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17 hours ago · In 1972, using money earned from his record store, Branson launched the record label Virgin Records with Nik Powell. The name "Virgin" was suggested by one of Branson's early employees because they were all new at business. [31] Branson bought a country estate north of Oxford in which he installed a residential recording studio, The Manor ...
Sep 2, 2024 · For the soundtrack, we needed someone who could put together a band with star power. Producer Nik Powell was sitting on the toilet reading a music magazine when he saw the right name for the job. He ran out yelling: “We need to get Don Was!”
Sep 8, 2024 · Rez Ball takes the general contours of its narrative from the real-life culture that surrounds Native American high school basketball, which Powell documents in the 2019 book Canyon Dreams:...
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1 day ago · On August 26, the film become the first animated film to grossed $1 billion at overseas box office outside North America. Ne Zha set the record for the biggest opening for an animated film in China, with $91.5 million, this was also the highest for a non-Hollywood animated film.
5 days ago · The name “Virgin” arose in 1970 when Richard Branson and Nik Powell set up a record shop, first by mail order, and, in 1971, with a physical store. They considered themselves virgins in business. Branson has described the “V” in the current logo as an expressive tick, representing the Virgin seal of approval."
3 days ago · An independent record label (or indie label) is a record label that operates without the funding or distribution of major record labels; they are a type of small- to medium-sized enterprise, or SME.
Sep 19, 2024 · Powell’s character gets knocked on the head and upon recovering finds that he can’t remember anything that happened since an earlier knock on the head during a robbery nine years before. A former con man, he learns that he’s been living in Habersville, Pennsylvania, as a businessman, civic leader, taxidermy enthusiast, and volunteer Boy ...
