The 2013 Oscars will feature a 50th Anniversary celebration of James Bond in the movies.

The tribute to tribute Ian Fleming's secret agent 007 will include a performance of a medley of Bond theme songs from Shirley Bassey, Tom Jones and Adele.

Five of the six actors to portray James Bond on film will join the singers on stage.

Pierce Brosnan declined his invitation to participate, leaving Sean Connery, Roger Moore, George Lazenby, Timothy Dalton and Daniel Craig one Bond short.

Adele's theme for the 23rd film in the franchise, Skyfall, is nominated -- and is the frontrunner for -- the B...

In celebration of James Bond's monumental golden anniversary, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios and Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment just unveiled BOND 50, a collectible box-set featuring all 22 James Bond films on Blu-ray Disc for the first time in one complete offering.

The longest running film franchise of all time, the Bond 50 collection marks the debut of nine James Bond films previously unavailable in high definition Blu-ray. Fans around the world can pre-order now with participating online retailers.

Acclaimed Bond directors John Glen (five Bond films including For Your Eyes On...

Ian Fleming based his James Bond character on composer Andrew Lloyd Webber's former father-in-law.

The theatre impresario's TV personality daughter Imogen has revealed the writer drew inspiration for his superspy from her grandfather.

She says, "He's based on my mother's father. He served under Ian Fleming in the war in naval intelligence, and my grandfather is one of the men James Bond is based upon. It's a very cool claim to fame."

Grace Jones turned down an offer to collaborate with Lady Gaga - because she refuses to team up with a star who has been "copying" her style.

The Poker Face hit-maker has long cited Jones as an inspiration, and her eccentric fashion sense has often drawn comparisons between the pair.

The A View to a Kill star reveals she was approached by Gaga to record a duet - but Jones snubbed the request, accusing the singer of stealing her style.

She says, "Yes, she did (ask about a duet), but I said no. I'd just prefer to work with someone who is more original and someone who is not copying me, ...

This Friday, Sir Ian Fleming's James Bond is back in theaters. Daniel Craig has brought a brute anger to the role that has not quite been seen before. In the very least, as we learned in the 2006 version of Casino Royale, he certainly does not care any longer how his martini is served. Craig is under contract for one more Bond film after Quantum of Solace, but what if he does not return after that twenty-third film? What will his post Bond career look like? Let's take a look at all the actors who have played 007 -- rouge film, or not -- and what their post Bond careers looked like.

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As 007 fans eagerly await the November 14 U.S. opening of MGM's new James Bond film, Quantum Of Solace, Capitol/EMI announced that an expanded CD, CD/DVD and digital release of 'The Best Of Bond… James Bond' was released on October 28. The CD and digital album both feature 23 musical standouts from the Bond franchise's 46 years plus a previously unreleased bonus track, and the CD/DVD includes five music videos, a filmed concert performance and more.

Sheena Easton "For Your Eyes Only":

Just as James Bond has evolved over time, so have the films' memorable themes. 'Th...

Denise Richards has topped a list of the worst Bond girls. Richards, who played Dr. Christmas Jones opposite Pierce Brosnan's 007 in The World Is Not Enough, beat out competition from A View To A Kill's Tanya Roberts and Moonraker's Corinne Clery to claim Entertainment Weekly's unflattering number-one spot.

Meanwhile, Ursula Andress was named the publication's favorite Bond girl, followed by Goldfinger's Honor Blackman and On Her Majesty's Secret Service's Diana Rigg.

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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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Actress/singer Grace Jones is nursing a broken arm after an accident with her dance partner. The former Bond girl was showing off her moves at last month's Meltdown festival at London's Royal Festival Hall when calamity struck.

She explains, "Goran (dance partner) and I were dancing this fantastic tango to Japanese jazz when he sat on my arm." Jones sported a pink plaster cast on her injury watching matches at the Wimbledon Lawn Tennis Championships on Tuesday.

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Happy Birthday to jazz bassist/actor Kyle Eastwood (1968), original AC/DC drummer Phil Rudd (1954)punk pioneer Joey Ramone (1951; d. 2001), "A View To A Kill" actress Grace Jones (1948), French WWF wrestler Andre the Giant (1946; d. 1993), The Who guitarist Pete Townshend (1945), "Star Wars" saga actor Peter Mayhew (1944), and civil rights activist Malcolm X (1925; d. 1965).

A saucy line from Moonraker has been voted James Bond fans' favorite 007 sexual innuendo. Cinema advertising giants Pearl And Dean invited devotees of the secret agent franchise to vote for their favorite sexy gag from the legendary franchise.

The line, "I think he's attempting re-entry", uttered by Q to Sir Frederick Gray while Bond Roger Moore seduced Dr. Holly Goodhead (played by Lois Chiles) topped the poll.

The top ten saucy Bond lines are as follows:

1. "I think he's attempting re-entry." - Moonraker (1979)

2. "I thought Christmas comes just once a year." Bond ...

Happy Birthday to jazz bassist/actor Kyle Eastwood (1968), original AC/DC drummer Phil Rudd (1954)punk pioneer Joey Ramone (1951; d. 2001), "A View To A Kill" actress Grace Jones (1948), French WWF wrestler Andre the Giant (1946; d. 1993), The Who guitarist Pete Townshend (1945), "Star Wars" saga actor Peter Mayhew (1944), and civil rights activist Malcolm X (1925; d. 1965).