Louis Theroux
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Gender | Male |
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Age | 53 |
Date of birth | May 20,1970 |
Zodiac sign | Taurus |
Born | Singapore |
Residence | London |
United Kingdom | |
Los Angeles | |
California | |
United States | |
Spouse | Nancy Strang |
Susanna Kleeman | |
Children | Frederick Theroux |
Albert Theroux | |
Walter Theroux | |
Height | 188 (cm) |
Parents | Paul Theroux |
Anne Castle | |
Official site | louistheroux.com |
Siblings | Marcel Theroux |
Books | Call of the Weird |
Cousins | Justin Theroux |
Sebastian Theroux | |
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ID | 407793 |
Louis Theroux's BBC Two specials
When Louis Met. . .
The Most Hated Family in America
Louis Theroux's LA Stories
Louis and the Brothel
By Reason of Insanity
Louis Theroux: Miami Mega Jail
Louis Theroux: Talking to Anorexia
A Place for Paedophiles
Extreme Love: Autism
America's Medicated Kids
Law and Disorder in Johannesburg
Twilight of the Porn Stars
Louis Theroux: Behind Bars
Louis Theroux: Gambling in Las Vegas
Louis and the Nazis
Extreme Love: Dementia
Law and Disorder in Philadelphia
The City Addicted to Crystal Meth
America's Most Hated Family in Crisis
America's Most Dangerous Pets
Louis Theroux: Under the Knife
Law and Disorder in Lagos
African Hunting Holiday
TV Nation
Louis, Martin & Michael
Louis Theroux's Altered States
Louis Theroux
Emma Goes to Bollywood
Louis Theroux: Extreme Love
My Scientology Movie
Louis Theroux Life story
Louis Sebastian Theroux is a British-American documentarian, journalist, broadcaster, and author. He has received three British Academy Television Awards and a Royal Television Society Television Award.
Raye on Louis Theroux Interviews: ‘Some people abuse their power' - BBC Website
...Raye to Louis Theroux: Abuse of power can be crippling 24 November 2023Raye wrote her first song when she was seven, released her first song at 15 and was 17 when she signed her first record deal...
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... " Andrew Neil and Louis Theroux were among the reporters who tried to crack Savile s exterior while he was alive - but interviewing the entertainer about rumours that swirled around him was like trying to nail jelly to a wall...
Katherine Ryan: Difficult choice to work with dangerous comic
... She was being questioned about comments she had made in an interview with Louis Theroux last year, when she spoke of calling a man a " predator" during filming for a TV show...
Happy Valley: Sarah Lancashire wins big at National Television Awards
... The Graham Norton show won the a new award for TV interview, beating Piers Morgan (who received a few boos from the audience), Louis Theroux and Chris and Rose Ramsey...
Glastonbury 2023: 15 mad and memorable moments
... 7) Louis Theroux s cunning disguiseLouis Theroux was having a blast this weekend, turning up at sets by Raye, Digga D, Arctic Monkeys and Elton John...
Louis Theroux's Jiggle Jiggle was one of TikTok's top songs of 2022
...By Mark SavageBBC Music CorrespondentLouis Theroux s viral rap track Jiggle Jiggle has been named one of the most-played songs of the year on TikTok...
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... Along the way, he is receiving moral support from friends and colleagues including Olly Murs, Gemma Collins, Sara Cox and Louis Theroux, who had some advice on how to prepare for the coming hours...
Louis Theroux: I wrestle with amplifying extreme voices
...Louis Theroux has said he " wrestled" with the issue of whether to amplify extreme voices in his new series...
Louis Theroux's Jiggle Jiggle was one of TikTok's top songs of 2022
By Mark SavageBBC Music Correspondent
Louis Theroux 's viral rap track Jiggle Jiggle has been named one of The most-played songs of The year on TikTok.
The TV presenter became an unlikely rap sensation after a verse he'd written on his Weird Weekends series in 2000 was remixed into a genuine club anthem.
It spawned More Than 6 million videos on TikTok, with stars including and K-pop band posting their take on The Track 's accompanying dance.
TikTok said it ended The year as The app's eighth most-played song.
Nicky Youre 's summer anthem Sunroof topped The chart; while Kate Bush 's 1985 single Running Up That Hill came sixth, after being resurrected in The Netflix series Stranger Things .
Theroux's journey to rap stardom began in February, when he series.
She asked The documentary-maker if he could remember a rap he'd written for an episode of Weird Weekends that focused on gangster rap.
Theroux obliged with The now-immortal lyrics: ". "
The clip was picked up by producers Duke & Jones, who'd been promoting their music by turning viral clips into dance tracks.
" We were trying to do one A Day , " says Luke Conibear, The Duke half of The Duo .
" It was best if it was going viral, if it had a celebrity in it, if there was no Background Music , and it was kind of rhythmic. So Louis Theroux was like, tick, tick, tick, tick. "
No slackThey were initially told about The rap by their friend Tom, who mentioned it when he called over for lunch.
" He brought a pie and it needed 15 Minutes to cook in The Oven , " recalls Isaac McKelvey, aka Jones.
" Luke said to him, 'I bet you, by The Time you've finished cooking that pie, I'll make this Louis Theroux rap into a song'.
" And once The 15 Minutes was up, it was done. We edited a video in 10 Minutes , went to The pub and when we came back it had 60,000 views. "
Jiggle Jiggle grew even bigger when musical theatre performers Jess Qualter and Brooke Blewitt, which has now been watched 67m times.
Eventually, Duke & Jones persuaded Theroux to record a professional version of The Track , which he did in an hour-long break between interviewing Stormzy and picking his kids up from school.
" I don't think he was aware at The Time of how viral it had gone, " says Conibear.
" We read out some of The stats to him and he was just like, 'Oh my goodness!'" laughs McKelvey.
Theroux even ended up At Last week's Mobo Awards - although, sadly, as a presenter rather than a nominee.
" That would have been amazing, though, wouldn't it? " he told The Bbc .
" For me, a 52-year-old man who has musical tastes younger than he is, it's just exciting to be part of The whole thing. "
When Jiggle Jiggle first went viral, The presenter admitted to having " mixed feelings" - The Song 's popularity was " a baffling 21St Century example of just The weirdness of The World that We Live in".
But with The benefit of hindsight, he came to enjoy The notoriety.
" Sometimes The Best things I get involved with, both in my professional life and my personal life, are The ones that give me anxiety. "
Sick of it?For Duke & Jones, it has taken their career to a new level. They signed with Sony Music to release Jiggle Jiggle, which has subsequently been licenced to adverts for Uber Eats and Amazon Music , Sony also helped The Duo obtain US Visas, with The Hope of attending next year's Miami Music Conference.
" It's utterly bizarre, because it's Not Not what we set out to do when we made it, " says Conibear. " And throughout The year, it's just kept going. We were like, 'Surely everyone must be sick of it', and it just kept going and going. "
" My favourite thing that's come out of it, " adds McKelvey, " is that my mum doesn't tell me to think about a backup career anymore. "
The full list of TikTok's top songs in The UK is as follows.
British rappers fared particularly well, with tracks by Dréya Mac and FelixThe1st, Russ Millions and Nutcase 22 all trending on The app.
Many more artists crossed over to The Official Charts with songs that started out on TikTok.
Cat Burns ' reached number four with her break-up ballad Go, which went viral thanks to a chipmunk remix that speeded-up The original (playing songs at 130-150% of their intended speed is on The app).
Dance artist Eliza Rose also had a breakout year, with her song BOTA (Baddest Of Them All) becoming The First UK Number One by a female dance act since Sonique's It Feels So Good in 2000.
Her anthem was featured in More Than 600,000 TiKTok videos - soundtracking everything from to and advice for people.
The London-born Dj Said TiKTok had helped her rise " from being recognised only in The Underground scene" to having a " wider, global audience".
The app also helped Sam Ryder find an audience before he was selected to represent The UK at Eurovision.
He is now The most-followed UK artist on The Platform , with almost 14 million fans.
And 18-year-old rapper Stepz has more video views than any other UK musician, thanks to his mixture of comedy sketches and original songs, including The viral smash Cramp Dat - a twist on Soulja Boy 's 2007 hit Crank That.
" I'll be real, it means a lot to me. I'm lost for words, " he told Bbc News .
" I knew I wanted my music to be heard through doing comedy, but I didn't know it would get this far. "
TikTok's most viewed musicians in The UKStepz recently posted a video saying TikTok had.
In reality, musicians rarely make huge amounts from The app itself, instead translating their popularity into merchandise and ticket sales, as well as royalty payments from music streaming apps like Spotify and Apple Music (TikTok, not a streaming service).
" When I say TikTok bought me A House , I don't mean it literally, " Stepz confirms.
" I bought it myself. But I'm gonna give them their props because without them, I wouldn't have had The structure to do what I'm doing. "
The rapper says he uses comedy to Draw People into his music, a free-spirited take on UK hip-hop that he calls " animated rap".
" You know how in The UK most of our rapping is just drill and grime? I'm not really on all of that, " he says. " I'm on The fun side of things. "
As he celebrates his success, The musician shared his top tips to becoming a TikTok phenomenon:
Source of news: bbc.com