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Peach,
That did not work the first 5 times I tried it, but using your link it did. I discovered that the MS Bikeathon in my area will be Sept. 22 and 23rd in Morristown NJ. That's fairly close to Novartis headquarters in East Hanover NJ. Thanks!
Oddarane:
From LA times.
Phil Keoghan knows all about racing, cycling or otherwise
By Diane Pucin
May 17, 2012, 2:29 p.m.
Phil Keoghan, the Emmy-winning host of the reality show "The Amazing Race," is also a fan of cycling. He is such a big fan that he is now a sponsor for a women’s cycling team, NOW and Novartis for MS, based in Santa Monica.
On Friday, Alison Powers, a 33-year-old American riding for Keoghan’s team, finished second in the Amgen Tour of California women’s time trial in Bakersfield. Powers was behind only Kristin Armstrong, the defending Olympic gold medalist in the road racing event.
Keoghan said he and his wife Louise became seriously involved in cycling about seven years ago when they were asked to sponsor a local amateur team in Santa Monica that was associated with a multiple sclerosis charity.
"We loved cycling, we started talking about it and decided to do something at the pro level," Keoghan said.
In 2009 Keoghan filmed a documentary called "The Ride" that chronicled his bike trip across America. It debuted on the cable channel Showtime earlier this year. The film has raised $1 million for the National Multiple Sclerosis Society, Keoghan said.
Keoghan said that as much as raising money for MS, he is most proud of often taking his professional riders and putting them on tandem bicycles with riders who have MS.
"It’s kind of cool," Keoghan said, "to put a national champion on a bicycle with somebody who maybe hasn’t ridden five miles on a bike in their entire life."
http://www.latimes.com/sports/sportsnow/la-sp-sn-phil-keoghan-20120517,0,3666655.story
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Phil Keoghan
Honored that #AmazingRace has been selected for #Criticschoice 2012 @CBSTweet
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http://perezhilton.com/2012-06-05-critics-choice-awards-2012-nominations#.T855BtU7huM
Congrats TAR!! WTG!!
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Phil Keoghan
Honored that #AmazingRace has been selected for #Criticschoice 2012 @CBSTweet
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Phil Keoghan
Honored that The Amazing Race has been selected for 2012 Critics Choice Awards, always nice to know they're watching:) Respect.
3 mins ago
BEST REALITY SERIES - COMPETITION
The Pitch
Shark Tank
So You Think You Can Dance
The Voice
Chopped
The Amazing Race
BEST REALITY SHOW HOST
Tom Bergeron, Dancing With the Stars
Nick Cannon, America's Got Talent
Cat Deeley, So You Think You Can Dance
Phil Keoghan, The Amazing Race
RuPaul, RuPaul's Drag Race
georgiapeach:
Envelope Emmy Round Table: Reality hosts get real
By Elena Howe, Los Angeles Times
June 21, 2012
Ever wonder what goes into putting a reality show together? We here at The Envelope certainly did. From scripting out the challenges to winging it on camera, from taking a personal interest in contestants to weeding out the pretenders, reality hosts Padma Lakshmi ("Top Chef"), Phil Keoghan ("The Amazing Race"), Adam Savage (Mythbusters") and Heidi Klum ("Project Runway") covered it all when we asked them to chat with Times staff writer Amy Kaufman about their worlds.
Here are edited excerpts of that free-ranging conversation.
—Elena Howe
Phil's comments only:
Phil Keoghan: Well, once everything has been scouted, then I go through with the producers to find out exactly what's happening. I sit down and write the scripts with another producer. And that's a process of writing and rewriting because the challenges get changed. And then we present the scripts to the network. And then there's further changes. And then we leave with a script that is somewhat close to being finished. And then while we're out on the road, stuff has to get rewritten and so on. I guess it would start a few months before we leave. And then the shooting itself is around 21 days.
Kaufman: So you actually write the script in advance of the entire season?
Keoghan: Well, sometimes while we're on the road. And we'll be somewhere and the challenge will fall through, and so we have to redo it. The producers will quickly go out to scout something [new]. And then something has to be written. And so we have to do it on the fly when we're out there.
...
Keoghan: I think one of the benefits of our show in terms of casting is that we're not looking for people who are specifically good at one particular thing. They're not great cooks, they're not great designers, they're not great singers or dancers. They are so-called ordinary people who we then thrust into an extraordinary situation. There are absolutely people that walk into the audition process that we see who, straight away, you can tell that they're trying to come in with something that isn't really there, because they know that we're looking for good stories.
Kaufman: How can you tell?
Keoghan: Just the story is kind of forced. You can read it straightaway. And you know the audience is going to read that. It doesn't mean that we always get it right. But we have an incredible casting group who, over the years, have really put forward some great teams. And this last season, with Bopper and Mark, after 20 seasons of the show, I got to tell you, next to the cowboys and the Globetrotters who we've had on, Bopper and Mark are fighting for their child who is sick. And they are so genuine and pure in their desire to come on this race to win the money. You see that. You see it because it's on their faces. It's in everything they say. And then they came out and they exceeded our expectations in terms of what they gave. And there isn't a team that we've had on in the 20 seasons, I would say, that so captivated the audience.
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Keoghan: I get invested. I can't help it. I see people take their first plane rides, go to a foreign country for the first time. And I get very, very invested. And I get really frustrated if I see somebody come on and not be giving it 100% in competing, because so many people want to be on the show. I want them to be there. I want them to be hungry. I want them to be competitive. And I think what we're talking about here with our shows is it's a fair competition. Our show is not about voting somebody off or you having the power over somebody else to affect the outcome of how they compete. They're out there competing in a fair race. And it's more than just the winning of the million dollars, Bopper and Mark didn't win the million dollars. But I know for a fact that their lives have changed forever. And there's something tremendously satisfying in knowing that you're a part of a show that not only offers the reward of winning the money, but these people will never be the same again. And for the close to 300 people that have been on our show, I still am in contact with many of them.
...
Keoghan: It's life-changing.
http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/la-en-reality-panel-20120621,0,3380463,full.story
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