Household names, rising stars, and complete unknowns were all mentioned behind closed doors until Connery landed the gig, ...

In their heyday, the Beatles and Ian Fleming’s James Bond novels marked the United Kingdom’s greatest exports. In 1964 alone, the Fab Four sold 25 million records in the United States.

So, basically, Bond ended up with many of the personal characteristics of Ian Fleming." Fleming, who was born May 28, 1908, definitely was part of the British establishment.

But Bond is larger than life - and so, it turns out, was Fleming. The exhibition, which opened Thursday and runs until March 1, 2009, has plenty for Bond movie aficionados as well as Fleming fans.

Fans of James Bond think a long-serving star should have left the 007 franchise a bit earlier, as it would have been the ...

“In James Bond, Ian Fleming created one of the most famous literary characters in history. His books deserve to be read and enjoyed as much now as when they were written.

Making James Bond a Woman Was Pitched Before 1962’s ‘Dr. No’ Got Made; Ian Fleming Met Sean Connery and Said: ‘I Want an Elegant Man, Not This Roughneck’ ...

Ian Fleming Publications claims that Fleming himself was on board with the inclusion of less offensive racial language, and approved the changes to “Live and Let Die” before he died in 1964.

Ian Fleming's James Bond books have been rewritten with modern audiences in mind, removing a number of racial references ahead of 007's 70th anniversary this spring, The Sunday Telegraph reported.

As Ian Fleming's niece, the actress had a close-up look at the creation of James Bond — and a say in any future writers of the series. In NYC for a play about her novelist dad, Ian's older ...

Seventieth anniversary reprintings of Ian Fleming's James Bond novels are going to be "updated" (i.e. rewritten) to appeal to 21st century sensitivities. This is both a mistaken and hopeless endeavor.

Ben Macintyre was chosen to write the companion book because of his nonfiction books on espionage and his many columns on Ian Fleming and James Bond, including one column that revealed that there ...