Emily Maitlis

Emily Maitlis (born 6 September 1970) is a British-Canadian journalist, documentary-maker and newsreader for the BBC. She presents BBC Two's news and current affairs programme Newsnight, and also covers elections for the BBC in UK, US and Europe.

In January 2014, she became acting political editor of Newsnight when she temporarily replaced Allegra Stratton, who took maternity leave until later that year, and in 2019 led an all-female line-up
Early life and education
Maitlis was born in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada to British Jewish parents;[2] her paternal grandmother was a Jewish refugee who fled Nazi Germany.[2] She is the daughter of Professor Peter Maitlis FRS, Emeritus Professor of Inorganic Chemistry at the University of Sheffield, and Marion Maitlis, a psychotherapist.[3][1][4]

Maitlis was brought up in Sheffield, Yorkshire, where she was educated at the King Edward VII School. A Cambridge graduate who studied at Queens' College, she speaks fluent Spanish, Italian and French, as well as some Mandarin.[5] As of 2019 she is the only Newsnight presenter not to have attended a private school.[1]

Career
Maitlis initially wanted to work as a director, prompted by her love for drama, but instead went into radio broadcasting.[1] Prior to working in news, she was a documentary maker in Cambodia and China. She worked for the NBC network and was based in Hong Kong.

She spent six years in Hong Kong with TVB News and NBC Asia, initially as a business reporter creating documentaries, and then as a presenter in Hong Kong covering the collapse of the tiger economies in 1997.[6] She also covered the transfer of sovereignty over Hong Kong with Jon Snow for Channel 4.[7] She then moved to Sky News in the UK as a business correspondent, and then to BBC London News when the programme was relaunched in 2001.

During 2005, Maitlis appeared as the question-master on the game show The National Lottery: Come And Have A Go. She was a regular presenter on BBC News during 2006, joining as part of a new line-up in April to present alongside Ben Brown from 7 pm to 10 pm during the week. She also presented BBC Breakfast and from May 2006 until July 2007 presented STORYFix on BBC News, a light-hearted look at the week's news set to up-beat music.

In July 2007, Maitlis was appointed as a contributing editor to The Spectator magazine, an unpaid post. This had been approved by her immediate manager, the head of BBC Television News Peter Horrocks, but the decision was subsequently overturned by his superior, the BBC News director Helen Boaden.[8] She then went on maternity leave and was replaced at the BBC by Joanna Gosling. On her return, she began presenting on Mondays from 2 pm – 5pm alongside Jon Sopel until 2013.

In 2012, Maitlis presented the US 2012 election coverage on BBC One and the BBC News Channel alongside David Dimbleby, when incumbent US President Barack Obama and Mitt Romney were fighting to the presidency for the US. In 2016, she began presenting a news discussion programme called This Week's World on BBC Two, late afternoon on Saturdays.

Maitlis is one of the main presenters of Newsnight on BBC Two, alongside Kirsty Wark. After each show, before bed, she answers emails from viewers and in April 2019 published a book Airhead: The Imperfect Art of Making News, describing how television news is produced.[1][9] She is also a relief shift presenter on the BBC News channel, including the BBC News at Five, and occasionally presents the BBC News at One which is also broadcast on BBC One.

In November 2019, Maitlis interviewed the Duke of York, Prince Andrew about his relationship with American sex offender Jeffrey Epstein who died in August whilst awaiting trial on sex-trafficking charges. The interview was broadcast on the BBC's Newsnight programme on 16 November 2019.[10] As a consequence of the disastrous fallout from this programme, Prince Andrew was obliged by the Queen to resign from Royal duties and from public life.

Personal life
Maitlis is married to investment manager Mark Gwynne whom she met while working in Hong Kong.[11] The couple have two children, Milo and Max.[12][13][14] Maitlis is a keen runner[1] and a WellChild Celebrity Ambassador.[15]

She presented the 2019 World Jewish Relief’s annual dinner at London's Guildhall.[16]

During an interview on The Jonathan Ross Show, Maitlis revealed that she had proposed to her husband while on holiday in Mauritius in 2000.[17]

An interview in The Guardian reads: "the family are Jewish, although Maitlis has said she herself is "not very practising"'.[18]

Stalking
During 2002, it was reported that Maitlis had been stalked for over a decade by a former platonic friend from her time at university, Edward Vines. Vines would appear at her place of work. He admitted harassing Maitlis and was sentenced to four months' imprisonment, but he was released because of the time he had spent on remand, although a restraining order was imposed.[19]

In September 2016, the same man was sentenced to three years' imprisonment for breach of a restraining order in respect of Maitlis.[20] In January 2018, Vines was jailed for 3 years and 9 months for breaching a restraining order forbidding him to contact Maitlis.[21] He admitted two charges of breaching the restraining order by sending two letters to Maitlis and emails and letters to her mother in 2015.[22][23] In September 2019, while a prisoner at HMP Ranby, he pleaded not guilty to breaching an order restraining him from contacting her by writing a letter with the intention it be passed to her.[24] That case led to him being sentenced, in February 2020, to jail for three years.[25]

In a BBC Radio 5 Live interview, Maitlis likened the long-term harassment to having a chronic illness.[26]

Awards
Maitlis won Broadcast Journalist of the Year at the 2017 London Press Club Awards[27] and the Network Presenter of the Year 2019 award at the RTS Television Journalism Awards in 2019.[28]

Publications
Airhead: The Imperfect Art of Making News (23 April 2019), 352 pages, ISBN 978-0241362853.

Daniel Maldini

Daniel Maldini (born 11 October 2001) is an Italian professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Serie A club Milan.
Club career
Maldini made his senior debut with Milan in a 1–1 Serie A draw against Hellas Verona on 2 February 2020, coming in as a late substitute for Samu Castillejo.[1]

Personal life
Maldini was born in Milan to Paolo Maldini and Venezuelan former model Adriana Fossa, and is the grandson of Cesare Maldini. His father Paolo and his grandfather Cesare were also footballers who also played for and captained A.C. Milan, and represented the Italian national team. However, while both his father and grandfather were defenders, Daniel plays as an offensive midfielder or forward. His older brother, Christian, is a footballer who most recently played for Fano. He is of Venezuelan descent through his mother

لويس توملينسون

لويس وليام توملينسون (بالإنجليزية:Louis William Tomlinson) المعروف بـلويس توملينسون (بالإنجليزية:Louis Tomlinson) (مواليد 24 ديسمبر 1991 –) هو مغني، وكاتب أغاني بريطاني، وعضو في الفرقة البريطانية-الأيرلندية العالمية ون دايركشن. وهو لاعب كرة قدم من شبه المحترفين، وانضم توملينسون حاليا لـنادي دونكاستر روفرز في دوري البطولة الإنجليزية لكرة القدم. إتجه نحو إطلاق مسيرة موسيقية مستقلة ومنفصلة عن الفرقة منذ انفصالها في سنة 2016، وذلك بإصداره لأغنية فقط اصمدي مع الدي جي الأمريكي ستيف أوكي في 10 ديسمبر 2016، والتي كتبها في والدته التي توفيت في نفس الشهر من نفس السنة بعد معاناة من سرطان الدم. وصلت الأغنية للمركز الثاني في تصنيف المملكة المتحدة للأغاني المنفردة، والمركز الأول في مخطط أفضل الأغاني علي آي تيونز. في 21 يوليو 2017 أصدر توملينسون أغنية العودة إليك مع المغنية الأمريكية بيبي ريكسا. وفي 1 ديسمبر 2017 أصدر أغنية أفتقدك. وفي 7 مارس 2019 أصدر أغنية كلينا، والتي كتبها عن والدته أيضا.
نشأته

توملينسون في 2014.
ولد توملينسون في دونكاستر، جنوب يوركشير، المملكة المتحدة من والدته "جوهانا بولستون"، ووالده "تروي أوستن" الذي هجره هو ووالدته عندما كان طفلا، وأخذ لويس بعد ذلك اسم زوج والدته "مارك توملينسون". توفيت والدته في 7 ديسمبر 2016 بعد معاناة من اللوكيميا. لديه أربع أخوات من زوج والدته "مارك" وهن: "شارلوت"، و"لوتي"، و"فيليستي"، و"فيزي"، وأختان من والده وهن: "ديزي"، و"فيبي". وأخت من زوجة والده الثانية وهي "جورجيا". أنجب توملينسون في يناير 2016 ابنه "فريدي رين" من صديقته "بريانا يونجفيرث".

Louis Tomlinson

Louis William Tomlinson (/ˈluːi ˈtɒmlɪnsən/;[6] né Austin; 24 December 1991) is an English singer, songwriter and television personality. He rose to fame as a member of the boy band One Direction after beginning his career as an actor, appearing as an extra in ITV drama film If I Had You and the BBC drama Waterloo Road. In 2010, he auditioned as a solo contestant on the British music competition series The X Factor. He was eliminated as a solo performer before he was put into a group with four other contestants, forming One Direction. The band has released five albums, embarked on four world tours, and won nearly 200 awards.

Following the group's hiatus in 2016, "Just Hold On" was released as Tomlinson's debut single as a solo artist in December 2016, it peaked at number two on the UK Singles Chart and was certified gold in both the UK and US. In 2017, Tomlinson released "Back to You" with American singer Bebe Rexha and "Miss You".[7]

In 2018 Tomlinson appeared on the fifteenth series of The X Factor as a judge and a mentor of the "Boys" category. He became the first former contestant of the show to become the winning mentor due to his mentee Dalton Harris winning the show.

In 2019 Tomlinson released "Two of Us", "Kill My Mind", "We Made It" and "Don't Let It Break Your Heart".

In 2020 Tomlinson released "Walls", the title track of his debut solo album. The album Walls was released on 31 January 2020.

In 2013, Tomlinson was signed as a footballer by Doncaster Rovers of the Football League Championship on a non-contract basis. The same year he also formed his own record label, Triple Strings, as an imprint of One Direction's label Syco.[8] He appeared on Debrett's 2017 list of the most influential people in the UK
Early life
Tomlinson was born in Doncaster, South Yorkshire, to Johannah Poulston and Troy Austin,[9][10] who split up when he was a toddler. He is estranged from his father.[11] He later took on his then stepfather Mark Tomlinson's name.[12] He has seven half siblings.[13] His mother died, after a short battle with leukaemia, in December 2016.[14] His half sister, Félicité, died in 2019, as a result of cardiac arrest.[15] Tomlinson was a sixth form student at Hall Cross School and is a former pupil of the Hayfield School.[16] He failed his first year of A levels at the Hayfield School and ended up going back to Hall Cross and starting A levels again.[16] He had a number of jobs, including at a Vue cinema and at Doncaster Rovers football stadium as a waiter in the hospitality suites.[16][17] Tomlinson, along with two of his siblings, had extra roles in Fat Friends.[16] After Fat Friends, he attended an acting school in Barnsley.[16] He had small parts in an ITV drama film If I Had You and BBC's Waterloo Road.[16] At Hall Cross, Tomlinson appeared in several musical productions.[18][19] He admitted to not applying himself academically in school, but he thoroughly enjoyed being with his friends and being involved with musical productions.[20] Taking the lead role of Danny Zuko in the Hall Cross musical production of Grease motivated him to audition for The X Factor.[18][21]

Career
2010: The X Factor
As a student at Hall Cross, Tomlinson appeared in several musical productions.[18][19] Being involved with musical productions at Hall Cross gave him a growing sense of ambition and determination.[22] Taking the lead role of Danny Zuko in the Hall Cross musical production of Grease motivated him to audition for The X Factor.[18][21] Tomlinson later said in a 2017 interview[23] that another motivation for him auditioning for The X Factor was because the band he was in before One Direction, when he was just 14, kicked him out after a new boy came to the school and decided to replace him as their vocalist. "Then I was like, 'I'm going to go on The X Factor now and fuck you all!'" he said. Tomlinson auditioned for The X Factor in 2009 where he failed to progress past the producer's audition, but this minor defeat only gave him the determination to return the following year.
In 2010, Tomlinson auditioned for the seventh series of the singing competition The X Factor.[25] He failed to progress to the "Boys" category at judges' houses but, after a suggestion from guest judge Nicole Scherzinger[25] during the bootcamp stage of the competition[26] at Wembley Arena, London, in July 2010, he was put together with Niall Horan, Zayn Malik, Liam Payne and Harry Styles to form a five-piece boy band, thus qualifying for the "Groups" category. Subsequently, the group got together for two weeks to get to know each other and to practise.[27][28] Styles came up with the name One Direction.[28] For their qualifying song at judges' houses and their first song as a group One Direction sang an acoustic version of "Torn" by Natalie Imbruglia.[29] Simon Cowell later commented that the performance convinced him that the group "were confident, fun, like a gang of friends and kind of fearless as well."[30] Within the first four weeks of the live shows, they were Cowell's last act in the competition. The group quickly gained popularity in the UK.[30] One Direction finished in third place and immediately after the final their song "Forever Young", which would have been released if they had won The X Factor, was leaked onto the internet.[31]

2011–2015: One Direction
Following The X Factor it was confirmed that One Direction had been signed by Cowell to a reported £2 million Syco Records record contract.[32] They immediately started working on their debut album. In February 2011, a book licensed by One Direction, One Direction: Forever Young (Our Official X Factor Story), was released and topped The Sunday Times' Best Seller list. That same month, the boy band and other contestants from the series participated in The X Factor Live Tour. During the tour, the group performed for 500,000 people throughout the UK. After the tour concluded in April 2011, One Direction continued working on their debut album. Recording took place in Stockholm, London and Los Angeles, as One Direction worked with producers Carl Falk, Savan Kotecha, Steve Mac and Rami Yacoub, among others.

In September 2011, One Direction's debut single, "What Makes You Beautiful", was released. A global and commercial success, it reached number one in several countries including the UK.[33] That November, their debut studio album, Up All Night was released in the UK and Ireland.[34] Released internationally in 2012, One Direction became the first UK group to have their debut album reach number one in the USA.[35] Following the album's release, they headlined the Up All Night Tour. Originally, the tour was to solely take place in the UK and Ireland, but shows in Australia and North America were added due to demand.[36] The tour was a commercial success with tickets selling out in minutes and critics raving about the group's singing abilities and stage presence.[37] A video album of the tour, Up All Night: The Live Tour, was released in May 2012. That same month, One Direction's first book to be licensed in America, Dare to Dream: Life as One Direction, was published and topped The New York Times Best Seller list.[38] In September 2012, the band released the song "Live While We're Young", the lead single from their second album. Another single, "Little Things", spawned the band's second number one single in the UK.[39][40] Two months later, One Direction's sophomore album, Take Me Home, was released, reaching number one in over 35 countries. Reaching number one on the Billboard 200, the group became the first boy band in US chart history to record two number-one albums in the same calendar year alongside becoming the first group since 2008 to record two number-one albums in the same year.[41] After the album's release, the band embarked on the Take Me Home Tour. The tour took place in North America, Europe, Oceania, and Asia, grossing $114 million from 123 shows. In August 2013, One Direction: This Is Us, a 3-D documentary concert film was released, accumalting a box office gross of $68.5 million.[42] One Direction's third book, One Direction: Where We Are: Our Band, Our Story: 100% Official, was released that same month.[43]

On 25 November 2013, One Direction released Midnight Memories, their third studio album, which became the best-selling album worldwide in 2013 with 4 million copies sold globally.[44] "Best Song Ever", the album's lead single, is their highest charting single in the US to date.[45] In April 2014, the band began their third headlining concert tour, and their first all-stadium tour, the Where We Are Tour. Tickets were reported to sell out in minutes,[46][47] and more shows were added due to "overwhelming demand".[48] Performing 69 shows in Europe, North America, and South America, the band averaged 49,848 fans per show.[49] Grossing over $290 million, the tour was the highest-grossing tour of 2014, the 15th highest-grossing concert tour of all time and is still the highest-grossing tour of all time by a vocal group.[50] In September 2014, One Direction's fourth book, One Direction: Who We Are: Our Official Autobiography was released. One Direction: Where We Are – The Concert Film, the group's second concert film, was released in October 2014. In November 2014, One Direction's fourth album, Four, was released, making it the last album to feature Zayn Malik. Singles included "Steal My Girl" and "Night Changes", both of which achieved platinum status.[51][52] Debuting at number one in 18 countries, over 3.2 million copies of the album were sold.[53] One Direction became the only group in the 58-year history of the Billboard 200 albums chart to have their first four albums debut at number one.[54] In support of the album, the set off on the On the Road Again Tour, grossing $208 million. In November 2015, One Direction's fifth album, Made in the A.M., was released. Singles "Drag Me Down" and "Perfect" both debuted at number one in various countries, and the album reached number one in multiple countries, including the UK, and it reached number two on the US Billboard 200. Following the release of the album, the group went on an indefinite hiatus.

Often described as forming part of a new "British Invasion" in the United States, the group have sold over 35 million records worldwide, according to the band's management company, Modest! Management.[55] Their achievements include seven BRIT Awards, seven American Music Awards, and four MTV Video Music Awards. According to Nick Gatfield, chairman and chief executive of Sony Music Entertainment UK, One Direction represented a $50 million business empire by June 2012. They were proclaimed 2012's "Top New Artist" by Billboard.[56] Tomlinson, along with his other band members, appeared in an episode of iCarly in spring 2012.

2016–present: Solo projects and Walls
Tomlinson again appeared on The X Factor in 2015, serving as a guest judge alongside Simon Cowell.[57] Tomlinson also indicated he would be interested in becoming a permanent X Factor judge during the group's hiatus if he was asked.[58] In 2015, Tomlinson created his own record label, Triple Strings Ltd, as an imprint of his current label Syco.[59] It was reported he was working with Simon Cowell to create a girl band and held auditions in 2015.[60] One Direction went on a planned hiatus starting in March 2016 to pursue individual projects following the release of their fifth album, Made in the A.M..[61] Tomlinson released "Just Hold On", a collaborative effort with American DJ Steve Aoki on 10 December 2016.[62] Tomlinson and Aoki performed the song live for the first time on The X Factor season finale on the day of its release. Tomlinson dedicated the song and performance to his late mother.[63] The single debuted and peaked at number 2 on the UK Singles Chart and reached number one on the Billboard Dance/Electronic Digital Song Sales chart.[64][65]

In July 2017, Tomlinson released the single "Back to You" featuring Bebe Rexha and Digital Farm Animals, preceding his debut studio album via his own record label, Triple String. The song peaked at number 8 on the UK Singles Chart and number 40 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.[66][67][68] Later, it was announced that Tomlinson had signed a record deal with Epic Records.[69] In October 2017 Tomlinson released a promotional single "Just Like You" which peaked at 99 on UK Official Charts. Following that he released his second solo single "Miss You" in December 2017 which peaked at 39 on the UK Charts.

On 17 July 2018, it was announced that he would judge alongside Simon Cowell, Robbie Williams, and Ayda Field on the fifteenth series of The X Factor.[70] Tomlinson mentored the "Boys" category, and chose Dalton Harris, Armstrong Martins, Brendan Murray, and Anthony Russell to go through to the live shows. Tomlinson subsequently became the show's first former contestant to secure a victory as the winning mentor during the final when Harris won the show. In February 2019, it was announced that Tomlinson had signed with newly-relaunched Arista Records;[71] his first release under the label, "Two of Us", was released on 7 March 2019.[72] In August 2019, he announced that his debut solo album will be released in early 2020.[73] Tomlinson released a single, "Kill My Mind", on 5 September 2019.[74] On 23 October 2019, he released another single, "We Made It".[75] That same day, he also announced that he would be embarking on the Louis Tomlinson World Tour, spanning over five months and visiting 20 different countries.[76] Furthermore, he announced that his debut album is titled Walls and was released on 31 January 2020.[77] On 23 November 2019, Tomlinson released "Don't Let It Break Your Heart", the fourth single from his debut album. On 17 January 2020, Tomlinson released "Walls", the fifth and the final single from his debut album. On 31 January 2020, Tomlinson's debut solo album Walls was released.

Artistry
Tomlinson contributed more in songwriting to One Direction than any other band member with songwriting credits on the majority of the later 3 albums, Midnight Memories, Four, and Made in the A.M., and on a total of 38 songs across the band's discography,[78][79] including six hit singles and two songs, "No Control"[80] and "Home",[81] that became the subjects of fan-created promotional projects.

Tomlinson's early influences and favourite artists include Robbie Williams, The Fray, and Ed Sheeran.[82] In an interview with Now magazine, he said: "I've always loved Robbie. He's just so cheeky, he can get away with anything. His performances are unbelievable."[82] He described Sheeran as "phenomenal".[83]

For his solo music, Tomlinson's first five singles have ranged in genre, beginning with EDM and synthpop before shifting towards a rockier sound.[84] In an interview with BBC Music following the release of "Miss You", Tomlinson said lyrically his debut album is inspired by Arctic Monkeys and Oasis. He has also cited an admiration for and inspiration from Sam Fender, Amy Winehouse, Catfish and the Bottlemen, and James. He declared:

My whole mission with this album is to not write these Hollywood-esque songs that talk about some unfathomable crazy love story. I'm so bored of that... Because I'm from up north, I grew up loving the likes of the Arctic Monkeys and Oasis. And the way they tell stories is such an effortless thing. It's real, it's honest and it's to the point, you know? Now, any of the Arctic Monkeys would be devastated to hear me talking like this, but there is a way of incorporating that conversational honesty into pop.[78]

On a review of "Kill My Mind", MTV News wrote "Louis Tomlinson sounds like the Britpop star he was born to be."[85]

Football
Tomlinson, whose previous football experience had been to play and run his own pub team called Three Horseshoes, had agreed to play in a charity game at the Keepmoat Stadium in his home town of Doncaster to raise money for the Bluebell Wood Charity and was offered a deal by professional football club Doncaster Rovers to join the club on non-contract terms after impressing in the game.[86] The deal was brokered for Tomlinson to be a development player and to participate in reserve games, working around his music commitments with One Direction. He was given the squad number 28 for the 2013–14 season. Tomlinson said of the move: "It's unbelievable really. I have been a massive football fan for a long time and growing up in Doncaster, I've been to plenty of games at the Keepmoat. To be part of the club is incredible." Rovers manager Paul Dickov joked, "He's missed pre-season training and he's having a holiday in America, so we'd better get him over here pretty soon."[87]

On 3 September 2013, it was announced that Tomlinson would make his debut for Doncaster's Reserve team in their Central League fixture against the Scunthorpe United reserve team on 18 September. Doncaster announced that despite the fixture being a reserve game they would be setting up a special ticket line for the match.[88] On 8 September, Tomlinson played for Celtic in another charity match for Stiliyan Petrov. During the game Tomlinson was injured following a tackle by Aston Villa and England striker Gabriel Agbonlahor and was substituted straight away. The tackle consequently caused Agbonlahor to receive abuse from One Direction fans on his Twitter account, and brought an apology from the player.[89] As a result of injuries sustained in the match, Tomlinson was then forced to pull out of the Scunthorpe match, relegating himself to the bench, but promising that the match would be rescheduled.[90]

His rescheduled debut for Doncaster's reserve side in the Central League came as a 65th-minute substitute in a 0–0 game against Rotherham United on 26 February 2014, a charity match in aid of Bluebell Wood Children's Hospice attended by a crowd in excess of 4,000.[91] Tomlinson later participated in bandmate Niall Horan's Charity Football Challenge on 26 May 2014, at the King Power Stadium.[92]

On 19 June 2014, Tomlinson and former chairman John Ryan confirmed they had taken over as joint-owners of Doncaster Rovers.[93] It was later announced the takeover had fallen through, though Tomlinson continues to be involved with the club.[94]

Tomlinson returned to Celtic Park on 7 September 2014, to take part in the MAESTRIO Charity Match, having been recruited to play for Rio Ferdinand's All-Stars against Paul McStay's Maestros.[95][96] The match was attended by a crowd of around 25,000 with proceeds benefiting several charities including UNICEF, War Child, the Celtic Foundation and the Rio Ferdinand Foundation.[97]

Philanthropy
Whilst One Direction has put forth group efforts towards charity work, Tomlinson himself has also been involved in charity work outside the band. He, along with band member Payne, co-hosted a charity ball held in honour of Believe in Magic, an organisation that supports terminally ill children.[98] Both Tomlinson and Payne got in a bidding war at the charity ball which resulted in Tomlinson donating £10,000 for Payne's face to be painted. He personally donated £2 million to Believe in Magic, while collectively he and Payne donated over £5 million.[98][99] Fellow band members Niall Horan and Harry Styles could not attend the event, but also donated items to be auctioned off for Believe in Magic.

Tomlinson has been involved with charity work for several years. He has been thoroughly involved with Bluebell Wood Children's Hospice and is one their patrons.[100] Tomlinson tends to get active social media to help boost support and awareness for his charity work. For his 23rd birthday, One Direction fans established a donation drive for Bluebell Wood Children's Hospice and set the bar high for the donation target.[101] Tomlinson also turned to social media along with some of his family members for the charity Niamh's Next Step. This gained the charity several hundred followers on their Twitter account which drew in more awareness to the cause.[102] During One Direction's hiatus, Tomlinson wants to increase his charity work with his newly found free time. He says about the charity work: "Being my age and being able to be in a position where I can help people out and give opportunities to other people is the most exciting thing to me."[58]

In April 2016, Tomlinson was announced to be joining the Soccer Aid 2016 star line-up, an biennial fundraiser for the children's organisation UNICEF. He played for the England squad alongside Robbie Williams, Olly Murs, Paddy McGuinness, Jack Whitehall, Marvin Humes, John Bishop and others on 5 June 2016.[103] Tomlinson played against his bandmate Niall Horan, who appeared for the Rest of the World team.[104]

Personal life
Tomlinson began dating then-student Eleanor Calder in November 2011.[105] They split in March 2015,[106] but reunited in early 2017.[107]

In July 2015, it was reported that Tomlinson was expecting a baby with 23-year-old stylist, Briana Jungwirth.[108] On 4 August 2015, on Good Morning America, the reports were confirmed.[109][110][111] Tomlinson and Jungwirth welcomed a son, Freddie Reign, on 21 January 2016.[112][113][114][115]

On 4 March 2017, an altercation at Los Angeles International Airport involving a paparazzo and aggressive fans waiting for the singer resulted in Tomlinson being detained by airport security and initially being charged with a misdemeanor, posting bail soon after.[116] The matter was reportedly resolved by April 2017 and charges against Tomlinson were dropped,[117] citing the footage of the events captured by another paparazzo that had surfaced soon after.[118] Tomlinson's lawyer Marty Singer said in a statement to Rolling Stone, "The paparazzi provoked and caused the altercation with Louis at the airport this morning. This is not the first or the last time that a paparazzi [sic] has created an altercation with a celebrity.

ريبيل ويلسون

ريبيل ويلسون (بالإنجليزية:Rebel Wilson) هي ممثلة أسترالية بدأت مسيرتها الفنية عام 2002. من أبرز الأعمال التي شاركت فيها "ماذا تتوقع وأنت في انتظار طفل" وفيلم "طبقة الصوت المثالية".

الأعمال
ماذا تتوقع وأنت في انتظار طفل (2012)
طبقة الصوت المثالية (2012)
غريمسبي (2016)
هذا ليس رومانسي (2019)

Rebel Wilson

Rebel Melanie Elizabeth Wilson[note 1] (born Melanie Elizabeth Bownds; 2 March 1980) is an Australian actress, writer, and producer. After graduating from the Australian Theatre for Young People in 2003, she began appearing as Toula on the Special Broadcasting Service (SBS) comedy series Pizza and the sketch comedy series The Wedge. In 2008, Wilson wrote, produced and starred in the musical comedy series Bogan Pride. The following year, she won the Tropfest best actress award for her role in Bargain and made a guest appearance in City Homicide. Shortly after moving to the United States, Wilson was cast as Brynn in the feature film Bridesmaids.

Wilson also appeared in A Few Best Men, What to Expect When You're Expecting and Struck by Lightning, leading Variety to name her one of their "Top Ten Comics to Watch for 2011." She also appeared as Becky in Bachelorette and starred in the musical comedy Pitch Perfect film series as Fat Amy, a role that earned her several award nominations and wins, including the MTV Best Breakthrough Performance Award and a Teen Choice Award for Choice Movie Actress. She has also created and starred in Super Fun Night, a television comedy that aired for one season on ABC. In 2019, Wilson starred in Isn't It Romantic, her first lead role. She went on to play a con artist in The Hustle, a female-centred remake of Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, and Jennyanydots in Cats.
Early life and education
Wilson was born on 2 March 1980[1] in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.[4] Her mother, Sue, is a professional dog handler.[5][6][7] Wilson grew up in the suburbs of Kenthurst, Parramatta and Castle Hill.[8] She attended Tara Anglican School for Girls.[2][9][10] She completed her Higher School Certificate in 1997, including second place in the state in Food Technology.[11]

Wilson has three siblings: sisters Liberty and Annaleise (who uses the name "Annarchi") and a brother, who uses the name "Ryot."[6][7][12][13] Liberty and Ryot appeared on the first season of The Amazing Race Australia in 2011, where they were the first team eliminated.[14] Wilson has stated that her great-aunt was Lillian Bounds, who was married to Walt Disney until his death in 1966.[15] Despite Wilson standing by this belief in court,[16] it continues to be disputed by genealogist Dale Sheldon.[17]

Wilson's first career choice was mathematics. She told The Sydney Morning Herald, "I was very academic at high school and was always good with numbers."[18] She attended the University of New South Wales, graduating in 2009 with Bachelor of Arts (Theatre and Performance Studies) and Bachelor of Laws degrees.[19] A former Rotary International youth ambassador for Australia, she was based in South Africa for one year, where she contracted malaria.[18][20] She has spoken of malaria-induced hallucinations, where she saw herself as an actress who had won an Oscar, convincing her to pursue an acting career.[20]

Career
Early career (2002–2010)
Wilson studied at the Australian Theatre for Young People (ATYP).[21] In 2003 she moved to New York after winning the ATYP International scholarship, which was funded by Nicole Kidman. While she was in New York, Wilson trained with The Second City.[22][23] She appeared with the Sydney Theatre Company and performed at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival.[21] She first came to the public's attention in 2002 with her stage musical The Westie Monologues, which she wrote,[24] starred in and produced in Sydney.[25] Her follow-up stage productions, which she wrote, produced and starred in include Spunks and Confessions of an Exchange Student.[18][26]

In Australia, Wilson is most known for her roles as Toula on the SBS comedy series Pizza and as various characters including Lucy, Fat Mandi and Karla Bangs on the sketch comedy series The Wedge.[20] She played an Australian Idol mad schoolgirl in a series of Telstra advertisements shown during Australian Idol from 2004 to 2005.[27] She also had roles in the feature films Fat Pizza and Ghost Rider.[28]

In 2008, Wilson created, wrote, produced and starred in the musical comedy series Bogan Pride on SBS One and also starred in the improvisational Nine Network series Monster House.[20][28] In 2009 Wilson won the Tropfest Best Actress award for her role in the film Bargain.[29] She has made appearances on the improvisational comedy show Thank God You're Here and the comedy game show Talkin' 'Bout Your Generation.[21][30] She performed stand-up on the television special The Breast Darn Show In Town and guest starred in the Seven Network drama City Homicide and performed improv at the Upright Citizens Brigade in Los Angeles.[31]

Move to Hollywood (2011–present)
After moving to the United States, Wilson signed to talent and literary agents William Morris Endeavor.[32] Wilson's next film role came in the Judd Apatow film, Bridesmaids, in which she played Brynn, the sister of Matt Lucas' character.[32] The role was written especially for her.[33] Wilson then appeared in the CBS sitcom Rules of Engagement and on the Comedy Central series, Workaholics.[34] She co-hosted the 2010 ARIA Music Awards and performed at the inaugural Variety’s Power of Comedy event in Los Angeles with Lucas and Russell Brand.[34] In early 2011, Wilson filmed A Few Best Men at Fox Studios Australia.[35] She also filmed a role in Small Apartments.[36] Wilson was named one of Variety magazine's "Top Ten Comics to Watch for 2011."[20] In 2012, Wilson had a role in the ensemble comedy What to Expect When You're Expecting, as Janice,[36] and co-starred in the indie film Struck By Lightning.[37]

On 19 August 2011, Borys Kit of The Hollywood Reporter reported that Wilson had replaced Casey Wilson in Bachelorette.[38] In 2012, Wilson voiced a character in Ice Age: Continental Drift[38] and played Fat Amy in Pitch Perfect. For the latter role, she received critical acclaim and earned various award nominations, including Best Supporting Actress from the San Diego Film Critics Society and Best Actress in a Comedy from the Broadcast Film Critics Association.[39][40] She won the MTV Movie Award for Best Actor in a Movie and shared the Best Musical Moment award with her Pitch Perfect co-stars. Wilson was also nominated for MTV Movie Award for Best Performance.[41] Wilson later won the Choice Movie Actress: Comedy award for Pitch Perfect at the 2013 Teen Choice Awards.[42] She had also been nominated for Choice Comedian at the 2013 Teen Choice Awards.[43]
In January 2012, Michael Ausiello of TVLine announced that Wilson would be writing and starring in Super Fun Night, a comedy that follows three friends on a quest to have fun every Friday night.[44] The pilot was picked up by CBS and Conan O'Brien became one of the executive producers.[44] The pilot was later turned down by CBS, but the ABC network picked up the project.[45] A series was ordered and the show began broadcasting on 2 October 2013.[46] The series was cancelled after one season.[47] Wilson played Robin Peck in Michael Bay's Pain & Gain (2013).[48][49] She hosted the 2013 MTV Movie Awards on 14 April 2013.[50]

In March 2014, the American satellite television network Dish Network launched a marketing campaign for its Hopper DVR featuring Wilson as the voice of the eponymous computer animated kangaroo.[51] Wilson reprised her role in the sequels Pitch Perfect 2 (2015) and Pitch Perfect 3 (2017).[52] She also made a cameo in the television comedy Pompidou.[33] Wilson joined the voice cast for Kung Fu Panda 3;[53] however, in September 2015, she was replaced with Kate Hudson.[54] Wilson next appeared in the ensemble comedy How to Be Single, released in February 2016.[55] Nigel M. Smith of The Guardian wrote, "Wilson is the standout, nailing every pratfall she's dealt, but How to Be Single doesn't make strong use of her character."[56] Wilson also appeared in the action comedy Grimsby.[57] On 14 February 2016, Wilson presented the nominations for the Best Supporting Actor category at the 69th British Academy Film Awards.[58] Wilson is one of sixty celebrities who make a cameo in Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie.[59]

Wilson appeared as Ursula, the sea witch, in an all-star concert version of The Little Mermaid at the Hollywood Bowl on 3 June, 4 June, and 6 June 2016.[60] She made her West End debut in the musical Guys and Dolls in the role of Miss Adelaide from 28 June to 21 August 2016.[61] She received positive reviews.[62] Wilson played LeFou in a production of Beauty and the Beast: Live in Concert at the Hollywood Bowl on 25–26 May 2018.[63] She also appeared on the cover of Vogue Australia for the first time.[64]

Wilson has thus far starred in two 2019 comedies. The first, Isn't It Romantic, was released in February, and is about a woman (Wilson) who wakes up in a literal romantic comedy, despite the character's hate for the genre; the film is Wilson's first solo lead role.[65] In May, Wilson starred alongside Anne Hathaway in The Hustle, a female-centred remake of the 1988 comedy film Dirty Rotten Scoundrels. Wilson also co-produced the latter film.[62][66] Wilson plays twins Doreen and Dolores Bognor in Australian drama series Les Norton.[67] Towards the end of 2019, Wilson played Fraulein Rahm in Taika Waititi's dark comedy drama Jojo Rabbit,[68] and Jennyanydots in the musical film Cats.[69] Wilson will host the dog styling competition Pooch Perfect for Seven Network. The show will feature professional dog stylists competing over a number of challenges for a $100,000 prize.[70]

Upcoming films
Wilson will appear in a remake of Private Benjamin.[71] She has also been cast in The Social Life alongside Amanda Seyfried,[72] Wilson will produce and star in a feature film adaptation of the Image Comics comic book Crowded.[73]

Media controversy
In May 2015, Australian magazine Woman's Day published a story claiming that Wilson had been misleading about her birth name, age, and upbringing.[74] Wilson had previously said in interviews that she was raised by dog-training "bogan" parents in the ghetto of Sydney, spent a year in Zimbabwe, climbed into a cage with a leopard, got caught in a shoot-out and then struck down by a severe strain of malaria from a mosquito in Mozambique where, from her intensive care bed, she envisioned herself winning an Oscar and rapping her acceptance speech.[75] Her age was also incorrectly given as 29 (when it was actually 35), which she would later admit was something she chose not to correct.[16] Woman's Day called all of this into question and claimed that Wilson had, on the contrary, a "very normal, upper-middle-class upbringing" and "added a touch of 'fantasy' to the life she led before becoming a household name."[74] The story was picked up by several other publications including The Sydney Morning Herald, People magazine,[76] the Chicago Tribune[77] and The Huffington Post.[78] Most notably, Wilson's true birth date was confirmed through business records filed with the ASIC, which were obtained by The Sydney Morning Herald.[79]

On 16 May 2016, Wilson said print and online articles in Woman's Day, the Australian Women's Weekly, NW and OK! magazines made her out to be a serial liar. According to a defamation writ filed in the Supreme Court of Victoria, Wilson said her reputation and credit had suffered and she had been humiliated and embarrassed. She also sued for special damages, claiming she missed out on roles and other ones were terminated because of the articles.[80] Wilson was represented by Matthew Collins QC. On 15 June 2017, a six-person jury ruled in Wilson's favour, finding that publisher Bauer Media Group had indeed wrongly painted the actress as a serial liar, and that publishing the articles was likely to have caused harm to her career.[81]

On 13 September 2017, Wilson was awarded A$4,500,000 in damages. Wilson's lawyer Richard Leder, said "Today's verdict is a significant record—it's about four times the highest previous verdict in a defamation case in Australia." In June 2017, Wilson tweeted "Any dollars I receive will go to charity, scholarships or invested into the Aussie film industry to provide jobs."[82][83]

Bauer Media appealed the amount of the damages.[84] On 14 June 2018, Bauer Media won its appeal and the damages were reduced to $600,000.[85] Wilson announced her intention to appeal the decision,[86] and lodged an appeal with the High Court on 11 July 2018.[87] The High Court refused the application on 16 November 2018.[88]

Personal life
In July 2011, Wilson became a spokesperson for weight loss and nutrition company Jenny Craig in Australia.[89][90] In January 2012, Wilson told The Daily Telegraph that she had lost 10 kilograms (22 lb) since signing up to the program.[91]

Wilson asserted that the producers of Pitch Perfect had refused to let her lose any more weight during filming, as her contract stated she must stay the same size. She said that once her film commitments were over, she would start her diet again to reach her target weight of 80 kilograms (180 lb).[91] In February 2013, she confirmed that she had ended her agreement with Jenny Craig the previous year.[92]

Wilson and her Bridesmaids co-star Matt Lucas lived together in West Hollywood,[93] from September 2012 until 2015.[94]

In July 2015, Wilson stated her support for stricter American gun laws following the 2015 Lafayette shooting, stating, "I don't like getting political but America you really have to follow Australia's example re gun laws. I don't remember a mass shooting in Australia since they overhauled the gun laws. It seems like every week in America there's a shooting. I just want people to be safe, especially people that are doing one of my favorite things in the world—going out to the movies to have fun."[95][96][97]

In 2014, Wilson paid $3.75 million for her Sydney harbourside home. The 1900s freestanding Victorian house underwent $900,000 of renovations. Wilson also settled on a Balmain investment apartment, a conversion of a historic mansion. The New York-inspired terrace home took three years to complete. Wilson paid $1.88 million off the plan in 2015 for the two-bedroom apartment

Pizza Hut

Pizza Hut is an American restaurant chain and international franchise which was founded in 1958 in Wichita, Kansas by Dan and Frank Carney. The company is known for its Italian American cuisine menu, including pizza and pasta, as well as side dishes and desserts. Pizza Hut has 18,431 restaurants worldwide as of December 31, 2018,[4] making it the world's largest pizza chain in terms of locations. It is a subsidiary of Yum! Brands, Inc., one of the world's largest restaurant companies
Pizza Hut was founded in June 1958 by two Wichita State University students, brothers Dan and Frank Carney, as a single location in Wichita, Kansas.[6] Six months later they opened a second outlet and within a year they had six Pizza Hut restaurants. The brothers began franchising in 1959. The iconic Pizza Hut building style was designed in 1963 by Chicago architect George Lindstrom[7] and was implemented in 1969.[8] PepsiCo acquired Pizza Hut in November 1977.[9][10] 20 years later, Pizza Hut (alongside Taco Bell and Kentucky Fried Chicken) were spun off by PepsiCo on May 30, 1997, and all three restaurant chains became part of a new company named Tricon Global Restrauants, Inc. The company assumed the name of Yum! Brands on May 22, 2002.[11][12]

Before closing in 2015, the oldest continuously operating Pizza Hut was in Manhattan, Kansas, in a shopping and tavern district known as Aggieville near Kansas State University. The first Pizza Hut restaurant east of the Mississippi River was opened in Athens, Ohio, in 1966 by Lawrence Berberick and Gary Meyers.

Pizza Hut's international presence includes Canada and Mexico in North America, and India (not in the Pizza Hut division, but in the Yum! India division),[13][14][15] Bangladesh,[16][17] Pakistan, Japan, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, the Philippines, Vietnam, Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, Brunei Darussalam, China (now part of Yum! spinoff Yum China), Hong Kong, Taiwan, South Korea, Myanmar, and Macau in Asia. Pizza Hut was one of the first American franchises to open in Iraq.[18] In Europe they are in United Kingdom, Sweden, Norway, Finland, Germany, Spain, Turkey; in Honduras, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Colombia, Nicaragua, Venezuela, Chile, Brazil, Peru and Ecuador,[19] in South and Central America; in Ethiopia, South Africa and Tanzania in Africa; and in Australia, New Zealand in Oceania.

The company announced a rebrand that began on November 19, 2014, in an effort to increase sales, which had dropped in the previous two years. The menu was expanded to introduce various items such as crust flavors and 11 new specialty pizzas. Work uniforms for employees were also refreshed.[20] In 2017, Pizza Hut was listed by UK-based company Richtopia at number 24 in the list of 200 Most Influential Brands in the World.[21][22]

On June 25 and 27, 2019, it was reported that Pizza Hut is bringing back their logo with the "Red Roof", that was used from 1967 until 1999.[23][24]

On August 7, 2019, Pizza Hut announced its intention to close about 500 of its 7,496 dine-in restaurants in the US, by the middle of 2021.[25]

Concept
Pizza Hut is split into several different restaurant formats: the original family-style dine-in locations; storefront delivery and carry-out locations; and hybrid locations that have carry-out, delivery, and dine-in options. Some full-sized Pizza Hut locations have a lunch buffet, with "all-you-can-eat" pizza, salad, desserts, and bread sticks, and a pasta bar. Pizza Hut has other business concepts independent of the store type.

An upscale concept was unveiled in 2004, called Pizza Hut Italian Bistro. At 50 U.S. locations, the Bistro is similar to a traditional Pizza Hut, except that the menu features new, Italian-themed dishes such as penne pasta, chicken pomodoro, and toasted sandwiches.[26] Instead of black, white, and red, Bistro locations feature a burgundy and tan motif.[27] Pizza Hut Bistros still serve the chain's traditional pizzas and sides. In some cases, Pizza Hut has replaced a "Red Roof" location with the new concept. "Pizza Hut Express" and "The Hut" locations are fast food restaurants. They offer a limited menu with many products not seen at a traditional Pizza Hut. These stores are often paired in a colocation with WingStreet, in USA and Canada, or other sibling brands such as KFC or Taco Bell and found on college campuses, food courts, theme parks, bowling alleys, and within stores such as Target.

Vintage "Red Roof" locations, designed by architect Richard D. Burke, can be found in the United States and Canada; several exist in the UK, Australia, and Mexico. In his book Orange Roofs, Golden Arches, Phillip Langdon wrote that the Pizza Hut "Red Roof" architecture "is something of a strange object – considered outside the realm of significant architecture, yet swiftly reflecting shifts in popular taste and unquestionably making an impact on daily life. These buildings rarely show up in architectural journals, yet they have become some of the most numerous and conspicuous in the United States today."[28]

Curbed.com reports, "Despite Pizza Hut's decision to discontinue the form when they made the shift toward delivery, there were still 6,304 traditional units standing as of 2004, each with the shingled roofs and trapezoidal windows signifying equal parts suburban comfort and strip-mall anomie." This building style was common in the late 1960s and early 1970s. The name "Red Roof" is somewhat anachronistic now, since many locations have brown roofs. Dozens of "Red Roofs" have closed or been relocated or rebuilt.[29]

Many "Red Roof" branches have beer if not a full bar, music from a jukebox and sometimes an arcade. In the mid-1980s, the company moved into other successful formats, including delivery or carryout and the fast food "Express" model
China
In China, Pizza Hut (simplified Chinese: 必胜客; traditional Chinese: 必勝客; pinyin: Bìshèng Kè) used an altered business model, offering a fine-dining atmosphere with knives and forks and using an expanded menu catering to Chinese tastes.[31] By 2008, Pizza Hut operated restaurants and delivery locations. That year, the company introduced "Pizza Hut Express", opening locations in Shanghai, Shenzhen, and Hangzhou.[32] The 160 restaurants were in 40 Chinese cities in 2005.[33] As of 2015, Pizza Hut had 1,903 restaurants in China.[34]

Savio S. Chan (陳少宏, Pinyin: Chén Shàohóng) and Michael Zakkour, authors of China's Super Consumers: What 1 Billion Customers Want and How to Sell it to Them, stated middle-class Chinese perceive Pizza Hut as "akin to fine dining", though Pizza Hut was "China's largest and most successful foreign casual-dining chain".[35]

Products
In North America, Pizza Hut has notably sold: pan pizza, baked in pan with a crispy edge; stuffed crust pizza, with the outermost edge wrapped around a cylinder of mozzarella cheese; "hand-tossed", more like traditional pizzeria crusts; “Thin 'N Crispy”, a thin, crisp dough which was Pizza Hut's original style; Dippin' Strips pizza, a pizza cut into small strips that can be dipped into a number of sauces; the P’Zone, a calzone with marinara dipping sauce that comes in plain, Supremo, Meaty, and pepperoni, and its largest product, the Bigfoot pizza.

The stuffed-crust pizza was introduced on March 26, 1995. By the end of the year, it had become one of their most popular lines.[36]

Regional differences are seen in the products and bases.[37] The company has localized to Southeast Asia with a baked rice dish called Curry Zazzle.[38][39]

On May 9, 2008, Pizza Hut created "The Natural" pizza, which featured natural ingredients and was sold in Seattle, Denver and Dallas. This was discontinued on October 27, 2009, in the Dallas market.[40]

Pizza Hut developed a pizza for use as space food, which was delivered to the International Space Station in 2001.[41] It was vacuum-sealed and about 6 in (15 cm) in diameter to fit in the station's oven.[41] It was launched on a Soyuz and eaten by Yuri Usachov in orbit.[42]

In recent years, the chain has seen a downturn in profits. In 2015, the franchise stated it would be pumping more capital into its London branches. Pizza Hut is installing cocktail bars in its London branches as part of a £60 million bid to win back "the Nando's generation".[43]

In January 2019, Pizza Hut announced it had expanded beer delivery to 300 locations across the U.S., with plans to expand to 1,000 locations by the summer.[44]

In March 2019, Pizza Hut announced the return of the P'Zone after a hiatus of several years.[45]

Advertising
United States
Pizza Hut's first television commercial was produced in 1965 by Bob Walterscheidt for the Harry Crow agency in Wichita, and was entitled "Putt Putt to the Pizza Hut". The ad, which looks just like an old movie, and features a man in a suit and tie, played by Ron Williams (who was then a production manager for Wichita's ABC affiliate KAKE-TV) as he starts ordering take-out and driving his 1965 Mustang JR to Pizza Hut, where he is chased by a variety of townspeople portrayed by neighborhood kids, Walterscheidt and his daughter, and various employees for Harry Crow and KAKE-TV. He picks up his pizza and goes back to his house, where all of his pizza is eaten by the townspeople before he can take a bite, which makes the man upset as he calls Pizza Hut again. The ad first aired on November 19, 1966, during halftime of the Notre Dame vs. Michigan State "Game of the Century", and dramatically increased sales for the franchise. "Putt Putt to the Pizza Hut" ran on TV for eight years and was nominated for a Clio Award.[46][47]

Until early 2007, Pizza Hut's main advertising slogan was "Gather 'round the good stuff", and was "Now You're Eating!" from 2008 to 2009.[citation needed] From 2009 to 2012, the advertising slogan was "Your Favorites. Your Pizza Hut"[citation needed] From 2012 to 2016, the advertising slogan was "Make it great", a variation of the 1980s–1995 slogan "Makin' it great!".[citation needed] From 1995 to 1999, the slogan was "You'll love the stuff we're made of".[citation needed] The advertising slogan is currently "No one outpizzas the hut".[citation needed]

Pizza Hut does not have an official international mascot, but at one time, commercials in the U.S. were called "The Pizza Head Show". These commercials ran from 1991 to 1999 and were based on the Mr. Bill sketches from Saturday Night Live during the late-1970s. The ads featured a slice of pizza with a face made out of toppings called "Pizza Head". In the 1970s, Pizza Hut used the signature red roof with a jolly man named "Pizza Hut Pete". Pete was on the bags, cups, balloons, and hand puppets for the kids. In Australia during the mid to late 1990s, the advertising mascot was a delivery boy named Dougie, with boyish good looks, who upon delivering pizza to his father, would hear the catchphrase "Here's a tip: be good to your mother". Adding to the impact of these advertisements, the role of Dougie was played by famous Australian soap opera and police drama actor Diarmid Heidenreich.[citation needed]

Pizza Hut sponsored the film Back to the Future Part II (1989) and offered a free pair of futuristic sunglasses, known as "Solar Shades", with the purchase of Pizza Hut pizza. Pizza Hut also engaged in product placement within the film, having a futuristic version of their logo with their trademarked red hut printed on the side of a mylar dehydrated pizza wrapper in the McFly family dinner scene, and appear on a storefront in Hill Valley in the year 2015.[48]

The 1990 NES game, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Arcade Game, came with a coupon for a free pizza. The game included Pizza Hut product placement in the form of background advertisements and pizza that would refill the character's life.

In 1995, 21 years before becoming President of the United States, Donald Trump and his ex-wife Ivana Trump appeared in a commercial. The last scene of the commercial showed Ivana asking for the last slice, to which Donald replied, "Actually dear, you're only entitled to half", a play on the couple's recent divorce.[49]

In 1995, Ringo Starr appeared in a Pizza Hut commercial which also featured The Monkees. A commercial with Rush Limbaugh dates from the same year, in which he boasts "nobody is more right than me," yet he states for the first time he will do something wrong, which was to participate in Pizza Hut's then "eating pizza crust first" campaign regarding their stuffed-crust pizzas.[citation needed]

In 1999, the announcer says, "The best pizzas under one roof" in the Big New Yorker pizza commercial seen on the PlayStation Pizza Hut Demo Disc 1. Also, in 1999, the game Crazy Taxi for Sega Dreamcast featured Pizza Hut as one of the locations to which players were able to drive and drop off customers. However, in the game's 2010 re-release for Xbox Live and PlayStation Network, all of the product placement, including the Pizza Hut locations, were removed.[50]

Early 2007 had Pizza Hut move into several more interactive ways of marketing to the consumer. Using mobile-phone SMS technology and their MyHut ordering site, they aired several television commercials (commencing just before the Super Bowl) containing hidden words that viewers could type into their phones to receive coupons. Other innovative efforts included their "MySpace Ted" campaign, which took advantage of the popularity of social networking, and the burgeoning user-submission marketing movement via their Vice President of Pizza contest.[citation needed]

United Kingdom
In 1996, as part of Pizza Hut's global advertising strategy using celebrities, Formula One driver Damon Hill and BBC motorsport commentator Murray Walker advertised the stuffed-crust pizza, which parodies Walker's extravagant style.[51]

Talk show host Jonathan Ross co-starred in an ad with American model Caprice Bourret. They advertised the stuffed-crust pizza, with Jonathan Ross saying "stuffed cwust" due to his rhotacism.[52]

Following England's defeat to Germany on penalties in the semifinals of Euro 96, Gareth Southgate, Stuart Pearce, and Chris Waddle featured in an advertisement, which shows Southgate wearing a paper bag over his head in shame as he was the one who missed the crucial penalty against Germany. Waddle and Pearce, who both missed penalty kicks in Italia 90, are ridiculing him, emphasising the word "miss" at every opportunity. After Southgate finishes his pizza, he takes off his paper bag, heads for the door, and bangs his head against the wall. Pearce responds with, "this time he's hit the post".[53]

Russia
In 1997, former Soviet Union Premier Mikhail Gorbachev and his granddaughter Anastasia Virganskaya starred in a Pizza Hut commercial to raise money for the Perestroyka Archives.[54] The ad "obviously exploited the shock value of having a former world leader appear... [and] played on the fact that Gorbachev was far more popular outside Russia than inside it". It was filmed on a multi-million budget with cinematic quality, including mounting cameras on the Kremlin and shutting down Red Square to get the establishing shots of the square, and dialogue entirely in Russian with English subtitles, to show Pizza Hut as a global brand compared to its American rivals.[55]

In recent years, Pizza Hut has had various celebrity spokespeople, including Jessica Simpson, the Muppets, and Damon Hill and Murray Walker.

Pizza Hut paid for their logo to appear on a Russian Proton rocket in 2000, which launched the Russian Zvezda module.[56]

Sudan
In 2019, Pizza Hut opened two branches in Sudan.

Pasta Hut
On April 1, 2008, Pizza Hut in America sent emails to customers advertising their pasta items. The email (and similar advertising on the company's website) stated: "Pasta so good, we changed our name to Pasta Hut!"[57] The name change was a publicity stunt held on April Fools' Day, extending through the month of April, with the company's Dallas headquarters changing its exterior logo to Pasta Hut.[58] This name change was also used to promote the new Tuscani Pasta line and new Pizza Hut dine-in menu. The first Pasta Hut advertisement shows the original Pizza Hut restaurant being imploded and recreated with a "Pasta Hut" sign.