mask while picking up the pair's 14-year-old daughter Violet at Ben's home in Brentwood, CA.Meanwhile, Affleck's quarantine partner and girlfriend Ana de Armas, 31, enjoyed a solo stroll with her fluffy white pooch in Los Angeles.

Ben Affleck and Ana de Armas are enjoying a little fresh air together.

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Ben Affleck and Ana de Armas are growing even closer amid the coronavirus lockdown.

Ana de Armas is taking a look back at her past auditions -- and there's one in particular that really sticks out. Speaking to American Airlines’ in-flight magazine American Way for its April/May issue, the 31-year-old actress remembered meeting her future "Blade Runner 2049" co-star Ryan Gosling for the first time.

"I cried, which is weird, because I play in it"

No Time To Die will not be re-edited despite the delay to its release date.

Ben Affleck, 47, took the time out to reunite with his three kids, including Violet, 14, Seraphina, 11, and Samuel, 8, this past weekend after being in quarantine for two weeks and he looked casual and confident during the outing. The actor was seen arriving at and later leaving ex-wife Jennifer Garner‘s house while wearing a dark gray puffer jacket, jeans, and a Boston Red Sox hat. Since the kids weren’t seen outside during Ben’s visit, it’s likely they did some indoor activities or maybe had some food while spending time together.

She charmed her Deep Water co-star Ben Affleck, with the two currently opting to quarantine and chill together.Now Cuban actress Ana De Armas has gushed over the 'handsome' leading men she has been cast alongside.The 31-year-old,heaped praise on colleagues like Ryan Gosling, Daniel Craig and of course Affleck himself, telling Amercan Airlines magazine Nexos: 'I've had the best partners.' Full of praise:Ana De Armas gushed over her 'handsome' leading men for 'who they are as people' in a brand new interviewShe told the magazine she was 'shaking so badly' when she met Gosling during her third audition for Blade Runner 2049.'They put you in a room together and make you read things, to see how your chemistry is.

After playing James Bond in 1967’s “On Her Majesty’s Secret Service”, George Lazenby has an idea of who he’d like to see take on the role of 007 next: Margot Robbie.

Honor Blackman, the British actor who played Pussy Galore in the James Bond film “Goldfinger”, has died. She was 94.

Honor Blackman's family have confirmed today that the James Bond star has died at the age of 94. Her family has confirmed she died of "natural causes" and not from the current coronavirus pandemic, which has caused deaths around the globe.

Honor Blackman's family have confirmed today that the James Bond star has died at the age of 94. Her family have confirmed she died of "natural causes" and not from the current coronavirus lockdown which has seen deaths around the globe.

Honor Blackman, who famously portrayed the Bond girl Pussy Galore, has died, ET has learned. She died of natural causes unrelated to the outbreak of the novel coronavirus, COVID-19 at the age of 94. 

NEW YORK – Honor Blackman, the British actress who played the Bond girl Pussy Galore in “Goldfinger," has died. She was 94.

Honor Blackman, the actress best known for her role in James Bond film as Pussy Galore, has died. She was 94.

No Time To Die's release has been postponed to November owing to the Coronavirus pandemic. The James Bond film is to see Daniel Craig play the 007 agent for one last time in April. With the change in release date, it gives director Cary Fukunaga ample time to polish the film and make necessary changes to the movie. However, the filmmaker recently confirmed Bond 25 is officially complete and he wouldn't be revisiting the post-production table to make any kind of changes. 

"She would be good. She's ballsy"

BEN Affleck visited his kids solo after ex wife Jennifer Garner banned new girlfriend Ana de Armas from meeting them. The Hollywood star rocked up to his former home carrying gifts and covered his face with a mask amid the coronavirus lockdown.

James Bond star George Lazenby has given his seal of approval for ‘ballsy’ actor Margot Robbie to be the first female 007 as Daniel Craig hangs up his tuxedo.

George Lazenby washed his hands and car windows Sunday as the former James Bond star stopped at a gas station in Los Angeles amid the coronavirus pandemic.The 80-year-old Australian actor donned a red sweater over a grey shirt along with dark blue jeans and blue sneakers while making a pit stop in the Brentwood area.George was spotted using a squeegee to clean his windows and drying his hands with a paper towel after cleaning them.

If news reports are to be believed them Peaky Blinders star Tom Hardy is in the race to features as the next James Bond after Daniel Craig bids adieu to the much-loved character. The secret agent character has been essayed by Daniel Craig for the fifth and final time in the upcoming film No Time To Die. Now, the news reports suggest that along with actors, James Norton, Sam Heughan, Richard Madden and Tom Hiddleston, Tom Brady is also in the race to star as the next 007. The film, No Time To Die with Daniel Craig in the lead is postponed amid the global outbreak of Coronavirus. The makers announced that the film will release in the month of November. 

The Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) have recommended that Americans wear cloth face coveringsto slow the spread of the coronavirus.But Ben Affleck, 47, and girlfriend Ana de Armas, 31, opted not to heed that advice on Saturday, as the new couple waited outside the Argo actor's home for a food delivery.The Blade Runner: 2049 actress looked as radiant as ever in a cream-colored sweater as she waited for their food to arrive. Hungry: Ben Affleck, 47, and girlfriend Ana de Armas, 31, waited outside the Argo actor's home for a food delivery on SaturdayThe Knock Knock star paired the garment with tan pants and wore her brunette tresses loose.

© 2020 Bauer-Griffin LOS ANGELES, CA - APRIL 01: Ben Affleck and Ana de Armas are seen on April 01, 2020 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by BG004/Bauer-Griffin/GC Images) Ben Affleck sees kids in his future with girlfriend Ana de Armas.

Ben Affleck sees kids in his future with girlfriend Ana de Armas.The couple have been inseparable in recent weeks after going public with their relationship last month, and it seems Ben is very serious about his new love.'He would love to have kids with her one day.' a source told Us Weekly of the actor, who already shares three children with ex-wife Jennifer Garner. Happy together: Ben Affleck 'would love to have kids' with girlfriend Ana de Armas, a new report claims.

"I love to see sexy men in bathing suits"