Digital Spy...loved that they used a pic of Will :wub:

 

Sir Tom, Young, Diddy join Diana gig

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Sir Tom Jones, P Diddy and Will Young have joined the Concert for Diana memorial gig. Nelly Furtado and Roger Hodgson, from Supertramp, have also signed up for the festival at Wembley Stadium on July 1.Among those already lined-up are Sir Elton John, Take That, Lily Allen and Joss Stone. Princess Diana's sons, Princes William and Prince Harry, are organising the event for the 10th anniversary of her death. The date would have been the Princess's 46th birthday and Prince William said the concert would have been "the best birthday present she ever had".

 

Digital Spy...loved that they used a pic of Will :wub:

 

Me too.

 

This is a hat trick for Will. :yahoo:

 

Thanks BYM&Ms. An oldy but goody - Y&I shoot. :heart: I notice WENN haven't put any up of Will - I wonder why :lol:

Edited May 11, 200718 yr by munchkin

Little pic :D

 

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Graham Norton, Will Young, and Jack Osbourne BBC are just some well-known names that the BBC has rounded up to star in its new wildlife show, Saving Planet Earth, which is part of a fundraising project to support wildlife conversation.

 

The series launches in the summer and will show a string of UK stars looking into the work of global conversation charities. The celebrities, who include Nick Knowles, Edith Bowman, Sir David Attenborough and Alan Titchmarsh, will then call on the UK community to donate to the BBC Wildlife Fund. The money raised will go towards funding conservation projects in the UK and globally.

 

 

David Attenborough will host the first show that will explore the effects of humans on the planet.

Another lovely find BYM+M's.

 

You are good to us. :cheer:

More info posted by Bumbling on Devoted.

 

June 17th - BBC1: Sir David Attenborough launches Saving Planet Earth with a one-hour opening episode.

 

Saving Planet Earth continues on:

 

June 18th BBC1

 

June 20th BBC1

 

June 22nd BBC1

 

June 25th BBC1

 

June 27th BBC1

 

June 29th BBC1

 

Saving Planet Earth continues on:

 

July 2nd BBC1

 

July 4th BBC1

 

July 6th BBC1 with LIVE BROADCAST TELETHON FINALE hosted by Sir David Attenborough

 

July 7th BBC1 LIVE EARTH CONCERT

Will Young: Saving Gorillas

 

 

Logging and bush meat poachers are taking their toll on the elusive lowland gorillas of West Africa. The two go hand-in-hand. As loggers raze the once impenetrable jungles, poachers follow in their wake.

 

 

 

Will Young makes an emotional journey into the heart of Africa where he sees two very different sides of gorilla conservation. In Cameroon, he visits a refuge caring for the often traumatised orphaned gorilla victims of the bush meat trade, while in Gabon, he sees for himself the success of preserving the gorillas' jungle habitat.

 

 

 

At the Cameroon Wildlife Aid Foundation (CWAF), surrogate mum Rachel Hogan introduces Will to the traumatised babies rescued after the parents were slaughtered. Just like human children, young gorillas separated from their parents need individual care. Without emotional support they rarely survive the trauma.

 

 

 

Rachel explains: "They're all orphans of the bush meat trade, which means that the hunters have slaughtered the family group. Normally, the infants are too small to be killed for meat so the hunter will take them, try to keep them alive and maybe sell them as pets. But with gorillas, they're so sensitive and emotionally fragile that it's really difficult. Within 24 to 48 hours they often just give up and die."

 

 

 

For Will, a close encounter with a wild gorilla is a remarkable experience. "The most bizarre thing is they look so human," explains Will. "I feel like I want to talk to them. It's quite amazing to see something so similar to us. And to think that they could be gone in my life..."

 

 

 

But, although sanctuaries such as CWAF are vital for the care of gorillas affected by poachers, they are not the answer to gorilla survival.

 

 

 

Will travels to the Mikongo Conservation Centre, in Gabon, where scientists helped by the local Baka pygmies study the gorillas in the wild. Ten per cent of the country has been declared a national park, and the forest around Mikongo is believed to have the greatest concentration of lowland gorillas in the world.

 

 

 

Despite the abundance of gorillas, they are extremely elusive. The scientists track the gorillas everyday and painstakingly piece together the reality of their lives.

 

 

 

Tracking gorillas deep into the forests gives Will an insight into the gorillas' incredible habitat. "It's really amazing if you stop and listen to the sounds of the forest as they sound very similar to a piece of music, because there are so many different elements," says Will.

 

 

 

"It's like building up a music track; you bring in different instruments and it's just the same in the forest. And, if you stop and hear it, you hear the complete finished article."

 

 

 

After a three-day expedition with scientist Gabrielle Sciatelle following signs – including broken twigs and foot prints – Will has a rare encounter with a wild gorilla family. It's a moment, he says, he will always remember.

 

Just know Will is going to be brilliant in this :wub: & we have the Diana Concert sandwiched in between. :yahoo:

 

 

 

 

A snippet from an interview with the director of the Bridget Jones film

 

 

Brilliant comments :wub:

 

 

 

Some of our tracks are brand new recording for the movie. What a fantastic opportunity to look at the range and breadth of current music and ask people to work with us. It is a common view that pop music is not what it was, this album proves otherwise. Will Young has surpassed even is brilliant 'Leave Right Now' with is rendition of 'Your Love is King'. When producer Steve Lipson played me Will's vocal I flipped. Shivery, romantic and sung with a voice of an angel. It was the romantic conclusion to the film that we had been searching for months.

Wow sunday felt really emotional reading that :wub:

 

He sure knows how to impress does our lovely young man.

 

Feeling very loved up today. :heart:

Thanks TT - just been reading this over the road. What a fantastic experience for him. - he loves Africa :dance:

 

A couple of pix: This one is on the Press Office Homepage: http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/images/bank/programmes_tv/factual/saving_planet_earth/70will_young.jpg

 

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When producer Steve Lipson played me Will's vocal I flipped. Shivery, romantic and sung with a voice of an angel. It was the romantic conclusion to the film that we had been searching for months.

 

Thanks BYM&Ms I'm sure I've read that before but it's so good to read it again. :yahoo:

 

I just knew he wouldn't disappear completely - :wub:

Edited May 11, 200718 yr by munchkin

Me too.

 

This is a hat trick for Will. :yahoo:

 

 

:???: Have I missed something, or am I really a complete idiot?

Been out all afternoon, trying to find some new interior doors, :wacko: so have missed all this afternoon's snippets Thanks everyone for posting. I too have read the comments of the Bridget Jones' director - think it wa sometime last year, but as Munchkin says it's great to read them again. :cheer:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/images/bank/programmes_tv/factual/saving_planet_earth/70will_young.jpg

 

There's a slight resemblance to Nicky in this - but without the dark shadows.

Edited May 11, 200718 yr by munchkin

:???: Have I missed something, or am I really a complete idiot?

 

Sorry chrysalis I should have explainred. I meant a hat trick of royal appearances.

 

Jubilee, Princes Trust & Diana Concert.

 

Thanks for the press office pics munchkin. :D

Edited May 11, 200718 yr by truly talented

Thanks for all this news and updates, we get nothing for weeks and then it's overload city. :lol:

I love this little pic http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/images/bank/programmes_tv/factual/saving_planet_earth/70will_young.jpg and I agree munchkin, he does look like Nicky in it. :wub:

 

Sorry chrysalis I should have explainred. I meant a hat trick of royal appearances.

 

Jubilee, Princes Trust & Diana Concert.

 

Thanks for the press office pics munchkin. :D

 

Aw thanks TT - where are my wits - I didn't think of that. :wacko:

 

Have we all watched the video of the arrivals at the Prince gig on the Sun website? you can see and hear Will. :wub:

Posted on D - thanks to Vasil - another piccy.

 

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Have we all watched the video of the arrivals at the Prince gig on the Sun website? you can see and hear Will. :wub:

 

 

Finally found it. It was all very quick though - and all I heard him say was "Thank you" when the paps said "Have a good evening". He may have said more, but I think you'd have needed to be a real fly on the wall to hear. :lol:

Finally found it. It was all very quick though - and all I heard him say was "Thank you" when the paps said "Have a good evening". He may have said more, but I think you'd have needed to be a real fly on the wall to hear. :lol:

 

I've watched it. That's all I can hear too chrysalis . Must be going deaf in my old age. :lol:

 

I've watched it. That's all I can hear too chrysalis . Must be going deaf in my old age. :lol:

 

 

Well I know I am!! :lol: