Olympian Tim Morehouse Makes Movie Debut! (Sort of)

 

"I don't go to Queens and you better pay me with cash!"

So it’s not exactly a starring role or even a speaking one, but playing “yellow cab driver #1” was still pretty sweet! 

For several hours I drove a yellow cab about 10 feet, picked up several “passengers” leaving a party, waited for them to say their lines and then drove them another 50 feet.   Along the way I learned how to turn the fare sign on and off and well…that’s really about it, but I did get some cool pictures!  

 

The film is an Indy titled “The Imperialists are Still Alive!” and its directed by Zeina Durra and produced by Vanessa Hope. 

Olympic Gold Medalist Ryan Lochte Struggles with Reporter at an Event

Olympic Gold Medalist Swimmer Ryan Lochte has been on a roll since Beijing .  He’s signed with the Ford Modeling Agency, had a photo spread  in GQ magazine and also enlisted PMK, the worlds largest PR firm, to promote his rising star. 

He’s truly been a model of capitalizing on Olympic success, but his recent appearance at Young Friends of Save Venice was a little less than stellar (at least that’s how they reported it) and a cautionary tale for making sure you know your event! (We could have easily done this ourselves)

Daily: Tell me about your personal relationship with Venice

Lochte: What?

 

Daily: Venice.

Lochte: Venice?

 

Daily: Aren’t you here for Save Venice?

Lochte: Um… my publicist… I’m here for Fashion Week.”

 

It’s all good however!  If the press is printing stories like this you know he is doing something right!

Ryan Lochte in December GQ Magazine

“Sync or Swim” Documentary on 2004 Olympic Syncro Team Swims!

The intense daily training, three nerve-wracking Olympic qualifying competitions, a teammate facing manslaughter charges, an athlete just missing her Olympic dream and ultimately Olympic triumph are just some of the highlights of “Sync or Swim” a documentary film about the 2004 Olympic Synchronized Swimming Team.     

Synchronized Swimming like fencing and other emerging Olympic sports are often overlooked in the US market and this film really brings home how many unheralded and unknown inspirational stories can be found in our Olympians and Olympic teams.   

 

Director Cheryl Furjanic spent many months with the team beginning with the duet Olympic trials and gives a very insightful look at this sport and its athletes.    The sacrifices they all make, one of them foregoing a full-scholarship to Stanford to pursue her dreams, others living with very little money while they train full-time.    

(lft to rt.) Olympic Bronze Medalist Lauren McFall, Becky Tomsic, her husband and director Cheryl Furjanic take questions during Q&A session after Moma screening

The film covers the whole team, but focuses on three athletes: Russian born Anna Kozlova who has finished 4^th at 2 Olympics and is pursuing her last chance at an Olympic Medal, Becky Tomsic who qualified for 2000, but then missed the games because of an injury and Andrea Nott, pursuing her first Olympic team.

 

If you want a great inside look at what it takes to be an Olympian, the inside scoop on this non-mainstream sport and to be inspired by some amazing women then this documentary is for you!   

 

You can find out where it’s playing at: http://synchromovie.tumblr.com/