Oh Danny Boyle. The Slumdog Millionaire director’s opening ceremony for the London 2012 Olympics started with such verve and promise. There were fireworks! There were sheep! There were geese! There ...

Well aware it would be a tough slog to match Beijing in terms of glitz and sheer spectacle, filmmaker Danny Boyle has decided to keep it real during the London Olympic opening ceremony. Boyle, the ...

LONDON, June 17 (Reuters) - Oscar-winning filmmaker Danny Boyle will direct the London 2012 Olympic opening ceremony, organisers said on Thursday, and he immediately promised a "thrilling welcome" for ...

LONDON — There was no champagne toast, no midnight kiss, no confetti or party hats Thursday night, but the countdown to the 24-hour mark until the London 2012 Olympic opening ceremony in Trafalgar ...

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A record 40.7 million Americans watched NBC television's coverage of the 2012 Olympics opening ceremony, making it the most-watched Summer Games opening, NBC said on Saturday.

A R Rahman has confirmed that he will compose a song for the London 2012 Olympics opening ceremony. Danny Boyle, who is the artistic director behind the event, previously worked with Rahman on the ...

LONDON — London’s mayor says a fellow member of Britain’s governing Conservative Party was talking nonsense when he criticized the Olympic opening ceremony as too political. Aidan Burley, a ...

Twitter's grand ambitions for the 2012 Olympics seem to be off to a mixed start. On the positive side, the service saw 9.66 million mentions of the Opening Ceremony from the start of the event at ...