The Return of Ted Lasso, the Rescheduled Tokyo Olympics, and 44 Other TV Somethings to Consume in July

Also: a Gossip Girl reboot, dueling Love Islands

"...heartwarming sports stories sourced from real life, the Tokyo Olympics, rescheduled from last summer, kicks off Friday, July 23..."

July 1, 2021 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Olympics on the Moon

"...quit bickering over which tired, old city gets the Olympics. Is anyone excited to watch the Athens games this..."

Aug. 5, 2004 Postmarks

Fun Fun Fun Water Olympics

The FFFF warm-up and cool-down has more punk-rock cred and fewer steroids than a Soviet-era weight-lifting team

"...best waterproof gel out for your Mohawk. Yeah, the Olympics may have Michael Phelps and videos of David Bowie,..."

Aug. 17, 2012 Sports Feature by Richard Whittaker

Fun Fun Fun Fest Aqua Olympics 2014

"...from the fourth annual Fun Fun Fun Fest Aqua Olympics at Fiesta Gardens on Saturday, August 2, 2014..."

Aug. 4, 2014 Photo Gallery

Fun Fun Fun Fest Aqua Olympics

August 4, 2013. 19 photos.

"...assembled en masse Saturday for the third annual Aqua Olympics, a preemptive taste of Fun Fun Fun Fest righteousness..."

Aug. 5, 2013 Photo Gallery

Fun Fun Fun Fest Aqua Olympics

August 19, 2012. 40 Photos

"...The 2nd Annual Fun Fun Fun Fest Aqua Olympics at Fiesta Gardens on August 19, 2012..."

Aug. 21, 2012 Photo Gallery

Olympics Spoiler: U.S.-Canada

Women's soccer semifinal: Hope you DVR'd it

"...I missed the first half of today's Olympics semifinal between the USA and Canada, but what I..."

Aug. 6, 2012 Sports Post by Nick Barbaro

Austin at the Olympics: Michelle Carter

Rough going for 1984 silver medalist's daughter

"...her on the Olympic team earlier this summer. The Olympics are a family affair for Carter: Her father, Michael,..."

Aug. 17, 2008 Sports Post by Lee Nichols

Hardee's Olympics Come to Painful End

Former Longhorn fails to finish decathlon

Aug. 22, 2008 Sports Post by Lee Nichols

On Tap: Horns, Olympics, WC, EPL

Longhorns soccer season begins, Stoke City loses first-ever EPL game, and more

Aug. 20, 2008 Sports Post by Nick Barbaro

TV Eye

While you're watching the Olympics, who's watching you?

"...When the Summer Olympics start in Beijing on Friday, you may be watching...."

Aug. 8, 2008 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

The Ringer

A Farrelly brothers comedy that purports to have a message about treating the intellectually challenged as regular human beings and stars Johnny "Jackass" Knoxville is about as disingenuous as a comedy that urges us to see past a person’s body size to appreciate the beauty within and stars Gwyneth Paltrow in a fat suit.

"...decide this ethical dilemma on your own, the Special Olympics powers-that-be have gone out of their way to offer..."

Dec. 23, 2005 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Media Watch

Sports guy Roger Wallace is unflappable as he delivers live sound bites from "halfway around the world"

"...NBC bills its Olympics coverage as "the most ambitious single media project in..."

Aug. 15, 2008 News Feature by Kevin Brass

One Day in September

Recipient of the 2000 Oscar for Best Documentary, this film unfolds the gripping drama that occurred on September 5, 1972, during the Munich Olympics, when eight armed Palestinian terrorists took 11 members of the Israeli delegation hostage.

"...the day of Sept. 5, 1972, during the Munich Olympics, when eight armed Palestinian terrorists took 11 members of..."

Feb. 16, 2001 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

SXsports: Mega-Events and the Damage Done

How events like the Olympics and the World Cup destroy the host cities

"...most Americans think of Sports Mega-Events (SMEs) like the Olympics or the World Cup, we think of the tremendous..."

March 15, 2015 SXSW Post by Eric Sollenberger

Cool Runnings

This movie about those most unlikely of sports heroes – the Jamaican Olympic bobsled team – is often silly but almost never funny.

"...and not one of them was a bobsled. Cool Runnings, a movie about those most unlikely of sports heroes..."

Oct. 1, 1993 Movie Review by Hollis Chacona

London, Baby!

Live from Gay 'ol Londontown

"...Gay Place's Liz Williams goes to London for the Olympics! Tweets, pics, and Facebook updates live from London, spoiler-free...."

Aug. 2, 2012 Qmmunity Post by Liz Williams

Richard Jewell

Eastwood's latest assault on the establishment mangles its own history

"...dozens, in Atlanta’s Centennial Park during the 1996 Summer Olympics. In his latest reprimand calling out institutional misconduct, a..."

Dec. 13, 2019 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Sultan

Bollywood drama

"...to make a comeback to represent India at the Olympics in this Bollywood biographical drama...."

July 8, 2016 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Bronze

Melissa Rauch stars as a foul-mouthed former Olympics champ

"...petite gymnast who captured third place at the 2004 Olympics while performing on an injured Achilles heel, was America’s..."

March 18, 2016 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Red Army

Doc presents the Russian team members' views of their stunning defeat by the U.S. during the 1980 Olympics

"...stunning upset victory over the U.S.S.R. during the 1980 Olympics at Lake Placid. Our side of the story has..."

March 20, 2015 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Unbroken

The heroic story of Louis Zamperini, who endured harrowing hardships during World War II, is the subject of Angelina Jolie's second movie.

"...Zamperini, a U.S. runner, who competed in the 1936 Olympics before joining the Air Force and having his plane..."

Dec. 26, 2014 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The AggreGAYtor: February 10

What happened today in gay? Here’s your QILTBAG recap of queer news.

"...The Winter Olympics heat up, Eric Holder levels off, and Rob Ford..."

Feb. 10, 2014 Qmmunity Post by David Estlund

From Up on Poppy Hill

This latest film from the Japanese animation house Studio Ghibli is dubbed into English.

"...Set in the ramp-up to the 1964 Tokyo Summer Olympics, From Up on Poppy Hill engages us most in..."

April 19, 2013 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Thunderstruck

NBA star Kevin Durant appears as himself in this family film wherein a stroke of magic causes him to swap talents with a klutzy 16-year-old.

"...really, Kevin Durant: Isn’t an NBA championship and an Olympics gold medal enough for one mortal to achieve in..."

Aug. 31, 2012 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

5 Days of War

Renny Harlin directs this explosion-heavy film about the Russian-Georgian crisis of 2008.

"...rest of the world instead tuned in to the Olympics – is a one-sided saga that seems more concerned..."

Sept. 9, 2011 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Wonderful Horrible Life of Leni Riefenstahl

"...her film Olympia, the chronicle of the 1936 Berlin Olympics, for which she shot over 400 kilometers of film..."

June 10, 1994 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Cutting Edge

A champion ice-skating beauty has trouble finding a male partner who can keep pace with her.

"...for those who couldn't get enough of the Winter Olympics on TV, but it pushes past simple opportunism to..."

April 10, 1992 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The AggreGAYtor: August 10

Your daily dose of LGBTQ news

"...The Olympics get steamy, Rob Halford champs at the bit, and..."

Aug. 10, 2012 Qmmunity Post by Brandon Watson

Sanya Richards Finally Wins the Big One

Ex-Longhorn takes world championship in Berlin

"...stretch in Beijing to take third at the 2008 Olympics...."

Aug. 18, 2009 Sports Post by Lee Nichols

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