Rio 2016 " Brazil Ceremony"
Olympic 2016 Opening Ceremony Rio 2016 will officially get underway Friday when the International Olympic Committee president Thomas Bach opens the Games at the Maracana stadium. Before television audience estimated at billions will listen to the show opening, which is expected to offer the best in Brazilian culture and sport ceremony. The ceremony will honor Brazilian director Fernando Meirelles - "City of God" fame - and producer Daniela Thomas, who had a hand in the handover ceremony from 2012. And supermodel Gisele Bundchen also made an appearance, just what part will play football legend Pele at the opening ceremony? Events Matt Lauer, Meredith Vieira, and Hoda Kotb host, while Bob Costas, host the Olympic Games in peak periods ABC, opens aired Friday night. Michele Tafoya and self-Ross Gold Onwude of Macarana Stadium. Michael Phelps, the most decorated athlete in the history of the Olympic Games (22 medals) and, by choosing his colleagues t...