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...enough to make even weather-obsessed Brits forget the dismal summer. They've stopped talking, too, about the housing crisis. Even the start of another soccer season has come and gone unnoticed. Instead, the plucky people of Britain, traditional home to fair play and the fourth-placed finish, have only one thing on their minds: Gold. Golds for cycling, golds for rowing, golds for sailing, and - quashing the myth that Brits can only win while sitting down - even golds for running. For Britain, beamed an editorial in The Independent on Wednesday, the Beijing games "have offered more than mere diversion...
...failed actor (Steve Coogan, in a turn that's both precise and grotesque) tries to mount a sci-fi musical sequel to Hamlet. Ostensibly satirizing high school inspirational movies, this ragged comedy lines up all the objects of scorn, then cops out with a rousing finish. It's typical of showbiz parodies that Hamlet 2 finally becomes what it purports to mock...
...gold in the balance beam finals on the last day of gymnastics competition Tuesday, you can now call yourself the beam queen. Edging out teammate - and newly crowned Olympic all-around champion - Nastia Liukin by 0.2 points, Johnson now has her first ever gold at a Games. "To finish off on the very last routine of my Olympic experience with a gold medal around my neck is the perfect ending to the story...
...fairy tale, however, has had its ups and downs in Beijing. The most consistent performer on the mats all week, Johnson had only three silver medals to show for all her efforts. After her second place finish to Liukin, Johnson's emotions came flooding out, and as positive as her words were about the experience, her voice and face told a different story. "It's been a really long road," she said after the all-around competition on August 15. "To finally be here at the end, all the emotions are coming to us and we don't know...
...race was over at the turn, but this time, Usain Bolt didn't clown around. No chest beating before he crossed the finish line. No mugging for the millions on TV. Believe it or not, for Bolt, that astounding 100m win Saturday night was just an afterthought. The 200m world record was the one he always wanted...