James Bond (fictional character)

Oscars 2013: 'Argo,' actors Day-Lewis, Lawrence win

2013-02-24 21:36:00

Being snubbed might have been the best thing to happen to Ben Affleck. His film “Argo” took the best picture Oscar on Sunday night at the 85th Academy Awards — more than a little solace, perhaps, for being snubbed in the directing...

James Bond himself, Daniel Craig, spotted in Baltimore

2012-11-28 08:58:00

Rumors swirled yesterday that a certain debonair, James Bond type was about town. And it's true: Daniel Craig was hanging out in Baltimore. Chef Cindy Wolf confirmed this morning that Craig dined at Charleston last night. "I love that I can say this --...

Dan Brown's 'Inferno' has heat but no warmth

2013-05-18 08:00:00

Some years ago, I was on a book reviewing panel when someone in the audience asked what we, the panelists, thought of "The Bridges of Madison County," which was then a fixture on bestseller lists. We hemmed and hawed, tried to talk around the question,...

Golf art tees up to Myrtle Beach

2013-05-17 12:24:03

It just makes sense to have a golf art exhibit in Myrtle Beach. That's how Franklin G. Burroughs-Simeon B. Chapin Art Museum director Patricia Goodwin, curator Kay Teer and board chair John Stewart see it. So they combined their efforts to arrange the...

'Fleming': Le Pacte to Co-Produce Biopic

2013-05-15 12:30:05

Le Pacte, the French distributor of Nicolas Winding Refn’s competition-preeming “Only God Forgives,” has boarded director Duncan Jones’ “Fleming,” turning on James Bond creator Ian Fleming. Deal was announced by K5 co-founders Oliver Simon...

50 years of James Bond in three weeks? That's CU-Boulder's Maymester

2013-05-15 06:24:03

The James Bond theme song played Tuesday as University of Colorado students settled into their seats in an afternoon Maymester course. The (course) name is Bond. James Bond. Well, technically, it's "Topics in Critical Film Studies: Lives of 007." And...

Art in the Park draws crowd to Columbia County amphittheater

2013-05-12 00:34:01

Nicole Broadway seemed oblivious to the blue and purple chalk dust that covered nearly every inch of her as she intently blended and brushed and blended again the chalk lines in her rendering of James Bond. From 11:15 a.m. until nearly 5 p.m., she...

‘Oz the Great and Powerful’ and the art of the opening title sequence

2013-03-21 14:22:39

Hong Kong Film Festival: A film that deals with memory (and Macau)

2013-03-20 07:30:00

HONG KONG -- There is a moment in “The Last Time I Saw Macau” -- which plays Wednesday at the Hong Kong International Film Festival and is being distributed in the United States this summer by Cinema Guild -- in which the camera captures the...

'Animal Inside Out' is Body Worlds' take on beasts and birds

2013-03-13 20:57:00

The last time the Body Worlds people displayed at the Museum of Science and Industry, in a 2011 exhibition showing the development and decline of the human corpus, they included, with seeming incongruity, an ostrich. The flightless — and, in...

Oscars 2013: An 'Argo' night at Academy Awards

2013-02-25 04:00:00

For the second straight year, the movie business fell for itself. "Argo" — in which a Hollywood producer and makeup artist help engineer the rescue of six Americans from Iran — won the top prize at the 85th Academy Awards, one year after the...

'Skyfall's' Sam Mendes won't direct next Bond movie

2013-03-06 11:00:00

Sam Mendes wasn’t exactly quoting a James Bond title — “Never Say Never Again” — but it does appear that the filmmaker behind the highest-grossing 007 movie won’t be back in the Bond director’s chair any time...

Though the James Bond Academy Awards tribute might have been a bit short, the homage to the beloved film series continued when Adele took to the Oscars stage to perform "Skyfall." Like Shirley Bassey before her, Adele reminded audiences why she is so beloved as a 007 singer.

2013-02-24 20:00:06

Shirley Bassey performs "Goldfinger" during a tribute to the 50th anniversary of the James Bond franchise.

2013-02-24 18:46:48

Dame Shirley Bassey performs the song "Goldfinger" during a tribute to the James Bond films at the 85th Academy Awards in Hollywood

2013-02-24 18:40:49