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Watching the Olympics? We went through the good, the bad, and the amazing parts of the Opening Ceremony so you don't have to.
Watch a Russian Police Choir Sing “Get Lucky” at the Opening Ceremony
Here's a highlight from this morning's Opening Ceremony in Sochi: The Russian Police Choir covering Daft Punk's "Get Lucky." It's even better—and more bizarre—than their original performance of the song, which went viral last year.
Antiviral: Here Is What's Bullshit on the Internet This Week
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Hijacked Plane Makes Emergency Landing in Turkey
Friday afternoon, a man claiming to have a bomb reportedly tried to hijack a Turkey-bound Pegasus Airlines flight from the Ukraine to Sochi, where the Olympic Opening Ceremony had just started. According to NBC News' Richard Engel, pilots turned off their inflight monitors and flew to Istanbul, where the plane landed…
Check Out Everyone's Parade of Nations Uniforms
The Parade of Nations is happening right now at the opening ceremonies of the Sochi Winter Olympics, and boy, is it interesting. This is everyone's chance to see how other countries see themselves (or, in some cases, regret seeing themselves) and, more importantly, to comment on their weird fashion sense.
Russia Can't Get Through the Opening Ceremony Without Screwing Up
It took less than ten minutes of the 2014 Winter Olympics Opening Ceremony to witness the latest in a long line of Sochi screwups. The final ring in the sequence failed to open out from a snowflake, giving us this sad abortion of an Olympic symbol. Here's video:
Here's the Psychedelic Opening Ceremony for the Olympics in Sochi
The Opening Ceremony of the Winter Olympics in Sochi just aired. It started by highlighting the host country's achievements, naming Russia's famous artists, authors, and scientists. It was also trippy as hell. Video from the rest of the ceremony is below:
"They don't want to see or be seen, only to touch and to be touched in a place where nobody knows them." Jeff Sharlet's long study on the lot of gays in Russia on the eve of the Olympics, "Inside the Iron Closet," is online now. Go, go read.
What Is a Sochi? Everything You Should Know About the 2014 Olympic Site
How screwed-up is this place, really? And how did Sochi get the Olympics in the first place? And where is it, and why should you care? Let our Gawker Explainer® hash it all out.
Russia Says Its Sochi Bathroom Spy Cameras Show No Plumbing Problems
The Wall Street Journal reports that Russia is aggressively defending itself against complaints that the much-maligned bathrooms in its Olympic accommodations are in any way substandard. The Russians are, in fact, keeping a very, very close eye on the bathroom situation:
U.S. Warns Sochi-Bound Airlines About Toothpaste Bombs
The Department of Homeland Security has warned U.S. and foreign airlines headed to Sochi for the Olympics about a new terror threat: toothpaste bombs. The hygiene product that nearly everyone travels with could be used to stash bomb-making ingredients, according to one senior U.S. official who spoke with ABC News.
Human Rights Watch Releases Video Showing Anti-Gay Attacks in Russia
Three days before the start of the Winter Olympics in Sochi, the Human Rights Watch released a video detailing the discrimination and brutal physical attacks openly carried out against members of the LGBT community in Russia.
Here Are Ralph Lauren's Hideously Ugly Olympics Uniforms
The U.S. opening ceremony uniforms for the Winter Olympics in Sochi debuted on the Today show on Thursday. Like the team's other apparel, these dashing cardigans were designed by Ralph Lauren, fashion's reigning king of prep. Just be glad you don't have to wear them.
The Sochi Olympics Have a Two-for-One Toilet Special
Yesterday, BBC reporter Steven Rosenberg posted this picture from the biathlon and cross-country skiing venue for the Winter Olympics in Sochi. So why did the building planners put two toilets in the same stall? It's one of many mysteries of these upcoming games.
"Leave the Children in Peace," Says Vladimir Putin to Gays
Vladimir Putin should probably stop talking about gay people. In an interview today, the Russian president aimed to downplay fears that gay men and women will be in danger during the upcoming Winter Olympics in Sochi, but instead he might have done the opposite.
"It's absurd that a country like that sends four lesbians to Russia just to demonstrate that in their country gay rights have (been established)," an Italian member of the International Olympic Committee says of the U.S. delegation for the upcoming Winter Olympics. Huh? What do you mean, "a country like that"?
Two Suicide Bombings Hit Russia in 24 Hours, Killing at Least 31
Just one day after a suicide bombing killed at least 17 people at a railroad station in Volgograd, a second suicide bomber attacked a bus during Monday morning's rush hour in the same southern Russian city, leaving at least 14 people dead. The attacks come just six weeks before February's Olympic Games in Sochi.
Russian Prime Minister 'Frolics' With Snow Leopard
What does Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin do when he isn't busy shooting whales with crossbows, putting out forest wildfires, and murdering journalists? Why, "frolicking" with snow leopards, of course!
Meet Your 2014 Russia Winter Olympics Mascots
Olympic mascots are always the best! The goofiness of sports mascots combined with foreign sensibilities always leads to interesting design choices. Today, Russia unveiled the three mascots for the 2014 winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia. They are a polar bear, a hare, and a snowboarding leopard.
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