Grey Goose is the official vodka partner of the Elton John AIDS Foundation (EJAF) and is committed, through a series of fundraising events and on-going project support, to building on the pioneering work that the Foundation undertakes. Having raised more than £2.3M for the Foundation to date, the Grey Goose and EJAF’s relationship continues to go from strength to strength.
In support of EJAF this Summer, Grey Goose will be hosting a series of unique consumer events taking place across the country- ‘Taste By Appointment’ .
The campaign introduces two tools designed to educate cocktail lovers about how to ensure the best possible drinking experience: Taste by Appointment consumer events and GreyGooseTaste.com, a website dedicated to helping users find their perfect cocktail.
The campaign is aimed at helping cocktail lovers discover how to select a cocktail that is perfectly suited to their own personal taste and will be a bit like what happened in the world of coffee where consumers moved on from black or white coffee to a full understanding of their personal preferences and choice of coffee options, from latte to skinny cappuccino with a twist etc.
Upcoming events are:
Hakkasan, Fitzrovia – 1 July
Rhodes Twenty Four – 2 July
Wyld Bar – 3 July (100% of ticket price for this event goes to EJAF in support of upcoming Gay Pride week)
Nobu –6 July
Quo Vadis –10 July
Tickets are priced at £75 and are available to buy at the ‘Grey Goose Taste’ website (greygoosetaste.com) 25% of each ticket sold will go directly to EJAF so it really is drinking for a good cause!
(Nobu is £150 but has a five course meal included with cocktails created to perfectly compliment each dish served)
SIMON COWELL JOINS RICH LIST
MUSIC TOP 10 WITH £200m FORTUNE
KATHERINE JENKINS WITH £13m FORTUNE PIPS CHERYL COLE, WITH £12m, TO HEAD YOUNG MUSIC MILLIONAIRES TOP 20
ADELE AT £6m, FLORENCE WELCH £5m, TAIO CRUZ £5m, ARE NEW ENTRIES IN YOUNG TOP 20
U2 HEAD IRISH MUSIC CHART WITH £455m
X-Factor judge Simon Cowell has amassed a personal fortune of £200m to place him at number six in the annual Music Millionaires Top 50, published in The Sunday Times Rich List 2011 this weekend.
The 23rdannual Sunday Times Rich List – the definitive guide to wealth in Britain and Ireland – is published as an extra 104-page magazine, free with the paper on Sunday.
The Music Millionaires Top 50 is headed by Clive Calder, with a £1,300m fortune made from the sale of Zomba Records in 2002. New entries include AC/DC’s lead singer Brian Johnson, born in Gateshead, who is worth £50m, and Moya Doherty and John McColgan, worth £70m, who own the Irish dance show Riverdance.
Katherine Jenkins, worth £13m – up £2m on 2010, tops the young music millionaires chart of people aged 30 and under ahead of Cheryl Cole, Leona Lewis and Katie Melua, who all have £12m fortunes. The top new entry in the young music millionaires chart is Adele at ninth equal with a £6m fortune. Two more new entries are Taio Cruz and Florence Welch, each worth £5m.
U2 with a combined fortune of £455m, up by £26m from last year – see table below, head the list of Irish music millionaires who appear among Ireland’s Richest 250 in The Sunday Times Rich List 2011.
THE SUNDAY TIMES RICH LIST 2011
TOP 50 MUSIC MILLIONAIRES
Music rank 2011
Music rank 2010
Name
2011 wealth
2010 wealth
Difference
(+/-)
Clive Calder
£1,300m
£1,300m
No change
Lord Lloyd-Webber
£680m
£700m
-£20m
Sir Cameron Mackintosh
£675m
£635m
+ £40m
Sir Paul McCartney
£495m
£475m
+ £20m
Simon Fuller
£375m
£350m
+ £25m
Simon Cowell
£200m
£165m
+ £35m
Sir Elton John
£195m
£185m
+ £10m
Sir Mick Jagger
£190m
£190m
No change
Sting
£180m
£180m
No change
Keith Richards
£175m
£175m
No change
Olivia and Dhani Harrison
£170m
£160m
+ £10m
David and Victoria Beckham
£165m
£145m
+ £20m
13=
Jamie Palumbo
£150m
£150m
No change
13=
15=
Ringo Starr
£150m
£140m
+ £10m
15
15=
Sir Tim Rice
£143m
£140m
+ £3m
Sir Tom Jones
£140m
£135m
+ £5m
Eric Clapton
£125m
£125m
No change
Roger Ames
£120m
£120m
No change
19=
Phil Colins
£115m
£108m
+ £7m
19=
Rod Stewart
£115m
£105m
+ £10m
Barry and Robin Gibb
£110m
£110m
No change
26=
Roger Waters
£105m
£85m
+ £20m
David Bowie
£100m
£100m
No change
Ozzy and Sharon Osbourne
£95m
£95m
No change
25=
George Michael
£90m
£90m
No change
25=
26=
Robbie Williams
£90m
£85m
+ £5m
27=
David Gilmour
£85m
£78m
+ £7m
27=
33=
Brian May
£85m
£75m
+ £10m
27=
26=
Charlie Watts
£85m
£85m
No change
30=
29=
Chris Blackwell
£80m
£80m
No change
30=
29=
Robert Plant
£80m
£80m
No change
30=
Roger Taylor
£80m
£70m
+£10m
33=
Jimmy Page
£75m
£75m
No change
34=
–
Moya Doherty and John McGolgan
£70m
_
_
34=
36
Chris Wright
£70m
£64m
+ £6m
38=
John Deacon
£65m
£60m
+ £5m
Noel and Liam Gallagher
£63m
£55m
+ £8m
38=
29=
Judy Craymer
£62m
£80m
– £18m
38=
Mark Knopfler
£62m
£62m
No change
38=
Engelbert Humperdinck
£60m
£60m
No change
41=
Nick Mason
£50m
£50m
No change
42=
–
Brian Johnson
£50m
–
–
42=
41=
Van Morrison
£50m
£50m
No change
42=
41=
Sir Cliff Richard
£50m
£50m
No change
44=
Chris Martin and Gwyneth Paltrow
£48m
£45m
+ £3m
44=
John Paul Jones
£45m
£45m
No change
47=
50=
Mick Hucknall
£40m
£35m
+ £5m
47=
50=
Kylie Minogue
£40m
£35m
+ £5m
47=
46=
Bernie Taupin
£40m
£40m
No change
47=
46=
Pete Townshend
£40m
£40m
No change
THE SUNDAY TIMES RICH LIST 2011
TOP 20 YOUNG MUSIC MILLIONAIRES (aged 30 and under)
Young
Music rank
2011
YoungMusic
rank
2010
Name
2011 wealth
2010 wealth
Difference
(+/-)
1=
Katherine Jenkins
£13m
£11m
+£2m
Cheryl Cole
£12m
£10m
+£2m
2=
1=
Leona Lewis
£12m
£11m
+£1m
2=
4=
Katie Melua
£12m
£10m
+£2m
Joss Stone
£9m
£9m
No change
6=
1=
Charlotte Church
£8m
£11m
-£3m
6=
Craig David
£8m
£8m
No change
9=
Paolo Nutini
£7m
£5m
+£2m
9=
New entry
Adele
£6m
_
9=
9=
Lily Allen
£6m
£5m
+£1m
9=
Natasha Bedingfield
£6m
£6m
No change
9=
9=
Duffy
£6m
£5m
+£1m
9=
9=
Amy Winehouse
£6m
£5m
+£1m
14=
9=
Nadine Coyle
£5m
£5m
No change
14=
New entry
Taio Cruz
£5m
_
14=
9=
Sarah Harding
£5m
£5m
No change
14=
9=
James Morrison
£5m
£5m
No change
14=
9=
Nicola Roberts
£5m
£5m
No change
14=
9=
Kimberley Walsh
£5m
£5m
No change
14=
New entry
Florence Welch
£5m
THE SUNDAY TIMES RICH LIST 2011
THE MUSIC MILLIONAIRES IN IRELAND’S RICHEST 250
Irish
Music rank
2011
Irish
Music
rank
2010
Name
2011 wealth
2010 wealth
Difference
(+/-)
U2
£455m
£429m
+£26m
Michael Flatley
£214m
£241m
-£27m
Denis and Caroline Desmond
£185m
£186m
-£1m
Enya
£85m
£85m
No change
Moya Doherty and John McColgan (Riverdance)
£70m
£72m
-£2m
Van Morrison
£350m
£50m
No change
7=
7=
Chris de Burgh
£32m
£31m
£1m
7=
New entry
Bob Geldof
£32m
_
7=
7=
Westlife
£32m
£31m
+£1
The 23rd annual Sunday Times Rich List – the definitive guide to wealth in Britain and Ireland – is published in a special 104-page supplement, which profiles the 1,000 richest people and families in the UK and the 250 richest across 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 2011 is compiled by Philip Beresford, the leading authority on British wealth, and edited by Ian Coxon. Ireland’s richest 250 is compiled by Colm Murphy.
The Royal Wedding gathered world attention and a massive amount of Facebook updates. Read on for who was popular….
The Big Numbers
· Over a million people in the UK used Facebook statuses to discuss the Royal Wedding in the past 24 hours.
· During this morning alone some 684,399 status updates referencing the wedding were posted in just 4 hours in the UK – equating to an average of 47 mentions every second.
· Many people in the UK were so excited they couldn’t sleep, with just under 500 people updating about the pending nuptials per hour ahead of 8am
· Much has been said about the US obsession with today’s wedding – and this was reflected in our numbers – with greater numbers of American Facebook users posting updates than those from the UK – 1.953 million to the UK’s 1.004 million.
So who were people talking about?
· David Beckham’s arrival led to a surge in discussion – with 9,000 mentions of his name in just 20 minutes!
· Just under double the number of people were talking about David Beckham than Victoria Beckham
· The Queen and Prince Philip didn’t even feature in the top list of discussed people – and Prince Andrew was nowhere to be seen.
· Instead, we saw Harry’s position at number three and fledgling Royal celebrity Pippa Middleton at number 8
· Kate’s rebrand into ‘Princess Catherine’ has begun in earnest, with nearly 2,000 people mentioning her new name for the first time after the ceremony
· Prince Beatrice’s hat became the subject of a Facebook fan page – ‘Princess Beatrice’s Ridiculous Royal Wedding Hat’ (4000 fans) http://on.fb.me/lGyn7z
US versus UK
· Despite not featuring in the top ten list in the UK, in the US the Queen was the 14th most discussed topic – with a position in the list similar to that of Victoria Beckham in the UK.
Here’s the list for the UK:
1
Kate Middleton
131,385 mentions
2
Prince William
104,747 mentions
3
Prince Harry
64,107 mentions
4
David Beckham
22,421 mentions
5
Victoria Beckham
12,346 mentions
6
Elton John
12,283 mentions
7
Princess Diana
11,103 mentions
8
Pippa Middleton
8,619 mentions
9
Prince Charles
6,791 mentions
10
Princess Beatrice
4,439 mentions
11
Princess Catherine
1,928 mentions
12
Princess Eugenie
1,385 mentions
13
Guy Ritchie
290 mentions
And what got people chatting?
The dress…
· Speculation grew throughout the morning as to the designer of Kate’s dress; with references to Sarah Burton of Alexander McQueen, and Diana’s dress designer, David Emanuel.
o 13,120 mentions of Sarah Burton
o 7,863 mentions of Alexander McQueen
o 4,264 mentions of Emanuel
The hat…
· Samantha Cameron’s lack of a hat attracted a lot of attention – as she arrived at Westminster Abbey there was some 600 mentions of her total lack of hat…
…and the nose…!
· Tara Palmer-Tompkinson’s nose attracted a lot of discussion – with 2046 mentions in just 20 minutes!
Elton
· National treasure Elton John featured prominently in pictures from the Abbey – leading to over 12,000 mentions of him within status updates.
Where were people talking about the wedding?
· Thousands of people crowded the streets of London in order to see the event – and lots of them got closer to it by checking in to the key locations along the route using Facebook Places.
· Buckingham Palace and Westminster Abbey were most popular – with XXX and XXX people checking in.
New ways to interact with a Royal Wedding….
· ITN’s live stream was available on its Facebook Page with live comments: www.facebook.com/itn – It saw 3.5million streams + peaked at 110,000 viewers online.
· ITN used Facebook Questions to ask “who is the best dressed” and “where should they go on their honeymoon?” https://www.facebook.com/eonline#!/ITN?sk=questions
· CNN live streamed the event on its website with live comments: http://edition.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2011/royal.wedding/live/
· ABC live streamed the wedding on its Page: https://www.facebook.com/abcnews as well as creating royal wedding polls: https://www.facebook.com/abcnews?sk=app_20678178440
· ITN, CNN and ABC incorporated live Facebook statistics into their TV broadcasts.
Facebook Stories
· Facebook Stories, an app that enables people to share their thoughts and views, saw thousands of submissions from more than 30 countries, in more than 20 languages
Frost and MUZU’s music video experts have been busy researching William and Kate facts and debating song choices in order to come up with the ultimate street party playlist for the royal wedding on Friday.
We have selected songs that will most resonate with William and Kate, and which may even be among special requests given to Guy Pelly, Prince Harry’s close friend, who will be DJ-ing at the reception.
http://www.muzu.tv/wedding/. There is also a competition to win a £100 gig voucher. We’re inviting people to watch our first dance playlist and vote for the song they think will be Will and Kate’s first dance http://www.muzu.tv/wedding/1st-dance?channelId=818636).
Here’s our MUZU.TV royal wedding street party playlist:
1. Adele – Make You Feel My Love
This song was originally written by Bob Dylan, who has an honorary degree from St Andrews University, where William and Kate met – at breakfast. Adele made the song famous again with her debut album ‘19’.
2. Paul McCartney – Dance Tonight [Video ID 215641]
It’s widely reported that William and Kate have asked Macca to sing some Beatles classics at their wedding. Sir Paul does have a tradition of performing for royalty and was a highlight of the televised concert to celebrate the Golden Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II. There’s another connection: cakes. Fiona Cairns, who is making the royal wedding cake, also supplies Paul McCartney with a Christmas cake every year.
The team wanted to include at least one Abba song for Kate who loves the 80s Swedish band. She also looks a little bit like the young Frida Lyngstad (one of the two girls that made up the band).
4. Black Eyed Peas – I Gotta Feeling [Video ID 482065]
The Black Eyed Peas performed at the 2007 Diana Tribute Concert and it’s rumoured that they’re invited on Friday. Looking at their schedule they certainly don’t have any live performances booked…
5. Bill Medley & Jennifer Warnes – (I’ve Had) The Time Of My Life [Video ID 54057]
…as featured in the classic 1987s films, Dirty Dancing, starring Patrick Swayze. William loves 80s dance music and the couple have been snapped smooching on dance floors in the past… perhaps he plans to surprise his bride-to-be with his own version of ‘the lift’ on Friday?
6. Dancing in the Street – David Bowie / Mick Jagger [Video ID 34355]
The British public voted this as their number on street party song for the Royal Wedding, according to a PRS for MUSIC. Also Mick Jagger serenaded William and Kate and a crowd of people at a party to celebrate the famous Basil’s Bar on the privately owned island of Mustique in 2008. Flamboyant owner Charles Basil is said to have been invited to the wedding.
The band met Harry backstage when they played London’s O2 last December and drummer Nathan Followhill thrashed him at table tennis that same night. Nathan has since said he’d be delighted to play for either brother’s weddings. We’re not sure he made it onto the guest list for Friday though.
8. Elton John – Candle in the Wind [Video ID 236869]
Three reasons for picking this song. First, Sir Elton John is a solid friend of the princes, and has been invited the wedding. Second, the song is closely associated with Princess Diana after he sung it at her funeral in 1997, also in Westminster Abbey (the single went on to sell more 33 million copies worldwide, and is the best selling single in history…) And third, it was voted top choice for the couple’s first dance by the British public according to PRS for MUSIC.
George was a close friend or Princess Diana’s but we’re told he didn’t get an invitation to the wedding. He has however recorded a cover of Stevie Wonder’s romantic 1972 track ‘You And I’ for the couple as a wedding gift! It has reportedly been given the royal seal approval from the Palace. The team chose the 80s classic Faith, in tribute to Williams love of 80s music – we’re sorry we didn’t have more space for Spandau Ballet, Culture Club, Wham…
A great celebration track. Katy Perry says she plans to gatecrash the wedding, with Russell Brand dressed up as the Queen. We’re not sure they have our blessing…
11. Marili Harwood – Billy William & Kate’s Royal Wedding
The 36-year old singer made history this month when she became the first woman to secure a maternity clause in her contract with a record label – in her case, Island records. She won’t work more than 20 hours a week in the second trimester of her pregnancy and can stop work on 1 July (her baby is due in August).
James Blunt is taking a day off from his North American tour to be at Westminster Abbey April 29. Blunt and Will both served in the British army’s Household Cavalry, though not at the same time. Instead of the obvious ‘You’re Beautiful’ we chose one of Blunt’s new songs. The lyrics are pretty appropriate for the end of reception: “I hope you stay the night, the morning on its way, our friends all say good bye there’s no where else to go, I hope you stay the night…” We reckon she probably will, Will.
Comedian Keith Lemon is asking people to make like their favourite shade-wearing celebrities and support Teenage Cancer Trust’s annual ‘Rock Your Shades’ day on Friday 6 May. Whether it’s in the style of Lady Gaga, Tinie Tempah or even Elton John, Keith wants everyone to wear their shades with attitude and donate to the cause.
Whether you’re at work, school, indoors or out, the charity is asking people to act like Jay-Z and Beyonce, by strutting your stuff and wearing your sunnies. In return, the charity is asking people to donate £1 to Teenage Cancer Trust and help young people across the UK fight cancer.
To make the event even more exciting, Teenage Cancer Trust has teamed up with TOPMAN and a group of young cancer patients who were treated on a Teenage Cancer Trust unit, to design four pairs of unique ‘Rock Your Shades’ sunglasses. These cool shades can be purchased from all TOPMAN stores from 16 April and will cost £15 each, with £5 of every pair sold donated to the charity.
For those wanting to get more involved, there’s a range of suggestions on the charity’s website, such as holding fancy dress sunglass wearing themed celebrity parties where you can imitate stars like Kanye West, Bono or even Dame Edna Everage! Or you can even run a ‘bling your shades’ competition at work or a sunglasses-themed bake sale.
Keith is currently hosting ITV1’s new primetime entertainment show, Sing if You Can, alongside Queen of the Jungle Stacey Solomon. Every episode will see two celebrity teams trying to deliver the best performances of hits and classics whilst taking on extraordinary challenges designed to distract them. The hosts will unleash an abundance of thrilling and comical challenges that will test the stars as never before. Each week the winning team will go through to the end game ‘The Money Spinner’, to be in with a chance of winning up to £20,000 for Teenage Cancer Trust.
‘Rock Your Shades’ is derived from Teenage Cancer Trust’s strong rock heritage. With help from the charity’s long-standing patron, The Who’s Roger Daltrey CBE, Teenage Cancer Trust has been staging sell-out annual gigs at the Royal Albert Hall for the past eleven years. The concerts have become a staple of the music calendar and this year saw acts such as Squeeze, Beady Eye, Biffy Clyro and Tinie Tempah taking to the stage. The proceeds of the shows and Rock Your Shades helps give teenagers the fight and attitude they need to beat cancer.
Every day six young people in the UK are told they have cancer. Usually placed on a children’s ward or with elderly patients, young people often feel extremely isolated when facing a cancer diagnosis, never meeting another young person going through the same thing. Teenage Cancer Trust believes teenagers shouldn’t stop being teenagers because they have cancer and so fund and build specialist units in NHS hospitals that allow young people to be treated together with others their own age, in an environment suited to their needs.
Teenage Cancer Trust units aren’t like ordinary cancer wards. Their home-from-home atmosphere helps create a sense of normality. The state-of-the-art units are bright and vibrant and will often include things like pool tables, jukeboxes, games consoles, computers and webcams, ensuring they can keep in touch with family friends outside hospital. Alongside all of this is a medical team of teenage cancer specialists whose knowledge creates a body of expertise that’s second to none.
To make your £1 donation and for more ‘Rock Your Shades’ fundraising ideas please visit www.teenagecancertrust.org/rockyourshades or call 020 7612 0370. To purchase the Teenage Cancer Trust Rock Your Shades sunglasses please visit one of its 165 stores or online at www.topman.com
Who can forget those vital Accessories! We all know that no matter what single piece of clothing we choose, we make an exaggerated statement by how we wear it – and what we wear it with.
Accessories play a huge part in 2011 trends. The two main accessory trends are Cat Eye Sunglasses – the 60’s favourite in the brightest of colours – and Tassels.
Yes, we’re talking Dame Vera and Elton John here – shapely and bold! This year, there is a mass of frames to set your eyes on. If you are anything like me, and base the finishing touches of your casual to sexy outfits on the ringlets round your eyes, check out a personal favourite – the selection by Giles Deacon – but for an equally stunning, but slightly more conserved look – the selection by Paul Smith.
Tassels – OK, they may have been slightly overplayed in the hand bag phenomena last year, but tassels on bags, and incorporated into jewellery will be a great thing. Tassels are feminine and elegant, an attachment to any well suited attire.
Let’s not forget shoes. This Spring/Summer sees the hotspot return of the Kitten Heel.
The dainty, chic look has made its mark previously, and this year is a fashion must-have in any fashion followers cupboard. The best thing about kitten heels is the versatility of wear.
They can be worn in the daytime with casual jeans or accompanied with a more dressed-up look in the evenings. From a minimalist look to a more retro, funky stance.
From neutral tones like greys and creams – again Stella McCartney perfects this – to more eye-catching pinks and striking reds – none other than the range from Prada.
To combine the kitten heel look with this summer’s festive season, look to Missoni’s collection. Their delicate detail and open-toe theme is both cute and so chic.
Production company and design studio Brand New School London is very proud to announce its role in designing and directing a 30″ promo trailer and additional visual content for advertising agency Fallon’s campaign promoting the BBC Radio 2 Electric Proms. Radio 2’s Electric Proms is dedicated to creating new moments in music. Created under the direction of Fallon’s executive creative director Augusto Sola, art director Gary Anderson and copy writer Tony Miller, the innovative stop-motion trailer directed by BNS’s Jonathan Notaro and Mario Stipinovich debuted yesterday on the BBC. The trailer promotes this year’s Electric Proms performances from Elton John, Robert Plant and Neil Diamond, taking place from Thursday, 28 October, until Saturday, 30 October at the Roundhouse in London.
“This is always such an exciting event, and we are always really thrilled to be part of it,” said Fallon CEO Gail Gallie. “The campaign captures all of that excitement in a really fresh and original way.”
“We were thrilled to be asked by Fallon to submit a treatment for this amazing, high-profile project, and then to be awarded the job” began Kayt Hall, executive producer for BNS London. “The main idea behind the script was creating the faces of these iconic artists from actual pop memorabilia. We could not be happier with the results: It plays to all our strengths – strong design, great animation, and an end product that everyone is delighted with.”
As Notaro explained, “In keeping with the agency’s sentiments, we proposed producing the content practically through stop-motion animation, knowing that making physical objects move together to create readable portraits would give the idea the payoff and spectacle it deserved.”
Planning for the ambitious production involved gathering, and in some cases, producing, props of the proper scale, anticipating that each face would be approximately 6 metres wide when assembled. Over the course of six days on a set in East London, in close collaboration with director of photography Toby Howell and using a Canon EOS 5D Mark II with Milo and Juno motion control rigs, the crew hand-animated the prescribed actions in reverse order (beginning with the final collages), capturing each sequence completely in-camera with single takes. The project was finished in Adobe After Effects at BNS London’s studio.
In addition to Notaro, Stipinovich, and Hall, credits for BNS London also include producer Kat Harrison, lead animator Andy Biddle, art director Andy Kelly, editor Jamie Foord, compositors Cassiano Prado and David Pocull, and rotoscope artist Rebecca Clay. Audio post is courtesy of Wave.
With offices in New York, Los Angeles and London, Brand New School is a vertically integrated production company and design studio that delivers extraordinary media on all platforms. Offering a new model for creative digital production, we are filmmakers, developers, designers, animators, editors, illustrators, and producers dedicated to driving communications to new heights. Akin to leading academic institutions, our guiding philosophies prize experimentation and learning, and our commitment to discovering the best ideas for our clients is absolute. For more information, please visit www.BrandNewSchool.com.
They can be worn in the daytime with casual jeans or accompanied with a more dressed-up look in the evenings. From a minimalist look to a more retro, funky stance.