What is Setting Purple Sectors?
They're a motorsport-centred fundraising event for Young Epilepsy! Hosted by motorsport comms Chris McCarthy, Jennie Gow, and Neil Cole. (read Chris' story here)
Who are Young Epilepsy?
A charity doing important work supporting and raising awareness for young people with epilepsy.
What have Purple Sectors been up to in the past?
Purple Sectors had their inaugural event last November with Simply Race in Milton Keynes, gathering people together both online and in-person for a series of sim races. A range of drivers, sim racers, and broadcasters were in attendance to help raise money. This included Isack Hadjar, Christian Mansell, and Zak O'Sullivan.
Throughout this year they've been working to make motorsport more accessible to young people with epilepsy, getting them involved in a range of jobs in the industry- starting at the karting level.
So, when is the big event this year?
11th November @ Simply Race in Milton Keynes! (during epilepsy awareness month)
Over the next few weeks they'll be announcing their team leaders! All information is on their instagram & I'll update this post as they do :] There are ways to get involved online too, which I will include as the event approaches!!
Who are the team leaders?
Crofty, Jak Crawford (F2), Sam Bird (Formula E), Alisha Palmowski (F1 Academy), Steve Alvarez Brown (GT4), Tom Kerridge & more to be announced
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This project means a whole lot to me as a motorsport fan with epilepsy, so I know first hand how essential a support system is to have when growing up and navigating seizures. Young Epilepsy are doing huge work here providing people with these opportunities. So, any support (even just sharing) is great!
And whilst you're here, take a few minutes to read through this seizure first aid.
Is Paramount Global setting up its premium Showtime brand for rebirth, or is it a dismantling of the label known for 'Billions' and 'Yellowj
So now you’re doubling down on these legacy shows with “Billions,” for example, branching off into “Billions: Miami,” “Billions: London,” “Millions” and “Trillions.”
And not all of them are gonna make it. We look at it through a filter of it being a world that we can tap into that creates new opportunities. With “Billions,” is it a television series about Wall Street, or is it a global franchise about money, power and corruption? To me, that’s a huge opportunity to tell incredible stories — who’s in power, who’s not, and what would you do to keep it all?
We have four shows in development. I don’t anticipate doing more than two a year, but we need to have a lot of development going on because we need to move quick. It’s a similar model to what we’re doing with “Yellowstone.” We can have the Dutton family be the eyes that we go through, but let’s do the history of the American experience in chapters about how America won the West.
One of the reasons the “Yellowstone”-ification of Paramount+ worked was because you had a singular talent in Taylor Sheridan, who seemed to have this bottomless well of ideas. Do you have someone similar in the “Billions” world?
First, there’s no question that Taylor is exceptional. But you’ll see that more and more series will be with him and somebody else, like we did with “Tulsa King” [created by Sheridan with Terence Winter showrunning]. What we’re doing with Showtime is, we’re partnering with our core creators, like Brian Koppelman and David Levien, who created “Billions” and will oversee the “Billions” universe. But we’ll also look to bring in other creatives to help build out those franchises and ideas.
What you’re doing with “Billions” sounds like the Dick Wolf playbook.
You could look at it as Dick Wolf in broadcast, “Yellowstone” in premium cable or “Top Gun,” “Mission: Impossible” and “Star Wars” in theatrical film. The misconception is that franchises are easier, when in fact they’re a lot harder, because audiences have built-in expectations, you have the confines of what the franchise is, and you have to thread the needle so that it’s good enough to not disappoint the core audience but also create a door for new audiences.
The Hershey Bears announced today that the club has signed forward Chris McCarthy to a one-year, American Hockey League contract for the 2019-20 season.
McCarthy, 27, joined Hershey on a professional tryout agreement on Apr. 10. He had four points (one goal, three assists) in two regular season games for Hershey, including a three-point contest in the regular season finale on Apr. 14 versus Hartford. He skated in all nine of Hershey's playoff games, scoring two goals for the Chocolate and White.
Prior to joining the Bears, McCarthy led the ECHL's Reading Royals with 74 points (20 goals, 54 assists) in 72 games last season. The Collegeville, Pennsylvania native finished third in the ECHL in scoring as he registered the best season of his professional career. He was named to the All-ECHL Second Team, and tied for second in the AHL in assists.The 6-foot-1, 207-pound forward has spent the last three years with Reading, and in four ECHL seasons with the Royals and Greenville Road Warriors, has scored 219 points (76 goals, 143 assists).
In addition to Hershey, McCarthy has AHL experience with the Hartford Wolf Pack and Lehigh Valley Phantoms. He spent the 2015-16 season with Hartford, scoring 22 points (six goals, 16 assists) in his rookie campaign. He also played in 17 games with the Phantoms in 2016-17, and in one game with Lehigh Valley in 2017-18. In 87 career AHL games, the former University of Vermont captain has scored 31 points (10 goals, 21 assists).
