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- Academy Awards
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AFL Grand Final
The AFL Grand Final is an annual Australian rules football match, traditionally held on the final Saturday in September at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in Melbourne, Australia to determine the Australian Football League (AFL) premiership champions for that year. The game has become significant to Australian culture, spawning a number of traditions and surrounding activities which have grown in popularity since the interstate expansion of the VFL in the 1980s and the subsequent creation of the national AFL competition in the 1990s. The 2006 Sweeney Sports Report concluded that the AFL Grand Final has become Australia's most important sporting event, with the largest attendance, metropolitan television audience and overall interest of any annual Australian sporting event.
The winner of the Grand Final is presented with the AFL Premiership Cup and the Premiership Flag.
The concept of a "grand" final gradually evolved from experimentation by the Victorian Football League (VFL) in the initial years of competition following its inception in 1897. During the nineteenth century, Australian football competition adopted the approach used by the Football Association in England – that is, the team on top of the table (or "ladder" in the Australian vernacular) was declared the premiers. However, the fledgling VFL decided that a finals series played between the top four teams at the end of the season would generate more interest and gate money. For 1897, the VFL scheduled a round robin tournament whereby the top four played each other once and the team that won the most matches was declared the winner.
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Antenna Awards
The Antenna Awards are an annual award ceremony that recognises outstanding community television programs broadcast on Australia's Channel 31 stations. Since their inception in 2004, the Antennas have been traditionally hosted by C31 Melbourne, and are held at a gala ceremony at Federation Square. now showcase outstanding Community Television programs in Australia.
Nominations are forwarded by community television volunteers and audience members, and this pool of nominees is weeded down to a final list for each award. More than 500 initial nominations are received each year.
The 'The viewers choice' Award (in which viewers can vote on their favorite program) as well as the 'Best contribution to community Television' are the only two awards not judged by a pannel and with shortlisted nominees
As of 2010, C31 Melbourne Antenna Awards will be held on Sunday 27 June at BMW Edge from Federation Square, Melbourne.
The 2008 awards ceremony were held at the BMW Edge theatre, Federation Square on Thursday, 24 April, and broadcast on Sunday, 27 April at 7.30pm.
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Anzac Day clash
The Anzac Day clash is an annual Australian rules football match between Australian Football League (AFL) teams Collingwood and Essendon, held on Anzac Day (25 April) at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG).
During many wars, Australian rules football matches have been played overseas in places like northern Africa and Vietnam as a celebration of Australian culture and as a bonding exercise between soldiers. Despite this, professional football was not played on Anzac Day for many years; in 1959 for example, when all VFL games were played on Saturday afternoons and when Anzac Day also fell on a Saturday, the entire round was withheld and played on the following Saturday.
The first VFL matches played on Anzac Day occurred in 1960 following an Act of Parliament which lifted the previous restriction on this activity. Over the years these games sometimes drew huge crowds, with the 1975 Carlton versus Essendon game attracting 77,770 fans to VFL Park, a then record for the day, while two years later in 1977 Richmond and Collingwood would easily surpass this, drawing 92,436 to the MCG.
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Australia
Australia (
/əˈstreɪljə/), officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent as well as the island of Tasmania and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area. Neighbouring countries include Indonesia, East Timor and Papua New Guinea to the north; the Solomon Islands, Vanuatu and New Caledonia to the north-east; and New Zealand to the south-east.
For at least 40,000 years before European settlement in the late 18th century, Australia was inhabited by indigenous Australians, who belonged to one or more of roughly 250 language groups. After discovery by Dutch explorers in 1606, Australia's eastern half was claimed by Great Britain in 1770 and settled through penal transportation to the colony of New South Wales from 26 January 1788. The population grew steadily in subsequent decades; the continent was explored and an additional five self-governing Crown Colonies were established.
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Australian Open
The Australian Open is a major tennis tournament held annually over the last fortnight of January in Melbourne, Australia. First held in 1905, the tournament is chronologically the first of the four Grand Slam tennis events of the year – the other three being the French Open, Wimbledon and the US Open. It features men's and women's singles; men's, women's, and mixed doubles and junior's championships; as well as wheelchair, legends and exhibition events. Since 1988 the tournament has been played on hard courts at Melbourne Park.
The Australian Open typically has very high attendance – second only to the US Open – and was the first Grand Slam tournament to feature indoor play during wet weather or extreme heat with its two primary courts, Rod Laver Arena and Hisense Arena, equipped with retractable roofs.
The Australian Open is managed by Tennis Australia, formerly the Lawn Tennis Association of Australia (LTAA), and was first played at the Warehouseman's Cricket Ground in Melbourne in 1905. This facility is now known as the Albert Reserve Tennis Centre.
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Boxing Day Test
The Boxing Day Test match is a cricket Test match hosted in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia involving the Australian cricket team and an opposing national team which is touring Australia that summer. It begins annually on Boxing Day (26 December) and is played at the Melbourne Cricket Ground. Every four years, the Boxing Day Test forms part of the 5-match Ashes series with England.
By long tradition the Victoria-New South Wales Sheffield Shield match included Boxing Day at the MCG as one of the scheduled days of play, much to the chagrin of the NSW players who missed Christmas with their families as a result. In the 1950–51 Ashes series the Melbourne Test was held on the 22–27 December, with the third day's play being on Boxing Day, but No Boxing Day Tests were played in Melbourne between 1953 and 1967. As there were six Tests in the 1974–75 Ashes series to fit them all in the Third Test at Melbourne was scheduled to start on Boxing Day, beginning the modern tradition. In 1980 the Melbourne Cricket Club and the Australian cricket team secured the rights to play the match annually.
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Crown Casino
Crown Casino and Entertainment Complex is a large casino and entertainment precinct located on the south bank of the Yarra River, in Melbourne, Australia. Crown Casino is a unit of Crown Limited.
Crown's current casino complex opened in 1997, after moving from its original location from 1994 on the north bank of the Yarra. It is one of the central features of the Southbank area in the central business district and the Crown Promenade fronts onto the waterfront as part of Southbank Promenade. Children under 18 are permitted into the entertainment section of complex, but not into the gaming area or areas serving alcohol. The entire complex has a space of 510,000 m² which is equivalent to 2 city blocks, making it the largest casino complex in the Southern Hemisphere and one of the largest in the world.
Crown Casino opened in 1994 at the World Trade Centre on the north bank of the Yarra River, moving to the new complex at Southbank in 1997. Actress Rachel Griffiths infamously ran through the casino topless on its opening night. It is open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week except on Christmas Day, Good Friday and Anzac Day. It was originally founded, owned and run by Lloyd Williams until the Packer takeover by PBL in 1999. Crown Casino is the largest casino in the southern hemisphere and has a license for 350 table games and 2,500 poker machines.
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Melbourne
Melbourne ([ˈmelbən, -bn̩, ˈmæl-],rhotically /ˈmɛlbərn/) is the capital and most populous city in the state of Victoria, and the second most populous city in Australia. The Melbourne City Centre is the hub of the greater metropolitan area and the Census statistical division—of which "Melbourne" is the common name. As of June 2010, the greater geographical area had an approximate population of four million. Inhabitants of Melbourne are called Melburnians or Melbournians.
The metropolis is located on the large natural bay known as Port Phillip, with the city centre positioned at the estuary of the Yarra River (at the northernmost point of the bay). The metropolitan area then extends south from the city centre, along the eastern and western shorelines of Port Phillip, and expands into the hinterland. The city centre is situated in the municipality known as the City of Melbourne, and the metropolitan area consists of a further 30 municipalities.
Melbourne was founded in 1835 (47 years after the European settlement of Australia) by settlers from Launceston in Van Diemen's Land. It was named by governor Richard Bourke in 1837, in honour of the British Prime Minister of the day, William Lamb—the 2nd Viscount Melbourne. Melbourne was officially declared a city by Queen Victoria in 1847. In 1851, it became the capital city of the newly created colony of Victoria. During the Victorian gold rush of the 1850s, it was transformed into one of the world's largest and wealthiest cities. After the federation of Australia in 1901, it then served as the interim seat of government of the newly created nation of Australia until 1927.
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Melbourne Cup
The Melbourne Cup is Australia's major Thoroughbred horse race. Marketed as "the race that stops a nation", it is a 3,200 metre race for three-year-olds and over. It is the richest "two-mile" handicap in the world, and one of the richest turf races. Conducted by the Victoria Racing Club on the Flemington Racecourse in Melbourne, the event starts at 3pm (daylight saving time) the first Tuesday in November.
The race has been held since 1861 (see list of Melbourne Cup winners) and was originally held over two miles (about 3,218 metres) but following preparation for Australia's adoption of the metric system in the 1970s, the current race distance of 3,200 metres was established in 1972. This reduced the distance by 18.688 metres (61.31 ft), and Rain Lover's 1968 race record of 3min.19.1sec was accordingly adjusted to 3min.17.9sec. The present record holder is the 1990 winner Kingston Rule with a time of 3min 16.3sec.
The race is a quality handicap for horses 3 years old and over, run over a distance of 3,200 metres, on the first Tuesday in November at Flemington Racecourse. The minimum handicap weight is 49 kg. There is no maximum weight, but the top allocated weight must not be less than 57 kg. The weight allocated to each horse is declared by the VRC Handicapper in early September.
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Scotland
Scotland (Scottish Gaelic: Alba ([ˈalˠ̪apə] listen (help·info))) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the southwest. In addition to the mainland, Scotland constitutes over 790 islands including the Northern Isles and the Hebrides.
Edinburgh, the country's capital and second largest city, is one of Europe's largest financial centres. Edinburgh was the hub of the Scottish Enlightenment of the 18th century, which transformed Scotland into one of the commercial, intellectual and industrial powerhouses of Europe. Glasgow, Scotland's largest city, was once one of the world's leading industrial cities and now lies at the centre of the Greater Glasgow conurbation. Scottish waters consist of a large sector of the North Atlantic and the North Sea, containing the largest oil reserves in the European Union. This has given Aberdeen, the third largest city in Scotland, the title of Europe's oil capital.
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Sydney
Sydney ( /sɪdni/) is the most populous city in Australia and the state capital of New South Wales. Sydney is classified as an Alpha+ World City indicating its influence in the region and throughout the world.
Sydney is located on Australia's south-east coast of the Tasman Sea. As of June 2010, the greater metropolitan area had an approximate population of 4.6 million people. Inhabitants of Sydney are called Sydneysiders, comprising a cosmopolitan and international population.
The site of the first British colony in Australia, Sydney was established in 1788 at Sydney Cove by Arthur Phillip, commodore of the First Fleet as a penal colony. The city is built on hills surrounding Port Jackson which is commonly known as Sydney Harbour, where the iconic Sydney Opera House and the Harbour Bridge feature prominently. The hinterland of the metropolitan area is surrounded by national parks, and the coastal regions feature many bays, rivers, inlets and beaches including the famous Bondi Beach and Manly Beach. Within the city are many notable parks, including Hyde Park and the Royal Botanic Gardens.
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Adam Hills
Adam Hills (born 10 July 1970) is an Australian comedian and television presenter. He has appeared on Australian and British television and is best known for his role hosting the Australian ABC music trivia show Spicks and Specks. He has been nominated for a Perrier Comedy Award and Gold Logie Award.
He began performing as a stand-up comedian in 1989 at the age of 19, and since 1997 has produced ten solo shows which have toured internationally. He has performed at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, the Melbourne International Comedy Festival and the Montreal Just for Laughs festival, earning three consecutive Perrier Award nominations for his Edinburgh shows in 2001, 2002 and 2003.
In 2002, he scored a minor hit with his single "Working Class Anthem", in which he sang the lyrics of the Australian National Anthem to the tune of "Working Class Man", a famous song by Australian rocker Jimmy Barnes.
Originally from the Sydney suburb of Loftus, Hills developed an interest in comedy after discovering an inflight comedy channel on a plane at the age of eight. Hills was born without a right foot and wears a prosthesis, which has become a frequent source of comedy in his act. He studied a Bachelor of Arts (Communications) at Macquarie University, graduating in 1991.
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Andrew Daddo
Andrew Daddo (born 18 February 1967) is an Australian actor, author and television personality.
Andrew has been a long time presenter on the Seven Network in Australia and has been involved in hosting many Seven specials. He hosted World's Greatest Commercials, which ran from 1995 to 1996 (and also had occasional Cannes Film Festival specials until the late 1990s) as well as the Australian adaptation of Kids Say the Darndest Things. Daddo is one of the travellers on the Globe Trekker series, and is also the author of a number of children's books. He was a presenter on Seven's The Great Outdoors in 1994 and from 2002 to 2008. During the 2000 Sydney Olympics, Daddo co-hosted Olympic Sunrise with Johanna Griggs. American audiences might remember Andrew Daddo from a stint as an MTV VJ in the early 1990s. During the 2008 Beijing Olympics he hosted an Olympics-oriented morning talk show, Yum Cha.
Daddo is married to Jacqui and has three children, Felix, Anouk Bibi and Jasper. He is part of a prominent acting family, including brothers Lochie and Cameron. He has a twin brother, artist, Jamie Daddo.
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Andrew Denton
Andrew Christopher Denton (born 1960) is an Australian television producer, comedian, Gold Logie-nominatedtelevision presenter and former radio host, and was the host of the ABC's weekly television interview program Enough Rope. He is known for his comedy and interviewing technique. He is also responsible for introducing the troupe The Chaser to Australian audiences.
Born 4 May 1960, Denton is the son of Kit Denton, writer and the author of the novel The Breaker, about Australian soldier and folk hero Breaker Morant. He went to Roseville Primary School in Sydney, before attending Blue Mountains Grammar School in Wentworth Falls NSW. In 1977 he attended Guildford Grammar School. He studied media and communications at Mitchell College of Advanced Education (MCAE) in Bathurst NSW for a Bachelor of Arts in Communication - graduated 1982-83. He was involved in the campus radio station, 2MCE. Denton has no recorded entries of undertaking services to the community during his years at primary school or high school or while an undergraduate student.
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Andrew O'Keefe
Andrew Patrick O'Keefe (born 1 October 1971) is an Australian entertainer, best known for being the host of the hit game-show Deal or No Deal. He is also the co-host of Weekend Sunrise alongside Samantha Armytage.
He formerly worked as an intellectual property lawyer with Australian law firm Allens Arthur Robinson, and for a short time with the Public Interest Advocacy Centre in Sydney. He is the son of former Supreme Court of New South Wales judge Barry O'Keefe, nephew of the late Australian rock and roll musician Johnny O'Keefe and brother of University of Cambridge international lawyer Roger O'Keefe.
O'Keefe first started his television career in 2003, starring in Channel Seven's AFI-nominated sketch show Big Bite (the same show on which Summer Heights High's Chris Lilley got his TV break). Late the same year he began hosting Deal or no Deal, the first version of the show outside its home country The Netherlands. It has been on screen continuously since 2003, has run to over 1,500 episodes to December 2010, and has since been produced in over 75 countries around the world.
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Anton Enus
Anton Enus, is a South African-born Australian news presenter for SBS television.
Until December 2007, Enus anchored the late edition of SBS World News Australia, which aired on weeknights at 9.30pm. With the departure of both Mary Kostakidis and Stan Grant as anchors of the early-evening broadcast, Enus became the lead anchor of the programme on 17 December 2007.
He has been a newscaster and journalist for 20 years. He has been with SBS World News Tonight for the past five years, after a 15-year career in radio and television with South Africa's national broadcaster, SABC. Anton's achievements include the CNN World Report award for best international report and the Bokmakierie Award for current affairs. Before leaving South Africa, Anton presented the country's major evening national news bulletin for the SABC.
He was a founding member of South Africa's gay and lesbian sports movement in the early 1980s and was on the organising team that guided the country into the Gay Games for the first time in 1994. He has also served on committees aimed at reconciling Johannesburg's multi-cultural gay and lesbian communities.[citation needed]
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Barry Crocker
Barry Hugh Crocker OAM (born 4 November 1935, in Geelong, Victoria,Australia) is a popular Australian singer, with a crooning vocal style.
After undergoing National Service with the RAAF in 1955, Crocker toured with a theatre group and did the club circuit in Melbourne, followed by a partnership with David Clark (aka Dave Nelson), and performed in England and the United States. He returned to Australia to star in a TV musical comedy show called 66 And All That, which became The Barry Crocker Show (1966–67) on Network Ten.
Barry went on to become the presenter and leading performer on The Sound Of Music TV series, which earned him a Gold Logie in 1970 as Australia's top (male) TV personality. His singing talents eventually earned him over 30 gold records.
Barry made his acting debut on a 1969 episode of Skippy the Bush Kangaroo.
In May 1973 he released the album "Music Makes My Day", featuring an updated version of Robin Luke's "Susie Darlin" on the Festival label. The recording featured Olivia Newton-John and Pat Carroll on backup vocals and enjoyed chart success, reaching Number 25 in Sydney, Number 7 in Melbourne, Number 3 in Brisbane and Adelaide.
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Bert Newton
Albert Watson "Bert" Newton, AM, MBE (born 23 July 1938) is an Australian television personality, known for hosting television series such as In Melbourne Tonight, Good Morning Australia and 20 to 1. Newton has also hosted the Logie Awards on numerous occasions through his career.
Newton was born in Fitzroy, an inner suburb of Melbourne in Australia. He was educated at St Joseph's Marist Brothers Roman Catholic college. In his early years he had thoughts of entering the priesthood and he is still an active Roman Catholic.
Newton's first paid radio appearance was as a schoolboy on 3XY on 10 June 1952, doing advertisements dressed as a clown with Doug McKenzie, later to become "Zag" in Zig and Zag.
"... there was a radio program on 3XY Melbourne called Scouting Around, compered by the late Tom Jones. One week the broadcast was recorded at our Scout Hall, and as the direct result of this, I began to appear on 3XY".
This led to regular appearances on a Saturday morning children's show, in which he worked with Stan Rofe and McKenzie.
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Bob Dyer
Robert "Bob" Dies OBE (22 May 1909 – 9 January 1984), who took the stage name of Bob Dyer, was an American-born vaudeville entertainer, radio personality, and radio and television quiz show host who made his name in Australia. Dyer is best known for the long-running radio and then television quiz show, Pick a Box. At the height of his radio career, Dyer and his friend and rival, Jack Davey, were regarded as Australia's top quiz comperes.
Bob and his wife, Dolly, were probably, after Sir Robert and Dame Pattie Menzies, the most recognised double act in Australia in the 1960s. Bob and Dolly's main interest besides performing was big-game fishing and, between them, they broke some 200 world and Australian fishing records.
Bob Dies was born in Trousdale County, Tennessee, to a sharefarmer father. In an interview much later in his life with Barry Jones, Dyer spoke of his childhood:
Back in Hartsville County my elder brother, a Negro boy and I all grew up together. We walked to school every day and walked back home together, but at the crossroads the Negro boy walked one way to the all-black school while my brother and I went to the all-white school. Where was the point of separation during school hours when we were brothers for the rest of the day? Our black friend later got into trouble and died tragically. I often wonder what would have happened if our colours had been reversed. That is why I have always hated racial or religious intolerance.
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Bobby Limb
Bobby Limb AO OBE (10 November 1924 – 11 September 1999) was an Australian pioneering radio and television entertainer of the 1960s and 1970s.
Bobby Limb's show business career began in 1941, at the age of 17, when he became a saxophone player with various dance bands around Adelaide. His bright personality soon made him a bandleader and comedian. By 1952, Bobby was already one of Australia's leading entertainers, with a fan-club on radio station 2UW which boasted 35,000 teenage members.
He appeared in the satirical radio program The Idiot Weekly in 1958 and 1959, alongside such players as Spike Milligan, Ray Barrett and John Bluthal, but was better known for his own radio, and later TV shows.
His most successful television shows were The Mobil Limb Show, Australia's first national television show, and Bobby Limb's The Sound of Music, which ran for nine years 1963–1972, being the country's top-rated show for most of that time. Limb switched with his program from TCN Channel 9 to TEN10 in exactly the same timeslot on Friday nights. Channel 9 then picked up the younger Barry Crocker from TEN10 where he'd been hosting a similar program called "Say it with Music", and placed this into almost exactly the same timeslot with the same "Sound of Music" name on Friday nights. Crocker's initial success waned, but both versions were axed within a few years as the format had had its run.
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Craig McLachlan
Craig Dugald McLachlan (born 1 September 1965) is an Australian actor, musician and singer. He has been involved in flim, television and music theatre for the past 25 years.
Craig Mclachlan is one of Australia’s most versatile and recognisable artists. As an actor, musician and composer he has had an international career spanning more than two decades.
He first appeared on Australian television in a guest role on ‘The Young Doctors’, and went on to be cast as Henry Ramsey, brother of Kylie Minogue’s character ‘Charlene’ in Channel 10’s hit show ‘Neighbours’. After appearing in more than 800 episodes and winning the coveted Gold Logie and Silver Logie , he was contracted to Channel 7’s hit show ‘Home and Away’ playing schoolteacher Grant Mitchell.
A talented guitarist, Craig went on to have international success as a singer/ songwriter achieving Australian and UK hit singles with his remake of the Bo Diddley song ‘Mona’, as well as his self penned ‘Amanda’, ‘One Reason Why’ and ‘On My Own’. His band Check 1-2 went on to tour the UK and Europe.
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Daryl Somers
Daryl Paul Somers OAM (born Daryl Schultz 6 August 1951 in Geelong, Victoria, Australia), is an Australian television personality. The son of a dairy farmer and a cabaret singer, Somers rose to national fame as the host of the long-running comedy-variety program Hey Hey It's Saturday.
Somers, who has an Irish Catholic heritage, was educated at Christian Brothers College, St. Kilda. As a child he helped with efforts to locate missing prime minister Harold Holt. A drummer, he joined a group playing music in the style of Herb Alpert which began under the name "Pasquale and his Mexican Rhythm." Under the name "Somerset", the group appeared on GTV-9's talent quest programme New Faces, winning their way to the finals, only to be beaten by John Williamson.
Somers started professional TV work on 14 July 1971, taking over as the presenter of an afternoon children's program called Cartoon Corner, which was previously 'Skeeter's Cartoon Corner', hosted by James Kemsley (who went on to draw the famous Ginger Meggs comic strip for 23 years). Daryl's first words were, "Hi I'm Daryl Somers, Skeeter will no longer be with us and now it's time for a cartoon".
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Dave Hughes
David William "Hughesy" Hughes (born 26 November 1970, Warrnambool, Victoria, Australia), an Australian stand-up comedian, and a radio and television presenter. He is currently a co-host on Network Ten's The Project and Before the Game, as well as on the breakfast radio show Hughesy and Kate. He is known for his larrikin personality, drawling Australian accent, and deadpan comedic delivery.
After graduating from high school in 1988, Hughes studied commerce at Deakin University in Warrnambool for two-and-a-half years.
He married Holly Ife, a reporter with the Herald Sun, on 31 December 2006. The two have a son, Rafferty David (born April 2009), and a daughter, Sadie May (born April 2011).
He does not drink, and has not had an alcoholic drink since he was 22.
He is an avid Carlton supporter.
After leaving[?] university, it was seven years before Hughes found work as a stand-up comedian.
He is a regular performer at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival. Some of his efforts have been released on CD (Dave Hughes: Whatever), and on DVD (Dave Hughes Live, as well as his latest, Dave Hughes - Handy).
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Delta Goodrem
Delta Lea Goodrem (born 9 November 1984) is an Australian singer-songwriter and pianist. Born and raised in Sydney, Australia, she enrolled in dancing, acting, singing and piano classes at a young age. She began her career as a child actress, starring in various television shows and rose to prominence in 2002 in the Australian soap opera Neighbours as Nina Tucker.
Venturing into the music industry, Goodrem recorded an album entitled Delta through an independent label, which was never released due to legal reasons. Subsequently signing to Sony at the age of 15, she released her multi-platinum album Innocent Eyes which topped the Australian albums chart and UK Albums Chart. It became one of the highest selling albums in Australian history, with 4.5 million copies sold worldwide and all five of its singles— "Born to Try", "Lost Without You", "Innocent Eyes", "Not Me, Not I", and "Predictable"—reaching number one in Australia and three of them reaching the top ten in the UK. This gave her the record for becoming the first ever artist to have five Number 1 singles from a debut album.
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Don Lane
Don Lane (November 13, 1933 – October 22, 2009), born Morton Donald Isaacson, was an American-born talk show host and singer. Lane became best known for his television career in Australia, especially for hosting The Don Lane Show which aired on the Nine Network from 1975 to 1983.
Don Lane was born at the Manhattan "Flower Hospital" in New York City to a Jewish father (Jacob) and a Catholic mother (Dolly), who later converted to Judaism. Jacob "Jack" Isaacson was a sergeant in the New York City Police Department (NYPD) and Dolly was a homemaker. He was raised in The Bronx, where he attended DeWitt Clinton High School and was classmates with Judd Hirsch and Garry Marshall. By his mid-teens, due to his mother's influential personality, Lane had decided he wanted to be in show business. He even placed a star on his bedroom door. He started to entertain at parties he attended with his parents, usually doing a mixture of singing and comedy. He also played varsity football and basketball for DeWitt Clinton and attained a football and basketball scholarship to Kalamazoo College in Kalamazoo, Michigan where he spent three years.
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Donna Douglas
Donna Douglas (born September 26, 1933) is an American actress best known for her role as Elly May Clampett, in the long-running television series The Beverly Hillbillies.
Donna Douglas was born Doris Smith on September 26, 1933 in Pride, East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana, Louisana. She was the only daughter of Emmett Ratcliff Smith Sr. (1907–1988)] and his wife, the former Elma Robinson (1910–2003).
Douglas attended St. Gerard High School where she played both softball and basketball. She was a member of the school's first graduating class. In 1949, she married Roland Bourgeois and together they had a son and then divorced. She was awarded the titles “Miss Baton Rouge” and, in 1957, was named “Miss New Orleans”.
Douglas moved to New York to pursue a career in entertainment and started out as an illustration model for toothpaste ads. She was featured as the “Letters Girl” on The Perry Como Show in 1957, and as the “Billboard Girl” on The Steve Allen Show in 1959. These and other TV appearances led New York photographers and newspaper reporters to award her the “Miss By-line” crown, which she wore on The Ed Sullivan Show.
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Fifi Box
Fifi Box is an Australian radio broadcaster and television presenter.
Box is perhaps best-known on television for her standout performance on Dancing with the Stars on the Seven Network in 2007 and regular guest appearances on Sunrise and Thank God You're Here.
Her early career was spent in regional Australia working at stations 2MC/ROXFM Port Macquarie, 3TR Traralgon and 3GG Warragul.
In 2000 she co-hosted a late-night show on TTFM Melbourne and within months, was picked up by the Triple M network to co-host a national night show based on relationships. When the show came to an end, she moved to the breakfast timeslot to produce Amanda Keller, Mikey Robbins and Peter Berner.
In 2003, Box joined the The Shebang on Triple M and stayed with the station until 2008.
In January 2009, Box joined Sunrise as weather presenter where she replaced David Brown and stayed in this position until December 2009.
In January 2010, she was appointed as Entertainment Editor on Sunrise where she interviews celebrities and presents entertainment segments. Box was replaced by Grant Denyer who returned to his previous position as weather presenter.
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Flo Rida
Tramar Dillard (born December 16, 1979) better known by his stage name Flo Rida (pronounced /floʊ ˈraɪdə/), is an American rapper. He released his debut album, Mail on Sunday, in March 2008. His debut single "Low", featuring T-Pain, was a No. 1 hit for ten weeks in United States in early 2008. Two other singles resulted from Mail on Sunday: "Elevator" and "In the Ayer". In 2009, his second album R.O.O.T.S. was released; its most successful single "Right Round" was at the top of the Hot 100 for six weeks. Since then, he has released his third studio album titled Only One Flo (Part 1), which will see a sequel titled Wild Ones.
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Georgie Parker
Georgina "Georgie" Parker (born 16 December 1964 in Sydney) is an Australian television actress. She grew up in the suburb of St. Ives.
Parker attended St Ives North Public School in primary and attended the all-girls' Abbotsleigh School for Girls, in Sydney. She has been married since December 1999 to Steve Worland, the screenwriter of the Fox Searchlight feature film Bootmen (2000). They have a daughter, Holly, born in September 2000.
Parker was first seen on Yahoo Serious' Young Einstein, before becoming known on Australian TV through her role as nurse Lucy Gardiner in A Country Practice from 1989 to 1992. She also appeared as Despina, Memo's love interest, in the 90's sitcom, Acropolis Now and young firefighter "Mad Dog" Cartwright in the first season of Fire (TV series). From 1998 until 2005, Parker played Sister Teresa (Terri) Sullivan, a nurse and former nun, on the Australian medical drama series All Saints, for which she was awarded a number of Logies, including 'Most Popular Actress' in 2001. This saw her pick up the award for the fourth time, having won 3 times from 1991–1993 for her role on A Country Practice. In the 2001 & 2002 Parker won the Gold Logie or 'Most Popular TV Personality' firmly cementing her place as an Australian television favourite.
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Gerard Kennedy
Gerard Michael Kennedy (born July 24, 1960) is a Canadian politician in Ontario, Canada. He served as Ontario's Minister of Education from 2003 to 2006, when he resigned to make an unsuccessful bid for the leadership of the Liberal Party of Canada. Kennedy previously ran for the leadership of the Ontario Liberal Party, losing to current premier Dalton McGuinty on the final ballot.
While attending the University of Alberta in Edmonton, he became involved in the local food bank, eventually becoming its first executive director in 1983. In 1986, he moved to Toronto to run the Daily Bread Food Bank and did so until he entered politics, in 1996.
He was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario as an Ontario Liberal Party Member of Provincial Parliament (MPP) in a 1996 by-election to replace former premier Bob Rae in the York South constituency. In the 1999 and 2003 general elections, he was elected to represent the new Parkdale—High Park constituency. He became the province's Minister of Education in 2003, serving in McGuinty's first government.
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Googie Withers
Georgette Lizette "Googie" Withers CBE, AO (12 March 1917 – 15 July 2011) was an English theatre, film and television actress. She was a longtime resident of Australia with her husband, the actor John McCallum, with whom she often appeared. She was a well-known actress during the war and post-war years.
An Anglo-Indian, Withers was born in Karachi, then part of British India, to Edgar Withers, a captain in the Royal Navy, and a Dutch-German mother named Zitette. She acquired the name "Googie" (Little Pigeon) at a young age from her ayah (nanny). As a child, she learned Urdu.[citation needed] Her father left the Royal Navy to manage a foundry in Birmingham, England, and Googie was sent to a boarding school near Dover, Kent. She began acting at the age of twelve. A student at the Italia Conti Academy of Theatre Arts, she was a dancer in a West End production when she was offered work as a film extra in Michael Powell's The Girl in the Crowd (1935). She arrived on the set to find one of the major players in the production had been dismissed, and she was immediately asked to step into the role in her place.
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Gordon Chater
Gordon Chater (6 April 1922, London, England – 12 December 1999, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia) was a comedian and actor.
Chater attended Cambridge University to study to become a doctor but did not finish his degree. While at Cambridge he took part in many student revues.
He arrived in Australia following World War II. He first came to prominence in Australia as a stage and radio actor, and was a cast member of the 1963 Sydney season of Chekhov's The Cherry Orchard, the debut production by the Old Tote Theatre Company, the precursor to the Sydney Theatre Company.
Chater became a national TV star when he was cast with Carol Raye and Barry Creyton in the Australian satirical television series The Mavis Bramston Show, for which he won the 1966 Gold Logie Award for Most Popular Personality on Australian Television. He cemented his popularity with the title role in the popular sitcom My Name's McGooley, What's Yours?, playing the elderly live-in father of a young married couple, played by John Meillon and Judi Farr. He appeared in many other television comedy series. His fellow actors included Ray Barrett and Charles "Bud" Tingwell, among others.
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Graham Kennedy
Graham Cyril Kennedy, AO (15 February 1934 – 25 May 2005) was an Australian radio, television and film performer, often called Gra Gra (pronounced "gray-gray") and The King of Australian television.
Kennedy was born in Camden Street, Balaclava to Cyril William Kennedy and Mary Austen Kennedy (née Scott). His mother, who was 18 years old at the time of his birth, was employed at a local picture theatre. His father worked variously as an engineer and handyman, mowed lawns and washed cars, and in 1939 joined the RAAF as an air gunner. His first home was a "small, crowded duplex" at 32 Nelson Street, Balaclava. A 20 cm diameter plaque was placed on the property by the City of Port Phillip, coincidentally in the week of Kennedy's death.
When Kennedy was two years old, his parents moved to Carlisle Street, St Kilda for two years. His parents divorced shortly before World War II, and Kennedy was largely raised by his grandparents, "Pop" Kennedy (who had been an electrician at Melbourne's Tivoli, Royal and Bijou theatres) and "Grandma Scott", to whom he remained particularly close until her death. Kennedy later said that he had:
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Hamish Blake
Hamish Donald Blake (born 11 December 1981) is a Gold Logie Award winning Australian comedian, actor, and author from Melbourne, Australia. Since 2003, he has worked with Andy Lee as part of the comedy duo Hamish and Andy. The pair have performed live and on television and radio, most notably with their drive-time radio program Hamish & Andy. As a solo performer, Blake has appeared on various Australian television programs, including the Melbourne International Comedy Festival's televised 2008 Great Debate, and has been a regular guest on Spicks and Specks, Rove and Thank God You're Here. In April 2012, Blake and co-star Andy Lee won a Logie Award for their television program Hamish and Andy's Gap Year. Individually, Blake also won the Gold Logie for "Most Popular Personality on Television".
Blake grew up in the Melbourne suburb of Glen Waverley. He is a middle child; his older brother, Lachlan, is a solicitor and his sister, Sophie, has completed an arts degree. His parents, Noel and Kerry, separated when Blake was 17, with his father eventually remarrying. As a child, Blake says he was a fan of British comedy such as Monty Python, Fawlty Towers and Blackadder; as a teenager he "worshipped" comedians Tony Martin and Mick Molloy. Blake was a member of the National Boys Choir of Australia during the late 1980s. He attended school at Caulfield Grammar School and later at St Leonard's College, graduating in 1999.
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Hugh O'Brien
Hugh O'Brien (July 13, 1827 – August 1, 1895) was the 31st mayor of Boston, from 1884–1888. O'Brien is notable as Boston's first Irish mayor, having emigrated from Ireland to America in the early 1830s. O'Brien was the editor of the Shipping and Commercial List, and served as a Boston alderman, from 1875–83.
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Jana Wendt
Jana Wendt (born 9 May 1956) is an Australian television journalist.
Wendt was born in Melbourne to Czech parents who emigrated to Australia in 1949, and was educated at the University of Melbourne.
Wendt's television career began as a news presenter for ATV-10 evening news. She then went on to be one of the first reporters on the Australian Nine Network's version of 60 Minutes, as well as filing stories for the American CBS 60 Minutes.
She has been host of A Current Affair, also on Nine, a host of Australian Dateline on SBS and Witness on Seven. She also did a number of specials for the ABC. She most recently hosted Sunday until 2006.
Wendt is married to producer Brendan Ward and has one son, Daniel. She is a very private person, and has not been in the spotlight much since her departure from the Nine Network.
In 1997 she delivered the second Andrew Olle Media Lecture.
In 2004, a painting of Wendt by artist Evert Ploeg won the Packing Room Prize at the Archibald Prize.
Wendt won the 1992 Gold Logie Award for her role as host of A Current Affair. She was not at the presentation to accept her award, citing commitments to A Current Affair, based in Sydney, while the awards were being presented in Melbourne. While it is unusual for a Gold Logie recipient to not personally accept the award, despite media reports at the time she is not the first to have done so. (Variety performer Lorrae Desmond was not present to accept her Gold Logie in 1962 as she was overseas at the time.)
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Jeanne Little
Jeanne Little (born Jeanne Mitchell; 11 May 1938) is an Australian entertainer and TV personality.
Little was born in Sydney, New South Wales. Little made her television debut on Network Ten's Mike Walsh Show in September 1974. Invited on as a guest showcasing designer maternity clothes, she quickly became a regular, eventually (after a stint at Channel Seven) moving with the Walsh Show to Channel Nine. The Seven Network had attempted two short-lived shows featuring Little's unique talents: Jeanne's Little Show (a variety/chat series) and Cuckoo in the Nest, a situation comedy in which she played a wacky Auntie Mame-type character. As part of the Mike Walsh Show team again, Little wowed and won audiences for the next 15 years.
She was a guest on the Midday with Ray Martin and her appearance on the BBC's Michael Parkinson variety show so startled London critics she had the London Evening News saying: "What a woman! With her in the house you wouldn't want a TV." Among the overseas guests she has appeared with are Phyllis Diller, George Burns and Danny La Rue.
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Jimmy Edwards
Jimmy Edwards DFC (23 March 1920 – 7 July 1988) was an English comedic script writer and comedy actor on both radio and television, best known as Pa Glum in Take It From Here and as the headmaster 'Professor' James Edwards in Whack-O!
Edwards was born James Keith O'Neill Edwards in Barnes, London, the son of a professor of mathematics. He was educated at St Paul's Cathedral School, at King's College School in Wimbledon, London and later at St John's College, Cambridge.
He served in the Royal Air Force during World War II, earning the Distinguished Flying Cross. His Dakota was shot down at Arnhem in 1944, resulting in his sustaining facial injuries requiring plastic surgery — he disguised the traces with the huge handlebar moustache that later became his trademark. He was a member of the Guinea Pig Club.
Edwards was a feature of London theatre in the immediate post-war years, debuting at London's Windmill Theatre in 1946 and on BBC radio the same year. He later did a season with Tony Hancock, having previously performed in the Cambridge Footlights review. He gained wider exposure as a radio performer in Take It From Here, co-starring Dick Bentley, which first paired his writer Frank Muir with Bentley's personal script writer Denis Norden. Also on radio he appeared in My Wildest Dream.
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Jimmy Hannan
Jimmy Hannan (born August 1934) is a retired Australian variety show host, singer and entertainer. Hannan won the 1965 Gold Logie award.
One of his daughters is Melissa Hannan who won the Miss Australia title in 1981 and was also in the Miss World competition held in London.
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John Logie Baird
John Logie Baird FRSE (13 August 1888 – 14 June 1946) was a Scottishengineer and inventor of the world's first practical, publicly demonstrated television system, and also the world's first fully electronic colour television tube. Although Baird's electromechanical system was eventually displaced by purely electronic systems (such as those of Vladimir Zworykin, Marconi-EMI and Philo Farnsworth), Baird's early successes demonstrating working television broadcasts and his colour and cinema television work earn him a prominent place in television's invention. In 2002, Logie Baird was ranked number 44 in the list of the "100 Greatest Britons" following a UK-wide vote. In 2006, Logie Baird was also named as one of the 10 greatest Scottish scientists in history, having been listed in the National Library of Scotland's 'Scottish Science Hall of Fame'. The "Baird" brand name was first owned by Thorn-EMI and was sold off to a small Chinese manufacturer when Thorn-EMI was dissolved.
Baird was born in [[Helensburgh], Argyll and Bute (then Dunbartonshire). He was educated at Larchfield Academy (now part of Lomond School) in Helensburgh; the Glasgow and West of Scotland Technical College (which later became the University of Strathclyde); and the University of Glasgow. His degree course was interrupted by World War I and he never returned to graduate.
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Kate Ritchie
Katherine "Kate" Ritchie (born 14 August 1978 in Goulburn, New South Wales) is an Australian actress, best known for her long-running role as Sally Fletcher on the television soap opera Home and Away. She played the character for 20 years from 1988–2008. Prior to her retirement from the role, she shared the record (recognised by Guinness World Records) for the longest continuous role in an Australian drama series, with fellow original cast member Ray Meagher.
In addition to 20 years on Home and Away, Ritchie has also hosted various television events, appeared in commercials, a mini-series and an Australian film. She has also been involved with the Campbelltown Musical Society.
Ritchie's parents are Heather and Steve, and she has three younger siblings – Rebecca, Stuart and Susan. Ritchie attended Campbelltown North Public School and Hurlstone Agricultural High School – the latter a New South Wales agricultural and selective school.
Richie was cast as Molly, the child lead in the 1986 Nine Network–PBL mini-series Cyclone Tracy, starring Chris Haywood and Tracy Mann. Ritchie started working with Home and Away in 1987, at age 8. Production began in July 1987 (shortly before her ninth birthday) and it premiered on the Seven Network on 17 January 1988.[citation needed] In 2006, Ritchie played "Nicole" in the ABC film Stepfather of the Bride. Whilst promoting Home and Away in the United Kingdom in 2006 with Mark Furze and Jodi Gordon, Ritchie appeared on The Friday Night Project and Loose Women, and appeared on interviews for Five and Five life.[citation needed]
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Katy Perry
Katheryn Elizabeth Hudson (born October 25, 1984), known by her stage name Katy Perry, is an American singer, songwriter and actress. Perry grew up with gospel music, and during her first year of high school she pursued a music career as Katy Hudson, releasing her first studio album called Katy Hudson which failed to chart. She recorded a solo album later, which was never released. After signing with Capitol Music Group in 2007, her fourth record label in seven years, she adopted the stage name Katy Perry.
She first gained recognition with the release of her first mainstream album, One of the Boys in 2008, which spawned three Billboard Hot 100 top-ten songs—"I Kissed A Girl", "Hot n Cold" and "Waking Up In Vegas". Perry supported the album with her Hello Katy Tour. In 2010, her third studio album, Teenage Dream (2010), which topped the Billboard 200 chart, and spawned five number one singles—"California Gurls", "Teenage Dream", "Firework", "E.T." and "Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.)"—Teenage Dream was the only album (after Michael Jackson's Bad)—to do so, and the first female in history to achieve this milestone. She embarked on the California Dreams Tour, which grossed nearly $60 million worldwide. Perry re-released the album under the name of Teenage Dream: The Complete Confection on March 26, 2012, and the re-release has already spawned the number-one single "Part of Me".
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Kylie Minogue
Kylie Ann Minogue, OBE ( /ˈkaɪliː mɨˈnoʊɡ/; born 28 May 1968) — often known simply as Kylie — is an Australian singer, recording artist, songwriter, showgirl, and actress. After beginning her career as a child actress on Australian television, she achieved recognition through her role in the television soap opera Neighbours, before commencing her career as a recording artist in 1987. Her first single, "Locomotion", spent seven weeks at number one on the Australian singles chart and became the highest selling single of the decade. This led to a contract with songwriters and producers Stock, Aitken & Waterman. Her debut album, Kylie (1988), and the single "I Should Be So Lucky", each reached number one in the United Kingdom, and over the next two years, her first 13 singles reached the British top ten. Her debut film, The Delinquents (1989) was a box-office hit in Australia and the UK, and received generally positive reviews.
Initially presented as a "girl next door", Minogue attempted to convey a more mature style in her music and public image. Her singles were well received, but after four albums her record sales were declining, and she left Stock, Aitken & Waterman in 1992 to establish herself as an independent performer. Her next single, "Confide in Me", reached number one in Australia and was a hit in several European countries in 1994, and a duet with Nick Cave, "Where the Wild Roses Grow", brought Minogue a greater degree of artistic credibility. Drawing inspiration from a range of musical styles and artists, Minogue took creative control over the songwriting for her next album, Impossible Princess (1997). It failed to attract strong reviews or sales in the UK, but was successful in Australia.
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Lorrae Desmond
Lorrae Desmond, MBE (born Beryl Hunt on 2 October 1932 in Mittagong, New South Wales) is a Australian singer, entertainer, and character actress, with a career spanning over 50 years. She remains best known for her role as Sister Shirley Gilroy (née Dean) in the television series A Country Practice, which she played from 1981 to 1992.
Lorrae travelled to Britain in the 1950s ,and at 16 started her career as a singing cigarette girl and became a celebrity there, appearing in everything from cabaret, pantomime, radio, and live recording . She even featured in her own comedy series Trouble for Two in 1958, was in the cast of several Terry-Thomas TV specials, and competed to represent the UK in the Eurovision Song Contest in 1957.
In his book Bounder, published in the autumn of 2008, author Graham McCann states that Desmond might possibly have married Terry-Thomas who had been her constant companion for seven years. Instead the actor overcame a 26-year age gap to marry Belinda Cunningham. Desmond refuted this in an ABC interview in April 2008, saying that she dated Thomas for 10 years, but they would have never married.
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Maggie Tabberer
Maggie Tabberer, AM, also known as Maggie T, (born 11 December 1936) is an Australian fashion, publishing and television personality.
She was born Margaret May Trigar on 11 December 1936 in Parkside, Adelaide, South Australia.
Maggie's first modelling job was a one-off assignment at the age of 14, after a photographer spotted her at her sister's wedding. She attended a modelling school in her early twenties, and at the age of 23 was discovered by photographer Helmut Newton, who mentored her and launched a highly successful modelling career. While living in Melbourne in 1960, she won 'Model of the Year', and moved to Sydney to take advantage of the modelling opportunities there, but she chose to end her modelling career at the age of 25 after she began to lose her slim figure.
Tabberer stayed well connected to the fashion industry, however. In 1967 she started a public relations company, Maggie Tabberer & Associates, which took on many fashion-related clients and assignments. In 1981, she launched a plus-size clothing label called Maggie T.
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Marie McDonald
Marie McDonald (July 6, 1923 – October 21, 1965) was an American singer and actress known as "The Body Beautiful" and later nicknamed "The Body".
Born Cora Marie Frye in Burgin, Kentucky, she was the daughter of a Ziegfeld Follies girl. After her parents divorced, she eventually moved with her mother and stepfather to Yonkers, New York. At the age of 15, McDonald began modeling and competed in numerous beauty pageants. At 17, she landed a showgirl role in a 1940 Broadway production at the Earl Carroll Theatre called Earl Carroll's Vanities. Shortly thereafter, she moved to Hollywood hoping to develop a career in show business. She continued to work for the owner of the Broadway theatre as a showgirl at his Sunset Boulevard nightclub.
Marie McDonald's singing voice brought work with Tommy Dorsey & His Orchestra on his radio show and she later performed with other big bands. In 1942, she was put under contract by Universal Studios and immediately appeared in several minor roles. That year, she appeared in three motion pictures, most notably, Pardon My Sarong, which earned her the nickname "The Body" for her shapely physique. The following year she co-starred in A Scream in the Dark, a "B" detective mystery for Republic Pictures that met with reasonable success. Her next starring role came in 1945 when she worked for a small independent production company in another "B" film called Getting Gertie's Garter. She costarred with Gene Kelly in MGM's Living in a Big Way (1947). Despite her talent she would become more known for her figure than for any of film roles.[citation needed]
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Martin Sacks
Martin Colin Sacks (born 16 October 1959, Sydney) is an award-winning Australian actor, chiefly known for his 12-year role on Blue Heelers from 1993–2005.
Sacks first got into acting after a bit part in an episode of The Love Boat when it was filming in the Pacific. His first role came about in the series The Restless Years in the late 1970s, which started him on the television circuit in Australia. He emigrated to Hollywood in the 1980s, guest starring in series such as thirtysomething, but preferred Australia, and so he returned there after a few years. Also had guest appearances in: Love in Limbo, Encounters, Irresistible Force, Fields of Fire III, All the Way, Touch the Sun: Princess Kate, Slate, Wyn & Me, Tricheuse, La, Emoh Ruo, Stock Squad and The City's Edge.
Against his first instinct, Sacks took the role of Detective P.J. Hasham in the 1993 series Blue Heelers. The show rocketed him to fame, most notably his 7-year "will-they-or-won't-they" relationship with Constable Maggie Doyle (Lisa McCune) which ended with her death in the programme's seventh season.
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Michael Charlton
Michael Charlton (born 1 May 1927 in Sydney) is an Australian-born journalist and broadcaster who was long active for the BBC in the United Kingdom.
Initially, he worked for the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) as a presenter in current affairs and commentator for Test cricket matches, but later moved to London. He was the Australian representative on the BBC radio cricket commentary tean for the 1956 Test series between England and Australia.
From 1962 to 1976 he was a reporter and interviewer for Panorama. In July 1969 he reported live from mission control for the BBC during the Apollo 11 moon landing. Later, during the 1980s, he presented It's Your World, a phone in programme on the BBC World Service.
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Michael Cole (actor)
Michael Cole (born July 3, 1945) is an American actor. His career includes a leading role as Pete Cochran on the television crime drama The Mod Squad, which ran from 1968 to 1973.
Cole has appeared in numerous films and TV shows, beginning in 1961 with a role in the film drama, Forbid Them Not. Other film credits include the role of Mark in the science fiction film, The Bubble, released in 1967 and later re-titled The Fantastic Invasion, as Alan Miller in The Last Child (1971), which was nominated for a Golden Globe, and as Cliff Norris in Beg, Borrow or Steal (1973). He did a great deal of stage work after The Mod Squad went off the air, such as Cat On A Hot Tin Roof.
Cole has also appeared on Gunsmoke, in 1966, as Kip. During the '70s, he had many guest appearances on Wonder Woman, The Love Boat, CHiPs, and so forth. In the 1980s and 1990s, he worked on a piece for HBO called Nickel Mountain. He also worked on shows such as Murder, She Wrote, Fantasy Island, and Diagnosis Murder. Later, Cole appeared in Stephen King's two-part made-for-TV movie It, which aired in 1990, as the older version of the disturbed Henry Bowers. In 1991, he joined the cast of ABC's General Hospital in the role of Harlan Barrett.
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Michael Parkinson
Sir Michael Parkinson, CBE (born 28 March 1935) is an English broadcaster, journalist and author. He presented his interview programme, Parkinson, from 1971 to 1982 and from 1998 to 2007. He has been described in The Guardian as "the great British talkshow host".
Parkinson, or "Parky" as he is known, was born in the village of Cudworth, England. The son of a miner, he was educated at Barnsley Grammar School and passed two O-Levels: in Art and English Language.[citation needed] He was a club cricketer, and both he and his opening partner at Barnsley Cricket Club, Dickie Bird, had trials for Yorkshire together with Geoffrey Boycott. He once kept Boycott out of the Barnsley Cricket team by scoring a century and 50 in two successive matches. Parkinson began as a journalist on local newspapers, and his Yorkshire background and accent remain part of his appeal. He worked as a features writer for the Manchester Guardian, working alongside Michael Frayn, and later on the Daily Express in London. He was also conscripted into National Service as Britain's youngest army captain and was involved in the Suez Operation in the summer of 1956.
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Mike Walsh (TV host)
Mike Walsh OBE (born 5 March 1938 in Corowa, New South Wales, Australia) was host of The Mike Walsh Show from 1973 until 1985. Walsh is the only entertainer to be awarded the Sammy Award and Gold Logie award in the same year.
Walsh completed his education at Xavier College in Melbourne, Victoria, before studying Pharmacy and Arts at Melbourne University.
After a successful media career in television and radio, Walsh began producing theatre shows across Australia and on London's West End. He has been the owner of Her Majesty's Theatre in Melbourne since 2000, and funded and overseen its restoration. Walsh also owns the Hayden Orpheum Picture Palace, an art deco, six cinema complex in Cremorne, Sydney.
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Muhammad Ali
Muhammad Ali (born Cassius Marcellus Clay, Jr.; January 17, 1942) is an American former professional boxer, philanthropist and social activist. Considered a cultural icon, Ali was both idolized and vilified.
Originally known as Cassius Clay, Ali changed his name after joining the Nation of Islam in 1964, subsequently converting to Sunni Islam in 1975, and more recently practicing Sufism.[clarification needed] In 1967, three years after Ali had won the World Heavyweight Championship, he was publicly vilified for his refusal to be conscripted into the U.S. military, based on his religious beliefs and opposition to the Vietnam War. Ali stated, "I ain't got no quarrel with them Viet Cong... No Viet Cong ever called me nigger" – one of the more telling remarks of the era.
Widespread protests against the Vietnam War had not yet begun, but with that one phrase, Ali articulated the reason to oppose the war for a generation of young Americans, and his words served as a touchstone for the racial and antiwar upheavals that would rock the 1960s. Ali's example inspired Martin Luther King Jr. – who had been reluctant to alienate the Johnson Administration and its support of the civil rights agenda – to voice his own opposition to the war for the first time.
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Noni Hazlehurst
Leonie Elva "Noni" Hazlehurst (born 17 August 1953, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia) is an Australian actress. She won the Best Support Actress in a Single Series in the Logie Awards of 1985. After attending St Leonard's College in Brighton East, Victoria, Hazlehurst completed a Bachelor of Arts in 1973 at Flinders University in Adelaide. She has studied ballet, singing, piano, speech and drama. In the 1980s and 1990s, much of Noni's work had concentrated on children's television. She was married to actor John Jarratt until they divorced.
She lives in Victoria with her two teenage sons, Charlie and William, and her partner Ian Marden.
Hazlehurst began as an actress in television serials produced by Crawford Productions. She initially played the ongoing role of Sharon Lewis in The Box in 1975 before joining the original cast of The Sullivans as Lil Duggan in late 1976. She was a Play School presenter from 1978 to 2001, and has been an Ambassador for Children's Week since 1991. She has also worked extensively to provide fun and education for children. Noni has recorded several albums and spoken work cassettes and is a respected performer, presenter, writer and director whose work extends across all media, theatre, film, radio and television.
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Norman Gunston
Norman Gunston was a satirical TV character performed by Australian actor and comedian Garry McDonald. Norman Gunston was primarily well known in his native Australia, and to a lesser extent, the United States during the mid to late 1970s.
The Gunston character was originally conceived by comedy writer Wendy Skelcher and first appeared as a minor character in the second series of the cult Australian TV comedy series The Aunty Jack Show in 1973. Cast member Garry McDonald portrayed Gunston as a dull and talentless local TV reporter from the industrial city of Wollongong – a locale that was the butt of many jokes throughout the series. The Gunston character made enough of an impression for him to be revived in a subsequent comedy mini-series made by the Aunty Jack team, Wollongong the Brave (1974), in which he starred in a satirical mock documentary Norman Gunston: The Golden Weeks. His segments as Norman in What's On In Wollongong became one of the most popular parts of the Aunty Jack Show, and Norman appeared on the Aunty Jack Sings Wollongong album along with McDonald's other character, Kid Eager.
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Ray Meagher
Ray Meagher (born 4 July 1944) surname pronouned "Marr", is a veteran Australian character actor. He has appeared regularly in Australian film and television since the mid 1970s, and is notable as the longest continuing performer in an Australian television role, as Alf Stewart on Home and Away, having played the role since the first episode in 1988. He is the only original actor still with the series as of 2012. Meagher won the Gold Logie Award for his role in Home and Away in 2010
Meagher was born and raised on a sheep and cattle station in Queensland, before attending a boarding school on the Gold Coast from the age of nine. He became a keen sportsman at high school, Marist College Ashgrove in Brisbane, representing the school at a number of sports including rugby union, a sport which he ultimately played at state level.
His early film roles included appearances Breaker Morant, The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith, Newsfront, My Brilliant Career and The Shiralee He also had a cameo in the 1979 war comedy The Odd Angry Shot.
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Rebecca Gibney
Rebecca Catherine Gibney (born 14 December 1964 in Levin, New Zealand) is a New Zealand born Australian actress. She has appeared regularly in Australian film and television since the mid 1980's. She won the Gold Logie in 2010 for her role in Packed to the Rafters.
Gibney was born the youngest of six children, and brought up in Wellington. She has said she wasn't so much funny as a "bit odd" as a child. "I was a bit like Wednesday Addams in The Addams Family. I walked around with this headless doll that I took everywhere." Gibney moved to Australia at the age of 19.
After working as a model, she broke in to television with the role of Julie Davis in the children's series Zoo Family in 1985 and went on to play mechanic Emma Plimpton in the critically acclaimed and popular drama series The Flying Doctors. In 1990, she starred in the highly acclaimed mini-series Come In Spinner.
In 1991, she starred in the Channel Nine sitcom, All Together Now. She quit the show in 1993. When she left the show, she starred in Snowy.
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Rove McManus
John Henry Michael "Rove" McManus (born 21 January 1974) is an Australian comedian, television presenter, producer and media personality. He was the host of the self-titled variety show Rove, and is the owner of the production company Roving Enterprises. He is a three time Gold Logie Award winner.
McManus was born in Perth, Western Australia to John and Coralie McManus. He acquired the nickname "Rove" from his sister.
He married actress and singer Belinda Emmett in 2005 at the Mary Immaculate Church in Waverley, a suburb in the east of Sydney. Emmett died of metastatic breast cancer on 11 November 2006 at St Vincent's Hospital in Sydney.
McManus began dating actress Tasma Walton in October 2007. They married on 16 June 2009 in a private ceremony on a beach in Broome, Western Australia.
In 1997 McManus began hosting The Loft Live, which was produced by RMIT University's Student television stationRMITV, on the community television station, Channel 31 where he was given a budget of $50 a week. It was there where he met his now long-time co-host, Peter Helliar.[citation needed] Rove then worked for Foxtel as a roving reporter on a show called In Fashion which was hosted by Hugh Jackman. He then received an offer for ten late night episodes of his own variety show, Rove for the Nine Network in 1999, but Nine cancelled the series at the end of its run. In 2000, McManus was offered the opportunity to produce a new version of the Rove show for Network Ten. The resulting Rove Live was almost identical to Nine's Rove. Rove Live became a flagship show for Network Ten, and it was also broadcast on TV3 in New Zealand. The show followed a variety show format and showcased weekly celebrity guests; comedy acts; variety segments; local and international comedians; and live bands.
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Rowena Wallace
Rowena Wallace (born 23 August 1947) is a Gold Logie winning Australian actress, best known for her role as Patricia "Pat The Rat" Hamilton in Sons and Daughters.
Rowena Wallace was born in Coventry, United Kingdom, an only child. She moved to Australia with her parents when she was five. Initially she grew up in Cairns and later moved to Brisbane at the age of 12 years. Here she attended Kedron State High School and was taken by her mother to dancing lessons and also persuaded to join the Twelfth Night Theatre in Bowen Hills. Her father was a pilot for Ansett Airlines.
At age fifteen, Wallace left school and attended a business college at the insistence of her parents when she decided to become an actress, and also joined an advertising agency while still performing in the theatre at night. She then joined television in Brisbane as an entertainer on the variety show Theatre Royal (hosted by George Wallace Jr., no relation), and she also hosted the afternoon news and weather and a children's show. At the age of nineteen, Wallace was diagnosed with scoliosis (curvature of the spine). She has been on painkillers almost permanently since then.
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Seal (musician)
Seal Henry Olusegun Olumide Adeola Samuel (born 19 February 1963 in Paddington, London, England), popularly known simply as Seal, is a British soul and R&B singer-songwriter, of Nigerian and Brazilian background. Seal has won numerous music awards throughout his career, including three Brit Awards—winning Best British Male in 1992, four Grammy Awards, and an MTV Video Music Award. Seal is known for his numerous international hits; the best known being "Kiss from a Rose", which appeared in the soundtrack to the 1995 film Batman Forever. He has sold more than 20 million albums worldwide. He is a coach on The Voice Australia.
Seal Henry Olusegun Olumide Adeola Samuel was born on 19 February 1963 in Paddington, London, England. He is the son of Adebisi and Francis Samuel. His mother is Nigerian, while his father is Brazilian. Seal's name, Olusegun, means "God is victorious" in the Yoruba language. He was raised in a district of the City of Westminster in inner London by his foster family. He received a two-year diploma, or associate's degree, in architecture and worked in various jobs in the London area. Although there have long been rumours as to the cause of the scars on his face, they are in fact the result of a type of Lupus called Discoid lupus erythematosus – a condition that specifically affects the skin above the neck.
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Shane Bourne
Shane Bourne (born 24 November 1949 in Melbourne, Australia) is an Australian stand-up comedian, actor and a television host.
Bourne was a well-known comedic face throughout the 1980s, with an acting role on the Australian version of the U.K. sitcom, Are You Being Served?, and had regular appearances on Hey Hey It's Saturday. In the mid 1990s, Bourne hosted a revived Blankety Blanks, which only lasted two seasons.
He was also in a few episodes of Prisoner.
Bourne made a change to dramatic acting and has been critically acclaimed. After a two episode guest appearance on Blue Heelers in 2000, Bourne took the lead role of lawyer "Happy" Henderson, starring alongside Kerry Armstrong in MDA. The show ended after its third season in September 2005. He also played a minor role in the film Kokoda, an Australia WWII film on the Kokoda Track where he played as the battalion's doctor.
Bourne hosts the television series Thank God You're Here on the Seven Network. In 2006, he hosted How the Hell Did We Get Here?, a series that aired on ABC1.
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Shaun Micallef
Shaun Patrick Micallef (born 18 July 1962) is an Australian actor, comedian and writer. After ten years of working in insurance law as a solicitor in Adelaide, Micallef moved to Melbourne to pursue a full-time comedy career in 1993. He first gained recognition as a cast member of the sketch comedy show Full Frontal, which in turn led to a number of television roles including his own sketch show, The Micallef P(r)ogram(me), the sitcom Welcher & Welcher and the variety show Micallef Tonight. He also fronted the satirical news comedy series Newstopia on SBS and currently hosts the game show Talkin' 'Bout Your Generation on Network Ten.
In addition to his television work Micallef has appeared on stage, most notably in the Australian production of Boeing Boeing, and radio as the co-host of Melbourne station Vega 91.5 FM's morning program. He is also a published author; his book Smithereens was released in 2004, and re-released in January 2011. His other book, a novella by the name of Preincarnate, was released in 2010.
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The Chaser
The Chaser are an Australian satirical comedian group, known for their television programmes on the Australian Broadcasting Corporation channel. The group take their name from their production of satirical newspaper, a publication known to challenge conventions of taste. The group's motto is "Striving for Mediocrity in a World of Excellence".
The Chaser's earliest foundations were Charles Firth, Dominic Knight, and Chas Licciardello who went to Sydney Grammar School together and produced a small satirical school magazine entitled The Tiger. Later on, Firth and Knight met Craig Reucassel and Julian Morrow at the University of Sydney. Firth, Knight, Reucassel, Morrow, Licciardello, and later Chaser members Chris Taylor and Andrew Hansen all went to the University of Sydney. Firth, Knight, Reucassel and Morrow began writing for the University of Sydney student newspaper entitled Honi Soit. In 1999 the four members began The Chaser and their first newspaper project entitled The Chaser. The Chaser members are:
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Tommy Hanlon, Jr.
Tommy Hanlon Jr (14 August 1923 – 9 October 2003) was an American-born Australian media personality, notable for his early television appearances as host of It Could Be You.
Born Tommy Gene Thomason in Parkersburg, West Virginia in 1923 to vaudeville performers Homer Emmons Thomason (Tommy Hanlon) and Ruth Dorothy Manning. He appeared in his mother and father's act at age 4. He later took the stage name Tommy Hanlon Jr since his father's stage name was Tommy Hanlon. He first appeared on his own as a magician as a teenager and was an entertainer in show business for the rest of his life. After two years with Orson Welles' Mercury Theatre in Los Angeles in the 1940s, and appearing on stage alongside W.C. Fields, he came to Australia in 1959, first as a club act, then appearing on television.
Hanlon became a major TV celebrity in Australia in the early 1960s, especially as host of the popular daytime program It Could Be You on the Nine Network. He won two Logie awards, including the Gold Logie in 1962, becoming one of the highest paid entertainers in Australia. The program was a mixture of game show, human interest and humour. It featured tearful reunions of long separated families or friends. He typically closed each program sitting on a stool with a social commentary presented as a Letter from Mom.
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Tony Barber
Anthony "Tony" Ferraro Barber (born 28 March 1940 in Oldham, Lancashire, England) is an Australian game show host and television personality.
Born in 1940, Tony claims he "owes much of his enthusiastic and driving personality to a loving Irish grandma and a whole street full of Aunties who kept the spirits high during the dark years of World War 2". He moved with his family to Australia in 1947 and was schooled by the Sisters of Mercy and the Christian Brothers.
He then spent seven years in the Royal Australian Navy before leaving the service and getting his teeth into his career as a cadet announcer at radio station 6GE in Geraldton in 1961. In his own words:
“The sisters of so-called mercy taught me to sing & dance,the brothers taught me to bob & weave.The navy taught me to play rugby,”
By the end of 1962, Barber was a leading Perth radio announcer as well as the star of a weekly floor show at the Charles Hotel as well as another twice-weekly event at the Lido Coral Room where he performed impressions of Johnny Mathis and Paul Anka. Before leaving Western Australia for New South Wales he also starred in a number of plays with the Scarborough players.
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Tony Bennet
Anthony Dominick Benedetto, better known as Tony Bennett (born August 3, 1926), is an American singer of popular music, standards, show tunes, and jazz. Bennett is also a serious and accomplished painter, having created works — under the name Benedetto — that are on permanent public display in several institutions. He is the founder of Frank Sinatra School of the Arts in New York City.
Raised in New York City, Bennett began singing at an early age. He fought in the final stages of World War II as an infantryman with the U.S. Army in the European Theatre. Afterwards, he developed his singing technique, signed with Columbia Records, and had his first number one popular song with "Because of You" in 1951. Several top hits such as "Rags to Riches" followed in the early 1950s. Bennett then further refined his approach to encompass jazz singing. He reached an artistic peak in the late 1950s with albums such as The Beat of My Heart and Basie Swings, Bennett Sings. In 1962, Bennett recorded his signature song, "I Left My Heart in San Francisco". His career and his personal life then suffered an extended downturn during the height of the rock music era.
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Tony Hancock
Anthony John "Tony" Hancock (12 May 1924 – 24 June 1968) was an English comedian and actor.
Popular during the 1950s and early 1960s, he had a major success with his BBC series Hancock's Half Hour, first on Radio from 1954, then on television from 1956, in which he soon formed a strong professional and personal bond with comic actor Sid James. Although Hancock's decision to cease working with James around 1960 disappointed many of his fans at the time, his last BBC series in 1961 contains some of his best remembered work ("The Blood Donor"). After breaking with his scriptwriters Ray Galton and Alan Simpson later that year, his career took a downward course because of Hancock's increasing dependence on alcohol.
Hancock was born in Southam Road, Hall Green, Birmingham, England, (some sources incorrectly say Small Heath, a different Birmingham district) but from the age of three was brought up in Bournemouth, where his father, John Hancock, who ran the Railway Hotel in Holdenhurst Road, worked as a comedian and entertainer.
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Wendy Harmer
Wendy Harmer (born Wendy Brown, 10 October 1955 in Yarram, Victoria) is an Australian author, writer, radio show host, and comedienne.
The daughter of Graham Frederick Brown and Margaret Elsie Brown (née Wicks), Harmer grew up in small country towns in Victoria, including Bendigo, Selby, and Geelong, where she studied Journalism at the Gordon Institute of Technology and became a reporter at the Geelong Advertiser. Her journalistic career took her to Melbourne, where she worked for The Sun newspaper and was introduced to a comedy group performing at the Flying Trapeze comedy venue. This group included Ian McFadyen, Mary-Anne Fahey, Peter Moon, and Jane Turner, who asked Harmer to join the group after performing some of the scripts she had written for them.
Not long after, Harmer was headlining her own shows at the Last Laugh theatre restaurant, owned by entrepreneur John Pinder and later by Rick McKenna. The shows included masterpieces of Australian comedy, including Faking It, Sunburn Bloody Sunburn, and Sunburn the Day After, which included the group from the Flying Trapeze and, amongst others, Mark Neale, Richard Stubbs, and Steve Vizard.
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One Direction - One Thing - TV Week Logie Awards (Logies) 2012
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- Duration: 3:32
- Updated: 18 Dec 2012
One Direction singing One Thing live in Australia at the TV Week Logie Awards (Logies) - 15th April 2012
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One Direction singing One Thing live in Australia at the TV Week Logie Awards (Logies) - 15th April 2012
Logie Awards GOLD memories
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- Duration: 13:25
- Updated: 03 Aug 2012
A look back at some memorable GOLD Logie Award winning moments. Including probably the BEST and funniest GOLD Logie acceptance speech of all time when Norman Gunstan aka Garry McDonald WON the statue in 1976 .. presented to him by actor Lee Marvin. The TV Week Logie Awards recognizing popularity and excellence in Australian Television each year. To be telecast in 2012 on Sunday night the 15th of April from Crown Melbourne on the Nine Network. The same night .. 100 years ago the "Titanic" sunk .. let's hope that is not an omen. Note: This video is shared for historical and educational purposes only and no financial profit or gain is sought in any way. ALL copyright: Nine Network Australia, TV Week, Seven Network , Network Ten, ABC and SBS
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A look back at some memorable GOLD Logie Award winning moments. Including probably the BEST and funniest GOLD Logie acceptance speech of all time when Norman Gunstan aka Garry McDonald WON the statue in 1976 .. presented to him by actor Lee Marvin. The TV Week Logie Awards recognizing popularity and excellence in Australian Television each year. To be telecast in 2012 on Sunday night the 15th of April from Crown Melbourne on the Nine Network. The same night .. 100 years ago the "Titanic" sunk .. let's hope that is not an omen. Note: This video is shared for historical and educational purposes only and no financial profit or gain is sought in any way. ALL copyright: Nine Network Australia, TV Week, Seven Network , Network Ten, ABC and SBS
- published: 15 Apr 2012
- views: 1605
- author: aussiebeachut0
Jessie J - Price Tag (Live) - TV Week Logie Awards (Logies) 2011
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- Duration: 3:53
- Updated: 19 Nov 2012
Jessie J singing Price Tag live in Australia at the TV Week Logie Awards (Logies) - 1st May 2011
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Jessie J singing Price Tag live in Australia at the TV Week Logie Awards (Logies) - 1st May 2011
- published: 01 May 2011
- views: 476206
- author: HQVideoDude S
Flo Rida - Good Feeling - TV Week Logie Awards (Logies) 2012
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- Duration: 4:25
- Updated: 12 Dec 2012
Flo Rida singing Good Feeling live in Australia at the TV Week Logie Awards (Logies) - 15th April 2012
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Flo Rida singing Good Feeling live in Australia at the TV Week Logie Awards (Logies) - 15th April 2012
- published: 15 Apr 2012
- views: 68299
- author: HQVideoDude S
Katy Perry - Firework (Live) - TV Week Logie Awards (Logies) 2011
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- Duration: 4:09
- Updated: 18 Dec 2012
Katy Perry singing Firework live in Australia at the TV Week Logie Awards (Logies) - 1st May 2011
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Katy Perry singing Firework live in Australia at the TV Week Logie Awards (Logies) - 1st May 2011
- published: 01 May 2011
- views: 665392
- author: HQVideoDude S
Rove McManus at the Logie Awards (2012)
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- Duration: 2:21
- Updated: 18 Dec 2012
Rove McManus at the TV Week Logie Awards. Follow Rove on Twitter: twitter.com | Graham Kennedy Award for Most Outstanding New Talent. One Direction. Uploaded by youtube.com | twitter.com (unofficial)
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Rove McManus at the TV Week Logie Awards. Follow Rove on Twitter: twitter.com | Graham Kennedy Award for Most Outstanding New Talent. One Direction. Uploaded by youtube.com | twitter.com (unofficial)
- published: 15 Apr 2012
- views: 35586
- author: RoveMcManusClips
Logie Awards 2012
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- Duration: 2:55
- Updated: 16 Nov 2012
All the action from the red carpet to the awards as Australian television celebrates its night of nights.
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All the action from the red carpet to the awards as Australian television celebrates its night of nights.
- published: 16 Apr 2012
- views: 3855
- author: SunriseOn7
One Direction - What Makes You Beautiful - TV Week Logie Awards (Logies) 2012
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- Duration: 3:25
- Updated: 16 Dec 2012
One Direction singing What Makes You Beautiful live in Australia at the TV Week Logie Awards (Logies) - 15th April 2012
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One Direction singing What Makes You Beautiful live in Australia at the TV Week Logie Awards (Logies) - 15th April 2012
- published: 15 Apr 2012
- views: 383199
- author: HQVideoDude S
Ernest Borgnine at the Logie Awards 1990 Part 1
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- Duration: 2:16
- Updated: 18 Jul 2012
Remembering Actor and Entertainer, Ernest Borgnine who passed away aged 95 on Sunday the 8th of July 2012. He came down under to Australia to appear on the Logie Awards twice in his lifetime .. in 1982 and again in 1990. This is Part 1 of his appearance on the 1990 Logie Awards hosted by "Comedy Company" comedian Mark Mitchell. Held at the Hyatt on Collins on Friday night the 9th of March 1990.
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Remembering Actor and Entertainer, Ernest Borgnine who passed away aged 95 on Sunday the 8th of July 2012. He came down under to Australia to appear on the Logie Awards twice in his lifetime .. in 1982 and again in 1990. This is Part 1 of his appearance on the 1990 Logie Awards hosted by "Comedy Company" comedian Mark Mitchell. Held at the Hyatt on Collins on Friday night the 9th of March 1990.
- published: 09 Jul 2012
- views: 361
- author: aussiebeachut0
Sir Joh at the Logie Awards 1990
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- Duration: 5:08
- Updated: 14 Dec 2012
Don't you worry about that .. Always good for a laugh .. the former Premier of Queensland John Bjelke Peterson being ably brought back to life in 2012 Queensland by LNP Premier Campbell Newman. But seen here lampooned ably by comedian, the very talented Gerry Connolly in 1990. Appearing at the Logie Awards alongside host and comedian Mark Mitchell on Friday night the 9th of March 1990 at Melbourne's Hyatt on Collins.
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Don't you worry about that .. Always good for a laugh .. the former Premier of Queensland John Bjelke Peterson being ably brought back to life in 2012 Queensland by LNP Premier Campbell Newman. But seen here lampooned ably by comedian, the very talented Gerry Connolly in 1990. Appearing at the Logie Awards alongside host and comedian Mark Mitchell on Friday night the 9th of March 1990 at Melbourne's Hyatt on Collins.
- published: 09 Jul 2012
- views: 602
- author: aussiebeachut0
Ernest Borgnine at the Logie Awards 1990 Part 2
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- Duration: 11:25
- Updated: 20 Oct 2012
Here is Part 2 of Ernest Borgnine presenting at the 32nd annual Logie Awards in Melbourne in March 1990. The Awards telecast on Network Ten that year and hosted by Mark Mitchell. This was recorded in Cairns where the Awards were telecast by QTV.
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Here is Part 2 of Ernest Borgnine presenting at the 32nd annual Logie Awards in Melbourne in March 1990. The Awards telecast on Network Ten that year and hosted by Mark Mitchell. This was recorded in Cairns where the Awards were telecast by QTV.
- published: 09 Jul 2012
- views: 231
- author: aussiebeachut0
ONE DIRECTION AT AUSTRALIAN LOGIE AWARDS 2012
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- Duration: 3:25
- Updated: 05 Dec 2012
The boys first live TV performance in Australia ever at the Crown Casino in Melbourne opening the show with What Makes You Beautiful.
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The boys first live TV performance in Australia ever at the Crown Casino in Melbourne opening the show with What Makes You Beautiful.
- published: 21 May 2012
- views: 2447
- author: MissRaraEve
Seal - Kiss From A Rose - LIVE Logie Awards
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- Duration: 3:30
- Updated: 16 Dec 2012
Follow me... twitter.com Sunday, 15 April 2012 Seal singing Kiss From A Rose live at the 54th Annual Australian TV Week Logie Awards at the Palladium Ballroom, Crown Towers, Melbourne 2012. The TV Week Logie Awards are the Australian television industry awards, which have been presented annually since 1959. Gold Logie winner: Hamish Blake HD 720p
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Follow me... twitter.com Sunday, 15 April 2012 Seal singing Kiss From A Rose live at the 54th Annual Australian TV Week Logie Awards at the Palladium Ballroom, Crown Towers, Melbourne 2012. The TV Week Logie Awards are the Australian television industry awards, which have been presented annually since 1959. Gold Logie winner: Hamish Blake HD 720p
- published: 16 Apr 2012
- views: 5959
- author: talian2mprez
Ernest Borgnine at the Logie Awards 1982
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- Duration: 1:34
- Updated: 18 Jul 2012
He described us as "a wonderful mob" .. vale the talent and warmth of Ernest Borgnine who passed away on Sunday the 8th of July 2012. He came down under several times and appeared on Australia's Logie Awards in both 1982 and 1990. Here he is with Bert Newton at the ceremony held at the Hilton Hotel in Melbourne on Friday night the 12th of March 1982.
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He described us as "a wonderful mob" .. vale the talent and warmth of Ernest Borgnine who passed away on Sunday the 8th of July 2012. He came down under several times and appeared on Australia's Logie Awards in both 1982 and 1990. Here he is with Bert Newton at the ceremony held at the Hilton Hotel in Melbourne on Friday night the 12th of March 1982.
- published: 09 Jul 2012
- views: 178
- author: aussiebeachut0
HD - Bindi Irwin at Logie Awards - 15 April 2012
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- Duration: 1:21
- Updated: 06 Dec 2012
Bindi Irwin and Terri Irwin at the 2012 Logie Awards - April 15 2012. To see HQ photographs of them at the awards on the red carpet, follow this link: bindirwinfan.wix.com bindirwinfan.wix.com
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Bindi Irwin and Terri Irwin at the 2012 Logie Awards - April 15 2012. To see HQ photographs of them at the awards on the red carpet, follow this link: bindirwinfan.wix.com bindirwinfan.wix.com
- published: 05 May 2012
- views: 8614
- author: TotallyBindiWorld
Delta Goodrem - 'Sitting on Top of the World' Live at the Logie Awards (April 15, 2012)
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- Duration: 4:42
- Updated: 16 Dec 2012
Delta Goodrem - 'Sitting on Top of the World' Live at the Logie Awards (April 15, 2012) Buy on iTunes: itun.es deltadaily.com
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Delta Goodrem - 'Sitting on Top of the World' Live at the Logie Awards (April 15, 2012) Buy on iTunes: itun.es deltadaily.com
- published: 15 Apr 2012
- views: 191738
- author: deltadailynetwork
Simon Baker as Best New Talent - Logie Awards 1993
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- Duration: 2:30
- Updated: 11 Dec 2012
...or Simon Denny as he was known then. He started out in E-Street and now is in the Mentalist. Found this little snippet and had to upload it.
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...or Simon Denny as he was known then. He started out in E-Street and now is in the Mentalist. Found this little snippet and had to upload it.
- published: 26 Aug 2012
- views: 720
- author: inkimufftelevision
Natalie Bassingthwaighte - 1000 Stars ( TV Week Logie Awards - 2009 )
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- Duration: 4:01
- Updated: 02 Dec 2012
Natalie Bassingthwaighte - 1000 Stars ( TV Week Logie Awards - 2009 )
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Natalie Bassingthwaighte - 1000 Stars ( TV Week Logie Awards - 2009 )
- published: 28 Jul 2012
- views: 244
- author: Natalie Bassingthwaighte
Flo Rida - Good Feeling - LIVE Logie Awards
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- Duration: 4:25
- Updated: 09 Dec 2012
Follow me... twitter.com Sunday, 15 April 2012 Flo Rida singing Good Feeling live at the 54th Annual Australian TV Week Logie Awards at the Palladium Ballroom, Crown Towers, Melbourne 2012. The TV Week Logie Awards are the Australian television industry awards, which have been presented annually since 1959. Gold Logie winner: Hamish Blake HD 720p
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Follow me... twitter.com Sunday, 15 April 2012 Flo Rida singing Good Feeling live at the 54th Annual Australian TV Week Logie Awards at the Palladium Ballroom, Crown Towers, Melbourne 2012. The TV Week Logie Awards are the Australian television industry awards, which have been presented annually since 1959. Gold Logie winner: Hamish Blake HD 720p
- published: 16 Apr 2012
- views: 13061
- author: talian2mprez
2012 Logie Awards - In Memoriam
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Bill Hunter - Actor Sean Flannery - Journalist Howard Rubie ACS - Cinematographer Herb Gerwig - "Killer Karl Kox" WCW Wrestler Martin Kosinar - Actor Michele Fawdon - Actress Diane Cilento - Actress David Ngoombuyarra - Actor Ian Carroll - Executive Producer Carl Bleazby - Actor John Bean - Cameraman Gary Ticehurst - Helicopter Pilot Paul Lockyer - Journalist Andy Whitfield - Actor Harold Hopkins - Actor Jay Dee Springbett - Music Executive & Presenter Sheila Sibley - Writer David Fordham - Sports Commentator Brian Williams - Producer, Director Jon Blake - Actor Godfrey Phillipp - Creator "The Magic Circle Club" Trish Ricketts - Publicist Rex Mossop - Sports Broadcaster Zoran Janjic - Animator Bill Newman - Entertainer Wayne Fosternelli - Floor Manager Bernie Keenan - News Chief of Staff Lloyd Cunningham - Actor Sarah Watt - Writer, Director Bob Davis - Football Legend & Commentator Cliff Neville - Producer Robin Oliver - Television Critic Denise Morgan - Writer Vincent Lovegrove - Musician & TV Producer Googie Withers AO, CBE - Actress Reg Whiteman - Original "Fat Cat" Peter Hepworth - Writer Tikki Taylor - Entertainer Keith Smith - Children's TV Producer & Presenter Kristian Anderson - Editor Ian Turpie - Entertainer The 54th annual TV Week Logie Awards was held at the at the Crown Casino in Melbourne on Sunday 15th April, 2012.
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Bill Hunter - Actor Sean Flannery - Journalist Howard Rubie ACS - Cinematographer Herb Gerwig - "Killer Karl Kox" WCW Wrestler Martin Kosinar - Actor Michele Fawdon - Actress Diane Cilento - Actress David Ngoombuyarra - Actor Ian Carroll - Executive Producer Carl Bleazby - Actor John Bean - Cameraman Gary Ticehurst - Helicopter Pilot Paul Lockyer - Journalist Andy Whitfield - Actor Harold Hopkins - Actor Jay Dee Springbett - Music Executive & Presenter Sheila Sibley - Writer David Fordham - Sports Commentator Brian Williams - Producer, Director Jon Blake - Actor Godfrey Phillipp - Creator "The Magic Circle Club" Trish Ricketts - Publicist Rex Mossop - Sports Broadcaster Zoran Janjic - Animator Bill Newman - Entertainer Wayne Fosternelli - Floor Manager Bernie Keenan - News Chief of Staff Lloyd Cunningham - Actor Sarah Watt - Writer, Director Bob Davis - Football Legend & Commentator Cliff Neville - Producer Robin Oliver - Television Critic Denise Morgan - Writer Vincent Lovegrove - Musician & TV Producer Googie Withers AO, CBE - Actress Reg Whiteman - Original "Fat Cat" Peter Hepworth - Writer Tikki Taylor - Entertainer Keith Smith - Children's TV Producer & Presenter Kristian Anderson - Editor Ian Turpie - Entertainer The 54th annual TV Week Logie Awards was held at the at the Crown Casino in Melbourne on Sunday 15th April, 2012.
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Logies 2012: Molly Meldrum inducted into the Hall of Fame
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One Direction - One Thing. 54th Annual Logie Awards 2012
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One Direction performing at the 2012 Logie Awards. I do not own anything, all rights to their respectful owners. The performance starts at 1:40.
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Follow me... twitter.com Sunday, 15 April 2012 One Direction performing "What Makes You Beautiful" at the 54th Annual Australian TV Week Logie Awards at the Palladium Ballroom, Crown Towers, Melbourne 2012. The TV Week Logie Awards are the Australian television industry awards, which have been presented annually since 1959. Gold Logie winner: Hamish Blake HD 720p
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| Logie Award | |
|---|---|
 TV Week Logie Award |
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| Awarded for | Excellence in Australian television |
| Presented by | TV Week |
| Location | Melbourne (held in Sydney 4 times) |
| Country | Australia |
| First awarded | 15 January 1959 |
| Official website | Logie Awards |
| Television coverage | |
| Network | Nine Network (1959-present) ABC (1961-1965) Seven Network (1989-1995) Network Ten (1981-1993) |
The TV Week Logie Awards are the Australian television industry awards, which have been presented annually since 1959. Renamed by Graham Kennedy in 1960 after he won the first 'Star of the Year' award,[1] the name 'Logie' awards honours John Logie Baird, a Scotsman who invented the television as a practical medium. Awards are given in many categories, but the most widely-publicized award is the Gold Logie, which is awarded to the 'most popular personality on Australian television'. The Logie Award is the most prestigious award that could be received by an Australian actor in television.
Home and Away is the most successful program in Logies history, having won 34 awards since it premiered in 1988, followed by Neighbours with 30 Logies since it began in 1985, A Country Practice (29 awards over 12 years), and Blue Heelers (25 Logies over 12 years).
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History[link]
The first awards, known as the TV Week Awards, were instigated by TV Week magazine after the first voting coupons were released in the magazine in late 1958, two years after the introduction of television in Australia. The first awards saw no formal ceremony; they were presented on 15 January 1959 on an episode of In Melbourne Tonight. Only Melbourne television personalities were nominated and awards were given in eight categories, including two for American programs.[2]
The following year, Kennedy coined the name 'Logie Awards'. In the same year, the first Gold Logie, considered by some to be equivalent to the 'Star of the Year Award' presented in 1959, was presented.
The Logie statuette was designed by Alec De Lacy, chief designer for Melbourne-based trophy makers KG Luke Ltd.
In 1961 the awards ceremony was televised for the first time, with the ABC screening the first half hour of the awards in Sydney.
In 1968, there was no award for the Most Popular Female in Television. According to Bert Newton, who was hosting that year, "it appears no one was deemed worthy enough to receive it". He pleaded with the producers to never be put in that position again.[3]
In 1973 the media were invited for the first time to attend the Logies.
In 1984 the Hall of Fame Logie was introduced by TV Week to recognise outstanding and continued contribution to television by an individual or program with the induction of Hector Crawford.
In 1988 future international pop star Kylie Minogue became the youngest person to win a Gold Logie (aged 19), and in 2010 Ray Meagher became oldest person to win the award (age 66).
| Year | Venue | Host | Broadcaster | Gold Logie winner(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1959 | Awards presented on In Melbourne Tonight | (Googie Withers - Guest Presenter) | GTV-9 | Graham Kennedy Panda Lisner |
| 1960 | Savoy Hotel, Brighton, Melbourne | Hugh O'Brien | Graham Kennedy | |
| 1961 | Chevron-Hilton Hotel, Sydney | Jimmy Edwards | ABC | Bob Dyer |
| 1962 | Chevron Hotel, Melbourne | Gerald Lyons (Awards Presented by Bob Dyer) | ABC | Lorrae Desmond Tommy Hanlon, Jr. |
| 1963 | Chevron-Hilton Hotel, Sydney | Tony Hancock with Marie McDonald | Nine Network[citation needed] | Michael Charlton |
| 1964 | On board the Lloyd Triestino Liner 'Marconi' | ? | Nine Network[citation needed] | Bobby Limb |
| 1965 | Palais De Dance, Melbourne | Gerald Lyons (Donna Douglas - Guest Presenter) | ABC[citation needed] | Jimmy Hannan |
| 1966 | Southern Cross Hotel, Melbourne | ? | Nine Network[citation needed] | Gordon Chater |
| 1967 | The Zodiac Room on cruise liner the Fairstar | Bert Newton (Vic Morrow - Guest Presenter) | GTV-9 | Graham Kennedy Hazel Phillips |
| 1968 | Southern Cross Hotel, Melbourne | Bert Newton | Nine Network | Brian Henderson |
| 1969 | Southern Cross Hotel, Melbourne | Bert Newton | Nine Network | Graham Kennedy |
| 1970 | Southern Cross Hotel, Melbourne | Bert Newton | Nine Network | Barry Crocker Maggie Tabberer |
| 1971 | Southern Cross Hotel, Melbourne | Bert Newton | Nine Network | Gerard Kennedy Maggie Tabberer |
| 1972 | Southern Cross Hotel, Melbourne | Bert Newton | Nine Network | Gerard Kennedy |
| 1973 | Southern Cross Hotel, Melbourne | Bert Newton | Nine Network | Tony Barber |
| 1974 | Southern Cross Hotel, Melbourne | Bert Newton | Nine Network | Graham Kennedy Pat McDonald |
| 1975 | Southern Cross Hotel, Melbourne | Bert Newton | Nine Network | Ernie Sigley Denise Drysdale |
| 1976 | Southern Cross Hotel, Melbourne | Bert Newton | Nine Network | Norman Gunston Denise Drysdale |
| 1977 | Southern Cross Hotel, Melbourne | Bert Newton | Nine Network | Don Lane Jeanne Little |
| 1978 | Southern Cross Hotel, Melbourne | Bert Newton | Nine Network | Graham Kennedy |
| 1979 | Hilton Hotel, Melbourne | Bert Newton | Nine Network | Bert Newton |
| 1980 | Hilton Hotel, Melbourne | Bert Newton | Nine Network | Mike Walsh |
| 1981 | Centrepoint Convention Centre, Sydney | Michael Parkinson | Network Ten | Bert Newton |
| 1982 | Hilton Hotel, Melbourne | Bert Newton | Nine Network | Bert Newton |
| 1983 | Wentworth Regent Hotel, Melbourne | Mike Willesee | Network Ten | Daryl Somers |
| 1984 | Hilton Hotel Melbourne | Bert Newton | Nine Network | Bert Newton |
| 1985 | World Trade Centre, Melbourne | Greg Evans | Network Ten | Rowena Wallace |
| 1986 | State Theatre, Sydney | Mike Willesee | Nine Network | Daryl Somers |
| 1987 | Hyatt on Collins, Melbourne | Don Lane | Network Ten | Ray Martin |
| 1988 | Hyatt on Collins, Melbourne | Daryl Somers | Nine Network | Kylie Minogue |
| 1989 | Hyatt on Collins, Melbourne | Bert Newton | Seven Network | Daryl Somers |
| 1990 | Hyatt on Collins, Melbourne | Mark Mitchell | Network Ten | Craig McLachlan |
| 1991 | World Congress Centre, Melbourne | Daryl Somers | Nine Network | Steve Vizard |
| 1992 | Radisson President Hotel, Melbourne | Steve Vizard[citation needed] | Seven Network | Jana Wendt |
| 1993 | Grand Hyatt, Melbourne | Bert Newton | Network Ten | Ray Martin |
| 1994 | World Congress Centre, Melbourne | Ray Martin | Nine Network | Ray Martin |
| 1995 | Concert Hall, Melbourne | Andrew Daddo Noni Hazlehurst |
Seven Network | Ray Martin |
| 1996 | Melbourne Park Centre, Melbourne | Daryl Somers | Nine Network | Ray Martin |
| 1997 | Palladium Ballroom, Crown Towers, Melbourne | Daryl Somers | Nine Network | Lisa McCune |
| 1998 | Palladium Ballroom, Crown Towers, Melbourne | Daryl Somers | Nine Network | Lisa McCune |
| 1999 | Palladium Ballroom, Crown Towers, Melbourne | Andrew Denton | Nine Network | Lisa McCune |
| 2000 | Palladium Ballroom, Crown Towers, Melbourne | Andrew Denton | Nine Network | Lisa McCune |
| 2001 | Palladium Ballroom, Crown Towers, Melbourne | Shaun Micallef | Nine Network | Georgie Parker |
| 2002 | Palladium Ballroom, Crown Towers, Melbourne | Wendy Harmer | Nine Network | Georgie Parker |
| 2003 | Palladium Ballroom, Crown Towers, Melbourne | Eddie McGuire | Nine Network | Rove McManus |
| 2004 | Palladium Ballroom, Crown Towers, Melbourne | Eddie McGuire | Nine Network | Rove McManus |
| 2005 | Palladium Ballroom, Crown Towers, Melbourne | Eddie McGuire Rove McManus Andrew O'Keefe |
Nine Network | Rove McManus |
| 2006 | Palladium Ballroom, Crown Towers, Melbourne | Bert Newton Ray Martin Daryl Somers Lisa McCune Georgie Parker |
Nine Network | John Wood |
| 2007 | Palladium Ballroom, Crown Towers, Melbourne | Adam Hills Dave Hughes Fifi Box |
Nine Network | Kate Ritchie |
| 2008 | Palladium Ballroom, Crown Towers, Melbourne | Various Hosts | Nine Network | Kate Ritchie |
| 2009 | Palladium Ballroom, Crown Towers, Melbourne | Gretel Killeen | Nine Network | Rebecca Gibney |
| 2010 | Palladium Ballroom, Crown Towers, Melbourne | Bert Newton | Nine Network | Ray Meagher |
| 2011 | Palladium Ballroom, Crown Towers, Melbourne | Shane Bourne | Nine Network | Karl Stefanovic |
| 2012 | Palladium Ballroom, Crown Towers, Melbourne | N/A | Nine Network | Hamish Blake |
Nomination and voting procedures[link]
Many of the Logie categories are voted by the readers of TV Week magazine using coupons in the magazine and online forms. SMS (short message service) was introduced in 2006. Thus, the majority of Logie Awards are fan awards. The readership of TV Week is a relatively small proportion of the Australian population, and skews heavily to teenage girls.[4] The 'Most Outstanding' categories are voted on by a jury comprising members of the Australian TV industry and are thus industry awards.
In 2008, internet votes could be cast for the first time without having to buy a copy of the TV Week magazine.[5]
To be eligible to receive a Logie, a programme must be Australian produced, set in Australia and have a predominantly Australian cast. Although in other years there has been a Logie for Most Popular Foreign Programme, this award was not part of the 2007 or 2008 awards.
People eligible for a Logie must have appeared on an Australian-produced show that was broadcast on Australian television in the previous year. It's unknown whether someone who isn't an Australian but appears on an Australian-produced show that was broadcast on Australian television can be eligible for the award.
There are long-held suspicions that network publicists engage in mass voting to rig the results. However, no hard evidence has emerged for this, other than the experiment by the satirical newspaper The Chaser, who attempted to have low-profile SBS newsreader Anton Enus nominated for the Gold Logie. They did so by getting their small readership to buy copies of TV Week and vote for Enus for the award. While the attempt failed (they came "reasonably close", to earning a nomination for Enus, according to a "TV Week Insider"), their failure gives some cause for the widespread derision in the industry (particularly the 'quality' end) towards the popular-vote awards.[6]
There is nothing stopping Channel 31 personalities and shows being nominated for Logies, however since their audiences are far smaller than those of the commercial channels and public broadcasters, they are at a tremendous disadvantage. They do, however, have their own community television awards, known as the Antennas. Despite this, in 2009 The Logies were dogged by minor controversy after organisers refused to allow an acclaimed community television show, The Bazura Project, to be nominated in the category of Outstanding Comedy Show [1]. The ABC's Media Watch program first reported the story on Monday 9 March 2009 [2], with many media outlets covering the growing support for the community television program since.
Awards ceremony[link]
The Logies ceremony is televised, and has generally become more elaborate in recent years. The awards have for the past 11 years been held in a ballroom in Melbourne's Crown Casino (rather than a theatre, which is common for the Emmy Awards and Academy Awards). Dinner is served just before the ceremony and drinks are served during the ceremony.
Bert Newton has been strongly associated with the history of the Logies. As well as winning the Gold Logie four times, he hosted the awards a total of 19 times. He has also performed in well-received guest appearances. One notable appearance was with Muhammad Ali as co-presenter in 1979. Newton made a comment "I like the boy!" (in reference to a series of TV advertisements Bert had recently done), that was seen as racist by Ali, although Newton claimed this was not his intention. Ali was upset at the comment and a full apology was issued by Newton and the Awards producers.
In 1973, American actor Michael Cole generated controversy after accepting an award while apparently drunk, uttering the word "shit" in a short, incoherent acceptance speech. This was the first time the word had been said on Australian television.[7] According to Bert Newton, Channel Nine received thousands of complaints about the use of the word, however, when it was edited for the repeat transmission "they got double the calls complaining it had been dropped.[3]
However, the most difficult guest to interact with, according to Newton was Vic Morrow in 1967. He would just stand there saying nothing, silently handing out the Logies. According to Bert, "every so often, I'd say 'how are you going, Vic?' and he would just nod his head."[3]
GTV-9/Nine Network is also strongly associated with the history of the Logies, particularly since the parent company Publishing and Broadcasting Limited now also owns TV Week. Nine has hosted the awards 35 times in their 49-year history.
Public voting for the awards lasts for four weeks, usually beginning in early February, while the ceremony itself is in late April or early May. However, the voting for the 2011 Logie Awards began in December 2010 and ran for 12 weeks.
In 2011 Katy Perry performed an opening number and then presented the Best Children's Show award with comedy personalities Hamish and Andy. The 2011 ceremony also featured Shaun Micallef, Roy & HG, The Chaser and was hosted by Shane Bourne.
2012 saw One Direction and Delta Goodrem perform on the night and appearances of Flo Rida, Tony Bennet and Seal.
Award categories[link]
Logies are currently awarded in the following categories:
Gold Logie[link]
Silver Logie[link]
- Most Popular Actor
- Most Popular Actress
- Most Popular TV Presenter
- Most Popular New Male Talent
- Most Popular New Female Talent
- Most Popular Sports Program
- Most Popular Light Entertainment Program
- Most Popular Australian Drama
- Most Popular Reality Program
- Most Popular Lifestyle Program
- Most Popular Factual Program
Outstanding Awards[link]
- Most Outstanding Drama Series,Miniseries or Telemovie
- Most Outstanding Actor
- Most Outstanding Actress
- Most Outstanding News Coverage
- Most Outstanding Public Affairs Report
- Most Outstanding Light Entertainment Program
- Most Outstanding Sports Coverage
- Most Outstanding Children's Program
- Graham Kennedy Award for Most Outstanding New Talent
- Most Outstanding Factual Program
Most Wins[link]
Programs[link]
As of (and including) the 2010 Logies, Home and Away is the most successful program in Logies history, having won 36 awards since it premiered in 1988. Neighbours is the second most successful having won 30 Logies since it began in 1985. A Country Practice follows as the third most successful programme, having won 29 awards throughout its twelve year run. Blue Heelers is fourth with 25 Logies.
People[link]
Television personalities with the most national wins (excluding state-based Logie awards) are:
| Rank | Name | Total Wins | Awards Won |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rove McManus | 10 | 3 Gold Logies (2003 – 05) and 7 consecutive Most Popular Presenter (2003 – 09) |
| 2 | Bert Newton | 9 | 4 Gold Logies (1979, 1981, 1982, 1984), 4 Best Compere (1970, 1972 – 74), Hall of Fame inductee (1988) |
| =3 | Graham Kennedy | 8 | 6 Gold Logies (1959, 1960, 1967, 1969; 1974, 1978), 1 Special Gold Logie - Star of the Decade (1967), Hall of Fame inductee (1998), 10 state Logies |
| =3 | Daryl Somers | 8 | 3 Gold Logies (1983, 1986, 1989), 3 Most Popular Light Entertainment Personality (1993, 1995 – 97), 1 Most Popular Light Entertainment/Comedy Personality (1990) and 1 Most Popular Comedy Personality (1995) |
| =3 | Ray Martin | 8 | 5 Gold Logies (1987, 1993 – 96), 2 TV Reporter of the Year (1981, 1983), 1 Most Popular Light Entertainment Personality (1995) |
Actors / Actresses with the most national wins:
| Rank | Name | Total Wins | Awards Won |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lisa McCune | 10 | 1 New Talent (1995), 5 Most Popular Actress (1996 – 2000) and 4 Gold Logies (1997 – 2000) |
| 2 | Georgie Parker | 7 | 1 New Talent (1990), 4 Most Popular Actress (1991 – 1993, 2001), 2 Gold Logies (2001, 2002) |
| =3 | Kate Ritchie | 5 | 2 Gold Logies (2007, 2008), 3 Most Popular Actress (2006 – 2008) |
| =3 | Martin Sacks | 5 | 5 Most Popular Actor (1997 – 2001) |
See also[link]
References[link]
- ^ "Graham Kennedy Award for Most Outstanding New Talent". ninemsn.com.au. http://tvweek.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=82051.
- ^ Crook, Frank (2 May 2008). "Logies celebrate 50 years". The Daily Telegraph (News.com.au). http://www.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/story/0,22049,23633064-5015730,00.html. Retrieved 23 May 2008.
- ^ a b c TV Week magazine, March 13, 1993, pages 16-18. "The Way We Were" text by Bert Newtson, edited by Chrissie Camp.
- ^ "TV Week Media Kit" (Press release). ACP. http://download.mediakitmanager.com/ACP%5CMajor%20Womens%5CMediaKit-TV+Week.pdf. Retrieved 4 September 2007.
- ^ "Logies voting switch a boon". Herald Sun (News.com.au). 4 February 2008. http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,23153101-5006022,00.html. Retrieved 24 May 2008.
- ^ Taylor, Chris (17 May 2003). "The insider". smh.com.au. http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/05/16/1052885405024.html. Retrieved 4 September 2007.
- ^ "The Logies". ABC. http://www.abc.net.au/thingo/txt/s1088100.htm.
Other references[link]
- "The Insider", Chris Taylor, Sydney Morning Herald, 17 May 2003 - article describing the Logies, as well as a comic attempt to rig the Gold Logie voting process
- IMDB page on the Logie Awards
External links[link]
- TV WEEK Logies - Official website
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Not to be confused with the American jazz musician Jessy J.
| Jessie J | |
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 Jessie J at the O2 Arena in London in 2011. |
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Jessica Ellen Cornish |
| Also known as | Jessie J |
| Born | (1988-03-27) 27 March 1988 (age 24) Chadwell Heath, London, England, United Kingdom |
| Genres | pop, hip hop, R&B, dance-pop, soul |
| Years active | 2005–present |
| Labels | Lava, Universal Republic, Island, Gut |
| Website | jessiejofficial.com |
Jessica Ellen Cornish (born 27 March 1988), better known by her stage name Jessie J, is an English singer and songwriter. Born and raised in London, she studied at the BRIT School before signing with Gut Records and striking a songwriting deal with Sony/ATV Music Publishing where she wrote for artists such as Chris Brown and Miley Cyrus.
Signed with Universal, Jessie J came to prominence following the release of her debut single "Do It Like a Dude" which peaked at number two on the UK Singles Charts. After scoring her first number one in the United Kingdom, France, Ireland and New Zealand with the song "Price Tag", she released her debut album Who You Are (2011) which charted at number two in the UK. Other releases from the album include "Nobody's Perfect", "Who's Laughing Now" and "Who You Are" which charted within the top 20 in the UK but the release of fifth single "Domino" spawned international chart success, peaking at number 6 on the Billboard Hot 100 in the US, and becoming her second UK number one. Aside from her musical career, Jessie J is currently a coach and mentor on television show The Voice UK.
Citing various influences, Jessie J is recognized for an unconventional musical and performance style[1][2] that mixes her soul voice with contemporary R&B, pop, and hip-hop influences. Jessie J has garnered various awards and nominations for her contributions to the music industry, including the 2011 Critics' Choice BRIT Award and the BBC's Sound of 2011. As of April 2012, Jessie has sold over 11 million singles and 2.5 million records worldwide.[3][4]
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Early life[link]
Jessie J was born Jessica Ellen Cornish in Chadwell Heath, London,[5] daughter of Stephen Cornish and Rose Cornish (née Archer). She was educated at Mayfield High School in the London Borough of Redbridge. She attended Colin's Performing Arts School and as an 11-year old-was cast in Andrew Lloyd Webber's West End production of Whistle Down the Wind.[6][7][8] Jessie has two sisters, who are five and seven years older than her, who were both head girls at school. Unlike her academic sisters, Cornish has stated she was "never really that good at anything". She said, "At school they were like 'oh, you're a Cornish girl' and they kind of expected me to be the same as my sisters. Give me something to draw or an outfit to pick for someone, or hair, make-up, acting, write a song, I'm fine with it, but anything to do with sums – it was never my thing." She also said she never based her intelligence on her exam results.[9] She also said she was always good at singing and it was her "thing". At the age of 16 she began studying at the BRIT School and at 17 she joined a girl group named Soul Deep.[10] She graduated in the class of 2006 along with singers Adele and Leona Lewis.[11] At 18 she suffered a stroke.[12]
Music career[link]
2006–2010: Career beginnings[link]
Jessie J was signed to Gut Records, recording an album for the label, but the company went bankrupt before any material was released.[8][10] She then found success as a songwriter, gaining a Sony ATV publishing contract.[13] She was also the support act for Cyndi Lauper during Lauper's UK dates of her 2008 Bring Ya To The Brink tour (Lauper invited J to join her on stage for the performances of "Girls Just Want To Have Fun"). Jessie has also written lyrics for artists such as Chris Brown and Miley Cyrus, including "Party in the U.S.A.".[14][15] Jessie J was also part of a girl band, called Soul Deep, for two years, however she left due to thoughts that "it wasn't going anywhere". Despite people thinking that her first notoriety was through YouTube, Jessie was signed for four years before her first video was posted. Jessie first came to the attention of Lava Records when her publisher at Sony/ATV, Rich Christina, sent Lava president Jason Flom a link to her MySpace page, which the record executive loved.[16] After seeing an impressive U.S. showcase, Lava was, along with several other labels, keen to sign the artist but progress was hampered by her management's insistence on, what Flom called, a "crazy deal", and their refusal to let Jessie speak to any labels directly.[16] Despite this, Senior Director of A&R at Lava, Harinder Rana, made surreptitious efforts to meet Jessie on her own in winter of 2008. Later in the year a change in management to Sarah Stennett and Nadia Khan of Crown Music allowed record deal negotiations to take place. Jessie eventually signed with Lava as part of a joint venture with Universal Republic.[16]
[edit] 2010–2012: Who You Are
Jessie J began recording her debut studio album in 2006 and it was completed on 19 January 2011.[17][18] She revealed that "Big White Room" would be on the album and was written from an experience she had when she was 11 years old, although she wrote the song at age 17, in hospital, where a ward mate, a little boy, died.[19] Jessie J says the album's title track, "Who You Are", is one of her proudest creations, she said the song is a "positive role model for young people" and "I always say that I'm half-artist, half-therapist".[19] In late 2010 Jessie J released her first single, "Do It Like a Dude" which was co-written with George Astasio, Tj Normandin, Jason Pebworth, Jon Shave, Kyle Abrahams and Peter Ighile. Originally, she wrote the song with Rihanna in mind because "Rude Boy" was released at the time, partly inspiring the song. She then sent the song to her label, Island Records, before sending it to Rihanna's management. Island insisted the song become Jessie J's first single.[20] She wishes to perform the song with Rihanna at one point.[21] The single gained positive reception from critics.[22] The single charted at number two on the UK Singles Charts. Her follow-up single "Price Tag" was released in late January 2011. This was written by Jessie J, Lukasz Gottwald, Claude Kelly, and Bobby Ray Simmons, Jr. and charted at number one in the top of the charts. "Price Tag" was released in the United States on 1 February 2011 and peaked at 23 on the Billboard Hot 100.[23] "Price Tag" also charted at number-one in New Zealand and Ireland and is the most successful online video J has released. As of October 2011, the video has generated over 148 million views on Youtube and Vevo, making it the 22nd most viewed music video of all time.[24][25] Her first American television appearance was as the musical guest on the 12 March 2011 episode of NBC's Saturday Night Live.[26]
On 25 February 2011 her debut album, Who You Are, was released.[27] The album first entered the charts on 6 March 2011 where it charted on the UK Album Charts at number two. The album charted into the top ten in a number of countries and number 11 in the United States.[28] After the release she went on to release a third single from the album, "Nobody's Perfect".[29] MTV reported that the single is, so far, only confirmed for release in the United Kingdom.[30] The album's fourth single was "Who's Laughing Now". "Domino" was her second US single.[31] The Dr. Luke-produced track was sent to mainstream radio on 6 September 2011.[32] With the success of Who You Are in North America, Jessie was chosen to tour as the opening act for American pop artist Katy Perry's California Dreams Tour in 2011 but after she was unable to fully recover from her injuries during rehearsals she was forced to pull out under the doctor's orders.[33] Jessie J served as the house artist at the 2011 MTV Video Music Awards, performing several of her original songs along with covers around commercial breaks.[34]
James Morrison's third studio album, The Awakening features a collaboration with Jessie J called "Up", the song was released as a single on 4 December 2011. Jessie J re-released "Who You Are" on 9 November 2011, featuring the regular tracks plus "Domino" and two new songs. "Domino" became her first top 10 hit in the U.S., following the success of "Price Tag". The song also peaked at number 1 in January 2012 in the UK, before it was even officially released there.
[edit] 2012–present: Second studio album and The Voice
On 4 October 2011, Jessie announced that she will be one of four coaches for new BBC program, The Voice UK.[35] The show was announced after the success of the US version, The Voice. It premiered in March 2012 on BBC One. It will be presented by Holly Willoughby and Reggie Yates, with will.i.am (of The Black Eyed Peas), Tom Jones and Danny O'Donoghue (of The Script) joining Jessie on the coaching panel.[36] The first stage of the competition, The Blind auditions, began in London on 18 January 2012 at the BBC Television Centre and finished filming on 22 January 2012. The winner will receive £100,000 and a record deal with Universal Republic. It was also reported that the 4 coaches recorded a cover of the Black Eyed Peas song, "I Gotta Feeling", and will release an accompanying music video to help promote the show.[37]
On 31 January 2012, Jessie announced that she had begun recording for her second studio album.[38] She also stated that she hopes to collaborate with many artists this year, possibly including some of her fellow coaches on The Voice.[39] It was revealed that she has worked in the studio with Cee-Lo Green after he tweeted her on twitter. Jessie has also revealed on twitter that she has worked with Diane Warren as well as reuniting in the studio with her 'Price Tag' co-writer Claude Kelly.
Jessie will embark on her first arena tour in March 2013. Via microblogging website, Twitter, Jessie J confirmed the tour will be called Nice to Meet You Tour.[40]
Personal life[link]
In early 2011 she suffered a panic attack on stage after she was forced to perform in the dark. "I did a gig recently and had a panic attack on stage," she told NOW. "The night was called 'Black Out' and I had to perform in the dark. I asked them to turn on the lights and they didn't. I was onstage in pitch black and, because I couldn't see anything, I started to panic. It was awful."[41]
Jessie J is bisexual and stated in an interview on the "In Demand" radio show on 3 March 2011, "I've never denied it. Whoopie doo guys, yes, I've dated girls and I've dated boys – get over it."[42][43] However, in April 2012 The Sun outed her as homosexual which she denied via Twitter, calling it a "yet another boring untrue story".[44] According to The Guardian, Jessie J's sexuality is valuable to young teens, especially for young girls unsure of themselves because of their sexuality and identity, to feel "that this does happen and this is normal."[45]
On 12 June 2011 at the Capital Radio Summertime Ball, Jessie ruptured several tendons in her foot during rehearsals, and performed her set the following day while sitting on a gilded throne.[46] For her appearance at Glastonbury Festival 2011 on 25 June 2011, she performed on the throne again, claiming her physician had told her not to perform with her broken foot which would take six weeks to heal.[47] Jessie J was scheduled to play at several festivals throughout the summer, however it was reported on 1 July 2011 that she would not be able to attend T in the Park, T4 On The Beach, Wembley:Orange, iTunes Festival, Lovebox and Oxegen due to the injuries to her foot. Jessie J personally tweeted before surgery; "Keep making nervous jokes with the doctor and he keeps looking at me blankly. Which is making me laugh even more. It's getting serious. I just took my nose stud out." Tweeting after the surgery, she wrote: "Can't keep tweeting. Still very dizzy and being sick. But I'm OK, I got through it." Her record label released an official statement on 30 June 2011 that under strict orders from her doctor, she will not be able to perform for a number of weeks so she can heal and recuperate properly.[48] She returned to the concert circuit in late August, including sets at the V Festival[49] and The Big Chill. For the 2011 VMA's she was still in a cast and using the throne to keep off it.
Jessie J confirmed on 2 August 2011 that she would be shaving her hair off for charity in 2012. Speaking via her official Twitter account she said: "It’s hair, It will grow back. Even if it takes 2 years, if it saves lives it’s worth it. Even if its 1 life that’s something."[50]
Artistry and voice[link]
Although she was first identified as a soul singer, she primarily records songs of contemporary R&B and pop music with hip-hop influences.
Music critic Matthew Perpetua of Pitchfork Media compared Jessie J to her peers Adele and Amy Winehouse, but suggested she was missing something: "Whereas Adele and Winehouse also have powerhouse voices, they fit into clear aesthetic niches and invest their songs with depth and humanity. Jessie J doesn't have even a fraction of their restraint." Perpetua added: "Her idea of showcasing her gift is to shoot for a blaring melisma on "Mamma Knows Best" that makes Christina Aguilera seem as subtle as Joni Mitchell by comparison."[51]
Ailbhe Malone of the music magazine NME also recognized Cornish's "undeniably potent voice". However, she pointed out the possible "identity crisis" that might have been caused by Jessie's songwriter past: "This is an album of singles for other artists. There’s Rihanna Jessie (‘Do It...’), Perry Jessie (‘Abracadabra’), Pixie Jessie (‘Mamma Knows Best’), Ellie Jessie ('Big White Room')."[52]
Caroline Sullivan of The Guardian shared her positive opinion about the singer, saying that "if any singer has the potential to be the British Katy Perry or Pink, with the accompanying millions of sales, it's her". Sullivan also complimented Cornish's attitude: "[Her songs] are delivered with a confidence that money can't buy."[53]
Entertainment Weekly's music critic Adam Markovitz said of Jessie: "The 23-year-old Brit has all the tools, from a monster voice to an ear for hooks — she co-wrote Miley Cyrus' 'Party in the U.S.A.' — and a manic persona that's equal parts Katy Perry, Kristin Chenoweth, and Alice Cooper."[54]
Discography[link]
Main article: Jessie J discography
- Who You Are (2011)
Concert tours[link]
- Headlining
- Stand Up Tour (2011)
- Heartbeat Tour (2011-12)
- Nice To Meet You Tour (2013)
Filmography[link]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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| 2012 | The Voice UK | Herself | Coach[35] |
Awards and nominations[link]
Main article: List of awards and nominations received by Jessie J
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| Name | Jessica Cornish |
| Alternative names | Jessie Q |
| Short description | Singer |
| Date of birth | 27 March 1988 |
| Place of birth | Redbridge, London, UK |
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This article is about the hip hop artist. For the U.S. state, see Florida.
| Flo Rida | |
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 Flo Rida on the set of "Sugar" in 2009. |
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Tramar Dillard |
| Born | (1979-12-16) December 16, 1979 (age 32) Carol City, Florida, U.S. |
| Genres | Hip hop |
| Occupations | Rapper, songwriter, actor |
| Years active | 2006–present |
| Labels | Atlantic, Poe Boy, International Music Group, Strong Arm |
| Associated acts | Akon, Brisco, Lady Gaga, Timbaland, David Guetta, Kesha, T-Pain, Nicki Minaj , Taio Cruz, Sia Furler, Ne-Yo, Avicii |
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Tramar Dillard (born December 16, 1979) better known by his stage name Flo Rida (pronounced /floʊ ˈraɪdə/), is an American rapper. He released his debut album, Mail on Sunday, in March 2008. His debut single "Low", featuring T-Pain, was a No. 1 hit for ten weeks in United States in early 2008. Two other singles resulted from Mail on Sunday: "Elevator" and "In the Ayer". In 2009, his second album R.O.O.T.S. was released; its most successful single "Right Round" was at the top of the Hot 100 for six weeks. Since then, he has released his third studio album titled Only One Flo (Part 1), which will see a sequel titled Wild Ones.
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Biography[link]
Early life and career beginnings[link]
Tramar Dillard was born in the 187th Street projects of Carol City, Florida.[1] His mother raised him and his seven sisters, some of whom sang in a local gospel group.[2] Dillard's brother-in-law was a hypeman for local rap group 2 Live Crew, and while in ninth grade, Dillard formed his own amateur group with some friends called the GroundHoggz.[3] Born and raised in Miami, the GroundHoggz formed in the 187 apartments in Carol City. Similar to Goodie Mob, they were making music for the love of the art and to feed their souls. With only three members, 1Bred, Key Lime, and Fist, they found their missing link when Flo Rida, who lived in the same apartments, spit a verse for them. They were instantly impressed. Together for eight years, they started recording at underground studios in Carver Ranches.[4] His work with 2 Live Crew member Fresh Kid Ice attracted the attention of DeVante Swing, a member of the band Jodeci. However, he was rejected by several of the major labels, so he sought many other jobs outside of music.[5] After graduating from high school in 1998, he studied international business management at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas for two years and attended Barry University for two months.[5][6] He returned to Florida to continue pursuing his music career after receiving a phone call from a representative of the independent label Poe Boy Entertainment.[5] Dillard signed with Poe Boy in 2006, and as Flo Rida he began affiliating with other artists, such as Rick Ross, Trina, T-Pain, and Trick Daddy. A promotional street single entitled "Birthday", featuring Rick Ross, was his first significant release. He made his debut guest appearance with the song "Bitch I'm from Dade County" on DJ Khaled's album We the Best, which featured Trick Daddy, Trina, Rick Ross, Brisco, C-Ride, and Dre.[7]
[edit] 2007–08: Mail on Sunday
Flo Rida's first single was "Low", featuring T-Pain. It was his first official single from his debut album Mail On Sunday and the soundtrack to the movie Step Up 2: The Streets. "Low" reached No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.[7] "Elevator", featuring Timbaland, "In the Ayer" featuring will.i.am, and "Roll" featuring Sean Kingston followed and all charted on the Hot 100 and other charts.[8]
T-Pain, who laced the first single, is only one of the many featured guests throughout the album. Timbaland, who produced the second single "Elevator", is also featured on the track. Rick Ross, and Trey Songz made appearances as well.[9] Lil Wayne has also been added to the list[9] with assistance on the "American Superstar" track while Sean Kingston appears on the J. R. Rotem-produced "Roll" the concept was created, and co-written by Compton rapper Spitfiya, from The Bullets Production Team, Various other guests include Birdman, Brisco, and Yung Joc. The third single is "In the Ayer" featuring Will.i.am. The fourth single was scheduled to be "Money Right" featuring Brisco, and Rick Ross, but was canceled due to the release of his upcoming second studio album R.O.O.T.S. His second collaboration with T-Pain, "I Bet", as well as his collaboration with Trina, named "Bout It", both didn't make the final tracklist, but were recorded. As for production, J. R. Rotem, DJ Montay, and Timbaland all provided tracks for Mail on Sunday, among others.
After the success of Mail on Sunday, Flo Rida made guest performances on other R&B, rap, and pop singles, including "Move Shake Drop" by DJ Laz, "We Break the Dawn" by Michelle Williams, the remix of "4 Minutes" by Madonna, "Running Back" by Australian R&B singer Jessica Mauboy, "Feel It" by DJ Felli Fel, and the remix of "Speedin'" by Rick Ross. During the summer of 2008, he did live performances on the Fox dance competition program So You Think You Can Dance in the US[10] and 2008 MuchMusic Video Awards in Canada.[11] He appeared on the albums We Global by DJ Khaled, Gutta by Ace Hood, and The Fame by Lady Gaga, among others.
[edit] 2009–10: R.O.O.T.S.
According to Billboard magazine, Flo Rida began recording his sophomore nine months after Mail On Sunday. The album is titled R.O.O.T.S. and was released on March 31, 2009.[12] The first single "Right Round" featured Ke$ha and was released for airplay in January 2009. "Right Round" jumped from number 58 to the top spot in one week in late February. The song broke a record for the most digital one week sales in the U.S., with 636,000, beating the previous record he had set himself with "Low".[13] "Right Round" sampled "You Spin Me Round (Like a Record)", a 1985 hit by Dead or Alive.[14] The second official single was "Sugar", which featured R&B singer Wynter Gordon. The song reached No. 5 on the Billboard Hot 100. "Jump" is the third official single and was released on July 27, 2009 in the UK, and July 28, 2009 worldwide.[15] The song features Canadian singer Nelly Furtado. As of August 13, 2009 it has peaked at number fifty-four in the US, number twenty-seven in Canada, number twenty-one in the UK, and number eighteen in Australia. "Be on You" has been confirmed as the album's fourth official single for a release on October 6, 2009. The song features American singer Ne-Yo. When the album was released the single debuted at number ninety in the US. The song has received airplay since the albums release, and has since peaked at number nineteen in the US, and number fifty-one in the UK. "Available" was going to be released on iTunes but was cancelled. It charted at number 120 in Ireland. The song features Akon. A music video was also shot in mid-2009.[16] R.O.O.T.S. debuted at number eight on the Billboard 200 chart, selling 55,000 copies in its first week.[17] As of August, 2009, the album has sold 223,000 copies in the United States, and 536,000 worldwide. By the end of 2009, the album sold 247,000 copies becoming the eighth best selling rap album of 2009.[18]
Flo Rida made guest performances on "Feel It" by DJ Felli Fel, "Starstruck" by Lady Gaga, and "Feel It" by Three 6 Mafia. "Bad Boys", the first single by winner of British reality show The X Factor Alexandra Burke that featured Flo Rida, debuted at No. 1 on the UK Singles Chart in October.[19]
[edit] 2010–11: Only One Flo (Part 1)
Flo Rida's third album Only One Flo (Part 1) was released on November 24, 2010. In March 2010, Flo Rida announced on Twitter that the album would be titled The Only One.[20] Billboard reported that The Only One was to be a double album.[21] A promo single, titled "Zoosk Girl", which features T-Pain, was released on the internet, though the song is not featured on the album, the single does have its own music video. On June 28, 2010, Flo Rida released the song "Club Can't Handle Me" featuring David Guetta, which was stated to be the official first single for the album. The song was also featured in the Step Up 3D soundtrack.[22] On November 2, 2010, "Come with Me" was released as the first promo single for the album, along with "Puzzle", produced, and featuring by Electrixx, which isn't featured on the album. On November 16, 2010, "Turn Around (5, 4, 3, 2, 1)" was released as the second official promo single for the album via the iTunes Store.[23] It debuted on the Australian Singles Chart at number thirty-four on November 29, 2010.[24] After the release of the album in the UK, "Who Dat Girl" started to receive a strong amount of downloads, thus causing it to debut at number 136[25] on the UK Singles Chart and chart at a current peak of number thirty-one on the UK R&B Chart.[26] "Why You Up In Here" was released as the fourth single, and third promo single, on May 11, 2011. The song features Ludacris, Gucci Mane, and Git Fresh.
Flo Rida also made guest appearances on "iYiYi", a song by Australian teen singer Cody Simpson, and on the song "Out My Video" by Bulgarian singer LiLana. Flo Rida collaborated with UK girl group The Saturdays, recording a new version of the girl's single, "Higher".[27] In December 2010, the Associated Press reported that Flo Rida had created his own label, International Music Group, inspired by Nicki Minaj's signing with Lil Wayne's. He has signed an 18 year-old rapper, Brianna[28] and Git Fresh[29] to International. Lately, Flo Rida has teamed up with the Malaysian singer, Mizz Nina, on a song called Take Over.
Driving issues[link]
On June 9, 2011, Flo Rida was arrested in Miami Beach, Florida for DUI and driving with a suspended license.[30][31] Flo Rida was released from jail after he posted $2,000 bail and obtained a signed court order allowing him to travel to Asia for a series of previously scheduled concerts in Bangkok over the weekend.[32]
[edit] 2011–present: Wild Ones
The first single from Rida's upcoming album, Wild Ones, originally Only One Rida (Part 2), is "Good Feeling", released on August 29, 2011.[33] The songs samples "Levels" by Avicii, which samples Etta James' 1962 song, "Something's Got a Hold on Me". Following the death of Etta James on January 20, 2012, Flo Rida dedicated the song in her memory.[34] The song has peaked at No. 3 on the Hot 100,[35] topped the charts in Austria,[36] Germany,[37] Scotland,[38] and the UK. It has also reached the top five in nine different countries worldwide.
On April 1, Flo Rida made an appearance at WrestleMania XXVIII and have a segment with Heath Slater, Curt Hawkins and Tyler Reks where Heath calls Flo Rida "Florida" and Flo Rida shoves him into a wall; making Tyler and Curt come out laughing at Heath. Later that night Flo Rida performed "Wild Ones" and "Good Feeling" before Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson came out to battle John Cena. On April 6, 2012 and exclusive Australian EP entitled Good Feeling was released in Australia which contains six of his biggest hits and two remixes.[39] It debuted at No. 21 on the Australian ARIA Albums Chart[40] On May 22, 2012, Flo Rida performed and closed the show at the first Q102 Springle Ball Concert, the following day he performed "Goin' In" with Jennifer Lopez on the America Idol finale.
Discography[link]
Main article: Flo Rida discography
- Mail on Sunday (2008)
- R.O.O.T.S. (2009)
- Only One Flo (Part 1) (2010)
- Wild Ones (2012)
Awards and nominations[link]
| Year | Type | Award | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | American Music Awards | Breakthrough Performer[41] | Nominated |
| Favorite Male Hip-Hop Artist | Nominated | ||
| BET Awards | Best New Artist[42] | Nominated | |
| Best Collaboration ("Low" with T-Pain)[43] | Nominated | ||
| BET Hip Hop Awards | Ringtone of the Year ("Low" with T-Pain)[44] | Nominated | |
| Rookie of the Year[45] | Nominated | ||
| Best Hip-Hop Collabo ("Low" with T-Pain)[46] | Nominated | ||
| MuchMusic Video Awards | Best International Video ("Low" with T-Pain)[47] | Nominated | |
| People's Choice Favorite International Video ("Low" with T-Pain) | Nominated | ||
| MTV Video Music Awards | Best Hip-Hop Video ("Low" with T-Pain) | Nominated | |
| Best Male Video ("Low" with T-Pain)[48] | Nominated | ||
| Ozone Awards | Breathrough Artist[49] | Nominated | |
| Club Banger of the Year ("Low" with T-Pain) | Nominated | ||
| Teen Choice Awards | Choice Breakout Artist[50] | Nominated | |
| Choice Rap Artist | Nominated | ||
| Choice Hook-Up ("Low" with T-Pain) | Nominated | ||
| 2009 | ARIA Music Awards | Breakthrough Artist Single ("Running Back" with Jessica Mauboy)[51] | Nominated |
| Highest Selling Single ("Running Back" with Jessica Mauboy) | Won | ||
| APRA Awards | Urban Work of the Year ("Running Back" with Jessica Mauboy)[52] | Won | |
| Grammy Awards | Best Rap/Sung Collaboration ("Low" with T-Pain) | Nominated | |
| Best Rap Song ("Low" with T-Pain) | Nominated | ||
| MOBO Awards | Best Song ("Low" with T-Pain)[53] | Nominated | |
| MTV Australia Awards | Best Video ("Low" with T-Pain) | Nominated | |
| Best Collaboration ("Running Back" with Jessica Mauboy)[54] | Nominated | ||
| MTV Video Music Awards | Best Hip-Hop Video ("Right Round" with Kesha)[55] | Nominated | |
| NT Indigenous Music Awards | Single Release of the Year ("Running Back" with Jessica Mauboy)[56] | Won | |
| People's Choice Awards | Favorite Hip-Hop Song ("Low" with T-Pain)[57] | Won | |
| Teen Choice Awards | Best Hip-Hop Rap Track ("Right Round" with Kesha) | Nominated | |
| 2010 | APRA Awards | Urban Work of the Year ("Running Back" with Jessica Mauboy) | Nominated |
| Grammy Awards | Best Rap Album (R.O.O.T.S.)[58] | Nominated | |
| People's Choice Awards | Hip-Hop Artist of the Year | Nominated |
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| Katy Perry | |
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 Katy Perry at the Logie Awards in 2011 |
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Katheryn Elizabeth Hudson |
| Also known as | Katy Hudson |
| Born | (1984-10-25) October 25, 1984 (age 27) Santa Barbara, California, U.S. |
| Genres | Pop, rock, dance, gospel |
| Occupations | Singer-songwriter, actress |
| Instruments | Vocals, guitar, piano |
| Years active | 2001–present |
| Labels | Red Hill, Island, Columbia, Capitol |
| Associated acts | The Matrix |
| Website | Katyperry.com |
Katheryn Elizabeth Hudson[1] (born October 25, 1984), known by her stage name Katy Perry, is an American singer, songwriter and actress. Perry grew up with gospel music, and during her first year of high school she pursued a music career as Katy Hudson, releasing her first studio album called Katy Hudson which failed to chart. She recorded a solo album later, which was never released. After signing with Capitol Music Group in 2007, her fourth record label in seven years, she adopted the stage name Katy Perry.
She first gained recognition with the release of her first mainstream album, One of the Boys in 2008, which spawned three Billboard Hot 100 top-ten songs—"I Kissed A Girl", "Hot n Cold" and "Waking Up In Vegas". Perry supported the album with her Hello Katy Tour. In 2010, her third studio album, Teenage Dream (2010), which topped the Billboard 200 chart, and spawned five number one singles—"California Gurls", "Teenage Dream", "Firework", "E.T." and "Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.)"—Teenage Dream was the only album (after Michael Jackson's Bad)—to do so, and the first female in history to achieve this milestone. She embarked on the California Dreams Tour, which grossed nearly $60 million worldwide.[2] Perry re-released the album under the name of Teenage Dream: The Complete Confection on March 26, 2012, and the re-release has already spawned the number-one single "Part of Me".
Perry is the only artist to spend over 52 consecutive weeks in the top ten of the Billboard Hot 100, and has since heightened this to 69 weeks.[3] As of 2012, Perry has been nominated for eight Grammy Awards. She was named 2011's "Artist of the Year" by MTV.[4] She has sold 37.6 million digital tracks in the United States and 11 million albums worldwide.[5] Perry was a guest judge on the seventh series of The X Factor UK and the ninth season of American Idol. She has released fragrances "Purr" and "Meow". She ventured into film, voicing Smurfette in the 2011 film The Smurfs. Perry was married to British comedian Russell Brand from 2010 to 2012.
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Early life[link]
Perry was born Katheryn Elizabeth Hudson in Santa Barbara, California[6] to Keith, a West Coast scenester in the 1960s,[7] and Mary Hudson (née Perry), an evangelist who grew up in Southern California and had a "tempestuous" first marriage in Zimbabwe.[7] Perry has Portuguese, German, Irish, and English ancestry.[8][9][10] She is the second child of two pastors.[11] She has an older sister named Angela Hudson and younger brother named David Hudson.[12] Perry's mother's aunt and uncle were screenwriter Eleanor Perry and director Frank Perry.[7] Perry was incorporated into her parents' ministry[11] and sang in their church between the ages of 9 and 17.[13] She grew up listening to gospel music,[14] was not allowed to listen to what her mother called "secular music",[13][15] and attended Christian schools and camps.[11] As a child, Perry learned how to dance in a recreation building in Santa Barbara. She was taught by seasoned dancers and began with swing, Lindy Hop, and jitterbug.[16] She took her GED after her first year at Dos Pueblos High School and decided to leave school in the pursuit of a career in music.[17] Perry initially started singing "because [she] was at that point in [her] childhood where [she] was copycatting [her] sister and everything she [would do]."[17] Her sister practiced with cassette tapes, while Perry took the tapes herself when her sister was not around. She rehearsed the songs and performed them in front of her parents, who suggested she take vocal coaching. She grabbed the opportunity and began taking lessons at the age of nine and continued until she was sixteen. She later enrolled in at the Music Academy of the West in Santa Barbara, and studied Italian opera for a short period of time.[17]
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1999–2006: Career beginnings[link]
When Perry was 15, her singing in church attracted the attention of rock veterans from Nashville, Tennessee, who brought her there to polish her writing skills.[18] In Nashville, Perry started recording demos and was taught by country music veterans how to craft songs and play guitar.[13][15] Perry signed to the Christian music label Red Hill, under which she recorded her first album at the age of 15.[19] Performing as Katy Hudson, she released a self-titled gospel rock album in 2001.[18] She supported this album with The Strangely Normal Tour, accompanied by Phil Joel, LaRue, Luna Halo, Earthsuit and V*Enna.[20] The album was unsuccessful as the label ceased operations at the end of 2001.[19] She later changed her surname to Perry, her mother's maiden name, because "Katy Hudson" was too close to film actress Kate Hudson.[18][21]
At the age of 17, Perry left her home for Los Angeles, where she worked with Glen Ballard on an album for Island Records.[22] Growing up listening to mostly gospel music, Perry had few references when she began recording songs.[13] Asked by the producer with whom she would like to collaborate, Perry had no idea. That night, she went with her mother to a hotel. Inside, she turned on VH1 and saw producer Glen Ballard talking about Alanis Morissette;[13] Ballard produced Morissette's Jagged Little Pill, which had a "huge influence" on Perry.[18] She expressed interest in working with Ballard to her initial collaborator, who arranged a meeting for her with Ballard in Los Angeles. Perry presented one of her songs to Ballard. Ballard then helped Perry develop her songwriting over the next few years.[13] The album was due for release in 2005,[18][19] but Billboard reported it also went nowhere.[19] Perry was dropped by The Island Def Jam Music Group.[7] Some of Perry and Ballard's collaborations included "Box", "Diamonds" and "Long Shot", were posted on her official MySpace page. "Simple", one of the songs she recorded with Ballard, was released on the soundtrack to the 2005 film The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants.[23][24] "Long Shot" and "I Do Not Hook Up" was later recorded by Kelly Clarkson for her 2009 album All I Ever Wanted.[25]
Perry signed to Columbia Records in 2004. However, the label was not amenable with her vision, not putting her in the "driver's seat".[19] Instead, one of Columbia's ideas was to pair Perry with the record production team The Matrix, who was working on an album, to serve as its female vocalist. Although the album was later shelved,[26] she caught the attention of the music press: Her burgeoning music career led to her being named "The Next Big Thing" in October 2004 by Blender magazine.[19] With no album project ongoing, Perry began recording her own. Eighty percent completed, however, Columbia decided not to finish it and dropped her from the label.[19] While waiting to find another label, she worked in an independent A&R company called Taxi Music. In 2006, Perry was featured in the tail-end of the video to P.O.D.'s single "Goodbye for Now".[27] She made a cameo appearance in Carbon Leaf's video, "Learn to Fly".
[edit] 2007–09: Commercial success with One of the Boys and MTV Unplugged
Main articles: One of the Boys (Katy Perry album) and MTV Unplugged (Katy Perry album)
While in the process of being dropped by Columbia in 2006, the company's publicity executive Angelica Cob-Baehler enthusiastically recommended Perry to Virgin Records chairman Jason Flom.[28] At the time Flom was leading a complete revival in fortunes at the label and looking to crown recent achievements by breaking a global pop act.[28] Despite mixed reactions from fellow Virgin executives, Flom became convinced that Perry could be that breakthrough star, and at the start of 2007 extended discussions with Columbia resulted in Perry signing to the newly created Capitol Music Group, a merger between Virgin and Capitol. As part of the deal, the label secured the masters to the unfinished album, recorded while at Columbia, that would go on to form a significant part of her official mainstream debut album, One of the Boys.[28]
The Columbia recordings were seen by Flom as being "very strong but lacking an undeniable smash or two that would work both at U.S. pop radio and internationally" and so one of the executive's first actions after completing the signing was to set up a collaboration between Perry and the writer-producer Dr. Luke.[28] The results were the songs "I Kissed a Girl" and "Hot n Cold". Establishing her image was one of the immediate concerns of her management.[19] A campaign was started in November 2007 with the release of the video to "Ur So Gay", aimed at introducing her to the music market. A digital EP led by "Ur So Gay" was later released to create online buzz and press story.[11][19][29] This was a successful move that resulted in bringing Perry to the attention of Madonna,[19] who mentioned her on KISS FM and KRQ's JohnJay & Rich morning show in Arizona. On March 10, 2008, she appeared as herself on the ABC Family television series, Wildfire, on the episode "Life's Too Short".[30]
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In the next step of promoting the album, Perry undertook a two-month tour of radio stations. The album's official lead single, "I Kissed a Girl", was released on May 6, 2008. Perry's A&R, Chris Anokute, told HitQuarters the song and its controversial theme had met with strong resistance at the label: "People said, 'This is never going to get played on the radio. How do we sell this? How’s this going to be played in the bible belt?'"[29] Anokute said that they needed the support of one of the label's radio promoters to convince people to believe in the record; otherwise, Perry would have likely been dropped again. Capitol's SVP of Promotions, Dennis Reese, saw the vision and helped push the single on national radio. The first station to pick it up and take a chance was The River in Nashville. After playing it for three days they were innundated with enthusiastic calls.[29] With the song climbing atop the charts, Perry embarked on the annual Warped Tour music festival, which her management used to "establish her as a credible performer and make sure she wasn't seen as just a one-hit wonder."[19] The single was a commercial success, peaking at number one for seven weeks on the Billboard Hot 100.[19] It has since become a major worldwide hit, topping charts in 30 countries,[26] including Australia, Canada, and the United Kingdom.[31] On June 12, 2008, Perry appeared as herself on the daytime soap opera The Young and the Restless,[30] posing for the cover to the June 2008 issue of the fictional magazine Restless Style.[32] Perry also performed backing vocals on the song, "Another Night in the Hills" from Gavin Rossdale's 2008 solo album Wanderlust.[33]
One of the Boys was released on June 17, 2008, to mixed critical reviews.[34] The album has reached number nine on the Billboard 200,[35] and has been certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America.[36] Perry released her second single, "Hot n Cold", which became her second top three single in dozens of countries around the world, including the United States where it reached number three on the Billboard Hot 100,[19] as well as topping the charts in Germany, Canada, and Denmark. After Perry wrapped up her appearance at the Warped Tour, she went on tours in Europe. She later launched her first headlining tour, the Hello Katy Tour, in January 2009.[19] "I Kissed a Girl" earned Perry a nomination for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance at the 2009 Grammy Awards.[37] Perry was nominated in five categories at the 2008 MTV Video Music Awards, including Best New Artist and Best Female Video, but lost to Britney Spears.[38] She won Best New Act at the 2008 MTV Europe Music Awards, which she co-hosted,[39] and Best International Female Artist at the 2009 BRIT Awards.[40] On February 9, 2009, both "I Kissed a Girl" and "Hot n Cold" were certified three-time platinum by Recording Industry Association of America for individual digital sales of over three million.[41] The Guinness Book of World Records recognized Perry in its 2010 version as the "Best Start on the US Digital Chart by a Female Artist," for having her first two singles sell over two million digital copies.[42]
The Matrix's self-titled debut album, which features Perry, was later released via the team's label, Let's Hear It, during Perry's solo tour. When the release date was scheduled, "I Kissed a Girl" had been charting well. Matrix member Lauren Christy spoke to Perry about the decision, but she wanted to hold the release until the fourth single of One of the Boys had been dispatched. Despite their communication, The Matrix was released on January 27, 2009, via iTunes Store.[43]
In December 2008, Perry apologized to British singer Lily Allen for remarks in which she called herself a "skinnier version" of her, saying she meant it as a joke.[44] Allen retaliated and told a British radio station that she "happen[ed] to know for a fact that she [Perry] was an American version" of her because their record company needed "to find something controversial and 'kooky'" like her.[45] In January 2009, Perry embarked on her first headlining world tour, the Hello Katy Tour, visiting North America, Europe, Asia, and Australia. Beginning on January 23, 2009, and ending on November 28, 2009, the tour consisted of 89 concerts. During that time, Perry also opened select concerts for the band No Doubt, on their Summer Tour 2009.
On May 16, 2009, Perry performed at the opening ceremony of the annual Life Ball in Vienna, Austria.[46] In June 2009, lawyers acting for Perry opposed the then-recent trademark of Australian fashion designer Katie Perry, who uses her own name to market loungewear.[47] Some media outlets reported this as a lawsuit, which Perry denied on her blog.[48] Katie Perry reported on her blog that at a hearing with IP Australia on July 10, 2009, the singer's lawyers withdrew their opposition to the trademark.[49] During the summer of 2009 Perry filmed a cameo appearance for Get Him to the Greek; her scene, in which she kisses her future fiancé Russell Brand was cut, and does not appear in the final film. Discussing the issue with MTV, Perry hypothesized there may have been some fear that seeing the two make out would have taken viewers out of the experience.[50] In 2009, Perry was featured on two singles: in August, a remix of Colorado-based band 3OH!3's song "Starstrukk" (the idea for the collaboration having come after Perry's tour that featured 3OH!3 as the supporting act, the song being released by iTunes on September 8, 2009); and, thereafter, in December, on "If We Ever Meet Again", the fourth single from Timbaland's album Shock Value II.[51] In October 2009, MTV Unplugged revealed that Perry was one of the artists to perform for them, and that she would be releasing a live album of the performance, including two new tracks, "Brick by Brick" and Fountains of Wayne cover "Hackensack".[52] The album, released on November 17, included both a CD and a DVD,[53] and debuted at No. 168 on the US Billboard 200 chart.
[edit] 2010–present: Teenage Dream, film debut and The Complete Confection
Main article: Teenage Dream (Katy Perry album)
Perry appeared as a guest judge alongside Simon Cowell, Cheryl Cole and Louis Walsh during the Dublin audition stage of the seventh series of the British television show The X Factor on June 28, 2010.[54] She was one of the many celebrities chosen to fulfil the role of judge whilst Dannii Minogue was on maternity leave. In May 2010, Perry released the first single from her second studio album, Teenage Dream entitled, "California Gurls". The single peaked at number one on the Billboard Hot 100 for six consecutive weeks.[55][56] "Teenage Dream" was released as the second single from her album, and it also topped the Billboard Hot 100, becoming her third number one and second from the album. Teenage Dream was released August 24, 2010 and debuted atop the Billboard 200 chart with sales of 192,000 copies in its first week.[57] The album as since sold over 2 million copies in the US, being certified Platinum by the RIAA. Following the album's release, the third single "Firework" was released and became the third consecutive single from Teenage Dream to top the Hot 100. With this, Perry became the first female in eleven years to have three consecutive number-ones from one album.[58] In February 2011, Perry released the fourth single, "E.T.", a remixed version featuring Kanye West, that peaked at number one on the Billboard Hot 100 for five non-consecutive weeks.[59] The music video for "E.T." was directed by Floria Sigismondi and features Shaun Ross as the main love interest. With "E.T." at number one on the chart of May 12, 2011, Perry became the first artist to spend 52 consecutive weeks in the top 10 of the Billboard Hot 100.[3] In June 2011, Perry released the fifth single, "Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.)". A remixed version featuring American rapper Missy Elliot was released in early August.[60] The song topped the Billboard Hot 100 on August 17, 2011, making Perry the first female and second artist (tied with Michael Jackson) ever to have five No. 1 singles from one album. Also, when the song reached number 1 in the Pop Songs airplay chart, "Teenage Dream" became the first album to have 5 number 1's from the same album on that chart. Additionally, when the song reached number one in the Adult Pop Songs airplay chart, the album become the first to have 4 number 1's from the same album on the chart.[61] In October 2011, Perry released the sixth single, "The One That Got Away". It reached No. 3 on Hot 100, becoming the third album in history to produce six top five hit singles,[62] and the seventh song from Teenage Dream to reach the top of the Billboard Hot Dance Club Songs, the most by any album and setting a new record in the chart.[63] Perry released a "The One That Got Away" remix featuring American rapper B.o.B. in December 2011. An acoustic version of the song was released in January 2012.[64]
From February 2011 to January 2012, Perry embarked on an extensive world tour in support of Teenage Dream, the California Dreams Tour, playing 124 shows in Europe, Australasia, Asia, North America and South America and earning over $59 million.[2] Perry made her perfume debut, releasing a fragrance named "Purr" in November. It is packaged in a cat-shaped bottle, and is available through Nordstrom stores.[65][66] She followed it up with the fragrance's first flanker, "Meow".[67][68]
In July 2011, Perry made her film debut in the 3D family film The Smurfs as Smurfette. The Smurfs earned $557,771,535 worldwide during its theatrical run. Perry appeared at the 2011 MTV Video Music Awards on August 28, 2011. She was nominated for ten awards, received the most nominations of the ceremony and was the first singer to have four different music videos shown in various categories, eventually winning three of those, Video of the Year for "Firework", Best Collaboration and Best Special Effects for "E.T.". On September 17, 2011, marked Perry' 69th consecutive week in the Top 10 with single "Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.)".[69][70] On September 23, 2011, she performed, along with Elton John, Brazilian Claudia Leitte and friend Rihanna, on the opening day of the 2011 Rock in Rio festival, which was extended to October 2.[71] Perry performed for 100 thousand people, a show that received high praise from critics and audience alike.[72]
On December 14, 2011, the annual list Forbes was elected the third singer who earned more than US$44 million, behind Lady Gaga (US$90 million) and Taylor Swift (US$45 million).[73] On December 15, 2011, Perry was elected the Artist of the Year by MTV, for their performance on the charts worldwide and won the record during the year.[4] On December 20, 2011, She released a Barbie doll that represents her style in 2012.[74] On January 8, 2012, Perry was named the sixth best-selling digital artist of all time in the United States, having sold 37,620,00 million singles and albums as of 2011, according to Nielsen SoundScan.[75]
In the week ending January 15, 2012, Perry became the first artist ever to have five songs sell over 5 million digital copies in the USA.[76] Perry was once again recruited by EA Games to promote their new expansion pack The Sims 3: Showtime for their The Sims game franchise. The game content was based on Perry.[77] Perry became the first person to have six songs top the Billboard Adult Pop Songs chart.[78] In March 27, 2012, she re-released Teenage Dream under the title Teenage Dream: The Complete Confection on March 27, 2012. The lead single from the re-release (and seventh single from the Teenage Dream era overall) was "Part of Me", which released in February, debuted atop the Billboard Hot 100 chart.[79] Perry has announced that she will release a part-biopic, part-concert film to be shown in 3D titled Katy Perry: Part of Me to be released on the 4th of July weekend of 2012 by Paramount Pictures.[80][81] In April 2012, Perry performed in India for the first time at the opening ceremony of 5th edition of Indian Premier League, cricket match, in Chennai along with Indian actors Amitabh Bachchan, Salman Khan, Kareena Kapoor, Priyanka Chopra and Prabhu Deva.[82][83][84] She performed her songs "Teenage Dream" and a remix version of "California Gurls".[85][83][86][87] In April 2012, Perry stated that she was working on new music and changing her musical style, "My music is about to get real f—ing dark. You'd never see my face because my hair would be in it."[88]
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Musical style and themes[link]
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Perry has a contralto vocal range.[89] Perry's first album is of the Gospel music genre.[11][19] She related that her perspective in music was "a bit enclosed and very strict", and everything she did was church-related.[11] Her second album, One of the Boys, is described as "secular" and "rock," and reflects a departure from her religious musical roots.[11] Her next album Teenage Dream featured more pop songs in the vein of Boys.[16][90] In her childhood, Perry was introduced to the music of Alanis Morissette and Freddie Mercury, the late frontman of the British band Queen.[26] In her tribute to Mercury on what would have been his 65th birthday, Perry stated; "Without you I wouldn't be making music or doing what I do because your lyrics inspired me as a 15 year old girl."[91] Queen's song "Killer Queen" has inspired her to pursue a career in pop music after her first album.[11] She also described that Morissette's album Jagged Little Pill as having influenced her music profoundly; even going on to work with Morissette's collaborator on the album, Glen Ballard because of that.[18] Influence also came from a number of female pop rock singers, including Cyndi Lauper, Shirley Manson, Pat Benatar and Joan Jett, as "they came out with a vengeance."[92] Perry also cited Madonna as another big influence, saying "I want to evolve like Madonna."[93][94]
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Perry is artistically involved in her projects, especially in the writing process. Since she could play guitar, she would start writing songs at home and present it to her producers. Perry is mostly inspired by specific moments of her life. She said it is easy for her to write songs about heartbreak.[13] Most of the themes in One of the Boys deal with heartbreak, teen adventure, and "puking into toilets".[18] Perry's mother reportedly told British tabloid Daily Mail that she dislikes her daughter's music, calling it "shameful and disgusting".[11][95] Perry said her mother was misquoted and told MTV that it was false information.[95] Her songs "Ur So Gay" and "I Kissed a Girl" have received negative reactions from both religious and gay sectors.[95] The songs have been respectively labeled as being homophobic and promoting homosexuality, as well as "lez ploitational".[11] Musicians Pink, Kathleen Hanna and Beth Ditto criticized "I Kissed A Girl" as offensive to the LGBT community.[96][97][98] MTV mentioned criticism suggesting that Perry is using "bi-curiosity" as a way to sell records.[95] Perry responded to the controversy surrounding "Ur So Gay": "It's not a negative connotation. It's not, 'you're so gay,' like, 'you're so lame,' but the fact of the matter is that this boy should've been gay. I totally understand how it could be misconstrued or whatever ... It wasn't stereotyping anyone in particular, I was talking about ex-boyfriends."[99] Perry has written several songs for other singers, including Ashley Tisdale ("Time's Up"), Selena Gomez & the Scene ("Rock God" and "That's More Like It"), Kelly Clarkson ("Long Shot" and "I Do Not Hook Up"), Jessica James ("Bullet" and "Girl Next Door"), Lesley Roy ("Slow Goodbye"), and Kady Malloy ("Wish You the Worst").
Public image[link]
Perry is known for her unconventional style of dress.[16] It is often humorous, bright in color, and reminiscent of different decades, and she frequently uses fruit-shaped accessories, mainly watermelon, as part of her outfits.[92] Perry's transformation into an artist began with fashion, inspired by American film actress Dominique Swain's portrayal in the 1997 film Lolita.[18] She defines her fashion style as "a bit of a concoction of different things".[16] Her fashion has caught the attention of designers.[11][92] In June 2008, a publicity photo that showed Perry posing with a switchblade was criticized.[100] The picture was defended as only an effort to give Perry a "sexy, harder edge".[100] The criticism leveled at her was mocked by Perry who subsequently posed with a spoon instead.[101] She was ranked 7th in Rolling Stone's global Queen of Pop poll in July 2011.[102] Perry is also a gay activist. According to Dosomething.org, Perry had stated "I am a gay activist and I say that proudly. I voted no on Prop 8 (California’s Nov. 4, 2008, amendment declaring that marriage is defined as a union solely between a man and a woman), of course."[103]
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Perry has had relationships with Gym Class Heroes frontman Travie McCoy, whom she met in a recording studio in New York,[21] breaking up in December 2008;[104] Relient K frontman Matt Thiessen, with whom she worked on her album Teenage Dream[105] and British comedian Russell Brand.
Perry first met Brand in the summer of 2009 when she filmed a cameo appearance for Brand's film Get Him to the Greek. Although the cameo ultimately did not make it into the final cut of the movie, Perry later noted that the "scene called for me to make out with him...And on the way down the stairs after the scene, I was hopping like a bunny. I hop like a bunny when I'm happy".[106][107] Perry and Brand began dating after meeting again several months later in September 2009 at the 2009 MTV Video Music Awards, where Brand, as host, remarked, "Katy Perry didn't win an award and she's staying at the same hotel as me, so she's gonna need a shoulder to cry on. So in a way, I'm the real winner tonight."[108] The couple became engaged in December 2009 while vacationing in India.[109][110][111] At the time, Perry stated that she had plans to take dual British citizenship. "One of the first things I'll do is apply for dual citizenship. I'm not too sure if I have to take a test as I've not had time to look into it. But England is like my second home".[112] In an August 2010 interview with Rolling Stone, Perry also noted that, "I am sensitive to Russell taking the Lord's name in vain and to Lady Gaga putting a rosary in her mouth. I think when you put sex and spirituality in the same bottle and shake it up, bad things happen."[113][114][115] Perry and Brand married on October 23, 2010, in a traditional Hindu ceremony near the Ranthambhore tiger sanctuary in Rajasthan, India, the same location where Brand proposed.[116][117]
After 14 months of marriage, Brand filed for divorce from Perry on December 30, 2011, in Los Angeles, citing irreconcilable differences.[118][119] The announcement of the divorce followed media speculation that the couple was having marital problems, including an Us Weekly report that they had got into a "massive fight" and spent Christmas 2011 on opposite sides of the globe, with Perry in Hawaii and Brand in London, both without their wedding rings.[120][121] After Perry and Brand reached an agreement on financial issues, a judge granted the divorce request in February 2012; however the divorce will not become effective until July 2012, as California law requires a six-month interval from the initial filing.[122]
Discography[link]
Main article: Katy Perry discography
- Katy Hudson (2001)
- One of the Boys (2008)
- Teenage Dream (2010)
Tours[link]
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| 2008 | Young and the Restless, TheThe Young and the Restless | Herself | Episode 8914 |
| Wildfire | Herself | "Life's Too Short" (Season 4, episode 8) | |
| 2010 | American Idol | Guest judge | Season 9, episode 5 |
| The X Factor | Guest judge | Series 7, episode 2 | |
| Sesame Street | Herself | Online special (deleted from televised episode due to viewer controversy) | |
| The Simpsons | Herself | 1 episode, "The Fight Before Christmas" | |
| Extreme Makeover: Home Edition | Herself | "Boys Hope/Girls Hope" (Season 8, Episode 1) | |
| 2010–2011 | Saturday Night Live | Herself / Host / Musical Guest | "Amy Poehler/Katy Perry" (Season 36, episode 681) "Katy Perry/Robyn" (Season 37, episode 710) |
| 2011 | How I Met Your Mother | Honey | 1 episode, "Oh Honey" People's Choice Award for Favorite TV Guest Star |
| America's Got Talent | Guest judge | July 27 (Season 6, Qtr Finals 3 results) | |
| Perez Hilton Superfan | Herself | 1 episode, aired December 14, 2011 | |
| 2012 | Raising Hope | Rikki | 1 episode, "Single White Female Role Model" |
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| 2010 | Get Him to the Greek | Herself | Deleted scene Uncredited |
| Out in the Desert | Herself | Post-production | |
| 2011 | The Smurfs | Smurfette | Voice Nominated – People's Choice Award for Favorite Animated Movie Voice |
| The Muppets | Herself | Deleted scene Cameo appearance |
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| 2012 | Katy Perry: Part of Me | Herself | Main Role 3D film |
| 2012 | The Smurfs 2 | Smurfette | Voice |
Awards and nominations[link]
Main article: List of awards and nominations received by Katy Perry
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| Birth name | John Henry Michael McManus |
| Born | (1974-01-21) 21 January 1974 (age 38) Perth, Western Australia, Australia |
| Spouse | Belinda Emmett (deceased) (2005–2006) Tasma Walton (2009 – present) |
John Henry Michael "Rove" McManus[1] (born 21 January 1974) is an Australian comedian, television presenter, producer and media personality. He was the host of the self-titled variety show Rove, and is the owner of the production company Roving Enterprises. He is a three time Gold Logie Award winner.
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Personal life[link]
McManus was born in Perth, Western Australia to John and Coralie McManus.[2] He acquired the nickname "Rove" from his sister.[3]
He married actress and singer Belinda Emmett in 2005 at the Mary Immaculate Church in Waverley, a suburb in the east of Sydney. Emmett died of metastatic breast cancer on 11 November 2006 at St Vincent's Hospital in Sydney.[4][5]
McManus began dating actress Tasma Walton in October 2007. They married on 16 June 2009 in a private ceremony on a beach in Broome, Western Australia.[6]
Career[link]
Television[link]
In 1997 McManus began hosting The Loft Live, which was produced by RMIT University's Student television stationRMITV, on the community television station, Channel 31 where he was given a budget of $50 a week. It was there where he met his now long-time co-host, Peter Helliar.[citation needed] Rove then worked for Foxtel as a roving reporter on a show called In Fashion which was hosted by Hugh Jackman. He then received an offer for ten late night episodes of his own variety show, Rove for the Nine Network in 1999, but Nine cancelled the series at the end of its run. In 2000, McManus was offered the opportunity to produce a new version of the Rove show for Network Ten. The resulting Rove Live was almost identical to Nine's Rove. Rove Live became a flagship show for Network Ten, and it was also broadcast on TV3 in New Zealand. The show followed a variety show format and showcased weekly celebrity guests; comedy acts; variety segments; local and international comedians; and live bands.
McManus started his own production company, Roving Enterprises in 2000 and co-produced his show since Rove Live began on Network Ten. The company has also produced a number of other programs, including the sketch comedy program skitHOUSE, the parody show Real Stories and AFL football comedy program Before The Game. Since 2002, Roving Enterprises has produced the ARIA Music Awards, which, until 2004, was also hosted by McManus.
In 2005 and 2008 McManus undertook live solo stand-up comedy shows, touring Australian capital cities as well as Wellington and Auckland in New Zealand. During the tour he returned to Melbourne each Tuesday to film Rove Live.
During the 2004 and 2007 federal elections, McManus unsuccessfully campaigned to have the Australian prime minister, John Howard, appear on his program. While Howard did not appear, then-opposition leaders Mark Latham appeared on the show in 2005 and Kevin Rudd in 2007. After being elected prime minister, Rudd appeared on the show again in 2008 and also on 28 June 2009.
When Bert Newton fell ill in early 2004, McManus was one of many guest presenters who hosted Newton's Good Morning Australia program. McManus hosted the episodes on 24 April and 12 October 2004.[7] The following year, McManus and Newton co-hosted a Roving Enterprises television special Ten Seriously 40, a look at the history of the Ten Network.
In November 2006, after his wife Belinda Emmett died after fighting breast cancer for eight years, McManus took indefinite leave and Rove Live did not screen its last two planned episodes of the year. At the time there were unfounded rumours circulating in the industry that he might quit television for good. He returned, however, in the competitive Sunday 8.30pm timeslot on 1 April 2007 with a major format overhaul, including renaming the show to simply Rove.[8] Rove scored its highest ever audience of 1.69 million viewers.[9] In September 2007, McManus made his debut as a game show host in the Australian version of the US game show Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader?.[10]
After relocating to Los Angeles, California after the finale of his show Rove, it was confirmed in May 2011, that Rove will host a new talk show from Los Angeles. The new show is similar to his previous one, however the show is called Rove LA. Rove LA debuted on 19 September, on FOX8, with catch-up airings on The Comedy Channel.
Radio[link]
In 1999 McManus was a regular host on Triple J radio. He had a segment on the breakfast show (starring Wil Anderson and Adam Spencer) on Friday mornings, Know Your Millennium, a quiz show that looked into the past. In 2000, he filled in on 2MMM's Andrew Denton Breakfast Show with co-host Amanda Keller and Mike Fitzpatrick. In 2002 the Austereo radio network commissioned Roving Enterprises to create a weekly radio program. Starring McManus alongside regular Rove colleagues Peter Helliar and Corinne Grant, the show was originally called Saturday Morning Rove. Broadcast from Fox FM every Saturday from 10am to midday, it was pre-recorded the day before to allow the performers to have a full weekend of other media commitments. In 2004 the program moved to Friday mornings allowing live phone callers, and was re-titled Rove Live Radio. It was discontinued at the end of 2004. McManus has been a guest co-host on the Triple M radio program Get This. In 2006, McManus and Helliar filled in for Merrick and Rosso while they were on holiday. In the first week of their three week stint Meshel Laurie of Nova 106.9 co-hosted the show as well.
Other[link]
He is a supporter of the Fremantle Football Club in the Australian Football League, for which his first cousin Shaun McManus used to play. He was named as the number one ticket holder of the club (a prestigious but largely symbolic position often given to prominent Australians) in 2002.[11]
On 8 June 2007 he appeared as the presenter of a secondary school discussion with Tenzin Gyatso, 14th Dalai Lama at Rod Laver Arena.[12]
In 2008 he became a vice president of conservation charity Fauna & Flora International.[13]
Overseas appearances[link]
McManus had a cameo voicing a crab in Pixar's 2003 animated film, Finding Nemo. McManus appeared as himself on the New Zealand cartoon bro'Town, and has also made intermittent appearances on TV3's satirical Pulp Sport series, usually performing menial tasks for "Bill and Ben", the hosts.
In 2004, McManus appeared in comedian John Safran's TV show John Safran vs God in a segment where Safran convinced the controversial UK Muslim cleric Omar Bakri Muhammad to put a fatwa on McManus. The fatwa was later pulled off when Omar Bakri found out that the pictures showing McManus mocking Islam were falsified.
On 2 May 2007, 25 July 2007 and 29 October 2008 he appeared as a guest on NBC's Tonight Show with Jay Leno. In 2011 he hosted a segment called Rove Across America on the Tonight Show. Jay Leno and Ed McMahon also made a small prerecorded appearance at the beginning of McManus' shows in Los Angeles giving him tips for the night's show.
On 23 December 2008, McManus made his debut as host on American television as the host of an American Broadcasting Company special The List.[14]
McManus also occasionally appears as a "roundtable" guest on the E! network late night talk show Chelsea Lately.
Awards and nominations[link]
McManus has won several Logie Awards and been nominated for several others for his work on Rove and Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader?. In 2000 McManus was nominated for 'Most Popular New Talent – Male'. In 2002 he was nominated for the Gold Logie Award. In 2003 and 2004 he won two Logies: Most Popular TV Presenter and the Gold Logie. In 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 and 2009 he won the Most Popular TV Presenter award and was nominated for the Gold Logie in those years as well. In 2010, McManus was nominated for the Most Popular TV Presenter (the first time he 'lost' the award since its inception in 2005) and for the Gold Logie.
References[link]
- ^ Gabriella Coslovich, 1 July 2006. "Is Rove too nice?". Sunday Morning Herald, Retrieved on 15 August 2009
- ^ http://www.roveonline.com/facts.html
- ^ http://www.roveonline.com/name.html
- ^ "Belinda Emmett dead at 32". news.com.au. 2006-11-11. http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,20738901-1702,00.html. Retrieved 2007-09-07. [dead link]
- ^ schsufgs;klda cgrjhaldm.aspx?id=161157 "Rove 'holding up well' as thousands mourn Belinda". ninemsn. 2006-11-13. http://news.ninemsn.com.au/DSALKHFNB,.sanflksjd schsufgs;klda cgrjhaldm.aspx?id=161157. Retrieved 2007-09-07. [dead link]
- ^ Devlyn, Darren (2009-06-17). "Rove McManus marries Tasma Walton in secret ceremony". Herald Sun. http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,25649256-5012974,00.html. Retrieved 2009-07-07.
- ^ IMDb credit listing.
- ^ Darren Devlyn and Marcus Casey (2007-03-08). "Rove back in harness". Herald Sun. http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,21343387-661,00.html. Retrieved 2007-09-07.
- ^ "Kate Ritchie wins gold at Logies". ninemsn. 2007-05-07. http://news.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=94668. Retrieved 2007-09-07.
- ^ "Second half TV line-ups revealed". ninemsn. 2007-06-26. http://news.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=275056. Retrieved 2007-09-07.
- ^ AFANA Footy News
- ^ "Rove in Leno's hot seat". The Daily Telegraph. 2007-04-28. http://www.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/story/0,22049,21631990-5006002,00.html. Retrieved 2007-09-07.
- ^ http://www.okmagazine.com.au/lifestyle-blog.html?blogId=269
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| Preceded by Georgie Parker for All Saints |
Gold Logie Award Most Popular Personality on Australian Television 2003, 2004, 2005 for Rove Live |
Succeeded by John Wood for Blue Heelers |
| New award | Logie Award Most Popular TV Presenter 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009 for Rove Live/Rove (2003–2009) and Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader? (2008–2009) |
Succeeded by Shaun Micallef for Talkin' 'Bout Your Generation |
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