Wikio - Alan Parker

Mamma Mia! - The Movie Soundtrack (Polydor) (Manchester Evening News)

Fri, 08 Aug 2008 17:20:05 GMT

... All Your Love On Me. But it's Meryl who will break your heart in two with her Winner Takes It All. Alan Parker must be wondering why he did not cast Streep over Madonna in his movie version of Evita. But his loss is our gain, as she is a game old Super Trouper if this soundtrack is anything to go by! A must have for Abba and Meryl Streep fans, alike.Released on July 7What do you think?...

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Michael Dwyer to Guest Edit Next Issue of Film Ireland Magazine (Irish Blogs)

Tue, 05 Aug 2008 00:13:34 GMT

Michael Dwyer is to guest edit the next issue of Film Ireland magazine due out Monday 1st September. This issue is sure to be a memorable one with contributions from Sir Alan Parker and John Boyne, author of The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas, amongst others and an exclusive in-depth interview with Robert Redford. [...]... Irish Comics Wiki again Caricatures Ireland Michael Dwyer to Guest...

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Pink Floyd - The Wall (London Underground Life)

stationsupervisor@gmail.com (Station Supervisor) — Sun, 03 Aug 2008 22:56:00 GMT

Tonight as I sat watching Alan Parker's Pink Floyd - The Wall, it brought back memories of when I was a 13 year old boy and my sister and brother in law took me to my first ever concert, the venue Earls Court the date 18th July 1980, the concert, Pink Floyd The Wall. and what an amazing concert it was, the vision of the wall being built across the stage in front of my very eyes, a German...

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Lean Whitbread gives Parker good reason to gloat (Financial Time)

Sun, 03 Aug 2008 17:03:00 GMT

At a time when most trading statements read like profit warnings in disguise, Whitbread is one of the few consumer companies reporting solid like-for-like sales growth

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Whitbread eyes further swaps after Mitchells & Butler's deal (The Telegraph)

Thu, 31 Jul 2008 12:14:31 GMT

Whitbread chief executive Alan Parker has raised the possibility of further deals with rival Mitchells & Butlers after the two companies agreed a £156m asset swap of pubs and hotels.

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M&B to swap 20 hotels for 50 pubs (Financial Time)

Thu, 31 Jul 2008 02:00:00 GMT

Mitchells & Butlers will today unveil details of a asset swap worth £200m with rival pub operator Whitbread in a move that could herald further deals in the...

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County Offers Students New Way to Link (Red Orbit )

Sat, 26 Jul 2008 20:00:23 GMT

"I could foresee a situation where our students at some point would be able to receive information on scholarships or campus newsletters," said Southwest High School Principal Alan Parker. "I think it certainly sounds like another positive way to help keep students and parents informed about what is going on at school."

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AMPAS Monday Nights with Oscar Monthly Film Series "FAME" with Special Guests Michael Gore, Kristi Zea, and Margery Simkin (Festival21.com)

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 19:48:46 GMT

By Maria Esteves - July 23, 2008 The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences' (A.M.P.A.S.) "Monday Nights with Oscar" musical film screening FAME, directed by Alan Parker (from a screenplay by Christopher Gore), commenced in the Directors Guild of America Theatre, New York, Monday, July 21, 7:00 pm. An onstage discussion with two-time Academy Award®-winning composer Michael Gore,...

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Setting Their Sights on Features (FilmStew.com)

Fri, 18 Jul 2008 01:43:55 GMT

... year’s Kaos sweepstakes are Sir Kenneth Branagh, Virgin co-founder Nik Powell, film director Sir Alan Parker and UK development executive Natasha Wharton (Billy Elliott, Hot Fuzz). Screenplays must be for a film between 80 and 110 minutes in length, and can be submitted from anywhere in the world.The winning screenwriter will receive a rights fee as well as backend profits participation....

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Hotels look to a boom without the frills (Financial Time)

Thu, 17 Jul 2008 02:00:00 GMT

... to 36,000. "We have a clear line of sight to operating 55,000 rooms in another four years," says Alan Parker, chief executive of Whitbread, Premier Inn's parent. "Companies are trading down in terms of travel expenses. They have found that they do not need to pay £150 per night when [an employee] can stay in a Premier Inn for £50." Industry analyst Melvin Gold predicts that the share...

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Hotels look to a boom without frills (Financial Time)

Wed, 16 Jul 2008 17:55:00 GMT

... to 36,000. “We have a clear line of sight to operating 55,000 rooms in another four years,” says Alan Parker, chief executive of Whitbread, Premier Inn’s parent. “Companies are trading down in terms of travel expenses. They have found that they do not need to pay £150 per night when [an employee] can stay in a Premier Inn for £50.” Industry analyst Melvin Gold predicts that the share...

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BOOK/MAGAZINE: Recommended Reading: Pollard and Parker Featured in Style Weekly (All About Jazz)

Wed, 16 Jul 2008 06:00:47 GMT

Guitarists Trey Pollard and Alan Parker were the subjects of a feature written by Style's Peter McElhinney. The article touched on their time at VCU, Brian Jones' thoughts, monkeys playing metal guitar, Glows in the Dark at the Thompson and Grace Balcony Concert Series, and what sounds like a fantasti...

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ok, so i'm 20 years behind as usual (Steven Rubio's Online Life)

Wed, 09 Jul 2008 06:50:02 GMT

But man, Mississippi Burning sure is a piece of shit movie. Two white FBI guys make the world safe for civil rights. Surrrrrrre. I always assume I'll like anything with Gene Hackman in it ... I forgot about the Alan...

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Drum And Chaos (Channel 4 )

Tue, 08 Jul 2008 14:50:00 GMT

... the first part of the routine."Scrape, scrape, land," said Stuart out loud as he did his bit.Alan Parker would be proud...

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Friday Night Double Feature: Irish Music Lovin' Rockin' Double Feature (Cinema Blend)

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 14:15:01 GMT

... like. You have an Irish band that gets together and decides to play soul music. Because filmmaker Alan Parker decided to bring in musicians instead of actors, the resulting music is better than most of the things you hear on American Idol or from modern day “musicians” who are more interested in fame. The music is just the icing on the cake though, because The Commitments carries...

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Fame (Cinema de Merde)

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 08:05:06 GMT

FameWhere dreams of fame meet bad dialogue and worse acting1980Review: July 4, 2008Director: Alan ParkerStarring: Irene Cara, Barry Miller, Lee Curerri, Gene Anthony Ray Probably.THE SETUP:A bunch of lives intersect between spontaneous song and dance numbers.DISCUSSION: Having seen this when I was in middle school, and remembering when it was a big sensation—not to mention the soundtrack...

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Whitbread and Mitchells & Butlers asset swap rumours grow (The Telegraph)

Fri, 20 Jun 2008 23:14:17 GMT

... believed to have been discussed was the future of M&B's hotels, which Whitbread's chief executive Alan Parker said this week he would consider buying. A recent note by Citigroup analyst Leslie Zarka examined the merits of an asset swap whereby M&B would take Whitbread's £700m restaurant pubs arm while Whitbread would take M&Bs £200m hotels group.

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UK budget hotel outperforming the market (asap news)

Wed, 18 Jun 2008 17:45:45 GMT

With every business trying to help out there bottom line, budget hotels are managing to out perform the hotel industry by offering quality stays for cheaper prices. One hotel chain that is receiving the benefit of the economic slow down is Whitbread’s Premier Inn. Alan Parker who is the Chief Executive of the hotel chain [...]

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Hotel chain boosts Whitbread (Edinburgh Evening News)

Wed, 18 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMT

The rise has been mainly driven by the performance of budget-hotels chain Premier Inn, which accounts for around 70 per cent of Whitbread’s profits, with it’s like-for-like sales up 10.7 per cent. The group has been rapidly expanding its two key brands – Costa and Premier Inn – in the UK and overseas. Its Costa chain has grown year-on-year by 289 sites to 1051 outlets.Alan Parker, chief...

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Wikio - Alan Parker

Mamma Mia! - The Movie Soundtrack (Polydor) (Manchester Evening News)

Michael Dwyer to Guest Edit Next Issue of Film Ireland Magazine (Irish Blogs)

Pink Floyd - The Wall (London Underground Life)

Lean Whitbread gives Parker good reason to gloat (Financial Time)

Whitbread eyes further swaps after Mitchells & Butler's deal (The Telegraph)

M&B to swap 20 hotels for 50 pubs (Financial Time)

County Offers Students New Way to Link (Red Orbit )

AMPAS Monday Nights with Oscar Monthly Film Series "FAME" with Special Guests Michael Gore, Kristi Zea, and Margery Simkin (Festival21.com)

Setting Their Sights on Features (FilmStew.com)

Hotels look to a boom without the frills (Financial Time)

Hotels look to a boom without frills (Financial Time)

BOOK/MAGAZINE: Recommended Reading: Pollard and Parker Featured in Style Weekly (All About Jazz)

Recommended reading: Pollard and Parker featured in Style Weekly (RVAjazz)

ok, so i'm 20 years behind as usual (Steven Rubio's Online Life)

Drum And Chaos (Channel 4 )

Friday Night Double Feature: Irish Music Lovin' Rockin' Double Feature (Cinema Blend)

Fame (Cinema de Merde)

Whitbread and Mitchells & Butlers asset swap rumours grow (The Telegraph)

UK budget hotel outperforming the market (asap news)

Hotel chain boosts Whitbread (Edinburgh Evening News)