Summer Olympics: Celebs Rumors

Rudie Obias editor If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Variety may receive an affiliate commission. New for 2024, Breaking (or Breakdancing) makes its debut in the Summer Olympics in Paris. More than 30 B-Boys and B-Girls from over 15 nations are competing for the gold, including the United States, Japan, Morocco, The Netherlands and more.

Snoop Dogg has said he’d love to start the “Hood Olympics” in LA ahead of the city hosting the 2028 gamesThe legendary Doggfather has been in recent headlines for his time at this year’s Paris Olympics, where he was one of NBC‘s television correspondents. While attending the red carpet for the film premiere of the thriller 1992, Entertainment Tonight asked Snoop about his plans when the Olympics come to his home state of Los Angeles in four years.“One thing I wanna do is have the Hood Olympics,” the Long Beach star said.

Flavor Flav already has his eyes set on the 2028 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles!

known as “Pommel Horse Guy” following his historic performance at the 2024 Paris Olympics, is joining the cast of “Dancing With the Stars” Season 33.The 25-year-old gymnast appeared on “Good Morning America” Thursday to share the news. Nedoroscik is “hoping” to bring some of his pommel horse moves to the ABC competition series. “I want to do some flairs.

Matt Donnelly Senior Film Writer The chairman of the 2028 Summer Olympics is feeling the heat, and it’s not from the giant torch that just arrived in Los Angeles from Paris. It’s been two weeks since the publication of a damning tabloid report about Casey Wasserman, grandson of the vaunted Hollywood dealmaker Lew Wasserman, in which the talent agency owner was accused of having “serial” affairs with junior employees over many years. These reported indiscretions – on which Wasserman did not comment — set stars, political figures and industry insiders on edge as the Paris games ended last weekend and L.A.

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.

he had to leave his job as an NBC correspondent covering the Olympics surfing competition in Tahiti due to a foot injury and multiple illnesses.The 42-year-old comedian filmed a video where he spoke to the camera like a news reporter in front of the Mediterranean Sea in Malta.“Dude, are you OK?’ That’s the no. 1 text message I’ve received in the past 48 hours.

@TeamGB, what an incredible journey! Every athlete showed immense dedication, heart and passion. You made us all so proud! Here's to celebrating every triumph at @Paris2024 and looking forward to more from @ParalympicsGB later in the summer

Billie Eilish brought the vibes to the LA28 Handover Celebration at the beach!

H.E.R. stuns in white while performing on stage at Stade de France on Sunday (August 11) in Paris, France.

Tom Daley, Jack Laugher, Noah Williams and other Team GB divers have been spotted joining in on a viral dance trend while at this year's Olympic Games.The team has been busy competing in Paris and keeping fans updated with their antics on social media.Tom, 30, shared a video of himself and his diving teammates taking part in the 'Apple dance challenge' on Sunday afternoon.The viral dance trend is set to the tune of Charli XCX's song 'Apple', which was released earlier this year.The challenge involves participants performing a specific dance routine that matches some of the lyrics in the song's chorus. In the video, Tom can be seen showing off his dance moves alongside teammates Jack, 29, Noah, 24, Anthony Harding, 24, Kyle Kothari, 26, and Jordan Houlden, 26.The group were filmed doing the routine in their Adidas swimming trunks on a rooftop.

The United States secured its 40th gold medal on Sunday in the women’s basketball final, gaining a tie for most gold medals at the Summer Olympics.

Anna Tingley If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Variety may receive an affiliate commission. After two action-packed weeks, filled with gold medals, bulges, bad breakdancing (and even one revoked bronze medal for Team USA), the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics officially comes to a close on Sunday afternoon. The Olympics Closing Ceremony will be held in Paris’s 800,000-seat Stade de France on Sunday, Aug.

The 2024 Paris Olympics are coming to an end.

Los Angeles is beginning the countdown to the 2028 Summer Olympics in true Hollywood fashion.

Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass today previewed the city’s plans for hosting the 2028 Olympics.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV Editor Before NBC went to Paris, NBC went to Paris. Paris Hilton isn’t the first person that comes to mind when it comes to lining up talent to promote a sports property like the 2024 Summer Olympics, held in Paris, France. The multi-hyphenate entrepreneur has been known, over a number of swirling cycles, for reality shows; an attempt at starting a music career; and launching sundry products.

Amy Robach admitted she kicked her boyfriend and former “GMA3” co-host T.J. Holmes out of bed in the middle of the night earlier this week — all because he was playing the TV too loud. Robach, 51, revealed the details about the late-night affair on the August 8 episode of her podcast with Holmes, “Amy & T.J.”The couple has been watching and reporting on the 2024 Paris Summer Olympics on their podcast, and just as they were in the home stretch of the thirty-third Olympiad, the games drove a wedge between the two.

Travis Scott — whose real name is Jacques Webster — being dragged out of a five-star Paris hotel lobby in handcuffs by cops early Friday morning before being placed into the back of a police car. The 33-year-old was wearing a yellow hoodie, black sweatpants, and sneakers as two police officers held his arms on either side.One officer was seen speaking to Scott, as another officer held him back.Hotel staff of the Four Seasons Hotel George V tried to block the view of cameras to no avail, as the cops eventually got the rapper to stop resisting and head outside.

Gladiator and former Olympian Montell Douglas has been announced as the latest contestant to join the Strictly Come Dancing line-up. The news was revealed on the set of Gladiators filming at the Sheffield Utilita Arena and her bespoke Roblox character was also revealed on the platform on BBC Wonder Chase.

NBC has confirmed that SNL‘s Colin Jost has left Tahiti after acting as a surfing correspondent during the 2024 Summer Olympics.

Deadline reported on Monday.Jost’s correspondent gig for NBC was “always supposed to be short term,” per Deadline, so it’s unclear if his exit is solely due to his health woes.The 42-year-old comedian cut his foot on a coral reef and later developed a staph infection and an ear infection.He’s been replaced by Australian weather anchor Luke Bradnam, who was already in Tahiti covering the Olympics.The Post has reached out to Jost’s rep for comment.Jost’s struggles in Tahiti started last month when he injured his foot after hitting the reef.He posted a picture of his bandaged and bloodied wounds via social media on July 29.“You know it’s going great when you’ve been to the Olympic medical tent more than any of the athletes,” he wrote in his caption.On July 30, Jost revealed that he got an ear infection, on top of already having a staph infection. “I woke up this morning and discovered that I had added ear infection to my growing list of ailments,” he said in an interview from the pool in Tahiti.

Watching a hard-fought badminton match between China and Japan, NBCUniversal‘s Andrew Siciliano had an urgent off-mic question for his research staff.

Simone Biles is opening up about starting a family.

Is Simone Biles retiring after the 2024 Olympics, or will she be planning to compete in the 2028 Summer Olympics?

Snoop Dogg delivered an impromptu freestyle about dressage while in Paris commentating on the 2024 Summer Olympics.This year, the hip-hop legend is an Olympic correspondent for the US TV network NBC. While in the channel’s broadcast booth at the Palace of Versailles with Olympics anchor Mike Tirico, he and his longtime friend Martha Stewart watched a video of a horse named Maxima Bella doing a dressage routine to his 1994 seminal hit ‘Gin & Juice’.Snoop couldn’t contain his excitement when he saw Polish rider Sandra Sysojeva’s performance and enthused: “OK, we got an LBC horse in the house, right?” as soon as he caught onto what was happening.

Simone Biles is singing her praises for Rebeca Andrade!

Sunday saw the second biggest U.S. audience of the Paris Olympics so far with more than 35M viewers tuning in across NBC, Peacock and other platforms.

The Olympics are proving to be incredibly exciting this year!

2024 Paris Olympics.Ryan Gosling and Eva Mendes made a rare public appearance at the women’s gymnastics uneven bars final at Bercy Stadium on Sunday. The “Barbie” actor, 43, and his longtime partner, 50, appeared to be joined by their daughters, Esmeralda, 9, and Amada, 8, who haven’t been seen out in years.Gosling wore a red flannel shirt over a white tank top, as well as a green Olympic rings hat and a pair of translucent sunglasses.

Novak Djokovic is taking the gold.

It sounds like Simone Biles‘ Olympics career isn’t over yet!

Snoop Dogg has created the hottest and most in-demand Olympics souvenir of the 2024 Paris summer games.Snoop, aka Calvin Cordozar Broadus Jr., has been passing out special Olympics pins to members of Team USA to show his support. The pin shows the “Gin and Juice” rapper blowing smoke rings in the colors of the Olympic rings with the Eiffel tower in the background.

Tom Cruise is reportedly set to feature in the closing ceremony at the Paris Olympic Games, where he will perform his own stunt.The actor is currently filming the eighth entry in the Mission: Impossible franchise in Europe and Variety reports that he has been tapped by the artistic director of the Games, Thomas Jolly, to make a high-profile impact at the show-closing event on August 11.Cruise has been spotted in attendance at multiple events at the Olympics already, including the women’s gymnastics and the swimming.The French site Sortir A Paris reports that they saw Cruise rehearsing his spot for the ceremony in May, in which he was riding a motorbike with a large flag attached down the Champs- Élysées, with speculation rife that he will be involved in the official handover of the Games to Los Angeles, who will host the Summer Olympics in 2028.Cruise’s representatives have not confirmed the reports.The opening ceremony last Friday (July 26) launched the Games with a divisive four-hour event that included performances from a showstopping Celine Dion, a pre-recorded Lady Gaga and a history-making Gojira.US celebrity presence has also been felt over the course of the last week in Paris, from Snoop Dogg to Flavor Flav, while Taylor Swift and Beyoncé have also been getting in on the act.In other Cruise news, he recently caused chaos at the premiere of Twisters in London.

Anna Tingley If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Variety may receive an affiliate commission. After beating Canada’s Felix Auger-Aliassime at the men’s semifinals on Friday, Carlos Alcaraz soars into the finals, where the 21 year-old Spanish tennis champ will possibly become the youngest man in history to win an Olympic tennis singles gold medal. He will compete against Serbian world champion Novak Djokovic.

nailed her first Olympics race—literally. Yes, the qualified for the semifinals after running the 100-meter heat in just 10.94 seconds, but the 24-year-old did so in a manicure so beautiful it deserves a spot in the Louvre.Richardson is among many Olympians who have chosen to embrace both beauty and athleticism this year.“You don’t have to sacrifice your femininity to play any sport,” on the field.