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One of goodest of the good guys, Bob Holness, has died today aged 83, according to his family. Basically, one of the few men united by everyone else’s wish to have him as their grandfather, has finally gone and left us.
Shame.
Of course, Bob will be best remembered for his role as the kindly quizmaster on the mighty Blockbusters TV series, but there’s was more to our Bob than simply being nice to students in Joe Bloggs jeans.
Daniel Craig is James Bond. You know that. Everyone knows that. He won’t be remembered for anything other than his James Bondiness and walking out of the sea with his little trunks on. Not a bad CV all told.
Unlike a lot of celebrity types, Daniel Craig doesn’t flaunt his fame and attempts to maintain something of an ordinary private life. This is a universe away from the Kardashian family who prefer to tip off the paparazzi about their every movement and whatnot (presumably at least).
It seems the behaviour of the American socialites has got on 007s wick. During an interview with GQ, he picked on Kim, Khloe and Kourtney, for essentially pimping out their lives. He even used rude words to describe the sisters, making him more likeable to us.
A James Bond film is maked or breaked on the villain that is cast. Get the baddie right and everything else should fall into place. Alas, there’s been a few lousy nemeses in recent years, with Bond dispatching lamos like there’s no tomorrow.
However, that’s all about to change.
That’s because, in the next Bond flick (as yet untitled), we’re going to be treated to Javier Bardem and he’s a real deal bad-ass. Could it be that we’re about to get the best Bond villain ever?
With the news that Adele (her again!) is like, totes, going to write and release the theme for the new Bond film, us handsome devils at hecklerspray are going to take a look at the Top Ten Bond themes.
So get comfy, pour yourself a drink and get ready to agree with every single one of our choices.
Right?
Denise Richards is a bit of a card, isn’t she? She’s been beaten, humiliated, stunned, stalked and shattered by the ongoing revelations about ex-husband Charlie “He’s Actually An Estevez” Sheen but admits that, despite their nasty break-up and custody battle – she’d marry the tiresome bell-end all over again.
It is thought that Richards has become so terrified of slipping into obscurity that she has actually considered taking on a completely fictional split-personality; just like her ex-husband.
When asked what this second identity might be, a source close to the star merely shrugged his shoulders and asked who she was. He had never heard of her. All the more reason to do get working on Denise Richards 2: Attack of Denise Richards.
Hey! Have you heard the news that Mike Myers has pretty much signed up to star in a fourth Austin Powers film? We’re legally obliged to say ‘Groovy baby’ here or someone from a big Hollywood studio will leak our sex tape.
The Commie bastards.
Anyway, Myers isn’t the first person to rip-off Bond in the movies. Far from it! In fact, Bond is probably the most aped person in cinema history (don’t argue – we haven’t really thought about it and don’t rightly care). So what else is there? Well, let us just put it this way, in comparison to some Bond spoofs, Austin Powers almost looks like a documentary about spies.
Daniel Craig and Rachel Weisz have got married! Isn’t that adorable? As you know, we’ve been rooting for these guys for pretty much forever. And finally, after what has felt like ‘a very long time’ – the pair secretly got married in New York State last night, with only four very close family members as witnesses. AW GUYS! One slight problem.
SINCE WHEN HAVE RACHEL WEISZ AND DANIEL CRAIG SO MUCH AS LOOKED AT EACH OTHER LET ALONE FALLEN IN LOVE AND HAD ‘ROMANTIC RELATIONS’? (Sex.)
Not even pinnacles of celebrity journalism nosy parkers Daily Mail got wind of an engagement of any sort, although they did mention that ‘they saw Daniel and Rachel holding hands once’. Blush.
When the Oscars come ’round, they’re going to have to make a special place for the greatest musician to work in Hollywood – John Barry – who has sadly thrown off his mortal coil and gone off toward heaven, presumably, with a really great fanfare arranged for himself. He was 77.
John Barry, a chap who spent his youth in Yorkshire and Lancashire and ended up living and breathing life into the silver screen, won five Oscars and an OBE in a career that saw him pretty much surpass everyone else who every wrote a note for a film. Along with Lalo Schifrin and John Williams, Barry was one of the golden three who could managed to find fame outside of the trivia books of movie buffs.
Working famously on a number of James Bond films, as well as Dances With Wolves, Ipcress File, Born Free, Midnight Cowboy and Out of Africa the lad born John Barry Prendergast, made some of the most enduring soundtracks in cinema’s long history. It’s here we celebrate him with his own music.
