Roger Smith was born in Johannesburg, South Africa, and now lives in Cape Town. Before turning to a life of crime, he was a screenwriter, producer and director. His debut thriller, Mixed Blood, was published in the U.S. and Germany in 2009. It won the Deutschen Krimi Preis 2010 in Germany and has been nominated […]
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Lewis Pugh is a very busy man. He has recently added “author” to his impressive list of achievements, with Achieving the Impossible having just been released. Exclus1ves’ Julie Wood caught up with him during his whirlwind book tour, and found out a little more about this interesting man. EB: Could you tell me a little […]
Brendan Jack, “TV & film writer, producer, performer, voice-over artist, director, nichmarketer, podcast host, courier to the stars, and occasional human,” recently spoke to local author Lauren Beukes, and has kindly shared the podcast with us. Listen to the podcast HERE. Lauren Beukes is a writer, TV scriptwriter and recovering journalist (although she occasionally falls […]
Dante Di Loreto is executive producer on Glee, one of the most successful TV shows of recent years. In its very first season, it won lorry-loads of awards, including the 2010 Golden Globe Award for Best Television Series—Musical or Comedy, a People’s Choice Award for Favourite New TV Comedy in 2010, and a Peabody Award. […]
Chris Colfer has made an enormous impact as Kurt in Glee. Kurt is a boy whose superior and flamboyant exterior conceals a delicate, wounded soul. Frequently bullied by the football team, he is an immensely entertaining, wonderfully theatrical member of the Glee Club at McKinley High School. Kurt throws himself into everything with all the […]
Amber Riley plays Mercedes, the marvellously charismatic and dynamic diva-in-training of the Glee Club who refuses to sing as a supporting artist. As far as she’s concerned, it’s centre-stage or nowhere! The actress, who was honoured to sing for President Obama on the cast’s visit to the White house, an occasion she describes as “the […]
Matthew Morrison takes the role of Mr Will Schuester in Glee, the first season of which is now being released on DVD by Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment. Mr Schuester is the optimistic teacher who takes on the Herculean task of restoring McKinley High School’s Glee Club to its former glory. At first, he is […]
Jenna Ushkowitz has garnered a global following by playing the role of Tina in Glee. Tina is a complex character. She suffers from the same lack of self-confidence as other members of the group of social outcasts who form the Glee Club at McKinley High School. In order to win sympathy, Tina pretended to have […]
In Glee, Kevin McHale plays the widely loved character of Artie. He is the wheelchair-bound singer and musician who in season one embarks on a tentative relationship with his Glee Club colleague Tina (Jenna Ushkowitz). 22-year-old Kevin, who has also starred in True Blood, The Office, Zoey 101 and All That, starts by explaining the […]
Exclusives’ Julie Wood recently conducted an email interview with South African author Paula de Carvalho, to find out a little more about her and her book, Playing with Fire. The interview went as follows: EB: You had your first book, Playing with Fire, published in 2009, so are still relatively new to the writing scene. […]
