Paul Morley

Paul Robert Morley (born 26 March 1957) is an English music journalist. He wrote for the New Musical Express from 1977 to 1983 and has since written for a wide range of publications. He has also been a band manager and promoter as well as a television presenter.

Early life

Morley was born in Farnham, Surrey, and moved with his family to Eccles, Lancashire, before starting school. He was educated at Stockport Grammar School, at the time a direct grant grammar school, and the Royal Academy of Music.

Career

Morley wrote for three Manchester area magazines in the late 1970s, Penetration, Out There and Girl Trouble. He then went on to write for NME, where he and colleagues such as Ian Penman developed an innovative style of music criticism that drew on critical theory and other non-musical sources.

For a period of time, Morley produced and managed Manchester punk band the Drones. However, he first came to wider attention with a brief appearance in the video for ABC's "The Look of Love" (in which he mimes the words "what's that?" in a call-and-response routine with singer Martin Fry), but he achieved notoriety as co-founder, with Trevor Horn, of ZTT Records and electronic group Art of Noise.

Close up (disambiguation)

A close-up is tightly framed image of a person or an object.

Close-Up or Close Up may refer to:

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CloseUp1

CloseUp1: Tomakei Kujchche Bangladesh is a Bangladeshi reality television programme similar to American Idol and the rest of the Idol series.

Closeup1 2006: Finale Closeup1 created a sensation when about 40,000 young hopeful singers nationwide applied to take part in the seven months of grueling competition. The final performance round of the show began with our National Anthem on December 16, our Victory Day, the fitting theme was patriotic songs. Nolok kicked off with a rendition of 'Mago bhabna kano' composed by Hemanta Mukhopadhyay. The performance was soulful, and had the zest the songs calls for. Nolok proved it again that versatility is his strength. Predominantly a folk singer, he can render anything dished out to him and that too with precision.

By winning the first ever 'Bangladeshi Idol', Nolok Babu has got a 'made' career in music - a music contract worth Taka 1,000,000. Other rewards include a brand new car by Brac Bank. Nolok Babu, age 20, started singing in public after his father walked out when he was nine.

Seven Sharp

Seven Sharp is a half hour long New Zealand current affairs programme produced by Television New Zealand. The programme was created after the discontinuation of Close Up. It is broadcast live from the TVNZ studio it shares with One News in Auckland, at 7 pm (straight after One News) every weekday on TV One. Seven Sharp typically presents 3 stories within a 30-minute timeslot every weeknight, and is designed to be more integrated with social media and real time opinions than its predecessor.

Seven Sharp competed mostly with and consistently drew more viewers than TV3 current affairs show Campbell Live until its cancellation in May 2015. It currently shares its time slot with TV2 drama Shortland Street, TV3 reality show Come Dine with Me New Zealand, Four animated sitcom The Simpsons, and Prime sports program The Crowd Goes Wild.

The show is presented by ex-Breakfast presenter Toni Street and radio presenter Mike Hosking. Fill-in presenters have included Stacey Morrison, Heather du Plessis-Allan, Te Radar, Clarke Gayford, Tamati Coffey, Matt Gibb, Chris Cairns, Brendon Pongia and Rose Matafeo. On one occasion, American actor Rob Schneider appeared as co-host. While Street was on maternity leave in mid-2015, her position was filled by Fair Go presenter Pippa Wetzell Mondays–Thursdays and Nadine Chalmers-Ross on Fridays.