🎬 James Bond News #151: 🍸April 2021

Published: Tue, 04/06/21

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Hi - this month we look at the latest news on James Bond, delve into the cars from the Daniel Craig era, take a look at 007's sunglasses and examine the food from the books.

This last month sadly saw the deaths of three people associated with the Bond films.

William P Cartlidge, who worked on three James Bond films in the 1960s and 70s, died at the age of 78. He regularly worked with Lewis Gilbert, who brought him on board as first assistant director for You Only Live Twice. He returned as associate producer on The Spy Who Loved Me and Moonraker.

Also Nikki van der Zyl died aged 85. She is best known for dubbing a number of lead female characters in the early films.

And Mr Big actor Yaphet Kotto also died. Best known to Bond fans from his role in Live and Let Die, Yaphet Kotto appeared in films such as Alien (1979), Arnold Schwarzenegger’s The Running Man (1987) and Midnight Run (1988) with Robert De Niro. He was 81.

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No Time to Die

Billie Eilish won a Grammy for here theme to No Time to Die at an audience free award ceremony held in Los Angeles. The three and a half hour ceremony was livestreamed.

New articles

Here we look at James Bond's cars in Daniel Craig's four Bond movies released to date and preview what is coming in No Time to Die.

Sunglasses are an easy addition to the collection of anyone inspired by James Bond’s sense of style. Here we look at the brands worn by 007 in the films.

Licence to Cook author Edward Biddulph was recently on BBC Radio 4’s The Food Programme talking about the food of James Bond. It's well worth a listen.

Also, Bill Koenig from The Spy Command and I did another YouTube livestream recently, this time about The Man From UNCLE. You can watch the replay here.

James Bond & Friends podcast

The latest episodes of James Bond & Friends are now available on Apple Podcasts and elsewhere. These are fun to record and the response has been hugely positive. You can listen to the most recent episodes below:

That's it for now, back next month with more on 007!

David Leigh
The James Bond Dossier

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