Mr Stanhope said the Prime Minister - a self-described social conservative - should allow the move, arguing that if Mr Rudd could demand China respect the human rights of Tibetans he should defend the rights of his own citizens at home.

It is the first time Mr Stanhope has spoken publicly about the federal Government’s intervention to see the ACT laws blocked.

The Rudd Government is in discussions with the ACT Government to remove clauses in its civil partnerships bill that would allow gay couples to hold a public ceremony marking their union.

In a speech to lawyers, Mr Stanhope said a national bill of rights could protect Australian citizens against such interventions. The Rudd Government has committed itself to an inquiry on a charter of rights, but has ruled out any model that would undermine the authority of parliament.

“I have hopes that a Prime Minister and a Government capable of advocating for the basic rights of the Tibetans will - must - comprehend the justice of formally extending each of those same basic rights to folk back home,” Mr Stanhope said.

“I have hopes that this Prime Minister … will respect the right of the component parts of our federation to legislate as they are constitutionally empowered to do and as they have received a mandate to do.”

He said legislating for civil partnerships was within the powers of the states and territories. “We know that what the ACT is attempting to do is no more than to extend to same-sex couples equality with other Canberrans, under ACT laws,” he said. “Not commonwealth laws: that would require a national bill of rights. Just ACT laws … in the community to which they contribute, and to which they belong.”

But Mr Stanhope said that unfortunately for the men and women in the ACT who desire recognition of and respect for their long-term “enduring primary relationships, efforts by the ACT Government to deliver these things have been thwarted”.

“The evidence suggests the rights of a significant number of Canberra’s men and women cannot be guaranteed by my Government, because of church disapproval,” he said. “This in a nation that has committed … to a separation of church and state.”

Every muscle rippling under his wet shirt, Bond star Daniel Craig quite literally lived up to his ice-cool reputation when he took to the freezing waters off Cape Town for a new movie role recently. The hardy 39-year-old plunged back into the icy seas three times for the scene in Flashbacks of a Fool in which his character, a fading Hollywood actor attempts to commit suicide.

At one point locals - unaware they were watching a film shoot - grew alarmed when Daniel dived into the surf fully clothed and began swimming out to sea before being saved by a group of men. His ‘rescuers’ turned out to be divers on standby to make sure the actor didn’t come to any harm in the stormy weather conditions.

The action-packed scenes were shot at Llandudno beach, a stunning stretch of South African coastline named after the Welsh seaside resort.

Handsome Daniel has been accompanied by his girlfriend Satuski Mitchell during the two-week shoot. The actor recently joked he’d have to buff up again to play the famous spy, but judging by his toned appearance and athletic looks, the new 007 won’t need to work too hard at it.

Helen McCrory and Emilia Fox also star in the flick, which is executive produced by Daniel and will be released early next year. [Source Via ONTD]

W did it again on the February 2007 issue with a cover of superstar Daniel Craig and Nicole Kidman. They will appear together in 2 films later this year. ‘The Golden Compass’, a fantasy-adventure film based on the first book in Philip Pullman’s trilogy His Dark Materials. The movie, to be released later this year, is their second collaboration, the first being ‘The Invasion’, which is loosely based on Invasion of the Body Snatchers and is also due out in 2007.

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Daniel Craig, James Bond in the movie Casino Royale, in behind the scenes images of him in nothing but sexy trunks.

James Bond premiers in Sydney and if you have a Visa card, you can see it tomorrow (Wednesday) night at Circular Quay.

The darkest and sexiest ever new James Bond star Daniel Craig thrilled fans in Sydney last night at the State Theatre for the Australian premiere of Casino Royale .

For the first time, we can enjoy watching a buff Bond emerges from the ocean clad in nothing but a tiny pair of trunks, instead of a bond girl in bikini. He has signed on for two more instalments of the legendary spy series, with the next film already in pre-production.
We’ll have to wait and see if the new stripped-bare Bond is here to stay.

New Gay Bond

Daniel Craig has revealed that he is pressurising producers to include a gay scene in the next James Bond film. In addition to pushing for a gay scene in ‘Bond 22′, he has assured bosses that he is more than prepared to do a full frontal nude scene to please his male and female admirers.
He said: “Why not I think in this day and age, fans would have accepted it.

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Another naked Daniel Craig, in fact flashed his body so many time on the set of Casino Royale, the crew dubbed him “Moon Raker”

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Judi Dench thinks Daniel Craig measures up for the new James Bond.

The nude pictures of Craig are taken from the relatively unknown 1998 biopic of painter Francis Bacon, ‘Love Is the Devil’, in which the blond actor happily bared all. Check it out for yourself.

Daniel Craig is set to bare all in new Bond film, ‘Casino Royale’.

The hunky actor and co-star Eva Green have agreed to shoot full frontal sex scenes in the movie - dubbed “moonie-raker” by the crew because of the amount of flesh on show.

In one scene, Bond is seen naked on a yacht with French beauty Eva - who plays double agent Vesper Lynd - in just a sarong.

Craig, 38, then gets to whip off the skimpy garment before the pair go skinny-dipping.

An insider is quoted in Britain’s Daily Star newspaper as saying: “Another scene is set in a hotel room. The script simply says: ‘Bond and Vesper make reckless love and destroy the room’.

“It’s frenzied and very, very passionate. Bond fans won’t have seen anything like it before.”

The move to make ‘Casino Royal’ the sexiest 007 film ever has come from Barbara Broccoli, 45, who runs the Bond franchise.

The insider added: “She wants to show the world that Craig is all man. He has no problems with full-frontal nudity and it shows. Prepare for some jaw-dropping love scenes.”

And we wont be let down! Daniel Craig has reportedly got the complete package - literally. According to his “Casino Royale” co-star, James Judi Dench, the James Bond actor has a large penis, which is “an absolute monster!” Now whether that should be taken as an insult or a compliment, you decide - reports AHN.

The British actress caught a glimpse of the hunky actor’s impressive appendage as he was getting dressed in his trailer which was situated opposite her own.

Dench, who plays secret service boss M in the new movie, told Britain’s Daily Star newspaper, “It’s an absolute monster! Maybe I shouldn’t have said that. How uncouth of me!”

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The actor, who debuts as 007 in ‘Casino Royale’ this November, shares an onscreen kiss with another man in new movie ‘Infamous’ - which documents the life of author Truman Capote.

In the movie, Craig plays convicted killer Perry Smith and his character has a relationship with Capote, played by British actor Toby Jones.

The film, which is already being tipped for Oscar success, closes with the pair sharing a passionate kiss in Smith’s prison cell.

Jones joked recently: “I never dreamed I would kiss James Bond.”