This Thursday July 26th, the night before the Opening Ceremony of the Olympics, 'Rock Center with Brian Williams' will get you ready with reports from some of their award-winning correspondents. Meredith Vieira interviews film director Danny Boyle, who is directing this years Opening Ceremony in London. He discusses the pressure to live up to the over-the-top display Beijing put on four years ago.

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Remember this name: Gabby Douglas. You’re likely going to hear a lot about her in the next few weeks. A bubbly 16-year old gymnast affectionately known as the “flying squirrel,” she is poised to take the Olympics by storm as she attempts to become only the second African American woman to medal in the sport. But the journey that ends in London has been difficult. While her dad was serving in the army in Afghanistan, Gabby’s mom and sister made tremendous sacrifices to allow her to pursue what often seemed a very unlikely goal. Chris Jansing reports.

The full segment can be seen this Thurs...

Peter Alexander sits down with the five young men who may become America’s ‘First Sons.’ In their first joint television news interview of the 2012 campaign, Mitt Romney’s five sons talk about their family, their faith, and why some of them initially didn’t want their Dad to run for President this year.

The full interview can be seen this Thursday, July 19 at 10pm/9c on NBC’s 'Rock Center with Brian Williams.'

Katie Holmes and Tom Cruise's settlement is now final and neither of them have publicly addressed reports that the Church of Scientology - and the future role of Scientology in their daughter Suri’s life - was a cause of the split.

One former Church of Scientology official is speaking out about what he said he witnessed at the time of Cruise’s divorce from actress Nicole Kidman.

Kate Snow's full report airs Thursday, July 12, at 10 .m/9c on NBC's "Rock Center with Brian Williams."

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What's this?!? There is some accounting for taste?!? Downton Abbey's Season 2 premiere averaged 4.2 million viewers.

Nielsen data on Tuesday showed that the Emmy-winning series' return Sunday night doubled the average PBS prime-time rating, and marked an 18 percent jump over the show's first-season average — which made PBS ecstatic.

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