Showing posts with label Morocco. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Morocco. Show all posts

Monday, May 20, 2024

Alexander Doom leans for CLOSE men's 400m win at Rabat Diamond League | NBC Sports - YouTube - Morocco

Alexander Doom (pronouced Dome) of Belgium scored a personal best in Rabat,Morocco.

Friday, January 8, 2016

Movie Noted:Live From Baghdad - HBO Films

Tonight is presented an award-winning 2002 TV movie from HBO Films,"Live From Baghdad,"a true story based on the book by CNN producer Robert Wiener.The film chronicles the buildup to the 1991 Gulf War that drove Saddam Hussein's Iraqi army out of Kuwait,and ends with the start of the air campaign.Shot in Morocco,Los Angeles and the Culver Studios,it explores the dedication and bonds of journalists working at the brink of war.*
Starring Michael Keaton and Helena Bonham Carter,the film was nominated for three Golden Globes and won eight Primetime Emmy Awards,including Outstanding Made for TV Movie and Outstanding Actress in a Miniseries or Movie,Helena Bonham Carter.It also garnered the Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Movies for TV award,Mick Jackson and colleagues,from the Directors Guild of America,USA;and the Best Motion Picture Made for TV award from the Online Film & Television Association.*
The IMDb website gave the movie a 7.4/10 rating.Besides Keaton and Carter,other cast members include Lili Taylor,Bruce McGill and David Suchet.It is available on disc from Amazon.







































































































































































































































































Friday, March 27, 2015

About DJ Layla;Trophee Hassan II Golf

Tonight is featured another track by DJ Layla&Dee-Dee,"Planet Mars."DJ Layla,27,is a Romania-based DJ who has worked with the Bucharest singer Dee-Dee several times,as well as with vocalists Sianna,Lorina and Alissa.She has become quite popular on the Eurodance music scene since 2009.Closely associated with singer-songwriter and producer Radu Sirbu,her real name is Natalia Ostasina.A native of Moldova,she also lived in Ukraine for a number of years.She studied law at the State University of Moldova.*
The European Tour's Trophee Hassan II golf tournament,named for King Hassan II,is underway at the Golf Palais du Royal in Agadir,Morroco.It is an exclusive golf course actually located on the palace grounds,complete with crenellated,reddish brown palace walls with towers and views of the Atlantic Ocean and Atlas Mountains.The course was designed by Robert Trent Jones,Sr.
After two rounds,the lead was shared by four golfers at six under par:Rafael Cabrera-Bello (ESP);Richard Green (AUS);Richie Ramsay (SCO);and Oliver Farr (WAL).