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Random Acts of Reference: Who Are the Candidates Going to Quote Next?Failure is impossible." - Susan B. Anthony "I'm as mad as hell, and I'm not going to take this anymore!" Peter Finch 's character Howard Beale in the move Network Attracting Women Voters For Obama: "I desire you would remember the
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Beverly Hilton Hotel, Known as 'The Place to See and Be Seen'
lab van remained parked nearby the hotel entrance investigating Houston's death. Houston is the latest celebrity to die at the hotel. Other celebrity deaths include Australian actor Peter Finch , who had a fatal heart attack in the lobby.
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Director Sidney Lumet Dies at 86successful features of 1976, became a landmark cautionary tale on the power of the media with the classic line, uttered by Peter Finch 's news anchor Howard Beale, "I'm mad as hell and I'm not gonna take it anymore." In 2000 the film was added
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The Black Box of the Congressional Budget Processin his brilliant script for the movie "Network." Like the ones most of us remember, these words too are spoken by Peter Finch playing Howard Beale, a once-respected network news anchor: "I don't have to tell you things are bad. Everybody
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Keith Olbermann Leaves MSNBC, 'Countdown'unutterable profundity and vision. You damn the impediments and you insist upon the insurrections, and then you emit Peter Finch 's guttural, resonant, 'So--.' And you implore, you will the viewer to go to the window, open it, stick out
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Keith Olbermann Leaves 'Countdown' on MSNBC
unutterable profundity and vision. You damn the impediments and you insist upon the insurrections, and then you emit Peter Finch 's guttural, resonant, 'So--.' And you implore, you will the viewer to go to the window, open it, stick out
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Hotels play up golf angle for meetings
Sea Island was built in the 1920s and is incredibly beautiful, sitting next to the ocean in coastal Georgia," says Peter Finch , the magazine's senior editor. Golf Digest ranks California's Pebble Beach Resorts No. 2 for meetings and golf
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"Slumdog" Steals the Show with Eight Oscars
criminal clown -- led Ledger to become depressed. Ledger, who was 28 when he died, joins 1976 best-actor winner Peter Finch of "Network" as the only other performer to win an Oscar after his death. Penelope Cruz won the best supporting actress
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Oscars Shower 'Slumdog' With Awards
criminal clown -- led Ledger to become depressed. Ledger, who was 28 when he died, joins 1976 best-actor winner Peter Finch of "Network" as the only other performer to win an Oscar after his death. Penelope Cruz won the best supporting actress
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Oscars Shower 'Slumdog' With Awards
criminal clown -- led Ledger to become depressed. Ledger, who was 28 when he died, joins 1976 best-actor winner Peter Finch of "Network" as the only other performer to win an Oscar after his death. Penelope Cruz won the best supporting actress
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Critics Predict Oscar's Big Winnersreminds us that the Academy has awarded only one major posthumous Oscar in its 81-year history, to "Network" star Peter Finch in 1976. If, somehow, Ledger is passed over, Travers predicts Finch's famous line would be an appropriate response
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Holy Conundrum Batman! How Does Blockbuster Handle Star's Death?of which became hits despite the studio's concern; Spencer Tracy for "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner" (1967); Peter Finch for "Network" (1976); Ralph Richardson for "Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan" (1984); and Massimo Troisi for
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10 Surefire Ways to Score Oscar Recognition
statue from beyond the grave is not so easy. The last time the academy awarded a dead actor with an Oscar was when Peter Finch won best actor for 1976's "Network." The late Ledger could advance the trend if he scores the supporting actor
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Flight Attendant Now Duty-Freemake any news reporter a little nervous. and act as I'm not as well. Network is the iconic I'm quitting seeing Peter Finch deservedly won an Oscar for unfortunately he was dead by One may be from the range. This character has more than Mel
Network is the iconic I'm quitting seeing Peter Finch deservedly won an Oscar for -- unfortunately he was dead by -- One may be from the range. This character has more -
Oscar Predictionsobviously feel the late Heath Ledger will win. This will be the first posthumous Oscar win for an actor since 1977 when Peter Finch won for network. And really can't see anyone else winning in that category. But supporting actress is the category
be the first posthumous Oscar win for an actor since 1977 when Peter Finch won for network. And really can't see anyone else winning in that category. But supporting actress is the category -- surprises always -
Who Will the Oscar Go To?actual tribute as well. Now it's very unusual for an. Actor to win a posthumous Oscar you've got to go back to Peter Finch in network for the last time that happened so this would be something really extraordinary.
Actor to win a posthumous Oscar you've got to go back to Peter Finch in network for the last time that happened so this would be something really extraordinary. -
Batman's Black Carpet PremiereOscar buzz He thinks he's getting a nomination. Well you know only one person has won an after they died in that was Peter Finch in network. back in 1976. So it doesn't happen a lot that this happened. But I think that there's so much dealings
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The Joker Is No Box-Office JokeOscar. His performance with a and intense. Really intense. Totally and so the only Oscar award posthumously went to Peter Finch for network I imagine I met. James Dean was nominated for two Oscars after He died He got neither. Here's my card
Really intense. Totally and so the only Oscar award posthumously went to Peter Finch for network I imagine -- I met. James Dean was nominated for two Oscars after He died He got neither. Here's my
