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1910: Marc Lawrence is born--New York City, New York.
(He dies 27 November 2005 at age 95--Palm Springs, California.)
1948: Anne Lönn is born--Berkley, California.
1950: Prunella Gee is born--London, England.
1962: Fleming makes another visit to the Dr. No set, this time filming at Falmouth with OO7 and Honey Ryder dodging bullets behind the sand dune. (Re-filmed due to shots affected by US sailors investigating noise, gunfire.)
1971: Denise Richards is born--Downers Grove, Illinois.
1976: Rory Kinnear is born--Hatfield, Hertfordshire, England.
1995: GoldenEye films OO7 and Natalya's escape from the Russian Military Intelligence Archive.
2004: Electronic Arts publishes its Everything or Nothing third-person shooter video game (developed by EA Redwood Shores) for PlayStation 2, Xbox, Nintendo GameCube. Represents Pierce Brosnan's final OO7 appearance. With Heidi Klum. Willem Defoe, even. Richard Kiel. Misaki Ito.
2015: Spectre Assistant Director Terry Madden sustains career-ending injuries from an out of control vehicle.
2015: Spectre finishes 9 days of filming at Sölden, Austria.
2019: Christopher Nolan denies he will direct the NEXT James Bond film.
2023: Licence To Thrill – A James Bond Burlesque Tribute Show at Northbridge, Western Australia.
2023: The Other Fellow documentary comes available online in Canada and the United States. Limited release in theaters.
1915: Henry Francis Gammidge is born--London, England.
(He dies 1981--Richmond Upon Thames, Surrey, England.)
1929: Leonard Cyril (Len) Deighton is born--Marylebone, England.
1938: Sadanoyama Shinmatsu is born--Nagasaki, Japan.
(He dies 27 April 2017 at age 79--Tokyo, Japan.)
Sadanoyama celebrates his first tournament victory in May 1961
Sadanoyama's handprint on a Ryōgoku monument[/img]
http://www.jamesbondwiki.com/page/Sadanoyama_Shinmatsu,_1938_-_2017
1965: Daily Variety reports the casting of Claudine Auger and principal photography commencing in Paris.
1975: James Bond comic strip The Phoenix Project ends its run in The Daily Express.
(Started 23 September 1974. 2656–2780) Yaroslav Horak, artist. Jim Lawrence, writer.
https://www.mi6-hq.com/sections/comics/tpp.php3
https://www.popoptiq.com/double-oh-comics-008-the-phoenix-project/
https://www.mi6-hq.com/sections/comics/semic_1976.php3
("Bond Gets In To Line On..." The Phoenix Project)
Swedish Semic 1982 https://www.mi6-hq.com/sections/comics/semic_1982.php3
Danish 1978 https://www.bond-o-rama.dk/en/jb007dk-no44-1978/
“The Phoenix Project” (1978)
1981: The LA Times reports the death of Italian stuntman Paolo Rigoni due to a bobsled accident during filming of For Your Eyes Only.
2002: Die Another Day films Michael G. Wilson's cameo as General Chandler.
2016: James Bond Spectre - The Auction for charity at Christie's. (Total sales: GBP 2,785,500.)
Blair Ballard, our European-Man-About-Town-Correspondent, takes us on an unbelievable tour of the Christies Spectre Charity Auction...
2020: Billie Eilish performs "No Time To Die" at the 2020 BRIT Awards.
1965: Thunderball films OO7's escape by jetpack.
1975: Bond comic strip The Black Ruby Caper begins its run in The Daily Express.
(Ends 15 July 1975. 2781–2897) Yaroslav Horak, artist. Jim Lawrence, writer.
https://www.mi6-hq.com/sections/comics/tbrc.php3
Swedish Semic 1976
("Codename: Black Storm" - The Black Ruby Caper)
https://www.popoptiq.com/double-oh-comics-009-black-ruby-caper/
Danish http://www.bond-o-rama.dk/en/jb007-dk-no41-1977/
James Bond Agent 007 no. 41: “The Black Ruby Caper” (1977)
Tamil
1986: Adolfo Celi dies at age 63--Siena, Tuscany, Italy.
(Born 27 July 1922--Messina, Sicily, Italy.)
2015: Spectre films the funeral scene in Rome, Italy.
2020: Dynamite Entertainment releases James Bond in Reflections of Death, six stories in hardcover.
Writers: Greg Pak, Andy Diggle, Benjamin Percy, Gail Simone, Mark Russell, Vita Ayala & Danny Lore.
Art: Dean Kotz, Luca Casalanguida, Kewber Baal, Eoin Marron, Robert Carey, Jordi Perez.
Cover: Fay Dalton
2023: Harrods To Host 007 x The Macallan Experience featuring Little Nellie on display in Knightsbridge, London, England.
1951: Eva Reuber-Staier is born-- Bruck an der Mur, Austria.
1964: El satánico Dr. No (The Satanic Dr. No) released in Mexico.
Norwegian paperback published by Fonna, 1959
https://illustrated007.blogspot.com/2009/02/more-norwegian-books.html
1995: GoldenEye films a mini MiG helicopter (model) crashing into Severnaya Station.
2002: Casino Royale 1967 re-released in France.
2002: News reports say Pierce Brosnan's knee injury halts filming but won't delay release of Bond film.
2013: Activision finishes its licensed games associated with Bond.
2015: Spectre films the car chase in Rome.
2018: Russian premiere of ‘Casino Royale’ in Concert, Russian Philharmonic Orchestra, presented by Zapomni, Crocus City Hall, Krasnogorsky District, Moscow Oblas.
2019: Dynamite Entertainment releases James Bond 007 #4.
Stephen Mooney, artist. Greg Pak, writer.
1943: Multiple German U-boats attack the Norwegian tanker Stigstad (translation: Rising City), sinking it with a torpedo.
Aboard Stigstad when hit on 21 Feb 1943
https://uboat.net/allies/merchants/crews/ship2663.html
More detail on the vessel and crew
https://www.warsailors.com/singleships/stigstad.html
1962: Location filming in Jamaica ends and the production team departs for England and the fantastic sets Ken Adam constructed for Dr. No's base, the ventilation gauntlet, and MI6 interiors. A few planned shots delayed for weather would be made up later.
1980: D'Artagnan Extracolor releases #421 Una Carrera Frustrada [A Frustrated Race, or Diamonds Are Forever] collecting the strips of artist John McLusky and writer Henry Gammidge.
2012: The second official BOND 23 photo release shows Judi Dench, director Sam Mendes and director of photography Roger Deakins in the MI6 bunker.
2015: BOND 24 films car scenes with Daniel Craig in the vicinity of the Colosseum, Rome, Italy.
21 February – 14 March 2015
2018: The media speculate that Danny Boyle may direct Bond 25.
Antonio Fuso, artist. Ales Kot, writer.
2019: No Time To Die releases a second official poster.
2024: Dynamite Entertainment releases James Bond - 007 #2 celebrating 10 years of Bond comics.
Garth Ennis, writer. Rapha Lobosco, artist.
https://screenrant.com/james-bond-007-2-dynamite-ruthless-killing-machine/
https://www.comicsbeat.com/preview-dynamite-celebrates-a-decade-of-bond-with-james-bond-007-2/
2024: Pamela Fortunee Salem dies at age 80--Surfside, Florida.
(Born 1944-Mumbai, India.)
British actor Pamela Salem, shown in a 1971 publicity shot, died on Wednesday at her Florida home. She was 80. (Getty Images)
1938: Kätherose Derr (Karin Dor) is born--Wiesbaden, Hesse, Germany.
(She dies 6 November 2017 at age 79--Munich, Bavaria, Germany.)
Karin Dor as the seductive Spectre operative Helga Brandt, with Sean Connery as 007,
in You Only Live Twice, 1967. Photograph: Allstar/United Artists
Karin Dor with Alfred Hitchcock during the filming of the 1969 film Topaz.
Photograph: Allstar/Universal
1965: Thunderball films OO7 attacked by and attacking Mme. Boitier.
1968: Casino Royale released in Colombia.
2006: Media reports say some disappointed fans organize protests of the latest Bond actor.
2012: Omega celebrates 50 Years of Bond.
Photos: Classic Driver
2023: Netflix suggests new James Bond comic cover has an uncanny resemblance to a 007 contender.
1947: Shakira Baksh (later Caine) is born--British Guiana.
1964: Ian Fleming is photographed on a beach near his Goldeneye estate.
(Born 4 December 1913--Battle Creek, Michigan.)
John Kitzmiller in Dr. No
2008: Quantum of Solace films Camille in a Ford Ka trying to shoot OO7.
2012: A press release announces November Skyfall IMAX screenings.
2018: Lewis Gilbert dies at age 97--Monaco.
(Born 6 March 1920--London, England.)
Julie Walters and Michael Caine in a scene from
Educating Rita, 1983, directed by Lewis Gilbert.
Photograph: Ronald Grant Archive
Lewis Gilbert described himself as an unfashionable director.
Photograph: Frank Baron for the Guardian
Michael Caine in a scene from Alfie, 1966;
Gilbert resisted the studio’s idea of casting Tony Curtis in the role.
Photograph: Allstar/Cinetext/Paramount
1932: Michel Jean Legrand is born--Paris, France.
(He dies 26 January 2019--American Hospital of Paris, Neuilly-sur-Seine, France.)
Michel Legrand in 1975. Photograph: Michael Putland/Getty Images
The famous Legrand Jazz album. Photograph: Sabine Weiss/Columbia Records
Michel Legrand playing at the Royal Albert Hall, London, in the mid-1970s. Photograph: David Redfern/Redferns
1948: Lorrie Menconi is born--Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
1953: Ian Fleming comments on progress writing Moonraker.
1969: On Her Majesty's Secret Service films OO7 escaping from the skating rink.
1971: Tom Mankiewicz completes the Diamonds Are Forever first draft.
2013: The 85th Academy Awards sees performances from Dame Shirley Bassey ("Goldfinger") and Adele ("Skyfall"). Later in the proceedings "Skyfall" wins Best Song for Adele and Paul Epworth.
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1913: Karl-Gerhard (Gert) Fröbe is born--Oberplanitz, Saxony, Germany.
(He dies 5 September 1988 at age 75--Munich, Bavaria, West Germany.)
1941: Vivian Dykes comments on Ian Fleming in his diary.
1962: Actors Sean Connery, Lois Maxwell, and Bernard Lee prepare for studio filming to begin the next day.
1963: Two Bond film productions and two Bond Girls cause confusion for The Duke of Edinborough.
Not to be confused with
1995: GoldenEye films scenes on the second-line multi-mission stealth frigate La Fayette of the French Navy.
2003: The James Bond Remastered Collection reissues the Thunderball soundtrack on CD with six bonus tracks.
2019: Reveal of the working title Shatterhand causes a minor stir.
1941: Commander Ian Fleming returns to London after establishing offices in Tangiers and Gibraltar in support of Operation Goldeneye.
1950: Carmen Du Sautoy is born--London, England.
1962: Dr. No filming resumes at Pinewood Studios.
1965: Time Magazine observes a “Bond market” exists “From London to Los Angeles” involving Bond clothing, jewelry, pajamas, vodka, golf clubs.
1973: Live and Let Die films OO7 in his London flat visited by M and Moneypenny.
1995: GoldenEye films more at French frigate La Fayette.
GoldenEye "Frigate La Fayette" metal cover
2015: La Repubblica reports "The streets of Rome bring Bond to a standstill — car hits pothole, Craig suffers head injury." The culprit: loose sanpietrini ("little St. Peters")--hand-carved cobblestone on a narrow street.
Pedestrians cross the cobblestone Via dei Fori Imperiali in front of Rome's Colosseum.
Gregorio Borgia/AP
Note: disputed by Executive Producer Robert Malerba.
https://roma.repubblica.it/cronaca/2015/03/07/news/mafia_capitale_peggio_della_spectre_quanti_intoppi_per_il_film_di_007-108951839/
1962: A £1,064 legal claim served on Eon Productions by musicians Carlos Malcolm and Ernest Ranglin seeks damages regarding an agreement that they compose, arrange, and oversee the recording of Dr. No's musical score.
Ernest Ranglin - Harmonica Twist - Island 45 RnB Mod 1962
Ernest Ranglin – Wranglin' (Jazz) (Full Album) (1964)
1965: The "Goldfinger" title song charts in the US, eventually peaking at No. 8.
1979: Moonraker principle photography finishes in France.
1999: A court rejects MGM's request for a summary judgment to block Sony's planned Bond film--opening the path to an April trial.
2014: Artist-photographer Taryn Simon's exhibit Birds of the West Indies opens at the Gagosian Gallery, Beverly Hills.
A 2014 Centenary Edition Vanquish Aston Martin belonging to James Bond actor
Daniel Craig will be auctioned in April.
2022: Outsider reports on Michelle Yeoh's experience filming Tomorrow Never Dies.
2023: Ricou Browning dies at age 93--Southwest Ranches, Florida.
(Born 16 February 1930--Fort Pierce, Florida.)
Ricou Browning in costume as the Gill Man, also known as the Creature From the Black Lagoon, in 1953.Credit...State Archives of Florida
Mr. Browning in a scene from “Creature From the Black Lagoon,” the first of three movies in which he played the title character. “I’d like to have you play the creature,” he recalled the film’s director telling him — “I like your swimming.”Credit...Silver Screen Collection
“This scene turned it from a regular old monster movie to a ‘Beauty and the Beast’ thing,” Mr. Weaver said by email, “a big reason for the movie’s ongoing popularity.”
Underwater actor and filmmaker Ricou Browning in 2004, with his alter ego at the Monster-Mania convention in Cherry Hill, N.J. (Mel Neuhaus/Everett Collection)
“Creature From the Black Lagoon” (1954) starred actress Julie Adams, left, and featured two different performers as the titular monster, who was played in the water by Mr. Browning and on land by Ben Chapman. (Universal/Kobal/Shutterstock)
1940: Gloria Paul is born--London, England.
1960: Ian Fleming's series of "Thrilling Cities" articles in The Sunday Times ends by covering Chicago and New York.
1962: Dr. No films OO7 in his flat.
1963: The Daily Express story "Wanted - A Girl for OO7" prompts 200 to try out for the role of Tatiana Romanova at Pinewood.
1965: Τζέημς Μποντ, πράκτωρ 007: Εναντίων Χρυσοδάκτυλου (James Bond, praktor 007 enantion Hrysodaktylou, or James Bond Agent 007 Ancient Chrysodactylos, or Goldfinger) released in Greece.
1973: James Bond comic strip The League of Vampires ends its run in The Daily Express.
(Started 25 October 1972. 2066–2172) Yaroslav Horak, artist. Jim Lawrence, writer.
https://www.mi6-hq.com/sections/comics/tlov.php3
Swedish Semic Comic 1982 https://www.mi6-hq.com/sections/comics/semic_1982.php3
https://www.popoptiq.com/the-league-of-vampires/
Danish 1975 http://www.bond-o-rama.dk/en/jb007-dk-no32-1975/
1987: Stephanie Sigman is born--Obregon, Sonora, Mexico.
2003: La morte può attendere (Death Can Wait) released in Italy.
2010: Martin Benson dies at age 91-- Markyate, Hetfordshire, England.
(Born 10 August 1918--London, England.)
Martin Benson in the 1985 TV wartime drama Arch of Triumph
Photograph: ITV / Rex Features
2020: Schiffer Publishing Ltd releases Real James Bond: A True Story of Identity Theft, Avian Intrigue and Ian Fleming by Jim Wright.
https://www.mi6community.com/discussion/19372/my-new-book-the-real-james-bond#latest
2020: Monopoly re-issues the game as a No Time To Die tie-in.
February 29th
2004: Dana Broccoli dies at age 82--Los Angeles, California. (Born 29 March 1922--New York City, New York.)
2012: The TED2012 Conference in Long Beach, California, premieres a University of Pennsylvania video where Robot Quadrotors perform James Bond Theme.
2016: Spectre is the fastest-selling DVD/Blu-ray of 2016 to this point.
2016: Radio Times shares a fan theory that makes sense of the film timeline.
2020: Esquire says Daniel Craig is not allowed to drive Bond cars.
1910: David Niven is born--Belgravia, London, England.
(He dies 29 July 1983 at age 73--Château-d'Œx, Switzerland.)
Cary Grant, Loretta Young and David Niven in "The Bishop's Wife." (File photo)
David Niven, left, and Kim Hunter in "Stairway to Heaven. (File photo)
Shirley MacLaine, David Niven and Cantinflas in "Around the World in 80 Days." (File photo)
On the set of The Sea Wolves.
1946: Lana Wood is born--Santa Monica, California.
1960: This month Playboy Magazine prints the Ian Fleming story "The Hildebrand Rarity". And a Jill St. John pictorial.
1969: Javier Bardem is born--Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Gran Canaria, Canary Islands, Spain.
1971: Sean Connery is announced to return in Diamonds Are Forever.
1973: Bond comic strip Die with My Boots On begins its run in The Daily Express.
(Finishes 18 June 1973. 2173–2256) Yaroslav Horak, artist. Jim Lawrence, writer.
https://www.mi6-hq.com/sections/comics/dwmbo.php3
Swedish Semic Comic 1982 https://www.mi6-hq.com/sections/comics/semic_covers/x1982_2.jpg.pagespeed.ic.SOnYIp3wvf.webp
(Die With My Boots On)
Danish 1974 http://www.bond-o-rama.dk/en/jb007-dk-no-30-1974/
“Die With My Boots On” (1974)
["Narkohandlerne" [The Drug Dealers]]
1992: Marvel Comics publishes James Bond Jr #3 "Earth-Cracker!", episode 2 of the cartoon series.
Mario Capaldi, artist. Cal Hamilton, writer.
James Bond Jr Issue 3 Earth-Cracker!
http://readallcomics.com/james-bond-jr-003/
John M. Burns, artist. Simon Jowett, writer.
John Watkiss, artist. Das Petrou, writer.
2003: Hodder & Stoughton releases the novelization for Die Another Day by Raymond Benson in hardcover.
Danish https://www.bond-o-rama.dk/en/dad-benson-dk-2003/
2010: Bright Lights Film Journal publishes Robert von Dassanowsk's "Casino Royale at 33: The Postmodern Epic in Spite of Itself".
2017: Dynamite Entertainment publishes James Bond #1 Black Box Part One, combining influences from the films and Bond's inner psychology from the novels. Rapha Lobosco, artist. Benjamin Percy, writer.
1945: Trumpeter Derek Roy Watkins is born--Reading, England.
(He dies 22 March 2013 at age 68--Surrey, England.)
Bell in 2004: his playing echoed Jelly Roll Morton ( PA )
1964: The Daily Express serializes You Only Live Twice starting this date.
https://illustrated007.blogspot.com/2016/12/daily-express-artwork-for-you-only-live.html
1968: Daniel Wroughton Craig is born--Chester, Cheshire, England.
1973: Live and Let Die films the final scenes for OO7.
1999: Dusty Springfield dies at age 59--Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire, England.
(Born 16 April 1939--Hampstead, London, England.)
Photo: GETTY IMAGES
Dusty (True Stereo) I Only Want To Be With You HD
The Windmills of Your Mind (Single)
Dusty Springfield -Look of Love-live and rare!
The Six Million Dollar Man Dusty Springfield Closing
2011: The Daily Telegraph prints the Jeremy Duns piece "Casino Royale: discovering the lost script".
2020: Britain's Royal Mint reveals a seven-kilogram gold coin celebrating the new James Bond film.
At 185 millimetres in diameter, it is the largest coin ever made by the Royal Mint, Britain's official coin-maker.
The mint did not release the price tag for the seven-kilo gold piece,
but the recommended retail price of the two-kilo coin is an eye-watering £129,990.
1942: William Cartlidge is born--England.
(He dies at age 78--Hamble-le-Rice, Hampshire, England.)
1963: Ian Fleming writes editor Michael Howard with a brilliant notion.
2005: Puffin publishes Charlie Higson's first novel in the Young Bond series--SilverFin--in the UK.
2016: Dynamite Entertainment releases James Bond #5 Vargr comic, in print and digital.
2020: Concerns arise for the coronavirus as related to the release of No Time To Die.
No Time To Die marks Daniel Craig's swansong as James Bond
2008: Quantum of Solace films Camille going after General Medrano.
2013: Reports of a crocodile on the Thames are proposed to be Bond-related..
Peter Wallace with his crocodile. He had to cut its legs off to ship it back to this country
2019: Announced date for Cary Joji Fukunaga to begin filming BOND 25 at Pinewood Studios.
2020: Announced delayed release of No Time To Die to November 2020.
[Later moved to April 2021. Then September 2021.]
Vita Ayala & Danny Lore, writers. Eric Gapstur, artist. Limited Virgin cover by Afua Richardson.
2025: Mardi Gras a.k.a. Fat Tuesday marks the final day of Carnival.
1962: Dr No films the first scene with OO7 and the "Bond--James Bond” line.
1962: Simon Abkarian is born--Gonesse, Val-d'Oise, France.
1966: BOAC Boeing 707 Flight 911 from Tokyo crashes into Mount Fuji 25 minutes after takeoff. No survivors.
Eyewitnesses said they saw pieces of the
aircraft coming away before it crashed
BOAC 911 Tragedy on Mt. Fuji | BOEING 707 Crash Tokyo Haneda - Hong Kong Kai Tak
1982: La espía que me amó (Catalan: L'espia que em va estimar, The Spy That Loved Me) re-released in Spain.
1990: The Secret Life of Ian Fleming (later Spymaker: ...) starring Jason Connery airs on TNT.
2002: BOND 20 films Gustav Graves directing the fury of Icarus at OO7.
2011: Daniel Craig appears in a film short celebrating International Women's Day.
( Image: Instagram/India Grace)
2020: Swatch releases the original James Bond Swatch Q watch, designed by Suttirat Anne Larlarb. It's to appear in the film No Time To Die as worn by Q himself. Stocks quickly sell out.
1920: Lewis Gilbert is born--London, England.
(He dies 23 February 2018 at age 97--Monaco.)
Julie Walters and Michael Caine in a scene from
Educating Rita, 1983, directed by Lewis Gilbert.
Photograph: Ronald Grant Archive
Lewis Gilbert described himself as an unfashionable director.
Photograph: Frank Baron for the Guardian
Michael Caine in a scene from Alfie, 1966;
Gilbert resisted the studio’s idea of casting Tony Curtis in the role.
Photograph: Allstar/Cinetext/Paramount
1963: Variety reports on Sean Connery beginning a two-week promotion of Dr. No in the US.
1984: Sir Richard Joseph Hughes CBE is born 5 March 1906--Prahran, Melbourne, Australia.
(He dies at age 77--Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Hong Kong.)
Richard Hughes worked directly to Ian Fleming, his boss at the Sunday Times.
Hughes and Fleming during a tour of Southern Japan in 1959. They became good friends, and Fleming drew on Hughes’ character, writing him into his last James Bond book, as Dikko Henderson, head of Australian security in Japan. (Pictured in Japan in 1962.)
Richard Hughes in Laos in 1959 when he had his curious meeting with the Blind Bonze of Luang Prabang.
1979: Moonraker films space station exteriors.
1988: During Operation Flavius, British SAS kill three members of the Irish Republican Army in Gibraltar.
1998: Tomorrow Never Dies released in Thailand.
2020: GQ proposes the best dressed Bond actors.
(Born 27 April 1935--Berlin, Germany.)
Van der Zyl in 2013
2023: Giancarlo Giannini is scheduled for Hollywood Walk of Fame honors.
1952: William Boyd CBE FRSL is born--Accra, Gold Coast, Ghana.
1962: Dr No films Miss Taro's apartment and the death of Professor Dent.
1970: Rachel Hannah Weisz is born--London, England.
1974: Tobias Menzies is born--London, England.
2000: Charles Gray dies at age 71--Brompton, London, England.
(Born 29 August 1920--Bournemouth, Dorset, England.)
2020: Daniel Craig spoofs James Bond on Saturday Night Live.
1947: Carole Bayer Sager is born--New York City, New York.
2003: ダイ・アナザー・デイ (Dai anazā Dei, Die Another Day) released in Japan.
2011: International Women's Day recognized by a short film with Judi Dench, Daniel Craig.
2016: Sir George Henry Martin, CBE, dies at age 90--Colesshill, Oxordshire, England.
(Born 3 January 1926--Holloway, London.)
George Martin with the Beatles at Abbey Road. Photograph: BBC/ Apple Corps Ltd/BBC
Barry: The beyondness of things
(Born 10 April 1929--Lund, Sweden.)
Max von Sydow in The Seventh Seal, 1957, directed by Ingmar Bergman.
Photograph: Moviestore/Rex/Shutterstock
Max von Sydow and Linda Blair in The Exorcist, 1973.
Photograph: Sportsphoto/Allstar/Cinetext Collection
Max von Sydow, left, and Mathieu Amalric in The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, 2007
Max von Sydow in Flash Gordon, 1980.
Photograph: Everett Collection/Rex
Max von Sydow and Julie Andrews in Hawai, 1966. Photograph: Ronald Grant
1915: Ruth Kempf is born.
(She dies 9 September 2012 at age 97--Opelousas, Lousiana.)
1929: Jean Rougerie is born--Neuilly-sur-Seine, France.
(He dies 25 January 1998 at age 68--Ivry-sur-Seine, France.)
1964: Goldfinger films Sean Connery's first scene--the pre-credit sequence.
1999: Roger Moore receives appointment as Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE).
With Tom Jones receiving the OBE for Services to Music and Entertainment.
2015: Spectre announces Stephanie Sigman's casting.
2020: Billie Eilish and and brother Finneas kick off their Where Do We Go? World Arena Tour in Miami, Florida.
2020: Ultimate Classic Rock gathers information on a rumoured Eric Clapton track.
1921: Cec Linder is born--Timmins, Ontario, Canada.
(He dies 10 April 1992 at age 71--Toronto, Canada.)
Cec Linder as paleontologist Doctor Matthew Roney in the BBC Television serial
Quatermass and the Pit (1958–59)
The Saint, "The Persistent Parasites" (Roger Moore, Jan Holden, Cec Linder)
1953: Paul Haggis is born--London, Ontario, Canada.
1995: GoldenEye films Onatopp’s death.
2016: Klaus Hugo (Ken) Adam dies at age 95--London, England.
(Born 5 February 1921--Berlin, Germany.)
Ken Adam, left, on the set of “Diamonds Are Forever,” with the actor Sean Connery. Credit United Artists, via Photofest
Mr. Adam worked on seven films in the James Bond series, the last of which was Moonraker in 1979. Credit Eon Productions
Mr. Adam won an Oscar in 1976 for his work on the film “Barry Lyndon.” Credit Hawk Films
1925: Peter Roger Hunt is born--London, England.
(He dies 14 August 2002 at age 77--Santa Monica, California.)
1963: Fernando Guillén Cuervo is born--Barcelona, Spain.
1965: 鐵金剛大戰 金手指 (Tiě jīngāng dàz hàn jīn shǒuzhǐ, or Iron King versus Golden Finger) released in Hong Kong.
2002: Die Another Day films the love scene with Bond and Miranda at the Ice Palace.
1923: Vladek Sheybal is born--Zgierz, Lódzkie, Poland.
(He dies 16 October 1992 at age 69--London, England.)
2002: The producers announce the name of BOND 20 to be Die Another Day.
2012: Local residents of Hankley Common near Elstead in Surrey, England, report a huge (Scottish?) manor-type structure being built there.
2015: National Assembly for Wales rejects a request to film BOND 24 scenes in Senedd Chamber, Cardiff Bay, Wales.
James Bond actor Daniel Craig filming in Rome in February
The debating chamber inside the Welsh assembly
The Welsh assembly said it had offered filmmakers buildings other than
the Senedd as possible locations
1931: Toby Robins is born--Toronto, Canada.
(She dies March 21, 1986 at age 55--London, England.)
1960: Ian Fleming dines with US Senator John F. Kennedy, shares advice to oust Cuban President Fidel Castro.
1979: The Man With the Golden Gun re-released in the Philippines.
1997: Date of Dan Petrie Jr's shooting script for Tomorrow Never Dies.
https://images.propstore.com/135270.jpg
2015: Sir Roger Moore, Daniel Craig, Michael G. Wilson, Sam Mendes, Ben Whishaw, Naomie Harris(!), Rory Kinnear appear in a skit for Comic Relief.
2017: Scientific Games announces its exclusive licensing agreement for James Bond .
Ibrahim Moustafa, artist. Jeff Parker, writer.
Cover A - Panosian
Ibrahim Moustafa cover
Christian Ward cover
2020: Ultimate Classic Rock reports on Blondie's unused title song "For Your Eyes Only".
Blondie Goldfinger (2:17)
Blondie - From Russia with Love (2:45)
2022: Dame Shirley Bassey performs at the 75th BAFTA Film Awards, Albert Hall, London.
Dame Shirley Bassey, 2019. CREDIT: Getty
Winners:
Take a look at the list of nominees.
Best Film
Belfast
Don’t Look Up
Dune
Licorice Pizza
The Power of the Dog
Leading Actress
Lady Gaga, House of Gucci
Alana Haim, Licorice Pizza
Emilia Jones, CODA
Renata Reinsve, The Worst Person in the World
Joanna Scanlan, After Love
Tessa Thompson, Passing
Leading Actor
Adeel Akhtar, Ali & Ava
Mahershala Ali, Swansong
Benedict Cumberbatch, The Power of the Dog
Leonardo DiCaprio, Don’t Look Up
Stephen Graham, Boiling Point
Will Smith, King Richard
Supporting Actress
Caitríona Balfe, Belfast
Jessie Buckley, The Lost Daughter
Ariana DeBose, West Side Story
Ruth Negga, Passing
Aunjanue Ellis, King Richard
Ann Dowd, Mass
Supporting Actor
Mike Faist, West Side Story
Ciarán Hinds, Belfast
Troy Kotsur, CODA
Woody Norman, C’mon C’mon
Jesse Plemons, The Power of the Dog
Kodi Smit-McPhee, The Power of the Dog
Director
Aleem Khan, After Love
Ryusuke Hamaguchi, Drive My Car
Audrey Diwan, Happening
Paul Thomas Anderson, Licorice Pizza
Jane Campion, The Power of the Dog
Julia Ducournau, Titane
Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer
After Love
Boiling Point
The Harder They Fall
Keyboard Fantasies
Passing
Adapted Screenplay
CODA
Drive My Car
Dune
The Lost Daughter
The Power of the Dog
Original Screenplay
Being the Ricardos
Belfast
Don’t Look Up
King Richard
Licorice Pizza
Animated Film
Encanto
Flee
Luca
The Mitchells vs The Machines
Documentary
Becoming Cousteau
Cow
Flee
The Rescue
Summer of Soul (Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
Film Not in the English Language
Drive My Car
The Hand of God
Parallel Mothers
Petite Maman
The Worst Person in the World
Costume Design
Cruella
Cyrano
Dune
The French Dispatch
Nightmare Alley
Make Up & Hair
Cruella
Cyrano
Dune
The Eyes of Tammy Faye
House of Gucci
Original Score
Being The Ricardos
Don’t Look Up
Dune
The French Dispatch
The Power of the Dog Production Design
Cyrano
Dune
The French Dispatch
Nightmare Alley
West Side Story
Sound
Special Visual Effects
British Short Animation
Casting
Boiling Point
Dune
The Hand of God
King Richard
West Side Story