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Temposhark win music video award with Blame

London band Temposhark  have won the final for the SXSW 2008 Click Festival music video category 'Sound Checks' for their video for single Blame.  As a result the video will be screened at the 2009 SXSW Film Festival! 

The video was directed and produced by world-renowned Japanese animator Motomichi Nakamura, who has also worked with the likes of uber-cool Swedish band The Knife.  The video was also screened at the Edinburgh Film Festival last month, and will be screened at the VI Mus Festival in Portugal in September.  The song itself topped the Top 40 Pop Award for International Songwriters nominated by none other than Nelly Furtado and Robert Smith from The Cure.  Congratulations to Temposhark and Motomichi! 

Click here to view the winning video as well as the other festival winners.  Temposhark's sites are here and here. 

Are you a Freaky Eater?

The BBC3 hit show Freaky Eaters is now looking for people with unusual eating habits who really want to change the way they eat.  The show provide a professional nutritionist and psychologist to help our individuals over come their food phobias and adapt a more varied diet.  Do you have an unusual eating problem which controls your life?  Do you find many foods difficult to eat?  Do your friends and family think your eating habits are weird?  Are you at the end of your tether and desperate to sort out your diet?  Might as well face it: you're addicted to spuds. 

If you or anyone you know would be interested in hearing more please get in touch on 020 7907 0899 or email them freaky.eaters@betty.co.uk

Participants wanted for DNA Stories...

Do you have unanswered questions that could be solved by a DNA test?   

Do you think you’ve found a long-lost relative but need proof? 

Are you seeking the truth about a family secret? 

Then we want to hear from you! 

TV favourite Lorraine Kelly will soon return to our screens to present a second series of DNA Stories on Sky Real Lives.  The producers of this unique series are now looking for participants from your area.  Made by SMG Productions, DNA Stories sets out to help people find answers to unresolved family issues.  With the help of a free DNA test we can confirm the identity of a relative, or reunite you with a long-lost sibling.  Participants are filmed in the comfort of their own home, where the test will be carried out by one of the leading companies in the country.  Joined by their family, they then meet presenter, Lorraine Kelly, on a private set, where the potentially life-changing results are revealed.  Lorraine said: “DNA testing is an intriguing subject and I’m very excited about filming another series of DNA Stories.  I have no doubt the second series will be as successful as the first.” 

The series producer Cameron Miller added: “This show helps solve people’s DNA dilemmas in a non-sensational way, without judgement or conflict, and is different from anything else on television.  I’d like to encourage anyone with an unresolved issue that could be solved by DNA testing to get in touch.  This programme might give you the answers you are looking for.” 

If you are interested in appearing on the programme, DNA Stories want to hear from you!  Those who call will be under no obligation to take part, and all information is completely confidential.  Please contact the production team on 0871 827 5020 or email dnastories@stv.tv

BBC Three Relaunch

So BBC3s grand relaunch is taking place in case you have missed the hype. Guaranteed press by using the good old child of someone famous formula which seems to work in the showbiz pages of the tabloids. Ray Winstone and Keith Allen must be so proud that their kids have managed to use their names to hitch a free ride to stardom, but will BBC3 viewers be appreciative? All the schedules is lacking is a Peaches and Trixie life coaching show and Kelly Osborne as a judge on How to be a Celebrity Offspring- a talent show for the chance to be adopted by a celebrity and thus let your showbiz career blossom. Current celebrity brats can apply if they feel their family name is not getting them far enough.

With a new lurid pink logo, BBC3 firmly states its intention to be the new Queen of Trash TV and gimmicks. It is all a desperate late strategy to get the heat readers watching- but with concepts people are already getting bored with. Lilly Allen and facebook have both had there day- both exemplifying perfectly the transition of community spirit to corporation greed. With million of license fees going to publicise, these already over publicised individuals, can we still rely on the Beebe to pioneer innovative and creative public service broadcasting, when this is all they have to offer us in a much anticipated relaunch.

City of Vice DVD released 18th February

For those of you not aware of this televisual gem, City of Vice is currently being screened on Channel 4 (Mondays, 9pm) and is set in London in the 1750s. A city of vice and crime. Henry and John Fielding (played by Ian McDiarmid and Iain Glen respectively) are given the task of cleaning up the streets of the city by Westminster magistrates and set about solving all manner of queer and quirky crimes. They and their Bow Street Runners were the forerunners of today's police force.

Each episode is self contained and focuses on the lives of prostitutes, pimps, gamblers and villains in Covent Garden, which was the centre of London's vice trade. An early episode saw former Eastenders hunk Nigel Harman play a cross-dressing gay man who fatally falls in love with one of Fielding's Bow Street Runners. Other guest stars include: Geraldine James, Juliet Aubrey and Francis Magee.

Contender are releasing the DVD of the series shortly after the last episode screens on Channel 4 on 18th February. The two disc DVD set features the five episodes along with a featurette on the Making of City of Vice. RRP is £24.99/Certificate: 15