Summer Games: Last News

Tim Chan If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Variety may receive an affiliate commission. Sha’Carri Richardson’s successful Olympic debut may be over, but the Team USA track and field star is just getting started with her post-Olympics glow-up. Richardson is among a handful of athletes who have partnered with Olay, to help promote the beauty brand’s new “Cleansing Melts” skin cleansers.

Olympics set a high bar for itself after an opening ceremony that showcased Lady Gaga, Celine Dion and a scenic backdrop involving virtually every Parisian landmark along the Seine. But the closing ceremony — taking place on a blistering hot day in stark contrast to the pouring rain of its kickoff — also promises to deliver a blockbuster show with a Hollywood twist. As part of the glitzy handover to Los Angeles as it prepares to host 2028’s Summer Games, Tom Cruise is expected to wow audiences with a few epic stunts while Billie Eilish, Snoop Dogg and the Red Hot Chili Peppers perform and H.E.R.

The Olympics brings together some of the most talented individuals in the world, but their success isn't just limited to their sporting achievements. Some Olympians have also amassed considerable wealth, with a few even adding Olympic gold to their long list of accomplishments. One lesser-known example is Danish dressage rider Anna Kasprzak, who has competed in two Summer Games.

The U.S. women’s gymnastics team led a big day for Team USA at the Paris Olympics on Tuesday, which translated to a huge audience for NBCU platforms.

Andrew Wallenstein President and Chief Media Analyst While Snapchat is not a newbie at the Summer Games, the social brand is making its presence felt in a distinctly different way in Paris this year than at Olympics past. Jim Shepherd, director of content and global creator partnerships at Snap, details his company’s efforts on the latest episode of the Variety podcast “Strictly Business” to partner with NBCUniversal, advertisers and top influencers like Livvy Dunne and Kai Cenat on the ground in Paris to cover the Olympics with greater access than it ever has before.

NBCUniversal is exceeding its own bullish forecasts for the Summer Olympics in Paris, with total ad revenue projected to come in north of $1.25 billion.

is the feel-good hero of the 2024 Summer Games, then Kim Yeji might be the terrifyingly badass heroine. She’s the South Korean pistol shooter you’ve probably seen all over your timelines, and with good reason: the silver medalist is a stone-cold savage.This content can also be viewed on the site it from.(You may have also seen , which isn’t from the Olympics but still rocks.)Kim Yeji competed in the 10-meter air pistol event on Sunday, July 29, and pictures and footage of her quickly went viral for her unbothered demeanor, ridiculously cool glasses, and the fact that she was carrying a stuffed elephant that, , belongs to her daughter. Like, just…just look!It’s like she knows we’re obsessed with her.To add adorableness to sci-fi, while Kim took home the silver, it was her teenage teammate, Oh Ye-Jin, who won the gold in the women’s 10-meter air pistol event (Oh even with her high score).

Good news for NBCUniversal: The Paris Olympics are off to a great start with a big win out of Friday’s Opening Ceremony.

Lady Gaga has been spotted in Paris, France ahead of this week’s Olympic Games’ opening ceremony, where she’s been rumoured to perform – find out more below.Yesterday (July 22), the pop star was spotted waving and blowing kisses to fans in Paris, further fuelling speculation that Gaga will be performing at the opening ceremony later this week (July 26).ITS HAPPENING LADY GAGA X OLYMPICS IS UPON US pic.twitter.com/Tu2Dsr7W39— Candid (@he_so_candid) July 22, 2024One post on X also claims that Gaga arrived at her hotel “after rehearsals” for the opening ceremony.Lady Gaga and her boyfriend Michael Polansky return discreetly to their hotel in Paris after rehearsals for the opening ceremony of the 2024 Olympic Games. pic.twitter.com/4oKbkEPEhj— CineScoop (@Cinescoop7) July 22, 2024Per Uproxx, the rumours first began swirling on July 11, when social media noticed that Thomas Jolly, the artistic director of the opening and closing ceremonies for the 2024 Summer Games, recently followed Gaga on Instagram.To further stoke the flames, the official Olympics account teased someone disguised in a black hood and chrome accessories with the Olympic flag draped around their shoulders to promote the opening ceremony.This time next week… ⏰@Paris2024#OpeningCeremony pic.twitter.com/9fQNFq2RPj— The Olympic Games (@Olympics) July 19, 2024To date, there has been no official confirmation of Lady Gaga’s involvement in the Paris Olympics this year.This isn’t the first time the singer has been linked to the Olympic Games.

Halle Berry is going to be a part of the 2024 Paris Olympics! The acclaimed actress will reportedly carry the Olympic flame down the Croisette in Cannes, France, ahead of the Paris Games, per Page Six.The Academy Award-winning actress will keep the Olympic Flame tradition alive on Tuesday. The famed French Riviera boulevard will be temporarily closed as she makes her way through from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Famous horror film and TV studio Blumhouse, which has released a slew of cult hits such as Paranormal Activity, The Black Phone, M3GAN and Five Nights at Freddy’s, is finally ready to stake its claim in the video game space after the studio’s announcement of its new games division last year.

The 2024 Paris Summer Olympics will be taking over daytime programming on NBC.

Daniel Craig found Queen Elizabeth to be "very funny" throughout filming for their London 2012 Olympics sketch. The British monarch - who died on Thursday (08. 09.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorPaul Wilson never ran a 10,000 meter race at the Olympics, but he sure must feel like it.Wilson has supervised much of the work that NBCUniversal’s ad-sales team has had to do over the past two decade to make the company’s investment in the Olympics pay off. He is stepping down from his role as senior vice president of Olympics ad sales at NBCU, ending a streak of selling commercial inventory for the past ten editions of the Games, eight as the leader — making him directly responsible for $10 billion in ad revenue.

Let’s just say that Liam Hemsworth‘s look-alike at the Olympics is as close to a fourth Hemsworth brother as we’ll ever get. Fans of the Hunger Games alum were stunned when they spotted his doppelgänger during the Tokyo Summer Games, and honestly, we can see why.

If there was an Olympic medal for the most supportive spouse, Caeleb Dressel‘s wife would most certainly take home the gold. The 24-year-old Olympic swimmer’s partner has been by his side—both virtually and beyond—throughout his journey at the Tokyo Olympics. But many fans are just finding out about her for the first time after watching her cheer him on from the sidelines.

The Tokyo Olympics are kicking off!

Organizers of the Olympic Games said Monday that the new summer games will take place in July and August 2021, exactly a year after the cancelation of Tokyo 2020 due to the coronavirus outbreak.

Bachelorette of champions! Hannah Brown may not be done with Bachelor Nation just yet, assuming the franchise’s Summer Games series films as planned this summer.