The logo of the ITV Insiders campaign. (Courtesy image)
Public service broadcaster ITV wants to leverage Britain’s smartest, culturally-relevant and forward-thinking creators.
This week, ITV launched the new “ITV Insiders” initiative, bringing together more than 100 British creators who encompass a cross-section of consumer interests, demographics and regions.
The inaugural class of ITV Insiders were announced at an event on Monday at the broadcaster’s headquarters in London.
“ITV is home to some of the nation’s best-loved TV brands. Our exclusive new ITV Insiders initiative allows the finest content creators in the UK unique access to our terrific programming with both money-can’t-buy experiences and paid activations for the first time ever,” Ben Webster, the Director of program publicity at ITV, said on Monday. “We are excited to work with such brilliant and skilled creators to create conversations and spearhead our influencer strategy for 2024 and beyond.”
ITV Insiders will...
Public service broadcaster ITV wants to leverage Britain’s smartest, culturally-relevant and forward-thinking creators.
This week, ITV launched the new “ITV Insiders” initiative, bringing together more than 100 British creators who encompass a cross-section of consumer interests, demographics and regions.
The inaugural class of ITV Insiders were announced at an event on Monday at the broadcaster’s headquarters in London.
“ITV is home to some of the nation’s best-loved TV brands. Our exclusive new ITV Insiders initiative allows the finest content creators in the UK unique access to our terrific programming with both money-can’t-buy experiences and paid activations for the first time ever,” Ben Webster, the Director of program publicity at ITV, said on Monday. “We are excited to work with such brilliant and skilled creators to create conversations and spearhead our influencer strategy for 2024 and beyond.”
ITV Insiders will...
- 4/30/2024
- by Matthew Keys
- The Desk
BMX legend Tj Lavin has hosted The Challenge since the show’s 11th season, The Gauntlet 2, in 2005. He’s also hosted spinoffs Champs vs. Stars and All Stars. However, international spinoffs were handled by Alejandro “Marley” Wiebe (Argentina), ex-professional footballer Mark Wright (UK), and Afl host Brihony Dawson (Australia), who became the first nonbinary person to present a major TV show in Australia with their appearance. Here are five things to know about the lead singer and historic host.
Brihony Dawson was born in 1984
Give it up for our host, Brihony Dawson who'll be lighting up your screen in just 5 days time! ?#TheChallengeAU Starts 7.30 Monday on 10 and 10 Play. pic.twitter.com/2DCU0Y2jCZ
— The Challenge (@TheChallenge_AU) November 9, 2022
Born Brihony June Dawson in 1984, the Australian native is currently 38 years old. Passionate about music, they attended the Ballarat Academy of Performing Arts in Victoria, Australia. In 2004, Brihony graduated with a Bachelor of Theatre Production.
Brihony Dawson was born in 1984
Give it up for our host, Brihony Dawson who'll be lighting up your screen in just 5 days time! ?#TheChallengeAU Starts 7.30 Monday on 10 and 10 Play. pic.twitter.com/2DCU0Y2jCZ
— The Challenge (@TheChallenge_AU) November 9, 2022
Born Brihony June Dawson in 1984, the Australian native is currently 38 years old. Passionate about music, they attended the Ballarat Academy of Performing Arts in Victoria, Australia. In 2004, Brihony graduated with a Bachelor of Theatre Production.
- 3/26/2023
- by Tamara Grant
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
By Eve Goldberg
Ronnie’s, a 2020 documentary, tells the story of Ronnie Scott and his legendary London jazz club.
From the opening sequence in which virtuoso pianist Oscar Peterson and his band perform in an exuberant split screen montage, the film announces itself as a vehicle where style reflects content, and the filmmakers really know how to present their material in a compelling way.
The documentary recounts how Ronnie Scott, a poor Jewish kid from London’s East End, becomes a top British jazz saxophonist in the 1940s and 50s. Eventually tiring of big band swing, and inspired by the new music of Dizzy Gillespie and Charlie Parker, Scott forms his own Bebop ensemble. In 1959, Scott and his fellow musician and business partner, Pete King, open their own nightclub—Ronnie Scott’s. It doesn’t take long for their club to become the premiere jazz spot in London, and a...
Ronnie’s, a 2020 documentary, tells the story of Ronnie Scott and his legendary London jazz club.
From the opening sequence in which virtuoso pianist Oscar Peterson and his band perform in an exuberant split screen montage, the film announces itself as a vehicle where style reflects content, and the filmmakers really know how to present their material in a compelling way.
The documentary recounts how Ronnie Scott, a poor Jewish kid from London’s East End, becomes a top British jazz saxophonist in the 1940s and 50s. Eventually tiring of big band swing, and inspired by the new music of Dizzy Gillespie and Charlie Parker, Scott forms his own Bebop ensemble. In 1959, Scott and his fellow musician and business partner, Pete King, open their own nightclub—Ronnie Scott’s. It doesn’t take long for their club to become the premiere jazz spot in London, and a...
- 4/10/2022
- by nospam@example.com (Cinema Retro)
- Cinemaretro.com
Michel Legrand, composer of The Umbrellas of Cherbourg, Yentl and The Thomas Crown Affair, died Saturday at the age of 86.
Legrand’s death was first reported by Agence France-Presse. The songwriter’s publicist also confirmed Legrand’s death to Variety, adding that he died early Saturday at his Paris home with his wife, French actress Macha Meril, by his side. His cause of death has not yet been revealed.
Former and current presidents of the Cannes Film Festival Gilles Jacob and Pierre Lescure expressed their condolences to the Paris-born legend on Twitter.
Legrand’s death was first reported by Agence France-Presse. The songwriter’s publicist also confirmed Legrand’s death to Variety, adding that he died early Saturday at his Paris home with his wife, French actress Macha Meril, by his side. His cause of death has not yet been revealed.
Former and current presidents of the Cannes Film Festival Gilles Jacob and Pierre Lescure expressed their condolences to the Paris-born legend on Twitter.
- 1/26/2019
- by Ilana Kaplan
- Rollingstone.com
I recently counted down the 25 best scores and soundtracks of the past year, and coming in at the top spot was the newest work from one of the greatest continuing collaborations in filmmaking: Jonny Greenwood’s score for Paul Thomas Anderson’s latest work. Now available to stream in full, the Radiohead member’s Phantom Thread score is a shimmery, deeply moving orchestral triumph.
“We talked a lot about ’50s music, what was popularly heard then as well as what was being written and recorded,” Greenwood tells Variety. “Nelson Riddle and Glenn Gould’s Bach recordings were the main references. I was interested in the kind of jazz records that toyed with incorporating big string sections; Ben Webster made some good ones.” Greenwood continues, “The smaller groups, and solo players, work like close-ups [and] not necessarily to accompany [a] visual, but rather, to focus your attention on and make you feel directly engaged with the characters.
“We talked a lot about ’50s music, what was popularly heard then as well as what was being written and recorded,” Greenwood tells Variety. “Nelson Riddle and Glenn Gould’s Bach recordings were the main references. I was interested in the kind of jazz records that toyed with incorporating big string sections; Ben Webster made some good ones.” Greenwood continues, “The smaller groups, and solo players, work like close-ups [and] not necessarily to accompany [a] visual, but rather, to focus your attention on and make you feel directly engaged with the characters.
- 1/12/2018
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
The year’s greatest score is best heard in the context of the film, of course, but if you can’t wait for a wide release of Paul Thomas Anderson’s Phantom Thread on January 19, Jonny Greenwood’s Ost will be available digitally a week prior. The first listen has now landed and for those waiting on a physical release, Nonesuch will debut the CD on February 9 and the vinyl LP on April 21.
“We talked a lot about ’50s music, what was popularly heard then as well as what was being written and recorded,” Greenwood tells Variety. “Nelson Riddle and Glenn Gould’s Bach recordings were the main references. I was interested in the kind of jazz records that toyed with incorporating big string sections; Ben Webster made some good ones.” Greenwood continues, “The smaller groups, and solo players, work like close-ups [and] not necessarily to accompany [a] visual, but rather, to...
“We talked a lot about ’50s music, what was popularly heard then as well as what was being written and recorded,” Greenwood tells Variety. “Nelson Riddle and Glenn Gould’s Bach recordings were the main references. I was interested in the kind of jazz records that toyed with incorporating big string sections; Ben Webster made some good ones.” Greenwood continues, “The smaller groups, and solo players, work like close-ups [and] not necessarily to accompany [a] visual, but rather, to...
- 12/21/2017
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
Jonny Greenwood has worked with Paul Thomas Anderson three times before, including “There Will Be Blood,” “The Master,” and “Inherent Vice,” but he may have just saved the best for the fourth time. “Phantom Thread,” Anderson’s latest about the romance between a famous London fashion designer (Daniel-Day Lewis) and a country waitress (Vicky Krieps), finds Greenwood working with his biggest orchestra yet (a 60-string ensemble) and crafting his most lush melodies to date.
Read More:Jonny Greenwood’s ‘Phantom Thread’ Original Score is Used in Nearly 70% of the Movie
“We talked a lot about ‘50s music, what was popularly heard then as well as what was being written and recorded,” Greenwood recently told Variety about the score. “Nelson Riddle and Glenn Gould’s Bach recordings were the main references. I was interested in the kind of jazz records that toyed with incorporating big string sections, Ben Webster made some good ones,...
Read More:Jonny Greenwood’s ‘Phantom Thread’ Original Score is Used in Nearly 70% of the Movie
“We talked a lot about ‘50s music, what was popularly heard then as well as what was being written and recorded,” Greenwood recently told Variety about the score. “Nelson Riddle and Glenn Gould’s Bach recordings were the main references. I was interested in the kind of jazz records that toyed with incorporating big string sections, Ben Webster made some good ones,...
- 12/21/2017
- by Zack Sharf
- Indiewire
Paul Thomas Anderson fans are well accustomed to how instrumental Jonnny Greenwood’s music is to the auteur’s body of work. Whether it’s the foreboding strings in “There Will Be Blood” or the discordant percussion in “The Master,” Greenwood’s original scores expertly capture Anderson’s tones. This fact is especially true in “Phantom Thread,” which marks the fourth collaboration between Anderson and Greenwood.
Variety reports that Greenwood’s score has been included in 90 minutes of the 130-minute drama, which means you’ll be hearing the score in nearly 70% of the movie. Greenwood’s music has always been important to Anderson’s films, but it’s dominant in “Phantom Thread” in a way it never has been. In some ways it acts as a Greek chorus of sorts, changing and...
Variety reports that Greenwood’s score has been included in 90 minutes of the 130-minute drama, which means you’ll be hearing the score in nearly 70% of the movie. Greenwood’s music has always been important to Anderson’s films, but it’s dominant in “Phantom Thread” in a way it never has been. In some ways it acts as a Greek chorus of sorts, changing and...
- 12/17/2017
- by Zack Sharf
- Indiewire
On the occasion of their new mega-release on Leo Records, The Art of Perelman-Shipp Vols. 1-7 and their ensuing CD release party at Le Poisson Rouge on May 7th at 9:30 P.M. with Italian Surf Academy, I asked Ivo Perelman and Matthew Shipp the following questions.
Steve Dalanchinsky: How long have you been associated both as collaborators and friends?
When did you first encounter each other's music?
What projects are planned in the future after this mammoth undertaking?
Talk a bit about how your musical languages differ and where they merge/intermingle.
In brief, discuss your philosophies about free music inside/outside lyricism tune structures as well as spiritual/social ideas/ideals in the music.
Do you feel there are any relevant messages in the music if any?
Is there anything either of you want to add about the ongoing energies/ forces that unite and bind you to each...
Steve Dalanchinsky: How long have you been associated both as collaborators and friends?
When did you first encounter each other's music?
What projects are planned in the future after this mammoth undertaking?
Talk a bit about how your musical languages differ and where they merge/intermingle.
In brief, discuss your philosophies about free music inside/outside lyricism tune structures as well as spiritual/social ideas/ideals in the music.
Do you feel there are any relevant messages in the music if any?
Is there anything either of you want to add about the ongoing energies/ forces that unite and bind you to each...
- 4/27/2017
- by steve dalachinsky
- www.culturecatch.com
Dinah Washington (8/29/24-12/14/63) was one of the last great examples of female blues singers regularly working in a jazz band context. Many aficionados would say that she was surpassed in this style only by Bessie Smith. First Issue: The Dinah Washington Story, the two-cd set that proudly features the commemorative stamp issued by the U.S. Postal Service in 1993 to mark the 30th anniversary of her premature death at age 39 (from an overdose of alcohol and diet pills), offers the finest overview of Washington's artistry, ranging from her first records under her own name in 1943 to her classic material for the Verve, Mercury, EmArcy, and Wing labels from 1946 through 1961 (with at least one item from every year in that span), missing only her last two years, when she was on Roulette.
As vocalist expert Chris Albertson's liner notes observe, "Dinah was a gospel, blues, pop, and jazz singer all rolled into one,...
As vocalist expert Chris Albertson's liner notes observe, "Dinah was a gospel, blues, pop, and jazz singer all rolled into one,...
- 8/29/2014
- by SteveHoltje
- www.culturecatch.com
For eleven years Chris Morgan Jones worked at the world’s largest business intelligence agency. He has advised Middle Eastern governments, Russian oligarchs, New York banks, London hedge funds and African mining companies. An Agent of Deceit is his first novel and we had a chance to talk to Chris about it…
Ten years ago, journalist Ben Webster had his investigation into a corrupt Russian business in Kazakhstan crushed, the cost of his scrutiny a terrible tragedy . . . Now employed by a private London intelligence agency, Webster’s interest is piqued when a client asks him to expose the dealings of shadowy Russian oligarch Konstantin Malin. Before long Webster finds himself fixated by Malin and by his front man Richard Lock. But how far is he willing to risk the wellbeing of his family? And that of Lock himself? Meanwhile Lock finds himself under pressure to explain to the world how...
Ten years ago, journalist Ben Webster had his investigation into a corrupt Russian business in Kazakhstan crushed, the cost of his scrutiny a terrible tragedy . . . Now employed by a private London intelligence agency, Webster’s interest is piqued when a client asks him to expose the dealings of shadowy Russian oligarch Konstantin Malin. Before long Webster finds himself fixated by Malin and by his front man Richard Lock. But how far is he willing to risk the wellbeing of his family? And that of Lock himself? Meanwhile Lock finds himself under pressure to explain to the world how...
- 7/19/2012
- by Kat
- Nerdly
Blindfolded sheep farmers are the creative idea behind an ad for Pfizer Animal Health.
“Don’t be blind to the effects of arthiritism” warns the narrator in the ad, created by rural and healthcare agency H&T.
The Tvc follows on from past campaigns ‘swear jar’ and ‘sick bed’ for dairy and beef cattle farmers.
Tony Northam, MD of H&T said: “The Eryvac vaccine can protect against the debilitating effects of lameness in lambs, and this Tvc campaign helps create awareness of the issue so that sheep farmers can protect their flock, and their livelihood.”
The campaign runs until Spring.
Credits
Art Director: Kevin Tierney
Copywriter: Ben Webster
TV producer: Sue Seldon
Director: Jason Wingrove – Engine,
Account Service: Nicole Tyzack
Client: Greg Johnson, Peter Gordon – Pfizer Animal Health.
“Don’t be blind to the effects of arthiritism” warns the narrator in the ad, created by rural and healthcare agency H&T.
The Tvc follows on from past campaigns ‘swear jar’ and ‘sick bed’ for dairy and beef cattle farmers.
Tony Northam, MD of H&T said: “The Eryvac vaccine can protect against the debilitating effects of lameness in lambs, and this Tvc campaign helps create awareness of the issue so that sheep farmers can protect their flock, and their livelihood.”
The campaign runs until Spring.
Credits
Art Director: Kevin Tierney
Copywriter: Ben Webster
TV producer: Sue Seldon
Director: Jason Wingrove – Engine,
Account Service: Nicole Tyzack
Client: Greg Johnson, Peter Gordon – Pfizer Animal Health.
- 7/11/2012
- by Colin Delaney
- Encore Magazine
Ridley Scott is, in some circles anyhow, a god. Practically treated as royalty with laudatory genuflection from certain film enthusiasts -- generally genre fetishists -- he has turned in two unimpeachable cinema touchstones, "Blade Runner" and "Alien," plus a few other arguable modern semi-classics including "Black Hawk Down" (though as you'll see, not all us here agree with that assessment) and "Gladiator." But his track record overall? Scott's batting average isn't exactly amazing across the board, and while he has major peaks, his work can be frustratingly uneven for someone who is clearly and masterfully talented. While a craftsman of technically marvelous and grand spectacle cinema, his films can also be inordinately soulless and have become increasingly so with each film (Sigourney Weaver famously said that Scott paid more attention to the props and extraterrestrials than the actors on "Alien," but somehow that picture still worked).
And while his latest,...
And while his latest,...
- 6/7/2012
- by Oliver Lyttelton
- The Playlist
To mark the release of classic movie based on the Charles Dickens novel The Old Curiosity Shop on DVD 14th May, we’ve been given three copies to give away. The film adaptation is directed by Thomas Bentley and stars Hay Petrie, Ben Webster and Elaine Benson.
Hay Petrie ingests the scenery as the demonic, hunchbacked Mr. Quilp in this 1935 British adaptation of Dickens’ The Old Curiosity Shop. Quilp is the wicked landlord who dominates and later ruins the lives of shopkeeper Trent (Ben Webster) and his resourceful granddaughter Little Nell (Elaine Benson). The death of the heroine, which created quite a brouhaha when the book was first published, is here handled with discretion and taste. Scenarists Margaret Kennedy and Ralph Neale successfully tackle the challenge of whittling Dickens’ massive novel into a playable 90 minutes. The Old Curiosity Shop would be remade three times, once as a musical with Anthony Newley as Quilp.
Hay Petrie ingests the scenery as the demonic, hunchbacked Mr. Quilp in this 1935 British adaptation of Dickens’ The Old Curiosity Shop. Quilp is the wicked landlord who dominates and later ruins the lives of shopkeeper Trent (Ben Webster) and his resourceful granddaughter Little Nell (Elaine Benson). The death of the heroine, which created quite a brouhaha when the book was first published, is here handled with discretion and taste. Scenarists Margaret Kennedy and Ralph Neale successfully tackle the challenge of whittling Dickens’ massive novel into a playable 90 minutes. The Old Curiosity Shop would be remade three times, once as a musical with Anthony Newley as Quilp.
- 4/13/2012
- by Competitons
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
New York — Billy Taylor, an acclaimed jazz pianist and composer who became one of the genre's most ardent advocates through radio, television and the landmark Jazzmobile arts venture, has died at age 89.
Taylor died Tuesday of a heart attack in Manhattan, said his wife, Theodora Taylor. "He enjoyed his life," she said. "Music was his love."
Though he had a noteworthy career as a musician and composer that spanned decades, and played with luminaries such as Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie and Miles Davis, Billy Taylor was probably best known as a tireless jazz booster, educator and broadcaster.
Dr. Taylor, as he preferred to be called, was the first black to lead a television studio orchestra in the 1950s. He helped found Jazzmobile in the 1960s – which began as mobile, outdoor concerts on a parade float to bring free music to inner city neighborhoods. He was host of a popular jazz...
Taylor died Tuesday of a heart attack in Manhattan, said his wife, Theodora Taylor. "He enjoyed his life," she said. "Music was his love."
Though he had a noteworthy career as a musician and composer that spanned decades, and played with luminaries such as Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie and Miles Davis, Billy Taylor was probably best known as a tireless jazz booster, educator and broadcaster.
Dr. Taylor, as he preferred to be called, was the first black to lead a television studio orchestra in the 1950s. He helped found Jazzmobile in the 1960s – which began as mobile, outdoor concerts on a parade float to bring free music to inner city neighborhoods. He was host of a popular jazz...
- 12/30/2010
- by AP
- Huffington Post
It's another week of great revival screenings here in Weirdsville, and although the Paramount's Summer Film Series has come and gone for another year, there are still a mess o' fine flicks for the Classic Film connoisseur to enjoy.
And although the Austin Classic Movies Examiner has a somewhat arbitrary, self-imposed time limit of ten years before a film is considered "classic," he would be remiss if he did not give mention to what is sure to be a hilarious evisceration of M. Night Shyamalan's 2008 craptacular The Happening by the geniuses at Master Pancake Theater this weekend at the Alamo Ritz. What a twist!
Here are This Week's Classic Movie Screenings in Austin from Friday September 17th through Thursday September 23rd:
Grease (1978) with John Travolta, Olivia Newton-John, and Sid Caesar, directed by Randall Kleiser, Sing-Along at Tinseltown South, Fri. @ 4:40, 7:30, and 10:10 p.m.; Sat. and Sun. @ 11:50 a.
And although the Austin Classic Movies Examiner has a somewhat arbitrary, self-imposed time limit of ten years before a film is considered "classic," he would be remiss if he did not give mention to what is sure to be a hilarious evisceration of M. Night Shyamalan's 2008 craptacular The Happening by the geniuses at Master Pancake Theater this weekend at the Alamo Ritz. What a twist!
Here are This Week's Classic Movie Screenings in Austin from Friday September 17th through Thursday September 23rd:
Grease (1978) with John Travolta, Olivia Newton-John, and Sid Caesar, directed by Randall Kleiser, Sing-Along at Tinseltown South, Fri. @ 4:40, 7:30, and 10:10 p.m.; Sat. and Sun. @ 11:50 a.
- 9/17/2010
- by malthursday
- Examiner Movies Channel
Quincy Jones is busy today (Monday, Feb. 1) producing the 25th anniversary of "We Are the World" at the Nokia Theater in downtown La.
But despite all the Grammy activities this weekend, he found time to chat exclusively with The Dish Rag about "American Idol" judge buzz, the importance of music and his new album.
About We are the World: "It will be all new, it's going to be fabulous ... and different, it's three times as many performers. I don't like to do anything that I've already done, so I'm doing this with a new perspective."
Replacing Simon Cowell: "No, I'm not game. I simply don't have the time. I've got too much going on. I'm working on my foundation (the Quincy Jones Foundation), working on nine movies and doing records with Tony Bennett and Stevie Wonder."
About music: "When I was 19 I got the best advice I ever...
But despite all the Grammy activities this weekend, he found time to chat exclusively with The Dish Rag about "American Idol" judge buzz, the importance of music and his new album.
About We are the World: "It will be all new, it's going to be fabulous ... and different, it's three times as many performers. I don't like to do anything that I've already done, so I'm doing this with a new perspective."
Replacing Simon Cowell: "No, I'm not game. I simply don't have the time. I've got too much going on. I'm working on my foundation (the Quincy Jones Foundation), working on nine movies and doing records with Tony Bennett and Stevie Wonder."
About music: "When I was 19 I got the best advice I ever...
- 2/1/2010
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Pop2it
In December of 1957, CBS broadcast a program called "The Sound of Jazz." It featured an all-star lineup of jazz veterans including Billie Holiday, Lester Young, Ben Webster, Roy Eldridge, and Gerry Mulligan. This particular clip is of the singer Jimmy Rushing with Count Basie and his orchestra, playing a supremely swinging version of "I Left My Baby." Soloists include Webster, Basie on piano, trombonist Dickie Wells, Eldridge, and the legendary Coleman Hawkins.
- 3/29/2009
- by brendan.blom@gmail.com
- CultureMagazine.ca
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