Behind Every Great Man there’s a Great Woman | Influential Women

Aretha Franklin sang in ‘Sisters are doing it for themselves’, that behind every great man was a great women. She was right of course, so to celebrate the Blu-ray and DVD release of The Theory of Everything, out 11th May, we took a look at some of the inspirational and influential women that have been the driving force behind their male counterparts.

 

Jackie Kennedy & JFK

Jackie Kennedy & JFK

Jackie was the First Lady and wife of the 35th President of the United States, John F. Kennedy. JFK was in power from 1960 until his assassination in 1963. Jackie was remembered as one of the most popular First ladies in American history, perhaps due to her skill at entertaining. Jackie proved quite popular among international dignitaries.

 

Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt

Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt

Brad and Angelia didn’t start their relationship in the most admired fashion, Brad was married to America’s sweetheart Jennifer Aniston at the time of meeting Angelina. Angelina Jolie a successful actress and director, stole the heart of Brad on the set of Mr and Mrs Smith. Together they now have 6 children and have recently been married.

Coretta Scott King and Martin Luther King

Coretta Scott King and Martin Luther King

Coretta an activist and a key leader in the Civil Rights Movement in 1960, met Martin Luther King in college. Coretta’s support for her husband and the fight for racial equality continued after Martin’s tragic death in 1968. She honoured Martin’s legacy by founding the King Center and also succeeded in having Martin’s birthday become a National holiday in America.

 

Victoria Beckham and David Beckham

Victoria Beckham and David Beckham

Victoria rose to fame in 1990 with her all-female pop group The Spice Girls. After meeting popular footballer David Beckham in 1997, Victoria quickly became the driving force in becoming one of the most loved couples and families in the world, originally dubbed Posh & Becks by the media. Both very successful in their own right, Victoria has not only managed her husband’s career she has started paving the path for the careers of her sons Brooklyn, Romeo and Cruz to by securing endorsement deals and becoming successful models.

 Kate Middleton and Prince William

Kate Middleton and Prince William

Kate Middleton not only captured the heart of the very eligible Prince William, she won over the world with her kind nature and humble background. Kate Middleton has recently given birth to her and Will’s second child, Princess Charlotte.

 

Beyonce and Jay- Z Beyonce and Jay- Z

Beyonce and rapper Jay-Z started a relationship after collaborating on song, Bonnie & Clyde in 2002. To date the couple have sold over more than 300 million records together. A self-described “modern-day feminist“, Beyoncé writes and performs songs that are often characterized by themes of female sexuality and empowerment.

 

Hillary Clinton and Bill Clinton

Hillary Clinton and Bill Clinton

Hillary, was the first Lady of United States of America from 1993- 2001 supporting her husband Bill through thick and thin during his Presidency. She has since become the first women senator on the only ever First Lady to have run for public office. Leaving office at the end of Obama’s first term, she authored her fifth book and undertook speaking engagements before announcing her second run for the presidency in April 2015.

 

Jane Hawking & Stephen Hawking

 

Jane Hawking & Stephen Hawking

Jane Wilde Hawking is the first wife of Professor Stephen Hawking. They met at college through mutual friends and later married in 1965, shortly after Stephen was diagnosed with Motor Neurone Disease. Jane supported and cared for Stephen during their marriage in dealing with his disease and still remain very close friends. In 2007 Jane wrote her memoir Travelling to Infinity: My Life with Stephen, which was then adapted by Anthony McCarten and became the Academy Award winning film The Theory of Everything starring Felicity Jones & Eddie Redmayne.

 

The Theory of Everything is out on Blu-ray and DVD to own on 11th May

 

 

 

The Bestselling England Football Autobiographies | Books

Amazon.co.uk has revealed the bestselling England football autobiographies – and David Beckham is only sixth!

David Beckham Book

Gary Neville tops the list, with David Beckham only making it to number six and Brian Clough beating Bobby Robson to the manager’s job

 

Looking at England’s players and managers, both past and present, the ranking takes into account print and ebook autobiography sales. Amazon has revealed the top 10 best sellers and translated the list into a full team starting lineup – in a 4-5-1 formation.

 

 

The Amazon Autobiography Starting Line Up is:

 

Stan Collymore

(11)

Paul Gascoigne

(7)

Paul Scholes      Steven Gerrard                 Bobby Charlton                David Beckham

      (4)                              (2)                                         (5)                                                  (6)

Stuart Pearce     Tony Adams       Jamie Carragher               Gary Neville

(16)                       (12)                              (3)                                              (1)

Peter Shilton

(25)

 

Brian Clough

(Manager) (10)

 

The Amazon.co.uk Top 10 bestselling autobiographies are:

1. Gary Neville – Red: My Autobiography
2. Steven Gerrard – Gerrard: My Autobiography
3. Jamie Carragher – Carra: My Autobiography
4. Paul Scholes – Scholes: My Story
5. Bobby Charlton – My Manchester United Years
6. David Beckham – David Beckham
7. Paul Gascoigne – Gazza: My Story
8. Frank Lampard – Totally Frank: The Autobiography of Frank Lampard
9. Brian Clough – Clough, The Autobiography
10. Bobby Robson – Farewell but not Goodbye: May Autobiography

 

How many have you read?

 

 

David Beckham Gets His Hand on Gold

In between sightings at the Olympic games, David Beckham has been back in LA playing for the Galaxy in a series of exhibition matches, including Real Madrid and Tottenham Hotspur.

Whilst in LA, David got his hands on a different sort of gold when he met mixed martial arts champion Junior Dos Santos from Brazil. Dos Santos competes for the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), which is shown across the world in over 150 countries and is incredibly popular with a variety of sportsmen. The England rugby team said they often watched the UFC during the most recent World Cup in New Zealand and incorporate mixed martial arts into their training.

The UFC have been hosting events in the UK for the past ten years, selling out arenas from the O2 and MEN, and the Royal Albert Hall. The UFC will be hosting their one-and-only UK event this year on 29th September at the Capital FM Arena in Nottingham. Tickets are available from www.UFC.com.

Celebrities don’t cut it with children.

In a world seemingly obsessed with celebrity, it is heartening to know that celebrities don’t cut it with children.

Celebrities aren’t that important to children after all according to research out today, despite the panic over the burgeoning celebrity culture.

When school children were asked to pick the most important people in Britain, celebrities ranked significantly lower than royals and politicians, with showbiz mogul Simon Cowell getting less than half as many votes as David Cameron (20 per cent versus 45 per cent).

The research among 650 UK school children, conducted for Galt Toys by leading child research experts ChildWise, showed Ant and Dec were important to only 21 percent of children and chart topper Harry Styles just 13 per cent. Daniel Radcliffe has lost his magic, only receiving 8 per cent of votes.

It isn’t great news for David Beckham either who ranked lower than Boris Johnson with 13 per cent of the votes versus 14 per cent. Cheryl Cole was important to just 11 per cent of children.

Brit winner Adele gets just 6 per cent of votes and Victoria Beckham trails in last with only 4 per cent.

John McDonnell, Managing Director of Galt Toys commented: “Children aren’t as frivolous as adults fear them to be. Our findings show it’s good news for the Royals in Jubilee year with the Queen topping the importance poll by a significant margin (91 per cent) and the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge in second and third place.”

The Royal family can’t rest on its laurels though as second in line to the throne Prince Charles lagged behind Prince William and the Prime Minister, coming in fifth place. Prince William got more than double the number of votes as his father (53 per cent versus 25 per cent).

Which of these British people do you think is most important?

Sunday Times Rich List 2012: The Results.

NEW WIFE BOOSTS FORTUNE OF BRITAIN’S RICHEST PERFORMER, SIR PAUL McCARTNEY
 
DAVID AND VICTORIA BECKHAM ADD £25 MILLION IN A YEAR TO THEIR COMBINED WEALTH
 
CHRIS MARTIN AND GWYNETH PALTROW JOIN BRITAIN’S RICHEST 1,000 WITH £72 MILLION FORTUNE
 
SPOTIFY FOUNDER DANIEL EK WORTH £190 MILLION
 
 
Sir Paul McCartney, Britain’s richest performer, moves up to third place in the latest Sunday Times Rich List Music Millionaires Top 50, thanks largely to his marriage in October to Nancy Shevell..
The chart of The Top 50 Music Millionaires in Britain and Ireland is included in The Sunday Times Rich List 2012, the definitive annual guide to wealth in Britain and Ireland to be published in an extra 104-page magazine free with The Sunday Times this weekend. The richest sportsmen will appear in The Sunday Times Sport Rich List 2012 published on May 6. Additional guides to wealth will appear at thesundaytimes.co.uk/richlist from April 29, with the Richest 2,000 people in Britain available from May 13.
The family fortune of Sir Paul McCartney has gone up by £170m in a year – from £475m to £665m – thanks largely to the personal wealth of his new wife Nancy Shevell, who has a £150m stakein New England Motor Freight, the haulage business led by her father. Nancy Shevell is vice-president of the New Jersey-based business. Performing and album sales account for the other £20m added to the McCartney fortune in the last year.
David and Victoria Beckham have seen their joint fortune rise by £25m, to £190m, in the last twelve months to put them in the top 10 of the Music Millionaires chart. Former Spice Girl Victoria’s clothing and accessories company was named designer brand of the year at the 2011 British Fashion awards. Husband David has boosted his earnings off the pitch by a further £4m with a new bodywear contract from H&M.
The continued popularity of Coldplay has helped to boost the joint wealth of Chris Martin and Gwyneth Paltrow, who also join the ranks of Britain’s 1,000 richest people for the first time with a £72m fortune.
This year The Sunday Times Rich List Music Millionaires Top 50 includes the wealthiest performers from the Republic of Ireland, where the four members and manager of U2 have seen their combined fortune rise by £59m to put them in fifth spot.
Daniel Ek, the Swedish founder of the digital music download service Spotify, joins the Beckhams in the Music Top 10, also with a £190m fortune. The Spotify business is valued at £1.2 billion. Ek, a London-based Arsenal supporter, has a stake worth £190m in the popular music download service which he started in 2008 and was launched in America last year.
THE SUNDAY TIMES RICH LIST 2012
THE TOP 50 MUSIC MILLIONAIRES IN BRITAIN AND IRELAND

 

Music rank
Name
2012 wealth
2011 wealth
1
Clive Calder
£1,350m
£1,300m
2
Sir Cameron Mackintosh
£725m
£675m
3
Sir Paul McCartney and Nancy Shevell
£665m
£495m
4
Lord Lloyd-Webber
£590m
£680m
5
U2
£514m
£455m
6
Simon Fuller
£375m
£375m
7
Simon Cowell
£225m
£200m
8
Sir Elton John
£220m
£195m
9
Michael Flatley
£192m
£214m
10=
David and Victoria Beckham
£190m
£165m
10=
Daniel Ek
£190m
New
10=
Sir Mick Jagger
£190m
£190m
13=
Olivia and Dhani Harrison
£180m
£170m
13=
Sting
£180m
£180m
15
Keith Richards
£175m
£175m
16
Jamie Palumbo
£170m
£150m
17
Denis and Caroline Desmond
£165m
£185m
18
Ringo Starr
£160m
£150m
19
Sir Tim Rice
£144m
£143m
20
Sir Tom Jones
£140m
£140m
21
Eric Clapton
£130m
£125m
22=
Roger Ames
£120m
£120m
22=
Rod Stewart
£120m
£115m
22=
Roger Waters
£120m
£105m
25
Phil Collins
£115m
£115m
26=
David Bowie
£100m
£100m
26=
George Michael
£100m
£90m
26=
Robbie Williams
£100m
£90m
29
Ozzy and Sharon Osbourne
£95m
£95m
30
Brian May
£90m
£85m
31
Enya
£86m
£85m
32=
David Gilmour
£85m
£85m
32=
Roger Taylor
£85m
£80m
32=
Charlie Watts
£85m
£85m
35=
Chris Blackwell
£80m
£80m
35=
Robert Plant
£80m
£80m
37
Jimmy Page
£75m
£75m
38
Chris Martin and Gwyneth Paltrow
£72m
£48m
39=
John Deacon
£70m
£65m
39=
Chris Wright
£70m
£70m
41
Moya Doherty and John McColgan
£68m
£70m
42=
Noel and Liam Gallagher
£65m
£63m
42=
Engelbert Humperdinck
£65m
£60m
42=
Mark Knopfler
£65m
£62m
45
Judy Craymer
£63m
£62m
46=
Nick Mason
£55m
£55m
46=
Martin Mills
£55m
New
48
Sir Cliff Richard
£52m
£50m
49=
Gary Barlow
£50m
£38m
49=
Brian Johnson
£50m
£50m
49=
Van Morrison
£50m
£50m
 
The 24th annual Sunday Times Rich List – the definitive guide to wealth in Britain and Ireland – is published on Sunday, April 29 in an extra 104-page magazine, which profiles the 1,000 richest people and families in the UK and the 250 wealthiest in the island of Ireland. The list is based on identifiable wealth (land, property, other assets such as art and racehorses, or significant shares in publicly quoted companies), and excludes bank accounts (to which the paper has no access).
The Sunday Times Rich List 2012 is compiled by Philip Beresford, the leading authority on British wealth, and edited by Ian Coxon.

David Beckham For H&M

David Beckham celebrates the launch of David Beckham Bodywear for H&M in London

This week in London, David Beckham celebrated the global launch of David Beckham Bodywear for H&M with an in-store launch, followed by a cocktail party at a pop-up gentleman’s club created especially for the occasion. At the in-store event at H&M on Regent Street, David showed the new television commercial, met with fans and signed the collection. Later, celebrities such as Bianca Jagger, Emma Bunton and Jessica Ennis joined David to toast his bodywear range. This debut collection is the first in a long-term partnership between David Beckham and H&M, and is available from today in 1,800 H&M stores worldwide, as well as online.

“I am very proud to launch my Bodywear collection for H&M in London. It was amazing to see the product at the in-store launch after so many months of development and meet with fans. I loved the pop-up gentleman’s club, which felt both traditional and brand new. It’s the same mix I hope men will find in the Bodywear collection. It was an amazing evening to launch my new collection.” David Beckham.

“The debut of David Beckham Bodywear is a very special moment for us at H&M. It marks the beginning of a new kind of long-term partnership for H&M, one based on quality and excellent design to H&M prices. I am very excited to see how our customers will receive the David Beckham Bodywear collection.”
Karl-Johan Persson, CEO of H&M.

At the cocktail party, guests were treated to a unique David Beckham for H&M experience, with decor, food and drink designed to reflect not only classic gentlemen’s clubs but also David’s British roots. Live music was provided by the James Pearson Trio, direct from the infamous Ronnie Scotts club, followed by a DJ set by ”Mani” from The Stone Roses and DJ the Queens of Noize.

The event marks the debut of David Beckham Bodywear for H&M, a new collection which focuses on fit, function comfort and design. Designed by David’s in-house team and sold exclusively at H&M in around 40 countries worldwide, this first collection presents the nine key products which will go on to form the core of the range. The collection will develop seasonally with new styles, new fabrics and new patterns.

“Lots of people have worked with H&M, so why not David Beckham? I think it’s a really good idea. It means that now everybody can have a bit of him.” Suzy Menkes, International Herald Tribune.

Enrique Iglesias wants to steal Beckham's style


Enrique Iglesias would love to be as stylish as David Beckham.

The ‘Heartbeat’ hitmaker admires the British soccer star’s taste in clothes and wishes he could dress as well as the hunky father of four, who is married to fashion designer Victoria Beckham.

He said: “I would personally like to be someone like David Beckham. His style is 100 per cent. He always looks so good. Johnny Depp also has great style and the thing about Johnny is that he is in his forties and looks like he’s 30.”

Enrique – who has been dating former tennis star Anna Kournikova for almost ten years – claims he has no sense of style and relies on an expert to help him dress for video shoots.

He told Britain’s OK! magazine: “I have a stylist who is great. I get to pick out the clothes I wear from a selection she picks for me on video shoots. I am bad at fashion and don’t keep up with trends – I’m known for it among my friends. I am just a jeans and T-shirt kind of guy.

 

 

David Beckham to be a delicate dad


David Beckham is learning to be more “delicate” with his newborn daughter.

The soccer star and fashion designer wife Victoria – who already have three sons, Brooklyn, 12, Romeo, eight and six-year-old Cruz together – welcomed little Harper Seven into the world on Sunday and he admits having a girl is different to having boys.

In a video on his Facebook page, he said: “To have another girl in the family is really incredible. We’ve got three beautiful, healthy boys already and we’re so lucky to have that and now to have a beautiful little girl, it’s amazing.

“Having a daughter is a whole new thing. Having pink in the house and lilac in the house. And you have to be a lot more delicate with girls than with boys and I’m not used to that so it’s a whole new experience but it’s an amazing experience. To have that little bundle of joy and your hands and her making her little noises and opening her eyes – it really is an incredible moment for us.”

The British athlete – who wore the number seven on the back of his shirt for many years – also spoke about the reasons behind Harper’s name.

He said: “A lot of thought goes into our children’s names and Harper was a name we’ve loved for a long time for a couple of reasons.

“One is them was because Harper is an old English name which we loved and one of the other reasons is because Victoria’s favourite book is ‘To Kill A Mockingbird’ and the author was Harper Lee. And it’s a very strong passionate book so that’s where Harper came from.

“And Seven is partly because of the shirt number I wore for many years because I had so much luck around wearing that number and it was such an influential number throughout my career and a lucky number but that wasn’t the main reason. The reason behind Seven is that it symbolises spiritual perfection and is a lucky number around the world. We love the name. We love Harper Seven and we’re very proud of having her in our family.”