Beijing opening night lures 15 percent of world (Reuters)
news.yahoo.com 8/11/2008 — Reuters - As China hoped, the world did tune in for the start of the Beijing Olympics with various polls on Monday estimating about one billion people, or 15 percent of the world's population, watched the opening ceremony.

Michael Phelps: Two Gold Medals Down, Six to Go
pacificcoastnewsonline.celebuzz.com 8/11/2008 — Yesterday Michael Phelps won the first of probably eight gold medals to come at the 2008 Bejing Olympics.  I say that like I'm joking, but those are actually the statistics.  Because of the eight medals dude won in the...

beijing olympics '08 opening ceremony - wow!
popbytes.com 8/11/2008 — good evening! i hope y'all managed to catch the opening ceremony of the 2008 summer olympics over in beijing, china - i was totally blown away - i've never seen a show quite like that - holy cow! the sheer number of people involved in the massive ...

Olympics: Pay No Attention to Those Fireworks Behind the Anchorman
tvdecoder.blogs.nytimes.com 8/11/2008 — Another consequence of NBC's decision to delay the United States broadcast of the Olympics opening ceremonies on Friday.

SPANISH BASKETBALL TEAM RACIST?!
hotornotgossip.com 8/11/2008 — The Spanish Basketball Team is in deep do-do after taking a photo mocking the way a certain group of people look... The team, gold medal contenders at the Olympics in Beijing, was featured in a full page ad that shows the team pulling back at their eyes... According to The Guardian , the ad ran in a Spanish newspaper!! NOT SO HOT!! Do you find the ad discriminating??

Andy Borowitz: Athlete without Compelling Personal Drama Expelled from Olympics — Entertainment on HuffingtonPost.com 8/11/2008
A member of the U.S. Olympic diving team was disqualified from competition today when it was learned that he did not have a sufficiently compelling human storyline to exploit on the NBC telecast of the worldwide sporting event. Tracy Klujian, the ...

Disability Advocates Call For 'Tropic Thunder' Protest — Latest News on omg! 8/11/2008
LOS ANGELES, Calif. -- There may be picket signs on the red carpet tonight as disability advocates gather for a protest at the Westwood premiere of "Tropic Thunder." The planned meeting will be "the start of a nationwide protest," Peter Wheeler, ...

Casting Call: Looking for Michael Phelps — Celebrity Fix 8/11/2008
As the Summer Olympics heat up, we can't help but wonder if Hollywood might make a biopic or two about some of Beijing's A-list athletes.While it's kinda obvs Brad Pitt would play Australian boxer Brad Pitt, we're more concerned with who'd play Team ...

UPDATED: Disability Advocates Call For 'Tropic Thunder' Protest, Stiller Responds — Latest News on omg! 8/12/2008
LOS ANGELES, Calif. -- There may be picket signs on the red carpet tonight as disability advocates gather for a protest at the Westwood premiere of "Tropic Thunder." The planned meeting will be "the start of a nationwide protest," Peter Wheeler, ...

Double whammy clubs golf ratings — Variety.com 8/11/2008
TV News: Woods' absence, Olympics take toll on PGA -- The PGA Championship took a double hit over the weekend: Tiger Woods wasn't there to defend his title and the tournament went up against NBC's Olympics coverage.