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Access Readies For Beijing: Only Two Days Until Our Departure
By Jeremy BlacklowManaging Editor
Ni Hao!
We've been planning it for months – for over a year, really – and now it's finally here: the Beijing Olympics.
On Friday morning, I (along with 14 of my Access Hollywood peers) depart for China. I found out last March that I'd be able to go, and I've been mentally preparing ever since. This is my first Olympics with NBC, and I'm excited for it. I'll be on a flight with just a few other staffers from our show – including our executive producer, Rob, and Billy Bush – so, if the flight goes down and we're stranded on an island that wields supernatural powers – at least I'll be in good company.
Our two lead producers, Steve and John, are already over there! And the U.S. Olympic team has started to arrive with them – on board their flight were, amongst other Olympians, the fencing team, Morgan Hamm and the men's gymnastics team, and Laura Wilkinson and some of the diving team.
My flight lands at around 3:30 PM Beijing time on Saturday, August 2 (Beijing is 15 hours ahead of LA; 12 hours ahead of NYC). I'll probably sleep when I arrive (it'll be midnight LA time), and then we'll all hit the ground running on Sunday, August 3. After that, we'll all be working every day until I return on Saturday, August 23.
So what will you, our readers, be able to expect on AccessHollywood.com during the Olympics?
Read More, After The Jump ....
As part of NBC Universal's Digital Media group, Access Hollywood and AccessHollywood.com
will be a supplement to all of NBC Olympics' incredible coverage. We'll introduce you to the
worlds of celebrity and entertainment going on during the games, and
we'll take you behind the scenes to the culture and parties that
compose this momentous event.
Essentially, we'll be working every day shooting segments with Billy Bush and Shaun Robinson, filing original print articles, writing blogs and taking digital photos. Our work day will likely begin around 9 or 10 AM each day Beijing time, with each morning's sporting events, and we'll go until 11 PM or midnight each evening.
AccessHollywood.com will be out in the field with the Access show crews and filing reports alongside them. We'll be at Tianamen Square & The Forbidden City, The Great Wall, the Hutongs and many more amazing Beijing locales.
Personally, I'll also be wandering away from the show at times, to find original print stories that are separate from what the show is covering (don't worry, I'll always be with a "buddy"! NBCU has drilled that into our heads!). Expect profiles of personalities and athletes that won't air on our television show.
And, as always, the extended versions of the video we shoot will live here online.
Then, on Friday, 8-8-08, the games begin. We'll be bringing you all of the interviews with the athletes that you want to know more about. Check out our Athlete Profiles on our Olympics page, to find out their very interesting celebrity likes & dislikes! You may be surprised!
Some of the segments we'll be bringing to you pre-Olympics include: a guide of Billy's first day in Beijing; the city's crazy nighttime food market; we'll find out who the biggest Hollywood star is in China; we'll take you to a cool celebrity hotel by the most popular part of The Great Wall; and we'll bring you a tour of the International Broadcast Center. And that's just the tip of the iceberg.
This is the largest Olympics ever – NBCOlympics.com is bringing you over 2,200 hours of online live sporting events, along with their partners at Microsoft Silverlight. There are hundreds of producers, on-air talent, and play-by-play experts heading over now to get it all ready for you.
Access Hollywood is going to be an exciting part of the dynamic coverage coming to you overall from NBC Universal.
We can't wait to bring it to all of you.
Lights… Camera… Access Beijing!
Essentially, we'll be working every day shooting segments with Billy Bush and Shaun Robinson, filing original print articles, writing blogs and taking digital photos. Our work day will likely begin around 9 or 10 AM each day Beijing time, with each morning's sporting events, and we'll go until 11 PM or midnight each evening.
AccessHollywood.com will be out in the field with the Access show crews and filing reports alongside them. We'll be at Tianamen Square & The Forbidden City, The Great Wall, the Hutongs and many more amazing Beijing locales.
Personally, I'll also be wandering away from the show at times, to find original print stories that are separate from what the show is covering (don't worry, I'll always be with a "buddy"! NBCU has drilled that into our heads!). Expect profiles of personalities and athletes that won't air on our television show.
And, as always, the extended versions of the video we shoot will live here online.
Then, on Friday, 8-8-08, the games begin. We'll be bringing you all of the interviews with the athletes that you want to know more about. Check out our Athlete Profiles on our Olympics page, to find out their very interesting celebrity likes & dislikes! You may be surprised!
Some of the segments we'll be bringing to you pre-Olympics include: a guide of Billy's first day in Beijing; the city's crazy nighttime food market; we'll find out who the biggest Hollywood star is in China; we'll take you to a cool celebrity hotel by the most popular part of The Great Wall; and we'll bring you a tour of the International Broadcast Center. And that's just the tip of the iceberg.
This is the largest Olympics ever – NBCOlympics.com is bringing you over 2,200 hours of online live sporting events, along with their partners at Microsoft Silverlight. There are hundreds of producers, on-air talent, and play-by-play experts heading over now to get it all ready for you.
Access Hollywood is going to be an exciting part of the dynamic coverage coming to you overall from NBC Universal.
We can't wait to bring it to all of you.
Lights… Camera… Access Beijing!
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