Anglophile Celebrity Round-Up: James Bond, Amanda Seyfried, Simon Cowell

Pierce Brosnan has never watched Daniel Craig as James Bond

The handsome actor – who played the suave spy in four movies until 2002’s ‘Die Another Day’ – hasn’t seen Daniel take on the role of 007 in either ‘Casino Royale’ or ‘Quantum of Solace’ even though he has tried to see the films.

Pierce said: “I haven’t seen Daniel in the role. I tried watching it on an airplane. I thought 37,000 feet was a good distance to watch it from and it broke down right at the beginning. The attendant came and changed it and it broke down a second time, so I figured, ‘OK. The Gods must be saying something…’ So I never went near it! I just thought, ‘Let sleeping dogs lie.’”

After his disastrous attempt to watch one movie, he decided to not even open the box when he was given a copy of ‘Quantum of Solace’.

He added: “I got the Academy screener for the last one and I turned it on for my boys and I left them to it. I didn’t go near it.”

Amanda Seyfried is moving to New York for the sake of her love life

The ‘Mamma Mia!’ star – who is dating British actor Dominic Cooper – has bought a property in the Big Apple as it’s closer to London than Los Angeles.

She told Britain’s OK! magazine: “I bought an apartment in New York but I can’t move in until April because it needs renovating. I was hoping to move there now. But it’s OK. It’s worth it. And I have my relationship overseas, too. So New York’s just so much easier than Los Angeles as I’m always going to London. It’s nice to be closer – even if it’s still a long flight. 11 hours is different from seven.”

The blonde beauty has previously said she and Dominic – who she met on the set of ‘Mamma Mia!’ – were well suited because they were so similar in both looks and personalities.

She said: “We both look like frogs, with our wide-set eyes, we’re both indecisive and neither of us has a lot of willpower. When we met, I just found him funny. It was like we were the same person – except he’s British and a man!”

Simon Cowell’s charity single will be performed at the BRITs

The music mogul’s all-star cover of REM’s hit ‘Everybody Hurts’ – which is being released to raise funds for earthquake-stricken Haiti – will now take centre stage at the music awards 30th anniversary ceremony on February 16, after bosses reorganised the evening’s line-up to clear a space for the song.

A source said: “A special production meeting was called to reconsider the running order to include the song. It’s something that has never happened before. But the events in Haiti have made everybody sit up and take notice.”

The news comes at the same time as Bon Jovi have confirmed they are adding their talents to the record.

The rock band – consisting of singer Jon Bon Jovi, guitarist Richie Sambora, drummer Tico Torres, bassist Hugh McDonald and keyboardist David Bryan – will join some of the world’s biggest stars to appear on the single.

The female line-up of performers for the song includes Mariah Carey, Kylie Minogue, Leona Lewis, Cheryl Cole, Alexandra Burke, Susan Boyle and Miley Cyrus.

The girls are joined on the track by Robbie Williams, Take That, Rod Stewart, James Blunt, James Morrison, Joe McElderry, Mika, Michael Buble and boy bands Westlife and JLS.

The song will be the first time ‘Bodies’ hitmaker Robbie has featured on the same record as his old band Take That since he left the group in 1995.

At the moment, it is unclear whether the musicians will all be present to perform together at the BRITs, or if a video will be aired instead.

The artists have been recording their parts at different venues around the world and their musical contributions are all being edited into one track.

The single is due for release on February 8.

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