The 2026 Winter Olympics opening ceremony in Milan, co-hosted with Cortina d'Ampezzo, was a playful celebration of Italian culture, offering a welcome contrast to previous ceremonies marred by challenges, according to multiple reports. The event, which took place recently, provided a "good vibe," especially following a series of Olympics impacted by extreme weather and pandemic restrictions.
The opening ceremony in Milan stood out, offering a more positive experience than previous events. The 2018 PyeongChang games were marked by frigid temperatures, while the 2021 Tokyo games were held without fans due to COVID-19. The 2022 Beijing games were also affected by strict testing and isolation protocols. Paris's planned ceremony along the Seine was hampered by rain.
"The winter Olympic games are often seen as more of an appendix to their larger summertime counterparts than a tentpole in themselves," noted Alison Herman, TV critic for Variety, in a review of the ceremony.
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Meanwhile, the revival of "Mystery Science Theater 3000" will feature the return of the veteran MST3K trio, promising to pick "classic bad, rather than modern bad" movies for the new episodes, Variety reported. The show's stars, Michael J. Nelson, Kevin Murphy, and Bill Corbett, are known for their expertise in the realm of bad movies.
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