The Entertainer
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| Number of locations | 163 |
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| Founded | 1981 |
| Headquarters | Amersham |
| United Kingdom | |
| Founders | Gary Grant |
| Catherine Grant | |
| Subsidiary | New Poly Espana S. L. |
| Type of business | Limited company |
| Date of Reg. | |
| Date of Upd. | |
| ID | 1374624 |
About The Entertainer
The Entertainer Ltd. is the UK's largest independent toy retailer, which operates 163 stores. The company was founded by the husband and wife team Catherine and Gary Grant in 1981, when he purchased a local toy shop in Amersham, Buckinghamshire, England.
Battersea Dogs and Cats Home names vet hospital after Paul O'Grady
... Some £100,000 of the fund will be distributed to five other animal charities that were close to The Entertainer s heart, with each getting £20,000...
Jimmy Savile: Steve Coogan on playing paedophile TV presenter in The Reckoning
... " 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...
Russell Brand: Met Police receive report of alleged sexual assault in 2003
... One of the women who has accused The Entertainer of sexual assault when she was 16 told on Monday that the allegations against him had been " a long time coming"...
Russell Brand behaviour was an open secret, says one accuser
... Alice went on to say her mother did everything in her power to warn her daughter, then still at school, off The Entertainer, then in his 30s...
Southend Adventure Island says Pride 'not for us' over drag act
... The Entertainer performed at the venue for the two previous Pride events...
Dolly Parton, Britney Spears and Taylor Swift tribute acts stage protest over Meta 'ban'
... " The Entertainer, who has performed as Shania for 24 years on and off, explained: " I ve actually got two pages at the minute because one just came back [online] out of nowhere...
Rolf Harris: The trial that sealed a predator's fate
... A production worker on an Australian TV show of Harris s, Tony Porter, flew to London to tell the trial about the time he saw The Entertainer grope a make-up artist...
Paul O'Grady: Camilla says she is 'deeply saddened' by TV star's death
... O Grady s impact on and contribution to the LGBTQ community was highlighted by several of those paying tribute to The Entertainer on social media" When it felt like no one I ever knew in my life was gay, turning on the telly at tea time seeing someone so charismatic, camp and beloved was beyond comforting for so many of us, " " I m sad about Paul O Grady...
Dolly Parton, Britney Spears and Taylor Swift tribute acts stage protest over Meta 'ban'
By Paul GlynnEntertainment reporter
Tribute acts have staged a protest outside Meta's London HQ after having Facebook and Instagram profiles deleted because of rules banning people from impersonating others.
Dolly Parton , Freddie Mercury and Adele impersonators were among those fighting the " unfair" moves, which they said were putting their livelihoods At Risk .
" They are banning us, " said one act.
Meta told The Bbc such performers were allowed but are required to make it clear they are not the actual star.
Britney Spears , Taylor Swift and George Michael also joined the supergroup of tribute acts outside the UK offices of the Social Media platforms' parent company on Tuesday.
Kelly O'Brien, who performs as Dolly as a nine-to-five job, told Bbc Breakfast they were going to go straight to Meta " because we've had enough. "
" We started a campaign three months ago, " she explained. " We had a little bit of interest from Meta, promising that they would Take Care of all of our accounts.
" Some of us got our accounts back, but Yet Again we've been banned. It just keeps happening over and over and over. "
O'Brien said her act, The Dolly Show, had thousands of followers across Facebook and Instagram, but that her accounts were closed down Last Year .
She added: " It's happening internationally, globally. And I get contacted daily from tribute acts all over The World saying, 'Please Help Me . What can we do? This is my livelihood. This is my business. We want to spend money on this platform but Meta aren't letting us. They're banning us'. "
Meta told The Bbc it does allow tribute act Facebook pages and Instagram accounts, and it had not changed its policy to ban them, but some had been " wrongly removed".
However, artists are required to make it clear in their bios that they are not the authentic individual or " speaking in The Voice of" their chosen entertainer, it said.
A spokeswoman told Bbc News : " We've always allowed tribute acts on Facebook and Instagram, and we know our platforms play an important role in helping these communities connect with fans.
" Our technology sometimes makes mistakes and we've reinstated A Number of pages and accounts that were wrongly removed for impersonation. "
She added: " We understand how frustrating this can be, which is why we encourage tribute acts to make it clear in their bio or profile that they're not The Real individual. "
Madeleine Roberts, aka Shania Twain , has not been impressed much by what has been going on.
" You Build Up this following and it's all just gone, " she told Bbc Breakfast . " You can't promote your shows, people can't get In Touch With You [who] come to see you. "
The Entertainer , who has performed as Shania for 24 years on and off, explained: " I've actually got two pages at the minute because one just came back [online] out of nowhere. So now I've used one for the bands that I work with as well as solo Shania. "
Related TopicsSource of news: bbc.com
