Paris is abuzz with thousands of athletes and spectators arriving for the 2024 Olympic Games — but it isn't just the arrival of sporting superstars to the city that is generating excitement.
Paris is abuzz with thousands of athletes and spectators arriving for the 2024 Olympic Games — but it isn't just the arrival of sporting superstars to the city that is generating excitement.Most notably, divas Lady Gaga and Celine Dion have both been spotted, only telling Associated Press that "We might not know until the ceremony kicks off, with acts usually kept secret.
The trailer to her new film Joker: Folie a Deux has just dropped and she's busy recording her seventh album.It's also possible that she's just rich and famous and enjoying a European summer like every other celebrity at the moment.Earlier this year, President Emmanuel Macron threw his support behind French-Malian R&B star Aya Nakamura as a choice for the opening ceremony.The speculation has sparked a row on identity and language among the French.
Chalking up more than 10 million album sales and 14 billion streams globally was not enough for the producer to secure a spot at the ceremony."I am still between the fourth and 15th most listened to artist in the world," he said.Security for the Paris Olympics opening ceremony will be so tight that even Australian embassy staff will need special passes to enter and leave their compound.
Jolly's plans have been criticised by some conservatives in France, but he said his work would be a celebration of cultural, linguistic, religious and sexual diversity.And in Adelaide, Hobart, Canberra, Darwin, Gold Coast and regional markets across the country, listeners can hear live daily Olympics coverage across
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