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Celebrity
Big Brother Winner
Cage fighter Alex Reid was tonight crowned Celebrity Big
Brother champion.
When host Davina McCall announced Reid had won the 34-year-old looked
shocked and embraced runner up Dane Bowers.
Reid charmed the public and won the last ever Celebrity Big Brother beating
singer Bowers into second place.
Football hardman turned Hollywood actor Vinnie Jones, 45, came third and
said of winner Reid: “I taught him everything I know.”
Reid’s girlfriend Katie Price was thought to be at the studio to greet him.
Reid emerged grinning from the house wearing a jacket and jeans and punched
the air while descending the stairs to the 'Rocky' theme tune.
He waved to the crowd and appeared overwhelmed by his win, repeatedly
saying: “Wow”.
23:00
January 29
2010 - waveguide.co.uk
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Jeremy
Clarkson's Big Earner
Top Gear presenter Jeremy Clarkson earned more than £800,000
in the year to the end of March 2009 from the company set up to channel
profits from the global exploitation of the Top Gear brand.
Accounts for Bedder 6 showed an after-tax profit of £2.1m on a turnover of
£24m.
Clarkson, who reportedly earns around £1m for presenting Top Gear, owns 30
per cent of Bedder 6 and as a result will have collected £479,000 from his
share of the company's £1.59m dividend. He also received a £350,000 fee for
"payment for services".
This was more than twice his earnings from Bedder 6 during its previous
accounting period, when he received £317,000 over the 17 months to the end
of March 2008.
Bedder 6 has nearly tripled its turnover from £8.675m during the previous 17
months, when after-tax profit was £1.876m.
Andy Wilman, the Top Gear executive producer, is a Bedder 6 director along
with Clarkson and will also have taken a share of the dividend.
The corporation's commercial arm, BBC Worldwide, owns just over 50 per cent
of the company, which was created by Clarkson and Wilman in 2006.
Bedder 6 is used as the main channel for the profits for Top Gear
merchandising and some of the other commercial exploitation of the hit BBC2
motoring show, including foreign sales of the original UK production.
19:28
January 29
2010 - waveguide.co.uk
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Victoria
Beckham US Chat Show
Victoria Beckham has landed a presenting job on one of the
most high profile US chat shows, it was announced today.
The former Spice Girl will have a guest presenting slot on top daytime show
The View.
She will join actresses Whoopi Goldberg and Sherri Shepherd, and broadcaster
Barbara Walters as a guest co-host on the ABC show, a live programme similar
to Loose Women.
Beckham appeared on The View as a guest in September last year, when the
hosts complimented her on her shoes, her clothing line and her footballer
husband David.
A spokesman for Beckham said the fashion designer was excited about
returning to the show as a host.
“She had a lot of fun last time she was on the show, it’s a real ’girlie’
environment, the hosts are all strong, intelligent women who she respects
and admires, and she is looking forward to returning
to the show in a few weeks,” the spokesman said.
19:00
January 29
2010 - waveguide.co.uk
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Singer
Joins Emmerdale Cast
Former Hear’Say star Suzanne Shaw is joining the cast of
ITV's Emmerdale, it has been announced.
She mirrors the move of former bandmate Kym Marsh, who was signed to rival
soap Coronation Street as barmaid Michelle Connor four years ago.
Shaw, 28, will play feisty and flirty Eve Birch, the granddaughter of
battleaxe Edna (Shirley Stelfox), who will ruffle some feathers in the
village as she unleashes her charm on the men of Emmerdale.
Shaw said: "I am so excited to be joining the cast of such a
popular and long-standing show - it's quite daunting to think I'll be
watched by millions of people every night but I can't wait to get stuck in
to country life.
"Eve is going to be such a fun character to play, she's a real flirt and her
arrival is definitely going to cause fireworks."
16:30
January 29
2010 - waveguide.co.uk
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Pete
Waterman To Write Eurosong
Pete Waterman is to write and produce this year's UK entry
for the Eurovision Song Contest.
The music mogul, who has produced more than 200 hit songs over the past 25
years, said he was "relishing the opportunity" to pen the track.
The song will be performed at Eurovision 2010, which will take place in
Oslo, Norway in May.
Details about the selection process for the act which will perform it will
be announced in the coming weeks.
"Eurovision is one of those iconic competitions that has stood the test of
time and keeps coming up with great acts, great tunes and great
performances," Waterman said.
"Life's full of challenges and I'm relishing the opportunity to put my own
stamp on this one."
Phil Parsons, executive producer of Eurovision for the BBC, said: "This
year, with an extremely successful pop writer, the aim is to build on the
UK's success while moving on in style and doing something different.
"Pete Waterman has an incredible track record of hits that are known all
around Europe so we're thrilled that he has taken on Eurovision."
16:00
January 29
2010 - waveguide.co.uk
Reader Comment
"Pete Waterman has an incredible track record of hits that
are known all around Europe so we're thrilled that he has taken on
Eurovision."
A don't think a bunch of 'English' clubs and pubs in Spain really qualify as
"All around Europe"! I seem to recall very few of Waterpump's discs making
it big anywhere but here.
- Deke.
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