Here's your dose of quick news bits for Jan. 9, 2009...

• His name is Bond, James Bond, and his latest adventure "Quantum of Solace" just became the highest-grossing Bond film ever in North America. So far, the film has pulled $167.1 million domestically, passing the $167 million gross of "Casino Royale." (Coming Soon)

• Collider recently talked to Josh Brolin, and the actor had to share this about Jimmy Hayward, the new "Jonah Hex" director: "I ended up meeting the guy and I think he's so far beyond most of us in his expertise and his filmic abilities. It was one of those things where I brought him to the studio and I said, 'I think this is the guy. I don't know why.' But I think he's a brilliant, brilliant filmmaker."

• David S. Goyer recently talked to IESB and said Warner is putting their planned DC flicks on hold: "A lot of the DC movies at Warner Brothers are all on hold while the figure out, they're going to come up with some new plan, methodology, things like that so everything has just been pressed pause on at the moment."

• "Slumdog Millionaire" won best film, best director (Danny Boyle), best screenwriter (Simon Beaufoy), best young actor (Dev Patel) and best composer (A.R. Rahman) at the 14th annual Critics' Choice awards. Sean Penn was named best actor, while "WALL-E" won best animated film. (Variety)