James Bond Websites Throw the Book at U.K. Tabloid

Caught in the middle: author Raymond Benson

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Halina Watts sounds, perhaps, like the name of a Bond girl. But in this case, she is clearly a Bond villain.

The Daily Mirror’s Sunday Showbiz editor has set off a wave of mockery with her item claiming that the next Bond film will be based on Never Dream of Dying, a continuation novel by U.S.-based author Raymond Benson. Benson, via Facebook, quickly stated that this would be news to him, while website MI6 noted that it’s never a good sign when a journalist gets the year of publication wrong.

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