Shelley Winters

Electrical Engineering, Newcastle University British actor and comedian Rowan Atkinson is perhaps best known for his role in the TV sitcoms Mr Bean and Blackadder, both of which were incredibly successful. Atkinson even appeared at the opening ceremony of the London 2012 Olympic Games in character as Mr Bean, where he played piano to a packed stadium and a television audience of 27 million (almost half the UK’s population). Do you think the planning authorities of next year’s Olympics in Rio…

Arenas bring together a vast diversity of people, all for a single purpose: to entertain. Arenas attract people of all different cultures, genders, and socioeconomic classes, as well as from various different walks of life. Arenas during the Roman era, as well as today, are gathering places where people of all different backgrounds go to partake in an event. However, modern day sports arenas serve a wider variety of purposes than Roman arenas, and, due to modern technologies, have various…

In February of 2002, at the Winter Olympics taking place in Salt Lake City, Utah, two Canadian figure skaters were trapped during what was the most high-profile judging scandal of all time. At no fault of their own, the pair consisting of Jamie Salé and David Pelletier lost their chance at the gold medal when a French judge voted in favour of the Russian pair. Thus, the Russians claimed the gold medal and the Canadians settled for silver. When confronted, the French judge admitted to being…

It may be understandable why those in charge of the 2016 Rio Olympics created Rule 40. This rule forbids athletes from pointing out in any way, or even mentioning, sponsors that helped them as they prepared to get to the Olympics, but are not actually associated with the games. After all, advertisers who do participate in the Olympics bring in a lot of money. The rule also includes forbidding the mentions of summer, effort, and performance in a generic way to promote a company. It 's also…

This weekend Eddie the Eagle 'fly 's ' onto the big screen as a heartwarming and inspiring underdog story about real life Michael Edwards who, in 1988, became the first ski jumper to represent Great Britain in the winter Olympics. Taron Egerton (Kingsman: The Secret Service, Legend, Testament of Youth) plays Eddie Edwards who from a very young age has always wanted to compete in the national Olympics. Bum leg or no he train 's himself religiously to be good at...well any sport will do! He only…

classification system. Actually it is based on the most widely spread star classification system but it has always been changing. In recent years changes of system of rating of hotel establishments were connected with international sport events – Sochi 2014 Winter Olympic Games in 2014 and 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia. So what are the peculiarities of classification of hotel enterprises in the Russian Federation? 2.1. Russian system of classification of hotel enterprises and its main features.…

James Joseph Bulger Jr., popularly known as Whitey Bulger, accounted for over 19 murders, federal racketeering, extortion, conspiracy. He accomplished this all while working as an FBI informant in his days as part of Boston’s Southie Irish gang, the Winter Hill Gang. Whitey Bulger was born into a large Irish-American Catholic family on September 3, 1929, in Dorchester, Massachusetts. He was one out of six children in his home at the housing projects Old Harbor. His younger brother, William,…

country. Countries that are more stable seem to profit from hosting more than countries that are less developed and unstable. Hosting the Summer versus Winter Games can also impact the turnout. In general, the Summer Olympics tend to make a more significant impact, as they are more popular among viewers (Dick and Wang). In general, the Summer and Winter Olympics certainly have both positive and negative impacts on the community and the citizens of its host city. While hosting the…

I chose David Rudisha because I love athletics and it is a huge part of my life and has been throughout my life. My favourite and best event is the 800m run. David Rudisha is an inspiration to me because he is the fastest runner in the world over 800 meters. He is also the only one to ever get a time of less than 1:41 over 800m. Watching him run and compete so well at such a high level in a sport I love and running the event, I love inspires me, he is the person I’d love to be, and I’ll motivate…

The Olympic Games was a test of strength and competition that is still relevant today. Exactly when the Games were first held and what circumstances resulted in their creation is uncertain. We do know, however, that the Games were a direct idea of the values and beliefs of Greek society. The Greeks idealized physical fitness and mental discipline, and they believed that excellence in those areas honored Zeus, the greatest of their gods. The Olympic Games originated in 776 B.C. Ancient Greece. It…