Hannah Dunleavy Nov 17, 2017
Hannah Dunleavy of Standard Issue tells us of an event for International Men's Day - and why it matters.
For this week's Geeks Vs Loneliness, we've invited Hannah Dunleavy, of the brilliant Standard Issue, to chat about somethibng thye're up to for International Men's Day...
When Standard Issue was founded in September 2014, it came from a place of concern about gender inequality and about how so much of the mainstream media panders to such a narrow definition of women, which is not just detrimental but dangerous to women.
But we’re aware that, in order to think about women in a different way, it’s essential we start to think about men in a different way too. With suicide persistently the biggest killer of men under the age of 50, gender inequality is quite literally killing young men. Recent statistics released by the Samaritans showed female suicides were...
Hannah Dunleavy of Standard Issue tells us of an event for International Men's Day - and why it matters.
For this week's Geeks Vs Loneliness, we've invited Hannah Dunleavy, of the brilliant Standard Issue, to chat about somethibng thye're up to for International Men's Day...
When Standard Issue was founded in September 2014, it came from a place of concern about gender inequality and about how so much of the mainstream media panders to such a narrow definition of women, which is not just detrimental but dangerous to women.
But we’re aware that, in order to think about women in a different way, it’s essential we start to think about men in a different way too. With suicide persistently the biggest killer of men under the age of 50, gender inequality is quite literally killing young men. Recent statistics released by the Samaritans showed female suicides were...
- 11/15/2017
- Den of Geek
Tom Allen and Spencer Kalendar are clearly big fans of the late Paul Walker and the “Fast and the Furious” franchise. The comedians took a petition to city council in San Clemente, California on March 21 and they just had one, very simple request – a statue be erected in the late star’s honour. Related: Lindsay […]...
- 3/27/2017
- by Jordan Appugliesi
- ET Canada
British Comedy Guide reports the UK version of the Drunk History TV show has been renewed for a third series (or season) on Comedy Central UK (Ccuk), which is already shooting.The news has not yet been confirmed by the network and there is no news on the press site. While most of the cast is still unknown, Daniel Sloss and Joe Lycett have posted on social media that they have been filming season three. Reportedly, Joel Dommett and Tom Allen are also on board. Read More…...
- 9/7/2016
- by TVSeriesFinale.com
- TVSeriesFinale.com
CBC Radio 2, hosted by Tom Allen, has put together a fantastic look at how the medievel chant, "Dies Irae" (meaning the song of death) has wormed its way from 600 Ad into the films of today including John Williams' score for Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope, Dimitri Tiomkin's score for Frank Capra's It's a Wonderful Life, Howard Shore's score for The Lord of the Rings and even inspired Mike Oldfield's "Tubular Bells", which are heard at the beginning of William Friedkin's The Exorcist. The following video takes you through the history of the chant from its beginnings to Hector Berlioz's 1820 "Symphonie Fantastique" and Sergei Rachmaninoff's 1940 "Symphonic Dances". Even Hans Zimmer's score for Disney's The Lion King makes an appearance. Check out the video below. yt id="dLgvKwOYniY" width="500" One of the world's oldest songs isn't about love, sex or even power.
- 5/7/2014
- by Brad Brevet
- Rope of Silicon
From classic beauty to overly revealing photoshoots, GossipCenter takes a look back at the most memorable magazine covers of 2013.
Check out our top 13 picks featuring the lovely stars memorable interviews below!
#1. Miley Cyrus: Fashion
The "We Can't Stop" singer rocked a few poses for the Chris Nicolls-shot spread and dished about her now infamous Vma performance. "I was trying to slap Robin [Thicke’s] a** but no one saw it! Believe me! MTV edited so much.They cut almost everything I did. I’m proud of that performance. I feel like music is really stale right now. I could have guessed what a lot of artists would have done that night. The reaction to what I did has been insane. I think it was a breath of fresh air! For the people that don’t get it, you weren’t meant to."
#2. Lady Gaga: V
In its Fall issue, V...
Check out our top 13 picks featuring the lovely stars memorable interviews below!
#1. Miley Cyrus: Fashion
The "We Can't Stop" singer rocked a few poses for the Chris Nicolls-shot spread and dished about her now infamous Vma performance. "I was trying to slap Robin [Thicke’s] a** but no one saw it! Believe me! MTV edited so much.They cut almost everything I did. I’m proud of that performance. I feel like music is really stale right now. I could have guessed what a lot of artists would have done that night. The reaction to what I did has been insane. I think it was a breath of fresh air! For the people that don’t get it, you weren’t meant to."
#2. Lady Gaga: V
In its Fall issue, V...
- 1/1/2014
- GossipCenter
Ryan Lambie Oct 31, 2016
To celebrate Halloween, we look back at how John Carpenter created a low-budget horror classic...
It's the spring of 1978, and John Carpenter's in the midst of a risky decision. He's reached the 20th and final day of shooting on Halloween, and has a final few hours to compose what will become the movie's opening sequence: a point-of-view shot where we're introduced to the young Michael Myers, aged six. But rather than make things easy on himself by shooting the scene as simply as possible, he's decided to film it as one, unbroken sequence, with as few edits as he can get away with - an atmosphere-building bit of camera trickery inspired by Orson Welles' Touch Of Evil.
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To celebrate Halloween, we look back at how John Carpenter created a low-budget horror classic...
It's the spring of 1978, and John Carpenter's in the midst of a risky decision. He's reached the 20th and final day of shooting on Halloween, and has a final few hours to compose what will become the movie's opening sequence: a point-of-view shot where we're introduced to the young Michael Myers, aged six. But rather than make things easy on himself by shooting the scene as simply as possible, he's decided to film it as one, unbroken sequence, with as few edits as he can get away with - an atmosphere-building bit of camera trickery inspired by Orson Welles' Touch Of Evil.
See related Gotham season 3: Robin Lord Taylor interview Gotham season 3: Cory Michael Smith interview Gotham season 3: Sean Pertwee interview Gotham season 3: episode 8 trailer arrives...
- 10/20/2013
- Den of Geek
Feature Ryan Lambie 21 Oct 2013 - 07:15
As Halloween celebrates its 35th birthday with a Blu-ray reissue, we look back at how John Carpenter created a low-budget horror classic...
It's the spring of 1978, and John Carpenter's in the midst of a risky decision. He's reached the 20th and final day of shooting on Halloween, and has a final few hours to compose what will become the movie's opening sequence: a point-of-view shot where we're introduced to the young Michael Myers, aged six. But rather than make things easy on himself by shooting the scene as simply as possible, he's decided to film it as one, unbroken sequence, with as few edits as he can get away with - an atmosphere-building bit of camera trickery inspired by Orson Welles' Touch Of Evil.
The shot requires camera operator Ray Stella to creep around the old house (hurriedly redecorated by cast and...
As Halloween celebrates its 35th birthday with a Blu-ray reissue, we look back at how John Carpenter created a low-budget horror classic...
It's the spring of 1978, and John Carpenter's in the midst of a risky decision. He's reached the 20th and final day of shooting on Halloween, and has a final few hours to compose what will become the movie's opening sequence: a point-of-view shot where we're introduced to the young Michael Myers, aged six. But rather than make things easy on himself by shooting the scene as simply as possible, he's decided to film it as one, unbroken sequence, with as few edits as he can get away with - an atmosphere-building bit of camera trickery inspired by Orson Welles' Touch Of Evil.
The shot requires camera operator Ray Stella to creep around the old house (hurriedly redecorated by cast and...
- 10/20/2013
- by ryanlambie
- Den of Geek
She's gearing up for the premiere of her highly anticipated flick "The Great Gatsby" and during promotions, Carey Mulligan graced the cover of Harper's Bazaar UK's June 2013 issue.
While donning design duds from Prada and Bottega Venta for Tom Allen's beautiful floral photo shoot, the "Public Enemies" star revealed her must-have music on set and opened up about her grandmother's illness.
Check out GossipCenter's recap of Miss Mulligan's interview below. For more, be sure to visit Harper's Bazaar UK!
On listening to "Party Rock Anthem" by Lmfao while shooting "Gatsby":
"That's what we used to dance to. It's also the song that made me laugh hysterically and there were lots of times when I needed to go into a scene with that kind of energy."
On helping her grandmother with music:
"I make [grandmother, who suffers from Alzheimer's] mix-tape CDs of different music. Music is something she responds to. She used to sing along.
While donning design duds from Prada and Bottega Venta for Tom Allen's beautiful floral photo shoot, the "Public Enemies" star revealed her must-have music on set and opened up about her grandmother's illness.
Check out GossipCenter's recap of Miss Mulligan's interview below. For more, be sure to visit Harper's Bazaar UK!
On listening to "Party Rock Anthem" by Lmfao while shooting "Gatsby":
"That's what we used to dance to. It's also the song that made me laugh hysterically and there were lots of times when I needed to go into a scene with that kind of energy."
On helping her grandmother with music:
"I make [grandmother, who suffers from Alzheimer's] mix-tape CDs of different music. Music is something she responds to. She used to sing along.
- 4/30/2013
- GossipCenter
In the mid-1960s, Peter Purves was cast to play space pilot Steven Taylor (no relation to Steven Tyler, who these days looks and dresses like Eddie Monsoon), on the TV series Doctor Who. Steven was a fairly heroic character who was quite popular. Sadly, these days most of his stories are missing, with only four of his adventures intact.
Nevertheless, the character remains popular with fans of the series, and Purves, who later went on to host Blue Peter, has returned to the role in recent years through the Big Finish Companion Chronicles series, and even appeared alongside the Fifth Doctor in “The Five Companions”. I caught up with Purves at the recent Gallifrey One convention where he was kind enough to put up with an interview.
Me: We all know you from the original Doctor Who, Blue Peter and, of course, your appearance in The Office. Lately you...
Nevertheless, the character remains popular with fans of the series, and Purves, who later went on to host Blue Peter, has returned to the role in recent years through the Big Finish Companion Chronicles series, and even appeared alongside the Fifth Doctor in “The Five Companions”. I caught up with Purves at the recent Gallifrey One convention where he was kind enough to put up with an interview.
Me: We all know you from the original Doctor Who, Blue Peter and, of course, your appearance in The Office. Lately you...
- 2/28/2013
- by Chris Swanson
- Obsessed with Film
The organisers behind next weekend's Kapow! Comic Convention have revealed that Doctor Who writer Tom MacRae will take part in the TV panel alongside actor Russell Tovey (Being Human, Sherlock), Adam Garcia (Threesome, House), actress and comedy writer Lucy Brown (Primeval) and comedian Tom Allen. They will discuss the relationship between writing sci-fi drama and comedy by asking the question, "How much is creating a joke like constructing a high concept narrative?" In addition to comic-book panels with Marvel, DC, Image and Millarworld, other events taking place include An Audience with Nick Frost, Noel Clarke Q&A with exclusive footage from Storage 24, the creative team behind Batman: Arkham City from Rocksteady Studios, British writer and director Gareth Evans talking The Raid, two of Britain’s biggest comedians as Jimmy Carr interviews Frankie Boyle live about his love of geek culture plus the much loved TV personality and comic-book writer...
- 5/12/2012
- ComicBookMovie.com
Rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars
So here we are, part three of an unofficial trilogy featuring Stephen Taylor (Peter Purves), and Oliver Harper (Tom Allen). It is, sadly, the last story with Oliver, at least so far. Time will tell if the powers that be find a way to bring him back; and believe me, I hope they do.
Our story opens with the Tardis arriving at Grace Alone, a small asteroid. They didn’t particularly want to go there, but in the previous story, the Doctor learned that they were accused of some sort of crime on the asteroid, so he takes everyone there with the plan of creating false records to leave in the computer memory banks.
Things don’t go as planned, of course. When they arrive, they find the crew dead, and learn that a telepathic alien race known as the Vardans (previously scene in the Fourth Doctor story,...
So here we are, part three of an unofficial trilogy featuring Stephen Taylor (Peter Purves), and Oliver Harper (Tom Allen). It is, sadly, the last story with Oliver, at least so far. Time will tell if the powers that be find a way to bring him back; and believe me, I hope they do.
Our story opens with the Tardis arriving at Grace Alone, a small asteroid. They didn’t particularly want to go there, but in the previous story, the Doctor learned that they were accused of some sort of crime on the asteroid, so he takes everyone there with the plan of creating false records to leave in the computer memory banks.
Things don’t go as planned, of course. When they arrive, they find the crew dead, and learn that a telepathic alien race known as the Vardans (previously scene in the Fourth Doctor story,...
- 12/13/2011
- by Chris Swanson
- Obsessed with Film
Rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars
“Ground control to Major Steve…”
Imagine being stuck out in space in a small, cramped corridor. The air is running low, and you know you have only minutes to live. What goes through your mind during those times? There’s no chance for rescue, and your logic fights your hope, warring against the cold equations of your situation.
This is the situation that Steven (Peter Purves), and Oliver (Tom Allen), find themselves in at the start of “The Cold Equations,” the second part of Big Finish’s Oliver Trilogy. They’ve got only a few minutes left to live, the Tardis is drifting in space, and the two men face what may be their last minutes together.
They got into this situation by arriving in orbit of a future Earth, on board a space station. Earth itself is something of a wasteland and the orbital area...
“Ground control to Major Steve…”
Imagine being stuck out in space in a small, cramped corridor. The air is running low, and you know you have only minutes to live. What goes through your mind during those times? There’s no chance for rescue, and your logic fights your hope, warring against the cold equations of your situation.
This is the situation that Steven (Peter Purves), and Oliver (Tom Allen), find themselves in at the start of “The Cold Equations,” the second part of Big Finish’s Oliver Trilogy. They’ve got only a few minutes left to live, the Tardis is drifting in space, and the two men face what may be their last minutes together.
They got into this situation by arriving in orbit of a future Earth, on board a space station. Earth itself is something of a wasteland and the orbital area...
- 12/3/2011
- by Chris Swanson
- Obsessed with Film
Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
Big Finish’s “Companion Chronicles” line is an interesting beast. It was originally designed to give the actors who played Companions with the 1st, 2nd and 3rd Doctors (all played by Doctors who are, sadly, deceased), a way of being involved in the series. They started out as basically audio books being read by one, maybe two, actors. I had little interest in them at that stage. Since then, however, they’ve expanded out, and while they still include only one or two actors, they’re staged a bit more like the standard range of Doctor Who audios.
In this case the companion being chronicled is Stephen Taylor (Peter Purves), an astronaut from some point in the Earth’s future. He’s a companion to the First Doctor, originally played by William Hartnell (1908 – 1975). He’s joined in this particular audio by Oliver Harper (Tom Allen), a young bond trader (and no,...
Big Finish’s “Companion Chronicles” line is an interesting beast. It was originally designed to give the actors who played Companions with the 1st, 2nd and 3rd Doctors (all played by Doctors who are, sadly, deceased), a way of being involved in the series. They started out as basically audio books being read by one, maybe two, actors. I had little interest in them at that stage. Since then, however, they’ve expanded out, and while they still include only one or two actors, they’re staged a bit more like the standard range of Doctor Who audios.
In this case the companion being chronicled is Stephen Taylor (Peter Purves), an astronaut from some point in the Earth’s future. He’s a companion to the First Doctor, originally played by William Hartnell (1908 – 1975). He’s joined in this particular audio by Oliver Harper (Tom Allen), a young bond trader (and no,...
- 12/2/2011
- by Chris Swanson
- Obsessed with Film
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