Tom Cruise Makes a Daring Descent from Stadium Roof in Thrilling Olympic Finale
Hollywood whiz Tom Cruise made a sensational appearance at Sunday night's Paris 2024 closing ceremony, plummeting on a wire from the Stade de France roof.
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Spectators yelled in charm as the Mission: Incomprehensible star, dressed in calfskin coat and gloves, brought down himself into the stadium whereas his compatriot H.E.R. performed on guitar.
To check the handover to Los Angeles, which will have the Olympics in 2028, Journey was seen in a pre-recorded film voyaging through Paris and onto the US.
There he traveled to the incredible Hollywood sign and spread out the Olympic colours. The ceremony in Paris stamped a formal "au revoir" from this year's have city.
Thomas Bach, president of the Universal Olympic Committee, said the Paris Diversions had been "sensational".
In his closing discourse, he lauded competitors for their "essentially astounding" exhibitions, saying they appeared "what significance we people are competent of".
He proceeded: "Amid all this time, you lived gently together beneath one roof in the Olympic Town. You grasped each other. You regarded each other, indeed if your nations are isolated by war and struggle. You made a culture of peace.
"This motivated all of us and billions of individuals around the globe. Thank you for making us dream. Thank you for making us accept in a superior world for everyone."
Cruise's deed amid the closing ceremony was performed as performer H.E.R. stuck on an electric guitar - having minutes some time recently conveyed a rough version of the US national anthem.
He continued to take the Olympic hail from one of the stars of Paris - American tumbler Simone Biles - some time recently the excited gathering of people observed him zip absent on a motorbike.
The pre-recorded clip appearing his travel to LA was soundtracked by California locals Ruddy Hot Chili Peppers.
The funk-rock hitmakers at that point conveyed a live execution of their classic track Can't Halt on a palm-fringed shoreline in Los Angeles. Other acts included Billie Eilish and Snoop Dogg, who performed with Dr Dre.
Snoop - who is from LA himself - was a standard installation at the Diversions, which finished with the US topping the awards table after a sensational win in Sunday's last occasion, the women's ball last.
Voyage, moreover known for Beat Weapon, is famous for performing his possess stunts.
Over the final decade or so, these have included scaling Dubai's Burj Khalifa and dangling on the exterior of a plane as it took off, both for the Mission: Outlandish series.
Artistic executive Thomas Carefree complemented Cruise's accomplishment with another cinematic-feeling section. A quieted, obscured stadium observed as a troupe of artists rolled five mammoth rings over a arrange, eventually amassing the Olympic logo.
The bleak sci-fi stylish was at last punctured by an up-tempo execution from French band Phoenix, who tore into two hits. They were encompassed by competitors who climbed up on organize, to the shock of the stadium announcer.
Cruise's part was maybe Paris's worst-kept mystery. Bits of gossip had been in the press for days - indeed some time recently he was captured in the stadium itself on Sunday evening.
The 62-year-old was spotted a few times in Paris amid the Recreations fortnight, cheering on the US group in the swimming hand-off and observing multi-medal-winning American acrobat Simone Biles in action.
"It's magnificent," he told Reuters news office at the time. "Incredible stories, awesome competitors. It's unimaginable what they do."
Artistic executive Sprightly was moreover dependable for the Olympics' yearning curtain-raiser final month. This included a parade of pontoons along the Waterway Seine and a comeback execution from vocalist Céline Dion.
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