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Bafta Announces host and venue for the 20th British Academy Childrens Awards

London, 15 October 2015: The British Academy of Film and Television Arts has today confirmed the host, venue and key dates for next month’s British Academy Children’s Awards.Ben Smith, aka Doc Brown, the British actor, rapper, comedian and screenwriter, returns to host the ceremony now in its 20th year, at the Roundhouse, London on Sunday 22 November.Next week, on...

The BFI celebrate International Women’s Day with the commencement of their Women in Film programme

Tonight BFI Southbank will mark International Women’s Day with the London Premiere of the comedy In Between (Maysaloun Hamoud, 2016), about three Palestinian friends living in Israel. The occasion also sees the announcement of new BFI Southbank season Girlfriends, a focus on black women directors, including the release of the restored Daughters of the Dust (Julie Dash, 1991), and a series...

Hearts In Harmony raises £8,888 For GOSH with Orpheus Sinfonia

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Classic Brit Award-winning Tasmin Little OBE led performance on 23rd June fundraising for Great Ormond Street Hospital at iconic venue St John’s Smiths Square Hearts in Harmony, the charity that hosts classical music events for heart disease causes, last month raised £8,888 for Great Ormond Street Hospital.The sum was generated by hosting the showstopping classical music event Tasmin Little &...

Dubsmash joins forces with Lionsgate to launch official channel for “The Hunger Games”

London, Berlin, Friday 25th September, 2015. Lionsgate is excited to announce an international partnership with social media platform Dubsmash to launch an official channel for The Hunger Games Franchise. From Friday 25th September, 28 countries will be running the soundboards on the app generating one of the biggest campaigns Dubsmash has ever launched.  There will be 22 Sounds available from...

Google’s Android Nougat update is rolling out now

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Google's latest update to Android is rolling out now under the name of Nougat. The new Android Nougat from Google comes with the strap-line, 'With more ways to make Android your own, Android Nougat is our sweetest release yet.'The OS (operating system) comes fully loaded with over 1500 emoji including 72 new ones which should make emoji use even better.You...

Live Review: Christy at O2 Academy Islington

Supporting James TW, Christy hit the stage at the O2 Academy Islington last week. For those just finding out about Christy, you're in for a real treat!Having started off his career as a busker on the streets of Glasgow, Christy drew in large crowds and gained local fame. The multi-talented singer began taking trips to Europe to busk, where he...

Geena Davis introduces global symposium on Gender in Media at the BFI London Film Festival

New partnership between Geena Davis Institute on gender in media, women in film and television (UK) and BFI London Film Festival. The BFI London Film Festival, in partnership with American Express, On Thursday hosted, in collaboration with the Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media and Women in Film and Television (WFTV), the Institute’s first Global Symposium on Gender in...

Sky Launches Sky Cinema – Bringing Audiences Closer to the Movies.

Sky today announces the launch of Sky Cinema on 8 July.  Set to replace Sky Movies in the UK & Ireland, customers will be able to enjoy even more of the biggest and best movies closer to cinema release than any other subscription service.  All available live, on demand or on the go.Building on more than a quarter of...

5 Things You Did Not Know About the All-New Ford Fiesta

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With the release of the All-New Ford Fiesta, we are glad to share with you these 5 Things You Did Not Know About the Ford Fiesta. Special ScreeningThe all-new Fiesta’s heated leather steering wheel has been tested by Ford engineers to ensure it is resistant to damage or staining from sunscreen on the driver’s hands.Sunscreen is just one of the everyday substances...

‘Spectre’ enters the Guinness World Records for Largest Film Stunt Explosion

In addition to breaking box office records across the globe, SPECTRE, the 24th James Bond adventure, has been awarded a Guinness World Records™ title for the Largest Film Stunt Explosion, it was announced today at a press conference in Beijing, China. Producer Barbara Broccoli and stars Daniel Craig and Léa Seydoux – who appear in the scene – accepted the...

Izzy Bizu releases Give Me Love

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I am not going to lie I am very biased in terms of the great Izzy Bizu who I interviewed a little while back. The rather gorgeous singer is due to ‘blow up’ as they say. Her musical journey is a natural and organic one which started a few years back when she blew the knowledgeable I Luv Live audience away with her...

Costume Design Competition for new Cara Delevingne

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A once in a lifetime opportunity has been made available for up to 20 budding costume designers to have their own creation appear in the upcoming science fiction epic VALERIAN AND THE CITY OF A THOUSAND PLANETS starring Cara Delevingne (Paper Towns, Pan), Dane DeHaan (Life, Lawless), and Clive Owen (Children of Men, Inside Man). EuropaCorp has teamed up with...

#Ad: 1,000 Vintage Radios – Treasure or Trash?

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The late Gerry Wells was an English eccentric. Ever since he was a child he was obsessed with cables, electrical fittings and radios. Gerry made a career by fixing old TVs and radios - he began to collect them while other people threw them away as rubbish.Gerry had a grand plan to preserve radio and TV equipment and he made...

Traveller Announce New EP Release ‘All This Time’ Due Out October 3rd

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UK alternative rock band Traveller has announced the release of their new EP ‘All This Time’ due out on October 3rd on all major media providers. The four-piece rock band first formed in 2012 after drummer Simon Usher first heard lead vocalist’s Gerry Sheridan’s stunning voice, which sparked the inspiration for them to form Traveller.Influenced by the likes of Coldplay and...

Gadgets you need at your next festival

The Festival Season is well underway, with Glastonbury and T in the Park in the bag and Creamfields and Leeds festival still to come. Whether you’ve already had your drunken sway in the mud or you’ve got it coming up, we’ve collected a list of must-have gadgets you can bring along to improve your experience and enthral fellow festival goers.Ready...

A message from President Underwood

Concerned Citizens, All my life, I've devoted myself to our fine country. Protecting your freedoms is my greatest honour. In dark times like these we must keep our eyes open and watch out for each other. As 30th May approaches, I need your loyalty more than ever. Can Claire and I count on you? My staff doesn't believe in propaganda,...

BBC offers free engineering degree course with 100% job success

Over the next ten years more than 60% of broadcast engineers are expected to retire and the BBC has a trailblazing scheme to fill the gap. Along with its industry partners, the BBC Academy based in Birmingham has created two free sponsored degree programmes that allow students to get a BEng or MSc - depending on their qualifications - whilst...

FOLLOW & SUPPORT the movement: #Moreplusplease

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Premium plus size retailer, navabi are launching a new campaign called More Plus Please in response to the dire lack of size diversity from the catwalk to the pages of the leading fashion press. As all fashion eyes are centred on London for Fashion Week, women are rallying on social media to call for more plus size representation in the...

10 signs you’re a wanderluster

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I mean most of us already know we’re a wanderluster, but just in case you needed reassurance here it is. 1. You book a holiday when you’re on a holidayI have been guilty of going this so many times. Booking a holiday when I am already on one. You can’t think of anything else a part from wanting to keep...

Ladies, you can never be too much – New campaign by Georg Jensen

Women its time to stick your proverbial two fingers up at people that say 'You're To Much'. Lifestyle retailer Georg Jensen has released an amazing new video campaign featuring prominent women from all walks of life, aptly entitled 'You can never be too much'.The video showcases five influential and inspirational women who have gone above and beyond the call of duty...

Watch: 100 years of swimwear in body paint

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One hundred years of swimwear is brought to life using body paint in a new video by YouTube fashion channel MODE. In an updated version of Mode’s 100 Years of Swimsuit video, a model is painted in pantsuits from the 1910s, one-pieces from the 1930s and bikinis from the 1960s onwards.Iconic pieces include the red Baywatch swimsuit from 1996 and...

WINNERS ANNOUNCED: EE British Academy Film Awards

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London, Sunday 14 February: At tonight’s EE British Academy Film Awards The Revenant was named Best Film with Alejandro G. Iñárritu winning Director and Leonardo DiCaprio receiving the award for Leading Actor. Emmanuel Lubezki won forCinematography – his fourth BAFTA overall and third win in a row, and the film also won for Sound. Mad Max: Fury Road won four awards...

Bafta To Host Viola Davis Career Retrospective

BAFTA-nominated actress Viola Davis will discuss her craft and career at a special ‘BAFTA A Life in Pictures’ event at BAFTA’s headquarters this Sunday January 15th. ‘BAFTA A Life in Pictures’ is a long-running series of onstage interviews in which some of the film world’s leading talent share insights into the experiences that helped them hone and develop their craft....

Is Amazons £5 per month music streaming service the lowest yet?

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Amazon plans to launch a £5 per month music streaming service for its Echo speaker. The new service will be only available via its Echo Speaker and is not part of the Amazon Prime service and doesn't work via standard music services i.e. smart phones or tablets. The service which is likely to cost £5 per month in the UK will...

British Wrestling Returns to ITV with IMPACT.

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Flavourmag can share today that ITV has teamed up with IMPACT Wrestling, bringing World of Sport back to terrestrial television, with a commission for a 10-part series. This commission, from ITV’s Helen Warner, follows a successful one-off-special, which aired on New Year’s Eve.Thirty years after the original WOS ended – and legendary stars such as Big Daddy, Mick McManus and...

Hip-Hop Artist ‘NatStar’ Releases Brand New Album ‘Anatymous’ Featuring Rapper Keith Murray

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Artist, producer, songwriter and hip-hop performer 'NatStar' has recently released his brand new 13-track album 'Anatymous' which features rapper Keith Murray of hip-hop trio Def Squad. After being gifted a keyboard at the age of 11 by his father, Chris Stowe, known as NatStar, began writing and producing at an early age. Growing up with close ties to the music...

Honest Burgers and Lionsgate join forces to bring you The Mad Men Burger

The ‘Mad Men burger’ to go on sale at Honest Burgers sites throughout October to mark the final season of the iconic TV series’ arrival on Blu-ray and DVD Lionsgate Home Entertainment and Honest Burgers have today announced a partnership which will see an exclusively designed Mad Men burger go on sale across the high-end burger chain’s nine London outlets, just...

Who is the NBA’s greatest MVP? The search is ON!

BWIN search for the fans’ most valued basketballer of all time. It’s a debate that has rumbled on for generations, but a new interactive poll is putting that to bed by allowing fans to vote in the NBA Face Off and help decide who the NBA’s Greatest Of All Time (G.O.A.T) is.The poll (www.nbafaceoff.com) will determine over six weeks who...

60 Seconds of Showbiz – Idris Elba & David Oyelowo to receive OBE’s & The Brits are coming!!

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Keep up to date with Ria’s weekly round-up of 60 Seconds of Showbiz news here! This week it's been all about Idris Elba and David Oyelowo who will both receive an OBE from the Queen for their contribution to the Arts!Watch my interview with Idris at the Screen Nation Awards last year, discussing his thoughts on Diversity in the British...