One day before China's big moment, the Olympic opening ceremonies, a dull haze hung over Beijing.
The collaboration came about after Boyle sent Smith a text message after the Olympic opening ceremony last July.
The prizes cap a breakthrough year in which the star performed at the Olympic opening and closing ceremonies.
The Musicians' Union has urged London 2012 organisers to reconsider pre-recording music for the Olympic opening and closing ceremonies.
Today's Olympic opening ceremony is a defining moment for this country - literally.
The first live Super Hi-Vision broadcast for public consumption was of the Olympic opening ceremony in London last week.
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More than 24 million people watched the Olympic opening ceremony as it was broadcast live on BBC One on 27 July.
Her speech attracted more viewers than General Electric -owned NBC's Olympic Opening Ceremonies in Beijing, the heavily-hyped finale of News Corp.
At the end of the month, Danny Boyle's Olympic opening ceremony is honoured at the London Evening Standard Theatre Awards.
This speculates on the contents of Danny Boyle's 2012 Olympic opening ceremony, which to my knowledge is not wholly wide of the mark.
One name missing from the list is film and theatre director Danny Boyle, whose artistic vision was so spectacularly realised in the Olympic opening ceremony.
Sir Simon appeared at the London 2012 Olympic opening ceremony when he and the London Symphony Orchestra were upstaged by Mr Bean while playing Chariots of Fire.
Friday's four-hour long Olympic opening ceremony may have kept audiences away from the cineplex, as a record-setting 40.7 million people stayed home to watch actors Daniel Craig and Kenneth Branagh help kickstart the London games.
The famous Maracana football stadium, one of the largest in the world, is undergoing a total renovation expected to be completed in 2013 before it hosts the World Cup kick off in June 2014 and the Olympic opening ceremony in August 2016.
Danny Boyle, the Oscar-winning director -- and east London resident -- best known for hit movies " Trainspotting" and " Slumdog Millionaire" was the man responsible for the Olympic opening ceremony, the show that televisions around the world were tuned in to at the start of London's long-awaited Games.
As the dramatic spectacle of the Olympic Games opening ceremony in London unfolded Friday night, organizers estimated a billion people around the world would be glued to their television sets to see it, either live or delayed by a few hours.
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In exactly a year, the best athletes from around the globe will gather at London's Olympic Park for the opening ceremony of the 2012 Olympic Games.
The 2012 Summer Olympic Games' opening ceremony will take place on July 27.
The torch is then taken to the Olympic Stadium for the opening ceremony on 29 August.
Noticeably absent from the list this week is two Olympic titles like the Opening Ceremonies and a Michael Phelps special, that are only available on DVD.
In 2012, Marina Silva was personally invited to be the only Brazilian to carry the Olympic flag at the opening of the London Olympics, raising eyebrows within the Brazilian government.
Because of his prior career as a world-class track rider, Wiggins has seven Olympic medals total, the most in U.K. history, surpassing the six won by the rower Sir Steven Redgrave, who carried the Olympic torch into the opening ceremony last week.
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The official opening ceremony at the Olympic Stadium in London will be on Friday, 27 July, 2012.
America's George Bush and France's Nicolas Sarkozy confirmed they would attend the opening ceremony of the Olympic games in Beijing .
The prince also planned to attend a volleyball match and the opening ceremonies at the Olympic training center in Colorado Springs later Saturday.
Commuters have been warned they could face heavy congestion with the arrival of the Paralympic Games Torch Relay in London and the opening ceremony at the Olympic Park on 29 August.
He appeared by her side at the opening ceremony for the Olympic Games at the end of July and accompanied her on a visit to the Olympic Park as the events got under way.
During questions on 24 July 2012, Baroness Fookes asked ministers what representations they had made to the Public and Commercial Services (PCS) Union about the proposed strike on the day before the opening of the 2012 Olympic Games.
The ONS also said that retailers had reported no impact from the opening two days of the Olympic Games.
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