News about Roger Moore

Only six men can lay claim to wearing the famous Savile Row tuxedo of James Bond ; more people have stepped on the Moon. Yet hundreds more came within an inch of winning the coveted 007 role - the pinnacle for so many actors. When Sean Connery announced that the 1967 Bond movie You Only Live Twice would be his last outing as 007, the search for his replacement took producers Cubby Broccoli and Harry Saltzman in some bizarre directions. With preferred options such as Roger Moore committed elsewhere, they decided to cast an unknown. And perhaps the most improbable candidate to be Agent 007 was Lord Lucan , who was to famously disappear from his London home in November 1974 after his children's nanny was found murdered.

Scottish Widows has been slammed for an 'amateurish' re-brand as the firm ditched the iconic hooded lady for a digital replacement. The 'living widow' in a black hood and flowing cape has been a staple of TV adverts for the life insurance and pensions firm since the mid-1980s. However the widow, who has always been portrayed by a living person, will be phased out over the next year and replaced by a digital version of the character. The 209-year-old Edinburgh-based business is commencing a refresh of its brand to make it 'stand out more in digital channels'. But the digital motif of the widow - a red icon of a woman wearing a superhero-style cloak - has been harshly criticised online as a cross between 'Red Riding Hood and Supergirl'.

For almost 40 years, she has been one of the most instantly recognisable company logos in the world. But now Scottish Widows is to drop its iconic cloaked woman from future advertising campaigns and branding. The 'living widow' in a black hood and flowing cape has been a staple of TV adverts for the life insurance and pensions firm since the mid-1980s.

School leavers who did badly in their exams can still have a career as a spy in the secret security services, The Mail on Sunday can reveal. MI5 is looking for potential spies with just one GCSE, providing the qualification is in English and it's a grade 4 or above. Spymasters hope to recruit dozens of school leavers or older adults on a starting salary of £32,000. (Pictured: Roger Moore as James Bond)

Princess Charlene of Monaco and Prince Albert have made an appearance at the annual Monaco picnic today, as they wowed onlookers with their classy ensembles. Arriving to the Parc Princess Antoinette in Monaco, the family-of-four put on a classy front as Princess Charlene took the lead with her striking red jumpsuit.  With a sleek bob with blonde highlights, the stylish royal topped off her outfit with a pair of understated silver drop earring. 

Albert revealed his uncertainties of whether they fell in love at the 2011 competition, he told Paris Match : 'I don't know if we fell in love back then,' adding that it was several years before they would meet again. But while romance might not have been on the cards at first, Charlene still made an impression on Albert, with him recalling: 'I thought that she was an excellent swimmer and that she was friendly, cheerful, and approachable'. (Pictured left: Albert and Charlene on their wedding day in 2011. Pictured right: Albert and Charlene at the Paris Olympic opening ceremony)

Fashion guru Tash Sefton has tied the knot with her partner Adam Genovese. The newlyweds exchanged vows in a stunning 60's inspired Melbourne wedding on Thursday. Tash shared a gallery of snaps from the big day to her social media and revealed the occasion was inspired by photos of their parents nuptials.

Outtakes which show the iconic scene from 1973's Live and Let Die have left Bond fans in disbelief. In the final cut, James Bond, played by Roger Moore, is seen making his escape over a body of water by stepping on the back of three snapping crocodiles.

How complicated sex scenes are these days. They are, rightly, all about consent and comfort for the actors but must still fulfil the vision of the director - hence the presence of the 'intimacy co-ordinator' on set. It makes you wonder how movie stars got through them back in the day. Step forward Dame Joan Collins , no less, to clear that one up. 'It's hard to work that up, you know. I mean I did it in The Stud, but I had to get so drunk! We all did,' she says. 'There was an orgy scene and Oliver Tobias, Sue Lloyd, Mark Burns and I got really plastered beforehand.

Garden designer Gertrude Jekyll called it 'delightful', whilst Radiohead's Thom Yorke encountered ghosts there. And shortly after James Bond star Jane Seymour moved in, she vowed she would be there for 'the rest of time'. But now, 17 years after Seymour broke her promise and sold up, the 13-bedroom Tudor mansion St Catherine's Court, in Somerset, is on the market again. The 13-bedroom grade I listed property, which was the childhood home of Henry VIII's rumoured illegitimate child, is up for sale for £12.5million. Seymour, who starred as Bond girl Solitaire in 1973 film Live and Let Die alongside Roger Moore (both inset), fell in love with the pad while filming on location for 1983 British TV series Jamaica Inn. She paid £350,000 for the mansion and went on to rent it out as a studio for bands. Radiohead's iconic 1997 album OK Computer was largely recorded there. Yorke, the band's lead singer, claimed to have encountered the supernatural when he lived there for several months during the album's production. Robbie Williams passed it off as his own when he appeared on MTV show Cribs in the early 2000s. He later apologised to Seymour for pretending it was his.

A glamorous model who appeared in the opening sequence of Moonraker has revealed a long battle with heroin use. After being welcomed into high-flying circles with celebrities, Vicki Rebecca, who was paid £1,000-per-day as a Marilyn Monroe lookalike, had the world at her feet. However, the Aberdeen-born fashionista lived a double life, one as a glamorous model and the other as a 'functional' heroin addict, with the former seeing her spend up to £250-a-day on the vice. Such was the crippling effect of her addiction to the illicit drug that she'd sneak away during breaks in filming and shooting to obtain them, including during the historic James Bond opening. According to the 67-year-old, almost half of her 20s was spent under narcotic needles, and she recalls how she was only able to get clean after leaving London and returning to her family in north east Scotland.

EPHRAIM HARDCASTLE HARDCASTLE: The majority of her 600-plus charities are now without a patron eight months after the Queen's death eight months after her. They include the Royal Academy, the Royal Society of Chemistry, the British Veterinary Association, the Royal College of Physicians, the Royal College of Physicians, London Zoo, the Royal Pharmaceutical Society, RSPCA, MCC, RADA, the Royal Philharmonic Society, and the Royal Philharmonic Society. The fact that smaller outfits, such as the Jersey Cattle Society and the Queen Victoria Clergy Fund, aren't losing any sleep, however, has irked the big beasts, as the refusal to revive royal patronages has irked them.

It was a job he never really wanted, but Sam Neill (left) got as far as auditioning as James Bond. In 1985, the Jurassic Park actor starred as Roger Moore's replacement. In a short clip from Neill's screen test, he's recreating a scene from Sean Connery's 1963 film From Russia With Love. In the end, Neill did not impress producers in his role, and the job was ultimately handled to Timothy Dalton. James Brolin (right in his screen test) would have been the man who replaced Roger Moore after five outings as Bond, not Bond. Moore did two screen tests and was actually Bond, but Moore decided to make Octopussy again in 1983, so Brolin was left out in the cold. Sir Michael Caine (inset bottom, as spy Harry Palmer in the Ipcress File) was reportedly given the role of Bond after Sean Connery resigned as a result of You Only Live Twice. Sir Michael, who is now 91, was not keen on playing Bond. Clint Eastwood, who was inset top in A Fistful of Dollars, was considered for the role in the late 1960s, when Bond investors were trying to replace Connery before he relinquished on his decision to rename Connery as the spy. Eastwood left the role.

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.

A royal birthday in Monaco's billionaires' playground is normally a moment for commemoration, fireworks, civic salutation, and a family appearance on the balcony of the Prince's Palace to welcome the crowds. A rendition of Happy Birthday from a military band in dazzling outfits. However, this year, Prince Albert, who is 66 today, may be forgiven for wanting to keep a low profile due to a humiliating remark made regarding the House of Grimaldi's spending habits, which are palatable even by Monte Carlo's lavish requirements.

Another European Princess whose absence sparked a global discussion as the world looks to the British royal family after Kate's (bottom inset) picture mistake. Princess Charlene of Monaco was away for the majority of 2021 while receiving medical attention in South Africa (pictured left, middle, and right) before moving to a Swiss clinic that purportedly specializes in mental health and addiction research. Following her long absence, the Monaco palace has denied media reports of a disconnect between Charlene and the principality's king Prince Albert, who were reunited in 2011. Prince Albert, who is 19 years old, looks after their twins Prince Jacques and Princess Gabriella (top inset).

When the first dress that Jacques Azagury designed for Princess Diana fell short of records at auction late last year as the most expensive of her gowns to sell at auction, the couturier was travelling around India. He had withdrawn from fashion and closed his eponymous shop in Knightsbridge, south-west London, when the auction took place at Julien's Auctions in Los Angeles.

Dr. Kathryn Harkup, a British chemist and author, has explored the scientific substantiality of scenes from all 25 Bond films in a new book titled 'Superspy Science: Science, Death, and Technology in the World of James Bond,' from Goldfinger's ingenious laser to suffocation by gold paint.

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Roger Moore's late James Bond actor Roger Moore's sprawling 1930s country house has been listed for £2.1 million. In the 1960s, the actress, who died of lung and liver cancer at the age of 89, lived in the Stinchcombe neighborhood in Gloucestershire's southern suburbs and has outstanding views from the front.

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).

According to DVLA statistics collected by How Many Left, a searchable online database of vehicles registered or declared off-road in the United Kingdom, numbers of some classics have doubled in recent decades. Among them are Sixties icons such as the Triumph Spitfire (top right) and the Aston Martin DB5, as well as raucous'modern classics' such as the Ford Sierra Cosworth (bottom right) and Lotus Esprit (left). MailOnline has consulted with owners to find out what's driving the classic car boom and picked out some other British motoring icons seeing a revival in numbers.

This most damp and drab of late-autumnal days takes us to Lewes, East Sussex.

According to MailOnline, Scobie has escaped the drama surrounding Endgame and flown into Los Angeles for burgers and cocktails. In response to persistent skepticism over the Dutch version of his latest book naming two royals accused of questioning Archie's skin colour before he was born, the journalist and royal author, 42, moved out of Britain. Mr Scobie ate at the Sunset Tower Hotel, which was popular with Hollywood celebrities for decades, with Clark Gable, Errol Flynn, Marilyn Monroe, Michael Caine, Quincy Jones, Roger Moore, and Zsa Zsa Gabor regulars at the art deco museum. His trip to Los Angeles came after he learned that his UK agent did not send Endgame naming the two 'royal racists' in Dutch. Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's 'cheerleader-in-chief's insistence that he'never submitted a book with the names in it' if true.'