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Rock Rivals
''Rock Rivals'' was a British television drama series following the lives of two celebrity judges on an ''X Factor'' style show as their marriage falls apart. It was produced by Shed Productions, the company behind ''Footballers' Wives'', '' Bad Girls'' and '' Waterloo Road''. The series began on 5 March 2008 on ITV and finished on 23 April 2008. It was not renewed, due to both poor ratings and reviews. Production The eight-part series was filmed from summer to autumn 2007, and delivered to ITV in spring 2008. On 2 July 2007 it was announced that former ''EastEnders'' actress Michelle Collins and former ''Coronation Street'' actor Sean Gallagher had both been cast for the lead roles of characters Karina Faith (née Lewis) (Collins) and her husband Mal (Gallagher). Two days later, in an appearance on the chat show ''Loose Women'', Collins said that it would be filmed over a four-month schedule, and would probably air in January or February 2008. ''Rock Rivals'' finally wrapped ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michelle Collins
Michelle Danielle Collins (born 28 May 1962) is an English actress and TV presenter, best known for her roles in the British soap operas ''EastEnders'' and ''Coronation Street''. Collins played Cindy Beale in the BBC soap ''EastEnders'' from 1988 to 1998, with a two-year break between 1990 and 1992. She played Stella Price in the ITV soap ''Coronation Street'' from 2011 to 2014. Her other notable TV roles include the BBC dramas ''Real Women'' (1998–1999), ''Sunburn'' (1999–2000) and ''Two Thousand Acres of Sky'' (2001–2003). Early life and education Collins was born at Hackney South East Hospital in Hackney, east London, to a Welsh mother, Mary, and a father of English and Flemish heritage. Her Flemish grandfather was Belgian from Antwerp and had emigrated to the UK in 1915 when aged five. She and her elder sister Vicki were brought up by their mother Mary in Highbury, London. When Collins was 14, her mother went back to university to obtain a law degree. In the 1970 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Coronation Street
''Coronation Street'' is an English soap opera created by Granada Television and shown on ITV since 9 December 1960. The programme centres around a cobbled, terraced street in Weatherfield, a fictional town based on inner-city Salford. Originally broadcast twice weekly, the series began airing six times a week in 2017. The programme was conceived by scriptwriter Tony Warren. Warren's initial proposal was rejected by the station's founder Sidney Bernstein, but he was persuaded by producer Harry Elton to produce the programme for 13 pilot episodes, and the show has since become a significant part of English culture. ''Coronation Street'' is made by ITV Granada at MediaCityUK and shown in all ITV regions, as well as internationally. In 2010, upon its 50th anniversary, the series was recognised by Guinness World Records, as the world's longest-running television soap opera. Initially influenced by the conventions of kitchen sink realism, ''Coronation Street'' is noted for its ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2008 British Television Series Debuts
8 (eight) is the natural number following 7 and preceding 9. In mathematics 8 is: * a composite number, its proper divisors being , , and . It is twice 4 or four times 2. * a power of two, being 2 (two cubed), and is the first number of the form , being an integer greater than 1. * the first number which is neither prime nor semiprime. * the base of the octal number system, which is mostly used with computers. In octal, one digit represents three bits. In modern computers, a byte is a grouping of eight bits, also called an octet. * a Fibonacci number, being plus . The next Fibonacci number is . 8 is the only positive Fibonacci number, aside from 1, that is a perfect cube. * the only nonzero perfect power that is one less than another perfect power, by Mihăilescu's Theorem. * the order of the smallest non-abelian group all of whose subgroups are normal. * the dimension of the octonions and is the highest possible dimension of a normed division algebra. * the first number ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Universal Studios
Universal Pictures (legally Universal City Studios LLC, also known as Universal Studios, or simply Universal; common metonym: Uni, and formerly named Universal Film Manufacturing Company and Universal-International Pictures Inc.) is an American film production and distribution company owned by Comcast through the NBCUniversal Film and Entertainment division of NBCUniversal. Founded in 1912 by Carl Laemmle, Mark Dintenfass, Charles O. Baumann, Adam Kessel, Pat Powers, William Swanson, David Horsley, Robert H. Cochrane, and Jules Brulatour, Universal is the oldest surviving film studio in the United States; the world's fifth oldest after Gaumont, Pathé, Titanus, and Nordisk Film; and the oldest member of Hollywood's "Big Five" studios in terms of the overall film market. Its studios are located in Universal City, California, and its corporate offices are located in New York City. In 1962, the studio was acquired by MCA, which was re-launched as NBCUniversal in 2004. U ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Simon Cowell
Simon Phillip Cowell (; born 7 October 1959) is an English television personality, entrepreneur and record executive. He is the creator of ''The X Factor'' and ''Got Talent'' franchises which have been sold around the world. He has judged on the British television talent competition series ''Pop Idol'' (2001–2003), ''The X Factor (British TV series), The X Factor UK'' (2004–2010, 2014–2018) and ''Britain's Got Talent'' (2007–present), and the American television talent competition series ''American Idol'' (2002–2010), ''The X Factor (American TV series), The X Factor US'' (2011–2013), and ''America's Got Talent'' (2006–present). Cowell is the founder and sole owner of the British entertainment company Syco. After some success in the 1980s and 1990s as a record producer, talent scout and consultant in the UK music industry, Cowell came to public prominence in 2001 as a judge on ''Pop Idol'', a talent television show which he and its creator Simon Fuller successfull ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Sheehan
Robert Sheehan (born 7 January 1988) is an Irish actor. He is best known for television roles such as Nathan Young in ''Misfits'', Darren Treacy in '' Love/Hate'', and Klaus Hargreeves in ''The Umbrella Academy,'' as well as film roles such as Tom Natsworthy in ''Mortal Engines'' and Simon Lewis in '' The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones''. Sheehan has received multiple Irish Film and Television Award nominations and a British Academy Television Award nomination. In 2020, he was listed as number 41 on ''The Irish Times'' list of Ireland's greatest film actors. Early life Sheehan was born in Portlaoise, County Laois. He is the youngest of three children born to Maria and Joe Sheehan, who was a garda. At school, he played the banjo, the bodhrán, and the spoons, having joked that he was like "''Footloose'' with spoons"; he also participated in Fleadh Cheoil. Sheehan attended St Paul's school in Portlaoise. Unsure of whether acting was a sustainable career choice, he studied ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Anderson (English Actor)
James Anderson (born 3 November 1980) is a British actor. Born in the Surrey village of Thursley, Anderson graduated with first class honours from Warwick University and went on to train at the Actors Studio (MFA) in New York City. He has since had roles across TV, stage and film. He is best known for playing Oliver Valentine on the BBC medical drama Holby City between 2009-2021. For his debut film he was recipient of the Gold Hugo Award (2006), gaining eligibility for an Academy Award (2008). Personal life James is married with two children and lives in Sussex. Selected filmography *'' Endeavour'' (2023) *'' Holby City'' (2009–13, 2014, 2015-18, 2021) *'' Agatha Raisin'' (2020) *''Father Brown'' (2020) *''Agatha Christie's Poirot'' (2013) *''Rock Rivals ''Rock Rivals'' was a British television drama series following the lives of two celebrity judges on an '' X Factor'' style show as their marriage falls apart. It was produced by Shed Productions, the company ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nicola Hughes (actress)
Nicola Hughes is an English dancer, singer and actress of Antiguan descent. Career Hughes’ first principal theatre role was in ''The Who's Tommy'', playing the Acid Queen at the Shaftesbury Theatre in 1996. She followed this up by playing Donna Douglas in ''The Goodbye Girl'' at the Albery Theatre, and then Lola in ''Damn Yankees'' at the Adelphi Theatre, playing opposite Jerry Lewis. From 1998 to 1999, Hughes starred as Velma Kelly in the West End revival of ''Chicago (musical), Chicago'' at the Adelphi Theatre, taking up the role from Ute Lemper. Hughes’ other leading roles in the West End include Zarita in ''Simply Heavenly'' at the Trafalgar Studios and ''Fosse'' at the Prince of Wales Theatre, for which she received her first Laurence Olivier Awards, Laurence Olivier Award nomination for Best Actress in a Musical. Her most recent West End performance was playing Bess in Sir Trevor Nunn's ''The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess'', between November 2006 and June 2007, for which s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alice Henley
Alice may refer to: * Alice (name), most often a feminine given name, but also used as a surname Literature * Alice (''Alice's Adventures in Wonderland''), a character in books by Lewis Carroll * ''Alice'' series, children's and teen books by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor * ''Alice'' (Hermann book), a 2009 short story collection by Judith Hermann Computers * Alice (computer chip), a graphics engine chip in the Amiga computer in 1992 * Alice (programming language), a functional programming language designed by the Programming Systems Lab at Saarland University * Alice (software), an object-oriented programming language and IDE developed at Carnegie Mellon * Alice mobile robot * Artificial Linguistic Internet Computer Entity, an open-source chatterbot * Matra Alice, a home micro-computer marketed in France * Alice, a brand name used by Telecom Italia for internet and telephone services Video games * '' Alice: An Interactive Museum'', a 1991 adventure game * ''American McGee's Alic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Carlton (actor)
James Slark (born 16 November 1977) known professionally as James Carlton, is an English actor best known for playing Jason Kirk in ''Emmerdale'' and PC Steve Crane in '' Heartbeat''. He played Jason Kirk from 1999 to 2002 and 35 episodes as Steve Crane from 2003 to 2004. He has also appeared in minor roles or as a visitor in ''Casualty'', '' Merseybeat'', '' Cold Feet'', ''At Home with the Braithwaites'', '' Where the Heart Is'', '' Doctors'' and '' ''Peep Show''. He now successfully runs his own Almond and Walnut farm in California California is a state in the Western United States, located along the Pacific Coast. With nearly 39.2million residents across a total area of approximately , it is the most populous U.S. state and the 3rd largest by area. It is also the m .... References External links * James Carlton as Jason Kirk 1977 births Living people English male television actors Actors from Bolton {{UK-tv-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Wanted
The Wanted are a British-Irish boy band consisting of group members Max George, Siva Kaneswaran, Jay McGuiness and Nathan Sykes and, until his death in 2022, Tom Parker (singer), Tom Parker. The group was formed in 2009 and signed a worldwide contract to Universal Music Group, Universal Music, Island Records and Mercury Records, and was managed by Scooter Braun. The Wanted's released their debut album, ''The Wanted (album), The Wanted'' in 2010. It peaked at number four on the UK Albums Chart. and spawned three UK Singles Chart, UK top 20 singles: their debut single, "All Time Low (The Wanted song), All Time Low", which topped UK Singles Chart, "Heart Vacancy", which reached number two, and "Lose My Mind (The Wanted song), Lose My Mind", which reached number nineteen. Their follow-up album ''Battleground (album), Battleground,'' was released in 2011 and reached number five in the UK and number four in Ireland. The album lead single, "Gold Forever", was released in aid of C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Siva Kaneswaran
Siva Michael Kaneswaran ( ta, சிவ மைக்கல் கணேசுவரன்) (born 16 November 1988) is an Irish singer best known for being a member of the boy band The Wanted. Early life Kaneswaran grew up in Corduff Blanchardstown, Dublin with a Sri Lankan Tamil people, Sri Lankan Tamil father and an Irish people, Irish mother. He has a twin brother Kumar, and six other siblings. Kaneswaran started modelling at 16 and appeared in various ads and landed a contract with Storm Model Management. Kaneswaran took part in ''Rock Rivals'', televised in eight episodes between 17 March and 23 April 2008. His brother took part as well. Kaneswaran played the role of Carson Coombs and his brother that of Caleb Coombs. The brothers also appeared briefly in one episode of ''Uncle Max''. The episode "Uncle Max Plays Tennis" aired on 11 July 2008. Kaneswaran was spotted through his modelling campaigns and subsequently recruited for the band. He is the younger brother of former ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
