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Ok, I made up the part about the puppy because hey, who doesn't love puppies? I know I do. Besides, I'm not above pandering to the audience to increase site traffic -- so sue me. (ok, not really -- AOL wouldn't like it). But enough of this, we've got some important Casino Royale business to take care of -- so let's get to it!

If you're one of the teeming masses who simply cannot wait for the movie Casino Royale to open, the producers of the film and Apple have come up with something just for you -- a little taste to whet your appetite for all-things-Bond. Beginning Tuesday, November 14, hardcore James Bond fanboys (and girls) will be able to download the entire score of the film via Apple's iTunes music store.

The complete soundtrack, by composer David Arnold, will be available exclusively at the iTunes store -- along with 13 bonus tracks, a CD booklet and accompanying artwork -- which makes it the most comprehensive release of a James Bond score ever. You hear that people -- ever! So what are you waiting for, get your iPods ready and start downloading! Well, actually you can start on November 14. Until then, you're just going to have to be patient like the rest of us. And remember, there are no puppies -- so don't ask.

[Via IGN]

You know that big announcement that Apple's Steve Jobs is scheduled to make this afternoon? Our friend C.K. Sample over at The Unofficial Apple Weblog is speculating that the new big roll out has nothing to do with the new Mac tablet or iPod Video, or any other new hardware gadget caught in the web of hopeful rumor. C.K. says, "The announcement is going to be all about movies coming to the iTMS."

He's got three bits of evidence. First, iTunes used New Music Tuesday to debut a batch of Oscar nominated short films in the Music Store; second, the people who usually get tipped off when Apple debuts new hardware (like Kevin Rose of Digg) seem to have no such edge this week; and lastly, there's this article from CNN Money, by Owen Thomas of Business 2.0. Thomas sites Jobs' buddy-buddy relationship with Disney, the sucess of the iTunes TV show business, and the relatively short-notice nature of these procedings, as reasons to believe that "Apple might go Hollywood".

What do you think about this? The TUAW readers, as usual, take C.K.'s provocation and run with it, and I think the very first two comments on the post are on to something. "Oscars are this week also, a perfect time to roll out some advertisements," writes Ryan Meyers. "I really hope this happens, been waiting for this forever. Instant-cinema." Not everyone is so excited: LD writes: "Would be a shame if it's just movies. I don't want to watch movies on an iPod and without a "media center" type of solution I can't really watch on my 50" plasma, not to mention the quality is crap from iTMS." As C.K. points out, Ryan Block from our big brother Engadget was one of the select members of the press invited down to the Cupertino event. It all leads me to believe that Jobs might not just be rolling out new content – he might also have a new kind of hardware for us to play it on.

The announcement goes down around 10 AM PST/1 PM EST. We'll be watching Engadget and TUAW's live coverage with bated breath.