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Alex Sim-Wise
Alexandra "Alex" Emily Sim-Wise (born 11 November 1981) is an English model, writer and TV presenter. Modeling career Raised in Coventry, Sim-Wise started modeling after winning an '' FHM'' student competition while she was studying at university, where she was Captain of her University Cheerleading squad. She graduated in 2004 with a degree in Film and American Studies. A natural redhead, she worked for The Fratellis as the real-life version of the redhead pin-up on the cover of their debut album, appearing in TV adverts, in-store appearances, and with the band at Reading festival. She also appeared in a commercial for the 2006 racing video game '' Juiced'', which was voted the best viral ad created by a UK digital creative agency in Channel 4's Ideas Factory viral competition. During her modeling career, she shot for Agent Provocateur, Rankin and Perou. ''Front'' magazine She started working for the men's lifestyle magazine '' Front'' at the beginning of 2007, writing her ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hatfield, Hertfordshire
Hatfield is a town and civil parish in Hertfordshire, England, in the borough of Welwyn Hatfield. It had a population of 29,616 in 2001, 39,201 at the 2011 census, and 41,265 at the 2021 census. The settlement is of Saxon origin. Hatfield House, home of the Marquess of Salisbury, forms the nucleus of the old town. From the 1930s when de Havilland opened a factory, until the 1990s when British Aerospace closed it, aircraft design and manufacture employed more people there than any other industry. Hatfield was one of the post-war New Towns Act 1946, New Towns built around London and has much International Style (architecture), modernist architecture from the period. The University of Hertfordshire is based there. Hatfield lies north of London beside the A1(M) motorway and has direct trains to London King's Cross railway station, London St Pancras railway station, Finsbury Park station, Finsbury Park and Moorgate station, Moorgate. There has been a strong increase in commuters who ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Dead Weather
The Dead Weather is an American rock supergroup formed in Nashville, Tennessee, in 2009. Composed of Alison Mosshart (of the Kills and Discount), Jack White (of the White Stripes and the Raconteurs), Dean Fertita (of Queens of the Stone Age, Karen O and Iggy Pop) and Jack Lawrence (of the Greenhornes, the Raconteurs and Karen O). The Dead Weather debuted at the opening of Third Man Records' Nashville headquarters on March 11, 2009. The band performed live for the first time at the event, immediately before releasing their debut single " Hang You from the Heavens". The band's second studio album, '' Sea of Cowards'', was released in 2010, followed by '' Dodge and Burn'' in September 2015. History Formation and ''Horehound'' (2009) When the Raconteurs were performing in Memphis, Tennessee, Jack White lost his voice and the band asked Alison Mosshart of the Kills with whom they were touring to fill in on some songs. She sang lead vocals on "Steady as She Goes" and "Sal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
IMDb
IMDb, historically known as the Internet Movie Database, is an online database of information related to films, television series, podcasts, home videos, video games, and streaming content online – including cast, production crew and biographies, plot summaries, trivia, ratings, and fan and critical reviews. IMDb began as a fan-operated movie database on the Usenet group "rec.arts.movies" in 1990, and moved to the Web in 1993. Since 1998, it has been owned and operated by IMDb.com, Inc., a subsidiary of Amazon. The site's message boards were disabled in February 2017. , IMDb was the 51st most visited website on the Internet, as ranked by Semrush. the database contained some million titles (including television episodes), million person records, and 83 million registered users. Features User profile pages show a user's registration date and, optionally, their personal ratings of titles. Since 2015, "badges" can be added showing a count of contributions. These badges rang ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
BBC Three
BBC Three is a British free-to-air Public service broadcasting in the United Kingdom, public broadcast television channel owned and operated by the BBC. It was first launched on 9 February 2003 with programmes for a 16 to 34-year-old target audience. It covers all genres including particularly new comedies, drama, LGBTQ+ programmes, music, fashion, documentaries, brief news, adult animation, and drama series. BBC iPlayer, the BBC's video-on-demand service, launched in December 2007 and included BBC Three alongside the BBC's other channels at launch. The linear channel closed down on 15 February 2016 and relaunched on 1 February 2022, with programming appearing on BBC One and BBC iPlayer in the interim period. The channel broadcasts daily from 7:00 pm to 4:00 am, timesharing with CBBC (which starts at 7:00 am). BBC Three is the BBC's youth-orientated television channel, its remit to provide "innovative programming" to a target audience of viewers between 16 and 34 years old, leve ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Current TV
Current TV was an American television channel which broadcast from August 1, 2005, to August 20, 2013. Prior INdTV founders Al Gore and Joel Hyatt, with Ronald Burkle, each held a sizable stake in Current TV. Comcast and DirecTV each held a smaller stake. The channel started out with user-generated content made by viewers in 15-minute blocks. The channel later switched formats to become an independent news network aimed at progressive politics. Neither format brought the success that Gore and Hyatt had desired. On January 2, 2013, it was announced that Current TV had been sold by Gore and Hyatt to Qatar-based broadcaster Al Jazeera Media Network. AJMN stated it planned to shut down the Current TV channel, retain its off-air staff, and to launch a new New York City-based channel named Al Jazeera America (using Current's distribution network). Current had operated in the same way with Newsworld International, a predecessor to Current. They also said they planned to scrap the channe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jack Black
Thomas Jacob "Jack" Black (born August 28, 1969) is an American actor, comedian, and musician. He is known for roles in family and comedy films, in addition to his voice work in animated films. His awards include a Children's and Family Emmy Award, a Grammy Awards, Grammy Award, and nominations for three Golden Globe Awards. In 2018, he was awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. After portraying supporting roles in films including ''Dead Man Walking (film), Dead Man Walking'' (1995), ''The Cable Guy'' (1996), ''Mars Attacks!'' (1996), and ''Enemy of the State (film), Enemy of the State'' (1998), Black had his breakout role in the musical film ''High Fidelity (film), High Fidelity'' (2000). This led to larger roles in films like ''Shallow Hal'' (2001) and ''Orange County (film), Orange County'' (2002), before he solidified his leading man status with his starring role in ''School of Rock'' (2003). Black has since starred in ''King Kong (2005 film), King Kong'' (2005), ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lady Gaga
Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta (born March 28, 1986), known professionally as Lady Gaga, is an American singer, songwriter, and actress. Known for her image reinventions and versatility across the entertainment industry, she is an influential figure in popular music. After signing with Interscope Records in 2007, Gaga achieved global recognition with her debut album, ''The Fame'' (2008), and its reissue ''The Fame Monster'' (2009). The project scored a string of successful singles, including "Just Dance (song), Just Dance", "Poker Face (song), Poker Face", "Bad Romance", "Telephone (song), Telephone", and "Alejandro (song), Alejandro". Her second full-length album, ''Born This Way (album), Born This Way'' (2011), explored electronic rock and techno-pop and sold Lists of fastest-selling albums, more than one million copies first-week. Its Born This Way (song), title track became the fastest-selling song on the iTunes Store, with over one million downloads in less than a w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
MySpace
Myspace (formerly stylized as MySpace, currently myspace; and sometimes my␣, with an elongated Whitespace character#Substitute images, open box symbol) is a social networking service based in the United States. Launched on August 1, 2003, it was the first social network to reach a global audience and had a significant influence on technology, pop culture and music. It also played a critical role in the early growth of companies like YouTube and created a developer platform that launched companies such as Zynga, RockYou, and Photobucket, among others, to success. From 2005 to 2009, Myspace was the largest social networking site in the world. In July 2005, Myspace was acquired by News Corporation for $580 million; in June 2006, it surpassed Yahoo and Google to become the most visited website in the United States. During the 2008 fiscal year, it generated $800 million in revenue. At its peak in April 2008, Myspace had 115 million monthly visitors; by that time, the recently emerg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Adam And Joe Show
''The Adam and Joe Show'' is a British television sketch comedy show that originally ran from 6 December 1996 to 28 May 1999 on Channel 4 for the first three series and then moved to E4 from 13 March to 17 April 2001 for the fourth and final series. Origin and format Adam and Joe first appeared on Channel 4 show ''Takeover TV'' in 1995, with Adam presenting alone at first and Joe joining him as the series progressed. - David Keller, Norfolk Following this they created ''The Adam and Joe Show'' for the same channel. Unusually for a comedy programme, the show was commissioned by Channel 4's head of religious programming, Peter Grimsdale: according to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Word (TV Series)
''The Word'' was a Channel 4 variety show in the United Kingdom that aired from 1990 to 1995. Format The show's presenters included Terry Christian, comedian Mark Lamarr, Dani Behr, Katie Puckrik, Jasmine Dotiwala, Alan Connor, Amanda de Cadenet and Huffty. Originally broadcast in the old ''Tube'' time slot of 6 pm Friday evenings, ''The Words main live show was shifted to a late-night timeslot from 9 November 1990. The magazine format allowed for interviews, live music, features and even game shows. The flexible late-night format meant that guests could do just about anything to be controversial. There was also an 'I'll do anything to be on TV' section called "The Hopefuls" which ran for half of series 4 and half of series 5 in which people did generally repulsive things in order to get featured on the programme. Production The show was the brainchild of Charlie Parsons and Terry Christian, the name of the show coming from Christian's page in the '' Manchester ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sunday Herald
The ''Sunday Herald'' was a Scottish Sunday newspaper, published between 7 February 1999 and 2 September 2018. Originally a broadsheet, it was published in compact format from 20 November 2005. The paper was known for having combined a centre-left stance with support for Scottish devolution, and later Scottish independence. The last edition of the newspaper was published on 2 September 2018 and it was replaced with Sunday editions of ''The Herald'' and ''The National''''. Circulation In July 2012, the newspapers' publishers classified the ''Sunday Herald'' as a regional instead of a national title. Between July and December 2013, the ''Sunday Herald'' sold an average of 23,907 copies, down 7.5% on the 12 months previous. After declaring support for Scottish independence, The ''Sunday Herald'' received a huge increase in sales, with circulation in September 2014 up 111% year on year. By 2017 circulation had fallen to 18,387 and in August 2018 staff were told they would now ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Brown (editor)
James Brown (born 26 September 1965 in Leeds) is a British former journalist, author, radio host and media entrepreneur. His first book, ''Above Head Height: A Five-a-Side Life'', was published in 2017 by Quercus and received positive reviews in ''The Guardian'', ''The Australian'' and ''The Daily Telegraph''. A renowned Leeds United supporter, Brown also co-hosts ''The Late Tackle'' on Talksport with the comedy writer Andy Dawson, of '' Athletico Mince'' fame. In addition to his media profile, he is the owner of ''Sabotage Times'' – a music, football and culture website – and the Sabotage Agency, which has provided content for such brands as Scotts, Carling and Adidas. Early life Brown was born and raised in Leeds. His mother suffered with mental health issues, and died from a drug overdose in 1992. Early career In 1985, Brown was a contributor to the alternative newspaper '' Leeds Other Paper''. In 1986, following work on his fanzine ''Attack on Bzaag'', he was hired as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
