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Thanks to their money-in-the-bank track record, studios trust them, so Kennedy and Marshall manage to talk executives into some extraordinary things. Shortly before the opening of The Bourne Supremacy, Marshall got a call from its star, Matt Damon, who was on the Lake Como, Italy, set of Ocean's 12. Damon had talked with a screenwriter there and come up with an ending for Supremacy that he and the director, Paul Greengrass, liked better than the original, which left test audiences unmoved. "I said, 'Matt, the movie comes out in two weeks. What are you talking about...
...horse, but also access to the paddock, pre-race chats with trainers and jockeys, and the chance to gloat in the winner's circle. Ed Marley, a syndicate member and managing director of a television production company in Liverpool, describes ascending the owner's stand at his hometown track as "one of the most exhilarating moments I've ever...
...bought him and shipped him to Hong Kong. After two seasons with little consistent success racing the horse at various distances and in differing weight classes, they switched to another trainer, who guessed Pocket Money was best suited to the 1,400-m run at Hong Kong's Shatin track. In the three races that Pocket Money has run so far this year, he has finished first twice and second once. Lo is pleased, not least because Pocket Money's $260,000 in winnings is the biggest haul for any Hong Kong horse thus far in the 2007-08 season...
...Through its support the Institute is also able to track trends with students. According to Senior Program Officer Ashford, the strict left-right see-saw is not appropriate any longer, especially for young voters. “The political parties, the media, and the government are structured with the idea of liberal-conservative. I think most young people don’t fit into either category. They don’t fit into those labels, but they don’t have a name to identify what they...
...needs between 120 to 150 events a year to make the O2 viable, but it's already on track to host up to 180 in its debut year. "We're well ahead of the game," says David Campbell, chief executive of AEG Europe. According to Billboard, O2 sold 601,056 tickets in its first three months, making it the fourth most popular arena in the world after Madison Square Garden, the Manchester Evening News Arena and Wembley Arena. Legendary British promoter Harvey Goldsmith, organizer of the Zeppelin show, isn't surprised by the O2's success: "It's a state...