Jade Cerisa Lorraine Goody was an English television personality. She came to public prominence in 2002 when she appeared on the third series of the Channel 4 reality show Big Brother. She went on to star in her own television programmes after her eviction from the show, which in turn led to her launching a variety of products under her own name. Immediately criticised by the British press for her perceived lack of decorum and intelligence, Goody was dubbed by multiple outlets as "the most hated woman in Britain". The country's celebrity magazines were less derisive, publishing reports of her affable nature and competent school performance from those who knew her.
Anna Nolan is an Irish television presenter, producer and former business manager, waitress and Irish international basketball player. She has presented numerous television programmes in Ireland and the UK.
Jeffrey Carl Brazier is an English television personality and presenter.
OK! is a British weekly magazine that primarily specialises in royal and celebrity news. Originally launched as a monthly magazine, its first issue was published in April 1997. In September 2004, OK! launched in Australia as a monthly title – the magazine went weekly in October 2006. In 2005, a US version was launched, followed by an Indian edition in May 2006, a Spanish-language version in Mexico in 2006, a Bulgarian-language version in 2007 and a Spanish edition in 2008.
Danielle Lloyd is an English model and television personality. A former Miss England (2004) and Miss Great Britain (2006), Lloyd first rose to prominence when she was stripped of her Miss Great Britain title after posing nude in the December 2006 edition of Playboy magazine. Her title was reinstated in 2010. In January 2007, she appeared on the fifth series of Celebrity Big Brother. She won the celebrity edition of The Weakest Link in 2008 and Total Wipeout in 2010.
Claudia Emma Rosencrantz FRTS is a British television executive and journalist. She was formerly the Controller of Entertainment for ITV, for over ten years. She was also Director of Television for Virgin Media for five years and worked with Jamie Oliver, including as CEO of the Jamie Oliver Media Group. Rosencrantz is a Fellow of the Royal Television Society and a trustee of JW3.
Celebrity Big Brother 2007, also known as Celebrity Big Brother 5, was the fifth series of the British reality television series Celebrity Big Brother. The show followed a total of fourteen celebrity contestants, known as housemates, who were isolated from the outside world for an extended period of time in a custom built House. Each week, one or more of the housemates were eliminated from the competition by public vote and left the House. The last remaining housemate, Shilpa Shetty, was declared the winner.
The Celebrity Big Brother racism controversy was a series of events related to incidents of racist behaviour by contestants on the fifth series of the British reality television show Celebrity Big Brother, broadcast on British television station Channel 4 in January 2007. The controversy centred on comments made by British contestants Jade Goody, Jackiey Budden, Danielle Lloyd, and Jo O'Meara, concerning Indian contestant Shilpa Shetty. The screening of these comments on UK television resulted in national and international media coverage, responses from the UK and Indian governments, and the show's suspension during the 2008 season.
Act Against Bullying (AAB) is a United Kingdom charity. It was founded in 2003 by Louise Burfitt-Dons. The charity's purpose is to help bullied children by providing them with confidential advice and to raise public awareness of the problem. The AAB website offers supportive messages and information on all forms of systematic bullying, in particular psychological bullying. The site also features advice on forms of bullying such as exclusion bullying and cyberbullying.
Shilpa Shetty Kundra is an Indian actress who works mainly in Hindi-language films. Shetty made her screen debut in the thriller Baazigar (1993) which garnered her nominations for two Filmfare Awards, after which she played a dual role in the action comedy Main Khiladi Tu Anari (1994).
Livin' with Lucy is an Irish television programme presented by Lucy Kennedy. First aired on 14 April 2008, the premise of the show is that Kennedy spends a weekend living with a different celebrity each episode, analysing their daily lives and interviewing them in their own homes all the while with cameras filming in the background. The show aired originally on RTÉ Two on Monday nights at 21:30. The programme has proven controversial, with Kennedy being stalked by paparazzi and some of the celebrities airing slanderous views.
My Autobiography is a biography written by reality TV star Jade Goody. It was first published in May 2006 by HarperCollins, and a paperback was due for publication in January 2007; however, the paperback never made it to the printers due to Jade being at the centre of bad media attention at the time. The book made it onto The Sunday Times Best Sellers list by December 2006. In May 2008, Leon Bailey Green, an online media consultant, revealed that the book had sold in excess of 90,000 copies.
Jade: With Love is a two-part tribute special that aired on Living after Jade Goody died on 22 March 2009 that aired a week after her death celebrating her life from her early career in 2002 up until her death and final television appearance in February 2009.The show looked back at all her reality shows and also battling through her last months of her life and looking at exclusive footage of her funeral and ended with a montage with the ABBA hit "Slipping Through My Fingers" playing as the final song in the background.
The Open Episcopal Church (OEC) is a liberal Christian denomination. It has bishops in England and Wales and clergy throughout the United Kingdom and internationally. It has over 29,000 members.
Jade Changed My Life is a tribute special that aired on Sky Living which aired on the second anniversary of Jade Goody's death with interviews from family and friends and also how Goody helped raise awareness with interviews from various women who found out they had the same illness due to the awareness Goody made during her battle through media attention.
Jade's P.A is a British Living reality television series following the since deceased Jade Goody teaming up with celebrity PA Heather Howard and recruitment psychologist Dr Rob Yeung to put 10 wannabe PAs through a series of gruelling tasks. Following her death on 22 March 2009 Sky Living re ran the series.
Just Jade is the second Series following Jade Goody in her bid to become a successful businesswoman, this series focused on finding out what happened after she opened her salon Ugly's. Living re-ran the series all weekend following the death of Goody on 22 March 2009.
Bigg Boss was the Bengali-language version of the reality TV programme Bigg Boss broadcast in India. It follows the Big Brother format, which was first developed by Endemol in the Netherlands. The show had completed 2 seasons in 4 years. The first season launched on 17 June 2013 and second season was launched on 4 April 2016. However the show has been discontinued after season 2 but a leading Bengali TV channel is planning to launch its new season and discussion about copyright issues is still on and show makers are yet to finalise it.
Sky Living was a British pay television channel owned and operated by Sky. The channel's programming was aimed mainly at women and young adults. It originally launched as UK Living in 1993 and closed 25 years later, being replaced by Sky Witness.
Bobby Jack Brazier is an English actor and model. In January 2020, he made his runway debut, modelling for Dolce & Gabbana at Milan Fashion Week and in September 2022, he joined the cast of the BBC One soap opera EastEnders as Freddie Slater.
