Amazon paid more than $1bn to take creative control of James Bond

found 2025 › Feb › 21 (Fri) @ 18:20 UTC

a story from The Guardian › International

007 stars offer mixed reactions to deal with the British-American heirs to the film producer Albert ‘Cubby’ Broccoli

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The name's Bezos... Jeff Bezos! Broccoli family hands over 'creative control' of 007 film franchise to Amazon then boss asks: Who'll be the next James Bond?

found 2025 › Feb › 21 (Fri) @ 07:05 UTC

a story from The Daily Mail › The Daily Mail

The 007 films will no longer be produced by Barbara Broccoli and Michael G Wilson, the daughter and stepson of Albert 'Cubby' Broccoli who launched the British spy franchise in 1962.

James Bond producers give Amazon full creative control of 007

found 2025 › Feb › 20 (Thu) @ 19:35 UTC

a story from The Guardian › International

Deal is struck with heirs to film producer Albert ‘Cubby’ Broccoli, long-serving stewards of franchise

James Bond has fallen into the hands of a billionaire’s business empire after Amazon revealed tha…

President Donald Trump happily poses with Prince Albert of Monaco at the Super Bowl 2025

found 2025 › Feb › 10 (Mon) @ 17:47 UTC

a story from The Daily Mail › The Daily Mail

Prince Albert of Monaco, 66, cosied up to the American President at the NFL Super Bowl game in New Orleans, Louisiana, on Sunday.

Botanic Garden devastated after Storm Éowyn felled Edinburgh's tallest tree

found 2025 › Jan › 27 (Mon) @ 20:10 UTC

a story from BBC › BBC News

The 166-year-old Himalayan cedar grew to 100ft tall after being planted in Edinburgh during a visit by Queen Victoria's son, Albert.

Botanic Garden devastated at losing Edinburgh's tallest tree in Storm Éowyn

found 2025 › Jan › 27 (Mon) @ 16:45 UTC

a story from BBC › BBC News

The 166 year-old Himalayan cedar was planted in Edinburgh during a visit by Queen Victoria's son, Albert.

Inside Queen Victoria's scandalous relationship with servant John Brown who replaced her beloved husband until her death 124 years ago today

found 2025 › Jan › 22 (Wed) @ 09:23 UTC

a story from The Daily Mail › The Daily Mail

After Queen Victoria's beloved husband passed away in 1861, the monarch was bereft with grief. The void Prince Albert left was soon filled however, by an unexpected figure.

Prince William cuts a nervous figure in the stands as he watches his beloved Aston Villa lose against Prince Albert's Monaco - less than a week after shocking fans with Wetherspoons visit

found 2025 › Jan › 21 (Tue) @ 21:27 UTC

a story from The Daily Mail › The Daily Mail

The boyhood Villa fan has been a frequent fixture for his side's European travails, first taking in their historic return to the competition at the start of the season against Bayern Munich at Villa …

How weather ‘whiplash’ set the stage for the LA fires – podcast

found 2025 › Jan › 15 (Wed) @ 05:55 UTC

a story from The Guardian › International

As wildfires continue to cause devastation in Los Angeles, Madeleine Finlay speaks to Albert van Dijk, professor of water science and management at the Australian National University, about how risin…

‘I received a first but it felt tainted and undeserved’: inside the university AI cheating crisis

found 2024 › Dec › 15 (Sun) @ 09:26 UTC

a story from The Guardian › International

More than half of students are now using generative AI, casting a shadow over campuses as tutors and students turn on each other and hardworking learners are caught in the flak. Will Coldwell reports…