What gives, NBC?
First, Today show host Meredith Viera couldn't remember who the inventor of the World Wide Web was. Now, an NBC sportscaster has mixed up Mark Zuckerberg, one of the most important entrepreneurs of the decade, with a guy who played him in a movie.
During NBC's live broadcast of the gold-match men's basketball game between the U.S. and Spain on Sunday, NBC's Bob Fitzgerald mistook actor Jesse Eisenberg, most famous for playing the Facebook co-founder in the 2010 blockbuster The Social Network, with the actual Mark Zuckerberg. This is what Fitzgerald told TV viewers when the camera panned to the Eisenberg in attendance at the game:
I know I'm gonna put that picture on Facebook. We've got every executive of note, it seems, worldwide, attending these Games.
We can forgive Fitzgerald somewhat for the confusion: Eisenberg does look like Zuckerberg, which is why Aaron Sorkin cast him,...
First, Today show host Meredith Viera couldn't remember who the inventor of the World Wide Web was. Now, an NBC sportscaster has mixed up Mark Zuckerberg, one of the most important entrepreneurs of the decade, with a guy who played him in a movie.
During NBC's live broadcast of the gold-match men's basketball game between the U.S. and Spain on Sunday, NBC's Bob Fitzgerald mistook actor Jesse Eisenberg, most famous for playing the Facebook co-founder in the 2010 blockbuster The Social Network, with the actual Mark Zuckerberg. This is what Fitzgerald told TV viewers when the camera panned to the Eisenberg in attendance at the game:
I know I'm gonna put that picture on Facebook. We've got every executive of note, it seems, worldwide, attending these Games.
We can forgive Fitzgerald somewhat for the confusion: Eisenberg does look like Zuckerberg, which is why Aaron Sorkin cast him,...
- 8/13/2012
- by The Huffington Post
- Huffington Post
Looks like the tape-delayed airing of the Olympics isn't the only thing to get the #NBCfail hashtag during the 2012 Summer Games. One of the network's announcers during the gold-medal men's basketball match between Spain and the United States on Sunday (Aug. 12) seemed to mistake Jesse Eisenberg, the actor who played Mark Zuckerberg in "The Social Network," for the Facebook founder himself.
"I know I'm gonna put that picture on Facebook," announcer Bob Fitzgerald says as the camera stops on Eisenberg. "We've got every executive of note, it seems, worldwide, attending these Games."
While Zuckerberg wasn't the one caught on NBC's camera, a topless image of the Facebook exec is making the rounds on the Internet. TMZ reports that the caption with the shirtless pic, which surfaced on image-sharing site imagur, suggests that Facebook Director of Engineering Andrew Bosworth accidentally posted the pic publicly only to remove it shortly afterward.
"I know I'm gonna put that picture on Facebook," announcer Bob Fitzgerald says as the camera stops on Eisenberg. "We've got every executive of note, it seems, worldwide, attending these Games."
While Zuckerberg wasn't the one caught on NBC's camera, a topless image of the Facebook exec is making the rounds on the Internet. TMZ reports that the caption with the shirtless pic, which surfaced on image-sharing site imagur, suggests that Facebook Director of Engineering Andrew Bosworth accidentally posted the pic publicly only to remove it shortly afterward.
- 8/13/2012
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Pop2it
Jesse Eisenberg portrayed Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg in David Fincher's 2010 film "The Social Network." The casting was apparently so good that NBC can't tell the difference between the actor and the internet billionaire. During the network's coverage of the Olympic Games, NBC's announcer Bob Fitzgerald spotted Eisenberg during the USA vs Spain gold medal basketball game, but identified him as Zuckerberg, stating: "Every executive of note it seems worldwide is attending these games." Of course there are plenty of explanations for why Fitzgerald made that mistake. Maybe he thought he was watching "The Social Network" instead of a basketball game. Or maybe Eisenberg was quietly doing his best Zuckerberg impression when the cameras spotted him. After all, he earned an Oscar nomination for his performance in the movie.
- 8/13/2012
- WorstPreviews.com
It's been almost two years since "The Social Network" came out, but Jesse Eisenberg is somehow still being mistaken for Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg ... even at the Olympics!During the telecast of the men's basketball gold medal game, the camera cut to Eisenberg in the crowd. The announcer, Bob Fitzgerald, tried to make a joke of it, saying, "I know I'm gonna put that picture on Facebook. We've got every executive of note, it seems worldwide,...
- 8/12/2012
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
American gymnast Aly Raisman earned a gold medal for her athletic prowess in London. It's her mom who's gone viral.
NBC's video of Lynn Raisman watching her daughter perform on the uneven bars Sunday, with her nervous murmurs and face and body contortions, was the single most replayed moment on Tivo digital video recorders that night. It has even inspired a YouTube spoof.
The network doesn't have "parent cams" trained on the stands during every Olympic event. Moms and dads are featured only when they are relevant to the story lines, veteran NBC producer Molly Solomon said Thursday. But they've already been indelible parts of the network's coverage in the first few days of the London Games.
The parents of American gymnasts John Orozco and Dannel Leyva were palpable presences during that sport's coverage. The bronze medal-winning Leyva's dad was his coach and a bundle of energy. NBC introduced Orozco's...
NBC's video of Lynn Raisman watching her daughter perform on the uneven bars Sunday, with her nervous murmurs and face and body contortions, was the single most replayed moment on Tivo digital video recorders that night. It has even inspired a YouTube spoof.
The network doesn't have "parent cams" trained on the stands during every Olympic event. Moms and dads are featured only when they are relevant to the story lines, veteran NBC producer Molly Solomon said Thursday. But they've already been indelible parts of the network's coverage in the first few days of the London Games.
The parents of American gymnasts John Orozco and Dannel Leyva were palpable presences during that sport's coverage. The bronze medal-winning Leyva's dad was his coach and a bundle of energy. NBC introduced Orozco's...
- 8/3/2012
- by AP
- Huffington Post
Rewind time as NBC has fired over day 3 of the summer Olympics coverage: 2012 London Olympics . Day 3 NBC Primetime Show Monday, July 30, 2012Women.S Basketball .Sue Bird and Diana Taurasi, arguably the best backcourt in the world. -Bob Fitzgerald .And five straight gold medals [for the U.S. Women.s Basketball team] will be the third best team accomplishment for any national team in any sport in the history of the Olympics. It.s just remarkable the level of excellence, domination.. -Bob Fitzgerald .A lot of that is just us getting used to each other, you know, not a lot of prep time with these Olympics. But with each game, we.re getting better.. -Sue Bird on coming together as a...
- 7/31/2012
- by April MacIntyre
- Monsters and Critics
And while RZA really is a rapper, D.J. Cotrona is not actually a D.J. Go figure. Anyhoo. Heat Vision reports that you can count on two more names to “Go, Joe!” next year, with Wu Tang founding member RZA aka Robert Fitzgerald (who also happens to be an all-around kung fu nut) and former “Detroit 187″ castmember D.J. Cotrona joining the cast of the Jon Chu-directed sequel. Cotrona will play Flint, a shotgun-carrying, beret-wearing Joe, while RZA will get to fulfill his rather odd obsession with all things kung fu by playing a martial arts master named the Blind Master, sensei to Joes Snake-Eyes and Jinx. RZA already has a kung fu movie set in China co-starring Russell Crowe in the works called “The Man with the Iron Fists”. (I shit you not) Dude really, really, Really loves kung fu. Heat Vision says that besides Channing Tatum as Duke, the...
- 6/28/2011
- by Nix
- Beyond Hollywood
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