name | Neil Hannon |
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background | solo_singer |
birth date | November 07, 1970 |
instrument | Vocals, guitar, piano |
associated acts | The Divine Comedy, The Duckworth Lewis Method |
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Neil Hannon (born 7 November 1970) is a singer and songwriter from Northern Ireland, best known as the creator (in 1989) and frontman of the chamber pop group The Divine Comedy. The band's official website even goes so far as to say, "The Divine Comedy is Neil Hannon," and Hannon is quoted in an interview as saying, "The Divine Comedy will always be my band because... I thought of it first!"
In 2000, he and Joby Talbot contributed 4 tracks for Ute Lemper's collaboration album, ''Punishing Kiss''. Also involved in this album was Scott Walker, a singer whom Hannon has often acknowledged as an influence.
In 2004, he played alongside the Ulster Orchestra for the opening event of the Belfast Festival at Queen's. In 2005 he contributed vocals to his long-time collaborator Joby Talbot's soundtrack for the movie version of ''The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy''.
In 2006, it was announced that Hannon was to lend his vocal ability to the ''Doctor Who'' soundtrack CD release, recording two songs — "Love Don't Roam" for the 2006 Christmas special, "The Runaway Bride", and a new version of "Song For Ten", originally used in 2005's "The Christmas Invasion". On 12 January 2007, ''The Guardian'' website's "Media Monkey" diary column reported that ''Doctor Who'' fans from the discussion forum on the fan website Outpost Gallifrey were attempting to organise mass downloads of the Hannon-sung "Love Don't Roam", which was available as a single release on the UK iTunes store. This was in order to attempt to exploit the new UK singles chart download rules, and get the song featured in the Top 40 releases.
The same year, Hannon added his writing and vocal talents to the Air album Pocket Symphony, released in the United States on 6 March 2007. He is featured on the track Somewhere Between Waking and Sleeping, for which he wrote the lyrics. This song had been originally written for and sung by Charlotte Gainsbourg on her album, 5:55. Though it was not included in its 2006 European release, it was added as a bonus track for its American release on 24 April 2007. Consequently, two versions of the same song on two different albums were released within two months.
Hannon won the 2007 Choice music award for his 2006 album, 'Victory for the Comic Muse'. It was announced the next day that he left EMI by 'mutual consent'.
When the band Keane played at the O2 Arena in London in July, ''A Bad Dream'' was introduced by Hannon. He introduced it by reading the poem by W.B. Yeats upon which the song is based.
He is credited with composing the theme music for the comedy shows The IT Crowd, and Father Ted, the latter being a tune specially written for the show that was later reworked into The Divine Comedy's "Songs Of Love" from their breakthrough album Casanova. Both shows were created or co-created by Graham Linehan. For the Father Ted episode A Song For Europe, Hannon co-wrote and sang My Lovely Horse, a deliberately bad song that Fathers Ted and Dougal enter into Eurosong (a parody of the Eurovision Song Contest). In the same episode, Hannon wrote the 'typical' eurovision ballad that is sung by Father Ted's nemesis, and Hannon appears on stage with him as one of the backing singers. A dream sequence in the episode shows Ted and Dougal in My Lovely Horse's pop video, with Hannon singing. As well as this, 'Eoin McLove' sings "My Lovely Mayo Mammy", but his voice and the song were both contributed by Hannon. When a raffle is being held in order to raise funds to repair the roof of the parochial house, the Kraftwerk-esque quadrio of priests enlisted to perform play an electronic piece of music composed and performed by him. Both of the advertisements for telephone numbers; in ''The IT Crowd'' (the new emergency number) and ''Father Ted'' (Priest Chatback) have jingles composed by Hannon. In the episode A Christmassy Ted, his name is one of the guesses given by Mrs. Doyle, in finding out the name of the mysterious guest. He's considered one of the last crooners in pop landscape.
A new Divine Comedy album was originally due for release towards the end of 2009. The release of "Bang Goes the Knighthood" was delayed till May 2010. In a BBC Radio 2 promotion interview before the release of the album, Hannon mentioned he is dating musician Cathy Davey.
Hannon has also collaborated with Thomas Walsh, from the Irish band Pugwash, to create a cricket themed pop album under the name The Duckworth Lewis Method. The first single, "The Age of Revolution", was released in June 2009, and a full length album released the week after.
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name | Duke Special |
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background | solo_singer |
birth name | Peter Wilson |
born | 4th January 1971 |
origin | Lisburn, Northern Ireland |
instrument | VocalsPianoAccordion |
genre | AlternativeFolkSoul |
occupation | Singer-songwriter |
years active | 2002 - present |
associated acts | David Ford |
label | Medieval Haircut RecordsHag RecordsIzumi RecordsV2 (2007) Universal Music Ireland (2008-present) |
influences | Elliott SmithThe Magnetic FieldsThe Dresden DollsVan MorrisonVaudeville TheatreAndy KaufmannTom WaitsRufus WainwrightAimee MannThe Divine ComedyBen FoldsBruce CockburnJoe Jackson |
website | Official site |
notable instruments | }} |
Duke Special, real name Peter Wilson, is a songwriter and performer based in Belfast, Northern Ireland. A piano-based songwriter with a romantic style and a warm, distinctly accented voice, he has a distinctive look, with his long dreadlocks, eyeliner and outfits he describes as "hobo chic". His live performances have a theatrical style inspired by Vaudeville and music hall, and often incorporate 78s played on an old-fashioned gramophone, or sound effects from a transistor radio. He is most often accompanied by percussionist "Temperance Society" Chip Bailey, who plays cheese graters and egg whisks, a Stumpf fiddle and a Shirdi drone box, as well as the more typical drums and cymbals. Other musicians who perform with Wilson from time to time include Paul "Pilot" Wilkinson (guitar), Réa Curran (trumpet, backing vocals, accordion), Ben Castle (clarinet, saxophone), Ben Hales (bass guitar), Gareth Williams, "Professor" Ger Eaton (keyboards), Dan Donnelly (mandoline, backing vocals) and Serge Archibald III (saxophone, "ethereal background sounds", vibes).
He has released six albums, ''Adventures in Gramophone'' (2005), ''Songs from the Deep Forest'' (2006), both of which were nominated for the Choice Music Prize, ''I Never Thought This Day Would Come'' (2008), ''Little Revolutions'' (2009), ''The Silent World of Hector Mann'' (2010) and ''Mother Courage and Her Children'' (2010).
After leaving school and a brief stint with a community arts project in Swindon, England he returned home and played piano for Brian Houston (a Belfast songwriter influenced by Bob Dylan, Van Morrison, Bruce Springsteen, Johnny Cash and Elvis) under whom Wilson apprenticed, picking up a hunger for performing and a knack of winning over an audience in the process. Several band mutations on the musical journey followed and saw Wilson front other acts composed of Belfast musicians but he was yet to hit his stride.
He has supported acts such as Crowded House, Van Morrison and Snow Patrol, and in 2006 toured Ireland with the Beautiful South and Europe with the Divine Comedy. In 2007 he headlined a concert with the Ulster Orchestra at Belfast's Waterfront Hall, "Orchestral Manoevres". The concert was supported by Julie Feeney and Foy Vance, who sang on one of Duke Special's songs, "This Could Be My Last Day". 2007 also saw him perform at Greenbelt festival, Glastonbury, Guilfest, Summer Sundae, Haldern Festival and the Electric Picnic among others and support Bell X1 on 2 dates; in Malahide Castle, Dublin and also as part of the Live at the Marquee series of concerts in Cork. In 2007 he performed as part of the BBC Electric Proms, supporting former Kinks lead singer Ray Davies. In 2008 he won the Meteor Music Award for Best Irish Male.
He has also appeared in the Northern Ireland children's television show, "Sesame Tree" with his band, having also written the theme music for the show.
He played Oxegen on The O2 stage in 2009.
Between September and December 2009 Duke Special and his band appeared on stage at the Royal National Theatre in London as part of a new production of Bertolt Brecht's play Mother Courage and Her Children, for which he wrote music for a number of songs. The production was directed by Deborah Warner and starred Fiona Shaw in the title role.
In January 2010 Duke launched a campaign on Pledge Music (see Fan-funded music) whereby fans pledged for items to help fund the promotion and touring of his triple CD, ''The Stage, A Book & The Silver Screen'' (comprising ''Mother Courage and Her Children, The Silent World of Hector Mann and Huckleberry Finn'').
Played at the last night of the proms for the BBC at Hillsborough castle.
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name | Shop Boyz |
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background | group_or_band |
alias | The Boyz of Shop |
origin | Raleigh, North Carolina, United States |
genre | Hip Hop, Southern Rap |
years active | 2004-2010 |
label | OnDeck Records/Universal Republic |
associated acts | DJ Drama, Mims, Lil Boosie |
website | http://www.shopboyzonline.com |
current members | MeanieFatSheed |
past members | Rich Shoo }} |
Shop Boyz performed at CollegeFest 2007 in Boston, Massachusetts. The Shop Boyz released a new single called "Up Thru There" in September 2008.
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The following is a list of significant men and women known for being the father, mother, or considered the founders mostly in Western socities in a field, listed by category. In most non-science fields, the title of being the "father" is debatable.
Subject | Father/Mother | Reason |
Miniature wargaming | H.G. Wells | |
Shigeru Miyamoto | Creator of many successful Nintendo franchises | |
PlayStation | Ken Kutaragi | |
Role-playing game | Gary Gygax | Creator of ''Dungeons & Dragons'' |
Stealth game | Hideo Kojima | |
Video game | Ralph H. Baer | Inventor of the video game console |
Wargaming | Charles S. Roberts |
Subject | Father/Mother | Reason | ||||
Aerial warfare | Oswald Boelcke | The first to formalize rules of air fighting, which he presented as the Dicta Boelcke, also credited as being the first pilot to shoot down an aircraft. | ||||
Atomic bomb | Robert OppenheimerLeó SzilárdEnrico Fermi | |||||
Blitzkrieg | Heinz Guderian | |||||
Edward Teller | ||||||
Atomic submarine and "nuclear navy" | Hyman G. Rickover | |||||
Fourth Generation Warfare | William S. Lind | |||||
Jean-Baptiste Colbert | Built on the fleet of France inherited from Cardinal Richelieu. | |||||
Naval Special Warfare | Phil H. Bucklew | US Naval Officer and First Commanding Officer of Navy SEAL Team One | ||||
Naval tactical studies | Paul Hoste | Jesuit Professor of Mathematics at the Royal College of the Marine in Toulon; wrote ''L'Art des Armées Navales'' (1697) | ||||
Luftwaffe and Luftstreitkräfte | Oswald Boelcke | |||||
The Soviet Union's Hydrogen Bomb | Andrei Sakharov | |||||
William C. Lee | First commander of the parachute school at Fort Benning, Georgia. | |||||
Kazimierz Pułaski | Brigadier-general and commander of the cavalry of the Continental Army (1770s). | |||||
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[[American Football | Walter Camp | ||||||
Godfather, created the New York Cosmos soccer team and imported a number of well known international footballers to the team in an attempt to bring interest to soccer in the US. | |||||||
Angling | Izaak Walton | author of ''The Compleat Angler'' | |||||
Association football | Ebenezer Cobb Morley | ||||||
Charles William Miller | |||||||
Baseball | |||||||
Basketball | James Naismith | ||||||
Scot Breithaupt | |||||||
Eugen Sandow | |||||||
Harold Zinkin | Called so by Arnold Schwarzenegger during a press statement on his passing in 2004. Inventor of the modern exercise machines. | ||||||
James Figg | |||||||
James J. Corbett | |||||||
Jim Downing | Built a racecar a season before it became the basis of a new lightweight prototype class in . | ||||||
Canadian rodeo | coined the rodeo term ''Stampede'' and was world's first rodeo producer/rodeo stock contractor/rodeo champion in 1902 | ||||||
Wally Parks | |||||||
Don Garlits | Considered to be one of the innovators of drag racing safety. | ||||||
Eddie Hill | Regarded as the Forefather of Drag Racing. | ||||||
Kunimitsu Takahashi | |||||||
Modern figure skating | Jackson Haines | ||||||
The Football Association | Ebenezer Cobb Morley | Founder | |||||
rowspan="2" | James Richardson Spensley | ||||||
William Garbutt | Laying the foundations of skilled coaching in Italian football | ||||||
Freestyle BMX | Bob Haro | ||||||
Freestyle Motocross | Mike Metzger | Godfather | |||||
Funny Car | Dick Landy | ||||||
Frank Chirkinian | Personally responsible for much of the production conventions of modern golf broadcasting. | ||||||
rowspan="2" | Credited for introducing baseball in Japan | ||||||
Hiroshi Hiraoka | Credited for establishing the first baseball team | ||||||
Jogging | Jim Fixx | Founding father | |||||
Karting | Art Ingels | Developed the world's first kart (1956) | |||||
Lacrosse | William George Beers | Codified the sport | |||||
Mixed martial arts | Bruce Lee | Called so by Dana White, president of the Ultimate Fighting Championship. For his experimentation into other styles and invention of Jeet Kune Do. | |||||
American motocross | Edison Dye | Introduced motorcross to American riders | |||||
NASCAR | Bill France, Sr. | Foundation of the sanctioning body for stock car racing | |||||
Road racing in the United States | Cameron Argetsinger | ||||||
Rugby union | A. G. Guillemard | William Webb Ellis |
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(William Webb Ellis)"WHO WITH A FINE DISREGARD FOR THE RULES OF FOOTBALL AS PLAYED IN HIS TIME FIRST TOOK THE BALL IN HIS ARMS AND RAN WITH IT THUS ORIGINATING THE DISTINCTIVE FEATURE OF THE RUGBY GAME" | |||
Italo Santelli | |||||||
Florida Skateboarding | Bruce Walker | ||||||
East Coast Skateboarding | Vinny Raffa | ||||||
Skip Engblom | |||||||
Tony Hawk | |||||||
Snowboard | Jake Burton | ||||||
Supercross | Mike Goodwin | Organized the first supercross race | |||||
Modern surfing | Duke Kahanamoku |
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Aerodynamics (modern) | Sir George Cayley | Founding father of modern Aerodynamics. The first to identify the four aerodynamic forces of flight—weight, Lift (force) | |
[[Architecture | Imhotep | Built the first pyramid | |
Astronautics | Konstantin Tsiolkovsky | Robert H. GoddardHermann Oberth | |
Aviation | Book: ''Prodromo alla Arte Maestra'' (1670). First to describe the geometry and physics of a flying vessel. | ||
Thomas Tompion | |||
Clinical trials | James Lind | Conducted the first Scientific control | |
[[Computing | Charles Babbage | Inventor of the Analytical Engine which was never constructed in his lifetime. | |
Cybernetics | Norbert Wiener | ||
William F. Moran | Founder of the American Bladesmith Society | ||
Bob Loveless | Founder of the Knifemakers' Guild | ||
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Air conditioning | Willis Carrier | |||||||
Chronograph | ||||||||
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Compiler | Grace Hopper | |||||||
Konrad Zuse | Invented world's first functional program-controlled computer. | |||||||
Alan Turing | Was a secret code breaker during WWII and invented the Turing machine (1936). | |||||||
John von Neumann | Became "intrigued" with Turing's universal machine and later emphasised the importance of the stored-program concept for electronic computing (1945), including the possibility of allowing the machine to modify its own program in useful ways while running. | |||||||
Invented the digital computer in the 1930s | ||||||||
Computer Program | Ada Lovelace | Recognized by historians as the writer of the world's first computer program which was for the Charles Babbage Analytical Engine, but was never complete within either her or his lifetime. | ||||||
Ekranoplan | Rostislav Alexeev | |||||||
Helicopter | Igor Sikorsky | Invented the first successful helicopter, upon which further designs were based. | ||||||
Internet | Vint CerfBob Kahn | |||||||
Instant noodle | Momofuku Ando | Inventor of the instant noodle, also founder of Nissin Foods to produce and market them. | ||||||
Japanese television | Kenjiro Takayanagi | |||||||
Jet engine | Frank Whittle | |||||||
Karaoke | Daisuke Inoue | Inventor of the machine as a means of allowing people to sing without the need of a live back-up. | ||||||
Laser | Charles Hard Townes | |||||||
Lightning prediction system | Alexander Stepanovich Popov | The first lightning prediction system, the Lightning detector, was invented in 1894 by Alexander Stepanovich Popov. | ||||||
Marine chronometer | John Harrison | |||||||
Microprocessor | Marcian Hoff Masatoshi Shima | |||||||
Mobile phone | He is the main brainchild of hand-held phone and with the help of Motorola team he developed the first handset in 1973 weighing in at two kilos. | |||||||
Vinod Dham | The original Pentium (P5) was developed by a team of engineers, including John H. Crawford, chief architect of the original 386, and Donald Alpert, who managed the architectural team. Dror Avnon managed the design of the FPU. Dham was general manager of the P5 group. Some media sources have called him the "father of the Pentium". | |||||||
Chuck Peddle | Developed the 6502 microprocessor, the KIM-1 and the Commodore PET | |||||||
Programmable logic controller | Dick Morley | |||||||
Radio | Alexander Stepanovich Popov Lee De Forest Guglielmo Marconi Jagdish Chandra Bose Nikola Tesla | |||||||
Radio (Radio broadcasting) | Reginald Fessenden David Sarnoff | Fessenden is credited as the first to broadcast radio signals on Christmas Eve, 1906. Sarnoff proposed a chain of radio stations to Marconi's associates in 1915. | ||||||
Radio (FM radio) | Edwin H. Armstrong | Obtained the first Federal Communications Commission (FCC) license to operate an FM station in Alpine, New Jersey at approximately 50 megahertz (1939) | ||||||
Radiotelephony | Reginald Fessenden | |||||||
SGML | Charles Goldfarb | |||||||
Telephone | Antonio Meucci | Alexander Graham Bell | See Invention of the telephone | |||||
Television | Philo T. Farnsworth |
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Vladimir Zworykin |
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John Logie Baird | Co-Inventors of the Electronic Television. Farnsworth invented the Image dissector while Zworykin created the Iconoscope, both fully electronic forms of television. Logie Baird invented the world's first working television system, also the first electronic color television system. | ||
Tokamak | Lev Artsimovich | |||||||
Fazlur Khan | Invented the tube structural system and first employed it in his designs for the DeWitt-Chestnut Apartments, John Hancock Center and Sears Tower. | |||||||
World Wide Web | Tim Berners-Lee | |||||||
Visual Basic | Alan Cooper | |||||||
XML | Jon Bosak |
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Lan Kwai Fong | Allan Zeman | Noted for turning a small square of streets in
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American Interstate Highway System | Dwight D. Eisenhower | |
Gene Berg | ||
Hot rod | Ed Winfield | |
RJ DeVera | Influential for popularising the import car scene in the mid-1990s. | |
Kustom Kulture | ||
Monster truck | ||
Mountain bike | Gary Fisher | |
Rotary engine | Felix Wankel | |
Cyrus Avery | ||
Tailfin | Harley Earl | |
Traffic safety | William Phelps Eno | |
Frank W. Cyr | ||
Father or mother of something Father or mother of something, List of people known as
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name | Jonathan Ross |
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birth name | Jonathan Stephen Ross |
birth date | November 17, 1960 |
birth place | Camden, London, England |
nationality | British |
occupation | Broadcaster, film critic |
years active | 1980–present |
spouse | |
children | 2 daughters, 1 son |
parents | Martha Ross }} |
Ross began his television career as a programme researcher, before débuting as a television presenter for ''The Last Resort with Jonathan Ross'' on Channel 4 in 1987. Over the next decade he had several radio and television roles, many through his own production company, Channel X. In 1995 he sold his stake in Channel X, and embarked on a career with the BBC. In 1999, Ross took over presenting the ''Film'' programme from Barry Norman, and also began presenting his own radio show, while two years later he began hosting ''Friday Night with Jonathan Ross''. For the chat show, Ross won three British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) awards for Best Entertainment Performance, in 2004, 2006 and 2007. By 2006 Ross was believed to be the BBC's highest paid star. In 2005, Ross was made an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) for services to broadcasting. Ross has been involved in controversies throughout his broadcasting career. As a result, in 2008 he wrote a semi-autobiographical work titled ''Why Do I Say These Things?'', detailing some of his life experiences.
Ross has been married to the author, journalist and broadcaster Jane Goldman since 1988; they have three children. Ross and Goldman have together established the television production company Hotsauce TV. Ross is known as an avid fan and collector of comic books and memorabilia, and has written his own comic book, ''Turf''. Ross is known for his distinctive voice, flamboyant style of dress, and his light-hearted banter. He is also known for his characteristic difficulty in pronouncing the sound 'r' (rhotacism).
The pair based their concept on the successful American show ''Late Night with David Letterman'', and formed a new production company called Channel X, to produce a pilot. Ross was not originally slated as the show's host, but with little time to find one Jonathan Ross stepped in and made his television debut on the show in January 1987.
While the series was initially a co-production with Colin Calendar, ownership transferred to Marke and Ross, meaning that the latter retained a great deal of control as well as being presenter. The show proved popular for both Ross and for Channel 4, making him one of the major personalities on the channel.
A year later, his documentary series ''The Incredibly Strange Film Show'' introduced many to the works of cult filmmakers like Sam Raimi and Jackie Chan.
In 1989, he co-presented the biennial BBC charity telethon ''Comic Relief'', the same year he launched ''One Hour with Jonathan Ross'' a short lived chat show on Channel 4, most notable for the game show segment "Knock down ginger" which introduced comedians such as Vic Reeves, Bob Mortimer, Paul Whitehouse and Charlie Higson to television.
In 1991, he presented the annual ''British Comedy Awards'' on ITV. He has presented the event each year since, but in 2008 announced he would be stepping down from the role following his suspension from the BBC. In 1992 he presented an interview with Madonna about her ''Erotica'' album and ''Sex Book'' promotion.
In 1993, he was the narrator for ''FIA Formula One 1993 Season Review'' video.
Ross has appeared in numerous television entertainment programmes on several channels throughout the 1990s and 2000s. He was a regular panellist on the sports quiz ''They Think It's All Over'', and hosted the panel game ''It's Only TV...But I Like It''. Other projects include the BBC joke-quiz ''Gagtag'', the Channel 4 variety show ''Saturday Zoo'', new-acts showcase ''The Big Big Talent Show'', and the ITV programme ''Fantastic Facts''.
In 1995 he left Channel X, despite its profitable nature. He was quoted in a 1998 article as stating:
From 23 May 2009, Ross' BBC Radio 2 show was pre-recorded 24 hours before broadcast. This decision was made to make the show more watertight and, according to the press, to make sure any of Ross's off-the-cuff comments might be edited out.
Ross' show on Radio 2 last aired on 17 July 2010 when his contract at the BBC ended.
In 2005, Ross anchored the BBC television coverage of the Live 8 concerts. Later that year he was made an Officer of the Order of the British Empire in the Queen's Birthday Honours for services to broadcasting. He celebrated the news by playing "God Save the Queen" by The Sex Pistols (which was banned by the BBC when released in 1977) on his BBC Radio 2 Saturday morning show. On 21 June 2006 Ross was made a Fellow of University College London, where he studied.
In early 2006, Ross announced that after eight years he was quitting his regular panellist seat on the sport/comedy quiz show ''They Think It's All Over'', stating:
However, after Ross' departure, only two more episodes of the show were made before it was cancelled.
In January 2006 he presented ''Jonathan Ross' Asian Invasion'', broadcast on BBC Four. The three-part documentary followed Ross as he explored the film industry in Japan, Hong Kong and Korea, interviewing directors and showcasing clips. His interest in Asian culture and his self confessed love for anime and video games led him to making three series of BBC Three show ''Japanorama'', as well as producing another series for the same channel called ''Adam and Joe Go Tokyo'', starring Adam Buxton and Joe Cornish. He produced the latter programme through his own production company Hot Sauce.
In June 2006, a bidding war was sparked between BBC and other broadcasters for Ross' services. Although other broadcasters were unsuccessful in poaching Ross, it is believed that their bids were higher than the BBC during negotiations. ITV, who bid for Ross, poached chat host Michael Parkinson around the same time. Ross became the highest paid television personality in Britain, when a new BBC contract secured his services until 2010, for a reported £18 million (£6 million/year).
On 25 June 2006, he performed at the Children's Party At The Palace for The Queen's 80th birthday. In August 2006, Ross was enlisted to ask the first question since the transition from beta for the Yahoo Answers in UK and Ireland. On 16 March 2007, Ross hosted Comic Relief 2007 alongside Fearne Cotton and Lenny Henry. On 7 July 2007 Ross presented at the Live Earth concert.
Starting on 10 September 2007 he presented the BBC Four series ''Comics Britannia'', about the history of the British comic. This forms the core of a Comics Britannia season, which includes another documentary, ''In Search of Steve Ditko'', by Ross.
In May 2008, Ross won the Sony Gold Award "Music Radio Personality of the Year".
On 3 August 2008, on BBC1, he hosted ''Jonathan Ross Salutes Dad's Army''.
In 2010, Ross took part in ''Channel 4's Comedy Gala'', a benefit show held in aid of Great Ormond Street Children's Hospital, filmed live at the O2 Arena in London on 30 March.
On 7 April 2010, Ross' first comic book was published. Turf was written by Jonathan himself and drawn by artist Tommy Lee Edwards. In 2011, Ross wrote an introduction for ''The Steve Ditko Omnibus Vol. 1'', a collection of work by the American comics artist featured in Ross' 2007 documentary.
In one of his last appearances on the show Ross was bundled on repeatedly by Gary Lineker, Ross Noble, Damon Albarn, Jamie Hewlett & Tinie Tempah, after a performance of Gorillaz' iconic song "Clint Eastwood" & On Melancholy Hill.
Explaining the decision, Ross said:
Although I have had a wonderful time working for the BBC, and am very proud of the shows I have made while there, over the last two weeks I have decided not to re-negotiate when my current contract comes to an end. While there, I have worked with some of the nicest and most talented people in the industry and had the opportunity to interview some of the biggest stars in the world, and am grateful to the BBC for such a marvellous experience. I would like to make it perfectly clear that no negotiations ever took place and that my decision is not financially motivated
The decision came a day after it was announced that Graham Norton had signed a two year deal with the BBC, and the BBC's media correspondent Torin Douglas speculated Norton would be a ready-made replacement for Ross's chat show role, while Mark Kermode of BBC Radio 5 Live was a potential successor in the film review role, but that "replacing Ross on radio will be harder". Ross last appeared on the film programme in Episode 10 of ''Film 2010 with Jonathan Ross'' aired on 17 March 2010. After Kermode publicly ruled himself out on 26 March, Claudia Winkleman was announced 30 March 2010 as his replacement as host of ''The Film programme'', who was to host Film 2010 from September 2010.
Ross's final ''Friday Night'' chat show episode aired on 16 July 2010, with David Beckham, Jackie Chan, Mickey Rourke, and Roxy Music as guests. Ross ended the show with an affectionate tribute to his guests and to the audience, while mentioning that he had promised his friend Morrissey that he would remain composed and "wouldn't cry". His final Radio 2 show was broadcast the following day. Patrick Kielty initially took over Ross' Radio 2 slot from 24 July 2010 after which Graham Norton took over permanently.
On 19 December 2010, Ross presented a three hour Channel 4 list show, ''100 Greatest Toys'', with the broadcaster describing Ross as a "huge toy enthusiast with a private collection that would rival any museum's."
In 2011, he presented ''Penn & Teller: Fool Us'' on ITV, a collaboration with magicians Penn & Teller.
Ross's new chat show ''The Jonathan Ross Show'' began on 3 September 2011 on ITV1, drawing an audience of 4.3m viewers, compared to the 4.6m for his finale on the BBC show. The first series will run for thirteen weeks. Speaking about the new show, Ross said: "I am thrilled and excited that after a short break I will be rolling up my sleeves and creating a brand new show for ITV1."
"You know where that came from? The newspapers. After the fee was announced, they said, 'The BBC says he's worth 1,000 journalists', so on the Comedy Awards I made a joke that began, 'Apparently I'm worth 1,000 journalists according to the newspapers.' Every time it's quoted, is the word 'apparently' ever used? Which does change the meaning somewhat."
On 21 November 2008, the BBC Trust said that the phone calls were a "deplorable intrusion with no editorial justification". The trust gave its backing to Ross's 12 week suspension but recommended that no further action be taken against him. He returned to work in January, and the first episode of a new series of ''Friday Night With Jonathan Ross'' with guests Tom Cruise, Stephen Fry and Lee Evans, and music from Franz Ferdinand, was broadcast on 23 January 2009.
If your son asks for a ''Hannah Montana'' MP3 player, then you might want to already think about putting him down for adoption in later life, when they settle down with their partner.
An incorrect version of this quote was also circulated, in which Ross was accused of saying:
If your son asks for a Hannah Montana MP3 player, you might want to already think about putting him down for adoption before he brings his … erm … partner home.
Ofcom received 61 complaints following the comment. A representative from the BBC defended Ross saying the comment was made "purely in jest" and that "Jonathan is not homophobic in any sense and never meant for his comments to be taken seriously." On 7 July 2009, Ofcom ruled that Ross did not breach the broadcasting code. They wrote in their opinion that "the comment was clearly presented as a joke intended to make light of the reactions that some parents may have if their child chooses a toy that is very widely recognised to be designed and marketed for the opposite sex" and that the nature of the joke and tone and manner in which it was presented "made clear that it was not intended to be hostile or pejorative towards the gay community in general." Stonewall criticised the ruling; saying "the fact that a comment is light-hearted does not absolve it from perpetuating the stereotypes that lead to homophobic bullying."
Year | ! Video game | ! Role | ! Notes |
2007 | ''Halo 3'' | UNSC Marine | |
2010 | ''Fable III''| | Barry Hatch |
Ross and others have used his rhotacism for comic effect and he is sometimes known as "Wossy," including on his Twitter feed (@wossy).
Ross is known for owning exotic pets. He is a big music fan and the first band he saw live was punk rockers X-Ray Spex at Islington's Hope And Anchor in north London. He is a big fan of David Bowie, Roxy Music and Bryan Ferry, Queen (he was in the audience for Queen at Wembley), British punk rock, Spandau Ballet, Sparks, ''Star Trek'', ''Doctor Who'' (his favourite Doctor was Jon Pertwee), and comic books. Ross has even co-owned a comic shop in London with Paul Gambaccini and released ''Turf'', his first comic book, in 2010, with American artist Tommy Lee Edwards. He was also the visual inspiration for the main character in the comic book ''Saviour''. Ross is also greatly interested in Japan, presenting a BBC-TV series on many different aspects of Japanese culture, ''Japanorama'', for three series between 2002–07. He was a regular at London's ''Blitz'' club during the early 1980s (famous for the Blitz Kids). He is a fan and friend of the singers Morrissey and George Michael.
He is a close friend of comedian Ricky Gervais and bought him a kitten after Gervais' previous cat, Colin, had died. The cat's name is Ollie and was presented to him on an episode of Ross' talk show ''Friday Night With Jonathan Ross''. He was one of the special celebrity guests in the final episode of Gervais's second season of ''Extras'', in which Gervais's character, Andy Millman, and Ross were shown to be the best of friends after a fictional appearance on ''Friday Night With Jonathan Ross''.
He is also a friend of author Neil Gaiman, and he and his wife appear in Gaiman's short story "The Facts in the Case of the Departure of Miss Finch", collected in ''Fragile Things''.
In 2005, Ross was made an Officer of the Order of the British Empire in the Queen's Birthday Honours for services to broadcasting. He celebrated the news by playing "God Save the Queen" by The Sex Pistols on his Radio 2 show.
When talking to Colin Farrell on ''Friday Night with Jonathan Ross'' on 19 February 2010, Ross claimed not to have consumed alcohol for ten years.
Ross has attended a fund raiser for the James Randi Educational Foundation called ''The Amazing Meeting'' in London in 2009 and 2010. Interviewed by Rebecca Watson, Ross described himself as a big fan of James Randi and the other speakers – who were mainly prominent sceptics – and said that he and his wife had come to have a sceptical view of the world. Ross has been supportive of Simon Singh's efforts to defend an accusation of libel by the British Chiropractic Association and Ross has posed for the ''Geek Calendar 2011'', a fund raiser for the libel reform in the UK.
At a book signing event in Central London in September 2010, Ross stated that as a youngster he went to school in Leyton (Leyton Senior High School) and supports Leyton Orient F.C.
On 6 June 2011 it was announced that Ross' beloved Pug Mr Pickle had been killed in an accident on board a train while filming a new travelogue show for ITV. Mr Pickle was well known to both viewers and listeners of Ross' TV and radio shows.
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