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‘Chariots of Fire’ immortalized the 1924 Paris Olympics. Decades since its release, the film has...
CNN via Yahoo Canada News· 6 hours agoEric Liddell and Harold Abrahams both won Olympic gold medals in Paris 100 years ago, their...
Anthony Hopkins' new series 'Those About to Die' revives Roman empire
USA TODAY via Yahoo Canada News· 24 hours agoVespasian commands the attention of the bloodthirsty crowds at the Circus Maximus. the...
Paris Olympic competition nears total gender parity. Take a look at the athlete gender breakdown
The Canadian Press via Yahoo Canada Sports· 24 hours agoGENEVA (AP) — The founder of the modern Olympics and former IOC president, Pierre de Coubertin, once...
Anthony Hopkins is worth every penny - but Those About to Die is no Gladiator
The i newspaper online iNews· 9 hours agoDaniel P Mannix’s 1958 book Those About to Die is a colourful account of the “games” in Ancient...
Inside Paris' long history with the Olympic Games
BBC News· 9 hours ago“If Greece is the cradle of the Olympics, Paris represents its home.” Paris, wrote the author hopefully, is where the Olympic movement “rediscovered its...
Roland Emmerich’s ‘Those About to Die’ Puts Anthony Hopkins in a Toga for Some Dumb, Pulpy Fun: TV...
Variety via Yahoo Canada News· 24 hours agoTime is a Circus Maximus. Back in the early aughts, “Gladiator” conquered the box office before HBO...
7 hilarious former Olympic sports that should be brought back | Offside
Daily Hive· 14 hours agoThe Summer Olympics have a long and storied history. Here's a list of some obscure sports that...
Stream It Or Skip It: 'Those About To Die' on Peacock, a drama about the bloody gladiator battles in...
Decider· 19 hours agoWhen we write our reviews, the “Gist” section sometimes takes us the longest to write, especially if...
Joss Naylor funeral: Fell runners to 'lead Lakes legend home'
BBC News· 9 hours agoUp to 1,000 fell runners will form a guard of honour at the funeral of a record-breaking veteran...
'Those About to Die' retreads blood-soaked ground of previous ancient Rome depictions
LA Times via Yahoo Canada News· 19 hours agoThe star of that show, and central to Tenax's plans, is chariot racer Scorpus (Dimitri Leonidas), the real-life Mario Andretti of the age, who refers to himself in the third ...