The crowd cheered as the Mission: Impossible star, clad in a leather jacket and gloves, entered the stadium while H.E.R. performed on guitar.

A Cinematic Handover to Los Angeles

Cruise appeared in a pre-recorded video where he traveled through Paris to mark the handover to Los Angeles, the host city for the 2028 Olympics, and then to the iconic Hollywood sign, where he unfurled the Olympic colors. The ceremony served as a formal farewell from Paris.

Thank you, Paris! Now off to LA. pic.twitter.com/MxlAb0hZbT

— Tom Cruise (@TomCruise) August 11, 2024

Thomas Bach, president of the International Olympic Committee, described the Paris Games as “sensational” in his closing speech. He commended the athletes for their “simply amazing” performances, emphasizing their unity despite global conflicts. “You created a culture of peace,” he said, thanking them for inspiring millions worldwide.

Cruise’s thrilling descent coincided with H.E.R.’s electric guitar performance, which followed her rendition of the U.S. national anthem. He then took the Olympic flag from American gymnast Simone Biles before speeding away on a motorbike. The pre-recorded segment of his journey to Los Angeles featured music from the Red Hot Chili Peppers, who later performed their hit “Can’t Stop” on a beach in California. Other performances included Billie Eilish and Snoop Dogg, who collaborated with Dr. Dre.

Cruise’s Stunt Legacy

Known for performing his stunts, Cruise has tackled daring feats, including scaling Dubai’s Burj Khalifa and hanging from a plane during takeoff for the Mission: Impossible series.

When one ceremony closes, the next begins. @TomCruise pic.twitter.com/rPS58Lwcxu

— LA28 (@LA28) August 11, 2024

Artistic director Thomas Jolly enhanced the ceremony’s cinematic feel with a segment featuring dancers rolling five giant rings across the stage to form the Olympic logo. The atmosphere shifted dramatically when French band Phoenix took the stage, performing two of their hits alongside athletes who joined them, much to the surprise of the stadium announcer.

Cruise’s participation had been one of Paris’s worst-kept secrets, with rumors circulating for days before he was spotted in the stadium on Sunday evening. The 62-year-old actor had been seen cheering for the U.S. team during various events, expressing his admiration for the athletes: “It’s awesome. Great stories, great athletes. It’s incredible what they do.”

The closing ceremony not only celebrated the achievements of the athletes but also marked a significant transition as the world looks forward to the next Olympic Games in Los Angeles. The event concluded with a sense of excitement and anticipation for the future of the Olympics.

Tom Cruise dives into Paris Olympics closing ceremony in jaw-dropping stunt#Olympic #OlympicGames #Olimpiadas2024 #OlimpiadasParis2024 #TomCruise pic.twitter.com/uiVVDNIBEY

— Cini Sports Entertainment (@cinisportent) August 12, 2024

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According to sources, Tom Cruise was noticeably absent from the 2023 Oscars due to his ex-wife being there following their bitter divorce over twenty years ago.

The source speaking with DailyMail.com said, “Tom was not there because she was there, and he did not want a run-in.”

Sources close to Tom Cruise however claimed that his absence was not personal and was nothing more than scheduling difficulties, though they did not reply specifically to the claim that it was connected to Nicole Kidman’s presence.

Just so you know, Tom Cruise’s movie, Top Gun: Maverick was nominated for six awards, including the coveted Best Picture Award.

The former couple who got married in December, 1990 adopted two children, Isabella and Connor who are both reportedly members of the Church of Scientology, just like their dad.

Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman called it quit in 2001, citing “irreconcilable difference” after allegedly walking out on Kidman that same year.

That move left the ‘Big Little Lies’ actress in utter shock as fans suspected that the marriage came to an end due to her refusal to become a Scientologist.

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The ‘Mission Impossible actor has reportedly teamed up with The Bourne Identity director Doug Liman on a movie pitch that involves filming in space, which was first tabled in 2020 before the Covid-19 pandemic halted plans.

According to reports, Cruise and Liman are said to have reached out to Universal Films Entertainment Group (UFEG) on an idea which will see the actor take a rocket up to the International Space Station to shoot a movie.

Speaking about this move, UFEG Chairman Donna Langley said, “I think Tom Cruise is taking us to space, he’s taking the world to space.

That’s the plan. We have a great project in development with Tom. Taking a rocket up to the Space Station and shooting.

She also revealed that most of the movie would be shot on earth, climaxing with the main character going up to space to save the day.

She also added that she is hopeful Tom Cruise will become the first civilian to do a spacewalk outside of the space station.

Just so you know, if the film gets approved and kicks off, Tom Cruise would be the first movie star to shoot in outer space on the International Space Station.

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Another feat this sequel has is that it has now earned six hundred and seventy-nine million dollars in North America, making it the sixth-highest grossing film of all time at the domestic box office.

What this means is that the movie Top Gun: Maverick’ has now knocked Marvel’s Avengers: Infinity War to the seventh position; after it earned six hundred and seventy-eight point eight million dollars in 2018.

According to Forbes, ‘Top Gun: Maverick’ has earned one point thirty-seven billion dollars globally, and it is expected to gross five point forty-four million dollars this weekend to take it to a new total of six hundred and eighty-three million dollars.

And if it eventually happens, the movie will be getting closer to Black Panther which earned seven hundred point four million dollars in 2018.

Top Gun: Maverick is a 2022 American action drama film, which is the sequel to the 1986 film Top Gun, starring Tom Cruise who plays Pete Mitchell, who after more than thirty years of service as one of the Navy’s top aviators, he is where he belongs, pushing the envelope as a courageous test pilot and dodging the advancement in rank that would ground him.

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IN HOLLYWOOD

1. DC LEAGUE OF SUPER-PETS

Krypto the Super-Dog and Superman are inseparable best friends, sharing the same superpowers and fighting crime side by side in Metropolis.

However, when the Man of Steel and the rest of the Justice League are kidnapped, Krypto must convince a ragtag group of animals to master their own newfound powers for a rescue mission.

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Actors include: Dwayne Johnson, Kevin Hart, Kate McKinnon, John Krasinski, Vanessa Bayer, Natasha Lyonne, Marc Maron, Keanu Reeves, and others.

2. TOP GUN: MAVERICK

After more than thirty years of service as one of the Navy’s top aviators, Pete ‘Maverick’ Mitchell is where he belongs, pushing the envelope as a courageous test pilot and dodging the advancement in rank that would ground him.

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Training a detachment of graduates for a special assignment, Maverick must confront the ghosts of his past and his deepest fears, culminating in a mission that demands the ultimate sacrifice from those who choose to fly it.

Actors include: Tom Cruise, Val Kilmer, Miles Teller, Jennifer Connelly, Jon Hamm, Monica Barbaro, Lewis Pullman, Jay Ellis, Glen Powell, and others.

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The family of the Israeli writer whose article inspired the 1986 Tom Cruise movie Top Gun is suing film studio Paramount Pictures for copyright infringement over its sequel.

They claim the studio did not have the rights to Ehud Yonay’s 1983 story “Top Guns” when it released the sequel Top Gun: Maverick last month.

The lawsuit was filed on Monday at the Los Angeles federal court by Shosh and Yuval Yonay.

Ehud’s widow and son alleges that Paramount failed to reacquire the rights to Ehud’s magazine article after it was terminated under the US Copyright Act.

They are seeking unspecified damages from the film studio, including profits from Top Gun: Maverick.

According to the lawsuit, Paramount’s Top Gun franchise would not have existed without Ehud’s “literary efforts and evocative prose and narrative”.

The lawsuit said that in 2018, the Yonays informed Paramount that its rights to Ehud’s article would be terminated two years later and that the studio lost the copyright for the piece in January 2020.

According to a report gathered by BBC, lawyer Marc Toberoff, who is representing the Yonays, said,

“Much as Paramount wants to pretend otherwise, they made a sequel to Top Gun after they lost their copyright,”

In a statement Paramount said: “These claims are without merit, and we will defend ourselves vigorously.”

Top Gun: Maverick  had the fourth biggest opening weekend of any film in the Covid-era, behind the best-selling Spider-Man: No Way Home, second-place Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness and then The Batman.

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The movie is the sequel to the 1986 Tom Cruise film titled ‘Top Gun,’ which follows Maverick’s return to the United States Navy Strike Fighter Tactics Instructor program also known as ‘Top Gun,’ where he must confront his past as he trains a group of younger fighter pilots, among them the son of his deceased best friend Goose.

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Cruise said he was invited to the Wanda Metropolitano Stadium, adding he was excited to see Atletico play at the new ground.

Cruise was given a tour by club president Enrique Cerezo and player Saul Niguez, and was joined by “The Mummy” co-stars Sofia Boutela and Annabelle Wallis, as well as director Alex Kurtzman.

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The latest film in the long-running Madea series racked up $27.6 million. Comedian Chris Rock may be entitled to a percentage of the gross. Creator Tyler Perry was inspired to take his pistol-packing grandma trick-or-treating after Rock’s comedian character in 2014’s “Top Five” joked that his latest movie, a passion project about a slave revolt, was going head-to-head at the box office with “Boo! A Madea Halloween.” What was once intended as satire eventually became a seasonally appropriate reality.

“This isn’t the end of the series, it’s just the beginning,” said Jeff Bock, box office analyst with Exhibitor Relations, who noted that Perry also scored with 2013’s “A Madea Christmas.” “There are so many holidays left. There’s Easter, St. Patrick’s Day, and he hasn’t even done a Thanksgiving one yet.”

Don’t look for “Boo!” to end up in the Oscar race or on many reviewers’ “ten best” lists, but the Halloween comedy is a hit for distributor Lionsgate and reaffirms Perry’s star power. Despite being routinely derided by critics, the film series has an extremely loyal fan base. Collectively they’ve earned nearly $380 million, enjoying capacious profit margins given that most of the movies cost less than a Papa John’s Super Bowl spot to produce. The latest Madea cost $20 million to make, and attracted a more diverse crowd. Typically the films have an audience that’s between 80% and 90% African-American, but this installment’s crowd was only 60% African-American, with the rest of ticket buyers made up largely of Caucasians and Hispanic movie-goers.

“The film crossed over and it expanded the audience,” said David Spitz, co-president of domestic distribution at Lionsgate. “Madea is such a beloved character and the timing helped. There are not many comedies in the marketplace right now and Halloween is right around the corner.”

“Never Go Back” was right behind, with the action sequel earning a solid $23 million. The film brought back Tom Cruise as Reacher, an ex-military investigator with a penchant for ass-kicking. The films are based on a popular series of books by Lee Childs, but despite their best-selling pedigree, a sequel to “Jack Reacher” wasn’t exactly a given. The first film ended up making money for Paramount in 2012, grossing $218.3 million worldwide on a production budget of $60 million, but it wasn’t exactly a blockbuster. The film did, however, have a healthy after-life on home entertainment platforms.

“It felt for awhile like every time I’d go on a plane, it was the movie every person was watching,” said Megan Colligan, Paramount’s president of worldwide distribution and marketing. “It was a movie that expanded its audience.”

The studio made sure that costs didn’t escalate on the sequel, keeping the budget locked at $60 million, a feat since most franchises increase their spending with each subsequent installment. They were rewarded for the cost consciousness. “Never Go Back” improved on “Jack Reacher’s” $15.2 million debut from four years ago. It’s worth noting, however, that the previous film debuted days after the Sandy Hook elementary school killings, which may have depressed turnout for the violent adventure film. Overseas, “Never Go Back” performed well, earning $31 million.

“Ouija: Origin of Evil,” the follow-up to 2014’s low-budget horror hit “Ouija,” picked up $14.1 million, a respectable return given its $9 million budget. Universal distributed the Blumhouse production, which got markedly better reviews than the original, but couldn’t translate the critical notices into a bigger opening than its predecessor. The first film in the series kicked off to $19.9 million before going on to make $103.6 million globally. Platinum Dunes and Hasbro produced the board game adaptation.

“Origin of Evil” is set in the 1960s and centers on a scam seance artist who unwittingly invites evil spirits into her home. The film’s PG-13 rating meant its audience skewed younger, with 57% of ticket-buyers clocking in under the age of 25. Universal believes the film will benefit from the holiday next week.

“Based on the fact that we’re the only wide release horror film on Halloween, we’re expecting to hold well,” said Nick Carpou, Universal’s domestic distribution chief.

Last weekend’s champ, Warner Bros.’ “The Accountant,” came in fourth, holding well to pick up $14 million. That pushes the Ben Affleck thriller’s domestic total to $47.9 million.

DreamWorks Pictures’ “The Girl on the Train” rounded out the top five, earning $7.3 million. The adaptation of the literary hit about an alcoholic who becomes obsessed with a missing woman has earned $58.9 million after three weeks in theaters. Universal distributed the film.

The weekend’s other major new release, Fox’s “Keeping Up with the Joneses,” flopped, eking out $5.6 million. The action-comedy about a suburban couple who gets entangled in the world of international espionage stars Jon Hamm, Zach Galifianakis, Gal Gadot, and Isla Fisher. It’s a rough start given its $40 million budget.

Among other releases, “The Met: Live in HD’s” screening of Mozart’s Don Giovanni drew opera fans, grossing $1.7 million on more than 900 screens.

Faith-based distributor Pure Flix debuted “I’m Not Ashamed,” a drama about a victim of the Columbine High School shootings, to $900,000 on 505 theaters.

Michael Moore waded into the presidential election with “Michael Moore in TrumpLand,” a film of a one-man stage performance that the documentary filmmaker delivered in Ohio, all but begging the Rust Belt to abandon the Donald. The film earned $50,200 on two screens for a $25,100 per-screen average.

In a statement, Moore said, “This film speaks to and is being enjoyed by many constituencies, namely the 50% of the country planning not to vote, or those voting third party, but also among Clinton supporters and even Trump voters who know better. I’m convinced now that as millions of Americans will see this movie, it will have an impact on this election.”

Rapturous critical notices lifted “Moonlight” at the art house box office this weekend. The film was bolstered by a love letter from the New York Times’ A.O. Scott, who labeled it “breathtaking” and stopped short of declaring it 2016’s best film with two months left to go in the year. The A24 release earned an impressive $414,740 on four screens, for a sizzling $103,685 per-screen average. That sets it up nicely as the indie distributor looks to expand the drama about a gay boy coming-of-age in the inner city of Miami. It could also bolster “Moonlight’s” Oscar chances.

It’s been a rough fall movie season, with ticket sales down more than 12%, but things appear to be on the upswing. Revenues were up 18% from the year-ago period, when “The Last Witch Hunter” and “Paranormal Activity: The Ghost Dimension” both bombed. Analysts believe the box office is poised for a rebound, with several big-budget offerings hitting theaters in the coming weeks, such as “Inferno” with Tom Hanks and Marvel’s “Doctor Strange.”

“This should be the start of a turnaround,” said Paul Dergarabedian, senior media analyst with ComScore. “After hitting rock bottom, now we begin climbing back.”

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This time, Reacher uncovers the conspiracy that led to his former colleague, Major Susan Turner, being accused of spying. Reacher works to clear her name.

“It has a great humour and it also has a level of unique brutality that this character brings,”Cruise said at the film’s premiere on Sunday in New Orleans, where it was filmed. “It is part of who he is.”

The movie was directed by Edward Zwick, who worked with Cruise on the 2003 film “The Last Samurai”.

Co-star Cobie Smulders – the “How I Met Your Mother” actress – plays Turner.

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