{"id":459323,"date":"2026-02-07T07:55:14","date_gmt":"2026-02-07T07:55:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/459323\/"},"modified":"2026-02-07T07:55:14","modified_gmt":"2026-02-07T07:55:14","slug":"sabrina-impacciatore-dances-at-2026-winter-olympics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/459323\/","title":{"rendered":"Sabrina Impacciatore Dances at 2026 Winter Olympics"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>                  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/8cd048d87cc68f6c03735e07dbb29384f6-sabrina-openingceremony.rsquare.w330.jpg\" class=\"lede-image\" data-content-img=\"\" width=\"330\" height=\"330\" style=\"width:100%;height:auto;\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/> <\/p>\n<p>\n                  This made even less sense in context.<br \/>\n                  Photo: Jared C. Tilton\/Getty Images\n              <\/p>\n<p class=\"clay-paragraph\" data-editable=\"text\" data-uri=\"www.vulture.com\/_components\/clay-paragraph\/instances\/cmlbefko5000i0iirijmi24km@published\" data-word-count=\"42\">The Paper\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vulture.com\/article\/sabrina-impacciatore-the-paper-interview.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Sabrina Impacciatore<\/a> still <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vulture.com\/article\/the-paper-renewal-season-2.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">hasn\u2019t visited Ohio<\/a>, but she has now officially traveled through time. During the<a href=\"https:\/\/www.vulture.com\/article\/milano-cortina-2026-olympics-opening-ceremony-live-blog-updates-reactions.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> 2026 Winter Olympics Opening Ceremony<\/a>, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vulture.com\/article\/white-lotus-season-2-music-playlist.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">White Lotus<\/a> actress went through a century of winter sports. And yes, the \u201980s section was pretty coke-y.<\/p>\n<p class=\"clay-paragraph\" data-editable=\"text\" data-uri=\"www.vulture.com\/_components\/clay-paragraph\/instances\/cmlbeik3r000q3b7ahzuox4c5@published\" data-word-count=\"81\">The extended dance piece started with Impacciatore on her couch watching the Games. She was then kidnapped by the Olympics\u2019 \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2026\/02\/02\/nx-s1-5621915\/winter-olympics-mascots-milo-tina\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">first openly Gen-Z<\/a>\u201d mascots, Milo and Tina. Why are they \u201copenly\u201d Gen Z? Why do the mascots have an age to begin with? This was only the start of the incomprehensibility of this segment. From there, Impacciatore flew through Winter Olympics of years past, in what looked like shoddy AI, as if inspired by that one Kim Kardashian cell-phone game (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.vulture.com\/2024\/01\/kim-kardashian-hollywood-shutting-down.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">RIP<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Italian actor and &#8216;The White Lotus&#8217; star Sabrina Impacciatore steps up to unfold the passion, drama, and achievement of the Winter Olympic Games. \ud83e\udef6<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/OpeningCeremony?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">#OpeningCeremony<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/MilanoCortina2026?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">#MilanoCortina2026<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/aTNFG49bLg\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/aTNFG49bLg<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 The Olympic Games (@Olympics) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Olympics\/status\/2019883844443467872?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">February 6, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"clay-paragraph\" data-editable=\"text\" data-uri=\"www.vulture.com\/_components\/clay-paragraph\/instances\/cmlbelne5001f3b7aoiebn2c3@published\" data-word-count=\"125\">Just when we were thinking, Oh, I guess they only had Sabrina for a day? And the rest has to be AI? Sad!,\u201d Impacciatore came to life and appeared onstage IRL, only to be menaced and danced at by Winter Olympians from every decade. The \u201970s segment used Adriano Celentano\u2019s masterpiece \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=fU-wH8SrFro\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Prisencolinensinainciusol<\/a>\u201d as its backing track. The song is what Celentano thought American English sounded like and was inspired by the Tower of Babel story from the Bible. The \u201980s section used a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vulture.com\/2022\/05\/vangelis-live-at-the-necropolis-lords-of-synth.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Giorgio Moroder<\/a>\u2013sounding oontza-oontza score, with neon-clad skiers breakdancing and saving the community center \u00e0 la South Park. All the while, Impacciatore continued dancing her spandex-clad tush off. It was bold, brash, and nonsensical. Exactly what we\u2019ve come to expect from Sabrina Impacciatore.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"it\" dir=\"ltr\">SABRINA IMPACCIATORE SEI TUTTO <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Giochiolimpici?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">#Giochiolimpici<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Olimpiadi?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">#Olimpiadi<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/cerimoniadiapertura?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">#cerimoniadiapertura<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/J1H6l9QDCG\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/J1H6l9QDCG<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 angelica\ud83c\udf37\u2020 (@Quellaetero) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Quellaetero\/status\/2019885982737391915?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">February 6, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p>  Related<\/p>\n<p>    <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"This made even less sense in context. 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