SOCHI WINTER OLYMPIC GAMES, THE CLOSING CEREMONY AND THE FINAL MEDAL TABLE

Opening Ceremony - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=merKK-LpEhg
and http://www.youtube.com/user/olympic?feature=watch
 

The Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics

Medal standings

	Country				Total

1	Russia	13	11	9	33
2	Norway	11	5	10	26
3	Canada	10	10	5	25
4	United States	9	7	12	28
5	Netherlands	8	7	9	24
6	Germany	8	6	5	19
7	Switzerland	6	3	2	11
8	Belarus	5	0	1	6
9	Austria	4	8	5	17
10	France	4	4	7	15
11	Poland	4	1	1	6
12	China	3	4	2	9
13	South Korea	3	3	2	8
14	Sweden	2	7	6	15
15	Czech Republic	2	4	2	8
16	Slovenia	2	2	4	8
17	Japan	1	4	3	8
18	Finland	1	3	1	5
19	Great Britain	1	1	2	4

PRODUCERS GUILD AWARDS (PGAs) : GRAVITY & 12 YEARS A SLAVE TIE FOR OUTSTANDING PRODUCER

For the first time in Producers Guild history there was a tie for the Darryl F. Zanuck Award for Outstanding Producer of a Theatrical Motion Picture.

Read below for the full list of winners from the 2014 Producers Guild Awards...

Darryle F. Zanuck Award for Outstanding Producer of a Theatrical Motion Picture:
Gravity and 12 Years a Slave
(Alfonso Cuaron, David Heyman)(Anthony Katagas, Jeremy Kleiner, Steve McQueen, Brad Pitt, Dede Gardner)

Outstanding Producer of Animated Theatrical Motion Picture:FrozenPeter Del Vecho

Outstanding Producer of Documentary Theatrical Motion Picture:
We Steal Secrets: The Story of WikiLeaks
Alexis Bloom, Alex Gibney, Marc Shmuger

Outstanding Producer of Long-Form Television:
Behind the Candelabra
Susan Ekins, Gregory Jacobs, Michael Polaire, Jerry Weintraub

Norman Felton Award of Outstanding Producer of Episodic Television, Drama:
Breaking Bad
Melissa Bernstein, Sam Catlin, Bryan Cranston, Vince Gilligan, Peter Gould, Mark Johnson, Stewart Lyons, Michelle MacLaren, George Mastras, Diane Mercer, Thomas Schnauz, Moira Walley-Beckett

Danny Thomas Award for Outstanding Producer of Episodic Television, Comedy:
Modern Family
Paul Corrigan, Abraham Higginbotham, Ben Karlin, Elaine Ko, Steven Levitan, Christopher Lloyd, Jeffrey Morton, Dan O'Shannon, Jeffrey Richman, Chris Smirnoff, Brad Walsh, Bill Wrubel, Danny Zuker

Outstanding Producer of Non-Fiction Televivsion:
Anthony Bordain: Parts Unknown
Anthony Bourdain, Christopher Collins, Lydia Tenaglia, Sandra Zweig

Outstanding Producer of Live Entertainment & Talk Television:
The Colbert Report
Meredith Bennett, Stephen T. Colbert, Richard Dahm, Paul Dinello, Barry Julien, Matt Lappin, Emily Lazar, Tanya Michnevich Bracoo, Tom Purcell, Jon Stewart

Outstanding Producer of Competition Television:
The Voice
Stijn Bakkers, Mark Burnett, John de Mol, Chad Hines, Lee Metzger, Audrey Morrissey, Jim Rouch, Kyra Thompson, Nicolle Yaron, Mike Yurchuk, Amanda Zucker

Outstanding Sports Program:
SportsCenter

Oustanding Children's Program:
Sesame Street

Outstanding Digital Series:
Wired: What's Inside

Courtesy of : http://www.producersguild.org/news/153353/2014-Producers-Guild-Awards-Winners.htm

 

 

FACE OF 2012 GALA AWARDS ON WORLD HUMANITARIAN DAY 19 August 2011, London

PHOTOS FROM EVENT http://www.maxpictures.co.uk/Party-and-Events/FACE-OF-2012-GALA-AWARDS-ON/18639848_G5ZjjB#1440680728_LHLJgJk (Copyright Max Mackenzie)

On the 19th August The Chelsea Old Town Hall played host to the Face of 2012 Gala Awards on World Humanitarian Day. The evening was a chance for guests to commemorate the UN recognised day and to network with celebrities, high society, diplomats, the sporting & fashion elite and the United Nations.

The evening started with a VIP reception to mark World Humanitarian Day with drinks and canapés. The opening speaker was Phil Mulligan, CEO of the United Nations Association UK, one of the oldest UN related organizations in the UK with a special theme on World Humanitarian Day from the United Nations secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon. http://www.un.org/sg/ . The guests also raised a lot of money for the Katie Piper Foundation through an auction sponsored by the Xfactor, Arsenal Football Club, Nooshooz (Designer Shoes), Henna Elegance, Boudoir Chique, Celebritize You (USA) and Annie Ashdown (Celebrity life coach).

The red carpet black tie awards night recognised community organizations in city of London that have been organizing excellent projects on sport’s, culture, education & youths. 4 awards were presented on the night for Culture, Arts and Entertainment, Charitable activity, education and youth work. Three special  recognition awards were also presented for inspirational organisation of the year, inspirational person of the year and inspirational media personality of the year.

Kathryn Hindley (Deputy Director) received the inspirational organisation award on behalf of the Disaster Emergency Committee.

Debs Little (Founder of Passionate Pink) received the inspirational person of the year award from Chico Slimani, star of Xfactor 2006.

Sporah Njau (Chat show host on SKY channel 184) received the inspirational media personality award from Angelica Fenney CEO of Boudoir Chique and one of the sponsors of the evening.

The other high profile awards presenters were Richard Austin Rees (PR specialist, PR Director of Amika), Stuart Phillips (A-List Celebrity hair stylist), Colin Campbell Austin (Learning & Talent Specialist, Channel 4), and Ereomala Atigolo (CEO of Video Model Pics).

The Gala award ceremony also included 3 fashion shows from Flylander Couture, Adopoted Culture couture and Anna Luks. See the links for more details on the fashion designers.

Flylander Couture http://www.flylandercouture.com/   

Adopted Culture http://www.adoptedculture.co.uk/

Anna Luks http://annaluks.com/

There was a live gala opening performance from opera singer Pippa Langhorne who comes straight from recent success of one of ITV’s high rating TV Series Britain's Got Talent, performing Nella Fantasia and O Mio Babbino Caro.  Jason Patrick Pritchard, a soulful rock performer debuted three songs with a more upbeat rock tempo from his first album to be available on I-tunes end of 2011. Graciela Rodriguez an international Spanish singer ended the night with the operatic theme.

Graciela Rodriguez www.gracimusic.com

Jason Patrick Pritchard www.myspace.com/jasonpatrickpritchard

Pippa Langhorne www.pippalanghorne.co.uk

 Jason Patrick Pritchard

Pippa Langhorne

Graciela Rodriguez

The Gala evening finished with a selection of 2 spokesmodel for the Universal Elite brand in 2012 during the Cultural Olympiad for the Olympiad inspired events. The 2 winners of the spokesmodel competition were Hassan Reece and Trisha Viranna. Universal Elite will be running Olympiad inspired events during the Cultural Olympiad which have been added to the mayor’s culture diary for networking purposes. Hassan and Trisha will represent Universal Elite at these events and also attend various events on behalf of the brand in 2012.

Judges for the spokesmodel competition were;

Stuart Phillips (A-List celebrity hair stylist) www.stuartphillips.co.uk

Nana Anfua Antwi (Top Model of Colour UK) www.topmodelofcolour.com

Colin Campbell Austin (Learning & Talent Specialist, Channel 4) www.channel4.com

The Gala night finished with a party atmosphere as guests & VIP’s headed to High Street Kensington for the official after-party at prestige Kensington night club AMIKA London who gave their full support to the awards and this red carpet event.

Ben TV Sky Channel 184 & Johny Pach TV will covered the event for Television with press & media in attendance.

BEN Television, SKY Channel 184 www.bentelevision.com

Johny Pach Presents http://www.johnypach.tv/

The Sporah Show http://www.thesporahshow.blogspot.com/

The whole event was organised by The Talent Guru and Universal Elite with the production support of Video Model Pics, Wiskin PR, and Richard Austin Rees PR.

BEN Television (UK) Sky 184

Johny Pach (SKY TV Presenter)

Sporah Njau (Chat Show Host)