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- Beijing company wants to recreate London Olympic opening ceremony
- World's largest Ferris wheel set to spin in Vegas
- Gallery: 101,000 drink, dance and succumb to Brit invasion at 2012 Jisan Valley Rock Festival
- Hong Kong’s most talked-about new hotels
- Blast off for Mars via Sydney at stellar new kids' workshop
- Captain Morgan's treasure unearthed in Panama
| Beijing company wants to recreate London Olympic opening ceremony Posted: 30 Jul 2012 11:59 PM PDT by CNNGo staff While the world is still debating the good, bad and cheesy of the opening ceremony of the 2012 London Olympics, a Beijing-based entertainment company is already one step ahead. British theater producer David King, who successfully brought a Christmas show to China last year, has been asked by an unnamed Chinese business concern to whip up a new musical based on the London Olympic opening ceremony, according The Telegraph. The production is supposedly meant to be ready by the end of 2012. The Leeds native declined media requests to name the Chinese company, but revealed that he has previously worked with the same group. More on CNNGo: London 2012: Ultimate guide to the Olympics read more     |
| World's largest Ferris wheel set to spin in Vegas Posted: 30 Jul 2012 11:23 PM PDT by CNNGo staff
The Singapore Flyer, now the world's largest observation wheel, will be pushed into second place when Caesars Entertainment's High Roller opens in Las Vegas next year. Part of The Linq, a US$500 million retail, dining and entertainment district now under development on the Las Vegas Strip, the High Roller will top 167 meters.
Though preliminary construction on the Vegas attraction has been underway since late last year, Caesars Entertainment only recently obtained a key permit allowing them to proceed with construction. read more    |
| Gallery: 101,000 drink, dance and succumb to Brit invasion at 2012 Jisan Valley Rock Festival Posted: 30 Jul 2012 07:50 PM PDT by CNNGo staff A British invasion swamped Korea's largest music festival at Jisan Valley, with Radiohead performing for the first time in Korea along fellow headliners The Stone Roses and Beady Eye. In between sets, the 101,000 revelers drank, danced or held on to their square of grass for dear life over the course of three days. Revelers lucky enough to land a camping spot or -- gasp -- an actual room nearby gloated over the poor souls who had to trudge to the nearest jjimjilbang to catch some sleep for a few hours before being kicked out at 7 a.m. In response to the near-religious chanting for an encore from their frenzied fans, Radiohead went 40 minutes overtime, while Owl City tweeted after his show that Korea was his favorite place to play on the planet. Among the local lineup, rock group Nell was the huge standout, performing epic renditions of their hits "Stay" and "Standing in the Rain" as a preview for their September concert. More on CNNGo: 50 music festivals for the summer read more    |
| Hong Kong’s most talked-about new hotels Posted: 30 Jul 2012 03:00 PM PDT by Payal Uttam Picking a Hong Kong hotel can be daunting. There are 62,000 rooms in the city and counting. The range is extreme. From the decadent to the downright disgraceful (windowless rooms for HK$80 -- US$10 -- a night), we've got it all. A clutch of new boutique hotels in Hong Kong has managed to stand out from the crowd with attention to detail and buzz-worthy backstories. Some of them haven't even opened yet. There's converted colonial buildings, celebrity designers and an old public housing estate -- these are the Hong Kong hotels that have made it into power lunch small talk. read more    |
| Blast off for Mars via Sydney at stellar new kids' workshop Posted: 30 Jul 2012 01:00 PM PDT NASA may be spending US$2.5 billion on the tricky feat of getting its Curiosity Rover to the Red Planet right now, but visitors to Sydney can top that by seeking asylum at the new Martian Embassy there, completely free of charge. Admittedly, the Australian facility isn't an outpost for our neighbors' interplanetary outreach -- instead, it's a creative-writing center designed to aid kids' literary endeavors. The non-profit complex is run by the Sydney Story Factory, an organization set up by former journalists Tim Dick and Catherine Keenan from The Sydney Morning Herald and inspired by a 2010 TED talk by author Dave Eggers. As of this month, and with countless hours of pro-bono help with planning, design and construction behind it, the Martian Embassy is now open for business in Redfern. Volunteer tutors help kids with everything from writing basics to story development. Building enthusiasm and confidence in their work is fundamental to the center's ethos. read more    |
| Captain Morgan's treasure unearthed in Panama Posted: 30 Jul 2012 11:20 AM PDT by Anthea Gerrie
The belongings of a real-life Pirate of the Caribbean have been discovered off the coast of Panama and are set to go on show for travelers keen to see how 17th-century buccaneers lived. The pirate was Captain Henry Morgan, of rum bottle fame, a Welshman who looted throughout the Spanish Main in the 17th century before losing five ships in the West Indies. Fritz Hanselmann, an underwater archaeologist with the River Systems Institute and the Center for Archaeological Studies at Texas State University, found swords, barrels and chests belonging to one of Morgan's ships after a three-year search. "Morgan was one of the most infamous privateers of all time, so this was a chance to use archaeological research to bridge the gap between science and pop culture," Hanselmann says. read more    |
The Linq is a 18,580 square feet shopping, dining and entertainment complex now under development in Las Vegas. 
Each High Roller cabin will fit up to 40 people, says Caesars. That's two meters higher than the Singapore Flyer and seven meters above the currect second highest Ferris wheel, China's Star of Nanchang. The London Eye is the third tallest, at 135 meters. 
Aerial view of modern-day Portobelo, which Captain Henry Morgan attacked in 1668 -- a key victory in loosening the Spanish stronghold in Panama.| You are subscribed to email updates from CNNGo.com To stop receiving these emails, you may unsubscribe now. | Email delivery powered by Google |
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