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'James Bond' actress Olga Kurylenko tests COVID-19 positive Hollywood
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'James Bond' actress Olga Kurylenko tests COVID-19 positive

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Los Angeles, March 16 (IANS) "Quantum of Solace" actress Olga Kurylenko has tested positive for the novel coronavirus, she has revealed.## The 40-year-old, who played Camille Montes in the 2008 film, said she was diagnosed after feeling "ill for almost a week" with fever and fatigue, reports the Daily Mail.## She is now facing days in isolation and posted a picture of her locked window on Instagram on Sunday night as she revealed she was "locked up at home".## The actress added: "Fever and fatigue are my main symptoms. Take care of yourself and do take this seriously!"## Kurylenko starred opposite Daniel Craig in "Quantum of Solace" as Bolivian secret agent Camille Montes, a role for which she did dialect training.## "The Death Of Stalin" actress, who was born in Soviet-era Ukraine but is now a French citizen, wrote her Instagram caption in both English and the Cyrillic alphabet.## Russian reports say she has lived in London for around a decade, but she did not say where she is undergoing quarantine.## She said: "To bring down the temperature, they said to take Paracetamol, which I do. That's all. Nothing more to do. Of course, I still take vitamins for myself like that. And I eat garlic, just for the immune system. I drink water. Squeeze lemons in water. That's all."## Kurylenko's diagnosis comes days after Hollywood star Tom Hanks and his wife Rita Wilson became the first major Hollywood celebrities to contract the virus.## Kurylenko had recently finished shooting her upcoming movie "The Bay Of Silence", according to The Hollywood Reporter. It is not yet clear if anyone else will need to be quarantined as a result of her testing.## She has a number of releases in the offing, including a French Netflix movie called "Sentinelle" that is in post-production and due out this August. She is also slated to appear in a Chinese action thriller called "The Hunting", originally called "Fox Hunt".## For more and latest news about Hollywood, stay tuned with us.

'No Time To Die' pushed to November amid coronavirus scare Hollywood
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'No Time To Die' pushed to November amid coronavirus scare

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Los Angeles, March 5 (IANS) The release date for the upcoming James Bond film 'No Time To Die', starring Daniel Craig in his final 007 outings, has been postponed until November amid fears around coronavirus. The film was due to be released in April.## Producers Michael G. Wilson and Barbara Broccoli have now said that "after careful consideration and thorough evaluation of the global theatrical marketplace" the film has to be delayed, reports dailymail.co.uk.## The film will release on November 12 in the UK and on November 25 in the uS, with other release dates worldwide to follow.## The news of the delay was announced on the film's official Twitter account, and it comes amid growing concerns over the threat of deadly coronavirus, which has infected more than 92,000 worldwide and killed 3,110 globally according to the latest figures by World Health Organisation.## Earlier this week, prominent James Bond fan site MI6-HQ.com wrote an open letter requesting the delay of "No Time To Die", the upcoming installment in the British spy series that brings back Daniel Craig as Agent 007 for a final time.## The makers had also scrapped the Chinese press tour and premiere due to the coronavirus epidemic. The world premiere for "No Time To Die" was scheduled to take place on March 31 in London.## "No Time To Die" is Craig's fifth portrayal as James Bond. He has essayed the role in "Casino Royale" (2006), "Quantum Of Solace" (2008), "Skyfall" (2012) and "Spectre" (2015).## It is being widely speculated that Craig will make way for a female Bond, to be played by Lashana Lynch, in the next film of the series.## "No Time To Die" is the 25th film in the Bond series. It has been directed by Cary Joji Fukunaga, and also stars Lea Seydoux, Rami Malek and Ana De Armas.## For more and latest news about Hollywood, stay tuned with us.