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Dierdre Kelly
Deirdre "Dee" Kelly (born 1971), also known as White Dee, is a British TV personality and actor. In 2014 and 2015 she appeared in the TV documentary series '' Benefits Street,'' and in 2014 she took part in '' Celebrity Big Brother''. She plays Liz in the 2019 film ''Ray & Liz'', directed by Richard Billingham. In 2014, Kelly spoke at a Policy Exchange fringe meeting at the Conservative Party Conference in Birmingham. Films *''Ray'' (2015) – single-screen video artwork, she plays "Liz" *''Ray & Liz ''Ray & Liz'' is a 2018 British drama film written and directed by Richard Billingham in his feature debut. The film retells Billingham's troubled childhood growing up in a Black Country council flat during the Thatcher era. It focuses "on his p ...'' (2018) – feature film, as "Liz" Television *'' Benefits Street'' *'' Celebrity Big Brother'''' (British series 14) *''White Dee: What's the Fuss About?'' (2015) – documentary *''When Reality TV Goes Horribly Wrong'' (2017) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Benefits Street
''Benefits Street'' is a British documentary series broadcast on Channel 4. It was first aired on 6 January 2014, and ran for five episodes. The show was filmed by documenting the lives of several residents of James Turner Street, Winson Green, Birmingham, England, United Kingdom, where newspapers reported that 90% of the residents claim Welfare state in the United Kingdom, benefits. It shows benefits claimants committing crimes, including a demonstration of how to shoplifting, shoplift, and portrays a situation in which people are Welfare dependency, dependent on welfare payments and lack the motivation to seek reliable employment. The show was controversial, with the police, Channel 4 and the media regulator Ofcom receiving hundreds of complaints. There were Twitter death threats made against the residents of the street. Channel 4 was accused of making poverty porn. Many of those taking part claimed that they were misled by the documentary makers. Ofcom launched an investigatio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Celebrity Big Brother 14 (UK)
''Celebrity Big Brother 14'' was the fourteenth series of the British reality television series ''Celebrity Big Brother''. The series launched on 18 August 2014 on Channel 5 and ended after 26 days on 12 September. It was the seventh celebrity series and the eleventh series of ''Big Brother'' overall to air on the channel. Emma Willis hosted the series, whilst Rylan Clark presented the spin-off show ''Celebrity Big Brother's Bit on the Side'' along with Iain Lee, Willis and regular panelist Luisa Zissman. The series was won by actor Gary Busey. With an average of 2.1 million, this series was the lowest watched series on Channel 4 or Channel 5 until Celebrity Big Brother 16 the following year. It was down 1 million on the previous January series. On finale night, it was revealed that the series would return in January 2015. James Jordan returned to the house for ''Celebrity Big Brother 19'' as an All-Star, representing this series. He was the fourth housemate to be evicted. Pre- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ray & Liz
''Ray & Liz'' is a 2018 British drama film written and directed by Richard Billingham in his feature debut. The film retells Billingham's troubled childhood growing up in a Black Country council flat during the Thatcher era. It focuses "on his parents Ray and Liz, their relationship, and its impact on Richard and his younger brother Jason." Billingham, a photographer, previously published the book ''Ray's a Laugh'' (1996), with photographs of his family at the time depicted in the film. On its release, the film received widespread critical acclaim in the UK, the US and in Europe. It was also awarded several prizes in film festivals on both sides of the Atlantic. Plot The film retells Billingham's troubled childhood growing up in a Black Country council flat during the Thatcher era. It focuses "on his parents Ray and Liz, their relationship, and its impact on Richard and his younger brother Jason." Origins The film has an origin in ''Ray,'' a single-screen video artwork that pre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Billingham
Richard Billingham (born 25 September 1970) is an English photographer and artist, film maker and art teacher. His work has mostly concerned his family, the place he grew up in the West Midlands, but also landscapes elsewhere. Billingham is best known for the Photobook ''Ray's A Laugh'' (1996), which documents the life of his alcoholic father Ray, and obese, heavily tattooed mother Liz. He has also published the collections ''Black Country'' (2003), ''Zoo'' (2007), and ''Landscapes, 2001–2003'' (2008). He has made several short films, including ''Fishtank'' (1998) and ''Ray'' (2016). Billingham adapted the latter into his first feature film, ''Ray & Liz'' (2018), a memoir of his childhood. He won the 1997 Citibank Private Bank Photography Prize (now Deutsche Börse Photography Prize) and was shortlisted for the 2001 Turner Prize. His work is held in the permanent collections of Tate, the Victoria and Albert Museum, and Government Art Collection in London. Billingham and hold ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Policy Exchange
Policy Exchange is a British conservatism in the United Kingdom, conservative think tank based in London. In 2007 it was described in ''The Daily Telegraph'' as "the largest, but also the most influential think tank on the right". ''The Washington Post'' said Policy Exchange's reports "often inform government policy in Britain." and Iain Dale described it as the ‘pre-eminent think tank in the Westminster village”, in ConservativeHome. Policy Exchange is a registered charity. Founded in 2002, it describes itself as an independent, non-partisan educational charity whose mission is to develop and promote new policy ideas that will deliver better public services, a stronger society and a more dynamic economy. The policy ideas developed by the think tank which have been adopted as government policy include Free school (England), free schools, Police and crime commissioner, Police and Crime Commissioners, Garden Villages and protecting the armed forces from lawfare. Policy Excha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Conservative Party Conference
The Conservative Party Conference (CPC) is a four-day national conference event held by the Conservative Party in the United Kingdom. It takes place every year around October during the British party conference season, when the House of Commons is in recess. The event's location has alternated between Birmingham's International Convention Centre (ICC) and Manchester's Central Convention Complex since 2008. Previously, it had alternated between Blackpool and Bournemouth. In contrast to the Liberal Democrat Conference, where every party member attending its Conference, in person or Online, has the right to vote on party policy, under a one member, one vote system, or the Labour Party Conference, where 50% of votes are allocated to affiliated organisations (such as trade unions), and in which all voting is restricted to nominated representatives (known as delegates), the Conservative Party Conference does not hold votes on party policy. The Conference, which consists of fringe event ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Birmingham
Birmingham ( ) is a city and metropolitan borough in the metropolitan county of West Midlands in England. It is the second-largest city in the United Kingdom with a population of 1.145 million in the city proper, 2.92 million in the West Midlands metropolitan county, and approximately 4.3 million in the wider metropolitan area. It is the largest UK metropolitan area outside of London. Birmingham is known as the second city of the United Kingdom. Located in the West Midlands region of England, approximately from London, Birmingham is considered to be the social, cultural, financial and commercial centre of the Midlands. Distinctively, Birmingham only has small rivers flowing through it, mainly the River Tame and its tributaries River Rea and River Cole – one of the closest main rivers is the Severn, approximately west of the city centre. Historically a market town in Warwickshire in the medieval period, Birmingham grew during the 18th century during the Midla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Celebrity Big Brother (British Series 14)
''Celebrity Big Brother 14'' was the fourteenth series of the British reality television series ''Celebrity Big Brother''. The series launched on 18 August 2014 on Channel 5 and ended after 26 days on 12 September. It was the seventh celebrity series and the eleventh series of ''Big Brother'' overall to air on the channel. Emma Willis hosted the series, whilst Rylan Clark presented the spin-off show ''Celebrity Big Brother's Bit on the Side'' along with Iain Lee, Willis and regular panelist Luisa Zissman. The series was won by actor Gary Busey. With an average of 2.1 million, this series was the lowest watched series on Channel 4 or Channel 5 until Celebrity Big Brother 16 the following year. It was down 1 million on the previous January series. On finale night, it was revealed that the series would return in January 2015. James Jordan returned to the house for ''Celebrity Big Brother 19'' as an All-Star, representing this series. He was the fourth housemate to be evicted. Pre- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1971 Births
* The year 1971 had three partial solar eclipses ( February 25, July 22 and August 20) and two total lunar eclipses (February 10, and August 6). The world population increased by 2.1% this year, the highest increase in history. Events January * January 2 – 66 people are killed and over 200 injured during a crush in Glasgow, Scotland. * January 5 – The first ever One Day International cricket match is played between Australia and England at the Melbourne Cricket Ground. * January 8 – Tupamaros kidnap Geoffrey Jackson, British ambassador to Uruguay, in Montevideo, keeping him captive until September. * January 9 – Uruguayan president Jorge Pacheco Areco demands emergency powers for 90 days due to kidnappings, and receives them the next day. * January 12 – The landmark United States television sitcom ''All in the Family'', starring Carroll O'Connor as Archie Bunker, debuts on CBS. * January 14 – Seventy Brazilian political prisoners ar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Living People
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Actresses From Birmingham, West Midlands
An actor or actress is a person who portrays a character in a performance. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in modern media such as film, radio, and television. The analogous Greek term is (), literally "one who answers".''Hypokrites'' (related to our word for hypocrite) also means, less often, "to answer" the tragic chorus. See Weimann (1978, 2); see also Csapo and Slater, who offer translations of classical source material using the term ''hypocrisis'' ( acting) (1994, 257, 265–267). The actor's interpretation of a rolethe art of actingpertains to the role played, whether based on a real person or fictional character. This can also be considered an "actor's role," which was called this due to scrolls being used in the theaters. Interpretation occurs even when the actor is "playing themselves", as in some forms of experimental performance art. Formerly, in ancient Greece and the medieval world, and in England at the time of W ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
