Profession: Actor Biography: Daniel Craig was an English stage and screen actor before landing the role of James Bond in 2005. He initially trained at London's Guildhall School of Arts, graduating in 1991. He then worked consistently, appearing in the TV series "Our Friends in the North" alongside Christopher Eccleston, and in the film "Elizabeth" (1998) starring Cate Blanchett. His international breakthrough came playing Angelina Jolie's love interest in "
Profession: Archduke of Austria Biography: Franz Ferdinand was the Archduke of Austria-Este and heir presumptive to the Austro-Hungarian Empire. He was significant not only due to his status in the empire but more so for his assassination, which directly precipitated the outbreak of World War I. Franz Ferdinand was known for his unconventional choices, particularly his marriage. Against the wishes of Emperor Franz Joseph, he married Countess Sophie Chotek in 1900.
Hollie Seeley and Christy Allen have been together for seven years, own a home in Denver and are raising two kids. So they were disappointed last fall when Colorado voters joined the bandwagon of states that ban same-sex marriage and civil unions. But the couple won a measure of vindication this spring when Governor Bill Ritter signed a bill making Colorado the 10th state to allow gay and lesbian partners to adopt children as couples instead of restricting parental rights to one partner.
June 12, 2014 9:36 AM EDT Thursday’s Google Doodle celebrates the kickoff of the 2014 FIFA World Cup. The animated illustration features host country Brazil’s green and yellow color scheme and shows little armed and legged G, O, O, G, L, and E letters jumping up and down like excited fans. Clicking on the Doodle brings curious Googlers to a landing page with FIFA information, including game schedules, the official World Cup site and relevant news surrounding the games.
“Find something to shoot!” bawls one of my squad mates in Halo 5: Guardians as I clamber onto a floodlit gangway. And so I do, sizing up swarms of hissing creatures that look like lava in armor, swiveling my gamepad’s control sticks. I am a strange, cyclopean thing that exists to shoot other things, and it’s easy to find them in Halo. It’s also easy to find Halo fans itching for the chance to.