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ALISON BOSHOFF: Can anything top the success of Succession after the last series of the hit drama returned home in triumph, sweeping up awards at the Golden Globes and Emmys this month. Jesse Armstrong, the show's British writer, has landed a multi-billion-dollar contract to come up with a new idea for HBO. Armstrong has three or four ideas in mind, but it will not be a Succession spin-off, so there will be no more Tom Wambsgans and Cousin Greg (pictured). Sniff!

CHRISTOPHER STEVENS: The most valuable historical data from the last 2,000 years may have been on video recorder mini-tapes in my loft. I've lost the battery charger, which is the issue. Of course, academics will disagree about whether or not my children's home movies from the 1990s are really that important. And they aren't right now, historically speaking. But films like this, millions of them being taped at family gatherings and weekend barbecues, will soon be a priceless social record in one day.

With 007's Aston Martin DB5 selling for almost £3 million alone, James Bond's memorabilia auction in London commemorating 60 years of the iconic franchise. On Wednesday evening, Christie's auction house hosted a two-part charity auction, selling 25 in-demand movie props and memorabilia to celebrate James Bond's 60th birthday. Aston Martin DB5 (top right), a Omega Seamaster watch (top right), and a Swarovski crystal-mounted prop egg used in 1983 film Octopussy sold for £6.1 million (bottom left). A Triumph Scrambler stunt motorcycle was also on sale for £138,600 (bottom right).

Samantha Bond, Sean Connery's granddaughter, was all glamorous as they led the way at the star-studded Sixty Years Of James Bond charity auction hosted by EON Productions and Christie's in London on Wednesday. Saskia, whose late grandfather Sean was the first actor to play James Bond in the films, appeared in seven Bond films from 1962 to 1983, wore a black jacket, a pair of matching leggings, and a ruffled white jacket as she arrived. Samantha, 60, who portrayed Miss Moneypenny in four Bond films during the Pierce Brosnan years between 1995 and 2002, wore a chic black and white floral print dress with a white jacket.