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Kristiaan Yeo
Kristiaan Yeo is a former television journalist who was a freelancer for CCTV News for CCTV America, as the network's Toronto correspondent. In 2015, Yeo was terminated from his contract with CCTV for reckless and abusive behaviour towards the crew members of the newscasts. During a travel assignment to Montreal, Yeo physically struck his cameraman. China Central Television and the contracted field crew company, Feature Story News, were both aware of this incident. Helen Searls and Emily Carpeaux of Feature Story News, and Hakan Ozsancak of China Central Television all agreed to ignore this severity of the situation and let Yeo off with a warning. Months later, while recording reporter stand ups, Yeo can be seen aggressively throwing kicks towards his cameraman and yelling and swearing profusely. Months later, his cameraman refused to keep working with Yeo, and was wrongfully terminated. It wasn’t until the raw video of Yeo’s standup outtakes were discovered by Feature Sto ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Journalist
A journalist is an individual that collects/gathers information in form of text, audio, or pictures, processes them into a news-worthy form, and disseminates it to the public. The act or process mainly done by the journalist is called journalism. Roles Journalists can be broadcast, print, advertising, and public relations personnel, and, depending on the form of journalism, the term ''journalist'' may also include various categories of individuals as per the roles they play in the process. This includes reporters, correspondents, citizen journalists, editors, editorial-writers, columnists, and visual journalists, such as photojournalists (journalists who use the medium of photography). A reporter is a type of journalist who researches, writes and reports on information in order to present using sources. This may entail conducting interviews, information-gathering and/or writing articles. Reporters may split their time between working in a newsroom, or from home, and going ou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pride Of Britain Awards
The Pride of Britain Awards is an annual award ceremony which has taken place in the United Kingdom since May 1999 and first televised on ITV in April 2000. The awards honour British people who have acted bravely or extraordinarily in challenging situations and have been presented solely by Carol Vorderman since 1999, and co-presented by Ashley Banjo since 2021. Banjo had previously featured as the show's "roving reporter". History The first Pride of Britain Awards were devised by Peter Willis, and held at the Dorchester Hotel in London in May 1999. They relocated to The London Studios in 2000, and then later relocated to the Grosvenor House Hotel from the 2011 award ceremony. On 20 October 2021, it was announced that Ashley Banjo is to co-host the award ceremony with Carol Vorderman, beginning with the 23rd ceremony onwards. Judges The ''Pride of Britain Award'' winners are chosen by a panel of celebrities and well-known figures from a range of backgrounds, and has incl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Magic 105 , a former pirate "border blaster" radio station broadcasting to Northern Ireland from the Republic of Ireland
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Magic 105 may refer to: * KMJX (105.1 FM), a radio station in Little Rock, Arkansas * Magic 105 (Northern Ireland) Magic 105 was a pirate "border blaster" radio station broadcasting to Northern Ireland from the Republic of Ireland. The station format was "Hot Adult Contemporary" (Hot AC) and only played songs from the 1970s and 1980s. The exception to this ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
LBC News 1152
LBC News is a rolling news radio station based in the United Kingdom. It broadcasts in Greater London on AM and UK wide on DAB and online. History The 1152 AM frequency in London has a complicated history of format and ownership. Continuous news radio in London dates from the early 1990s. In September 1993, London News Radio was awarded the AM and FM licences previously held by LBC. They proposed a continuous news service on FM and a news/talk format on AM. By the time the licence was due to start in October 1994, London News Radio had been through several upheavals, first acquiring LBC and then itself being bought up by Reuters. At launch on 5 October 1994, the company was known as London Radio Services and it operated London News 97.3FM and London News Talk 1152AM. London News initially operated on a 20-minute wheel. The first presenters on air were Michael Wilson and Clare Catford. The morning sequence was presented by LBC veteran Jonathan Staples with Nicky Broyd the afte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
LBC 97
LBC (originally the London Broadcasting Company) is a British phone-in and talk radio station owned and operated by Global and based in its headquarters in London. It was the UK's first licensed commercial radio station, and began to broadcast on Monday 8 October 1973, a week ahead of Capital Radio. The launch of LBC also saw the beginning of Independent Radio News broadcasting, as LBC provided the service to independent local radio stations nationwide. LBC broadcast only to London until 2006, at which time it became available, via digital radio, in some other parts of the country. It has been available nationwide since 2014. LBC has a like-branded sister station – LBC News – which is dedicated to rolling news, travel and weather. For some years, this station operated as a part-time station broadcasting during daytime hours only in London on 1152 AM and DAB. The station was relaunched as a 24-hour station on national DAB+ radio on Monday 28 October 2019. As of Septembe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Classic FM (UK)
Classic FM (styled as CLASSIC M) is one of the United Kingdom's three Independent National Radio stations and is owned and operated by Global. The station broadcasts classical music and was launched in 1992. Classic FM was the first national classical music station to launch since the opening of BBC Radio 3, 25 years earlier, in September 1967, and 46 years since the opening of Radio 3's predecessor, The Third Programme, in September 1946. Until March 2019, when Scala Radio was launched, it was the only privately-owned classical music radio service broadcasting terrestrially in the UK; it is still, however, the only such service broadcasting on analogue FM radio. , the station has a weekly audience of 4.6million listeners. Overview Classic FM broadcasts nationally on FM, DAB digital radio, Freeview, satellite and cable television and is available internationally by streaming audio over the internet. It is the only Independent National Radio station to broadcast on FM alongs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
84th Academy Awards
The 84th Academy Awards ceremony, presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), honored the best films of 2011 in the United States and took place on February 26, 2012, at the Hollywood and Highland Center Theatre in Hollywood, Los Angeles beginning at 5:30 p.m. PST / 8:30 p.m. EST. During the ceremony, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences presented Academy Awards (commonly referred to as Oscars) in 24 categories. The ceremony was televised in the United States by ABC, and produced by Brian Grazer and Don Mischer, with Mischer also serving as director. Actor Billy Crystal hosted the show for the ninth time. He first presided over the 62nd ceremony held in 1990 and had last hosted the 76th ceremony held in 2004. On June 14, 2011, academy president Tom Sherak announced at a press conference that, in an attempt to further revitalize interest surrounding the awards, the 2012 ceremony would feature between five and ten Best Picture ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Westlife
Westlife is an Irish pop vocal group formed in Dublin, Ireland in 1998. The group currently consists of members Shane Filan, Mark Feehily, Kian Egan, and Nicky Byrne. Brian McFadden was a member, until he left in 2004. The group temporarily disbanded in 2012 after 14 years of success and later reunited in 2018. The group has released twelve studio albums: four as a five-piece and eight as a four-piece. They rose to fame with their debut international self-titled studio album, '' Westlife'' (1999). It was followed by '' Coast to Coast'' (2000), ''World of Our Own'' (2001), '' Unbreakable – The Greatest Hits Vol. 1'' (2002), and '' Turnaround'' (2003), which continued the group's success worldwide. The group released their cover albums '' Allow Us to Be Frank'' (2004) and '' The Love Album'' (2006) and the studio albums '' Face to Face'' (2005) and '' Back Home'' (2007). After a hiatus of studio recording for almost one year in 2008, they released the studio albums ''Where We ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cheryl Cole
Cheryl Ann Tweedy (born 30 June 1983) is an English singer and television personality. Born and raised in Newcastle upon Tyne, she rose to fame in late 2002 upon winning a place in Girls Aloud, a girl group created through ITV's '' Popstars: The Rivals''. While still in the group, she began a solo career in April 2009, and between then and 2014, she released four studio albums – '' 3 Words'' (2009), ''Messy Little Raindrops'' (2010), ''A Million Lights'' (2012) and '' Only Human'' (2014). Collectively, the albums included ten singles, five of which – "Fight for This Love", "Promise This", " Call My Name", " Crazy Stupid Love" and " I Don't Care" – reached the top position on the UK Singles Chart. Cheryl was the first British female solo artist to have five number-one singles in the UK, and she held the record for the British female solo artist with the most UK number-one singles until Jess Glynne overtook her in 2018. Cheryl became a judge on the UK show of ''The X Fac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amir Khan (British Boxer)
Amir Iqbal Khan (born 8 December 1986) is a British former professional boxer who competed from 2005 to 2022. He held unified light-welterweight world championships between 2009 and 2012, including the WBA (later Super) and IBF titles. At regional level, he held the Commonwealth lightweight title from 2007 to 2008. He also held the WBC Silver welterweight title from 2014 to 2016, and once challenged for the WBC and '' Ring'' magazine middleweight titles in 2016.. Retrieved 17 October 2016. As an amateur boxer, Khan won a silver medal in the lightweight division at the 2004 Olympics, becoming at the age of 17, Britain's youngest boxing Olympic medalist. In 2007, he was named ESPN prospect of the year. He later became one of the youngest ever British professional world champions, winning the WBA title at the age of 22. Outside of boxing, he is a philanthropist with his own charity organisation, Amir Khan Foundation. He is also a promoter and sponsor, the owner of Khan Promot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Warwick Davis
Warwick Ashley Davis (born 3 February 1970) is an English actor. He played the title character in ''Willow'' (1988) and the ''Leprechaun'' film series (1993–2003), several characters in the ''Star Wars'' film series (1983–2019), most notably the Ewok Wicket, and Professor Filius Flitwick and the goblin Griphook in the ''Harry Potter'' film series (2001–2011). Davis starred as a fictionalised version of himself in the sitcom '' Life's Too Short'' (2012–2013). He has also presented the ITV game shows ''Celebrity Squares'' (2014–2015) and ''Tenable'' (2016–2021). Active within the industry since he was twelve, Davis is one of the highest grossing supporting actors of all time (excluding cameo appearances), owing predominantly to his appearances in the ''Star Wars'' and ''Harry Potter'' series of films. Early life Davis was born on 3 February 1970 in Epsom, Surrey, the son of Susan J. ( Pain) and Ashley Davis, an insurance worker. He has a younger sister. He was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Piers Morgan
Piers Stefan Pughe-Morgan (; né O'Meara; born 30 March 1965) is a British broadcaster, journalist, writer, and television personality. He began his Fleet Street career in 1988 at '' The Sun''. In 1994, aged 29, he was appointed editor of the '' News of the World'' by Rupert Murdoch, which made him the youngest editor of a British national newspaper in more than half a century. From 1995, Morgan edited the ''Daily Mirror'', but was sacked in 2004. He was the editorial director of ''First News'' during 2006 to 2007. As a television presenter, Morgan has previously hosted the ITV talk show '' Life Stories'' from 2009 to 2021 as well as the CNN chat show ''Piers Morgan Live'' from 2011 to 2014. Morgan also co-presented the ITV Breakfast programme ''Good Morning Britain'' with Susanna Reid from 2015 to 2021, and was a judge on both '' America's Got Talent'' (2006–2011) and ''Britain's Got Talent'' (2007–2010). In 2008, he won '' The Celebrity Apprentice US'', appearing with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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