Tag: ian
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Ian Fleming’s unprecedented James Bond rights deal just before his death | Books | Entertainment
[ad_1] This year James Bond fans celebrated the 70th anniversary of Ian Fleming’s original 007 novels. Yet the author famously only wrote 12 novels and two collections of short stories about his MI6 spy. In the almost 60 years since his death, there have been over 50 post-Fleming Bond adventures aside from the movies. These…
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Ian Livingstone: ‘Gaming is almost socially acceptable’ | Books | Entertainment
[ad_1] Lucca Comics and Games 2023 is celebrating a lot this year. Not only is it the 30th anniversary of the “Lucca Games” portion of the convention, but also – generally – the explosion of popularity in the gaming community over the past few decades. This creative spearheading began wholeheartedly in the mid-1970s in London…
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The Hobbit left Lord of the Rings star Ian McKellan ‘in tears’ over brutal filming | Films | Entertainment
[ad_1] Wood told People: “I’m fascinated and I’m excited. I hope it’s good. I’m surprised — I don’t know why I’m surprised because, of course, there would be more movies. Obviously, at the core of that, is a desire to make a lot of money. It’s not that a bunch of executives are like: ‘Let’s…
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Next Bond reboot should embrace Ian Fleming’s books with warts and all | Films | Entertainment
[ad_1] It was 70 years ago today when Ian Fleming’s first James Bond novel Casino Royale first landed on bookshelves. The novel where 007 all began even ended up as a comic strip in the Daily Express. It sparked a film franchise that in many ways has surpassed the original impact and success of the…
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‘If 007 producers true to Ian Fleming, they’d undo James Bond’s death’ | Films | Entertainment
[ad_1] Edlitz told us: “The producers have many different ways to go. They can turn to Ian Fleming’s books. In them, a seemingly dead 007 finds his way back to the land of the living. If the producers wanted to take a page out of Fleming’s novels, then we may see that 007 survived the…
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Braves RHP Ian Anderson to have season-ending surgery – Winnipeg Free Press
[ad_1] Right-hander Ian Anderson, who won 10 games for the Atlanta Braves last season after playing a key role in their 2021 World Series championship, will have Tommy John surgery and miss the remainder of the season. Anderson, 24, began the season at Triple-A Gwinnett after control problems prevented him from landing a spot in…
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Jethro Tull won’t be done any time soon, says Ian Anderson | Music | Entertainment
[ad_1] Jethro Tull’s current line-up (Image: Assunta Ophal ) The scruffy, long-haired guy in jeans and an Aqualung t-shirt looked like one of Jethro Tull’s roadcrew. Except what roadie has a loaded pistol strapped surreptitiously to his ankle? “I’d had some death threats, so we had a couple of undercover cops from the Denver Vice…
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James Bond falls to the wokery as Ian Fleming’s books are edited for the 21st century | Books | Entertainment
[ad_1] It’s enough to leave James Bond traditionalists shaken and stirred. Writer Ian Fleming’s superspy novels are the latest to be edited for 21st-century sensibilities. Racial references have been erased from the thrillers, ready to be reissued later this year to mark Bond’s 70th anniversary. But while remarks on black people have been changed, other…
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Racy aristocratic sisters who left 007 creator Ian Fleming shaken and stirred | Books | Entertainment
[ad_1] Bond star Roger Moore and the Bond Girls from ‘View to a Kill’ (Image: Getty) As confident in the bedroom as in a gunfight, irresistibly attractive, and often deadly, Ian Fleming’s Bond Girls are some of the coolest female characters in fiction and on the big screen. But how did these sultry, seductive and…
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Sir Ian Livingstone: From living in a van to a £4 billion gaming company | Books | Entertainment
[ad_1] Sir Ian Livingstone (left) with John Peake (middle) and Steve Jackson (right) (Image: PH) “They’re calling me Knight of the Nerds!” beamed Sir Ian Livingstone over Zoom, just weeks after he received a CBE from the Princes Royal. “And I’m very happy with that!” The British gamer was reservedly ecstatic when I spoke with him recently…