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Notes from that time when I met Emmanuel Macron at his house.
07/24/2024

Notes from that time when I met Emmanuel Macron at his house.

It was the best of selfies, it was the worst of selfies. Presidential ones, that is. On Monday (22 July), French President Emmanuel Macron...

Chats about the Olympics Village experience with USA Skateboarding (Team USA) athletes Mariah Duran, Paige Heyn and Poe ...
07/21/2024

Chats about the Olympics Village experience with USA Skateboarding (Team USA) athletes Mariah Duran, Paige Heyn and Poe Pinson as well as Venezuela judo Olympian Anriquelis Barrios via this link:

One of my favorite Olympic observations took place at Beijing 2008, not far from the Main Press Center and Water Cube. Dozens of pin collec...

Notes from first visit to the Paris 2024 Olympics village.
07/19/2024

Notes from first visit to the Paris 2024 Olympics village.

Back in 1996, a couple of colleagues with the Atlanta Committee for the Olympic Games (ACOG) international relations team composed an origin...

Did you know there's a Musee Rodin pin for 2024? Who'da thought? Check it out on this fresh post.
07/17/2024

Did you know there's a Musee Rodin pin for 2024? Who'da thought? Check it out on this fresh post.

My expectations were simple for a premier visit to Mus é e Rodin , one of Paris' main museums skipped during prior travels. What a treat!...

First impressions and notes from the Paris arrival.
07/16/2024

First impressions and notes from the Paris arrival.

Arriving at Charles de Gaulle airport on 11 July marked my fifth touchdown at Paris since the early 2000s. Unlike previous visits, mostly f...

In addition to his fantastic roles in Klute, MASH, Disclosure, Animal House and so much more, Donald Sutherland enjoyed ...
06/21/2024

In addition to his fantastic roles in Klute, MASH, Disclosure, Animal House and so much more, Donald Sutherland enjoyed an Olympics cameo as flagbearer in Vancouver 2010. RIP.

The well-known actor Donald Sutherland passed away at the age of 88. Learn more about his contribution to the Olympic movement.

What would an "in memoriam" segment look like at the Olympics opening ceremony?
06/05/2024

What would an "in memoriam" segment look like at the Olympics opening ceremony?

A letter dated May 25, 2024, went out via U.S. Mail addressed to Maison Olympique in Lausanne, Switzerland. Here's a slightly redacted vers...

Have you seen the latest updates about (client) Atlanta Story Partners' new Olympics film? Check out the hot off the pre...
05/03/2024

Have you seen the latest updates about (client) Atlanta Story Partners' new Olympics film? Check out the hot off the press story by Delaney at SaportaReport ...

Read Atlanta Story Partners nearing release for 1996 Olympics documentary by Delaney Tarr for SaportaReport here.

The Atlanta Film Festival enjoyed a strong opening weekend with the filmed-in-Georgia delights "The Idea of You Movie" a...
04/30/2024

The Atlanta Film Festival enjoyed a strong opening weekend with the filmed-in-Georgia delights "The Idea of You Movie" and the Olympic-tethered documentary "About A Bowshot Away." Check out reviews and a peek at what's next at AFF via this fresh post ...

The 2024 Atlanta Film Festival is underway, this year featuring just one Olympic-tethered film among dozens of features and documentaries i...

Finally finished the post with a review of "Outofshapeworthlessloser" by Gracie Gold with Karen Crouse, who was helpful ...
03/13/2024

Finally finished the post with a review of "Outofshapeworthlessloser" by Gracie Gold with Karen Crouse, who was helpful with her behind-the-scenes explanation of their collaboration to write this page-turning autobiography with lots to unpack from the world of International Figure Skating and U.S. Figure Skating. Check out the review and new (not previously published) photos of Gold I snapped in Sochi and the championships of 2015 ...

There's a dose of ominous foreshadowing in the table of contents to Gracie Gold's new autobiography " Outofshapeworthlessloser: A Memoir of ...

Six runners for Team USA earned their tickets to Paris 2024 at the U.S. Olympic Marathon Team Trials in Orlando. Check o...
02/04/2024

Six runners for Team USA earned their tickets to Paris 2024 at the U.S. Olympic Marathon Team Trials in Orlando. Check out the results and brief notes from the sunny scene via this link ... https://bit.ly/TeamUSAOlympicMarathonTrials

Feb. 29 marks four years since Atlanta hosted what may be called the "Pandemic Eve" Olympic trials for marathon on Team USA's road to Tokyo...

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