Wikio - Peter Finch

Golf Digest's and Golf World's photography and Tennessee whiskey (WorldGolf Wire News)

Fri, 29 Aug 2008 03:00:00 GMT

... Hor's devours and cocktails will also be provided.Golf Digest Publications' speakers include Peter Finch, Senior Editor for Golf Digest and Golf World, and Executive Editor of Golf Digest Index; Bob Verdi, Senior Writer for Golf Digest and Golf World, and recipient of the 2004 PGA Lifetime Achievement Award in Journalism; and Christian Iooss, Director of Photography for Golf Digest...

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Piper Laurie headlines Port Townsend Film Festival (Seattle Times)

Thu, 28 Aug 2008 22:00:56 GMT

... I'm not going to take it anymore!" won four Oscars, for screenwriter Paddy Chayefsky and actors Peter Finch, Faye Dunaway and Beatrice Straight. It screens in a new 35 mm print. Also this weekend, NWFF launches a new "Secret Sunday Matinee" series, in which a cliffhanger episode of "Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe" will screen every Sunday at noon through Nov. 23, followed by a...

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Consumers: We're Mad As Hell And We're Not Going To Charge It Anymore! [Credit Card Reform] (The Consumerist)

Thu, 28 Aug 2008 14:35:54 GMT

Once upon a time, Peter Finch won an Oscar for telling us to go to our window, open it, and yell, "We're mad as hell and we're not going to take this anymore!" Now thousands and thousands of... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

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Network (Seattle Weekly)

Wed, 27 Aug 2008 05:00:00 GMT

... made with a wide variety of weapons, its absurdities riding coach with hardcore realism. Peter Finch and Faye Dunaway star. Note additional shows Sat.-Sun. at 4 p.m. (R) MICHAEL ATKINSON Aug. 30-Sept. 4, 7 & 9:15 p.m., 2008

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Bloggers versus PR: Why can't we just all get along? (Marketing Roadmaps)

Tue, 26 Aug 2008 20:32:36 GMT

... errors, and respond with rants, negative posts and even blacklists. It may feel good to channel Peter Finch: But it's not always productive. Sometimes it sets off a chain reaction that makes it near to impossible for the parties to ever form a positive relationship. As I've said many times, it starts with respect. Mutual respect. Both sides must understand that this is a business...

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America the Beautiful Documentary: See it. Support It. (Shaping Youth)

Sat, 23 Aug 2008 04:01:48 GMT

... coulds and wannabes prevalent in our web celeb/pop culture zeitgeist. If you’re catching a Peter Finch/Howard Beale style ‘Network’ vibe from me in “shout out from the windows frustration” you are correct-amundo. Take a peek at our “body image” category on the sidebar. Now repeat after me, “I’m mad as hell, and…” Well, you get the drift. As I said here before, the way marketers are...

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Executives demand transparency (The Australian )

Sun, 17 Aug 2008 14:00:00 GMT

... of short selling that has recently swept through the Australian share market.They didn't use Peter Finch's famous line from the 1977 film Network because they prefer a lower profile, but they certainly thought it. John B. Fairfax, who in June found himself the victim of a concerted short-selling campaign over a margin loan he had taken out to buy stock in the company his family founded,...

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'Why We Hate Us' by Dick Meyer (San Fransisco Chronicle)

thunnicutt@sfchronicle.com (Trevor Hunnicutt) — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 07:00:00 GMT

Why We Hate Us American Discontent in the New Millennium By Dick Meyer Crown; 288 pages; $24.95 In the 1976 movie "Network," Howard Beale, a veteran news anchor played by Peter Finch, becomes psychotic after being told he's too old to anchor the newscast. On...

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Work for cliff lift's safe future (BBC News)

Mon, 04 Aug 2008 07:54:41 GMT

Councillor Peter Finch said: "We are very keen on hearing the views of local residents and visitors on our plans, and on details such as what colour the lifts should be painted."

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An Oscar for Heath Ledger in 'The Dark Knight'? (Entertainment Weekly's PopWatch)

Thu, 24 Jul 2008 15:48:02 GMT

... would tune in to the telecast to see if he can become the second such winner (after Network 's Peter Finch in 1977). The Academy Awards could use the boost. For the last several years, the gala has been filled with lesser-known nominees and seen its ratings plummet. This past ceremony, all four acting winners were foreigners, only one major-category victor ( Juno ) grossed more than...

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An Oscar for Heath Ledger? (Entertainment Weekly's PopWatch)

Thu, 24 Jul 2008 15:11:33 GMT

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SPP Shipbuilding Uses AVEVA Marine and PLM Solutions (PR News Wire )

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 08:30:00 GMT

... that AVEVA provides to ensure the most productive, risk-free way to design and build ships." Peter Finch, President, AVEVA Asia Pacific, said: "SPP has four years of order backlogs. Completing orders on time is vital in today's ultra-competitive market. AVEVA Marine solutions incorporating our Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) solution tailored for shipbuilding, AVEVA NET, will...

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The Dark Knight flies into London (Channel 4 )

Tue, 22 Jul 2008 06:00:02 GMT

Ledger, who was nominated for an Academy Award for Brokeback Mountain in 2006, died aged 28 of an accidental drugs overdose at his home in New York in January. He would become the first actor to win a posthumous Oscar since Peter Finch won for Network in 1977.

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Head MOVE! It’s spherical but quite pointy at parts (donnaville)

Tue, 22 Jul 2008 03:17:28 GMT

This evening I popped in my latest Netflix movie, Sunday Bloody Sunday. Glenda Jackson and Peter Finch are involved in a rather strange love triangle with Murray Head. Murray is incapable of truly giving of himself to either Glenda or Peter. They accept less than what they want and need just so [...]

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The Dark Knight premieres in Europe (Daily Star)

Mon, 21 Jul 2008 06:17:00 GMT

... at his home in New York in January.He would become the first actor to win a posthumous Oscar since Peter Finch won for Network in 1977.The premiere, in London's Leicester Square, will see stars of the film led up the carpet by a 2.5 ton, six-wheeled Batmobile, which recently featured at the British Grand Prix at Silverstone.

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Dark Knight Awards: Oscar Watchers Dampen Hype For Ledger's Joker (Entertainment - The Post Chronicle)

Sat, 19 Jul 2008 11:06:49 GMT

... drug overdose in January, would be a rare event.Only one actor has won an Oscar after death, Peter Finch for 1976's "Network.""Dark Knight" is the type of comic book, action adventure that Oscar voters generally do not favour and there are many movies to see later this year, the experts said.Still, Ledger's critically hailed performance may bring a nomination for the U.S. film industry's...

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Heath Ledger's 'Dark' Joker looks to be an Oscar wild card (USA Today)

Fri, 18 Jul 2008 02:29:03 GMT

... died of a heart attack shortly after filming, lost to Rod Steiger from In the Heat of the Night.Peter Finch Film: Network (1976) Fate: Finch, who died of a heart attack, remains the only posthumous winner in an acting category. He won best actor.Ralph Richardson Film: Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes (1984) Fate: Richardson, who died of a stroke, lost supporting...

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Dark Knight is one good knight (atHome Top Story)

Thu, 17 Jul 2008 08:30:00 GMT

... for a nomination, but Ledger was "a long shot" to win.Only one actor has won an Oscar after death, Peter Finch for 1976's Network.O'Neil said that when Finch died, Hollywood was in the middle of Oscar season and also in shock. Veteran Oscar watcher O'Neil also sees parallels between the truncated careers of Ledger and James Dean."Like Heath, James Dean was a heartthrob star...

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Oscar watchers dampen award hype for Ledger’s Joker (TO411 Daily)

Thu, 17 Jul 2008 06:37:27 GMT

... drug overdose in January, would be a rare event. Only one actor has won an Oscar after death, Peter Finch for 1976's "Network."

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Oscar watchers dampen award hype for Ledger's Joker (Tonight)

Thu, 17 Jul 2008 06:18:08 GMT

... drug overdose in January, would be a rare event.Only one actor has won an Oscar after death, Peter Finch for 1976's Network.Dark Knight is the type of comic book, action adventure that Oscar voters generally do not favor and there are many movies to see later this year, the experts said.Still, Ledger's critically hailed performance may bring a nomination for the US film industry's...

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