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"opening ceremony" is currently a popular topic for Summer Olympics writers. We have "opening ceremony" focused insightful blog posts, breaking news, fan favorite podcasts, online videos, rare photos, and more for you from our 2008 Summer Olympics collection.

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Year 2009

 

Rate Video: Celine on the Opening Ceremony of the Beijing 2008 OlympicsVideo included in this story.  Click to view.

Original at YouTube external link    Thu, May 28

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By rss@youtube.com (rkelle) Author: rkelle Keywords: Robert Keller Celine Dion parody Beijing Olympics little Chinese girl beauty Anne Murray Added: May 28, 2009

Rate Video: Beijing Summer Olympics 2008 Opening Ceremony

Original at AOL Video external link    Wed, Apr 1

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Missed the Beijing Olympics' Opening Ceremony? Don’t worry; you can live or relive the unforgettable experience here at Indonesia Media Online. &#... video.aol.com

Rate Video: Opening Ceremony Of Beijing Olympics 2008 in a Material worldVideo included in this story.  Click to view.

Original at YouTube external link    Tue, Mar 24

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By rss@youtube.com (narentini) Author: narentini Keywords: Opening Ceremony Of Beijing Olympics 2008 in a Material world Added: March 24, 2009

Rate Video: Beijing Olympics 2008 Commercial Piggy's training for Opening ...Video included in this story.  Click to view.

Original at livevideo external link    Sun, Jan 25

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Commercial Video: Piggy prepare her Opening Ceremony Beijing Olympics 2008 http://www.piggy-the-princess.com/ www.livevideo.com

Rate Video: Olympics: Ceremonies Season 1 ,Episode 1, "Opening Ceremony Sights and Sounds"Video included in this story.  Click to view.

Original at Google Video external link    Sun, Nov 9

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Unknown length - 2008-11-10 The amazing spectacle of the Opening Ceremony of the 2008 Beijing Summer Olympics.

Rate Video: Tokyo Olympiad - The opening ceremony of 1964 Olympics (2/2)Video included in this story.  Click to view.

Original at YouTube external link    Tue, Sep 9

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By rss@youtube.com (whitehope5) This is a 1965 documentary film directed by Kon Ichikawa which documents the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. Author: whitehope5 Keywords: Olympic 1964 Tokyo Japan Summer Color Added: September 9, 2008

Rate Video: The Opening+Closing Ceremony Of Beijing 2008 Olympic GamesVideo included in this story.  Click to view.

Original at YouTube external link    Thu, Sep 4

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By rss@youtube.com (madeinchina247) The Opening and Closing Ceremony Of The Beijing 2008 Olympics Games are already released on DVD!! You can buy the released DVDs at www.madeinchina247.com The Opening Ceremony Of The Beijing 2008 Olympics Games DVD New official release! On August 8, 2008 at 8pm, the XXIX Olympic Games kick...

Rate Video: The 2008 Beijing Olympics - Opening CeremonyVideo included in this story.  Click to view.

Original at YouTube external link    Sun, Aug 10

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By rss@youtube.com (pilipinasmabuhay100) The Beijing Olympics Opening Ceremony in Pictures. Officially known as the Games of the XXIX Olympiad, the 2008 Beijing Olympics started on Saturday, August 9, 2008 after the grand and spectacular Opening Ceremony on Friday. The Beijing Olympics will end on the 24th of August, 2008 follo...

Rate Video: 2008 Olympics AWESOME Opening CeremonyVideo included in this story.  Click to view.

Original at Metacafe external link    Fri, Aug 8

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By gaanngil Click here to watch the video Submitted By: gaanngil Tags: Art Beijing Body Ceremonies Ceremony China Flames Flexibility Greece Gymnastics Olympics Peking Syncronisation  Categories: Entertainment News & Events

Rate Video: Beijing Olympics Opening Ceremony-Watch Beijing Olympics OnlineVideo included in this story.  Click to view.

Original at Google Video external link    Fri, Aug 8

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Rate The 'world's' number one DJ Tiesto to perform at Cohen Stadium - Newspaper Tree

Original at Beijing Olympics external link    Fri, Nov 6

… at the Summer Olympics he performed live at the opening ceremony in Athens, Greece becoming the first DJ to play on stage at an Olympics Games. … The 'world's' number one DJ Tiesto to perform at Cohen StadiumNewspaper Tree… at the Summer Olympics he performed live at the opening ceremony i...

Rate Did she say that out loud?

Original at Because No One Asked external link    Wed, Oct 28

By Michele It’s the 2010 guilticulturalism Olympics!  I’m afraid to see the opening ceremony.  I’ll make my prediction now … drummers, round dance, hoop dance, lots of feathers.  Uh oh … how will the liberal guilt laden vegans of Vancouver reconcile the leather costumes of the native performers?

Rate IOC chief praises London 2012 effort

Original at The Guardian (UK) external link    Wed, Oct 28

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The end of October marks 1,000 days to go until the opening ceremony on London, and Rogge said London has progressed well in almost every area. But the IOC president warned that the preparations could be disrupted by unforeseen events – for example the Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City in 20...

Rate London 2012 chairman says there is 'no cause for complacency' as 1000 days loom

Original at telegraph.co.uk external link    Wed, Oct 28    1 related articles

With nearly 1000 days to go until the London Olympics' opening ceremony we are on track and within budget.

October of 2009

 

Rate 2012 Olympics: faster higher dafter

Original at telegraph.co.uk external link    Thu, Oct 22

Telegraph View: Public art planned for the opening ceremony will be a huge waste of money.

Rate London 2012 Olympics will provide economy with £7bn boost says Lord Coe

Original at telegraph.co.uk external link    Tue, Oct 20    1 related articles

With 1000 days to go before the opening ceremony London 2012 organising committee chairman Lord Coe says the Games will provide a £7 billion boost.

Rate Brazil pledges Olympic security after Rio violence

Original at topix.com external link    Sun, Oct 18

The Olympic rings are illuminated during the Opening Ceremony for the 2008 Beijing Summer Olympics at the National Stadium on August 8, 2008 in Beijing, China.

Rate Cinematheque: China's lost gen dance off in cinemas on Thursday | Shanghaiist

Original at virtualreview external link    Sun, Oct 4

By vr@virtualreview.org Quick, quick slow", a comedy about a group of middle aged Chinese dancers hoping to take part in the opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympics. The movie also offers interesting insights to the hardships of China´s "lost generation" during the Cultura...

Year 2008

 

Rate Closing ceremony - what did you think?

Original at Beijing Olympic Games 2008 external link    Sun, Aug 24

By Mike We had a short section to mark the handover of the Olympics from Beijing to London. London’s mayor Boris Johnson looked a little out of place. Leona Lewis sang an old Led Zepplin song with Jimmy Page playing the guitar. It is going to be interesting to see how London does the opening ceremony. I am...

Rate A big show planned for closing ceremony

Original at latimes.com external link    Thu, Aug 21

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By Mike James Network people deal in hyperbole when promoting events. So when NBC Olympics host Bob Costas predicted that the opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympics would be “uber-spectacular,” eyes rolled. Turns out, he was right on the mark. Now, on Sunday...

Rate Advertisers Looking Beyond NBC Online For Olympics Opportunities

Original at Wired external link    Wed, Aug 20

By Meghan Keane Traffic to NBCOlympics.com has been high, but during last week's Michael Phelps-a-thon -- during which NBC recorded higher ratings for one of the swimming star's events than even for the opening ceremony -- Yahoo's Olympics site edged ahead in viewers, with 8 million unique viewers to N...

Rate Pain and sacrifice for ceremony performers

Original at MSNBC external link    Tue, Aug 19

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Martial arts student Cheng Jianghua only saw the army barracks he stayed in and the stadium where he performed at the spectacular Olympics opening ceremony. But his sacrifices were minor — other performers were injured, fainted from heatstroke or forced to wear adult diapers so the show...

Rate IOC wants opening ceremonies off file sharing site

Original at news.yahoo.com external link    Tue, Aug 19

The International Olympic Committee is trying to stop downloads of video of the Beijing Olympics opening ceremony that are being spread on The Pirate Bay, a file-sharing Web site.

Rate Beijing 2008: Happiness can't be faked

Original at Boycott 2008 Communist Olympics external link    Mon, Aug 18

By MaKina(noreply@blogger.com) Web page: The 2008 Olympics has created an illusion of China to the public and to the outside world. It is so fantastic, so unreal, that the entire meaning of the games is being distorted. At the opening ceremony we saw this global festival manipulated for the sake of narrow nationalism.

Rate IOC wants opening ceremonies off file sharing site

Original at International Business Times external link    Mon, Aug 18

The International Olympic Committee is trying to stop downloads of video of the Beijing Olympics opening ceremony that are being spread on The Pirate Bay, a file-sharing Web site.

Rate NBC ratings bounce back on Friday night

Original at latimesblogs.latimes.com external link    Sun, Aug 17

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By Greg Johnson After besting Athens Games' numbers since the opening ceremony on Aug. 8, NBC's primetime ratings had suffered a double dip on Wednesday and Thursday nights. The network benefited on Friday night from having Michael Phelps back in the pool, where the U.S. athlete won yet another gold medal i...

Rate Opinion: Watching the Olympics online: It's better than tolerable

Original at Chicago Tribune external link    Tue, Aug 12

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Seattle Post Intelligencer Olympic Web Sites See Huge Uptick In Lead Up To Opening Ceremony SportsBusiness Daily (subscription) Review: Online Olympics is ambitious, but not TV The Associated Press Olympics Live: Cool, but with compromises CNET News

Rate NBC Brings You Michael Phelps By Any Means Necessary [Olympics]

Original at Gawker external link    Tue, Aug 12

By Hamilton Nolan That sums it up. Nobody can be mad at the network, regardless how ridiculous it looked when the fireworks from the opening ceremony were going off behind CNBC anchors who had to ignore them, because they hadn't been rebroadcast in America yet. Or when they faked some other fireworks. Few peop...

Rate Beijing olympics designed to benefit a regime responsible for appalling abuse of human rights: Edward McMillan-Scott

Original at chinaview (WordPress) external link    Mon, Aug 11

By chinaview Edward McMillan-Scott, The Guardian, UK, Friday August 08 2008- Original: The reality behind China's Olympic image of modernity, The Guardian Edward McMillan-Scott, The Guardian, UK, Friday August 08 2008- The opening ceremony of the Beijing

Rate The Tech Details Behind the Olympic Opening Ceremonies

Original at mediabistro.com external link    Mon, Aug 11

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So, if you're like this writer, try as you might, you couldn't possibly avoid catching a healthy portion of the Olympics' opening ceremony this past Friday. As we were watching it, this writer's fiancee kept asking "How are they doing that?!" or "How is that working?!" to which we'd sort of...

Rate Birds Nest’s Chinese Designer Boycotts Beijing Olympic Opening Ceremony

Original at chinaview (WordPress) external link    Sun, Aug 10

By chinaview In an open letter, Ai said he is concerned that Chinese authorities are using the Games to strengthen their control over the Chinese people. Almost 60 years after the founding of the People’s Republic, Chinese people still live under autocratic rule without universal suffrage, he conti...

Rate Thousands worldwide join China protests as Olympics open

Original at chinaview (WordPress) external link    Sat, Aug 9

By chinaview LONDON (AFP) — Thousands of people joined protests around the globe Friday accusing China of relentless human rights abuses as the Beijing Olympics kicked off with a dazzling, three-hour opening ceremony. AFP AFP, Aug. 8, 2008- LONDON (AFP) — Thousands of people joined protests around t...

Rate Beijing Olympic Grand Opening Ceremony ImagesVideo included in this story.  Click to view.

Original at youtube.com external link    Sat, Aug 9

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By yokami123 http://olympicgames2.blogspot.com Beijing Olympics opens with outstanding fantastic ceremony Fireworks, athletes and pageantry on a scale never before seen in the Olympics opened the Summer Games in Beijing on Friday. A global TV audience of four billion and 91,000 in the Olympic Sta...

Rate What to Expect at the Opening Ceremonies

Original at Light the Torch – Beijing Olympics and Other Olympic external link    Thu, Aug 7

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By Sandy Mitchell This article on the Vancouver 2010 site, a group that’s already hard at work on their own opening ceremony preparations, offers additional insight on what goes into producing an Olympic Opening Ceremony. Tags: celine dion, lopez lomong, Opening Ceremony, sarah brightman, Yao-Ming

Rate Foreign activists launch pre-Olympics protests

Original at Boycott 2008 Communist Olympics external link    Wed, Aug 6

By MaKina(noreply@blogger.com) Also known as the Bird's Nest, the stadium is where the opening ceremony for the games will be held Friday. It was the first protest at a games venue. The International Olympic Committee, which has faced criticism for giving the games to China despite its rights record, urged Chinese author...

Rate UPDATE 1-Olympics-Beijing still hazy with three days to goVideo included in this story.  Click to view.

Original at Reuters external link    Tue, Aug 5

blanketing Beijing lifted slightly on Tuesday although the sun was obscured by grey skies three days before the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games. ... Beijing Olympics: China to celebrate week of 'fresh air' Telegraph.co.uk New York Times - BusinessWeek

Rate Podcast: Sports News 8.4.2008

Original at Radio Prague external link    Mon, Aug 4

In Sports News this Monday: veteran canoeist Štěpánka Hilgertová is selected to carry the Czech flag at the opening ceremony at the Beijing Olympics; the 2008-2009 season begins in Czech football’s Gambrinus League with a win for favourites Sparta Prague and a defeat for defending cha...

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Rate Special Olympics Torch On Way To Stadium

Original at WBAL Channel.com external link    Wed, Jun 6

As the 2007 Special Olympics near, the Olympic torch makes its way to Johnny Unitas Stadium for Friday's opening ceremony.

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