Miriam Rivera, the world’s first transgender reality television star, died Feb. 5 in Mexico under mysterious circumstances. She was 38.
Though Rivera died several months ago, the news emerged Friday. Her husband, Daniel Cuervo, confirmed her death in a February Facebook post.
According to reports, she was found in her apartment and appeared to have hanged herself; however, Cuervo disputes suicide as her cause of death and told Daily Mail Australia he suspects foul play.
Rivera was best known for her 2004 British reality television dating show “There’s Something About Miriam” and her guest appearance on “Big Brother Australia’s” fourth season the same year. The former reality show sparked controversy when contestants filed personal injury lawsuits against the show’s production company Endemol after Rivera waited until the final episode to reveal that she was transgender. The show’s winner, Tom Rooke, initially accepted the prize money of £10,000 and a vacation with Rivera,...
Though Rivera died several months ago, the news emerged Friday. Her husband, Daniel Cuervo, confirmed her death in a February Facebook post.
According to reports, she was found in her apartment and appeared to have hanged herself; however, Cuervo disputes suicide as her cause of death and told Daily Mail Australia he suspects foul play.
Rivera was best known for her 2004 British reality television dating show “There’s Something About Miriam” and her guest appearance on “Big Brother Australia’s” fourth season the same year. The former reality show sparked controversy when contestants filed personal injury lawsuits against the show’s production company Endemol after Rivera waited until the final episode to reveal that she was transgender. The show’s winner, Tom Rooke, initially accepted the prize money of £10,000 and a vacation with Rivera,...
- 8/9/2019
- by Mackenzie Nichols
- Variety Film + TV
McAvoy Media and David Jones have teamed up on four-part web series At the David Jones Table: Women in Conversation.to mark International Women.s Day today.
The roundtable discussions are moderated by Gretel Killeen.
Participants include Lucy Turnbull, Lisa Wilkinson, Jesinta Campbell, Jessica Rowe, Mary Coustas, nutritional biochemist Dr Libby Weaver, comedian Fiona O.Loughlin, 2012's Young Australian of the Year Marita Cheng, Vogue Australia's editor in chief Edwina McCann and Harper.s Bazaar Australia's editor in chief Kellie Hush.
Celebrated annually on March 8, International Women.s Day recognises the achievements of women across the world and reflects on the issues that affect women today.
.McAvoy Media is honoured to have produced for David Jones such a prestigious series to mark International Women.s Day", John McAvoy said. .
"The calibre of the women comprising the panels truly reflects the importance of the subjects discussed. .Having this production available online for all people to view,...
The roundtable discussions are moderated by Gretel Killeen.
Participants include Lucy Turnbull, Lisa Wilkinson, Jesinta Campbell, Jessica Rowe, Mary Coustas, nutritional biochemist Dr Libby Weaver, comedian Fiona O.Loughlin, 2012's Young Australian of the Year Marita Cheng, Vogue Australia's editor in chief Edwina McCann and Harper.s Bazaar Australia's editor in chief Kellie Hush.
Celebrated annually on March 8, International Women.s Day recognises the achievements of women across the world and reflects on the issues that affect women today.
.McAvoy Media is honoured to have produced for David Jones such a prestigious series to mark International Women.s Day", John McAvoy said. .
"The calibre of the women comprising the panels truly reflects the importance of the subjects discussed. .Having this production available online for all people to view,...
- 3/7/2016
- by Staff Writer
- IF.com.au
Triple-threat Kacie Anning has embraced episodic multi-platform drama at a time when it is proving to be at a tipping point..
Anning and her fellow Aftrs graduate/creative collaborator Courtney Wise are part of a new generation of filmmakers exploring storytelling that is created for and consumed online.
Kacie Anning and Courtney Wise graduated from Aftrs in 2011 and 2007 respectively and since then have both found work in the industry..
Anning is the creator of Minister for Men, starring Gretel Killeen for Ideas at the House, a four part webseries created to promote the .All About Women. event held in March at the Sydney Opera House and the six-part web-series Viral Girl for The Festival of Dangerous Ideas..
Wise has also had her share of success. Since graduating with a Masters of Arts in Producing she has been writing, producing and working in script departments on show including Dance Academy, Rush...
Anning and her fellow Aftrs graduate/creative collaborator Courtney Wise are part of a new generation of filmmakers exploring storytelling that is created for and consumed online.
Kacie Anning and Courtney Wise graduated from Aftrs in 2011 and 2007 respectively and since then have both found work in the industry..
Anning is the creator of Minister for Men, starring Gretel Killeen for Ideas at the House, a four part webseries created to promote the .All About Women. event held in March at the Sydney Opera House and the six-part web-series Viral Girl for The Festival of Dangerous Ideas..
Wise has also had her share of success. Since graduating with a Masters of Arts in Producing she has been writing, producing and working in script departments on show including Dance Academy, Rush...
- 12/8/2015
- by Inside Film Correspondent
- IF.com.au
Gretel Killeen and Matt Okine will host How Not to Behave, a 15 part comedy- entertainment series produced by Screentime for ABC TV.
Based on the Swedish format So Not Ok, each episode will test social boundaries, providing a .how-to. guide and offering solutions to society.s shortcomings.
ABC head of content and creative development Adrian Swift announced at Mip TV that he'd acquired the format rights, provisionally re-titled You Can.t Do That In Public.
Head of ABC Entertainment Jon Casimir likens the show, which premieres at 8 pm on Wednesday July 15, to .Seinfeld meets Attenborough..
Casimir said, .It.s part comedy, part social anthropology. We.re really excited to have the formidably funny pairing of Gretel Killeen and Matt Okine as our tour guides, cutting a path through the jungle of etiquette..
The show will ask questions such as: In which parts of a change room is it okay to walk around naked?...
Based on the Swedish format So Not Ok, each episode will test social boundaries, providing a .how-to. guide and offering solutions to society.s shortcomings.
ABC head of content and creative development Adrian Swift announced at Mip TV that he'd acquired the format rights, provisionally re-titled You Can.t Do That In Public.
Head of ABC Entertainment Jon Casimir likens the show, which premieres at 8 pm on Wednesday July 15, to .Seinfeld meets Attenborough..
Casimir said, .It.s part comedy, part social anthropology. We.re really excited to have the formidably funny pairing of Gretel Killeen and Matt Okine as our tour guides, cutting a path through the jungle of etiquette..
The show will ask questions such as: In which parts of a change room is it okay to walk around naked?...
- 6/4/2015
- by Staff writer
- IF.com.au
Gretel Killeen, Media Watch.s Jonathan Holmes, 2Ue.s John Stanley and Australian Press Council chairman Julian Disney will take part in community forums next month which will review and debate the radio and TV broadcasting codes.
Organised by the Australian Media and Communications Authority, the six sessions will delve into such issues as privacy, decency, accuracy, balance and fairness, complaints handling and classification and the time-shifting audience.
.Are the formal broadcasting codes that shape the boundaries of media keeping up with rapid changes in technology, social trends and demography, and community expectations?. said Acma chairman Chris Chapman on its Engage website (http://engage.acma.gov.au/). .We want to hear your views, so next month we.re holding a series of public forums called Citizen Conversations to explore this question..
.It.s broadly accepted that the internet and the fast-moving social media are challenging traditional broadcasting advertising models and programs,...
Organised by the Australian Media and Communications Authority, the six sessions will delve into such issues as privacy, decency, accuracy, balance and fairness, complaints handling and classification and the time-shifting audience.
.Are the formal broadcasting codes that shape the boundaries of media keeping up with rapid changes in technology, social trends and demography, and community expectations?. said Acma chairman Chris Chapman on its Engage website (http://engage.acma.gov.au/). .We want to hear your views, so next month we.re holding a series of public forums called Citizen Conversations to explore this question..
.It.s broadly accepted that the internet and the fast-moving social media are challenging traditional broadcasting advertising models and programs,...
- 5/29/2013
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
Logie Award organisers have decided not to ban Twitter at this year's event. Guests at the annual Australian television awards ceremony will be free to use the social networking site during the event. However, according to the Herald Sun, they will be asked to switch off their phones as a "courtesy". In 2009, The Chaser's Dominic Knight used Twitter to slam Gretel Killeen's on-stage performance. Comedian Wil Anderson also came under fire the same year after describing Killeen's presenting stint as "hell". Journalist Catherine Deveny was fired after writing inappropriate tweets about 11-year-old conservationist Bindi Irwin at the 2010 Logie (more)...
- 4/6/2012
- by By Rebecca Davies
- Digital Spy
Lindsay
McLennan
A new series of live talks backed by veteran Nine and Seven journalist Patrick Lindsay is looking for a sponsor.
The format, which targets 40-somethings, is based on five 20-minute speaker sessions with novelists, broadcasters and journalists that will run as a national series.
Called Topic Talks, the project is the brainchild of Lindsay and Colin McLennan, entertainment entrepreneur and father of News Corp Evp Hamish McLennan.
The duo are planning to hold 100 events across the country within the format’s first year.
“We are out to ‘own’ the intelligent, live presentations of topics and issues affecting us all,” McLennan told Mumbrella. “We believe that many people feel they are slipping off the pace as technology races away from them. We want to provide a forum where they can reconnect to fascinating people with intriguing ideas and have fun as they do it.”
The first series of events...
McLennan
A new series of live talks backed by veteran Nine and Seven journalist Patrick Lindsay is looking for a sponsor.
The format, which targets 40-somethings, is based on five 20-minute speaker sessions with novelists, broadcasters and journalists that will run as a national series.
Called Topic Talks, the project is the brainchild of Lindsay and Colin McLennan, entertainment entrepreneur and father of News Corp Evp Hamish McLennan.
The duo are planning to hold 100 events across the country within the format’s first year.
“We are out to ‘own’ the intelligent, live presentations of topics and issues affecting us all,” McLennan told Mumbrella. “We believe that many people feel they are slipping off the pace as technology races away from them. We want to provide a forum where they can reconnect to fascinating people with intriguing ideas and have fun as they do it.”
The first series of events...
- 3/23/2012
- by Robin Hicks
- Encore Magazine
Organisers of this year's Aria Awards have denied that Twitter is banned from the event. Celebrities attending the Australian music awards ceremony were believed to have been told to refrain from posting on the microblogging website during the event, but Aria bosses have insisted quite the opposite. Organisers told the Herald Sun that not only would guests be allowed to use social media during the show, but that they hoped the networking would help create a public buzz around the ARIAs. Earlier this year, guests at the Logie Awards were banned from using Twitter after various controversies in the past. The Chaser's Dominic Knight and comedian Wil Anderson used the website to slam 2009 host Gretel Killeen's (more)...
- 11/24/2011
- by By Rebecca Davies
- Digital Spy
Sonia Kruger has been confirmed as the host of a revamped Australian version of Big Brother, according to reports. The television personality, who currently presents Dancing with the Stars alongside Daniel MacPherson, is believed to have defected from the Seven Network to the rival Nine Network in order to front the revamped version of the fly-on-the-wall reality show when it returns next year. According to the Herald Sun, Kruger beat off competition from comedy duo Hamish Blake and Andy Lee, who recently returned to the country following a stint working in the Us. The Australian version of Big Brother was hosted by Gretel Killeen from 2001 until 2007, but radio partners Kyle (more)...
- 11/16/2011
- by By Rebecca Davies
- Digital Spy
Australian celebrities have been banned from using Twitter during this year's Logie Awards. The organisers of the TV awards ceremony recently sent out invitations to stars informing them that "mobiles will not be permitted" at the event. In the past two years, guests at the show have hit headlines for their controversial tweets during the broadcast. The Chaser's Dominic Knight used the microblogging site to slam Gretel Killeen's on-stage performance in 2009. Comedian Wil Anderson also wrote: "Gretel doing a sketch in heaven... And yet we are in hell." In 2010, journalist Catherine Deveny was fired (more)...
- 4/12/2011
- by By Rebecca Davies
- Digital Spy
Gretel Killeen will make a return to Australian television next week, reports The Daily Telegraph. The former host of Australia's Big Brother will fill in for The Morning Show’s Kylie Gillies in a move industry insiders are claiming is an "unofficial audition" for Channel Seven. In 2007, Killeen was axed as host of Big Brother and replaced by controversial radio identities Kyle Sandilands and Jackie O. Meanwhile in May, Killeen hosted the (more)...
- 9/10/2009
- by By Darren Rowe
- Digital Spy
SYDNEY -- A contestant on Australia's version of Big Brother threw the Ten network's nationally televised live show into disarray Sunday night by staging a mute political protest upon his eviction. German-born Merlin Luck arrived onstage with his mouth taped shut while holding a placard that read "Free Th (sic) Refugees." "This segment is five minutes long; are you going to speak at all?," host Gretel Killeen asked. Luck refused to respond. The show cut to more coverage of housemates followed by a commercial break.
- 6/15/2004
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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