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New Bond film titled `Quantum of Solace'
!["Quantum of Solace" is the title of the new James Bond film, the 22nd Bond adventure.](http://www.latimes.com/media/thumbnails/story/2008-01/34909879-24083649.jpg ""Quantum of Solace\" is the title of the new James Bond film, the 22nd Bond adventure.")
"Quantum of Solace" is the title of the new James Bond film, the 22nd Bond adventure.
The title was revealed to reporters Thursday at Pinewood Studios outside of London, where the movie is being filmed.
Producer Michael G. Wilson said the title,...Tags: Judi Dench, Entertainment, Daniel Craig, Movies, Quantum of Solace (movie)
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New James Bond Film Splashes Down Early in U.K.
Zap2It.comJames Bond fans will have to travel across The Pond if they want to experience "Quantum of Solace" early. According to the industry trades, the 22nd James Bond film is now scheduled to open on October 31 in England, one week ahead of its Nov. 7 release...Tags: Daniel Craig, Quantum of Solace (movie)
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Ian Fleming exhibit opens at Londons Imperial War Museum
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterFor your eyes only -- well, and those of thousands of other visitors -- at London's Imperial War Museum is a new exhibit on Ian Fleming and his most famous secret agent, James Bond. The exhibit, "For Your Eyes Only: Ian Fleming and James Bond," marks...Tags: Entertainment, Los Angeles Times, Movies
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About the Off the Page Contributors
Chauncey Mabe grew up in Southwest Virginia, where he fell in love with reading in order to learn more about dinosaurs, little suspecting he'd eventually become one himself. A fiercely proud autodidact, he always says he learned everything school had to...Tags: Agatha Christie, Rex Stout, North Miami, Journalism, Genres
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At the speed of pulp
![Richard Stark created the character of Parker, a nerveless professional thief, all the way back in 1963, in <b>"The Hunter" </b>( University of Chicago Press: 198 pp., $14 paper). Stark was, and is, a pseudonym for Donald Westlake, then a young writer so inventive and wildly fecund that he had no option but to publish under other names. Bucklin Moon, the legendary editor at Pocket Books (Moon wrote novels himself, knew William Faulkner and was responsible for the bestselling success of "Peyton Place"), had commissioned "The Hunter" and loved the book. He asked Westlake for more. At first, Westlake didn't get it. Parker was such a bad guy, he told Moon, an exact compendium of what a lead character should not be, with no quirks, no small talk, no friends, no pets.](http://www.latimes.com/media/thumbnails/story/2008-09/42293849-12150327.gif "Richard Stark created the character of Parker, a nerveless professional thief, all the way back in 1963, in <b>"The Hunter\" </b>( University of Chicago Press: 198 pp., $14 paper). Stark was, and is, a pseudonym for Donald Westlake, then a young writer so inventive and wildly fecund that he had no option but to publish under other names. Bucklin Moon, the legendary editor at Pocket Books (Moon wrote novels himself, knew William Faulkner and was responsible for the bestselling success of \"Peyton Place\"), had commissioned \"The Hunter\" and loved the book. He asked Westlake for more. At first, Westlake didn't get it. Parker was such a bad guy, he told Moon, an exact compendium of what a lead character should not be, with no quirks, no small talk, no friends, no pets.")
Richard Stark created the character of Parker, a nerveless professional thief, all the way back in 1963, in "The Hunter" ( University of Chicago Press: 198 pp., $14 paper). Stark was, and is, a pseudonym for Donald Westlake, then a young writer so...Tags: University of Chicago, Crimes, Quentin Tarantino, Colleges and Universities, Washington (U.S. state)
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James Bond's Latest Takes 'Solace' in Title
Zap2It.comThe latest 007 adventure is no longer titled "Bond 22." In a Thursday (Jan. 24) press conference, producers announced that the latest James Bond film will be titled "Quantum of Solace." While that title may have casual observers scratching their heads,...Tags: Judi Dench, Death, Daniel Craig, Quantum of Solace (movie), Sony Corp.
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James Bond's 'Moneypenny' Dies at 80
Times Staff and Wire ReportsLois Maxwell, a Canadian-born actress who was to many moviegoers the definitive Miss Moneypenny in James Bond films, has died, the British Broadcasting Corp. reported Sunday. She was 80. Maxwell, the demure foil to Bond's suave rake in 14 films from...Tags: Jeremy Irons, Television, Health, Golden Globe Awards, Sean Connery
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DVD Review: 'Casino Royale'
!["Casino Royale" was a rebirth of sorts for the James Bond franchise. Not only did the secret agent acquire his 00 status and seduce his first sultry-eyed women, but a new actor, Daniel Craig, became the latest to step into the dashing role. The film also returned to the essence of Ian Fleming's source material, creating a darker, grittier Bond that was far less smirky and gimmicky than previous on-screen incarnations.](http://www.zap2it.com/media/thumbnails/story/2007-03/28373075.jpg ""Casino Royale\" was a rebirth of sorts for the James Bond franchise. Not only did the secret agent acquire his 00 status and seduce his first sultry-eyed women, but a new actor, Daniel Craig, became the latest to step into the dashing role. The film also returned to the essence of Ian Fleming's source material, creating a darker, grittier Bond that was far less smirky and gimmicky than previous on-screen incarnations.")
Zap2It.com"Casino Royale" was a rebirth of sorts for the James Bond franchise. Not only did the secret agent acquire his 00 status and seduce his first sultry-eyed women, but a new actor, Daniel Craig, became the latest to step into the dashing role. The film...Tags: Ursula Andress, Judi Dench, Timothy Dalton, AMC (tv network), DVDs and Movies
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'Bond girls' still special -- and tough to cast
Sentinel Movie CriticThey don't call them "Bond babes" any more. Not publicly, any way. The producers of the James Bond films have evolved, as has Bond himself. Ian Fleming's agent is a little less sexist. Fleming's double-entendre names -- Pussy Galore, Holly Goodhead? Not...Tags: Russia, Jane Seymour, Daniel Craig, Action (genre), Ursula Andress
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'The Spies of Warsaw,' by Alan Furst
During the war years in the Balkans, on those chilly nights when you counted your blessings if you had a portable generator that provided enough light to read by, Alan Furst's spy novels offered pleasant diversion for many a foreign correspondent. Furst,...Tags: Crimes, World War I (1914-1918), Adolf Hitler, Career and Workplace, History
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Wrangle Some Fun for the Weekend
Cowboys and cowgirls with a Texas-sized appetite can chow down this weekend at the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo Cook-off. The world's biggest outdoor barbecue marks the official start of rodeo season. Sampling the food and the fun tonight is our...Tags: Theater, Rodeo, Rascal Flatts (music group), Vehicles, Sports
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