NGC re-airing Vladimir Putin documentary

Geoffrey Rush done up as Einstein and killing time on bench outside the enormous Prague soundstage where National Geographic’s Genius filmed begs an instant double take. For actor/musician Johnny Flynn, embodying the younger Albert proved a bit more challenging. • RELATED: ‘Genius’: Geoffrey Rush Plays A Deliciously Human Einstein on National Geographic • RELATED: National Geographic’s ‘Genius’: Meet the Two Mrs. Einsteins! “All the footage that exists of him is after he came to America,” Flynn explains of the man he calls “quite maverick and punk.” “The exciting thing about the potential in this show is to create an idea of […]

I can still remember sitting in my sophomore homeroom on the morning of Jan. 28, 1986, when our school’s principal came on the intercom system to inform us of the tragedy that had occurred when, 73 seconds into its launch, the space shuttle Challenger abruptly burst into flames and broke apart, killing all seven crew members. Among the deceased was Christa McAuliffe, a social studies teacher who was supposed to be the first American civilian in space. Thirty years on, the image of the Challenger disaster has become embedded into the psyches of most Americans who are old enough to remember the […]

by Karl J. Paloucek Among many other things, Oscar Wilde once quipped, “Nothing succeeds like excess.” Inherently, Wilde may not have anything to do with National Geographic Channel, but the network is putting both the wild and the excess in its lineup this month when it brings the first of two premiere-filled Expedition Week events airing in 2011. (The second Expedition Week will air in fall.) For seven nights spanning April 3-9, major expeditions and groundbreaking discoveries will dominate National Geographic Channel. From the desert of Syria to the Jurassic Period, the Iceland volcano to Victorian London, Expedition Week heads […]