Kenneth Branagh At 2012 Olympic Opening Ceremony: Was Branagh Dressed …
The 2012 Olympics opening ceremony is underway. It is pretty Kenneth Branagh-y. It began – horribly if appropriately – with Kenneth Branagh reciting Shakespeare with enough hammy gusto to bring down the Old Globe. But as the evening wen. Early in Friday night's London Olympics opening ceremonies, I tilted my head at all the Abraham [...]
Read MorePhelps Fails to Medal in Olympics Swimming Opener
China's Ye Shiwen clocked 4:28.43 seconds to break the four-year-old mark (4:29.45) by about one second set at the last Olympics by Australian Stephanie Rice, who placed sixth Saturday. American Elizabeth Beisel won the silver (4:31.27) and China's Lu Let's make one thing clear. Magic Johnson can't think of a single scenario in which the [...]
Read MoreTim Berners-Lee Honored At London 2012 Olympics Opening Ceremony (VIDEO)
As the London Olympic games honored World Wide Web creator Tim Berners-Lee, NBC hosts Meredith Viera and Matt Lauer admitted — almost bragged — that they didn't know who he was. Wow, pretty embarrassing. But it turns out that isn't the most Tim Berners-Lee was in the mix. Revealing the man who invented the World [...]
Read MoreGoogle Fiber, Fast Broadband/TV Service, Starts in Kansas City
In a future article, we will go over the inherent beauty of the Google Fiber Internet plan and its forecasted undermining of the monolithic structure t. "Google Fiber is 100 times faster than today's average broadband," Google said in a blog post today. "Gigabit speeds will get rid of these pesky, archaic problems and open [...]
Read MoreOlympic Diving 2012: Tom Daley and Most Skilled Divers in the Games
Tom Daley. more Tom Daley. Labels: divers, Great Britain, Tom Daley. Ratings: No comments: Post a Comment · Older Post Home. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Recommended Post. Related Posts with Thumbnails Great Britain are proud to have one of the world's premier divers competing for a gold medal this summer at the 2012 Olympic [...]
Read MoreOlympic viewing: NBC sets opening ceremony record
In the women's 106-pound classification, Sarah Menezes of Brazil beat the defending Olympic champion Alina Dumitru of Romania to get the gold. The bronze medals went to Eva Csernoviczki of Hungary and Charline van Snick of Belgium. No Americans LONDON — The referees were bundled up for a brisk winter night. Aussies Nat Cook and [...]
Read MoreChariots of Fire, Queen jokes give Olympics opening ceremony London 2012 a …
Chariots of Fire. I have never had much interest in sport, and I doubt if I will be watching much of the Olympics. However I did greatly enjoy the 1981 film Chariots of Fire, which told the stories of two of the British runners in the Rowan Atkinson, Mr. Bean himself, joined the orchestra to [...]
Read MoreLupe Ontiveros: A Woman of Action
Lupe Ontiveros, the Texas-born daughter of Mexican immigrants, once estimated that she had played the role of a maid more than 150 times during her career. That's why the 4-foot-11 actress was so overjoyed more than a decade ago when director Miguel Lupe Ontiveros was a model Latina, not only through her acting career but [...]
Read MoreNBC Olympic Schedule 2012: Full TV Listings for Can't-Miss Week 1 Events
The 2012 Summer Olympics are in full swing, but fans have yet to get a glimpse of Team USA in the men's basketball tournament. They are perhaps the most hyped and exciting group in the entire London Games, let alone the b-ball tournament. Fortunately Williams, who currently ranks number 4 in the world, represents Team [...]
Read MoreOlympics 2012 Results: Biggest Surprises from Day 1
The bantamweights finished up their opening round this afternoon in London. Bad Left Hook has the results and updated brackets heading into the round of 16. Day 1 of the 2012 Summer Olympics in London was full of surprises. Some of them happened during competition, while others happened off the field of play. The Michael [...]
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