 JULY 23 • 2020 | 33

AN HBO FILM (WITH SURPRISE 
MICHIGAN CONNECTIONS)

HBO will premiere the documen-
tary The Weight of Gold on July 
29. It explores the mental health 
challenges that Olympic athletes 
often face. Like millions of “ordi-
nary” Americans, many Olympic 
athletes struggle to find necessary 
support and resources as they 
cope with mental health issues. 
The film seeks to inspire a general 
discussion of mental health issues, 
encourages people to seek help and 
highlights the need for support. 
The film is narrated by Michael 
Phelps, the swimmer who holds the 
record for the most Olympic medals 
of any athlete, ever (28). Phelps has 
been candid about his own mental 
health/substance abuse problems. 

Many Olympic athletes are 
interviewed, including figure skater 
Sasha Cohen, 35. She finished 
fourth at the 2002 Olympics (the 
gold medalist was Sarah Hughes, 
now 35). Cohen won the Olympic 
silver medal in 2006. She now 
works as an associate at Morgan 
Stanley, where her fiance, Gregory 
Lieberthal, 40ish, is a partner. The 
couple had their first child, a son, 
last January. Gregory is the son of 
Kenneth Lieberthal, 76, a political 
scientist and China expert who is 
a retired University of Michigan 

professor. Kenneth’
s other son, 
Keith, 43, married actress Julianna 
Margulies, now 54, in 2007 and 
they, too, have a son. 
Brett Rapkin, 42, directed 
Weight. He specializes in producing 
and/or directing sports documen-
taries. He produced the acclaimed 
2008 documentary Holy Land 
Baseball. It’
s about a rich American 
bagel maker who founded (2007) 
a short-lived pro baseball league 
in Israel. Rapkin said he made the 
film because it combined two of the 
biggest memories of his childhood, 
“playing baseball and going to 
Hebrew school.” (Holy is available, 
free, on Amazon Prime.) 

EDELMAN — THE BACK STORY
Two weeks ago, Philadelphia Eagles 
wide receiver DeSean Jackson, 
an African American, posted on 
Instagram a fictitious anti-Semitic 
Hitler quote and praised notorious 
anti-Semite Louis Farakhan. 
There was an uproar and Jackson 
apologized and took the posts 
down. Shortly thereafter, Julian 
Edelman, 34, a New England 
Patriots star receiver, spoke to 
the press and, while critical of 
Jackson’
s posts, reached out to him 
and offered to take him on a tour of 
the Holocaust museum. 

LILY RETURNS
You might have seen a familiar 
face in two recent AT&T ads: Lily, 
the AT&T (fictional) store manager 
who gives you the lowdown on 
their products. Lily appeared in 40 
commercials from 2013 to 2017 
and didn’
t “hock” you like Flo, the 
Progressive insurance character. 
Lily is played by Milana Vayntrub, 
33. She was born in Uzbekistan, 
then part of the Soviet Union. She 
was a toddler when her family 
moved to America. The new ads 
find Lily working at home and 
answering questions on her 
phone. 

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