99 for '99.THEY'RE Scotland's rising stars... bright, young, talented, and ready to make their mark. As we get closer to the Millennium, this new generation of young Scots will be the names to watch out for. Look out for them in '99, when their careers take a major leap forward and they hit the big time. From the worlds of television and film, music and art, to politics, business and sport, some have been waiting in the wings for a taste of success, while others have appeared from nowhere to soar straight to the top. TV presenter Gail Porter is already a fairly well-known face. But this could be her year if she is offered the chance to fill the shoes of superbabe Denise Van Outen Denise van Outen (born May 27 1974, Basildon, Essex, England, UK) is a British television host and stage actress. Her most notable roles to date were as a presenter on The Big Breakfast, and as Roxie Hart in Chicago on both the West End and on Broadway. on Channel 4's coveted breakfast TV slot. The other 98 might not have had such a good start as Gail, but they're ready for their crack at stardom. There are actors ready to grab the limelight from Ewan McGregor, sportsmen desperate for their own piece of the action, and politicians keen to have a hand in to be concerned in; to have a part or concern in doing; to have an agency or be employed in. See also: Hand shaping the future of their country. Remember where you saw them first... Gail Porter, 27, Edinburgh. Won first TV job after sending in videos of herself. Hosted kids' show Fully Booked but then posed for mens' magazines. Tipped to replace morning TV babe Denise Van Outen. FILM STEPHEN McCOLE, 24, Glasgow. Drummer in Young Person's Guide to Becoming a Rock Star. In next Disney film, Rushmore. DUNCAN MARWICK, 25, Coatbridge. Bass player in Young Person's Guide. In '99, will appear in the film Titanic Town. SIMONE LAHBIB, 32, Stirling. Work was scarce because she looked too exotic. After Young Person's Guide, going places. JOANNA ROTH, 30, Glasgow. Wife of John Hannah. Making a name for herself after stage roles and TV's See You Friday. ARLENE COCKBURN, 21, Edinburgh. Big break came in Alan Rickman's The Winter Guest. Now in film The Acid House. SHARON SMALL, 31. Appeared in Hamish Macbeth and Bumping the Odds. Set to act in new Beeb TV drama, Sunburn sunburn, inflammation of the skin caused by actinic rays from the sun or artificial sources. Moderate exposure to ultraviolet radiation is followed by a red blush, but severe exposure may result in blisters, pain, and constitutional symptoms. . SHIRLEY HENDERSON, Best known as love interest of Hamish Macbeth. Nominated for a BAFTA for Bumping the Odds. KEVIN McKIDD, 25, Elgin. Was in Trainspotting and Small Faces. Watch out for him in '99 in films The Acid House and Hideous Kinky. EWAN BREMNER, 25. Played Spud in Trainspotting and was in The Life of Stuff. Soon to be seen in The Acid House. ANGUS McFADYEN, Edinburgh. After TV's Soldier Soldier, played Robert the Bruce Robert the Bruce: see Robert I, king of Scotland. in Braveheart and Peter Lawford in Rat Pack. ANDREA HART, Glasgow. Best actor award at Robert Redford's Sundance film festival for her role in Miss Monday. IAN ROBERTSON, 17, Glasgow. Will be in THREE big movies in '99 - Plunkett and Macleane, The Debt Collector and The Match. ALISON DOUGLAS, 24. Turned down by drama school for being shy. Hosted kids' TV show Skoosh. Now on current affairs show Seven Days. JAMES YOUNG, 18, Glasgow. After leaving Castlemilk Young People's Theatre, won a BAFTA for Pan-Fried. SHIONA McCUBBIN, 28, Paisley. Film director. Won Best Narrative Short Film at San Jose Film Festival. LAURA FRASER, Starred alongside Leonardo DiCaprio in The Man in the Iron Mask Man in the Iron Mask forced to perpetually wear an iron mask to conceal his indentity. [Br. Lit. and Fr. Hist.: Benét 628] See : Concealment Man in the Iron Mask . GARY LEWIS, Appeared alongside Peter Mullan in Scots movie My Name is Joe and will be in his new movie, Orphans, in 1999. JENNY McCRINDLE, 30, Glasgow. Bobby Carlyle's Monroe-obsessed girlfriend in Looking After Jo-Jo. She overcame dyslexia. GARRY SWEENEY, 24, Glasgow. Played a loan shark in Bumping the Odds and was a gangster in Small Faces. He was even a bad boy in High Road. ART DONALD URQUHART, Perth. The brilliant young artist interprets the Scottish landscape in a thoroughly modern context in his work. ONE FOOT TALLER: Glasgow designers Will White and Katarina Barac make bowls out of washing powder dispensers. DAVID SHRIGLEY: 30, graduate of Glasgow School of Art Glasgow School of Art is one of four independent art schools in Scotland, situated in the Garnethill area of Glasgow. History It was founded in 1845 as the Glasgow Government School of Design, one of the first Government Schools of Design. . Work spans drawing, sculpture and photography. ROSS SINCLAIR: 32, lecturer, Glasgow School of Art. Won a Hamlyn Foundation award for "mix of Scots and American cultures". GARETH HOSKINS: brains behind the Mackintosh Interpretation Centre, at the Lighthouse in Glasgow. STEVEN HALPIN'S Curious Oranj design group has deals with Glasgow's Malmaison Hotel and Kwik Fit after just two years. Cartoonist ALLAN PLENDERLEITH, of East Kilbride, is bringing his Odd Squad family to life in an animated film. Submarine design group, led by JON BARNES and Nicky Regan, has an 8ft stainless steel bath set for the Dome. BUSINESS Glasgow club boss STEFAN KING revamped Archaos, transformed Yo Yo into Yang. Next stop the Merchant City. CHRIS VAN DER DER - Distinguished Encoding Rules KUYL, 28, from Dundee, boss of Vis Interactive, launched HEDZ computer game in a pounds 10million US deal. Big Beat founder RON MCCULLOCH, who gave Glasgow the Tunnel nightclub, is planning a global chain of superclubs. Promoter RICKY MACGOWAN, 29, from Motherwell, plans a purpose- built venue for clubbers in Lanarkshire. Hi-tech firm Kymata, led by BRENDAN HYLAND, 34, will set up in Scotland to make the latest chips for communications. DAVID David, in the Bible David, d. c.970 B.C., king of ancient Israel (c.1010–970 B.C.), successor of Saul. The Book of First Samuel introduces him as the youngest of eight sons who is anointed king by Samuel to replace Saul, who had been deemed a failure. WILLIAMSON, 31, MD of Glasgow tea merchant's Matthew Algie, which supplies more than 1,000 coffee bars. KEVIN LYON, of investment firm 3i, is in charge of business with a balance sheet valued at around pounds 350 million. DAVID MOULSDALE, 27, heads Optical Express, with a pounds 36million turnover, after correspondence-course training. RICHARD EMANUAL began selling mobile phones door-to-door in 1991. Now his DX business has more than 100 stores. RAJU TULI, 36, above, runs 17 Jean Scene stores with brother SUNNY, 27. Flagship store is in Aberdeen. JAMIE WALKER resurrected his grandad's Adelphi Distillery, Edinburgh, and sells rare whisky over the Internet. EMMA EMMA Engstrom Multigas Monitor for anesthesia. NUGENT is converting the world to trendy corsets with her Bridge of Weir The Village The village of Bridge of Weir is located in the Renfrewshire authority to the west of Scotland's largest city, Glasgow. Neighbouring villages include Kilmacolm, Kilbarchan, Lochwinnoch, Houston and Brookfield. business, Victorian Values. MARTIN CASSELS, 23, from Lanark, founded Portaloo delivery company Envirosan, with a Prince's Trust grant. FRASER HAY, 29, won two business awards last year for his Health Scope Direct firm, making cosmetics from seaweed. MICHELLE MICHELLE Mid-Infrared Echelle Spectrograph MONE, 27, of Glasgow, is set to top pounds 1.4million sales for her bust-boosting Staykups. A glowing teddy bear is next. Glaswegian DAVID SIBBALD heads Atlantech, designers of Internet software with an expanding US-customer base. PHIL JOHNSTON expects new contracts to push his workforce at Clydebank- based Westwood Communications to over 100. WRITERS BILLY ADAMS The Scots journalist made his name last year with an unauthorised biography of Ewan McGregor. GORDON LEGGE, a psychiatric nurse from Grangemouth, wrote on small- town Scots life, then moved on to pop culture. A new collection of short stories by Edinburgh's RUTH THOMAS, 31, will follow her lauded Sea Monster Tattoo. DAVID McKAY, 32, from Glasgow, wrote, directed and filmed Caesar, about pigeon fanciers. Hopes to film To A Mouse in '99. COMEDY JANE MACKAY: The Saturday compere com·pere Chiefly British n. The master of ceremonies, as of a television entertainment program or a variety show. v. com·pered, com·per·ing, com·peres v.tr. at the Edinburgh Stand Comedy Club, is hot property. She's an ex-BBC press officer. ASHLEY STORRIE: Born in Glasgow. At five, she was in a TV ad. Since, the 12-year-old comedienne has been on TV regularly. JOE HEENAN: Stir-ling-born comic has had two good runs at Edinburgh's Festival Fringe and is regularly at the Gilded gild 1 tr.v. gild·ed or gilt , gild·ing, gilds 1. To cover with or as if with a thin layer of gold. 2. To give an often deceptively attractive or improved appearance to. 3. Balloon. VIV VIV Vortex Induced Vibration VIV Variable Inlet Vane VIV Verbal Information Verification GEE: Taught Scotland's first night class in stand-up comedy and compere of the Comedy Club in Glasgow. JOHN FLINT: A qualified teacher, he hopes to give up the day job and concentrate on his funny one-liners and gags. DAVID KAY: Stand-up comedian straight from school in the West of Scotland
SUSAN MORRISON: This funny woman has contributed to BBC BBC in full British Broadcasting Corp. Publicly financed broadcasting system in Britain. A private company at its founding in 1922, it was replaced by a public corporation under royal charter in 1927. radio shows and is a regular at Edinburgh's Stand Comedy Club. ALLAN MILLER: Quit his job with Standard Life for a comedy career. Edinbugh's Miller has been com-pared to Woody Allen. MODELS VICKI MURDOCH: This Aberdeen 16-year-old will get to the top in modelling - if the Storm agency has its way. AMY A`my´ n. 1. A friend. PATERSON: This Edinburgh girl is split between modelling and studies. Modelling will be No. 1 after Highers. RAOUL FRASER: The cousin of supermodel Honor Fraser, is spending a year as a model before going to university. LYNDSEY HUTCHISON: The 16-year-old from Fife became known in modelling after a family portrait. Now with the Storm agency. STACEY STURROCK: Dundee schoolgirl's legs adorn billboards and TV ads in UK for Pretty Polly tights. Signed up by Storm. LAUREN TEMPANY: Linlithgow girl tipped as Scotland's next supermodel. Between studies, she's on photo shoots and catwalk. AUGUSTA OGILVIE: Latest aristo to model, she's the daughter of the Earl of Airlie Earl of Airlie is a title in the Peerage of Scotland that was created on 2 April 1639 for James Ogilvy, 7th Lord Ogilvy, along with the title Lord Ogilvy of Alith and Lintrathen. The title Lord Ogilvy of Airlie had been created on 28 April 1491. and great-niece of Princess Alexandra. Storm deal. MUSIC CRAIG ARMSTRONG: Composer of music for Massive Attack, Baz Luhrmann's Romeo and Juliet Romeo and Juliet star-crossed lovers die as teenagers. [Br. Lit.: Romeo and Juliet] See : Death, Premature Romeo and Juliet archetypal star-crossed lovers. [Br. Lit. , Madonna, U2 and Pavarotti. MICHAEL KILKIE: 25, Edinburgh. DJ who set up a record shop and two labels. Has just seen one of his acts sign to Virgin. JOHN MCLAUGHLIN, of Glasgow, penned When the Lights Go Out for boy band Five and writes most of the songs for 911. Supermodel Helena Christensen claims a crush on MALCOLM MIDDLETON and AIDAN MOFFAT of Falkirk band Arab Strap. T in the Park stars SUPERNATURALS played two sell-out gigs in Glasgow and tour with Robbie Williams this month. Idlewild, Edinburgh band with singer RODDY WOOMBLE, have built since 1995 and released a debut album to rave reviews. Rock band ANNIE ANNIE Application of Neural Networks for Industry in Europe CHRISTIAN, from Edinburgh, play to audiences of 4,000 and are set to release an album in February. Wrigley Twins, HAZEL and JENNIFER, from Orkney, made a folk album at 15 before hitting the mainstream music scene last year. ASTRID ASTRID Cardiology A clinical trial–Atrial Sensing Trial to prevent Inappropriate Detections , 29, singer from the Shetlands, with Bardot looks, has been compared to Alanis Morisette and Joni Mitchell. Musical mavericks the DELGADOS mix feedback, fuzz and folk... and find time to run Glasgow label Chemikal Underground. HUGGY BURGER QUEEN: Edinburgh DJ who ran one of the country's top clubs at the Mercado. Has a residency in Vienna. DJ John Peel raved about High Fidelity, the Lanarkshire quartet formed by ex-Soup Dragon SEAN n. 1. A seine. See Seine. DICKSON. Strong and Sexy's LISA The first personal computer to include integrated software and use a graphical interface. Modeled after the Xerox Star and introduced in 1983 by Apple, it was ahead of its time, but never caught on due to its $10,000 price and slow speed. ARMSTRONG, 24, and AMANDA PERKINS, 21, signed to new Scots label Reality Records. Jazz pianist STEVE HAMILTON, 25, of Bannockburn, has played with Pet Shop Boys, Jamiroquai, and Rick Astley. Ex-trucker RAY MARTIN, 24, and pal ANDY ANDY Andrew ANDY US Popular Abbreviation for Andrews AFB GILLESPIE, 25, both from Glasgow, will release Naturale's first album in 1999. JON MANCINI: 29, Fauldhouse. DJ who takes his show to clubs all over Scotland and next year across Europe. COLIN TEVENDALE: 28, Glasgow. Scots DJ of the Year, with residency at The Tunnel. Has signed a record deal with Virgin. POLITICS BEN WALLACE: 29. A contradiction - young and Tory. Scots Parliament candidate in Aberdeenshire West and Kincardine. MICHAEL MOORE: 33. Liberal Democrat MP for David Steele's old seat. Seens as a potential future leader of the party. DUNCAN HAMILTON: SNP SNP Scottish National Party Noun 1. SNP - (genetics) genetic variation in a DNA sequence that occurs when a single nucleotide in a genome is altered; SNPs are usually considered to be point mutations that have been evolutionarily candidate for the Argyll seat in the Scottish Parliament. One of Alex Salmond's `young Turks'. ANGUS McKAY: Edinburgh's Finance convener. Advisor to Mo Mowlam. Aims to be Edinburgh South's MSP (1) (Management Service Provider or Managed Service Provider) An organization that manages a customer's computer systems and networks which are either located on the customer's premises or at a third-party datacenter. . SPORT ALLAN McNISH, 28, of Dumfries, was the toast of Porsche after victory at Le Mans. Serious contender for GT title this year. ALISTER McCRAE, 27, is expected to follow brother Colin on to the world rally stage after a brilliant drive in the RAC See remote access concentrator. Rally. Midfield talent LEE FEENEY, 18, has signed for Rangers and is expected to break into the big time this year. STEPHANIE MAIN, 22, will skate at European Championships in Prague this month after two years of injury troubles. Racing driver PETER DUMBRECK, 24, of Kirkcaldy, could break into Formula One after winning Macau Grand Prix The Macau Grand Prix is a motor-racing event held annually in November in the streets of Macau. It is known for being the only street circuit racing event in which both car and motorcycle races are held. . Former Celtic Boys' Club player JOHN PAUL McBRIDE John Paul McBride (born November 28, 1978) is a Scottish footballer who plays in the midfield position. McBride's former clubs include Celtic FC and St. Johnstone. St. Johnstone spent £200,000 to purchase McBride's services from Celtic in 2000. , 20, from Hamilton, expected to break through at Parkhead. DARIO FRANCHITTI, 25, from Bathgate, is tipped to win the American CART series driving at speeds over 240mph. CHARLIE KANE: Inter-continental welterweight champ from Clydebank after he beat England's George Smith. CHRIS SMALL: The Edinburgh snooker star reached the Grand Prix semis last year. Hopes to be in the world top 16. STEVEN KING: Ice hockey star Steven, 22, was a British international as a junior and is a key player for Fife Flyers. LAURENCE DOCHERTY: A bright field hockey star, he plays for MIM MIM Metal Injection Molding MIM Mendelian Inheritance in Man MIM Mobile Instant-Messaging MIM Man in the Middle MIM Multilateral Initiative on Malaria MIM Metal-Insulator-Metal MIM Master of International Management MIM Made in Mexico Edinburgh RHG RHG Revolution Health Group RHG Royal Horse Guards RHG Roughhead Grenadier (FAO species name code ) RHG Roadhouse Grill (restaurant chain) RHG Red Hot Go (Australian idiom) and is bound for the Sydney Olympics. SCOTT COUPER: Has played for the Scottish Claymores, Britain's only NFL Europe Lea-gue team, as wide receiver since 1995. JAMES GRIEVES: At 19, one of our brightest speedway talents. Locked in signing talks with Edinburgh and Glasgow. IAN IAN Interactive Affiliate Network IAN i am nothing IAN Instrumentation & Automation News IAN Ianuarius (Latin: January) IAN Instituto Agronomico Nacional (Paraguay) IAN Incident Area Network CAVIN: Second in the British Speed Skating Champion-ships and aims to go for the world crown in Sheffield in 2000. |
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