The Best and Worst of the Olympics Opening Ceremony

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Top 10 Sources - Gossip found this 8/9/2008 on popwatch.ew.com [flag]
By now, you've fast-forwarded through the opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympics, an amazing $300 million spectacle that featured 15,000 performers, nearly 11,000 athletes from 204 countries, and two slap happy television commentators (at least in America). Below, three of... [link]

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The Best and Worst of the Olympics Opening Ceremony
Published 8/9/2008 at Top 10 Sources - Gossip
[image] The Best and Worst of the Olympics Opening Ceremony positive Hot (0) negative Not (0) ContentType Entertainment Weekly's PopWatch  |  Aug 09, 2008 3:58 PM By now, you've fast-forwarded through the opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympics, an amazing $300 million spectacle that featured 15,000 performers, nearly 11,000 athletes from 204 countries, and two slap happy television commentators (at least in America). Below, three of...

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seanramblings posted 8/9/2008 from seanramblings.blogspot.com

If you saw the parade of nations during the opening ceremonies, you may have noticed Ricardo Blas Jr., the flag-bearer for Guam. He is representing Guam in judo, and according to Bob Costas, may be the heaviest athlete in Olympics history. Blas also has a MySpace page with some fun pictures (judo and otherwise).
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We decided to award some Olympics medals of our own--to the best athlete-celeb couples.
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Antonio Rossi: Olympic Stud of the Day

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Our first Olympic Stud of the Day* was, of course, chosen for his performance at last night's opening ceremony. We were looking for enthusiasm. First, we considered Liechtenstein's flagbearer, Marcel Tschopp, a track and field athlete who didn't let ...
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American Tourist Murdered in Beijing [The Olympics]

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The Beijing Olympics got off to a rough start as a crazed attacker assailed two American tourists and a Chinese tour guide with a knife this morning, killing a man and wounding two women. The murder victim was a relative of the U.S. men's volleyball coach. The assailant committed suicide after the attack, according to authorities, throwing himself off the 45-meter Drum Tower. U.S. softball ...
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