London Olympics Opening Ceremony. London greeted the world in a celebration of Old England that was stunning, imaginative, whimsical and dramatic -- and cheeky, even featuring a stand-in for Queen ...

Queen Elizabeth II declared the London Games open. The Olympic cauldron is lit. It came after a staggering and cinematic opening ceremony that celebrated all aspects of British life — from its bucolic ...

OLYMPIC URBAN LEGEND: A billion people watched the opening ceremony for the 2012 London Olympics. This past Friday, viewers were given a treat for their eyes and ears with the sensational opening ...

LONDON, ENGLAND - JULY 27: Bradley Wiggins the first British winner of the Tour De France cycle race rings the largest harmonically tuned bell in the world to signal the start of the Opening Ceremony ...

STORY: London 2012: Inside the Olympics Opening Ceremonies The first Hollywood star then showed up. Kenneth Branagh , dressed in a top hat, recited a part of William Shakespeare ‘s The Tempest .

PHOTOS: London Olympics opening ceremony. For many years, the parade of competing athletes was the spectacle -- thematically, it’s still the heart of the show, a many-colored cavalcade of ...

The opening ceremony of the 2012 Olympic Games has begun. The show is kicking off with a film about the River Thames, followed by a countdown and the release of four balloons carrying the five ...

The London Olympics are in full swing, after an opening ceremony Friday that was chock-full of historic and cultural imagery drawn from Britain's past. Critics are gushing over Queen Elizabeth's ...

Anticipation builds for the opening ceremony of the Summer Olympics on Friday, July 27, at the Olympic Stadium in London. The 2012 Games will run through August 12. AFP/Getty Images ...

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, England – With tens of thousands of athletes and fans in attendance and a projected four billion spectators expected to watch on TV, the London Games officially kicked off Friday night ...