Creators have been hiding Easter eggs in media for at least half a century now. You might recall that video game designers hid secret outcomes in early computer games like 1973’s Moonlander and 1980’s Adventure. In fact, it’s former Atari software director Steve Wright who gets credit for calling such secrets “Easter eggs.” Other Atari bosses were angry that Adventure designer Warren Robinett hid his name in a level of the game, but not Wright. “I said, ‘No, this is great! It’s an Easter egg in the game, and the kids love finding it. We should encourage all of the game programmers to add Easter eggs to all their games,’” Wright later recalled, per Paste. Easter eggs are all over television, too. Sometimes they hint at future plot twists. Sometimes they seem like throwaway details until years later. Sometimes they connect disparate-seeming stories into a shared universe. And...
- 3/31/2024
- TV Insider
More musical chairs in the UK’s national radio ecosystem after popular presenter Graham Norton announced live on air that this will be his last weekend presenting his popular Saturday and Sunday shows on Virgin Radio.
Norton – who is also the longtime host of a BBC primetime TV chat show named after him, attracting A-list stars to his sofa – made the announcement during his very first link on Saturday morning, saying only: “It is my final weekend of shows here at Virgin Radio.”
The presenter has been with the station since 2021, when he followed fellow radio presenter Chris Evans out of the doors of the BBC and into the commercial station. Norton added on air that he won’t be leaving Virgin completely.
In a statement released to Deadline, Virgin Radio Content Director Mike Cass said: “Graham Norton has delighted Virgin Radio’s weekend listeners for the last three years.
Norton – who is also the longtime host of a BBC primetime TV chat show named after him, attracting A-list stars to his sofa – made the announcement during his very first link on Saturday morning, saying only: “It is my final weekend of shows here at Virgin Radio.”
The presenter has been with the station since 2021, when he followed fellow radio presenter Chris Evans out of the doors of the BBC and into the commercial station. Norton added on air that he won’t be leaving Virgin completely.
In a statement released to Deadline, Virgin Radio Content Director Mike Cass said: “Graham Norton has delighted Virgin Radio’s weekend listeners for the last three years.
- 2/24/2024
- by Caroline Frost
- Deadline Film + TV
Game of Thrones star Emilia Clarke, director Ridley Scott, singer Leona Lewis and Glastonbury founder Michael Eavis were among those recognized by King Charles’ 2024 New Year Honours list.
Clarke will receive a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) not for her acting but for her charitable work: The actress, who survived two brain hemorrhages, established the SameYou foundation with her mother, to help those suffering with the same condition. Clarke called the New Year honor “wonderful awareness building for the cause,” the BBC reports.
Alien and Gladiator filmmaker Scott,...
Clarke will receive a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) not for her acting but for her charitable work: The actress, who survived two brain hemorrhages, established the SameYou foundation with her mother, to help those suffering with the same condition. Clarke called the New Year honor “wonderful awareness building for the cause,” the BBC reports.
Alien and Gladiator filmmaker Scott,...
- 12/30/2023
- by Daniel Kreps
- Rollingstone.com
Meat Loaf’s Bat Out Of Hell has been named the biggest-selling debut album in UK history.
The record has sold more than 3.5 million copies in the UK since it was released in 1977 and has spent a total of 530 weeks in the Top 100 chart.
It beats James Blunt’s Back To Bedlam, Leona Lewis’s Spirit and Lady Gaga’s The Fame in a list compiled for National Album Day.
The top 20 also features debut albums by the likes of the Spice Girls, Alanis Morissette, Sam Smith, Adele and Coldplay and will be broadcast on BBC Radio 2 on Saturday (15 October).
Presenter Steve Wright said: “Bat Out Of Hell reaching number one might be a surprise to some, but it is a truly brilliant debut album and one which reached a whole new audience following the sad passing of Meat Loaf earlier this year.”
Meat Loaf, who’s real name was Michael Lee Aday,...
The record has sold more than 3.5 million copies in the UK since it was released in 1977 and has spent a total of 530 weeks in the Top 100 chart.
It beats James Blunt’s Back To Bedlam, Leona Lewis’s Spirit and Lady Gaga’s The Fame in a list compiled for National Album Day.
The top 20 also features debut albums by the likes of the Spice Girls, Alanis Morissette, Sam Smith, Adele and Coldplay and will be broadcast on BBC Radio 2 on Saturday (15 October).
Presenter Steve Wright said: “Bat Out Of Hell reaching number one might be a surprise to some, but it is a truly brilliant debut album and one which reached a whole new audience following the sad passing of Meat Loaf earlier this year.”
Meat Loaf, who’s real name was Michael Lee Aday,...
- 10/14/2022
- by Furvah Shah
- The Independent - Music
Steve Wright has clarified that he is not retiring as his BBC Radio 2 afternoon show comes to an end after 24 years.
In July, it was announced that Steve Wright in the Afternoon, which launched in 1999, would be replaced with a new show presented by Scott Mills.
Fans lamented the decision, sharing their disappointment that the long-standing presenter’s show was ending.
In a statement released ahead of his final show on Friday (30 September), Wright thanked his listeners for tuning in to the show over the years.
“I fully understand that it’s not possible to continue this programme, but on the other hand I’m grateful that this show has endured for so long,” he wrote.
Explaining that he was taking a break from daytime radio but would still be presenting Sunday Love Songs on Radio 2 and his BBC podcast Serious Jockin’, Wright said: “I’d like also to clear something up.
In July, it was announced that Steve Wright in the Afternoon, which launched in 1999, would be replaced with a new show presented by Scott Mills.
Fans lamented the decision, sharing their disappointment that the long-standing presenter’s show was ending.
In a statement released ahead of his final show on Friday (30 September), Wright thanked his listeners for tuning in to the show over the years.
“I fully understand that it’s not possible to continue this programme, but on the other hand I’m grateful that this show has endured for so long,” he wrote.
Explaining that he was taking a break from daytime radio but would still be presenting Sunday Love Songs on Radio 2 and his BBC podcast Serious Jockin’, Wright said: “I’d like also to clear something up.
- 9/30/2022
- by Isobel Lewis
- The Independent - TV
“Did you catch that easter egg?” “No, but I read about all these in an easter egg guide.” “Have you heard? Morbius has the greatest easter egg of all-time!” These are (mostly) things you’ll hear in everyday life when folks discuss their favorite movies, TV shows, or video games. Once a jargon-y phrase used almost exclusively in online circles and by the nerdier writers within the greater media industry, the term “easter egg” has become ubiquitous when talking about modern pop culture.
Heck, Marvel Studios has based a sizable portion of its winning formula on the prospect of teasing their next 15 projects through a sprinkling of “easter eggs” in each new movie. This is done, in part, on the assumption that media outlets will write ad nauseam about them. And you know what? Guilty as charged.
Yet with the term’s emerging popularity, it becomes a curiosity, then, where...
Heck, Marvel Studios has based a sizable portion of its winning formula on the prospect of teasing their next 15 projects through a sprinkling of “easter eggs” in each new movie. This is done, in part, on the assumption that media outlets will write ad nauseam about them. And you know what? Guilty as charged.
Yet with the term’s emerging popularity, it becomes a curiosity, then, where...
- 4/15/2022
- by David Crow
- Den of Geek
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Yes, it’s annoying when the UK weather is rubbish, but is it really grounds to lodge a complaint with the BBC?
Imagine you’ve been wronged by a TV show. Some inaccuracy, or omission, or annoyance has caused the irksome weevil of discontent to crawl through your television and burrow underneath your skin. You can’t rid of it. After days of muttering under your breath and scribbling beards and fangs all over the Radio Times, it’s still there. Nothing will soothe you. You're left with only one choice.
It’s time to lodge a complaint.
If that complaint relates to anything other than Editorial Standards, it may be passed up to the BBC Trust’s Complaints and Appeals Board (Cab), the final arbiter on general grievances since 2011. And thanks to BBC transparency, such complaints are available, anonymously, to see online.
A trawl through the...
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Yes, it’s annoying when the UK weather is rubbish, but is it really grounds to lodge a complaint with the BBC?
Imagine you’ve been wronged by a TV show. Some inaccuracy, or omission, or annoyance has caused the irksome weevil of discontent to crawl through your television and burrow underneath your skin. You can’t rid of it. After days of muttering under your breath and scribbling beards and fangs all over the Radio Times, it’s still there. Nothing will soothe you. You're left with only one choice.
It’s time to lodge a complaint.
If that complaint relates to anything other than Editorial Standards, it may be passed up to the BBC Trust’s Complaints and Appeals Board (Cab), the final arbiter on general grievances since 2011. And thanks to BBC transparency, such complaints are available, anonymously, to see online.
A trawl through the...
- 2/2/2016
- by louisamellor
- Den of Geek
The next Strictly Come Dancing contestant will be announced tomorrow on BBC Radio 2.
A post from the show's official Twitter account confirmed that Steve Wright will unveil the contestant on his Thursday show (August 20).
Strictly Come Dancing 2015 lineup rumours: Which celebrities could take part this year?
Strictly Come Dancing 2015 winner: We rank the celebrities' chances of topping BBC One's dance-off
Strictly has been drip-feeding names for the show over the last few days and will likely do the same until the full 16-strong contestant list is full.
This year's previous announcements have been made on Chris Evans's Radio 2 Breakfast Show, BBC Breakfast and BBC One's The One Show.
Here's a little factoid. The next #Strictly celebrity will be revealed tomorrow on @BBCRadio2's Steve Wright show. pic.twitter.com/WGjOsY43nF
— BBC Strictly (@bbcstrictly) August 19, 2015
So far announced for this year's Strictly are Ainsley Harriott, Kellie Bright,...
A post from the show's official Twitter account confirmed that Steve Wright will unveil the contestant on his Thursday show (August 20).
Strictly Come Dancing 2015 lineup rumours: Which celebrities could take part this year?
Strictly Come Dancing 2015 winner: We rank the celebrities' chances of topping BBC One's dance-off
Strictly has been drip-feeding names for the show over the last few days and will likely do the same until the full 16-strong contestant list is full.
This year's previous announcements have been made on Chris Evans's Radio 2 Breakfast Show, BBC Breakfast and BBC One's The One Show.
Here's a little factoid. The next #Strictly celebrity will be revealed tomorrow on @BBCRadio2's Steve Wright show. pic.twitter.com/WGjOsY43nF
— BBC Strictly (@bbcstrictly) August 19, 2015
So far announced for this year's Strictly are Ainsley Harriott, Kellie Bright,...
- 8/19/2015
- Digital Spy
The BBC has been criticised after arranging a day devoted to Gary Barlow.
Radio 2 will focus on the X Factor judge - whose new album went in at number two in the charts yesterday - for a whole day next week, The Guardian reports.
Barlow will appear on both Ken Bruce and Steve Wright's shows, will do an 'Ask Gary' Q&A on the BBC website, and his concert from the BBC Radio Theatre will be broadcast on Radio 2 and on the red button.
"This is no ordinary performance," the BBC has said. "Throughout the day, you can listen, watch and interact with a bona fide national treasure - before seeing him perform in concert."
However, some groups have complained about Barlow's prominence as he has already been on Chris Evans and Simon Mayo's radio shows, The One Show, Breakfast and Children in Need.
Radio industry group RadioCentre's...
Radio 2 will focus on the X Factor judge - whose new album went in at number two in the charts yesterday - for a whole day next week, The Guardian reports.
Barlow will appear on both Ken Bruce and Steve Wright's shows, will do an 'Ask Gary' Q&A on the BBC website, and his concert from the BBC Radio Theatre will be broadcast on Radio 2 and on the red button.
"This is no ordinary performance," the BBC has said. "Throughout the day, you can listen, watch and interact with a bona fide national treasure - before seeing him perform in concert."
However, some groups have complained about Barlow's prominence as he has already been on Chris Evans and Simon Mayo's radio shows, The One Show, Breakfast and Children in Need.
Radio industry group RadioCentre's...
- 12/2/2013
- Digital Spy
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Spanish filmmaker Pedro Almodovar reteams with Antonio Banderas and Penelope Cruz in the comedy, I'm So Excited! Here's Paul's review...
Pedro Almodovar’s appearance on The Graham Norton Show last week to promote I’m So Excited! caused a number of startled cineastes to spit out their popcorn/dummies in dismay, as if by agreeing to appear on a late-night show with one of our most prominent mainstream presenters were in itself an act tantamount to cultural treason. What’s next, Steve Reich on Steve Wright In The Afternoon? Cormac McCarthy on The One Show?
This kind of cinematic snobbery is to be expected, of course, but those who insist on applying it to Almodovar are missing the point somewhat – sure, he's a gifted, politically conscious film-maker, a keen stylist and absolutely worthy of the auteur label and all that it implies, but he...
Spanish filmmaker Pedro Almodovar reteams with Antonio Banderas and Penelope Cruz in the comedy, I'm So Excited! Here's Paul's review...
Pedro Almodovar’s appearance on The Graham Norton Show last week to promote I’m So Excited! caused a number of startled cineastes to spit out their popcorn/dummies in dismay, as if by agreeing to appear on a late-night show with one of our most prominent mainstream presenters were in itself an act tantamount to cultural treason. What’s next, Steve Reich on Steve Wright In The Afternoon? Cormac McCarthy on The One Show?
This kind of cinematic snobbery is to be expected, of course, but those who insist on applying it to Almodovar are missing the point somewhat – sure, he's a gifted, politically conscious film-maker, a keen stylist and absolutely worthy of the auteur label and all that it implies, but he...
- 5/1/2013
- by ryanlambie
- Den of Geek
In conjunction with HarperCollins Entertainment, we’re giving away ten (10) copies of Phill Jupitus’s Good Morning Nantwich: Adventures In Breakfast Radio.
Contest ends at 11:59pm Est on Wednesday, September 15th.
What possesses a right-minded comedian to quit the day job for life as a breakfast radio DJ?
‘I have always been very aware that millions of people truly appreciate the breezy banter and lively tone of the majority of breakfast broadcasting. I admit that on occasion I have been known to wake up in a good mood and feel quite chirpy. Unfortunately for me this happens one day a year at most…’ – Phill Jupitus
Why exactly would a nationally successful stand up comedian, chuck in the exhilaration and freedom of life on the road for endless Coldplay singles, arguments with BBC management, incredibly expensive coffee and an alarm clock set to 4.30am, five days a week?
When the...
Contest ends at 11:59pm Est on Wednesday, September 15th.
What possesses a right-minded comedian to quit the day job for life as a breakfast radio DJ?
‘I have always been very aware that millions of people truly appreciate the breezy banter and lively tone of the majority of breakfast broadcasting. I admit that on occasion I have been known to wake up in a good mood and feel quite chirpy. Unfortunately for me this happens one day a year at most…’ – Phill Jupitus
Why exactly would a nationally successful stand up comedian, chuck in the exhilaration and freedom of life on the road for endless Coldplay singles, arguments with BBC management, incredibly expensive coffee and an alarm clock set to 4.30am, five days a week?
When the...
- 8/26/2010
- by UncaScroogeMcD
Chris Moyles has been signed up to present a one-off documentary about the history of the Radio 1 Breakfast Show. The DJ will interview previous Breakfast Show hosts such as Tony Blackburn, Sara Cox, Zoe Ball and Steve Wright on the 60-minute BBC Two programme. Moyles has hosted the Breakfast Show since 2004, which is the longest ever stint in the popular slot. "Millions and millions of people have grown up listening to the Radio 1 Breakfast Show, it's been on everyday for over 40 years," said the 36-year-old. "Everyone between the ages of 8 and 80 will (more)...
- 3/1/2010
- by By Alex Fletcher
- Digital Spy
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