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  Urban Legends Reference Pages: Movies (For Your Eyes Only)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-23)
One of the "James Bond Women" (I think it was the girl in "For Your Eyes Only") was a transsexual, and it was only discovered after the film was finished.
Cossey, one of the "Bond girls" appearing in that film was a transexual, a man who had undergone a sex change.
But Caroline Cossey was a 'Bond girl' in only the most fleeting of ways: She appeared but briefly on screen in For Your Eyes Only, and film credits describe her as "girl at pool," a designation she shared with ten other actresses.
www.snopes.com /movies/films/bondgirl.php   (503 words)

  
 James Bond Girls Page Two
She didn't sleep with bond, however she did try and have him and XXX killed in the Lotus Esprit.
A very intelligent Bond girl, Holly is on loan from NASA to assist in the Moonraker flight missions.
She later is discovered by Bond working for CIA and the two decide to pull there sources and worked together to stop Drax's plan.
jmsbond.tripod.com /girls2.html   (831 words)

  
 Bond girl - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Bond girls are often victims rescued by Bond, fellow agents or allies, villainesses or members of an enemy organisation; sometimes, they are mere eye candy and have no direct involvement in Bond's mission.
The role of a Bond girl is typically a high-profile part that can give a major boost to the career of unestablished actresses, although there have been a number of Bond girls that were well-established prior to gaining their role.
Vesper Lynd, the Bond girl from Ian Fleming's first James Bond novel, is believed to be based on Christine Granville, a real-life SOE agent.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Bond_girl   (1447 words)

  
 List of James Bond title references - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The first unused title, "Man's Work", is in reference to Bond being asked by M to voluntarily kill Herr von Hammerstein for killing a Jamaican couple who were close friends of his.
In the novel, which is a first person narrative told from the point of view of the lead female character, Bond is "the spy" and "me" refers to the Bond girl.
Bond says to the main villain Gustav Graves, "So you live to die another day," a reference to the beginning of the film when the villain was thought to have died.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/List_of_James_Bond_movie_title_references   (2314 words)

  
 Comeback defies career curse of Bond girl | The Arts | The Australian   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-23)
Sylvia Trench, who meets Bond in Dr No, is shown having a picnic with the spy at the beginning of From Russia With Love, but she is immediately abandoned and never seen again.
A spokeswoman for Eon said the only actors confirmed for Bond 22 were Daniel Craig, as Bond, and Judi Dench, as the spy chief, M. "You could speculate that Green would need to have part in it because there are things that need to be explained, but we haven't made any casting decisions," she said.
Playing a Bond girl is considered a career risk because most have faded into obscurity after their film is released.
www.theaustralian.news.com.au /story/0,20867,20706985-16947,00.html   (533 words)

  
 James Bond Girls
Her and Bond were having a picnic before being beeped back to "M".
Rosie is a double agent who meets bond and takes him to the island where Kananga is growing his heroin.
Bonds beautiful sidekick in The Man With The Golden Gun is Mary Goodnight.
jmsbond.tripod.com /girls.html   (762 words)

  
 MI6 News :: Bond Girl rumour #8: Australian actress Kimberley Davies
German media outlet T-Online are reporting that 32 year-old Davies is rumoured to be up for a Bond girl role opposite new 007 Daniel Craig.
Their source references a quality for a Bond girl that Davies exudes: breath-taking beauty in a bikini.
James Bond 007 is a registered trademark of DANJAQ, LLC, a Delaware corporation in the United States and/or other countries.
www.mi6.co.uk /news/index.php?itemid=3072&catid=2   (485 words)

  
 CNN.com - Entertainment - Bond girl Ursula sells Dr. No bikini - January 12, 2001
As a result of starring in Dr. No as the first Bond girl, I was given the freedom to pick future roles.
Also for auction is the pale blue towelling robe into which Andress slips after she and Bond have been through decontamination (estimate: £7,000-£9,000) ($10,500-$13,500) and the ivory silk robe worn by the double agent Miss Taro (£2,000-£4,000).
Among Bond gadgets devised by the lovable Q to enable 007 to extricate himself from any precarious predicaments is his specially adapted Rolex wristwatch (estimate: £15,000-£20,000).
archives.cnn.com /2001/SHOWBIZ/Movies/01/12/andress.bikini   (577 words)

  
 Eva Green Is The New Bond GIrl
The new Bond Girl for the upcoming Casino Royale is French actress Eva Green.
I cannot recall one time where the magazine 'Entertainment Weekly' -whenever a Bond film was headed for development with Pirece as Bond- ran a big, big write up that focused on ousting Brosnan.
There was an article on themovieblog about "Charlize Theron" as the next potential bond girl, and that would've really nailed the character down, if things worked out.
www.themovieblog.com /archives/2006/02/eva_green_is_the_new_bond_girl.html   (1227 words)

  
 AMCTV.com - Bond Girls Are Forever
No's Ursula Andress to Halle Berry in the new movie Die Another Day, Bond Girls were once portrayed as angels with broken wings, yet now emerge as strong, sexy and intelligent women who are a formidable match for 007.
On November 6 and 22 at 8PM ET/PT, check out our exclusive all-new special Bond Girls Are Forever to go on a global odyssey to meet the fascinating women who have portrayed 007's various female allies and adversaries.
The latest Bond girl is sexy Halle Berry.
www.amctv.com /article/0,,1317-1-1317-0-5-EST,00.html   (196 words)

  
 French beauty Eva Green is new Bond girl - Pravda.Ru
The new James Bond now has his Bond Girl.
Craig is making his debut appearance as Bond in the film.
Bond producers Michael Wilson and Barbara Broccoli said: "After an extensive search we have found the perfect actress, according to Daily Mail.
english.pravda.ru /news/society/18-02-2006/76129-bond-0   (595 words)

  
 forgetfoo. — No Bond Girl, Still?     (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-23)
It appears that rumours that Thandie Newton [photosphotos] would be the next Bond girl have been squashed.
She had tested for the part and new Bond Daniel Craig was said to be "very impressed" with the 33-year-old's audition for Casino Royale as we reported last month.
Filming on the new James Bond movie has already started in Prague and we're still shocked that 007 is still without a leading woman.
www.forgetfoo.com /?blogid=5727   (307 words)

  
 BBC NEWS | Entertainment | French star is Bond leading lady
Ms Pascal said that, in addition to action and espionage, "the great James Bond adventures" contain "palpable sexual tension".
"In casting Vesper, we really needed to up the ante, because this character is very much an equal to Bond and central to our story," she said.
The most recent Bond film, Die Another Day, saw Pierce Brosnan paired with Halle Berry and took more than $425m (£245m) worldwide after its release in 2002.
news.bbc.co.uk /2/hi/entertainment/4722848.stm   (360 words)

  
 Bond Girl Spinoff - BondMovies.com Message Board   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-23)
IMHO, no Bond girl should have their own spin-off.
I think that MGM/EON would be better served by investing their money, time, energy and resources on ensuring the quality of the Bond series rather than coming up with cheesey spinoffs with any Bond character.
I'd rather have none of the Bond girls have their own spin-off.
www.bondmovies.com /board/showthread.php?t=747   (395 words)

  
 CanMag- Bond Girl Picked Today?
The original 'short list' of possible Bond girls for the upcoming film Casino Royale included Thandie Newton (so hot in M:I:2), Vera Farmiga (her eyes are incredible), Rose Byrne (my personal favorite, falls to Achilles 'weapon' in Troy), and Natasha Henstridge (has no problem doing an entire film naked).
Though Sony claims that no casting announcement will be made during the conference it is always possible that they could mention the final candidate(s) for Bond girl and the actor to play the villain in the film.
The villain role is expected to go to Danish thesp Mads Mikkelsen while the role of Bond girl has been slimmed down to Eva Green and Olivia Wilde.
www.canmag.com /news/4/3/3124   (402 words)

  
 Tammy Bruce: No Bond Girl for New James
While I think Daniel Craig is a good choice as the new James Bond, I'm not surprised they're having trouble casting the Bond Girl for the remake of Casino Royale.
Having the 'Bond Girl' be older than the current Bond would be a nice change of pace, signal a change in the sexual politics of the role, and be more watchable than another man well past 40 slobber over a girl barely in her 20s.
She was fantastic in Bend it Like Beckham yet has the chops to turn on the sophistication necessary for playing a role opposite Bond...
tammybruce.com /2006/02/no_bond_girl_for_new_james.php   (1235 words)

  
 Tomorrow Never Dies (1997)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-23)
Plot Outline: James Bond must stop a media mastermind from starting World War III for riches and fame.
I`ve noticed that a lot of Bond fans dislike TOMORROW NEVER DIES but I don`t really see what the problem is.
Pryce is one of Britain`s finest and underrated actors and he really shows his joy on screen at being a Bond villain.
www.imdb.com /title/tt0120347   (443 words)

  
 Britney to become a Bond girl? - Dance/Pop music - MSNBC.com
Britney Spears could join Ursula Andress, Jane Seymour, Denise Richards and Halle Berry as a Bond girl.
The television show "Extra" reports Spears recently met in London with the producers of the James Bond movies.
If Spears were to play a Bond girl, she'd be in good company.
www.msnbc.msn.com /id/4180526   (302 words)

  
 Eva Green To Be 'Royale' Bond Girl, French Actress Named To Play Vesper Lynd In 21st James Bond Movie - CBS News
Shaken, stirred, or otherwise, something is always going on in the world of James Bond.
Craig was named the new 007 last October after an 18-month search for a replacement for departing Bond star Pierce Brosnan.
Fleming's first Bond novel, originally published in 1953, "Casino Royale" is one of the few Bond adventures not to feature the MI6 gadget-maker Q. It was previously filmed as a 1967 spoof starring Peter Sellers, David Niven, and Woody Allen — all as James Bond.
www.cbsnews.com /stories/2006/02/17/entertainment/main1326144.shtml   (764 words)

  
 The Name's Girl,... Bond Girl! Starring ursula andress, barbara bach, diana rigg, denise richards, teri hatcher, ...
Ursula Andress as Honey Ryder, Daniela Bianchi as Tatiana Romanova as the first bond girls ever.
This site is a tribute to all the beautiful women ever starred in bond films and future starring actresses.
Look out for those girls, you can recognize them by their name.
www.geocities.com /bondgirltribute   (128 words)

  
 Best Moore Bond Girl? Final - BondMovies.com Message Board   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-23)
These girls all got at least one vote in Round One.
I liked how she was an equal to bond, but didn't go over the top like Wai Lin and Jinx.
So my vote again to Anya she is the best bond girl from the Moores.
www.bondmovies.com /board/showthread.php?t=628   (396 words)

  
 CBC.ca Arts - French actress to be newest Bond girl
French actress Eva Green is set to follow in the alluring footsteps of Ursula Andress, Honor Blackman and Halle Berry as the newest "Bond girl."
Production on the upcoming 21st Bond film began in Prague in January but will also travel to other locales, including Italy, the U.K. and the Bahamas.
Nebraska girl who resembles drug, robbery suspect held in jail more than a week
www.cbc.ca /arts/story/2006/02/17/bond-girl-green.html?ref=rss   (1199 words)

  
 Shaken & Stirred
For all these years, Lorelai in “Gilmore Girls” has been painful and surprising and exciting to watch — a marvelous high-wire act.
How cruel that the new writer of the show wants to rub her face in conventionality, strip her of the speed that was her reason for being and transform her into another banal television lead.
I don't know but I was young, and basically fairly unpopular and a skinny, cross-eyed girl with cat-eye glasses and I wrote this story that I decided to perform for the class as a monologue.
gwendabond.typepad.com   (4256 words)

  
 Bail Bond Girl - Avenger of Freedom   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-23)
Bail is a monetary guarantee to the court that you will appear at all times ordered while your case is active.
Once you post a bail bond, you are let out of jail on bail but must appear at all times as ordered by the court.
Bail Bond Girl is Fast The less time that you have to spend in Jail, the better
www.bailbondgirl.com /about.htm   (206 words)

  
 The INSIDER Online: Celeb Central: Inside with the new Bond!   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-23)
Ever since Daniel was cast to play 007, he has come under fire for not fitting the steely, dark-haired Bond mold, but die-hard fans won't be disappointed as 'Casino Royale' takes the franchise back to the beginning of the secret agent's roots.
It shows British naval commander turned MI6 agent James Bond on his first assignment and how he makes his first kills, earning his 007 status.
Tailing an ex-Soviet state assassin leads him to a massive stock fraud and a famous gambling resort in the Bahamas.
www.theinsideronline.com /celeb/4902   (390 words)

  
 BondMovies.com: Bond Girl Ages
This list was compiled by Message Board member Spanner on August 26, 2003.
These are most of the Bond girls throughout the series and how old they were when their movies were made.
A "Bond girl", for my purposes is a beautiful female character other than Miss Moneypenny who either makes love with 007, whether this is explicit or assumed (eg we don't see Dink sleep with Bond but we can reasonably assume she did) or is otherwise important to the plot.
www.bondmovies.com /ages.shtml   (126 words)

  
 40 Years of James Bond - HindustanTimes.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-23)
The quintessential Bond Girl, Ursula Andress cemented her place in movie history with her Venus-like emergence from the sea in the very first Bond film, Dr.
Her Swiss accent was too strong for the part, so her voice was dubbed over by English actress Monica Van der Syl.
In the film, Bond discovers that Honey's education has come from an encyclopedia she's had since childhood: "I started at A when I was eight and now I've reached T. I'll bet I know a lot more things than you do," she tells Bond!
www.hindustantimes.com /news/specials/jamesbond/drno-girl.shtml   (139 words)

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