Garbage and Shirley Bassey to perform Bond themes at ‘The Sound Of 007’ at Royal Albert Hall

Daniel Craig stepped down from playing James Bond after No Time To Die, the race to replace him has been on. While the official announcement will likely come within the next year, a number of massive British stars are in the running in the Bond odds.

There are smooth talkers, and then there’s Simon Leviev. Compared to him, most conmen are slick as sandpaper.

(Warning: This “Black Bird” post features spoilers for the show’s finale.)Audiences and critics have been hooked on the Apple TV+ series “Black Bird,” which wraps its limited run this Friday on the streamer. Across its first five episodes, the six-episode series has been driven by suspense and an increasingly heightened intensity as Jimmy Keene (Taron Egerton), a convicted drug supplier, attempts to lessen his jail term by befriending and eliciting a confession from Larry Hall (Paul Walter Hauser), a suspected serial killer just days away from getting out on a technicality. In the finale, Hauser gave a chilling performance as Larry, as he finally confessed to Jimmy he’d committed nearly two dozen murders.

Creedence Clearwater Revival‘s 1970 performance at the Royal Albert Hall.The restored album will be released on September 16, alongside the film Travelin’ Band: Creedence Clearwater Revival At The Royal Albert Hall, which is narrated by Jeff Bridges and directed by Bob Smeaton (The Beatles Anthology).Featuring the whole performance in its entirety, the never-before-released recording includes hits such as ‘Fortunate Son’, ‘Proud Mary’ and ‘Bad Moon Rising’, the last of which is now available to stream and download.Creedence Clearwater Revival At The Royal Albert Hall will be available as a standalone album on CD, cassette tape, and 180-gram vinyl, as well as digital platforms. On November 14, fans will also be able to purchase a Super Deluxe Edition box set, available exclusively at CraftRecordings.com.An official description for the restored album reads: “After spending roughly 50 years in storage, the original multitrack tapes were meticulously restored and mixed by the Grammy Award-winning team of producer Giles Martin and engineer Sam Okell, who have helmed countless acclaimed projects together, including the Beatles’ 50th-anniversary editions of Abbey Road and Sgt.

George has been given some presents fit for a King. . .

James Bond is due for quite the celebration when the 60th anniversary of the first 007 film rolls around this fall. Christie’s and EON Productions are planning a two-part charity auction in September, while the BFI will host an in-conversation series and screenings later in the month. Then, just ahead of James Bond Day in October, Shirley Bassey is to headline a retrospective concert at the Royal Albert Hall.

Taking things into their own hands? Jim Edmonds and Kortnie O’Connor shared their wedding invitations after Teddi Mellencamp threw shade at the couple’s nuptials.

Netflix series Heartstopper, revealed she’s a fan of the franchise in an interview with the Daily Star Sunday.“I love James Bond films,” Finney said. “Every film I’ve seen, I’ve always thought, ‘I’d love to be that cool, sexy Bond girl’.”She added: “It has never been done before, so it would be amazing to do it.”Caroline Cossey, also known as Tula, is a trans model who was an extra in 1981 James Bond film For Your Eyes Only.

A notorious flat-roofed pub built next to a doomed estate was once home to a host of memorable characters and a famous wrestling landlord.

Liz Truss will perform a major U-Turn on Northern Powerhouse Rail if she wins the Tory leadership race, pledging to deliver the project in full.

British actor Regé-Jean Page is in high demand in Hollywood. Since his appearance as Simon Basset in the Shonda Rhimes Netflix show Bridgerton, which earned him an Emmy nomination, he has appeared in big budget films like The Gray Man, and his role as The Paladin in Dungeons and Dragons: Honor Among Thieves. 

Naman Ramachandran Regé-Jean Page, the breakout star from the first season of “Bridgerton,” could be a great James Bond, according to the Russo Brothers, who directed him in Netflix film “The Gray Man.”In an interview with the U.K.’s Radio Times, the Russos were asked about persistent rumors linking Page to the role of James Bond. Joe Russo said: “He’s fantastic.

David Harbour revealed he thought the Netflix hit Stranger Things would 'never' get a season two when he first started out on the show.

Comedian Bill Maher, apparently, likes forever cool dude James Bond to have as much indiscriminate sex with as many exotic beauties as the dashing womanizer can get, a lifestyle which Maher thinks has been put in jeopardy because of the new “woke world.”On Maher’s latest edition of “Club Random Podcast,” the “Real Time” host spoke with YouTube star Hannah Stocking, who slipped into the conversation that she had a background in science.“You’re the hot scientist. You’re like Dr. Christmas in the embassy, the James Bond movie,” Maher said of the fictional nuclear physicist played by Denise Richards in “The World Is Not Enough.”“This was back in the day when James Bond was allowed to like, like, f— hot chicks.

James Bond of the 1990s, but did you know he was almost the 007 of the late 1980s? The Remington Steele TV star auditioned for 1987's The Living Daylights, a reboot for the series after seven Roger Moore outings which is on ITV this evening. He bagged the role, but it wasn't meant to be. Previously sharing a still from his screen test for what would be Timothy Dalton's first 007 movie, Brosnan captioned the post: "A still from my screen test for Bond The Living Daylights back in 1986.