Bollinger and James Bond mark 40th anniversary with Paris event
Bollinger has celebrated its 40-year association with Eon Productions’ James Bond films with an event at Paris’s Hôtel de Crillon, with Bond co-producer Michael G. Wilson as its guest of honour. The brand was first mentioned by Roger Moore as James Bond in the 1979 film Moonraker, in a scene set in Venezia with […]
Sir Roger Moore, UNICEF ambassador and longest-serving James Bond actor, passes away
UNICEF © Danjaq LLC/United Artists Top: Sir Roger Moore was a UNICEF goodwill ambassador from 1991 to 2017. Above: Moore on the set of Live and Let Die, his first James Bond film, in 1972. Actor and UNICEF ambassador Sir Roger Moore has passed away in Switzerland, aged 89. His children by his third […]
Christie’s 50 Years of James Bond auction sees prized memorabilia sell for charity
An auction at Christie’s in South Kensington marking the James Bond films’ 50th anniversary has raised £752,052 (including buyers’ premiums) for charity. Celebrities included seven-time James Bond actor Sir Roger Moore, the current M, Dame Judi Dench, and David Walliams. The 2008 Aston Martin DBS from Quantum of Solace sold for £241,250. Daniel […]
Video: a preview of Designing 007: 50 Years of Bond Style, opening on Friday
As previewed in Lucire in April, Designing 007: 50 Years of Bond Style is about to open at the Barbican Centre in London, focusing on the Bond look. Media were given a preview this week. Among the exhibits were one of the Aston Martin DB5s from Goldfinger, Scaramanga’s golden gun from The Man with […]
Designing 007 opens at the Barbican in July, covering 50 years of James Bond design
Copyright ©1964 by Danjaq LLC and United Artists Corp. Above Sean Connery as James Bond at the Furka Pass, Switzerland, and the iconic Aston Martin DB5, during the making of Goldfinger (1964). With the 50th anniversary of the cinematic James Bond, exhibitions are being shown around the world to mark the occasion, but the Barbican […]
Producer wants Daniel Craig to make eight James Bond films
James Bond film producer, Eon Productions’ Michael G. Wilson, wants incumbent Daniel Craig to make a total of eight films, to beat Sir Roger Moore’s record by one. ‘Filming has gone very well so far and I’d love Daniel to surpass Roger’s record and do eight pictures. Daniel’s been an absolute pleasure to be […]
A remarkably stylish Royal Wedding for Prince Albert and Charlene Wittstock
Above Official photographs from the Royal Wedding of Charlene Wittstock to HSH Prince Albert II of Monaco. The bride wore a Giorgio Armani-designed wedding dress with 40,000 Swarovski crystals. Yesterday’s wedding of HSH Prince Albert II and Charlene Wittstock saw not just royalty attend—Sweden, notably, had a good turnout from the King and Queen, Princess […]
