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Ferne McCann
Ferne Alice McCann (born 6 August 1990) is an English model, television personality and presenter. She was a cast member of the ITVBe reality series ''The Only Way Is Essex'', joining in the The Only Way Is Essex (series 9), ninth series and leaving in the The Only Way Is Essex (series 18), eighteenth. In 2015, she participated in the I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! (UK series 15), fifteenth series of ''I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!'' and finished in third place. In early 2016, she became a regular showbiz reporter on ''This Morning (TV programme), This Morning''. Since 2017, McCann has starred in the ITVBe reality series ''Ferne McCann: First Time Mum''. Career Before her television career, McCann was the winner of Miss Essex 2012 and in the Top 15 in Miss England in 2012. In 2013, McCann became a regular cast member on the ITV2 (now ITVBe) reality show ''The Only Way Is Essex'' making her debut in the The Only Way Is Essex (series 9), ninth series in June 2013. S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Twitter
Twitter is an online social media and social networking service owned and operated by American company Twitter, Inc., on which users post and interact with 280-character-long messages known as "tweets". Registered users can post, like, and 'Reblogging, retweet' tweets, while unregistered users only have the ability to read public tweets. Users interact with Twitter through browser or mobile Frontend and backend, frontend software, or programmatically via its APIs. Twitter was created by Jack Dorsey, Noah Glass, Biz Stone, and Evan Williams (Internet entrepreneur), Evan Williams in March 2006 and launched in July of that year. Twitter, Inc. is based in San Francisco, California and has more than 25 offices around the world. , more than 100 million users posted 340 million tweets a day, and the service handled an average of 1.6 billion Web search query, search queries per day. In 2013, it was one of the ten List of most popular websites, most-visited websites and has been de ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ofcom
The Office of Communications, commonly known as Ofcom, is the government-approved regulatory and competition authority for the broadcasting, telecommunications and postal industries of the United Kingdom. Ofcom has wide-ranging powers across the television, radio, telecoms and postal sectors. It has a statutory duty to represent the interests of citizens and consumers by promoting competition and protecting the public from harmful or offensive material. Some of the main areas Ofcom presides over are licensing, research, codes and policies, complaints, competition and protecting the radio spectrum from abuse (e.g., pirate radio stations). The regulator was initially established by the Office of Communications Act 2002 and received its full authority from the Communications Act 2003. History On , the Queen's Speech to the UK Parliament announced the creation of Ofcom. The new body, which was to replace several existing authorities, was conceived as a "super-regulator" to ov ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Who Dares Wins
''Who Dares Wins'' (Latin: ''Qui audet adipiscitur''; el, Ο τολμών νικά, ''O tolmón niká''; french: Qui ose gagne; it, Chi osa vince; Portuguese: ''Quem ousa vence''; German: ''Wer wagt gewinnt'') is a motto made popular by the British Special Air Service. It is normally credited to the founder of the SAS, Sir David Stirling. Among the SAS themselves, it is sometimes humorously corrupted to "Who cares howins?". The expression appears in a medieval Arabic book of fairy tales translated and published in 2014. The catchphrase "He Who Dares Wins" was commonly used by Del Boy in British sitcom ''Only Fools and Horses''. The shortened form "Qui Audet" is also heard on the second episode of ''Pennyworth''. The motto has been used by twelve elite special forces units around the world that in some way have historical ties to the British SAS. Of related interest, the Canadian Special Service Force (SSF), which included the Canadian Airborne Regiment, adopted the motto ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jorgie Porter
Jorgina Porter (born 25 December 1987) is an English actress and model. She is known for portraying the role of Theresa McQueen in the Channel 4 soap opera ''Hollyoaks'' from 2008 until 2016 and again from 2020. Early life Porter was born in Trafford, Greater Manchester on 25 December 1987. She grew up with her mother and grandmother. A former ballet dancer, she was told by the ballet school she attended that she was overweight for a dancer. She later attended The Hammond School in Chester. Career In November 2008, it was announced that Porter had joined the cast of the Channel 4 soap opera ''Hollyoaks'', playing the role of Theresa McQueen. Porter said that she was "thrilled" to join the cast and be a part of one of soap opera's "most notorious families". In 2010, Porter appeared with eight other soap opera actresses in a music video and cover of the Cyndi Lauper single "Girls Just Want To Have Fun". The song was released in aid of charity, Cancer Research UK's campaign "Race ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joey Essex
Joey Don Essex (born 29 July 1990) is an English television personality. From 2011 to 2013, he made appearances on the ITV reality series ''The Only Way Is Essex''. In 2013 he participated in the first series of '' Splash!'' and the thirteenth series of '' I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!'', where he finished in fourth place. In 2015 he won the Channel 4 series '' The Jump''. In 2022, he participated in the eighth series of the Australian version of '' I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!'', finishing in sixth place and in 2023, he participated in the fifteenth series of '' Dancing on Ice''. Education Essex attended West Hatch High School in Chigwell, Essex. He left school in 2006, having received a U in Drama, a C in Art and a D in Wood Tech at GCSE. Ten years later, as part of a television series, he added a D in GCSE General Studies, commenting that "I still don't really know what GCSE stands for." Career Television Essex first appeared in ''The Only Way Is Essex'' ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
E4 (TV Channel)
E4 is a British free-to-air public broadcast television channel owned and operated by Channel Four Television Corporation. The "E" stands for ''entertainment'' and the channel is primarily aimed at the 16/18–34 age group (similar to BBC Three, ITV2, 5Star, Sky Max, Sky Comedy, Comedy Central and Dave). Programmes currently shown on the channel include ''Hollyoaks'', ''Made in Chelsea'', ''Coach Trip'' (and its Halloween spin-off ''Celebrity Ghost Trip''), ''Celebs Go Dating'' and various versions of ''Married At First Sight''. The most successful broadcast of the channel to date was on 11 October 2010 when an episode of ''The Inbetweeners'' received over 3.7 million viewers.BARB, vi/ref> History E4 launched as a pay television companion to Channel 4 on 18 January 2001. On 16 December 2004, Channel 4 announced that the subscription channel would become a free-to-air television channel by launching on the digital terrestrial television system. E4 launched an Ireland service ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Celebs Go Dating
''Celebs Go Dating'' is a British dating reality series. It began broadcasting on 29 August 2016 on E4, with the first series having 15 episodes. Paul Carrick Brunson and Anna Williamson currently appear as the dating agents, with Tom Read Wilson as a client coordinator. Rob Beckett narrates the series. Following the conclusion of the eighth series, two special editions of ''Celebs Go Dating'' were commissioned due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on television; ''Celebs Go Virtual Dating'' and ''Celebs Go Dating: The Mansion''. The series has since resumed its regular format. Development and production It was announced in March 2016 that E4 had commissioned a new reality dating series which sees celebrities go on dates with members of the public. Filming for the first series started in August 2016, with the programme premiering later that month. The first series was made up of 15 episodes, airing every weekday. In 2017, a second and third series was confirmed to air in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Metro
Metro, short for metropolitan, may refer to: Geography * Metro (city), a city in Indonesia * A metropolitan area, the populated region including and surrounding an urban center Public transport * Rapid transit, a passenger railway in an urban area with high capacity and frequency * The public transport operator of city or metropolitan area * The transport authority of city or metropolitan area * The urban rail transit system of a city or metropolitan area Rail systems Africa * Algiers Metro in Algiers, Algeria * Cairo Metro in Cairo, Egypt Asia * Dubai Metro, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates (U.A.E.) * Kaohsiung Metro, in Kaohsiung, Taiwan (Republic of China) * Lahore Metro, in Lahore, Pakistan * Manila Metro, in Manila, the Philippines * New Taipei Metro, in New Taipei, Taiwan (Republic of China) * Osaka Metro, in Osaka, Japan * Taichung Metro, in Taichung, Taiwan (Republic of China) * Taipei Metro, in Taipei, Taiwan (Republic of China) * Taoyuan Metro, in Taoyuan, Taiwa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rylan Clark-Neal
Ross Richard Clark (born 25 October 1988), known professionally as Rylan, is an English broadcaster and model. He finished in fifth place on the ninth series of ''The X Factor'' in 2012, and the following year, he won the eleventh series of ''Celebrity Big Brother''. He went on to present various television shows, including ''Big Brother's Bit on the Side'' (2013–2018)'','' '' This Morning'' (2013–2019, 2022), '' The Xtra Factor'' (2016), ''Up Late with Rylan'' (2016), ''Supermarket Sweep'' (2019–2020), ''Ready Steady Cook'' (2020–2021), and ''You Are What You Wear'' (2020). Early and personal life Clark was born Ross Richard Clark on 25 October 1988 in Stepney, East London, to mother Linda Clark. He has a brother, Jamie. Clark is a supporter of West Ham United, having been a Junior Hammer as a child. He was educated at Coopers' Company and Coborn School in Upminster, East London. Clark has been a part-time model since he was 16. It was during his early modelling ca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Up Late With Rylan
''Up Late with Rylan'' is a British late night chat show presented by Rylan Clark-Neal. The show premiered on Channel 5 on 9 May 2016. Due to the poor ratings and a negative reception, the show was not renewed for a second series. Format Rylan Clark-Neal hosts a lively, interactive late night chat-show featuring guests, gossip, music and games. Recurring sketches/segments * McCann or McCann't – Ferne McCann * Turner's Top Tips – Anthea Turner * Sophie's Choice – Sophie Willan Sophie Willan (born 21 October 1987) is an English actress, narrator, writer and comedian. Early life Sophie Willan was born on 21 October 1987, in Bolton where she grew up, and spent time in care as a child, as her mother was a heroin addict. ... * Rylan Relief – Rylan Clark-Neal Games Back Catalogue Bingo In this game Rylan sends celebrities to a phone to phone a business and use as many words related to the celebrity as they can in 90 Seconds. Bank or Bin Each week, a member of the publ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Channel 5 (UK)
Channel 5 is a British free-to-air public broadcast television channel launched in 1997. It is the fifth national terrestrial channel in the United Kingdom and is owned by Channel 5 Broadcasting Limited, a wholly-owned subsidiary of American media conglomerate Paramount Global, which is grouped under Paramount Networks UK & Australia division. During ownership by the RTL Group, it was branded as Five between 16 September 2002 and 13 February 2011. Richard Desmond purchased the channel from RTL on 23 July 2010, announcing plans to invest more money in programming and return to the name Channel 5 with immediate effect, and it was relaunched on 14 February 2011. On 1 May 2014 the channel was acquired by Viacom (now Paramount Global) for £450 million (US$759 million). Channel 5 is a general entertainment channel that shows both internally commissioned programmes such as '' Our Yorkshire Farm'', '' The Gadget Show'', ''The Hotel Inspector'', and ''Can't Pay? We'll Take ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Great Gatsby
''The Great Gatsby'' is a 1925 novel by American writer F. Scott Fitzgerald. Set in the Jazz Age on Long Island, near New York City, the novel depicts First-person narrative, first-person narrator Nick Carraway's interactions with mysterious millionaire Jay Gatsby and Gatsby's obsession to reunite with his former lover, Daisy Buchanan. The novel was inspired by a youthful romance Fitzgerald had with socialite Ginevra King, and the riotous parties he attended on Long Island's North Shore (Long Island), North Shore in 1922. Following a move to the French Riviera, Fitzgerald completed a rough draft of the novel in 1924. He submitted it to editor Maxwell Perkins, who persuaded Fitzgerald to revise the work over the following winter. After making revisions, Fitzgerald was satisfied with the text, but remained ambivalent about the book's title and considered several alternatives. Painter Francis Cugat's cover art greatly impressed Fitzgerald, and he incorporated aspects of it into the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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