News about Ian Fleming

Theo James cut a casual figure as he went for to a local gym in Venice Beach, California, on Wednesday. The Gentlemen star, 39, displayed his gym-honed phyique as he sported a grey T-shirt and matching shorts for the outing. Theo, who also starred in the Divergent film series, carried a black bag and water bottle with him for the trip. 

He's currently on a seemingly never-ending carousel of contenders for the still vacant, and still highly coveted role as secret agent James Bond. But Theo James and his chosen beverage could easily have left the Martini-loving MI6 agent shaken, not stirred during his appearance at a basketball game on Tuesday night. James, 39 - currently winning plaudits for his starring role in Guy Ritchie 's Netflix series The Gentlemen - necked lager from a plastic cup as he watched the Los Angeles Clippers take on the Dallas Mavericks.

It details how Sean Connery ended up being cast in the iconic role, despite Hollywood producers considering a female Bond, believing it might give the film greater appeal. According to The Telegraph, Russian-American film director Gregory Ratoff pushed the idea after he bought the rights to Casino Royale for around £50,000. Written by Nicholas Shakespeare, the biography states: 'Since the mid-1950s, many well-known actors had been approached. Gregory Ratoff had the arresting idea of having Bond played by a woman, Susan Hayward.'

EMILY PRESCOTT: She was the glittering star of the Brit Awards, but Raye (pictured) struggles to remain out of the limelight, mostly on social media. The 26-year-old, left, has revealed a startling conversation with her therapist, when she was asked: 'When do you feel like the voices in your head are being most evil to you?' 'When I'm on social media, I'm telling you.' With South Londoner Raye's real name Rachel Keen realizing that social media was causing more harm than good, the Brit School sham has given her passwords to a trusted friend to use her accounts. As a result of a cooling-off period, she now has a five-minute window if she ever wants to post something, and she also has a separate phone reserved solely for her social media pages.

Bond Girls are being watched by Euphoria actresses Sydney Sweeney and Zendaya alongside Aaron Taylor-Johnson's 007. Although it has been widely reported that 33-year-old actor Aaron had previously been given the role of the ultra-suave British spy created by novelist Ian Fleming, reports close to the film have now stated that there are huge plans to reach Sydney, 26, and Zendaya, 27, to play his on-screen love interest. Barbara Broccoli, the franchise's executive producer, was keen to bring a young actress to play the iconic femme fatale role, according to a report published exclusively by DailyMail.com.

Pierce Brosnan has expressed support for the prospect that Aaron Taylor-Johnson will replace him as James Bond. Taylor-Johnson, 33, has formerly been on the job of the ultra-suave British spy created by novelist Ian Fleming, according to news. Brosnan, 70, shot to international prominence in four films from GoldenEye in 1995 to Die Another Day in 2002.

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Now that Daniel Craig has slipped into his last tuxedo as 007 James Bond from five film series, there has been a lot of rumors over who will play the iconic role. George Lazenby, who played the fictional character created by British journalist and novelist Ian Fleming in the film On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1969), is one man who knows a thing or two about what it takes to be a debonair shadow agent. Aaron Taylor-Johnson, a British actor, has been given the opportunity to land the role, and the ladies are thrown at the beloved man who routinely saves the world.

According to the British Board of Film Classification (BBFC), the age rating of two James Bond films would have been raised if they were rereleased today due to the representation of violence and sexual assault. During a public consultation, Goldfinger and From Russia With Love, both starring Sir Sean Connery and which were released in the 1960s, were discussed as films audiences believe should be more conservative. The inquiry, which involved 12,000 people from around the United Kingdom, aided in the development of the new BBFC classification guidelines, which were released on Tuesday.

Hum Fleming, the Lord's great niece, grabbed the attention of many this week as she was seen wining and dining with the Lord in a cosy Mayfair haunt. As they headed out for a stroll in west London the smiling pair were seen leaving his £5 million Holland Park home side-by-side. Hum, 34, a public relations specialist, has made a name for herself in London's social scene, most notably with former Made in Chelsea actor Millie Mackintosh, Lady Kitty Spencer, and other Notting Hill celebrities.

Ted Thornhill of MailOnline Travel visited Raffles, London, which is located across the street from Horse Guards Parade and Buckingham Palace's formal entrance. The service is faultless, and guests are ensconced in grandeur and exquisite luxury in a post-card perfect location,' he writes. This vast dazzling hotel, which opened as a Raffles hotel in September 2023, is stuffed to the gills with thrilling history.'

Ian Fleming's 007 is depicted as the archetypical MI6 agent, a suave, white, Oxbridge-educated man with a penchant for high-life and a natural gift of seduction. However, MI6 will launch a drive this week to bring more black and Asian spies into the fold. Two of the company's black and Asian directors will talk on BBC radio for the first time in history. It's also the first time MI6 has confirmed that it employs ethnic minorities at such a senior level. They report to chief Sir Richard Moore, C., and his three director-generals, who are all women.

Ellie Goulding's 'close friendship' with her singer-songwriter Ellie Goulding came as a surprise, particularly when pictures of her frolicking with a stubbish surfing instructor appeared last week. But after two years of non-stop-start with married Ellie Goldsmith, Tory peer Zac Goldsmith is on a roll, with model and socialite Hum Fleming, 34, whose great-uncle James Bond author Ian Fleming. A 'Zac believes she's wonderful,' a source told the Journal. They've been together for seven weeks, but they are obviously mad about her and want it to work out this time.' Hum was introduced by father-of-six Zac, 49, to his two youngest children for the first time over dinner at Mayfair's 5 Hertford Street on Thursday evening. Zac and Hum were seen leaving his £5 million Holland Park home and taking a stroll before returning.

Sandals opened its first resort in the Caribbean in 1981, but there are now nine of them in Jamaica alone. Max Davidson says the Sandals Dunn's River in the United States is the country's swankiest yet. 'From beach bars to rooftop bars, from spas to boutiques, from sleek swimming ponds to high-end restaurants, it wants for nothing.'

It comes as a result of rising calls for warnings ahead of some of Britain's most popular plays and pieces of literature. Theatre audiences have been warned of violence, abuse, bereavement, loud noises, and even references to smoking in recent years. The MP cautioned that audiences should not be treated like children, and that people should not be treated like teenagers.'

They were one of his afternoon radio shows, snippets of trivia from around the world so bizarre that listeners were never quite sure if they were correct or false. These 'factoids' were such a hit feature that the legendary DJ, who died this week at the age of 69, that he wrote two books of his favorites, whether it was discovering the immense shoe size of a celebrity chef or revealing the name of the film with the first flushing toilet.

They were the men accused by Winston Churchill of executing a "butcher-and-bolt reign of terror" behind enemy lines. One was a swashbuckling English chief, the other being a Danishman who preferred shooting with a bow and arrow. Gus March-Phillipps (inset left) and Anders Lassen were central figures in a mission that seemed more at home in a spy book than a thriller in January 1942. The clandestine Small Scale Raiding Force, which was under the command of the equally top-secret Special Operations Executive, was charged with captureting German and Italian vessels (one shown top right) from Spanish territory (bottom right, the island of Fernando Po) and sailing them to British-ruled Nigeria. This extraordinary act of piracy was a huge success, thanks in large part to future James Bond author Ian Fleming, who was then the SOE's liaison at the Admiralty. Now, celebrated director Guy Ritchie is expected to bring Operation Postmaster's tale to a big screen in The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare, the trailer for which was revealed this week. Henry Cavill (left) as March-Philipps and Alan Ritchson as Anders Lassen, according to historian Damien Lewis' similarly titled 2014 film.

The former Love Island contestant, 29, turned heads as she ethereal in a stunning creamy outfit on the red carpet. In a fitted balcony top with cinched in her tiny waist to amp up her curvy figure, she praised her considerable cleavage. Ekin-Su's matching ankle-length skirt was finished with an elegant lace trail, showcasing her jaw-dropping physique.

As a schoolgirl in 1966, she feared that the world's population would have increased so much that by the year 2000, people will be living under the sea. Liz Bowyer (left and inset), one of 18 children from three schools on the BBC's Tomorrow's World program, shared their thoughts and concerns about what the future might look like, was a simpleJet air stewardess. The clip of their contributions, some of which were very accurate and some that were painfully silly, is posted on social media and has been watched more than a million times. She and another girl who contributed to MailOnline have been tracked down for nearly 60 years. Ms Bowyer and Pippa Warburton (right and inset), 69, and several of the other girls in the clip, all attended the exclusive Roedean School. Ms Bowyer, who appeared 'embarrassed' by the clip on television, then went on to briefly work as a secretary for MI6, and she now is 'the oldest cabin crew operating out of Gatwick Airport', according to the Mail. Ms Warburton, who screamed 'pretty mouthy' at Roedean, adamantly predicted the demise of South Africa's Apartheid government and also wished that poor and wealthy people would not look down on each other.' After living in Beirut, India, and Sri Lanka, the mother-of-four emigrated to Perth in her twenties. She served as a support worker for homeless people and lives with her partner Barry, whom she encountered in the United Kingdom.

On Friday, London Tunnels announced that it will float, with hopes to raise £30 million at a valuation of £123 million. The company is attempting to convert defunct walkways and shelters used in the Second World War into a tourist attraction throughout the world.

Visitors may be offended if a puppet show shows "dead bodies," Tate Modern says. The film by Egyptian artist Wael Shawky depicts marionettes "acting out historic events." Nonetheless, the London attraction's chiefs were compelled to post warnings at its entrance, despite the fact that puppets are the only one displayed. Wael, a photographer who was born in 1971,'tackles notions of national, religious, and artistic identity through film, performance, and storytelling,' according to the gallery's biography.' Cabaret Crusades: The Horror Show Files was created in 2010 and is on display in Tate Modern's Artist and Society section.

The British Film Institute has issued a 'absurd' trigger alert for modern day filmgoers, alerting that 007's films could'cause offence' and enrage modern-day filmgoers. The BFI, which is responsible for promoting and preserving the best of British cinema, has issued a blanket alert about the beloved spy franchise, which last year marks its 70th anniversary. Bond's adventures 'will cause offence today,' say film buffs watching a series of classic films, with big screen hits like Goldfinger and You Only Live Twice including words and themes that were 'prevalent' in the 1960s. A note warning newbie viewers that they will not be taken outside BFI's cinema on London's Southbank (inset). 'Please note that while many of these films feature language, photographs, or other content that is not appropriate in its time, they would still cause offence today (as they did then).' Bond is shown in a scene thrown Pussy Galore (right) to the ground in a barn before pinning her down and shoving her onto her (right). An additional warning about the 1968 release of You Only Live Twice warned that the film contained "outdated racial stereotypes," according to the film, with Bond undergoing cosmetic surgery to look more Japanese (left).

With the gazes of many thousands, if not millions, of people when they marry, it's no wonder that royal couples often crave a restful break. Any spare money is worthless. After marrying long-term partner Greg Mallett, Lady Amelia Spencer took a luxurious holiday in the Maldives. This was inspired by her older sister Kitty, who spent more than a month travelling around Europe for her honeymoon. Some have chosen something more private. Balmoral has long been known as a popular destination for those looking to recharge their batteries in the Scottish Highlands. Here are the vibrant first getaways of the royal newlyweds from around the world, from playing Scrabble in the airport lounge to meeting the Pope.

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