Jeanne Beker









Jeanne Beker

Jeanne Beker studio photograph (cropped).jpg
Jeanne Beker

Born
(1952-03-19) 19 March 1952 (age 66)

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

OccupationFashion reporter, author, TV personality
Years active1978–present

Jeanne Beker, CM (/ˈdʒiːni ˈbɛkər/;[1] born 19 March 1952) is a Canadian television personality, fashion editor, and author.




Contents





  • 1 Family


  • 2 Early life


  • 3 Journalism career


  • 4 Fashion Entrepreneurship


  • 5 Books


  • 6 Editor-in-chief


  • 7 Exclusives and features


  • 8 Awards


  • 9 References


  • 10 External links




Family


Jeanne Beker was born in Toronto, Ontario to father Joseph Beker and mother Bronia Beker, Holocaust survivors born in Kosowa, Poland who immigrated to Canada from a displaced persons camp in Austria.[2] Jeanne was previously (from 1986 to 1998) married to Toronto radio personality Bob Magee, but is now divorced. They have two daughters together.



Early life


She attended high school at William Lyon Mackenzie Collegiate Institute. She first launched her career as an actor, landing a role in the CBC Television sitcom Toby in 1968. She subsequently entered the theatre program at York University, and then went to Paris to study mime under Étienne Decroux. She then returned to Canada, working for CBC Radio as an arts and entertainment reporter in St. John's while pursuing her theatrical career.



Journalism career


Beker returned to Toronto in 1978, producing daily lifestyle and entertainment features for 1050 CHUM. She launched Citytv's ground-breaking music magazine show The NewMusic in 1979 as co-host with J. D. Roberts and also became an entertainment reporter for CityPulse. She briefly hosted Rockflash news segments on MuchMusic when that station was launched, hosted MovieTelevision, and produced segments for Entertainment Tonight.


In 1995, Beker launched @Fashion, the Internet's first-ever fashion website, for American communication giant MCI.


From 1985 to 2012 Beker hosted FashionTelevision, the role with which she is most famously associated. Beker hosted the program and acted as a segment producer for the entirety of the program run. Beker announced that the program had ceased production in 2012, via Twitter, stating: "This dream is over: After 27 glorious years, FT production ceased today."[3] Canadian born celebrity stylist Brad Goreski paid tribute to Beker and the program upon hearing the news of its cancellation, saying: "She reported from the shows in Milan and New York with such intensity — as if she was a war correspondent reporting from the front lines."[3]


From 2012 to 2014 Beker hosted fashion and entertainment segments for Bell Media properties including CTV News, Canada AM and The Marilyn Denis Show. Simultaneously, Beker wrote articles on fashion and style for the Toronto Star, The Kit and The Loop.


Beker is currently a columnist for The Globe and Mail.



Fashion Entrepreneurship


From 2001 to 2002, Beker had her own limited edition fashion lines, "Jeanne Beker" for Eaton's, and "Inside Out by Jeanne Beker" with Sears Canada.[4]


Beginning in 2010, Beker released a clothing line entitled 'Edit by Jeanne Beker' at The Bay of which she directly curates a collection of designer clothing for Fall/Winter and Spring/Summer seasons.[4]


In 2013, Beker released a line of footwear with retailer The Shoe Company and a line of eyewear through FYSH UK.


In 2014, Beker launched a capsule collection of clothing, fashion jewelry and eyewear with Rogers Media electronic retailer The Shopping Channel. In 2015, Beker launched the weekly live television program Style Matters with Jeanne Beker for The Shopping Channel, in which she presents interviews and trend stories about Shopping Channel retailers while also selling product live on air.



Books



  • Jeanne Unbottled: Adventures in High Style (2001, Stoddart, .mw-parser-output cite.citationfont-style:inherit.mw-parser-output .citation qquotes:"""""""'""'".mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-free abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-registration abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-subscription abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registrationcolor:#555.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration spanborder-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/12px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output code.cs1-codecolor:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-errordisplay:none;font-size:100%.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-errorfont-size:100%.mw-parser-output .cs1-maintdisplay:none;color:#33aa33;margin-left:0.3em.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-formatfont-size:95%.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-leftpadding-left:0.2em.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-rightpadding-right:0.2em
    ISBN 0-7737-3266-7)


  • The Big Night Out (2005, Tundra Books,
    ISBN 978-0-88776-719-7)


  • Passion for Fashion: Careers in Style (2008, Tundra Books,
    ISBN 978-0-88776-800-2)


  • Strutting It!: The Grit Behind the Glamour (2011, Tundra Books,
    ISBN 978-1-77049-224-0)


  • Finding Myself in Fashion (2011, Penguin Group,
    ISBN 978-0-670-06457-1)


Editor-in-chief


From 2003-2009, Beker was the editor-in-chief of FQ Magazine and SIR, published by Kontent Group in Toronto. A Citytv documentary series entitled Cover Stories debuted in 2006, following Beker and the Kontent Group team as they publish each issue of FQ. The series currently re-runs on FashionTelevisionChannel.[5]



Exclusives and features


In January 2008, Beker landed an exclusive interview with designer Valentino before the designer announced his retirement from the fashion world. The interview was turned into an authorized biography special which later aired on CTV and FashionTelevisionChannel.[6]


In February 2010, Beker joined eTalk hosts Tanya Kim and Ben Mulroney, along with reporters Leah Miller and Lainey, in Vancouver to cover the 2010 Olympic Winter Games for CTV.[7] On 9 February 2010, she carried the Olympic flame during the Torch Relay in Ladner, British Columbia.[8]


Beker has served as a judge on Canadian reality television show Canada's Next Top Model for the past three cycles [9] and appeared in an episode of the Rick Mercer Report that aired on 3 November 2009.[10]



Awards


Beker was an honorary chair of Toronto's annual Fashion Cares, one of the world's largest HIV/AIDS fundraising events. She is also on the honorary board of Gilda's Club and has been involved with numerous charitable organizations over the years. In 2006, she was honoured with the prestigious "Crystal" lifetime achievement award by Women in Film and Television. Beker was awarded the Vantage Women of Originality Award, and was also the recipient of the Variety Club Diamond Award.[11]


Beker received the Special Academy Achievement Award (for exceptional contributions to Canadian TV) from the Canadian Academy of Cinema and Television in 2013.[12]


She was designated a member of the Order of Canada in December 2013.[13]



References




  1. ^ Banff World Media Festival (17 July 2012). "In Conversation With Jeanne Beker: Canadian Award of Distinction Winner". Youtube. Missing or empty |url= (help); |access-date= requires |url= (help)


  2. ^ "Women & The Holocaust - Personal Reflections". .sympatico.ca. Archived from the original on 15 April 2012. Retrieved 29 May 2012.


  3. ^ ab Chetty, Derick (12 April 2012). "Fashion Television thrived in the fickle world of fashion". Toronto: thestar.com. Retrieved 29 May 2012.


  4. ^ ab "CP24- Jeanne Beker makes off-camera foray with clothing line". Ctestp.ctv.ca. Archived from the original on 2 March 2012. Retrieved 29 May 2012.


  5. ^ "Schedule Grid". Fashion Television. Archived from the original on 1 March 2012. Retrieved 29 May 2012.


  6. ^ Morra, Bernadette (18 January 2008). "Project Runway competitor finds doors are flying open". Toronto: thestar.com. Retrieved 29 May 2012.


  7. ^ Fortune, Carley (1 February 2010). "Tavi Gevinson is (sort of) replacing Jeanne Beker at Fashion Television | Gossipmonger". torontolife.com. Retrieved 29 May 2012.


  8. ^ 10 Feb 2010, 0559 hrs IST (10 February 2010). "February 10, 2010 - Sports - The Times of India". .timesofindia.indiatimes.com. Archived from the original on 11 April 2013. Retrieved 29 May 2012.


  9. ^ "Canada's Next Top Model - Judges - Jeanne Beker". Model.ctv.ca. Archived from the original on 18 February 2012. Retrieved 29 May 2012.


  10. ^ http://media.www.thestrand.ca/media/storage/paper404/news/2009/11/10/ArtsAndCulture/The-Rick.Mercer.Report.CrossCountry.Satire-3827990.shtml


  11. ^ "Jeanne Beker". Fashion Television. Archived from the original on 3 July 2012. Retrieved 29 May 2012.


  12. ^ "Jeanne Beker, IMAX to receive special Canadian Screen Awards". CBC. 30 December 2013. Retrieved 30 December 2013.


  13. ^ "Order of Canada Appointments". Governor General of Canada. 5 February 2013. Retrieved 26 January 2014.




External links




  • Official Jeanne Beker Brand Website

  • Fashion Television


  • Jeanne Beker on IMDb









-

Popular posts from this blog

How to check contact read email or not when send email to Individual?

Image
Clash Royale CLAN TAG #URR8PPP up vote 1 down vote favorite I'm using WordPress 4.9.8, CiviCRM to 5.5.1, I usually send email to contact by Search> Find contacts View contact details Action> Send email Send email ok, Contact received mail ok like picture But status only Email sent though contact read email or not. So, can CiviCRM can change status to Email read when contact read email? wordpress email share | improve this question asked Sep 26 at 0:12 ToanLuong 49 9 add a comment  |  up vote 1 down vote favorite I'm using WordPress 4.9.8, CiviCRM to 5.5.1, I usually send email to contact by Search> Find contacts View contact details Action> Send email Send email ok, Contact received mail ok like picture But status only Email sent though contact read email or not. So, can CiviCRM can change status to Email read when contact read email? wordpress email share | improve this questi...
Read more

Displaying single band from multi-band raster using QGIS

Image
Clash Royale CLAN TAG #URR8PPP 1 How can I extract a single band from multi-band raster in QGIS? I have an remote sensed image which has 6 bands (including NDVI band), I want to display each band separately, but have no idea how to do. I have seen some questions similar here but none worked for me. The original image (has 6 bands) is: I want to display the band 6 which should be like this: But I tried gdal_translate, and couldn't get the correct result. What I have got is: qgis raster multi-band share | improve this question edited Mar 5 at 0:53 Summer asked Mar 4 at 6:42 Summer Summer 23 6 Is this any help gis.stackexchange.com/questions/220658/… ? if not gis.stackexchange.com/questions/62133/… might help. – Michael Stimson Mar 4 at 6:46 Thanks for answering but when I used gdal_translate, qgis showed that 'Error 4: Kayena.tif: No such file or directory". Would you know how to fi...
Read more

How many registers does an x86_64 CPU actually have?

Image
Clash Royale CLAN TAG #URR8PPP up vote 2 down vote favorite I am currently learning reverse engineering and am studying the flags register. I had in my mind that rflags was just another name for one of the 16 general purpose registers, for example rax or rbx . But it looks like rflags is actually an additional register. So that makes 17 registers in total... how many more could there be? I have spent at least an hour on this and found numerous different answers. The best answer so far is this, which says that there are 40 registers in total. 16 General Purpose Registers 2 Status Registers 6 Code Segment Registers 16 SSE Registers 8 FPU/MMX Registers But if I add that up, I get 48. Could anybody provide an official answer on how many registers an x86_64 CPU has (e.g. an Intel i7). Additionally, I have seen references to 'hardware' and 'architectural' registers. What are those registers and how many are there? register x86-64 share | improve this...
Read more