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Nobody knows the exact details either. This could have been a fundraiser, it could even be a case the a charity auction and Dan bid and won something for his money. A lot of hoo haa! over nothing.
There's nothing wrong with what he did anyway. He admitted to doing it and it's a perfectly legal way to donate to political campaigns in the US. Nearly everyone with money does it. As mentioned, it was legitimized by the Supreme Court (I disagree with their decision, but it is now law).
The issue surrounds the possible legitimacy of the specific Super PAC in question, rather than anything DC did.
Worth remembering that Unions back candidates and have major sway on a number of voters, as an actor the Actors guild may favour a candidate as they may see more from a candidate who is more likely to support the arts, Dan may side with the guild on which candidate will do more for creative industries.
I suppose you are American, not sure though.
I tell you something about Swiss financing of political parties.
We have zero transparency and zero law or regulation.
We have millionaires that finance one political party (Conservatives) in Switzerland with as much money as they want (I'm talking millions) without the public's knowledge or financing some election campaign or political campaign with as much money as they want and we (the Swiss) would not even know about it. We only know that one party has squllions of money for their campaigns and no wonder they always win the elections and votes.
So I guess there are worse things than Super PACs.
Of course in Switzerland no single person or party can rise to so much power as a US president or Senator but anyway.
No, I'm not American, but I closely follow their politics (it's fascinating and of course whoever wins impacts all of us).
I did not know that about Switzerland. It surprises me, because I always thought the Swiss would be big on political (if not banking) transparency.
Our system is very good, we have a so-called direct democracy where the people can overthrow decisions of the government or force them to do certain things. We get to vote approx. 15 times a year for such things (4 Sundays every year with 3-4 votes for various things).
But political financing is really a big stain in our system and the parties left of the Conservatives fail every time to get enough votes to have finally some sort of regulation or transparency.
I follow politics as well, as you said, US politics impacts us all.
I can tell you our media has a field day with Donald the Trump. Not one day passes without articles about him in our newspapers. One could think he's running in Switzerland :P (we do have main elections too this October).
This stench is all over the world it seems. A stain on the electoral process. Big money talks everywhere, and the little guy takes it in the you know where....
Well, I think at some point the whole thing will implode. The financial system is shaky as it is, and eventually we'll have to find a new way. Capitalism needs a reboot. Just imho.
This is definitely true.
I can only speak for the crap going on here in the U.S., but it's scary.
Interesting that @germanlady says DC may already have US citizenship. Hadn't heard that.
I would be very surprised if DC did not make one more movie. It may depend on the success of SP I guess, but he has so clearly grown to love playing Bond that I think he'll find it hard to walk away. Realistically though I think he can only really do one more. After that, it may be one Moore too many ;)
He gave a lot of money to Olivia Wilde's Haiti earthquake relief org., (he worked with her on Cowboys) and she comes from a very politically vocal left wing family. Am just guessing, but I can see her steering him to this PAC. Regardless of who gave him the bad advice, or if he was dumb enough to do his own research, he'll hopefully be smarter in the future about wasting his money on dicey political PACs. Even the decent ones are all but unregulated. It's a dirty underbelly of US political fund raising which was bad enough before these super PACs started to become so powerful.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-3230424/Daniel-Craig-s-sharp-suited-007-teases-fans-smouldering-new-TV-advert-Spectre.html
http://wwd.com/eye/parties/gwyneth-paltrow-reese-witherspoon-tom-ford-demi-moore-blaine-lourd-10217555/
Before you catch SPECTRE, take a look back with our Daniel Craig movies spotlight
The name’s Craig, Daniel Craig. And for the last nine years, he’s been James Bond. Craig landed the iconic role for Casino Royale and he’ll be making his fourth appearance as Bond in the upcoming film, SPECTRE. Despite some initial resistance from the 007 fans, the Daniel Craig movies have proven to be some of the most popular Bond films of all-time. The last entry, Skyfall, is the highest-grossing film in the franchise’s 53-year history.
Outside of the Bond films, Daniel Craig movies have had some mixed results at the box office. Before his three-year hiatus between Skyfall and SPECTRE, Craig appeared in several films and he was even cast in at least three movies that were designed to become franchises of their own.
Craig has hinted that SPECTRE could be his final Bond movie, which would close a nearly ten-year chapter in his life. Given Craig’s history, it’s likely that a post-Bond Craig will be as busy as he chooses to be. Whether audiences will ever embrace him in another franchise role remains to be seen. For better or worse, Craig will always be identified with James Bond, and the legacy of that role will remain with him forever.
It's an interesting look back at what he has done. You can read the full thing here. http://www.comingsoon.net/movies/features/481455-daniel-craig-movies-spotlight#/slide/1
"Daniel Craig usually plays the hero — most famously, of course, James Bond.
But Craig’s thinking of swapping his Walther PPK for Desdemona’s handkerchief as the villainous Iago in a stage production of “Othello.”
Craig, a stage actor by training, is in talks with off-Broadway’s New York Theatre Workshop to do Shakespeare’s tragedy next year, probably in the spring, sources say. No one’s saying anything about Broadway yet, but you don’t have to be M to deduce that if the production gets good reviews, it can move to Broadway in the summer for what will no doubt be a limited, sold-out run.
Iago is one of the great roles in the history of the theater. Furious that Othello has passed him over for a promotion, he plants wife Desdemona’s hankie in rival Cassio’s chambers. Othello becomes insanely jealous, and, well — even James Bond wouldn’t be able to save the day.
I usually think of Iago as being played by a small, evil-looking schemer. Bob Hoskins was brilliant in a 1981 TV movie. Sometimes Iago’s given a homosexual spin — his real motives being his sexual desire for Othello and his jealousy of Desdemona. That’s how some critics thought Kenneth Branagh played him in the 1995 movie opposite Laurence Fishburne.
I doubt Craig is going to follow suit. But there’s no reason why Iago can’t be a hunk. He is, after all, a skilled soldier, hailed for his bravery in battle.
These are early days for this production, so no other parts have been cast. There’s not even a director yet. But Craig has long wanted to do some Shakespeare in New York City, and this looks like a good bet."
Come to Virginia, we'll take a day trip up to NYC on one of those bus tours and catch him on Broadway.
That would be stellar, but it's so ahead in the future I have no idea what I'd be up to by the time Dan takes the stage. I like where your head's at though! In a perfect world all the forum members on the east coast could rent a bus, travel to NYC and go hand in hand to see Dan, if only schedules weren't so complicated. I know @Murdock is pretty close, as is @haserot.
Only a 5hr flight for me, and I love NYC :D
i live near Cleveland, OH - from here to NYC it's about a 7-8 hr drive.. which means it's probably about a 1 hour flight..
if i had better financial stability at the moment - plus vacation time to use, i would love to do it... i have always wondered why us East Coast area Bond fans have not tried to plan a big event - for either an opening weekend or whatever... i know getting everyone's schedules to align is tough - especially when having to deal with work, family, travel, money, film release dates, and trying to plan all that far enough in advance - yeah, logistical nightmare... but it would still be fun to do - i would love to meet and hang out with some fellow board members - would be nice to finally put a face and voice to names here :)
i have been trying to plan a trip to London for a couple years now to meet up with some MI6 regs across the pond to go see a new Bond movie opening weekend... but 2 things have prevented me from doing so... money - and my tubby ass - seriously, if i am going to fly again, i need to drop some poundage so i can comfortably sit in a plane seat lol.
not sure where everyone here, if from the US, is located.. because our country is so spread out and huge it can make it harder for the whole lot of us to meet in one spot - i think it might be easier to split into different regions (if need be) in order to do it.. because for a lot us, meeting somewhere in say New York City, or Philadelphia might be a little easier than someone who is from Texas or California - to have to drive or fly all that way..... if that makes any sense.
Well, it will always be an effort, but I can tell you, it was sooo worth it. Seeing the people from the forum and DC, having the atmosphere of Times Square at night after the show etc. etc. Worth every penny of it for sure.
Im sure many people like me never heard of Fleming before till Daniel came into the picture.
and because of him we understood Terrence Young and Guy Hamilton's ideal of Bond is like another character also named James Bond.
To put things more clear
Timothy Dalton and Daniel Craig are Fleming's Bond
Sean Connery, Pierce Brosnan, Roger Moore and George Lazenby are the cinematic Bond based on Ian Fleming's Bond.
So out of topic but i guess the next Bond 2 Bond actors should stay in the Craig type to balance things a little more
Till now we have 4 cinematic Bonds actors and just 2 Fleming Types so to keep it 4 in one side 4 in the other will need 2 Fleming Bond actors
This morning the British-born actor Daniel Craig, who was designated by the UN Secretary-General as the first United Nations Global Advocate for the Elimination of Mines and other Explosive Hazards in April of this year, arrived to lend his support, his voice and his image to the launching of the Sustainable Development Goals. Taking time out of a very busy schedule, Craig was pleased to accept an invitation from the President of the General Assembly Mr. Mogens Lykketoft to hear the Pope and to watch the opening ceremony of the Sustainable Development Summit.
Mr. Craig has been busy since April completing the most recent James Bond film “Spectre”, which will be launched later this year. Before the launch, Mr. Craig is taking time to fulfil some of his official duties he accepted as a Global Advocate for the United Nations.
Mr. Craig made a public service announcement entitled Explosive Hazards Prevent Progress to support the UN Secretary-General and Richard Curtis’ Project Everyone, to make the #GlobalGoals famous. He addressed Global Goal 16 about peace and justice.
“The fear that unexploded ordnance that is just littered around after a conflict, what that does to a local population, it stops them from being normal, stops them from having a normal life and getting on and rebuilding…” he describes in his public service announcement.
Mr. Craig, when accepting the nomination, stated that he would dedicate as much time as soon as it was possible to learning more about the issues and realities of defeating explosive hazards and landmines and more about the United Nations system. as the Global Advocate, to the opening ceremony of the summit for the adoption of the post-2015 development agenda and the opening Annual general debate on Monday 28 September.
Mr. Craig will also attend a reception with foreign ministers to raise awareness and support for United Nations Mine Action Service (UNMAS) and its huminatarian demining work. And he plans to visit a United Nations mine action programme before beginning a world tour launching the new Bond film.
As he stated when he was designated: “The use of improvised explosive devices in Iraq, Somalia and Mali; the widespread use of barrel bombs in Syria, and the landmine contamination in Cambodia, Colombia and Afghanistan must all be addressed simultaneously. It is a big job. The United Nations needs political and financial support to succeed.”
Mr. Craig is giving it his all and aims to make a difference, using his license to save, as the Secretary-General referred to it, to the utmost. He was warmly welcomed this morning at the United Nations.
Yep. The world's most famous sexual deviant sharing a selfie with the holy Pontif haha!