"We are on the map. And we will stay on the map! Not only in sports, but in everything!" That was the iconic line spoken by Israeli basketball player Tal Brody after his team won the European Championship in 1977. On the Map is a documentary that profiles the successful victory of the Israeli basketball team in the 1970s, an amazing feat that actually did help put Israel "on the map" - at least in sports history. This looks like it has glorious old school footage from the matches, as well as some great interviews with many of the players who are still alive today. Israeli figures from outside the sports world, including former ambassador Michael Oren, politician Yair Lapid and former refusenik Natan Sharansky, all recall what TV commentator Alex Giladi calls "the end of Israeli sport losing with honor." If you're into sports docs, check this out below. Here's...
- 10/7/2016
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
Though celebrities and members of the media gathered to attend the 2013 White House Correspondents' Dinner, the annual event was just one of the many parties to stop by over the weekend.
Like last year, the media's finest gathered to kick off the weekend at The New Yorker's annual party and the People/Time cocktail reception on the eve of the White House Correspondents' Dinner. By Saturday, media stars and celebrities mingled at the annual cocktail reception co-hosted by CBS News, Atlantic Media, the Atlantic and National Journal before the dinner at the Washington Hilton Hotel. Stars including Kevin Spacey, Claire Danes and José Andrés chatted with CBS News' Bob Schieffer, Scott Pelley and more.
Time, CNN, People and Fortune also co-hosted a pre-dinner cocktail reception. Fortune's guests included John Legend and Chrissy Teigen. Time invited Steven Spielberg, Jeffrey Katzenberg, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Brad Hall, Gabby Douglas, Israeli Ambassador Michael Oren,...
Like last year, the media's finest gathered to kick off the weekend at The New Yorker's annual party and the People/Time cocktail reception on the eve of the White House Correspondents' Dinner. By Saturday, media stars and celebrities mingled at the annual cocktail reception co-hosted by CBS News, Atlantic Media, the Atlantic and National Journal before the dinner at the Washington Hilton Hotel. Stars including Kevin Spacey, Claire Danes and José Andrés chatted with CBS News' Bob Schieffer, Scott Pelley and more.
Time, CNN, People and Fortune also co-hosted a pre-dinner cocktail reception. Fortune's guests included John Legend and Chrissy Teigen. Time invited Steven Spielberg, Jeffrey Katzenberg, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Brad Hall, Gabby Douglas, Israeli Ambassador Michael Oren,...
- 4/28/2013
- by The Huffington Post
- Huffington Post
Friday night political and pop culture salon "Real Time with Bill Maher" will see former CNN anchor Catherine Crier, actor Jon Hamm, ambassador Michael Oren and politico Michael Steele on to chat with host Bill Maher. The series continues its tenth season Friday, March 9 (10:00-11:00 p.m. live Et/tape-delayed Pt), exclusively on HBO, with an instant replay at 11:00 p.m. following the live presentation. Allowing Maher to offer his unique perspective on contemporary issues, the show includes an opening monologue, roundtable discussions with panelists, and interviews with in-studio and satellite guests. The roundtable guests this week are journalist Catherine Crier, an Emmy and duPont-Columbia Award-winning journalist, and the youngest state judge to ever be elected in Texas, Catherine Crier...
- 3/6/2012
- by April MacIntyre
- Monsters and Critics
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