The BANG team

Rick Sky is the guru of celebrity news. He was one of the first people to ever write a showbiz gossip column and ever since he has honed his craft in a glittering career which has spanned four decades.

Among his unique achievements are editing the daily gossip columns of three national newspapers, The Sun, The Daily Star, and for five years, The Daily Mirror where he was in charge of two columns, Sky's The Limit and The Edge.
He has been responsible for breaking thousands of the biggest showbusiness stories from the worlds of pop, film and television.

Over the years Rick has travelled the world many times to interview some of the legends of the entertainment world including Michael Jackson, Prince, Madonna, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, Mick Jagger and Amy Winehouse.

He is the author of four best-selling books including which Michael Jackson - The Bad Year, The Show Must Go On, the biography of the late Freddie Mercury and a biography of boy band phenomenon Take That.
His versatility is not confined to writing, however.

He has made hundreds of TV and radio appearances - among them GMTV, ITN News, BBC News, Liquid News, News 24, Channel Four's Top Tens, BBC2's I Love the Nineties, Tabloid Tales ,After Five, Noel's House Party, Good Morning, The Time And The Place, BBC Breakfast Extra, BBC Newsround, SKY TV, CNN, Entertainment Tonight, Hard Copy, TCC, Central Tonight, Baby Baby, MTV, VH1, London Today, Radio One, Radio Five, Talk Radio, IRN, LBC, Radio 2 Capital Radio and various TV and radio programmes about individual celebrities- where he is in great demand to talk about showbusiness, the Press, whatever topic takes your fancy and the meaning of life!

email: ricksky@bangshowbiz.com

After cutting his teeth as a local newspaper reporter Philip quickly moved into the showbiz and entertainment field. After excelling in all aspects of BANG’s business he quickly moved through the ranks to spearhead the agency building a team of ambitious young journalists determined to make their names in the entertainment news field.

He has supplied major stories to all the British popular newspapers, including The Sun, Daily Mirror, Daily Mail and Daily Star, has interviewed a number of major Hollywood and music stars and has a contacts book bulging with the major names in the entertainment field.

He is a specialist in new media and is responsible for fine tuning BANG’s internet news services and developing the BANG content management system that provides the robust technology allowing stories from the BANG newsroom to publish on platforms around the world for the world’s internet audience.


email: philiphamilton@bangshowbiz.com

Viki has a solid background in showbiz and entertainment news, with a particular interest in music. After graduating from the University of Sheffield with a BA (Hons) in journalism, she spent two years working as assistant editor for teen pop magazine tvhits! before spending six months in Dubai as features editor of the Middle Eastern edition of OK! magazine.

email: viki@bangshowbiz.com

BANG’s Fashion and Beauty editor is Kate Randall who has a passion for following the trends to discover what’s hot and what’s not. As well as staying on top of the latest styles, Kate is borderline obsessed with the world of a celebrity and with a photographic memory, no star is safe!

email: katerandall@bangshowbiz.com

Andy Tillett is the Music Editor at BANG, and when he’s not on the phone to 50 Cent, he’s braving the VIP booths of top concert venues and the sticky floors of back alley bars to bring you the bleeding edge in audio news. When the headphones come off he works at keeping these celebrity types in line with his forthright satirical take on the news, in his opinion pieces

email: andy@bangshowbiz.com

BANG’s TV Editor Rachel Jones’ greatest ambition in life is to sweet-talk as many celebrities as possible. If she’s not trying to sidle up to stars at parties, Rachel can usually be seen gasping in shock/excitement over upcoming Soapland storylines, sex scandals and reality TV shows. Rachel lives for juicy gossip, strong coffee and back-to-back episodes of ‘Come Dine With Me’, ‘America’s Next Top Model’ and ‘Hollyoaks’.

email: rachel@bangshowbiz.com