Former Bond Girl Eva Green holds up the Orange Rising Star Award after announcing the nominations for 2008 at BAFTA** headquarters in Piccadilly, London on Tuesday.

Eva, 27, was the 2007 winner of the Orange Rising Star Award, which recognizes international actors and actresses who have demonstrated exceptional talent and have begun to capture the imagination of the public as stars in the making.

This year’s nominations included Sienna Miller, Ellen Page, Shia LeBeouf, Sam Riley and Tang Wei.

Ukrainian actress Olga Kurylenko recently succeeded Eva Green as the new Bond Girl.

**The British Academy of Film and Television Arts

Eva Green shocked in a hot pink kimono-style dress at the Christian Dior Fall 2007 couture collection on Monday at John Galliano’s Haute-Couture Fall-Winter 2008 collection presentation held at ‘l Orangerie’ of the Versailles Castle near Paris, France. The Bond girl finished off her look with the same bold pair of pink heels as the runway model, just tied up her legs a little bit higher.

To the right, British supermodel Rachel Alexander.

Who wore it best — EVA GREEN or THE RUNWAY MODEL?

Daniel Craig, wearing the yellow ribbon, attends The Golden Compass photo call at the Martinez Hotel during Cannes Film Festival on Monday morning in France. Co-star Nicole Kidman did not attend as she’s busy in Australia filming Australia.

The Golden Compass is set for a nationwide Dec. 7 release.

Group picture below (l-r): Bill Carraro, Bob Shaye, Chris Weitz, Deborah Forte, Dakota Blue Richards, Eva Green, Daniel Craig, Sam Elliot, Michael Lynne and Andrew Miano

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Check out this fantastic rough cut trailer of The Golden Compass starring Nicole Kidman, Daniel Craig, Eva Green, and newcomer Dakota Blue Richards. The animation and other audio/visual effects are still unfinished but it’s still sooooooooooo exciting!

The Golden Compass is directed by Chris Weitz and is set for a nationwide Dec. 7 release.

Eva Green, the latest Bond babe in the 007 franchise, arrives at LAX airport on Friday night just in time for Oscars preparations. Eva, 26, is set to present at the Academy Awards on Sunday.

Everyone’s favorite Bond girl will be teaming up again with her Casino Royale co-star Daniel Craig in His Dark Materials: The Golden Compass, set for a Dec. 7 release.

Here are some more pictures from last night’s BAFTA Awards! Pictured (l-r): Daniel Craig with girlfriend Satsuki Mitchell, Penelope Cruz (with director Pedro Almodovar), Forest Whitaker, Thandie Newton, Eva Green, and James McAvoy. Kate Winslet is also pictured below.

Of note: Little Miss Sunshine picked up Best Original Screenplay. Happy Feet picked up Best Animated Feature Film.

Daniel Craig and Casino Royale co-star Eva Green take the cover of the Nov. 24 issue of Entertainment Weekly, out on newsstands today. Ticket sales for Casino Royale in the U.K. box office during its first day of release on Thursday, earned a whopping $3.2 million. Waa-waa-wee-waa-waa! Casino Royale has to open with $47+ million in ticket sales this weekend in order to to beat Die Another Day (Pierce Brosnan).

Below are pictures of Daniel Craig accompanied by film producer girlfriend Satsuki Mitchell at last night’s Casino Royale premiere in Zurich, Switzerland. Other pictures include the world premiere of Casino Royale at the Odeon Leicester Square in London this past Tuesday.

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