Maggiemags

Woohoo! Come on the rest of you - where are you???

Order received and replied to Amz Have you checked out the other two sets? We've suspended delivery on them for the time being, but if you're interested in ordering them feel free and we'll sort it out once we're over the bulk of the latest ones. And welcome to the boards Hope you have fun here

Aww! That's so good to hear. Thanks Val

Hello The usual format for posting the accounts is a bit tedious, so we're having a change this month Download the attachment (click on the link below) to see a summary of where we're up to with your money We're just over £2.00 short of the next £500.00, so I'll take a gamble on the fact that someone will pay up this month and send it off to Body and Soul this week. This will mean that you will have contributed the amazing amount of £1,600 to the charity - fantastic Thank you SO much. That's an average of £200.00 per month once expenses have been taken into account - and at the moment, they're running at around 14%. We’ll update the accounts at the end of next month. Snowdrop and Maggiemags xxx Accounts to 30th November. Accounts to 31st December Accounts to 30th January Accounts to 28th February Accounts to 31st March Accounts to 30th April Accounts to 31st May Response from Body and Soul June_2005.doc

Ooo! I like your style! Sounds like heaven Glad everyone's enjoying them - thanks for the feedback

Hurrah! Enjoy!

Yep Thank you

Hehe - sorry - couldn't resist

Nope. Just kidding All received, thanks Em

Sure have BooBoo! Thanks

Yes thanks Emily All received

Oh, that must have been awful! So pleased you've got these now Enjoy!!!

We are indeed All received and understood Thank you - and welcome to the boards

Nope I've received your order(s) and emailed you with confirmation (and a query)

All received Rach

Body and Soul CD Accounts to date With the launch of the Greatest Hits CDs, it’s all got very exciting with some great results to report – thanks to all of you who have ordered (and paid) so far – and particularly for your generous donations. You’re as amazing as the man himself and we should have a great amount together to send off to Body and Soul early next month. Orders for PI CDs since 30th April = 3 Orders for Acoustic CDs since 30th April = 3 Orders for B Sides CDs since 30th April = 3 Orders for Tour CDs since 30th April = 3 Orders for sets of GH CDs since 30th April = 58 Expenses since 30th April = £39.73. CD revenue since 30th April = £205.00 Gift Aid (on revenue minus expenses, ie £165.27) = £46.28 Donations since 30th April = £143.00 Gift Aid = £40.04 Total income since 30th April = £308.27 Total Gift Aid = £86.32 Which, adding on to the accounts up to 30th April, means that we’ve raised total income to date of £1486.26 with Gift Aid of £416.15. We've sent them £1100.00 so far. Grand total raised for Body and Soul to date including Gift Aid = £1902.41 Fab We’ll update the accounts at the end of next month. Snowdrop and Maggiemags xxx Accounts to 30th November. Accounts to 31st December Accounts to 30th January Accounts to 28th February Accounts to 31st March Accounts to 30th April Response from Body and Soul

Just posting to say: Moondance, I've tried PMing you re confirmation of your order as requested, but it seems that your inbox is full - could you post in here when you've deleted some? I've emailed you as well, just on the offchance

Oh, this is exciting! My email is pinging like a mad thing with all these orders - keep them coming!

Not daft at all One set equals the two CDs

Excellent! That's the first order in! We're off!

Sorry to take a while to get back to you Mary - been away. I've never been able to find any details of the PI contracts - although I think 50% would be pretty steep and would seriously doubt it. Most of what I've ever read about SF has shown him to be a pretty fair bloke and he certainly has plenty of other revenue streams from PI

Oh, that's great! And thanks for your offer Frankie, but don't worry. I think the plan is that they get posted over there and then, once we know where we're up to, we'll start to bring them over here and then they're safe. Avoids the risk of us duplicating over here too

I posted all the good press reviews that Matilda (Jill) pulled together in Chat a few weeks back. Link

And here's an ooooooold article from the Sunday Times that I've just found again: “Bank your lucky stars” 8/12/02 Fuller is eloquent on why he spends so much of his time now dreaming up new ideas for television programmes - an unusual preoccupation for a pop manager who insists that music is his first love, that he is 'absolutely not motivated by money' and that 'the thing I still get most pleasure from is choosing songs for my artists'. Telly is an essential for a pop svengali nowadays, he believes, because the people who used to play a key supporting role in creating and sustaining the sort of stars he manages have fallen down on the job. At a time when British pop acts fail to penetrate North America, and news of declining music sales across the world prompts regular gloomy headlines in the business press, Fuller names the guilty men. 'Record company executives,' he sighs. 'Don't get me started. They're so lazy and spoilt. They're mainly interested in ego and money, and, worst of all, because they change jobs so often they have no loyalty to their artists. They've slowly been diminishing the value of artists for years by abusing their back catalogues, releasing endless compilations just to get the numbers to add up.' …………… Most of all, he is dismissive of the pop industry's indifference to what is truly popular. 'You shouldn't be arrogant about music. I've been dubious about A&R people for years, because I am one. For the most part, A&R guys are making records for themselves rather than the public, and when innovation does actually happen it has nothing to do with them. All my ideas are based on what I feel is a gap in the market. I might not like Steps, but I don't criticise 10-year-olds who love them.' …………… You could call him a workaholic but he says: 'I really love what I do.' ……. For fun, he can always wander into his old friend Pete Evans's office and listen to some new tunes from his stable of songwriters……….. With its range of skills and services overlapping the functions normally carried out separately by pop-management firms, production houses, record labels and business consultancies, 19 is an unusual, as well as an unusually successful, business. …………………. He likes women because they are 'harder-working and more loyal'. Most of the people who work for 19 turn out to be old friends, former colleagues, or in the case of Kim Fuller - who scripted the Spice Girls movie and is writing one starring the American Idols Kelly and Justin - his brother…………….. 'I'm the opposite of a networker. I don't easily trust people,' he says. 'This is all about family and friends.'…………. History also means the big-band music that his father, a big Sinatra fan, used to play on the stereogram at home, and which he sent the UK Pop Idol finalists out to play on tour after the series ended. 'The song and the singer was what it was all about once upon a time, and that's been overlooked recently,' he says. He yearns for the pre-rock era when singers sang, writers wrote, managers managed and so on…………. 'The main objection was, "We're not sure public voting will result in the right talent winning.' And I think that's rubbish. People like to paint people such as myself as the ones who create everything, market it and ram it down the public's throat. But that's not the case. I think the public choose a lot more than we like to admit…….. Unusually for someone operating in the shark-infested waters of popular entertainment, Fuller has remarkably few known enemies. None of the record-company executives he professes to despise will say a bad word about him - which perhaps isn't so surprising because when he delivers them a finished recording, by Will Young, Gareth Gates or whomever, he is granting them a licence to print money. The Idols have already sold close to 10m albums and singles in 2002. Aside from that rift with the Spice Girls, he has never fallen out with any of his artists and, tellingly for a man who is now worth well over £100m, nobody has ever tried to sue him. But honourable as he is, there is a steely ruthlessness in Fuller's strategies that clearly makes him a tricky customer

Just posting to add a few bits and pieces that I haven't had time to attend to over the past few weeks: From a site I've never heard of - SFGate.com 'IDOL' MAKERS SUE PERUVIAN 'COPYCAT' The makers of "Pop Idol" and "American Idol" are suing a Peruvian television company, claiming its show "Superstar" has copied the talent contests. British music mogul Simon Fuller's 19TV LTD, together with FremantleMedia North America Inc., FremantleMedia Ltd. filed suit against PanAmericana Television S.A. in Miami, Florida's federal court last Wednesday. The suit alleges PanAmericana's talent show infringes on their copyright and accuses one of the Peruvian judges of imitating "Idol" judge Simon Cowell's caustic put-downs. The suit wants the PanAmericana production to be banned from broadcasting in America. From several sources, a long article about that week’s AI which included: Capitalizing on the show’s popularity, the bimonthly “American Idol: The Magazine” was launched this week, available on newsstands. “You watch the show, follow your favorites, vote every week and let us know your preference for the next ‘American Idol,’ ” the series creator, Simon Fuller, tells readers in a letter in the magazine. Included are scorecards that viewers can use to keep track of the show and profiles of the 75 contestants who made it through the selection process to Hollywood. No news as to how sales are going, but you can bet your bottom dollar that it’s all adding to the coffers From Fox News: Exiting 'American Idol' Stars Wising Up? Mario Vasquez looked like he was going to clean up on "American Idol" this season. Then last night he announced he was quitting for "personal reasons." ... Speculation that he might not want to sign with the show's 19 Entertainment was scotched by his unofficial publicist, a woman named Hannah who spoke with me last night. "That would have been great for him," Hannah said. It's clear that Vasquez didn't think through the ramifications of his decision since, after leaving, he still wanted to remain on good terms with "American Idol." Maybe the bloom is off the rose now as "American Idol" finalists become savvier about the record business. Automatically becoming part of Simon Fuller's empire and a slave for seven years to his rule may not look as tantalizing as it once did. It's one thing to become one of Clive Davis' stars like Clay Aiken, Kelly Clarkson, Ruben Studdard or Fantasia Barrino. It's quite another to be a runner-up like Justin Guarini, Tamyra Gray or Diana DeGarmo. As one publicist said to me last night: "Maybe they're finally wising up." and, following that, from Contact Music, a strange little site based in Burley in Wharfedale - hardly the entertainment capital of the world - but which pops up fairly regularly on searches: CLARKSON DUMPS MANAGER FULLER AMERICAN IDOL's first winner KELLY CLARKSON has ditched British music mogul SIMON FULLER as her manager, claiming he was never really there for her. The MISS INDEPENDENT singer was picked up by Fuller's 19 Management company upon winning the Idol crown, but now the pair have amicably parted company. Clarkson says, "(It was) an arranged marriage. He (Fuller) was literally in Timbuktu all the time. I need somebody there for me on a day-to-day basis." Fuller, the one-time SPICE GIRLS manager and the man behind TV talent shows American and Pop Idol, admits he's sorry to see Clarkson go, but he wishes her well. He says, "Kelly is an amazing girl who has deservedly enjoyed enormous commercial success." I haven't seen confirmation of that anywhere else, and she's still listed on 19's website. From Scotsman.com: BBC Dance Hit Set for US By Anita Singh, PA Showbusiness Editor TV show Strictly Come Dancing is waltzing over to the US, it was announced today. US network ABC has signed a deal with the BBC to make six episodes of the series. ... Meanwhile Pop Idol supremo Simon Fuller is working on a rival project called Dance Nation, to be broadcast by Fox. From World Screen News: Create, 19 Entertainment in Co-Pro CANNES, April 13: Create Media Ventures has entered into an alliance with 19 Entertainment to develop, manage and produce a new kids' animation series, Hipster Jack. A musical comedy for the 6 to 11 set, the series features a hippo and a terrier and their madcap adventures on their way to musical stardom. A 26x13-minute series is currently in pre-production. 19 Entertainment, headed by Simon Fuller, said of the alliance, "We are convinced that combining 19's expertise in music-based programming with Create's strength in animated children's properties will lead to a successful and long-term relationship between our two companies." Create Media Ventures MD Vanessa Chapman said, "This is CMV's first program partnership deal, and we are delighted that it is with such an experienced and internationally renowned entertainment company. This continues our philosophy of working with successful brands, and spearheads the growth of our programming portfolio." From C21 Media, an international publishing company specialising in worldwide television, media, and associated business information based in London. The article relates principally to a lawsuit rumbling on over some copycat version of The Apprentice - this is the relevant bit: Apprentice lawsuit steps up a gear Perhaps a bigger lawsuit exists between Simon Fuller and Simon Cowell over X-Factor's likeness to Pop/American Idol, while RDF and Fox are at legal loggerheads over Wife Swap and Trading Spouses. Another row is taking place between Celador and 12 Yard over You Are What You Eat and Eat Yourself Whole. C21 again: Granada's Thacker exits for Idol firm Granada's head of music programming, Jeff Thacker has become the latest UK television exec to join Simon Fuller's 19TV. He has left the company to work for 19TV's West Coast set-up in the US. Granada has confirmed that it is not seeking a replacement for Thacker. His move follows the exit of the BBC's former head of drama, Mal Young, quitting the corporation last year to head drama at 19TV, which is currently being bought by Bob Sillerman's CKX for $200m. Thacker, behind Granada's The Royal Variety Performance, Abbamania and An Audience With…, among others, will be based in LA, producing 19TV's dance-themed American Idol spin-off for Fox. He will team up with his former boss Lythgoe, who is on board the show as exec producer. Young left the BBC for 19's London offices in September. While at the corporation, he was responsible for programmes including EastEnders, Holby City and Casualty. The move saw him steer 19 into scripted drama formats for both sides of the Atlantic, earning a reported $1m a year. It's a veritable entertainment industry brain-drain!