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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 588

James Bond

Ian Lancaster Fleming, the best-selling British author and creator of fictional secret agent James Bond, 1962 (AP Photo/File)
March 1, 2023, 3:36 am
Racist wording will be edited out of reissued James Bond books
New versions of Ian Fleming’s novels are to feature a disclaimer warning of controversial phrases, while explicitly racist terms will be scrapped
By Harry Roper
Tourism Minister Yoel Razvozov impersonating James Bond as part of a tourism marketing video. (Youtube screenshot, used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
October 16, 2022, 12:33 pm
Israel’s tourism minister channels James Bond in promotional video
Judoka-turned-politician Yoel Razvozov wades through water shirtless and dresses in a tuxedo similar to Daniel Craig’s take on fictional British spy
By Michael Horovitz
Britain's Queen Elizabeth II laughs at Windsor Castle in Windsor, southern England on April 11, 2014 (Leon Neal, Pool Photo via AP, File)
September 11, 2022, 7:48 am
‘You must have met the Queen!’: When UK royal pranked US tourists
Fooling innocent visitors, speeding around Scotland, and some fallen cheese — palace officials, politicians and Hollywood stars shed light on late British monarch’s lighter side
By AFP
Bonhams employee George Foren poses for photographs with a rare trial proof copy of Andy Warhol's 1985 portrait of Britain's Queen Elizabeth II, at the auction house's offices in central London, Monday, July 9, 2012. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)
September 9, 2022, 3:21 pm
From the Sex Pistols to Bond, the Simpsons to Paddington: The Queen in pop culture
Some depictions were affectionate, others hostile, but Elizabeth’s indelible image in art, music and film cemented her status as one of the most recognizable people in the world
By Alice Ritchie
British composer Monty Norman is seen in this March 19, 2001 photo. (Kirsty Wigglesworth/PA via AP)
July 12, 2022, 5:14 am
Monty Norman, Jewish composer of James Bond theme music, dies at 94
British songwriter composed iconic score for movie franchise for its 1962 debut, ‘Dr. No.’
By Agencies
Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair is shown ahead of a meeting at the EU Charlemagne building in Brussels, in this November 6, 2019, file photo. (Stephanie Lecocq/Pool via AP, File)
January 1, 2022, 4:54 am
Queen knights Tony Blair, honors Camilla and officials leading COVID fight
James Bond actor Daniel Craig awarded same title bestowed on fictional spy in UK’s traditional New Year’s Honors
By AFP
Tanya Roberts stars as Kiri in the adventure movie The Beastmaster, December 16, 1981. (AP Photo/Wally Fong)
January 5, 2021, 9:27 pm
Actress Tanya Roberts dies at 65, after initial false report
Hollywood star with Jewish roots was best known for roles in ‘A View to a Kill,’ ‘Charlie’s Angels’ and ‘That ’70s Show’; her death was erroneously announced prematurely Monday
By ToI Staff and Agencies
Actress Tanya Roberts arrives for the 4th annual TV Land awards held at Barker hangar in Santa Monica, California on March 19, 2006. (Chris Delmas/AFP)
January 4, 2021, 12:58 pm
Bond actress, ‘That ’70s Show’ star Tanya Roberts in ‘critical’ condition
Earlier reports of her death were a ‘miscommunication,’ publicist says
By AFP
Sean Connery arrives at the American Film Institute Life Achievement Award event honoring Al Pacino in Los Angeles on June 7, 2007. (AP Photo/Matt Sayles)
October 31, 2020, 3:31 pm
Sean Connery, the ‘original’ James Bond, dies at 90
He walked away from iconic role at 41 but continued to flourish, disproving Hollywood snipers who predicted nobody would hire a balding, middle-aged actor with a funny accent
By Jill Lawless and Bob Thomas
Diana Rigg poses for a photo session during the 2nd edition of the Cannes International Series Festival (Canneseries) in Cannes, southern France, April 5, 2019. (JOEL SAGET/AFP)
September 10, 2020, 9:06 pm
‘Avengers’ and ‘Game of Thrones’ star Diana Rigg dies at 82
Iconic British actress, whose was briefly married to Israeli artist Menachem Gueffen, dies of cancer that was diagnosed earlier this year
By AP and ToI Staff
Nonagenarian Eric Sargon, who played for The Beatles, Eric Clapton and the BBC Orchestra, plays his viola in his new Jerusalem apartment (Jessica Steinberg/Times of Israel)
April 15, 2019, 3:21 am
New immigrant violist, 91, ‘got out of my pajamas’ for The Beatles
‘I didn’t know what the hell music I was playing,’ says Eric Sargon of his contribution to one of the most popular bands of all time
By Jessica Steinberg
Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, (r), and his wife Louise Linton, hold up a sheet of new $1 bills, the first currency notes bearing his and US Treasurer Jovita Carranza's signatures, November 15, 2017, at the Bureau of Engraving and Printing (BEP) in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
November 16, 2017, 6:19 pm
US Treasury head, wife mocked for posing with cash
Steven Mnuchin and Louise Linton likened to Bond villains after photo holding first sheet of bills with his signature
By AP
In this Oct. 31, 2002 file photo, German-born British Jewish film designer Ken Adam stands in front of one of his futuristic designs at the exhibition "James Bond - Berlin - Hollywood" in the Martin-Gropius-Bau museum in Berlin. (AP Photo/Jens Meyer, File)
March 11, 2016, 12:10 pm
‘Dr. Strangelove,’ Bond production designer Adam dies at 95
Ken Adam, born in 1921, fled Nazi Germany with his family in 1934, would go on to create Hollywood’s most iconic sets
By Jake Coyle
In this file photo photo dated Thursday, Dec. 5, 2013, British actor Idris Elba, who plays Nelson Mandela in the movie "Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom," poses for photographers in London. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham, File)
September 2, 2015, 2:53 am
Bond author sorry for saying Idris Elba ‘too street’ for 007
Jewish writer of latest installment in spy novel franchise says he wasn’t referring to Elba’s race, but his past TV roles
By AP
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