The 007 actor fired shots from a sniper rifle and the superspy’s trademark Walther Ppk pistol after heading to a range in Long Island, New York with his pal Anthony Cumia.

Cumia tells Britain’s The Sun newspaper he allowed Craig to use his personal weapons for some target practice, and was impressed with the actor’s shooting skills.

He says, “Daniel is an excellent shot. He got about 95 per cent accuracy. We spent the entire day there. He wanted to brush up on his shooting. I packed almost my entire arsenal – and made sure I had my Ppk. When he fired it, that was about as close to Bond talk as we got.”

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Carney’s comments were the first by the administration since the scandal broke in late May.

“The president feels, we feel at the White House, this is a distraction, as Congressman Weiner has said himself, his behavior was inappropriate; dishonesty was inappropriate,” Carney said aboard Air Force One during a trip to Raleigh, North Carolina.

“But the president is focused on his job, which is getting this economy continuing to grow, creating jobs and ensuring the safety and security of the American people.”

Weiner has been in the spotlight since a lewd photograph of the congressman became public after it was sent to a woman over the Twitter social networking service.

After initially claiming that his account had been hacked, Weiner admitted that he sent the picture and had engaged in several inappropriate relationships with women he had met online.

House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi called for an ethics committee investigation to determine whether Weiner misused government resources while conducting the online relationships. She and a number of prominent Democrats have since called for him to resign.

House Majority Leader Eric Cantor, R-Virginia, went a step further Monday, saying Democrats should force Weiner to step down.

“I think he should resign. I think his leaders should do everything they can to bring him to that point if he’s not already,” Cantor said. “I’m hoping that (House Democrats) will begin to move, if he does not resign, towards things like perhaps stripping him of his committees and others. I don’t think we have time for this.”

When asked whether Democrats are considering action such as taking away Weiner’s assignment on the powerful Energy and Commerce Committee, the No. 2 House Democrat, Steny Hoyer, said, “As I said yesterday, he’s taking a leave. He’s going to think about what he’s going to do, and we’ll wait to see what he decides.”

Weiner has said he does not plan to step aside. Instead, he has decided to seek treatment “to focus on becoming a better husband and healthier person,” his spokeswoman said Saturday.

While he is seeking treatment at an undisclosed location, he will ask for a “short leave of absence” from Congress, Risa Heller said in a statement.

The president’s staff has not been involved in calling for Weiner’s resignation, Carney said.

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Charlie Sheen’s character is set to be written out of ‘Two and a Half Men’ by moving to Paris.

The troubled actor was fired from the sitcom and replaced by Ashton Kutcher after feuding with creator Chuck Lorre and bosses have reportedly decided to use the final scenes he shot as bad boy Charlie Harper – which see him and his stalker Rose leaving for the airport to catch a flight to the French capital – to explain his character’s absence when the show returns.

Sources close to the production told gossip website TMZ there are no plans to kill Harper off in a plane crash but instead it will be revealed he has decided to relocate to Paris.

After landing a role in the sitcom – where he will work with co-stars Jon Cryer and Angus T. Jones – Ashton claimed he felt like he had “won the lottery”.

He said: “I’ve never probably in my 13 years in show business received more phone calls and emails from people congratulating me on this job.

“You’d almost think I won the lottery or something, which I kind of did. I’ve got the best job in showbusiness, and I am ecstatic about that.”

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But, NBC’s three-hour telecast — which saw Star Jones and LaToya Jackson fired and NeNe Leakes quitting — didn’t fare so well: Celebrity Apprentice (7 million total viewers, 2.4 rating in the adults 18-49 demographic) was the lowest-rated spring telecast for the franchise, dipping 23 percent. Dateline (3.9 million, 0.8) served as a weak lead-in, down 33 percent. The Peacock placed fourth for the night in the key demo.

CBS won the night with 60 Minutes (13.8 million, 2.3) surging 43 percent, thanks to President Obama’s only televised interview about Osama bin Laden’s death. The two-hour finale of The Amazing Race (8.6 million, 2.5) was the lowest-rated in franchise history. CSI: Miami (9.7 million, 2.0), however, ended its season with a double-digit uptick, but still was one of the series’ lowest-rated episodes.

ABC’s block was flat or down, with the exception of aging family drama Brothers & Sisters (7.2 million, 2.0), which saw impressive boosts of 25 percent in 18-49 and 26 percent in viewers for its Season 5 finale. America’s Funniest Home Videos (6.4 million, 1.7) and Extreme Makeover: Home Edition (8 million, 2.1) were both down, while Desperate Housewives (9.7 million, 2.8) remained steady.

Fox ranked No. 1 among adults 18-34 and No. 2 in the key demo with its animation block: American Dad (3.3 million, 1.5), The Simpsons (5.5 million, 2.5) and The Cleveland Show (4.8 million, 2.2) were all down slightly, while Bob’s Burgers (4.2 million, 2.0) and Family Guy (6.5 million, 3.2) ticked up. ABC and Fox tied for second on the night.

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The actor sounded plenty fed up Saturday night according to reports–and not because Gary Busey got tossed off “Celebrity Apprentice.”

So what got the Goodfella feeling so bad?

During an interview about his film career with NBC’s Brian Williams tied to the Tribeca Film Festival, which the actor helped found, the conversation strayed into politics and the notoriously tight-lipped interviewee reportedly got more talkative.

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Discussing the recent near government shutdown, De Niro took a moment to draw a distinction between President Barack Obama, whom the actor stumped for 2008, and others in Washington, D.C.

“This is crazy,” said the actor, according to Movieline. “And I know Obama was trying to bridge the gap. His intentions are really good. Maybe some things are not as good as we all would like, but his intentions were right. A lot of these guys, their intentions are not even good. They’re just playing the game. And they’re playing with people’s lives.”

The issue of the president’s birth certificate especially seemed to get De Niro fired up.

“I won’t mention names, but certain people in the news the last couple weeks, just, what are they doing? It’s crazy. They’re making statements about people that they don’t even back up,” said De Niro, per the website. “Go get the facts before you start saying things about people.”

Williams asked if De Niro was talking about the “Celebrity Apprentice” host (and possible presidential candidate ), and De Niro reportedly confirmed he was.

“It’s like a big hustle. It’s like being a car salesman. Don’t go out there and say things unless you can back them up. How dare you? That’s awful to do. To just go out and speak and say these terrible things? Unless you just wanna get over and get the job. It’s crazy.”

Guess that means neither De Niro nor Jerry Seinfeld will be appearing on Celebrity Apprentice anytime soon.

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And yes, since this is Donald we’re talking about, the insults flew fast and furious, and, as always, below the belt.

Well, if nothing else, he’s at least proving that those debates with Barack Obama would be pretty entertaining. Ridiculous, but entertaining. But as for this Jerry feud, well, in the words of Seinfeld himself, what’s the deal with that?

Simply this: Trump was back on his bully pulpit yesterday, writing a public letter condemning Seinfeld after the funnyman had the nerve (the nerve!) to back out of a fundraiser this fall for his son’s charity, the Eric Trump Foundation.

Reading between the lines of Trump’s missive, it’s clear that Seinfeld pulled out because he (along with the rest of the nation’s rational thinkers) was apparently growing uncomfortable with the follicle-challenged reality star’s birther rhetoric and continued quest to call for President Obama to produce his birth certificate. (Nevermind that it’s already been proven he has one. Why should a little thing like facts and showing respect to the leader of the free world get in the way of a good dogfight?)

“I just learned you canceled a show for my son’s charity because of the fact that I am being very aggressive with respect to President Obama, who is doing an absolutely terrible job as our leader,” Trump wrote in the letter, per Page Six, referring to the Sept. 13 event which would benefit St. Jude’s Children’s Research Hospital.

“We don’t care that you broke your commitment, even though the children of St. Jude are very disappointed, and despite the fact that your manager clearly stated you are ‘truly a man of his word.’ ”

All sounding a bit too civil? Don’t worry, here it comes …

“What I do feel badly about is that I agreed to do, and did, your failed show, ‘The Marriage Ref,’ even though I thought it was absolutely terrible … Despite its poor ratings, I didn’t cancel on you like you canceled on my son and St. Jude. I only wish I did.”

And for the kiss-off, er, sign-off: “You should be ashamed of yourself!”

VIDEO: At least Trump has Gary Busey’s vote. Uh, score?

Or not. A rep for Seinfeld told the paper that Jerry “feels this kind of demagoguery has no place in public discourse.”

And proving just how much classier he actually is than Trump, even before the “Apprentice” boss’ letter went public, Seinfeld compensated both the Eric Trump Foundation and St. Jude’s for backing out, making a contribution to both organizations.

As for his suddenly vacated slot, it’s already been filled. Stepping in is former “Celebrity Apprentice” winner Bret Michaels.

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We’re told Charlie feels so strongly about getting both physical and legal custody of the twins, he wants to deliver his message personally to the judge.

Charlie, along with his lawyer, Mark Gross, will argue that Brooke Mueller is unfit to care for their kids, given her recent relapse into drugs.

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According to multiple people inside the Fox Theatre … the majority of the audience heckled not only Charlie, but his buddy Simon Rex, who came out and started rapping. At one point, Sheen tried to deflect the angry crowd by pointing out that he had his own app … and they didn’t (see video above).

That went on for about 30 minutes … and the crowd was initially cheering for Charlie. He even sent out a twitpic of the enthusiastic audience

… they played the new track, “Winning” … which Snoop Dogg recorded for Charlie. We’re told that got the crowd fired up … but when neither Snoop nor Charlie came out on stage they started booing again.

At that point most of the crowd started walking out — and the house lights were turned on. We’re told Charlie did come back on stage briefly and invited the people who stayed to move up closer to the stage … but then he started complaining about his audio and walked off the stage.

Ouch. Who would have thought that an egomaniacal drug addict couldn’t pull off an entertaining live show that he only had about two weeks to prepare for? The next thing you’re gonna tell me is that there isn’t a Santa Claus. Well then who ate the cookies and milk I left out?
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Brooke “Crazy Eyes” Mueller has had a temporary restraining order placed on Sheen, prohibiting from having contact with his twin sons.

That order expires on Tuesday, and while she had an option to seek a permanent restraining order, Mueller’s lawyers told the judge it’s no longer a priority.

I really don’t want to have to say the W-word, but you know what it is. Duh.

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According to RadarOnline, the Golden Globe winner’s trailer was driven off the Warner Bros. lot in Burbank, California (home of the sitcom “Two and a Half Men”) last week, and in the film named ‘Operation Greyhound’ Charlie and a few friends conjure up a plan to rescue the actor’s trailer from the lot without getting caught.

Charlie’s Mullholland Estate home served as the location for shooting ‘Operation Greyhound,’ RadarOnline reports.

Charlie recently announced his Charlie Sheen LIVE: My Violent Torpedo of Truth comedy tour, which kicks off in Detroit on April 2.

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