LOS ANGELES, June 15 (UPI) -- British scribes Peter Morgan, Neal Purvis and Robert Wade have been tapped to write the next installment in the James Bond film franchise.

UPI Almanac for Thursday, May 28, 2009.

CALABASAS, Calif., Dec. 16 (UPI) -- Profiles in History says it has sold a world record-setting $7.8 million worth of Hollywood memorabilia in a four-day auction marathon.

CALABASAS, Calif., Nov. 21 (UPI) -- A first-edition British copy of "You Only Live Twice," inscribed by author Ian Fleming to the "real James Bond," is going up for auction.

LONDON, Oct. 5 (UPI) -- Author Ian Fleming, creator of the fictional spy hero James Bond, helped insert "new blood" into MI6, Britain's real-life intelligence agency, documents reveal.

LONDON, Aug. 15 (UPI) -- James Bond creator Ian Fleming used to claim, partly in jest, that he also helped create the CIA, but a new report indicates he probably wasn't kidding.

LOS ANGELES, Aug. 6 (UPI) -- The tablets Charlton Heston carried in the classic Hollywood film "The Ten Commandments" have been sold for $69,000, auctioneers Profiles in History said.

BERLIN, June 5 (UPI) -- Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, in his first official visit to the West, on Thursday in Berlin vowed to bring Russia closer to Europe, but warned that NATO's relations with Russia would be "ruined" if the alliance expanded further east.

UPI Almanac for Wednesday, May 28, 2008.