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WWE Legends’ House’ Season 1, Episode 2 recap: The cart before the horse - 25th April 2014

Big Bother, by Alex Murdoch - 8th July 2006

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Road To A Million

Brian Cox Boards James Bond Game Show ‘007’s Road to a Million’


The British unscripted series for Amazon will see the ‘Succession’ star appear as The Controller.

 

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Brian Cox has his next villainous act after leaving his character Logan Roy behind on Succession — the Emmy-winning actor has boarded Amazon Studios’ unscripted competition series 007’s Road to a Million.

The British game show from 72 Films and MGM Alternative will be done in collaboration with James Bond franchise producers EON Productions and will launch later this year exclusively on Prime Video worldwide.

Cox is set to play “The Controller” on the game show, which will be shot in famous James Bond locations including the Scottish Highlands, Venice and Jamaica. According to Amazon, Cox as a game show emcee will be an “enigmatic character who controls the fate of the contestants,” becoming both “villainous and cultured” as contestants face increasingly difficult journeys and challenges.

" I got to see how ordinary people would cope with being on a James Bond adventure. As they travel the world to some of the most iconic Bond locations, it gets more intense and nail-biting. I enjoyed my role as both villain and tormentor, with license to put the hopeful participants through the mangle,” Cox said of his role in the Amazon reality series.

007’s Road to a Million‘s format will see contestants as part of two-person teams tested on intelligence, endurance and heroism with an eye to winning $1.2 million.

Besides conquering obstacles, contestants must correctly answer questions hidden in the different locations worldwide to advance to the next challenge.

Cox’s film work ranges from X2: X-Men United and several Jason Bourne movies to Churchill and Pixels, and he just appeared in Matt Greene-Delanghe’s film Skelly. Cox has also been cast opposite Edie Falco and Lisa Kudrow in the ensemble comedy The Parenting for New Line and Max.

And Cox is set to return to the stage to play Johann Sebastian Bach in the world premiere of The Score in Bath, U.K..

 

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Brian Cox Joins James Bond Reality Series ‘007’s Road To A Million' - 24th April 2023

Succession star Brian Cox is trading the cutthroat world of business for the mysterious world of espionage and secret agents in the new Prime Video series 007’s Road to a Million.

As confirmed by Amazon, Cox is joining the James Bond-inspired unscripted reality competition show in the role of The Controller. Described as an “enigmatic character who controls the fate of the contestants,” The Controller is a “villainous and cultured” figure who revels “in the increasingly difficult journeys and questions the contestants must overcome.”

The show will see contestants divided into two-person teams as they’re tested on intelligence, endurance, and heroism on their mission to win £1 million ($1.2M). The teams are also faced with questions hidden in different locations around the world that they must answer correctly to move on to the next challenge.

“He has millions of pounds to give away — up to £1M per couple — but he doesn’t make it easy,” the Amazon synopsis reads. “Whilst he lurks in the shadows, he is watching and controlling everything.”

“I got to see how ordinary people would cope with being on a James Bond adventure,” said Cox, who is best known for playing family patriarch Logan Roy in HBO’s hit show Succession.

“As they travel the world to some of the most iconic Bond locations, it gets more intense and nail-biting,” he added. “I enjoyed my role as both villain and tormentor, with license to put the hopeful participants through the mangle.”

The series takes place in various locations across the globe, many synonymous with James Bond, including the Scottish Highlands (Skyfall), Venice (From Russia With Love, Moonraker, and 2006’s Casino Royale), and Jamaica (Live and Let Die).

007’s Road to a Million comes from Amazon Studios, EON Productions, 72 Films, and MGM Alternative. It is scheduled to premiere exclusively on Prime Video globally later this year.

007’s Road to a Million, TBA, Prime Video

 

 

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Nikki Bella Reveals How Scott Hall And Hulk Hogan Felt About 'Total Bellas' - 7th December 2022
(WrestlingINC)

 

Nikki and Brie, the Bella Twins, were inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame during WrestleMania 37 weekend as part of the 2020 class. Despite debuting in an era when women received very little time in WWE to showcase their abilities onscreen, the Bellas were able to stick around long enough to find much success in and out of the ring. "Total Bellas" began in late 2016 as a spinoff to the original "Total Divas" — a show that both Nikki and Brie were on originally; it is a reality series that follows their lives and was around for six seasons, with the last episode airing in 2021.

Appearing on "Busted Open Radio," Nikki revealed how Scott Hall and Hulk Hogan — inducted the same year as part of the NWO — felt about Nikki and Brie's "Total Bellas" show. "Scott Hall was there and was saying all these amazing things," Bella said. "Hulk and all of them ... were talking to us about the reality show, I was like, 'Wait, what?' And they were like, 'Oh, we love us some Total Bellas' ... Brie and I just walked away that day like, 'Is this real?' Like, the most respected people in this industry pulled us aside and said all these amazing things."

Besides having their own reality show, both Nikki and Brie have held the Divas Championship in WWE — with Nikki owning the record for the longest Divas Championship reign in WWE history. Nikki has also headlined the only all-women's premium live event in WWE history, failing to defeat Ronda Rousey for the "Raw" Women's Championship at Evolution 2018.

(WrestlingINC)

 

 

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Reality TV is simply not real, by Greg Tingle


Reality TV is simple not real.

Did anyone seriously think a TV show referred to as "reality TV" would be "real"?

When has TV ever been real, well, other than the odd credible documentary, but the fact remains that television programming has directors, producer's, and a healthy does of editing into the mix.

Reality TV fans (or producers) may not want to believe what you are about to read...

Fake sweat was applied to one of the star's brows, in The Block. Yes, that's right, fake sweat.

Couple's on Temptation Island, were not real couples.

These are just a few examples of this cheap to produce television, television producers called reality TV.

Once in a while reality TV becomes a little too real for producers, and they don't like it.

Big Brother fan's will remember "x" saying her "x" was a criminal.

The Jerry Springer Show, which is a talk show, with lots of audience participation, will remember the case where some guests appeared on his show (Ralf Panitz and his ex-wife, Nancy Campbell-Panitz), and some 12 hours later that appearance sparked emotions, and Nancy Campbell-Panitz was murdered (for real).

All it took for Ralf Panitz to murder his ex-wife, Nancy Campbell-Panitz, on the 24th July 2000, was years of a bad relationship, and a heated discussion on The Jerry Springer Show.

That is not the first case, or the last case of Reality TV running a mock, but it is the most infamous.

The participants in 'There's Something About Miriam" settled out of court with the producers, after being mislead et al.

The public has questioned the reality or this type of television for decades.

Who can remember Quiz Show? It was actually a game show, but some may argue is was the predecessor to reality television.

Then again, reality is what we all choose to believe. For the deep thinkers out there, if something exists, it is in fact real, even if it has been spin doctored all day.

Media Man Australia has became aware of an Australian reality TV show in the making that is as real as you are going to get - H'it'! Ok, were are bias we admit, as we have secured the role of judge, however, the talent has real talent, and the producers, Brett Clements and Peter Dodd's, are in touch with reality! (updated as at April 2004 - no Australian TV networks have picked up the show!)

Not only that, they are youth and technology savvy, and are casting real, fresh, talented, talent. Now there's a novel concept! (Read and listen to the interview with H'it'! creator, Brett Clements)

Folks, reality TV may not be real, but with the public telling producers they want more reality, and less contrived storylines, things are about to get a whole lot more real, in the reality TV space - the real example of reality oxymoron's!

*Media Man Australia director, Greg Tingle, is available for interviews on the subjects of:

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Links

Entrepreneur$ - The Reality Show

USA Teamwork

The Billionaire - Branson's Quest for the Best

The Apprentice - (Donald Trump's Reality TV programme, produced by Mark Burnett)

FOX

NBC

Channel 4 (UK)

Australian Idol

Sir Links Alot: Reality TV

Big Brother official website

Black Swan Theatre Company - Showing a play about the behind the scenes of Big Brother!

TV Tome - Richard Branson

Movie Tome - Cosy Cool

Poynter Online - Greg Tingle

Court TV


Articles

Has Jerry Springer Gone Too Far? Murders, What next?!, by Greg Tingle

TV stations lack of Internet vision, by Greg Tingle

Reality TV - The Top 10 things about Reality TV

The Virgin Files


Interviews

Media Man Australia, Greg Tingle, interviews Brett Clements, H'it Creator & Executive Producer

Media Man Australia interviews James Vernon, CEO, Banana TV

Richard Bradley, Richard Bradley Productions

Gary Young, The Film Factory

Greg Tingle interviewed - RTHK - 19th May 2004

Greg Tingle interviewed - WBAI - 25th February 2004

Greg Tingle interviewed - The Surface - 25th October 2003

Greg Tingle interviewed - ABC Radio 720 - 21st November 2003

Greg Tingle interviewed - Talking Television


Newspaper articles on Reality TV

Viewers' true idol was a renovator's delight - Sydney Morning Herald

 

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