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Next James Bond movie expected within 3 years- MGM Tue Mar 19

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Shirley Bassey leads Oscars 50th birthday tribute to James Bond Sun Feb 24

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Oscar show promises music, megastars and James Bond Sat Feb 23

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Bonding Fifty Years Later Sat Dec 8

Bill O'Reilly

If you really want to understand the vast changes that have occurred in America over the past 50 years, all you have to do is watch James Bond. Back in 1962, the first Bond movie, "Dr. No," was released, catapulting Sean Connery to international stardom. Even President Kennedy expressed admiration for Ian Fleming's fictional British secret agent. ... more
Latest James Bond movie breaks UK box office record Wed Dec 5

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Bond's 'Skyfall' Could Be Our Worst Nightmare Tue Nov 27

Rachel Marsden

Anyone who has seen the latest James Bond film, "Skyfall," would be hard-pressed to find any traditional espionage tradecraft. More actual spying would have meant less of Daniel Craig running around in a too-tight suit chasing bad guys. When the villain -- in this case a cyberterrorist played masterfully by Javier Bardem -- is able to turn around and say to Bond, "Why are you doing all this running around and wasting your energy?", anyone who knows anything about real spying is tempted to yell at the screen, "Because the script is garbage and there is no espionage written into this movie!" Bond's ineptitude when faced with technology is a brilliant, if unintentional, commentary on society's lack of readiness for spying's shift into that realm. ... more
At Washington's James Bond exhibit, villains are forever Fri Nov 16

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New James Bond film gets five-star Vatican blessing Tue Oct 30

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Rare James Bond posters hitting auction block in LA Wed Oct 24

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James Bond -- 007 -- And How the Gold Standard Got Contaminated Wed Oct 10

Ralph Benko

In the iconic movie Goldfinger the villain, Auric Goldfinger, pursues a nefarious scheme, code-named “Operation Grand Slam,” to contaminate America’s gold horde at Fort Knox, thereby leveraging the value of his own, uncontaminated, holdings. ... more