Tony Wilson
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"Anthony Howard "Tony" Wilson" was an English record label owner, radio and television presenter, nightclub manager, impresario and journalist for Granada Television and the BBC.

Wilson was the music mogul behind some of Manchester's most successful List of bands from Manchester/bands. He was one of the five co-founders of Factory Records and the founder and manager of the Haçienda nightclub. Wilson was known as "Mr Manchester", dubbed as such for his work in promoting the culture of Manchester throughout his career.

He was portrayed by Steve Coogan in Michael Winterbottom's 2002 film 24 Hour Party People, and by Craig Parkinson in Anton Corbijn's 2007 film Control (2007 film)/Control.

He died on 10 August 2007 from a heart attack whilst also suffering from kidney cancer.

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Energy, energy? Energy is, is, it's nothing more than a lot of new age hokum masquerading as religion.

[The film 24 Hour Party People offers a spirited piece of advice when it comes to the art of storytelling.] When you have to choose between truth and legend, ... I say choose the legend.

I am not a piece of hash. I'm in charge of Factory Records. I think.

So it would kind of make sense for them to have that relationship and it would add a little more scale to their business in Australia.

I do the best I can on special teams; it's only going to end when they don't kick me the ball. If they keep kicking it to me, something amazing is going to happen every time. I didn't think after the first one they'd kick it to me any more.

It's not your everyday job, ... Anytime you get to blow stuff up on a daily basis, it's a lot of fun.

It helps me in my real games by playing the Xbox or the PS2. For instance, when I played some quarterback, I could kind of see the pressure you can put on a defense when you roll out and you run or you throw in the game. You see how the defense has to play that.

This scene didn't actually make it to the final cut. I'm sure it'll be on the DVD.

We get a lot of really neat toys.