James Bond in film "Die Another Day" was written and performed by Madonna, who also had a cameo appearance in the film as a fencing instructor. "Die Another Day" had a budget of $142 million and earned $431.9 million at the box office. In 1999 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer obtained the rights to the 1967 film "Casino Royale" from Sony Pictures Entertainment for $10 million in the out-of-court settlement of a lawsuit. The case was brought by MGM after Sony had announced a deal with Kevin McClory to produce a third version of the "Thunderball" novel, for which McClory held the film rights. McClory had previously acted
One Day Die One Day Die One Day Die is the third studio album of singer/songwriter Matt Duke and his second major-label record. It was released by Rykodisc in the US on March 29, 2011, and featured the single "Needle and Thread". Following a tour and collaboration with Jay Nash and Tony Lucca that resulted in the EP "TFDI", Duke began assembling material for his next full-length album. He enlisted producer Jason Finkel, who had been the producer of the "Acoustic Kingdom Underground" EP that he had recorded earlier that year, to help lead the album. Duke and Finkel began pre-production in September