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You won’t catch Honk Mahfah writing about politics or politicians very often (though you might catch him referring to himself in the third person), but I thought the following story was worth noting:

Senator Edward Kennedy, who died last week after a protracted bout with brain cancer, remained energetic and dtermined to enjoy life right up until the end.  According to the New York Times, his final days consisted, amongst other things, of watching each and every James Bond film, as well as every episode of 24.

One hopes this marathon did not include Never Say Never Again; I shudder to think how big a waste of time that movie would feel with the Grim Reaper idling in the driveway.

This is not the first time a Kennedy’s name has been associated with the James Bond franchise.  In 1961, President John F. Kennedy included Ian Fleming’s From Russia, with Love on a list of his ten favorite books.  The list was part of an article in Life magazine; the Bond novel was the only work of fiction on President Kennedy’s list, and the resultant publicity has been credited with doing much to put the Bond novels in enough limelight to make them attractive to film producers.  (The first 007 film, Dr. No, debuted some nineteen months after the Life article.)

According to Michael Ausiello, former Battlestar Galactica badass Katee Sackhoff has been cast as a CTU analyst for the eighth season of 24.

Ausiello indicates that Sackhoff will be a series regular, and that her character will be “involved” with the Freddie Prinze Jr.’s character.

24 won’t premiere until January 2010, but filming is already underway.

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