Wednesday, 23 March 2016

BBC drama Wolf Hall received six nominations at Bafta TV Craft awards

Wolf Hall has picked up 6 nominations at this year's Bafta Craft Awards. Wolf Hall has been nominated in categories including drama writer for Peter Straughan and costume design.

Bafta Craft Awards ceremony will hosted by Stephen Mangan and held at The Brewery in London on 24 April this year. Wolf Hall was based on the Hilary Mantel novel, starred Damian Lewis and Mark Rylance and was well received by critics when it debuted in January last year.

Peter Straughan has been nominated for best drama writer for the series, which stars Damian Lewis and Mark Rylance.  It is nominated in the costume design, editing (fiction), make-up and hair design, photography and lighting (fiction), sound (fiction), and writer (drama) categories.

BRITISH ACADEMY TELEVISION CRAFT AWARDS IN 2016: NOMINATIONS LIST
BREAKTHROUGH TALENT
DC Moore (Writer) “Not Safe For Work” – Clerkenwell Films/Channel 4
Guillem Morales (Director) “Inside No. 9 – The 12 Days of Christine’ – BBC Productions/BBC Two
Marcus Plowright (Director) “Muslim Drag Queens” – Swan Films/Channel 4
Michaela Coel (Writer) “Chewing Gum” – Retort/E4
COSTUME DESIGN
Barbara Kidd “Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell” – Cuba Pictures/Feel Films/BBC One
Fotini Dimou “The Dresser” – Playground Television UK Limited, Sonia Friedman Productions, Altus Productions, Prescience/BBC Two
Joanna Eatwell “Wolf Hall” – Playground Entertainment, Company Pictures/BBC Two
Marianne Agertoft “Poldark” – Mammoth Screen Limited/BBC One
DIGITAL CREATIVITY
Athena Witter, Barry Hayter, Teresa Pegrum, Liam Dalley “I’m a Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here!” – ITV Consumer
Development Team “Humans” – Persona Synthetics – 4creative, OMD, Microsoft, Fuse, Rocket, Supernatural
Gabriel Bisset-Smith, Rachel De-Lahay, Kenny Emson, Ed Sellek “The Last Hours of Laura K” – BBC
Mike Smith, Felix Renicks, Kieron Bryan, Harry Horton “Two Billion Miles” – ITN
DIRECTOR: FACTUAL
Adam Jessel “Professor Green: Suicide and Me” – Antidote Productions/Globe Productions/BBC Three
Dave Nath “The Murder Detectives” – Films Of Record/Channel 4
James Newton “The Detectives” – Minnow Films/BBC Two
Ursula Macfarlane “Charlie Hebdo: Three Days That Shook Paris” – Films Of Record/More4
DIRECTOR: FICTION
Aisling Walsh “An Inspector Calls” – Drama Republic/BBC One
Ben Taylor “Catastrophe” – Avalon Television/Birdbath Productions/Merman Films/Channel 4
Jakob Verbruggen “London Spy” – Working Title TV, BBC/BBC Two
Shane Meadows “This Is England ’90” – Warp Films/Channel 4
DIRECTOR: MULTI-CAMERA
Chris Power “Ant and Dec’s Saturday Night Takeaway” – ITV Studios and Mitre Television Co-Production/ITV
John Anderson “Coronation Street” – ITV Studios/ITV
John Watts “Rugby World Cup Final: New Zealand V Australia” – ITV Sport/ITV
Richard Valentine, Coky Giedroyc “The Sound Of Music Live!” – ITV Studios Entertainment/ITV
EDITING: FACTUAL
Ben Brown “The Murder Detectives” – Films of Record/Channel 4
Dominic Lester “Great Barrier Reef With David Attenborough” – Atlantic Productions/BBC One
James Clarkson Lyon “Charlie Hebdo: Three Days That Shook Paris” – Films of Record/More4
Simon McMahon “My Son the Jihadi” – True Vision/Channel 4
EDITING: FICTION
Alex Mackie “An Inspector Calls” – Drama Republic/BBC One
Daniel Greenway “Humans” – Kudos/Channel 4
David Blackmore “Wolf Hall” – Playground Entertainment, Company Pictures/BBC Two
Matthew Gray “This Is England ’90” – Warp Films/Channel 4
Victoria Boydell “London Spy” – Working Title TV, BBC/BBC Two
ENTERTAINMENT CRAFT TEAM
Andrew Notgate, Aiden Spackman, Kevin Day, Kevin Duff “A League of Their Own” – CPL Productions/Sky1
James Clarke, Mark Owen, John Featherstone, Ian Hughes “The Apprentice” – Boundless (Part of Fremantlemediauk)/BBC One
Jason Gilkison, Mark Kenyon, Tony Revel, Dave Newton “Strictly Come Dancing” – BBC Productions/BBC One
Zac Nicholson, Tomas Burton, Edward K. Gibbon, Jacquetta Levon “The Sound of Music Live!” – ITV Studios Entertainment/ITV
MAKE UP & HAIR DESIGN
Amilie Gauthier, Joyce Dean “Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell” – Cuba Pictures/Feel Films/BBC One
Enzo Mastrantonio, Nick Dudman, Ferdinando Merolla “Penny Dreadful” – Neal Street Productions, Desert Wolf Productions/Sky Atlantic
Jenny Shircore “The Dresser” – Playground Television UK, Sonia Friedman Productions, Altus Productions, Prescience/BBC Two
Roseann Samuel “Wolf Hall” – Playground Entertainment, Company Pictures/BBC Two
ORIGINAL MUSIC
Anne Dudley “Poldark” – Mammoth Screen Limited/BBC One
Ben Foster, Nick Foster “Thunderbirds Are Go” – ITV Studios And Pukeko Pictures/CITV
Olafur Arnaulds “Broadchurch” – Kudos/ITV
Steven Price “The Hunt” – Atlantic Productions/BBC One
PHOTOGRAPHY: FACTUAL
Andrew Muggleton “Handmade: Metal” – BBC/BBC Four
Ben Steele “The Children Who Beat Ebola” – Blakeway Productions/Channel 4
Camera Team “The Hunt” – Silverback Films/BBC One
Pete Hayns, Mark Payne-Gill, Luke Barnett “Big Cats: An Amazing Animal Family” – Offspring Films/Sky1
PHOTOGRAPHY & LIGHTING: FICTION
Gavin Finney “Wolf Hall” – Playground Entertainment, Company Pictures/BBC Two
Ian Moss “The Frankenstein Chronicles” – Rainmark Films/ITV Encore
John Conroy “Fortitude” – Fifty Fathoms Productions And Tiger Aspect Productions/Sky Atlantic
Laurie Rose “London Spy” – Working Title Tv, BBC/BBC Two
PRODUCTION DESIGN
David Roger “Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell” – Cuba Pictures/Feel Films/BBC One
Gemma Jackson “Fortitude” – Fifty Fathoms Productions and Tiger Aspect Productions/Sky Atlantic
Janey Levick “This Is England ’90” – Warp Films/Channel 4
Michael Ralph “Dickensian” – Red Planet Pictures/BBC One
SOUND: FACTUAL
Andy James, Andy Payne, Andy Groves, Julian Pasqua “VE Day 70: The Nation Remembers” – BBC Events Production/BBC One
Daniel Jones, Gareth Malone, Conrad Fletcher, Mat Wood “The Naked Choir With Gareth Malone” – Twenty Twenty Television/BBC Two
John Rogerson, Richard Addis, Ryan Twyman, Freddie Claire “Great Barrier Reef With David Attenborough” – Atlantic Productions/BBC One
Matt Skilton, Mike Hatch, Tony Burke “La Traviata: Love, Death And Divas” – Reef Television/BBC Two
SOUND: FICTION
Adrian Rhodes, Jamie Roden, Antony Bayman “The Enfield Haunting” – Eleven Film/Sky Living
Kevin Duff, Andy Deacon, Sally Hesketh, Ben Milton “The Sound of Music Live!” – ITV Studios Entertainment/ITV
Rudi Buckle, Phil Barnes, Blair Jollands, Howard Bargroff “Fortitude” – Fifty Fathoms Productions and Tiger Aspect Productions/Sky Atlantic
Scott Jones, Rob Brazier, Joseph Stracey, Ian Voigt “London Spy” – Working Title Television/BBC Two
Sound Team “Wolf Hall” – Playground Entertainment, Company Pictures/BBC Two
Stuart Hilliker, Jim Goddard, Billy Quinn, Tom Deane “Doctor Foster” – Drama Republic/BBC One
SPECIAL, VISUAL & GRAPHIC EFFECTS
Bluebolt “The Last Kingdom” – Carnival Films/BBC Two
DNEG TV, Colin Rodgers “Fungus The Bogeyman” – The Imaginarium Studios/Sky1
Milk VFX “Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell” – Cuba Pictures/Feel Films/BBC One
Milk VFX, Millennium Fx, Real SFX, Molinare “Doctor Who” – BBC Wales/BBC One
TITLES & GRAPHIC IDENTITY
Edward Tracy “Murder on Successville” – Tiger Aspect Ltd Productions/BBC Three
Momoco “Fortitude” – Fifty Fathoms Productions And Tiger Aspect Productions/Sky Atlantic
Nic Benns, Miki Kato “Luther” – BBC Drama Production London/BBC One
Paul Mcdonnell, Ben Hanbury, Hugo Moss “The Last Kingdom” – Carnival Films/BBC Two
WRITER: COMEDY
Jesse Armstrong, Sam Bain “Peep Show” – Objective Productions/Channel 4
Julia Davis, Barunka O’Shaughnessy “Hunderby” – Baby Cow Productions/Sky Atlantic
Peter Kay, Paul Coleman, Sian Gibson “Peter Kay’s Car Share” – Goodnight Vienna Productions/BBC Iplayer
Rob Delaney, Sharon Horgan “Catastrophe” – Avalon Television/Birdbath Productions/Merman Films/Channel 4
WRITER: DRAMA
Mike Bartlett “Doctor Foster” – Drama Republic/BBC One
Neil Cross “Luther” – BBC Drama Production London/BBC One
Peter Straughan “Wolf Hall” – Playground Entertainment, Company Pictures/BBC Two
Russell T. Davies “Cucumber” – Red Production Company/Channel 4

Tuesday, 22 March 2016

Brussels attacks kill at least 31 at Zaventem airport, Maelbeek subways

Bombs exploded at the Brussels airport and one of the city's metro stations.
At least 31 people killed and wounding dozens, as a European capital was again locked down amid heightened security threats.


The Brussels mayor said another explosion struck Maelbeek metro station an hour later with 20 people killed.
"What we feared has happened," Belgian Prime Minister Charles Michel told reporters. "In this time of tragedy, this black moment for our country, I appeal to everyone to remain calm but also to show solidarity."

Belgian Prime Minister Charles Michel asked people in the city to remain indoors as Brussels came to a standstill and armed police and emergency services moved into the streets. Officials raised the terrorist threat to its maximum level.

"ISIS is under increasing pressure in Europe," said Brian Levin, a Cal State San Bernardino professor and terrorism expert, using an acronym for Islamic State. "And timing-wise, particularly in Europe, this is speeding up their schedule of attacks. Frankly, there are more terror networks in Belgium and France, and ability to hide within a population that is supportive of them. ... Belgium is ground zero for ISIS networks in Europe."

US President Barack Obama called the blasts "outrageous attacks against innocent people".

The metro shut down after the attacks, as did the airport. More than 200 flights to Brussels were diverted or canceled, according to flight tracking service Flightradar24.

Monday, 21 March 2016

New Jersey police officer found shot in Sayreville

A New Jersey police officer was fatally shot. The officer was found shot in his car in the parking lot of a movie theater at about 7:15 a.m.

Officer was sitting in his car near the Amboy Cinemas off the Garden State Parkway in Sayreville.

"We have been alerted to a report of a body located near the former movie theater in Sayreville. The Middlesex County Prosecutor's Office is investigating with the cooperation of the Sayreville Police Department. There will be no further comment at this time," according to the Middlesex County Prosecutor's Office released statement.

Authorities wouldn't say what led to the fatal gunshot, but video from the scene shows the car with a shattered window on the passenger's side of the car.

Sunday, 20 March 2016

13 kills in Spain Erasmus Students Bus Crash in Catalonia


13 people have been killed after a bus carrying foreign students crashed on a Spanish motorway between the cities of Barcelona and Valencia.

According to a statement from the Catalan government thirty more people on the bus carrying 57 people were injured.

 The accident occurred near Freginals, 150km (93 miles) south of Barcelona. Jordi Jané, the Catalan interior minister, said the victims were between the ages of 22 to 29 and “the majority are Erasmus students of various nationalities.”

"The driver of the coach "hit the railing on the right and swerved to the left so violently that the bus veered onto the other side of the highway" said Jordi Jane, Catalonia's regional interior minister. "

There were students on board, many of them foreign students studying in Catalonia and in Barcelona who had travelled to Valencia for the Fallas and were returning," Jane added.

Saturday, 19 March 2016

Adam Lambert come back to American Idol with Incredible Performs Welcome To The Show


Adam Lambert returned to the American Idol stage to perform his new song "Welcome to the Show". Adam Lambert hits the stage for a performance live on the American Idol stage on Thursday (March 17) in Los Angeles.

The pop star was the runner-up on Season 8 of the singing competition series. "Welcome to the Show" is Lambert's first release following his 2015 album, The Original High.

The 34-year-old Lambert, who came in second place on season eight of the singing competition series, opened the episode with his rendition of “Mad World,” which was a highlight during his time on the show. Lambert went on to have a massively successful career.

He tours with Queen and is known for hits such as "For Your Entertainment" and "Whataya Want From Me." Lambert will star alongside Laverne Cox, Reeve Carney, Victoria Justice and Tim Curry in the special, which will air later this year.

Adam Mitchel Lambert is an American singer, songwriter and stage actor. Since 2009, he has sold over 2.5 million albums and 5 million singles worldwide.

Friday, 18 March 2016

61 People kills in Russia plane crash


A Boeing-737 passenger jet has crashed in the southern Russian city. Jet operated by the low-cost airline, FlyDubai, has crashed on landing in the Russian city of Rostov-on-Don, in the south of the country.

All sixty-one people on board a flight from Dubai were killed when their plane crashed and burst into flames as it was landing in Rostov-on-Don, in Southern Russia. A spokesman from the local ministry said "A Boeing 737 crashed as it was coming into land.

There were 61 people on board. They are all dead." Russian news channel LifeNews reported that unconfirmed reports say everyone on board was killed. The plane hit the ground a few hundred metres (yards) from the runaway as it was making its second attempt to land in poor visibility.

Radiohead tickets sell out in 20 minutes


Radiohead announced their first world tour in four years. Radiohead will perform three nights at London's Roundhouse in May 2016.

Tickets for Radiohead's three-night residency at London's Roundhouse went on sale this morning at 09:00... and sold out in seconds.

Thom Yorke and co will be playing London's Roundhouse on May 26-28 as well as a host of dates around the world until October. The venue usually hosts smaller indie acts like Savages and Public Service Broadcasting, as well as dance and circus-based events, rather than hosting huge acts like Radiohead.

 The band, who are seemingly gearing up to drop their new album after unveiling 'Spectre' over Christmas, announced details of their UK headline tour earlier this week.

 Radiohead are an English rock band from Abingdon, Oxfordshire, formed in 1985. The band consists of Thom Yorke (lead vocals, guitar, piano), Jonny Greenwood (lead guitar, keyboards, other instruments), Colin Greenwood (bass), Phil Selway (drums, percussion, backing vocals) and Ed O'Brien (guitar, backing vocals).