Canadian actress Lois Maxwell has died. She was 80. The Golden Globe-winning star - famed for her role as Miss Moneypenny in the James Bond movies - died at the Fremantle Hospital, Western Australia, on Saturday evening.

Maxwell starred alongside Sean Connery in Bond's first movie Dr. No, in 1962. She played the role until 1985, when she appeared in A View To A Kill with Roger Moore.

She last appeared on the big screen in the 2001 thriller The Fourth Angel alongside Forest Whitaker and Jeremy Irons.

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Harry Potter And The Order Of The Phoenix was the big winners at London's National Movie Awards on Friday night, with the movie blockbuster taking home three gongs.

The fifth installment of the boy wizard franchise was honoured as Best Family Movie, while the film's 18-year-old star, Daniel Radcliffe, was awarded for Best Male Performance - beating his co-star Rupert Grint.

The Best Female Performance award also went to a Harry Potter star - Emma Watson, 17, was praised for her role as Hermione Granger, taking home the gong ahead of Hollywood regulars Kirsten Dunst, Keira Knightl...

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Actor Jeremy Piven makes a cameo appearance in rapper Common's new music video Drivin' Me Wild. The pair co-starred in movie Smokin' Aces.

Kid Rock was an unexpected guest at Paris Hilton's end-of-summer beach party in Malibu, California on Saturday. The socialite played hostess to rap mogul Russell Simmons and Pussycat Dolls founder Robin Antin at her rented beach house.

Joss Stone, Aimee Mann, Lloyd Cole and The Raconteurs star Brendan Benson will take part in an all-star tribute to the music of Elton John at New York's Carnegie Hall in October. Each artist will perform a cover ...

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(New York, NY) The soundtrack for one of this summer's most anticipated action thrillers, The Bourne Ultimatum, starring Academy Award®-winner Matt Damon, was released July 31 on Decca. Composer John Powell (United 93, The Bourne Supremacy, The Bourne Identity) once again scored original music for this latest installment in the Bourne series. A new version of Moby's hit song "Extreme Ways," which was the end-title song for the first two movies, is also featured.

Steeped in classical tradition, yet drawn to the idea of turning it on its head, John Powell has composed a series of acclai...

Former James Bond star Roger Moore has denied reports he is to quit the film industry, insisting he's not yet ready to retire from Hollywood. The 80-year-old actor has featured in a string of made-for-TV movies in recent years, but has not been seen on the big screen for the last five years, prompting speculation he is preparing for retirement.

However Moore admits he is simply holding out for a "decent script" and a good wage. He says, "I'm not retired yet. If someone offers me a decent script with a nice schedule and a bit of dosh (money) to sweeten the deal, then I'm for hire!"

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A shocked John Travolta was once asked to dance at a party by Sean Connery - and accepted because he couldn't turn down the James Bond legend. Following his breakout role in 1977's Saturday Night Fever, Travolta admits he was regularly asked to dance, but even he was taken aback when Connery popped the question at a posh bash in the 1980s.

He says, "I was asked to dance by Sean Connery. We were at a party for Frank Sinatra and we were on our way out, my wife and I were leaving. And he (Connery) said, 'John, where you going?' And I said, 'I've got to go home, I'm filming tomorrow.' A...

Actor Pierce Brosnan is following in the footsteps of Ringo Starr and Alec Baldwin by narrating children's TV classic Thomas The Tank Engine. The former James Bond actor will swap his Astin Martin for a steam train to become the latest celebrity to provide the voice over for the railway show.

Brosnan, who has already recorded his first scenes for a new series, has signed a three year contract for three TV series' and three DVD specials. He says, "I am thrilled by the opportunity to be the narrator of this beloved series, following in the shoes of so many famous names and helping intro...

British music producer Mark Ronson is hoping Amy Winehouse will sing the next James Bond theme tune - so he can produce the track. Ronson - who is the brainchild behind Winehouse's chart success - hopes he and the Rehab hitmaker could work together on the next spy-franchise installment.

He says, "It's my dream to produce a song for a James Bond film so I told Amy that if she gets offered the Bond thing, as has been rumored, then she'd better let me produce the song, or I'll never talk to her again."

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Veteran singer Shirley Bassey nearly became an opera singer - but admits she was too lazy to put in the practice. The Goldfinger hitmaker - who has performed the title songs for three James Bond movies - was put off by the gruelling training regime required of opera singers and chose to stick with her trademark big band music instead.

She says, "My vocal coach said if I'd had the right training, I could have been an opera singer. I would have been a contralto, not a soprano. I'd have been a good candidate but I'm basically very lazy, and opera singers have to train every day."

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British singer Amy Winehouse will reportedly get up close and personal with hunky actor Daniel Craig in the next installment of the James Bond movie series. Bond producer Barbara Broccoli has offered Winehouse a part in the Casino Royale sequel after falling in love with the Rehab star's hit album Back to Black.

A source tells British newspaper News Of The World, "She's perfect for the role because she's the embodiment of the retro glamor of the original movies."

The latest film in the superspy franchise is set for release next year.

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Pop star Lynsey de Paul bitterly regrets her adulterous affair with actor Sean Connery, and would never have romanced him if she knew he thought it was acceptable to hit women. The singer, who is at the forefront of an anti-domestic violence campaign, fell for the former James Bond actor in 1989 while he was married to French artist Micheline Roquebrune.

But Connery had sparked controversy in 1987 when he claimed it was fine to hit a woman to "keep her in line".

She says, "I wasn't aware of Sean's violent side when I was with him, but I was quite horrified to read that he said it ...

"Every once in a while someone says, 'That's a long time to stay at the movies.' But, if you remember a double feature, you don't have to watch both movies, if you don't want; if you see Robert's (Rodriguez) movie, watched the trailers and you're happy, go home." Quentin Tarantino has no time for people who complain about the three hour-plus running time of his and Rodriguez's Grindhouse double bill.

"How can I be the next Bond girl? My cellulite wouldn't look very good in a bikini." Sienna Miller on rumors she's set to join Layer Cake co-star Daniel Craig in the next James Bond movie...

Rapper/actor Ice Cube was more than a little amused when his XXX: State Of The Union director was arrested as part of a transgender prostitution sting last year - because he never liked the guy.

The It Was A Good Day hitmaker admits he and Lee Tamahori constantly "bumped heads" while they made the 2005 action movie, and he found the director's embarrassing arrest a real giggle.

Ice Cube says, "What was cool is after we finished the movie I read in the paper that he got arrested on Santa Monica Boulevard, dressed like a transvestite, so (it was) poetic justice."

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Irish actor Pierce Brosnan would love a part in English soap opera Emmerdale. The former James Bond hunk, 53, admits he's an avid watcher of the Yorkshire-set daily drama and is urging bosses to give him a small role.

He says, "I really enjoy Emmerdale - it's the scenery. I wouldn't mind a role in a soap, it all looks such good fun."

An Emmerdale spokesman adds, "I'm sure the locals would be thrilled to welcome him down at the Woolpack (pub) for a vodka martini."

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Rod Stewart and Bryan Ferry are the latest acts confirmed to play the Diana, Princess Of Wales memorial concert in London this summer.

Veteran Bond girl Honor Blackman returned to London's West End stage for the first time in 20 years last night. She is starring in Cabaret at the Lyceum theater.

War epic 300 has passed the $300 million mark around the world in just 22 days.

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Hollywood star John Travolta was stunned when acting veteran Sean Connery personally asked to dance with him. The star, who showcased his fancy footwork in Saturday Night Fever and Grease, admits he was shocked when the James Bond legend requested a spin on the dance floor at a party held by late crooner Frank Sinatra.

He says, "We were at Frank Sinatra's party having a wonderful time. Towards the end of the evening, I was heading home when Sean said, 'And where do you think you're going?' I said, 'Oh, I'm leaving now.' And he said, 'Not until you've had a dance with me. So Sean and I...

The British Home Office has granted a real passport to actor Daniel Craig under the name of his 007 character James Bond. The passport was given to film production company Eon in order to add some authenticity to the successful British film. To keep with security requirements however, the document is supposed to be returned to the Home Office.

John Reid, the British Home Secretary says, "The Identity and Passport Service require such passports to be returned and destroyed immediately after use." However a representative for film company Eon claims, "They haven't asked for it so we'll b...

Movie star Pierce Brosnan has his sights set on making a new epic western full of his Irish friends.

The former James Bond star so enjoyed making post-American Civil War period movie Seraphim Falls with countryman Liam Neeson he wants to go further back into US history to visit the Wild West - and he hopes to take a few pals with him.

The Irish actor says, "It's always in the cards. There's a bunch of us Irish fellows who keep saying we should get together and make a western - myself, Gabriel Byrne, Colm Meaney and people like that. We'd just like to do an Irish film about the W...

Car making giant Ford has been criticized by a British advertising watchdog for implying one of its vehicles appeared in James Bond film Casino Royale.

The Advertising Standards Agency (ASA) deemed the ad for the Focus Zetec "misleading" through its use of footage from the film, which featured the manufacturer's Mondeo model.

The ASA says, "We considered that, because of the difficulty in differentiating between the two cars, the ad was likely to give the misleading impression that the Focus Zetec Climate was used in the film Casino Royale, which could make it more attractive to s...

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Former James Bond star Timothy Dalton has warned current 007 Daniel Craig he faces "all kinds of s**t" playing the world famous secret agent. Obsessive fans bombarded Dalton -who played Bond in The Living Daylights and Licence To Kill in the late 1980s - during his stint as 007.

The 63-year-old actor says, "I shouldn't laugh. But he's going to get all kinds of s**t. The attention with Bond is huge - overwhelming. You can be told what's going to happen, but the only people who can understand it are Daniel Craig, Pierce Brosnan, myself, George Lazenby, Sean Connery and Roger Moore. I wa...

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Dame Judi Dench has rubbished reports Casino Royale wasn't censored for release in China - insisting she was asked to re-record a line about the Cold War.

Much has been made of claims the new James Bond movie has escaped censorship in the communist country - where most movies are specially edited to avoid offense.

But Dench confesses she replaced the line "Christ, I miss the Cold War." The actress - who plays spy boss M - reveals, "I wasn't allowed to say that for China. I had to re-dub it. It was: 'God, I miss the old times.' Not quite the same thing."

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James Bond star Daniel Craig was stunned when he arrived in Beijing yesterday for the Chinese premiere of Casino Royale, and was offered a pirate copy of the film.

Craig was approached by a bootleg DVD seller who offered him a copy for just $1.50, not recognising him as the star of the film.

The actor says, "Someone tried to sell me a copy last night. I was wearing a hat and glasses so they didn't recognize me. It saddens me. Going to the cinema is a great experience. You're missing out by watching a bad copy of a DVD. As far as I'm concerned cinema is a collective experience and ...

The Queen is the frontrunner at this year's Orange BAFTA awards, after receiving an incredible 10 nominations. Dame Helen Mirren has been nominated for Best Actress in a Leading Role, for her performance as Queen Elizabeth in the hit film about the British Royal Family after the death of Princess Diana, while Stephen Frears is in the running for the Achievement in Direction award. Full List of Nominations Below!

The British drama will also do battle with Casino Royale - which is named in nine categories - for Outstanding British Film of the Year. And Daniel Craig - who made his debut a...