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Ten Things You Never Knew About Shirley Bassey

23 hours ago | Digitalspy | See recent digitalspy news »

Dame Shirley Bassey returns to the music scene this week with her first album of new material in two decades - The Performance. Recording tracks written by artists as diverse as the Kaiser Chiefs, Gary Barlow, Pet Shop Boys and Manic Street Preachers, it should introduce the Welsh icon to a whole new generation of music fans. The 'Goldfinger' singer has played pretty much every major venue in the world and has collaborated with some of the biggest stars of all time, but here are ten facts that you may not know about old Shirl. 1. Shirley Bassey was born on January 8, 1937 in Tiger Bay, Cardiff to Henry and Eliza Jane. She was their seventh child! 2. Bassey's first job involved her packaging enamelware in a factory. However, this didn't stop her testing out her vocal chords. She says: "The supervisor would say, 'Bassey, what do you think (more) »

- By Alex Fletcher

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AFI's 100 Years ...100 Movie Quotes

4 November 2009 4:45 AM, PST | Extra | See recent Extra news »

"Extra" brings you AFI's 100 Best Movie Quotes of all time! From "The Wizard of Oz" to "Taxi Driver," see if your favorites made the list!

AFI's 100 Years...100 Movie QuotesGone with the Wind (1939)

“Frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn.” —Said by Clark Gable as Rhett Butler to Vivien Leigh as Scarlett O’Hara.

The Godfather (1972)

“I’m going to make him an offer he can’t refuse.” —Marlon Brando as Don Corleone.

On the Waterfront (1954)

“You don’t understand! »

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Review: 'James Bond Encyclopedia'

27 October 2009 5:27 AM, PDT | Comicmix.com | See recent Comicmix news »

James Bond Encyclopedia

By John Cork and Collin Stutz

334 Pages, Dk Publishing, $40

Nobody does it better. Dk Publishing continues to put out the best assortment of visual reference books on pop culture and as we near the holidays, they keep pumping out one must have collection after another.

Few literary figures have endured changing eras and tastes likes Ian Fleming’s spy, James Bond. Fleming created the spy in the 1950s and continued his exploits through the dozen novels and nine short stories before his death in 1964. He got to see his creation catch the attention of a world made uncomfortable by the Cold War, giving them a clear cut hero to root for as he traveled the world and dispatched the Red Menace in all its guises.

Bond has endured despite the constant change in performer, indelibly begun by Sean Connery and carried through by George Lazenby, Roger Moore, »

- Robert Greenberger

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Shirley Bassey: 'Tom and I don't belt'

26 October 2009 5:06 AM, PDT | Digitalspy | See recent digitalspy news »

Dame Shirley Bassey has insisted that she and fellow Welsh singer Tom Jones do not "belt" out their songs. The 'Goldfinger' star told The Guardian that it is wrong to use the phrase to describe the vocals of professional singers. Bassey said: "Don't say belting. I hate that word. It's an awful word. I don't like belting. Belting is disrespectful, you know. "Only my kind of singer is accused of belting. You don't say that opera singers belt. I don't belt. (more) »

- By Mayer Nissim

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James Bond has licence to thrill in new comic strip collection

9 September 2009 3:53 AM, PDT | The Geek Files | See recent The Geek Files news »

A New Book is reopening the files on some of James Bond's most famous adventures later this month.

Get ready for gadgets, girls, globetrotting escapades and nefarious villains bidding for world domination.

The James Bond Omnibus includes stories which appeared in daily newspaper comic strips in the late 50s and early 60s, before the film adaptations were made.

Released by Titan Books on September 25, priced £14.99, the omnibus collects for the first time eleven of Bond's most thrilling missions, adapted from Ian Fleming's novels.

The first bumper volume of its kind from Titan Books, Volume 001 presents Casino Royale, Live and Let Die, Moonraker, Diamonds are Forever, From Russia With Love, Dr No, Goldfinger, Risico, From a View to a Kill, For Your Eyes Only and Thunderball.

With an introduction by former Bond actor Sir Roger Moore, this paperback features 304 pages of action and the occasional vodka martini, shaken not stirred. »

- David Bentley

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The Blu-Ray Review: Goldfinger (1964)

2 September 2009 5:06 AM, PDT | The Hollywood News | See recent The Hollywood News news »

Colin Jacobson reviews the James Bond classic in HD.

For my money, Bond never got any better than Goldfinger. The series got bigger and flashier, but no film ever portrayed the fun, action, and danger, and the high-tech nuttiness of the world of James Bond any more perfectly than this 1964 classic. This was the film that convinced me that Sean Connery was unquestionably the best Bond ever. It may sound like heresy, but for much of my life, I thought Roger Moore defined the character. It's a matter of timing. By the time I became interested in the series in 1979 with Moonraker, Connery had been without his license to kill for eight years and Moore was firmly ensconced in the role. Considering that these were the days before common and affordable VCRs, that meant that for all intents, Moore was Bond to my generation. We had very little experience with anyone else. »

- Paul

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The Blu-Ray Review: From Russia With Love (1963)

26 August 2009 4:13 AM, PDT | The Hollywood News | See recent The Hollywood News news »

Colin reviews the second James Bond film in the series.

For reasons that seem absolutely mystifying to me now, I used to dislike 1963's From Russia With Love, the second James Bond film. I always liked its predecessor, 1962's Dr. No, and I absolutely adored the follow-up, 1964's Goldfinger.

For reasons unknown, I just couldn't get into Russia. I vaguely recall an impression that it was dull and slow moving, but now that I've seen it again, I think I must have watched it on Opposite Day, for the truth of the matter is quite different from my old perception.

In fact, I now feel that Russia is clearly one of the best Bond films. It surpasses Dr. No and definitely rivals Goldfinger and 1965's Thunderball. Man, what was I thinking when I disliked this movie? I guess I'm not infallible after all!

In any case, I find Russia to »

- Paul

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Rare Movie Alert! James Bond Alumni In "Triple Cross" On TCM Tomorrow

25 August 2009 9:49 AM, PDT | Cinemaretro.com | See recent CinemaRetro news »

Turner Classic Movies (North America) is presenting a full day of Yul Brynner films tomorrow. Among them is the rarely-seen 1967 WWII spy thriller Triple Cross that pairs Brynner with a stellar cast including Christopher Plummer and Trevor Howard. The film is directed by Terence Young, who helmed the early James Bond classics and, intriguingly, the movie features three prominent Bond cast members: Thunderball leading lady Claudine Auger, Dr. No baddie Anthony Dawson and Goldfinger himself, Gert Frobe. The film has never been released on video in the USA. It airs at 3:30 Pm (Est) Incidentally, keep your video recorders in high gear because other Brynner gems showing throughout the day include Taras Bulba, Adios Sabata, The Magnificent Seven, The King and I, Kings of the Sun and Westworld. »

- nospam@example.com (Cinema Retro)

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Blackman Snubbed MacNee's Nudist Invite

9 July 2009 1:26 AM, PDT | WENN | See recent WENN news »

Former Bond girl Honor Blackman once turned down a saucy offer from her The Avengers co-star Patrick MacNee - he invited her to watch him play tennis naked.

Macnee starred opposite Blackman in the classic 60s British TV show before she quit to take on her iconic role as Pussy Galore in 1964's Goldfinger.

He later spent time in a nudist colony, where he often played tennis matches in the buff.

But Blackman insists she wasn't tempted to take Macnee up on his offer to watch one of his games in Los Angeles.

She says, "I was in L.A. once and Patrick Macnee lives there. He said, 'Oh darling, do come. Come up early because I will be playing tennis and you can watch us... in the nude.' Can you imagine watching them with everything wiggling about! Can you imagine what it would have been like?" »

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“Nazis. I hate these guys.”: 15 WWII Movies Worth Watching Before You See Tarantino’s Inglourious Basterds.

26 May 2009 4:10 PM, PDT | FilmJunk | See recent FilmJunk news »

Who knew that the Nazis -- one of the most brutal regimes in the history of brutal regimes -- would be responsible for such fun, mind-blowingly awesome entertainment? The second I see a dude in a grey German uniform and an eye patch enter the frame, I’m like ‘Whoa. That Nazi is going to provide me a great amount of entertainment this evening’. So, with Inglorious Bastards having recently premiered at the 2009 Cannes Film Festival, I figured I'd put together a list of some awesome WW2 films as a resource for anyone wanting to beef up their WW2 film knowledge before checking out Tarantino's self-proclaimed 'masterpiece'. It's worth noting that I focused on older films -- pre-1980 for the most part -- and only the stories featuring Nazi's. It was tough to cut this down to 15 films, but I'm sure you all will be able to come up with »

- Jay C.

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Rare Movie Alert! Tonight's TCM Sean Connery Festival Includes Rare Showing Of "Woman Of Straw"

8 May 2009 6:26 AM, PDT | Cinemaretro.com | See recent CinemaRetro news »

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Connery and Lollobrigida on the set of Woman of Straw, which airs at midnight tonight on TCM. By Lee Pfeiffer

Turner Classic Movies (North America) is capitalizing on their acquisition of the broadcast rights to the James Bond films by screening  Sean Connery triple features every Friday night in May. Tonight's blockbuster triple bill is Goldfinger, Thunderball and a very rare showing of the 1964 thriller Woman of Straw which has not been seen on American TV in decades. As usual, TCM will present uncut, pristine prints with excellent introductions by Robert Osborne. Woman of Straw is a well done thriller in the Hitchcock style, ably directed by Basil Dearden. The plot centers on a repulsive elderly millionaire (Ralph Richardson) and his scheming nephew (Connery). The two men despise each other but are locked together due to family and business interests. Connery's character, Anthony Richmond, concocts a scheme to convince his uncle's voluptuous, »

- nospam@example.com (Cinema Retro)

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DVD Playhouse: April 2009

11 April 2009 11:58 AM, PDT | The Hollywood Interview | See recent The Hollywood Interview news »

DVD Playhouse—April 2009

By

Allen Gardner

Milk (Universal) Sean Penn deservedly captured his second Best Actor Oscar (and Dustin Lance Black a statuette for his original screenplay) in director Gus Van Sant’s portrait of San Francisco Supervisor Harvey Milk, the first openly gay man to hold public office in the U.S. Alternately heartbreaking, infuriating and very funny, a film that both captures a bygone era and is still very timely. Fine support from Josh Brolin, Victor Garber, James Franco and Emile Hirsch. Also available on Blu-ray disc. Bonuses: Three featurettes. Widescreen. Dolby and DTS 5.1 surround.

Slumdog Millionaire (20th Century Fox) The Best Picture of 2008 is a kinetic, clever audience-pleaser about a determined lad (Dev Patel) from the slums of Mumbai, who has his chance at literal and financial redemption as a contestant on India’s version of Who Wants to be a Millionaire. Best Director Danny Boyle dazzles »

- The Hollywood Interview.com

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Interviews: Here’s the Story of The Brady Bunch, Plus 4 Female Stars

6 April 2009 6:48 PM, PDT | HollywoodChicago.com | See recent HollywoodChicago.com news »

Chicago – Wrapping up HollywoodChicago.com’s summary of the Hollywood Collector Show in Chicago, many more television and movie stars sat down for interviews with us. Rolling through several show biz decades, it begins with four members of the Brady Bunch – Peter, Bobby, Cindy and the infamous Cousin Oliver.

Also sitting down with HollywoodChicago.com were Baywatch pin-up girl Erika Eleniak, Fonzie’s girlfriend Linda Purl, Shirley Eaton – the girl in gold – from James Bond’s “Goldfinger” and 1940s movie actress/Howard Hughes companion Terry Moore.

The Brady Bunch

The Brady’s They Were: Clockwise from upper left, Robbie Rist (Cousin Oliver), Mike Lookinland (Bobby), Susan Olsen (Cindy) and Christopher Knight (Peter)

Photo credit: Geocities.com TV’s first family, the Brady’s, still hangs on in the hearts and minds of both 1970s-era kids and their children (in rerun and DVD land). Four of them had a mini-reunion: Christopher Knight »

- adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)

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Bond On Blu-ray: Wave 2 - Five New Entries

6 April 2009 3:12 AM, PDT | Rope of Silicon | See recent Rope Of Silicon news »

Finally I am getting around to typing this up as the Blu-rays covered in this second report on Fox's James Bond titles on Blu-ray were released in stores two weeks ago. Unfortunately a variety of pressing engagements and other work got in the way, but is it ever too late to talk James Bond? This time around there is a smorgasbord of titles to choose from including the most recent Bond, an infrequently seen Bond and three more original Bond classics to consider. Across the five titles we will see Sean Connery, Roger Moore, Pierce Brosnan and Daniel Craig all inhabiting the iconic British spy, which one is your favorite is up to you. Personally I have found Craig's Bond to be a highly entertaining twist. I thought Brosnan may have been best suited to play Bond, but his films didn't exactly give me much to work with. Connery is »

- Brad Brevet

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James Bond Museum Opens in the UK

4 April 2009 9:00 PM, PDT | CinemaSpy | See recent CinemaSpy news »

Yours truly is a big fan of that point on the compass where movies and cars intersect, and I'm guessing there's lots of other film aficionados out there like myself. Hollywood's love affair with the automobile stretches from Fast & Furious all the way back to Bullitt, and even well before that. But there's one film franchise that has given us more drool-worthy cars than any other, and it's the one with the numerals 007 attached to it.

From the iconic Aston Martin DB5 in Goldfinger and Lotus Esprit S1 from The Spy Who Loved Me, to the '71 Ford Mustang Mach 1 from Diamonds are Forever and the current Aston Martin Dbs from Casino Royale and Quantum of Solace, the Bond films have showcased a laundry list of cool metal.

Yesterday, Englishman Peter Nelson, a 48-year-old Bond prop collector and auto museum curator, opened The Bond Museum in England, housed in a former supermarket in Keswick, »

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BFI Celebrates The Life And Career Of Albert R. Broccoli

4 April 2009 10:19 AM, PDT | Cinemaretro.com | See recent CinemaRetro news »

The British Film Institute's SouthbankTheatre in London will honor the 100th birthday of legendary film producer Albert R. Broccoli by presenting screenings of his films throughout the month of April. The festival kicks off on April 8 with The Cockleshell Heroes directed by and starring Jose Ferrer. There will be screenings of other early Broccoli films that are rarely seen on the big screen including The Trials of Oscar Wilde Fire Down Below, Hell Below Zero and The Red Beret (U.S. title: Paratrooper). There will also be screenings of the James Bond classics Dr. No, From Russia With Love, Goldfinger, Thunderball, You Only Live Twice and On Her Majesty's Secret Service. The festival is being staged in cooperation with the Broccoli family and Eon Productions. (To read The Times of London's tribute to Broccoli, including comments from Michael G. Wilson and Barbara Broccoli, click here)  For the film schedule click »

- nospam@example.com (Cinema Retro)

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Blu-Ray Review: James Bond Continues Blu-Ray Dominance With Four New Releases

1 April 2009 4:38 PM, PDT | HollywoodChicago.com | See recent HollywoodChicago.com news »

Blu-Ray Rating: 5.0/5.0 Chicago – James Bond continues working his way into your Blu-Ray collection with the release of Volume Three of MGM’s “James Bond Blu-Ray,” which includes HD versions of “The World is Not Enough,” “Goldfinger,” and “Moonraker”. Meanwhile, the unofficial Bond adventure, Fox’s “Never Say Never Again” hits Blu-Ray at the same time. All will make worthwhile additions to 007 fans with Blu-Ray players.

In case you missed it, Volume One of “James Bond Blu-Ray” included “Die Another Day,” “Live And Let Die,” and “Dr. No”. Volume Two includes “For Your Eyes Only,” “From Russia With Love,” and “Thunderball”. Both collections were released last October. With the new volume, that’s nine official Bond movies on Blu-Ray. In other words, there will be more volumes in the future.

James Bond Blu-Ray: Volume Three was released on Blu-Ray on March 24th, 2009.

Photo credit: MGM

I’m not sure how I »

- adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)

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Slideshow: Tony Curtis, Other Stars Shine at the Hollywood Collector Show in Chicago

27 March 2009 10:51 AM, PDT | HollywoodChicago.com | See recent HollywoodChicago.com news »

Chicago – Last weekend, March 21-22, the Hollywood Collector Show was presented at the Chicago Marriott O’Hare. Among the various booths of memorabilia and collectible treasures, many notable Hollywood movie and television stars signed autographs and met their fans.

HollywoodChicago.com was there, with photographer Joe Arce and staff writer Patrick McDonald covering the proceedings. Next week, individual interviews will be posted from the show.

Click “Next” and “Previous” to scan through the slideshow or jump directly to individual photos with the captioned links below. All images are ©2009 Joe Arce for HollywoodChicago.com

HollywoodCo01: The Legendary Star Tony Curtis

HollywoodCo02: Tony Curtis and Patrick McDonald HollywoodCo03: The Radiant Angie Dickinson HollywoodCo04: Patrick McDonald and Angie Dickinson HollywoodCo05: The Brady Bunch: Mike Lookinland (Bobby), Christopher Knight (Peter), Susan Olsen (Cindy) and Robbie Rist (Cousin Oliver) HollywoodCo06: The Brady Bunch with Patrick McDonald HollywoodCo07: »

- adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)

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James Bond 'cinema's most dangerous lover'

26 March 2009 8:52 AM, PDT | Digitalspy | See recent digitalspy news »

James Bond is the most lethal lover in cinema history, according to The Guardian. Out of the 51 women the secret agent has bedded over 22 films, 16 have ended up dead. The first death was Jill Masterson (Shirley Eaton) in Sean Connery's 1964 outing Goldfinger. After being seduced by 007, the character was covered in gold paint and died from skin suffocation. The last fatality in the franchise paid homage to Goldfinger, with Quantum Of Solace's Strawberry Fields (Gemma Arterton) drowning in crude oil. The Roger Moore Bond adventures (more) »

- By Simon Reynolds

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Jaws crowned top Bond character ever

24 March 2009 5:48 AM, PDT | Boxwish.com | See recent BoxWish news »

He’s certainly the most metallic of all past Bond characters and according to a new survey he’s also the most popular. Stand up and take a bow Jaws, as played by Richard Kiel. The hulking henchman (Kiel stands a whopping 7-foot, 6-inches tall!) stars in both The Spy Who Loved Me and Moonraker and earned such a loyal fan following in these two outings that he scored 30 per cent of votes in the poll conducted by HMV.com and social networking site GetCloser.com to celebrate the DVD release of 007’s 22nd film, Quantum of Solace. Naturally the poll omitted the big guy himself, but it’s interesting to see which characters left a mark on the long-running film franchise. Click over to see who Jaws beat…

Coming in second place with 16 per cent of the 4,900 votes cast is Q, the head of the Armourer division of Her Majesty’s Secret Service, »

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