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About Peter Ishkhans
With a client roster that includes Eva Mendes, Eva Longoria, Amy Adams, Alyssa Milano and Benjamin Mackenzie among others, and began with George Harrison, Bill Wyman, Billy Idol, Robert Plant, Marianne Faithfull and Sarah Ferguson, Duchess of York, Ishkhans attributes his success to his insistence on always bringing out the beauty and greatness that lies within. Trained as a portrait artist, he cuts and styles and is always mindful of balance and form. Ishkhans began his career 27 years ago in London and travelled to New York in 1988 to work at a top salon on Madison Avenue. With his knowledge of both hair and products, he was asked to market and sell the salon’s Frizz Ease products, and helped make that line a fashion staple for women all around the globe. Ishkhans was also the top stylist at the salon in Bergdorf Goodman, before moving to Los Angeles. In October of 2007, Ishkhans opened the Peter Ishkhans at Joseph Martin Salon in Beverly Hills.
About Comcast Entertainment Group
Based in Los Angeles, recently formed Comcast Entertainment Group operates E! Entertainment Television, the 24-hour network with programming dedicated to the world of entertainment, and E! Online; The Style Network, the destination for women 18-49 with a passion for the best in relatable and inspiring lifestyle programming; and G4 offering the last word on gaming, technology, animation, interactivity, and "Internet culture" for the male 18-34 demo. E! is currently available to nearly 94 million cable and direct broadcast satellite subscribers in the United States. In 2006, E! launched the E! Everywhere initiative underscoring the company's dedication to making E! content available on all new media platforms any time and anywhere from online to broadband video to wireless to satellite radio to VOD. The Style Network currently counts 57 million cable and satellite subscribers and G4, the #1 podcasted cable network in America, is available in more than 64 million cable and satellite homes nationwide.
About 44 Blue Productions, Inc.
44 Blue Productions, Inc. is a top supplier of reality, documentary, lifestyle, and action-adventure programming, having produced more than 500 hours of programming for leading U.S. broadcast and cable outlets including CBS, HBO, A&E, Lifetime, Nickelodeon, MSNBC, ESPN, Fox Family, Court TV, Animal Planet, Discovery Channel, TLC, HGTV and the Travel Channel. Some of the company’s current projects include MSNBC’s “Lockup” - the #1-rated prison series on television, “Inside” for TruTV, “LA Gang Unit” for A&E, Style Network’s “Split Ends,” as well as the Peabody and Emmy Award winning series “A Place of Our Own” and “Los Niños en Su Casa” for PBS. Rasha Drachkovitch and Stephanie Drachkovitch are Executive Producers. For more information, visit www.44blue.com.