JeremyJacobs.com (Free subscription) | 10/08/2008
London, UK What’s your favourite Bond film? Dr. No, Goldfinger, Octopussy? I’ve always loved the James Bond series and would have loved to have joined the LSQ TV “fan-cam” the other night at the Palladium. The occasion was a tribute to Ian Fleming who would have been 100 years old this year. Photos of the event can be [...]
lalate news (Free subscription) | 10/07/2008
Gemma Arterton, the new James Bond Girl, was born with 12 fingers! Gemma Arterton’s hands had six fingers at birth. But Gemma Arterton’s two extra fingers fell off. GOLDFINGER! Gemma Arterton plays Agent Fields in the upcoming Quantum Of Solace. Arterton had the fingers “tied” that resulted in them falling off naturally. She says to Esquire magazine: “It’s [...]
Daily Star (Free subscription) | 10/05/2008
New JAMES BOND movie QUANTUM OF SOLACE will pay homage to 007 classic GOLDFINGER - by recreating an iconic scene with new BOND girl GEMMA ARTERTON.
Contactmusic Ltd (Free subscription) | 10/05/2008
New JAMES BOND movie QUANTUM OF SOLACE will pay homage to 007 classic GOLDFINGER - by recreating an iconic scene with new BOND girl GEMMA ARTERTON. The actress, who plays ...
butner blogspot (Free subscription) | 10/01/2008
Once is happenstance. Twice is coincidence. Three times is Enemy Action. ~~ Auric Goldfinger Source: by Mark Sumner - The Daily Kos/The Nation James Bond’s wealthy nemesis may have had an obsession with gold, but he judged, quite correctly, that if people keep putting your plans awry, that was likely their intent. In 1982, the same year John McCain entered [...]
Boxwish (Free subscription) | 09/29/2008
Think Aston Martin and inevitably you think of James Bond. It’s a relationship that since its introduction in 1964’s Goldfinger has outlasted each of 007’s romantic entanglements and become entrenched in the imagination of generations of movie-lovers. And now, proving the popularity of Bond and his power when endorsing products, the classic car company has been voted the coolest brand in a survey...
Daily Kos (Free subscription) | 09/21/2008
"Once is happenstance. Twice is coincidence. Three times is Enemy Action." -- Auric Goldfinger James Bond's wealthy nemesis may have had an obsession with gold, but he judged, quite correctly, that if people keep putting your plans awry, that was likely their intent. In 1982, the same year John McCain entered the Senate, a bill was put forward that would substantially deregulate the Savings and Loan...
The Telegraph (Free subscription) | 08/25/2008
In an extract from his memoirs the actor Sean Connery recalls how preparing for a James Bond film unexpectedly led to a deep passion for golf.
Blog@Newsarama (Free subscription) | 08/18/2008
Editor’s note: Newsarama contributor and Olympics fan Seth Robison joins Blog@ to highlight “tangentially Olympic-related” comics and pop culture moments. You can read more from Seth on the Olympics at his blog Off The Podium. By Seth Robison James Bond never saved the Olympics, so what is one of his film classics doing here? Well, we [...]
Seeking Alpha (Free subscription) | 08/05/2008
Hard Assets Investor submits: By Brad Zigler James Bond fans (that's the Agent 007 Bond, not the botanist) may recall that bad guy Oddjob flung his steel-rimmed hat with deadly accurate results in the movie "Goldfinger." Complete Story »
Jalopnik (Free subscription) | 08/01/2008
Built by Chris Gilmour, an English artist with a penchant for working with cardboard, and titled "Aston Martin," this full-sized replica of James Bond's venerable Aston Martin DB5 comes complete with all of the brilliant gadgets seen in the movie Goldfinger . A close inspection reveals the car is equipped with cardboard machine guns, oil slick spray nozzle, radar tracking screen and bulletproof plate...
New York Post (Free subscription) | 07/30/2008
Sean Connery's downstairs neighbors are proving to be a bigger headache for the former James Bond than Dr. No, Blofeld and Goldfinger combined. The lawyer for the actor's family was in Manhattan Supreme Court yesterday as Justice Marcy Friedman...
The Bubbler's babble (Free subscription) | 07/12/2008
James Bond 007 Aston Martin DB5 Goldfinger Thunderball www.QV500.com - James Bond 007 Part 1: Aston Martin DB5 Released on 22nd December 1964, Goldfinger was to be the third movie in the James Bond franchise. It centred around gold-smuggler Auric Goldfinger (played by Gert Frobe) who sought to massively increase the value of his own gold [...]
Something Old, Nothing New (Free subscription) | 06/29/2008
I read Goldfinger the other day, and I just wanted to note that while the James Bond movies often trashed their source material, the script of the Goldfinger movie may be one of the best novel-to-screen adaptations ever done. The writers, Bond regular Richard Maibaum and the prolific Paul Dehn , managed to keep nearly all the good stuff from the novel while eliminating all the stuff that wouldn't work...
