Tanya Roberts, Bond girl and 'That โ70s Show' star, dies
FILE - Actress Tanya Roberts poses for photos at the grand opening of the musical comedy "The Producers" at the Paris hotel-casino in Las Vegas on Feb. 9, 2007. Roberts, who captivated James Bond in A View to a Kill and had roles on Charlies Angels and That 70s Show, died Sunday, Jan. 3, 2021. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)NEW YORK โ Tanya Roberts, who captivated James Bond in โA View to a Kill,โ appeared in the final season of โCharlieโs Angelsโ and later played Midge Pinciotti in the sitcom โThat โ70s Show,โ has died in Los Angeles. Roberts' death Sunday was announced by her publicist, Mike Pingel. Roberts also appeared in such fantasy adventure films as โThe Beastmasterโ and โHearts and Armour.โ She replaced Shelly Hack in โCharlieโs Angels,โ joining Jaclyn Smith and Cheryl Ladd as third Angel Julie.
Scottish actor Sean Connery has died at the age of 90, BBC says
FILE - In this Jan. 23, 1987 file photo, actor Sean Connery holds a rose in his hand as he talks about his new movie "The Name of the Rose" at a news conference in London. Scottish actor Sean Connery, considered by many to have been the best James Bond, has died aged 90, according to an announcement from his family. (AP Photo/Gerald Penny, File)LONDON โ Sean Connery, the charismatic Scottish actor who rose to international superstardom as the suave secret agent James Bond and then abandoned the role to carve out an Oscar-winning career in other rugged roles, has died. โHe was and shall always be remembered as the original James Bond whose indelible entrance into cinema history began when he announced those unforgettable words โ โThe nameโs Bond... James Bond,โโ they said in a statement. Thomas Sean Connery was born Aug. 25, 1930, in Edinburgh, Scotland, the first of two sons of a long-distance truck driver and a domestic worker.
James Bond film โNo Time To Dieโ pushed again, to 2021
The release of the James Bond film โNo Time To Dieโ has been delayed again, this time to 2021, because of the effects of COVID-19 on the theatrical business. โNo Time To Dieโ was originally supposed to open in April 2020 but was pushed back to Nov. 12 in the U.K. and Nov. 20 in the U.S. The Walt Disney Co. last week delayed the planned 2020 releases of a handful of major movies until 2021. They include Marvelโs โBlack Widowโ and Steven Spielbergโs โWest Side Story.โ Universal delayed โCandymanโ to next year. Some major releases are still planned for 2020.