"HAPPY GLOBAL JAMES BOND DAY!"

The man and the designation that will live, love and kill forever. James Bond on the big screen is fifty, and not a grey hair in sight!  Image: EON.

As a servant On Her Majesty's Secret Service, he's thankfully bid Never Say, Never Again to his world grabbing enemies, broke the bank of Casino Royale, bid From Russia with Love on more than one occasion to comely maidens, found and beaten his Quantum of Solace and had a brush of You Only Live Twice for a while. With a firm A View to a Kill on our sights for delivering rousing, audience pleasing entertainment, he's sometimes scared The Living Daylights out of us with his Licence to Kill, and had our martini's very defintiely shaken and stirred over the years. Now, beyond Crab Key and that first little business in Jamaica with Dr. No, James Bond celebrates his much deserved film icon status as the man who can Live and Let Die, involve himself in a little Octopussy from time to time and make a Moonraker glow, showing us the GoldenEye of top quality film-making, in an action franchise that's truly a Goldfinger. A place where Tomorrow Never Dies, The World is Not Enough, and where Diamonds are Forever rein immortal. As the heavens are about to make their Skyfall, today is the officially recognised Global James Bond Day for our not always a gentlemen super Spy Who Loved Me and you for fifty glorious years-a true era hopping icon For Your Eyes Only, with a reputation of which no Man with the Golden Gun can touch him, possessing genuine strikes-like-a- Thunderball box office appeal and certainly promising to Die Another Day...

Heroes behind the screen: Harry Saltzman and Albert R. Broccoli joined forces to get the rights to make James Bond films. And history was made... Image: EON/SONY.

Happy Birthday 007, and thank you Ian Fleming for starting it all that fateful day he set his fingers to the type writer keys to write "the ultimate spy novel" at his Goldeneye Jamaican retreat. To the six great actors- the one and only Sean Connery, George Lazenby, Roger Moore, Timothy Dalton, Pierce Brosnan and Daniel Craig- for bringing life, danger, sex appeal and energy to the globe trotting, bed hopping, danger-making British secret service man. And a further big toast and applause to the pioneering EON film empire of Harry Saltzman and Cubby Broccoli, and the saga's modern day custodians, Barbara Broccoli and Michael G. Wilson, for bringing us all worldwide so much pleasure and entertainment, and raising the quality bar for all storytelling and adventuresome heroes, beautiful independent women and ultra-mad baddies that have since followed in his barn storming tuxedoed wake...

Celebration: BOND 50th Anniversary Videoblog - YouTube

The Producers with Sean Connery and Ian Fleming for the first Bond movie: DR. NO . Image: 007.com.

Now in UK release at selected ODEON cinemas, celebrate the BOND movie-making phenomenon with a brilliant new documentary charting and celebrating the birth and longevity of the franchise, talking to many of the actors who played Bond and the cast and crews who have worked on them: EVERYTHING OR NOTHING: THE UNTOLD STORYOF 007.

Golden times and a golden girl for our legendary hero's fiftieth anniversary of exciting exploits.

Trailer: James Bond News :: MI6 :: Trailer and clip online for 'Everything or Nothing' documentary
Clip: Everything or Nothing: The Untold Story Of 007 (George Lazenby clip) - YouTube
Everything Or Nothing: The Untold Story of 007 (Pierce Brosnan clip) - YouTube

Bond...James Bond dominates the Blu-ray release charts in a lovely UK promotional tour for the beautiful, newly restored 22 film set: 007 DAYS OF BOND - THE BLU-RELAY - YouTube

Plus, some more Bond and movie history uncovered: Bond's secret girl: Unknown artist dubbed the voices of 007's best-known beauties - but know she's banned from the movies spy's 50th birthday party! | Mail Online

The men that almost played Bond | Movie Editor's Blog - Yahoo! Movies UK

 007 Flashback: Bond Stars Reflect on Iconic Role - YouTube

A new series of dangers awaits Bond in SKYFALL. Image: SONY.

And, how could we forget the latest James Bond adventure for Daniel Craig's gritty incarnation, SKYFALL, which is but weeks away. Check out all the latest news here:

The official James Bond site: The Official James Bond 007 Website | Home

SKYFALL VIDEOBLOG "UNDERWATER" - YouTube

SKYFALL - OMEGA TV AD - YouTube

SKYFALL INTERNATIONAL TV SPOT "FEAR" - YouTube

BOND SKYFALL TVC - YouTube

A new set of 'Skyfall' stills were released today by Sony Pictures - take a look at Daniel Craig and his co-stars in action :: Skyfall - Bond 23 (2012) - The 23rd James Bond 007 Film :: MI6

A snippet of the “Skyfall” soundtrack? - James Bond 23 News - James Bond 23, Skyfall, the new James Bond movie

Mendes promises 007 fans an 'epic' - Yahoo! Movies UK

Daniel Craig’s Photo Shoot with Annie Leibovitz | Vanity Fair

Sleeve art for the new SKYFALL theme sung by Adele.

The announcement of the next vocal talent for the main title song of any Bond movie has aways been hotly anticipated by fans, and SKYFALL has been no exception. Now comes the confirmed news that British singer Adele will be performing the main song for film 23, her respected talent now adding to an incredible and versatile list from the last fifty years, including the likes of Paul McCartney, Shirley Bassey, Madonna and Duran Duran. Check out the track here: ADELE - SKYFALL

Check out our other Bond features here: KOOL TV: JAMES BOND