Cinema goers — hang on to your popcorn. James Bond has been radicalised. 

Sean Connery hits 85 this week. The original Bond star is part of a generation that can look forward to reaching their 90s if they take care of their bodies, says Margaret Jennings.        

Penelope Cruz is to become the oldest ever Bond Girl - aged 40.

Robin Morgan worked with iconic photographer Terry O’Neill on his book of James Bond images, writes Alan O’Riordan

A British woman has changed her name to incorporate the monikers of 14 Bond girls.

THERE she was in an ad for a chair.

DURING the week Allied Irish Banks announced losses of more than €2.65 billion for 2009. In explaining the situation, Colm Doherty, managing director of AIB Group, described the current state of retail banking in Ireland as “quite dysfunctional”.

Paul O’Grady makes an emotional farewell as his teatime Channel 4 chat show comes to an end – describing it as “the best job in my life”.

Honor Blackman has praised her Bond girl character Pussy Galore as a strong feminist and not a bimbo.

Yasmin Le Bon has topped a list of the best-dressed British women over the age of 40.

Helen Mirren has been named the world’s sexiest older woman.

Former James Bond star Sean Connery has been voted the UK’s sexiest male pensioner, a survey showed today.

Blonde beauty Naomi Watts has been tipped to follow in Halle Berry, Honor Blackman and Britt Ekland's footsteps as the next Bond girl.

Former James Bond girl Honor Blackman has worked with some desirable leading men throughout her epic career, but insists nobody rivalled Sean Connery's sex appeal.

Lord of the Rings star Ian McKellen is joining the cast of Coronation Street.

KYLIE Minogue has been named the world's sexiest thirty-something. The eternally youthful 36-year-old beat Kate Beckinsale and Catherine Zeta Jones to the title.

Former Bond girl Honor Blackman is joining long-running soap Coronation Street, it emerged tonight.

Comic Jo Brand is to play a nun in a new ITV sitcom.

A SECRET list of 300 top people who snubbed the honours system by refusing knighthoods and other awards was revealed yesterday.

Sarah Alexander says her lifetime's ambition would be to work with Hollywood star Benicio Del Toro.

Hollywood legend Seán Connery was yesterday described as having the sexiest voice of all time in a new survey.