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• Director David Arnold is calling the production "the greatest after-party in the world."
• "If the opening ceremony was the wedding, then we're the wedding reception," Arnold told the Daily Telegraph.
• The Who, George Michael, Muse and Ed Sheeran have all said they will take part in a show that will include performances of 30 British hit singles from the past five decades. The Pet Shop Boys, Annie Lennox and Fatboy Slim will also be on hand to get people dancing.
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Today in History
The Associated Press
• Today is Saturday, Aug. 11, the 224th day of 2012. There are 142 days left in the year.
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• Today's Highlight in History:
• On Aug. 11, 1962, Andrian Nikolayev became the Soviet Union's third cosmonaut to fly in space as he was launched on a 94-hour flight.
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• On this date:
• In 3114 B.C., the current cycle of the Mayan "Long Count" calendar began. (By some estimates, the cycle will end, and a new one will begin, on Dec. 21 of this year.)
• In 1786, Capt. Francis Light arrived in Penang to claim the Malaysian island for Britain.
• In 1860, the nation's first successful silver mill began operation near Virginia City, Nev.
• In 1909, the steamship SS Arapahoe became the first ship in North America to issue an S.O.S. distress signal, off North Carolina's Cape Hatteras.
• In 1934, the first federal prisoners arrived at Alcatraz Island (a former military prison) in San Francisco Bay.
• In 1942, during World War II, Pierre Laval, prime minister of Vichy France, publicly declared that "the hour of liberation for France is the hour when Germany wins the war."
• In 1952, Hussein bin Talal was proclaimed King of Jordan, beginning a reign lasting nearly 47 years.
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