Kate Middleton made a royal visit to a British textile mill that shares a surprising connection to her own family history.
On Tuesday, the Princess of Wales visited the family-owned Aw Hainsworth textile mill in Leeds.
As People reports, Middleton’s paternal grandparents owned a the wool manufacturing company William Lupton and Co., which was sold to Aw Hainsworth back in 1958. Her great-grandfather Noel Middleton, who married Olive Lupton, was a director of the company, with the couple going on to have three sons — one of whom was her grandfather, father of her father, Michael.
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“She had had a chat with her parents, and they had been filling her in,” Rachel Taylor, a member of the Hainsworth family, told People. “They had obviously done some research. She spoke...
On Tuesday, the Princess of Wales visited the family-owned Aw Hainsworth textile mill in Leeds.
As People reports, Middleton’s paternal grandparents owned a the wool manufacturing company William Lupton and Co., which was sold to Aw Hainsworth back in 1958. Her great-grandfather Noel Middleton, who married Olive Lupton, was a director of the company, with the couple going on to have three sons — one of whom was her grandfather, father of her father, Michael.
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“She had had a chat with her parents, and they had been filling her in,” Rachel Taylor, a member of the Hainsworth family, told People. “They had obviously done some research. She spoke...
- 9/26/2023
- by Etcanadadigital
- ET Canada
UK agency Casarotto Ramsay & Associates has named former Meta and Film4 exec Anna Higgs as Managing Director.
She will join in August, having most recently been Director of Entertainment Partnerships at Meta, which has been cutting staff as it seeks to reshape its business amid economic uncertainty.
Higgs is also the Chair of the BAFTA Film Committee, having been recently reelected. She was also The Night Manager producer The Ink Factory’s digital lead, Film4’s Head of Digital and worked at online channel Nowness. Further back she founded Quark Films.
Higgs joins a team of over 60 staff, who look after a client roster that includes Academy Award winning directors Steve McQueen, Edward Berger and Lenny Abrahamson; Academy Award winning writer Christopher Hampton; Mood creator Nicôle Lecky; Enola Holmes and His Dark Materials scribe Jack Thorne; playwrights such as Sir David Hare and Lucy Kirkwood; and several others. It...
She will join in August, having most recently been Director of Entertainment Partnerships at Meta, which has been cutting staff as it seeks to reshape its business amid economic uncertainty.
Higgs is also the Chair of the BAFTA Film Committee, having been recently reelected. She was also The Night Manager producer The Ink Factory’s digital lead, Film4’s Head of Digital and worked at online channel Nowness. Further back she founded Quark Films.
Higgs joins a team of over 60 staff, who look after a client roster that includes Academy Award winning directors Steve McQueen, Edward Berger and Lenny Abrahamson; Academy Award winning writer Christopher Hampton; Mood creator Nicôle Lecky; Enola Holmes and His Dark Materials scribe Jack Thorne; playwrights such as Sir David Hare and Lucy Kirkwood; and several others. It...
- 7/20/2023
- by Jesse Whittock
- Deadline Film + TV
Casarotto Ramsey & Associates — the U.K.-based talent agency representing writers, directors, literary properties and heads of department across film, TV and theater — has appointed Anna Higgs in the new role of managing director.
Higgs, who counts more than three decades working in the industry across an array of diverse roles, was most recently director of entertainment partnerships at Meta, previously worked at Film4 and has just been re-elected to BAFTA’s film committee, which she chaired for two years (being central to its major awards review). She joins Casarotto Ramsey in August, reporting directly to agency’s board, and has been brought in to oversee the business and drive its strategic development and direction.
“The central thread of my career has been working with the most exceptional storytellers to connect their work with audiences in myriad ways, along with a dedication to inclusion and equity at the highest strategic...
Higgs, who counts more than three decades working in the industry across an array of diverse roles, was most recently director of entertainment partnerships at Meta, previously worked at Film4 and has just been re-elected to BAFTA’s film committee, which she chaired for two years (being central to its major awards review). She joins Casarotto Ramsey in August, reporting directly to agency’s board, and has been brought in to oversee the business and drive its strategic development and direction.
“The central thread of my career has been working with the most exceptional storytellers to connect their work with audiences in myriad ways, along with a dedication to inclusion and equity at the highest strategic...
- 7/19/2023
- by Alex Ritman
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Higgs takes up her position at the leading agency, whose client list includes Steve McQueen and Edward Berger, in August.
UK film, TV and theatre talent agency Casarotto Ramsay & Associates has appointed Anna Higgs as its new managing director.
An advisory board has also been formed of six of the company’s agents and executives, to shape the company’s evolution and growth.
Higgs takes up her position next month in August 2023. She was most recently director of entertainment partnerships at Meta, with previous roles including creative director at global video channel Nowness and commissioner and head of digital,...
UK film, TV and theatre talent agency Casarotto Ramsay & Associates has appointed Anna Higgs as its new managing director.
An advisory board has also been formed of six of the company’s agents and executives, to shape the company’s evolution and growth.
Higgs takes up her position next month in August 2023. She was most recently director of entertainment partnerships at Meta, with previous roles including creative director at global video channel Nowness and commissioner and head of digital,...
- 7/19/2023
- by Mona Tabbara
- ScreenDaily
Theorist Media has a new owner.
That’s right: MatPat and Stephanie Patrick‘s long-running YouTube production studio, along with its channels The Game Theorists (16.4 million subscribers), The Film Theorists (11.4 million), The Food Theorists (4.1 million), and GTLive (2.96 million), have been acquired by new startup Lunar X.
“Steph and I just sold Theorist. We sold our business. This channel is no longer just my channel. This logo is no longer just my logo,” MatPat says in a Game Theorists video uploaded this afternoon.
He and Stephanie launched The Game Theorists back in 2009, added The Film Theorists in 2015, and introduced The Food Theorists in 2020. All three channels put out multiple video essay-style uploads each month, with MatPat hosting every one of them.
“Together, we’ve done some wonderful, crazy, and pretty meme-worthy things on these channels,” MatPat says. “Making video games real, giving Undertale to the Pope, raising millions of dollars for children in the hospital,...
That’s right: MatPat and Stephanie Patrick‘s long-running YouTube production studio, along with its channels The Game Theorists (16.4 million subscribers), The Film Theorists (11.4 million), The Food Theorists (4.1 million), and GTLive (2.96 million), have been acquired by new startup Lunar X.
“Steph and I just sold Theorist. We sold our business. This channel is no longer just my channel. This logo is no longer just my logo,” MatPat says in a Game Theorists video uploaded this afternoon.
He and Stephanie launched The Game Theorists back in 2009, added The Film Theorists in 2015, and introduced The Food Theorists in 2020. All three channels put out multiple video essay-style uploads each month, with MatPat hosting every one of them.
“Together, we’ve done some wonderful, crazy, and pretty meme-worthy things on these channels,” MatPat says. “Making video games real, giving Undertale to the Pope, raising millions of dollars for children in the hospital,...
- 12/20/2022
- by James Hale
- Tubefilter.com
When characters in a movie are having a good time, it’s hard to completely resist their charms. Such is the case with Finding Steve McQueen, a jaunty heist tale that has more than its fair share of fun, even if the final product is on the sleight side. This is the sort of picture that, depending on how and when you watch it, will determine in large part what your feelings are. If you were to see it on cable or on a plane, for example, it would certainly satisfy and pass the time. In theaters or On Demand, however? There, it comes up a little short of the necessary mark. The film is a mix of a crime caper and a bit of a romance as well. In 1980, Harry Barber (Travis Fimmel) begins to tell his girlfriend Molly Murphy (Rachel Taylor) a story. Back in 1972, a group of thieves from Youngstown,...
- 3/17/2019
- by Joey Magidson
- Hollywoodnews.com
Network: Netflix
Episodes: 39 (hour)
Seasons: Three
TV show dates: November 20, 2015 — Tbd
Series status: Cancelled
Performers include: Krysten Ritter, David Tennant, Mike Colter, Rachel Taylor, Carrie-Anne Moss, Eka Darville, Erin Moriarty, and Wil Travel.
TV show description:
Born Jessica Campbell, she and her family were in a lethal car crash with a military convoy transporting radioactive substances, which have imparted the girl with super strength. As her family's sole survivor of the wreck, Jessica is adopted by the Jones family and takes their surname.
Rebounding from atrocities she endured as Superhero Jewel (as well as a brief stint as Knightress), Jessica Jones (Krysten Ritter) opens her own New York City private detective agency -- Alias Investigations. As she tries to start her life over, the still-traumatized, hard-edged, hard-drinking, profane...
Episodes: 39 (hour)
Seasons: Three
TV show dates: November 20, 2015 — Tbd
Series status: Cancelled
Performers include: Krysten Ritter, David Tennant, Mike Colter, Rachel Taylor, Carrie-Anne Moss, Eka Darville, Erin Moriarty, and Wil Travel.
TV show description:
Born Jessica Campbell, she and her family were in a lethal car crash with a military convoy transporting radioactive substances, which have imparted the girl with super strength. As her family's sole survivor of the wreck, Jessica is adopted by the Jones family and takes their surname.
Rebounding from atrocities she endured as Superhero Jewel (as well as a brief stint as Knightress), Jessica Jones (Krysten Ritter) opens her own New York City private detective agency -- Alias Investigations. As she tries to start her life over, the still-traumatized, hard-edged, hard-drinking, profane...
- 2/19/2019
- by TVSeriesFinale.com
- TVSeriesFinale.com
Saboteur Media handles sales. Australian production to commence principal photography this month.
Travis Fimmel and Luke Bracey will star in Vietnam War film Danger Close, one of the marquee titles on a New York-based Saboteur Media slate that president of distribution Mark Lindsay will introduce in Cannes next week.
Richard Roxburgh and Daniel Webber also star in the Australian production that Kriv Stenders (Red Dog) will direct from a screenplay by Stuart Beattie.
Danger Close chronicles the events of August 18 1966 in south Vietnam, where for three-and-a-half hours in torrential rain a largely inexperienced company of Australian and New Zealand soldiers...
Travis Fimmel and Luke Bracey will star in Vietnam War film Danger Close, one of the marquee titles on a New York-based Saboteur Media slate that president of distribution Mark Lindsay will introduce in Cannes next week.
Richard Roxburgh and Daniel Webber also star in the Australian production that Kriv Stenders (Red Dog) will direct from a screenplay by Stuart Beattie.
Danger Close chronicles the events of August 18 1966 in south Vietnam, where for three-and-a-half hours in torrential rain a largely inexperienced company of Australian and New Zealand soldiers...
- 5/2/2018
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
"You are a hard-drinking, short-fused mess of a woman." Netflix has just released a new trailer and key art for season two of Marvel's Jessica Jones.The superhero drama centers on Jessica Jones (Krysten Ritter), a young woman with super powers and a traumatic past who is trying to start her life anew as a private investigator in New York City. The cast also includes Mike Colter, Rachel Taylor, Carrie-Anne Moss, Eka Darville, Erin Moriarty, and Wil Travel.Read More…...
- 2/21/2018
- by TVSeriesFinale.com
- TVSeriesFinale.com
"I have 17 years of questions." Netflix has just released the official trailer and poster for season two of Marvel's Jessica Jones.The superhero drama centers on Jessica Jones (Krysten Ritter), a young woman with super powers and a traumatic past who is trying to start her life anew as a private investigator in New York City. The cast also includes Mike Colter, Rachel Taylor, Carrie-Anne Moss, Eka Darville, Erin Moriarty, and Wil Travel.Read More…...
- 2/8/2018
- by TVSeriesFinale.com
- TVSeriesFinale.com
The next Marvel/Netflix show on the horizon is the second season of Jessica Jones, arriving in March. Despite how close that is now, both companies are still keeping the lid on the new run of the hit series, with only one teaser trailer released so far. Hopefully, promotion will begin to ramp up soon, but until it does, we’ve now got a few new pics to feast on.
The photos might not look too spoiler-y at first glance, but upon closer inspection, they do feature some interesting new details. The first image is pretty much Jessica Jones 101, showcasing Krysten Ritter frowning while sitting at her desk in her Alias Investigations office. However, it looks like things will soon shake up for the titular hero as the second image reveals she’ll get in trouble with the police. Bizarrely wrapped in chains, the superhero sleuth appears to be making...
The photos might not look too spoiler-y at first glance, but upon closer inspection, they do feature some interesting new details. The first image is pretty much Jessica Jones 101, showcasing Krysten Ritter frowning while sitting at her desk in her Alias Investigations office. However, it looks like things will soon shake up for the titular hero as the second image reveals she’ll get in trouble with the police. Bizarrely wrapped in chains, the superhero sleuth appears to be making...
- 1/29/2018
- by Christian Bone
- We Got This Covered
Angourie Rice has signed on to star in the period drama <em>Ladies in Black</em>, director Bruce Beresford's adaptation of Madeleine St. John’s 1993 best-selling Australian novel <em>The Women in Black.</em>
The Australian actress, who since last year has appeared in <em>Spider-Man: Homecoming</em>, <em>The Beguiled</em> and <em>The Nice Guys</em>, will return home to Sydney for the feel-good film, in which she will star alongside Julia Ormond (<em>Mad Men</em>) and Rachel Taylor (<em>Jessica Jones</em>, <em>Transformers</em>).
Set in 1959 in the high-end department store Goodes, <em>Ladies in Black</em> tells the story of shy schoolgirl Lisa (Rice) who takes a summer job at the store while ...
The Australian actress, who since last year has appeared in <em>Spider-Man: Homecoming</em>, <em>The Beguiled</em> and <em>The Nice Guys</em>, will return home to Sydney for the feel-good film, in which she will star alongside Julia Ormond (<em>Mad Men</em>) and Rachel Taylor (<em>Jessica Jones</em>, <em>Transformers</em>).
Set in 1959 in the high-end department store Goodes, <em>Ladies in Black</em> tells the story of shy schoolgirl Lisa (Rice) who takes a summer job at the store while ...
- 10/3/2017
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
Artisan Entertainment's Man-Thing will find its way to theaters on Aug. 27. The film, a collaboration between Marvel Studios and Fierce Entertainment, is based on the Marvel Comics character and recently wrapped production in Sydney after an eight-week shoot. Penned by Hans Rodionoff and helmed by Brett Leonard, Man-Thing follows the vengeful creature born from the evil and injustices perpetrated against man and nature. It stars Jack Thompson, Rawiri Paratene, Matt Le Nevez, Rachel Taylor and Steve Bastoni. The film was shot by director of photography Steve Arnold, with Peter Pound and Tim Ferrier handling production design and Omnilab and Rising Sun doing the visual effects. Special effects and prosthetics work was provided by the Make-Up Effects Group.
- 10/24/2003
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Talented, beloved, actor Jason Robards died Tuesday afternoon in Bridgeport, Connecticut, after a long battle with cancer. He was 78. Robards was best known for playing real-life people; he won back-to-back Best Supporting Actor Awards for portraying Washington Post editor Ben Bradlee in the 1976 Watergate film, All the President's Men (1976), and as the husband of Lillian Hellman, Dashiell Hammett, in Julia (1977). He was nominated for Best Supporting Actor again for his kind portrayal of Howard Hughes in the 1980 film, Melvin and Howard (1980). His last role was as the dying father of Tom Cruise's infomercial spokesman in Paul Thomas Anderson's Magnolia (1999). Robards was born into an acting family. His father, Jason Robards Sr., was a star of stage and screen and his son was born while he was on tour. Jason Jr. wanted nothing to do with acting, initially. He wanted to be a baseball player. But WWII intervened. Robards was present during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor and eventually was decorated for the Navy Cross (the second highest Naval honor). His post-war years marked a turn to the theater, with several years of struggle, before he made his mark in Eugene O'Neill's "The Iceman Cometh." O'Neill proved kind to Robards; he made his first mark on the big screen as the alcoholic Jamie in the 1962 production of O'Neill's Long Day's Journey Into Night (1962) (holding his own alongside such noted thespians as Katharine Hepburn and Sir Ralph Richardson). Robards seemed to prefer the stage to screen, often deriding his feature film roles as a way to pay bills between Broadway performances. He would be nominated for eight Tonys over his long career (winning in 1958 for "The Disenchanted"). Robards often gravitated to gruff, world-weary characters, frequently the patriarchal heavy. His more notable recent roles included Parenthood (1989) and Philadelphia (1993). Robards personal life seemed to reflect some of the tumult he captured on-screen; he was married four times: Eleanor Pitman ('48-'58), Rachel Taylor ('59-'61), Lauren Bacall ('61-'69) and Lois O'Connor (1970-present). Robards had three children with Eleanor Pitman, a son with Bacall (actor Sam Robards), and two more with O'Connor. In 1999 Robards was a recipient of the prestigious Kennedy Center Honors. Ironically, he shared in the recognition that year with another beloved personality, comic pianist Victor Borge, who died Saturday.
- 12/28/2000
- WENN
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