Darren Lyons celebrates opening of new-look Eureka

The Eureka bar re-opened last night with a multi-million dollar makeover. Residents from Melbourne, Geelong, and Sydney turned out for the opening hosted by part owner and paparazzi king Darryn Lyons.

The $5 million refit includes seven bars, a ladies lounge, two beer gardens, VIP lounge and a stage for live bands complete with a million-dollar lighting and sound set-up.
"It's exciting but I can hardly stand," an exhausted Mr Lyons said.
"I'm extremely proud, now I just want Geelong people to feel the same way."
Mr Lyons, worked with Melbourne architect James Bate on the refit and used his own artistic flair to decorate the pub.
"It's my dream, it's everything that I've dreamed of creating and now the day has come to share it with everyone," Lyons said.

In 1992, Darryn Lyons founded the picture company Big Pictures after working for News of the World and the Daily Mail. Big Pictures supplies paparazzi-style photography for news organizations. Lyons gained widespread media attention when his company sold a photograph to News of the World, which was used to support a claim that soccer star David Beckham was having an affair with his personal assistant Rebecca Loos.

When Big Pictures launched in 1992 it took the industry by storm. Big Pictures are now the world's largest celebrity picture agency with a worldwide staff of 75 representing over 1000 photographers, supplying pictures to 40 countries.
The Big Pictures website has a photo archive of over 5 million celebrity images. If your looking for a particular picture you are sure to find exactly the right pictures to fit your needs. Big Pictures archive includes fantastic exclusives ranging from the first intimate pictures of Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie, to the explosive night club scenes of David Beckham with Rebecca Loos. From the romantic holiday snaps of Prince William and Kate Middleton to the stunning form of Jordan sunning herself on the beach. If you want it…Big Pictures will have it and if you don't find it on their website then their library staff will be happy research it for you.

Darryn Lyons often appears on radio and television programmes to speak about celebrities and news coverage of them. He has a slot every Monday morning on LK Today called Caught On Camera where he talks about the latest celebrity news and pictures. He was one of the five "business experts" on the Australian reality television program Dragons' Den, which went for one season and ended in 2005, and featured on the fly on the wall television series called Paparazzi about Lyons and Big Pictures.

He stars in a weekly online and mobile Mr Paparazzi Show, produced by Big Pictures Productions. Each one is approximately 5 minutes in duration and is available for viewing on the Mr Paparazzi website. He has recently appeared in the reality television show Deadline as a picture-editor along with editor-in-chief Janet Street-Porter. The show saw ten celebrities producing their own celebrity-based magazine, where Lyons would have to teach them to use a high-tech camera. On 9 May 2007, Lyons appeared on British television show Through the Keyhole. In 2007 Lyons also appeared on 'Tycoon' which was produced and developed by Peter Jones.

In 2005 he appeared in the Australian version of the TV show Dragons' Den. Despite the show's success overseas, and Darryn's profile in Geelong, the Australian show was a ratings failure and was promptly cancelled.
Big Pictures are also active in all the new media areas including internet, video, and mobile phone technology. Big Features now supplies a range of real life features to our clients and our Chairman, Darryn Lyons is now undertaking celebrity representation through Little Women Management.

Formed in 1992 Big Pictures has one of the largest Celebrity Stock Photos Archives. Big Pictures was founded by Daryyn Lyons