Here’s another Birmingham, UK event of interest to Bond fans (why all the Birmingham of late? I have no idea).
Memorabilia, March 29 and 30, will take place at the National Exhibition Centre Birmingham.
Bond-related guests include:

David Hedison (Felix Leiter, LALD and LTK)
Shirley Eaton (Jill Masterson, GF)
Vic Armstrong (stunt and second unit director on numerous Bond [...]

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Men’s Vogue has a pre-Oscar write-up/slideshow of 50 films that influenced men’s fashions. (Sorry I’m late; I’ve been sick, remember? Still am.)
OHMSS comes in at #23. This just cracks me up. I mean, I suppose “influence” doesn’t mean “influence positively,” but still. I’ve written a lot about how much I hate hate hate Lazenby’s fashion [...]

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If you’re a Bond fan and autograph collector, you might be interested in Autographica 11, which bills itself as “the world’s largest autograph show.” This is a UK show, taking place Friday, April 18 through Sunday, April 20, 2008. Oddly, the website doesn’t give a city, but it does say it’s at the Hilton Birmingham [...]

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As you all know, I’ve been pretty sick, so I didn’t catch ET and see the QOS exclusive. But Lee Pfeiffer did, and his synopsis is hysterically funny.
Since none of the Bond segments seemed to last longer than it would take to prepare a minute egg, it was hard to discern a feel for [...]

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Last week we heard from Cailey, and here’s her friend Robin talking about being an extra for Quantum of Solace:
And wait, we did, three nights, all night long. We waited in our heels, we waited in our flip flops holding our heels, we waited on the pavement, we played cards, we watched the grip boys [...]

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Carmen du Sautoy, who played the belly-dancing girl with the golden bullet in her navel, turns 56 today.

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Gert Fröbe, 1913–1988, was born on February 25th.

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I watch the Oscars every year. It’s my Superbowl. This year I watched with a box of tissues and a cup of hot tea. I’m sick as a dog—hence the slow posting.
Anyway, a couple of items of note. First, there were lots of past year videos—padding that had been prepared in case the Writer’s [...]

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Karin Dor, and her healthy chest, turns 70 today.

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