Beyoncé Performs With Team USA in Video During 2024 Paris Olympics

2024 Paris Olympics Opening Ceremony: Lady Gaga & Céline Dion Perform, Athletes Sail Down the River Seine | THR News Video

Lady Gaga dazzles amidst pink poms and welcomes us to Paris, while Celine Dion stuns us all with a majestic performance under the Eiffel tower and teams from countries across the world make their entrance sailing down the River Seine. The 2024 Paris Olympics are officially underway and kicked off the global event with an epic opening ceremony. This is the first time the Olympics opening ceremony was not held inside a stadium but rather outside in front of iconic Parisian landmarks.

‘Rolling Stone’ Names the Best Songs of 2024 So Far

‘Rolling Stone’ Names , the Best Songs of 2024 So Far. Staff members at 'Rolling Stone' compiled some of their favorite songs of the year so far and even made a Spotify playlist for you to check them out. Beyoncé, "Ya Ya", "Her lyrics place her own family’s struggles against a backdrop of American economic, racial, and social hypocrisy, and wrap her anti-erasure gospel in a music that radiates freedom, resistance, and joy." –J.D. Kehlani, "After Hours", "She makes the groove her own, lighting up one of 2024’s finest summer jams." —J.D. Ariana Grande, "We Can’t Be Friends (Wait for Your Love)", "Whether the song is about Grande’s relationship with the press, an ex, or both, its raw mix of hurt and hope has the kaleidoscopic radiance of club lights in wet eyes." —B. Stallings. Kendrick Lamar, "Not Like Us", "Of all the songs that Kendrick Lamar unleashed against Drake this spring in a paroxysm of pure contempt, this is the winner." —S.V.L. Kim Gordon, "Bye Bye", "Your favorite avant-garde twentysomething wishes they sounded this cool." —S.V.L. Megan Thee Stallion, "Hiss", "For longtime fans, it represented the down and dirty, no holds barred, UGK-studied rapping that made them fall in love with her. She herself credits it to her beloved ego, Tina Snow." —M.C. Olivia Rodrigo, "So American", "It’s a giddy pop earworm and an absolute rock & roll banger." —M.G. Hozier, "Too Sweet", "The song didn’t appear on his album 'Unreal Unearth' because it didn’t fit the mood, but it’s landed perfectly now." —J.L. Kacey Musgraves, "Cardinal", "To open her latest studio album, 'Deeper Well,' Kacey Musgraves looked to nature to set the tone." —J.L

SNCF train services to 'soon' return to normal, despite delays

According to French railway company SNCF, progress has been made in partially restoring high-speed train services after Friday's coordinated arson attacks ahead of the Olympics opening ceremony.