#tom stade

[oldshowbiz]

The CBC Television series Comics! was a late night stand-up series that showcased a different Toronto-based comedian for 30 minutes each week.

For viewers who lived outside Toronto, the program was their first exposure to comedians like Harland Williams, Caroline Rhea, Russell Peters, Chris Finn, Tom Stade, and Bonnie McFarlane.

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Okay question: so closing ceremony in paris yes? People say Tom Cruise is supposed to show up but what do I care? Will the phantom of the olympics? Will snoop? Will girls be kissing? Will news outlets who falsely attributed athletes as trans to make headlines be burned on the stake? Will there be a knight on a beautiful horse again? Will they bring a bag of rings salvaged from the bottom of the Seine for Gianmarco to bring home to his wife for her to pick one for her husband? Will I cry? Pls I need info I have to plan for an emotional meltdown. I wasn’t prepared last time and almost couldn’t see the lighting of the olympic flame through the tears I shed bc of the oldest living olympic champion being one of the last torch bearers and all. I have to work tomorrow okay? Pls don’t go too hard on me tonight

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Mali vs Guinée-Bissau: Match Crucial pour la CAN 2025 - Analyse et Compositions

Ce vendredi 11 octobre 2024, le Mali affronte la Guinée-Bissau au Stade du 26 Mars de Bamako, dans un match crucial pour les qualifications à la Coupe d’Afrique des Nations (CAN) 2025. Ce duel, qui débutera à 21h00 (heure locale), est déterminant pour les deux équipes qui luttent pour une place qualificative dans le groupe I.Le Mali, dirigé par Tom Saintfiet, est actuellement deuxième dans le…

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Remember the Tom Cruise Paris Olympics closing ceremony stunts that were so fun, with him doing a series of stunts to pass hosting duties from Paris to LA?

He wasn't paid for any of it.

He took time it took to plan the stunts (and insist, naturally, that he do them himself), found time while filming MI to fly from London to LA and back in essentially one big shooting day, and insisted on a redo when one drop didn't look cool enough. Then he was live in Paris for the final night.

This crazy man just wanted some enrichment and to promote the film industry (and himself).

Say what you will about the man, but that's real dedication to the craft

[maximumwobblerbanditdonut]

I've talked about this before 😊

Tom Cruise jumps into the Stade de France to collect the Olympic flag for the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics in the #Paris2024 closing ceremony 🪂🤩

#Paris2024 @tomcruise #closingceremony #OlympicGames #Paris @eurosport #tntsports #tomcruise

Posted 11th August 2024

RIDE THE MOTORBIKE! This was Tom Cruise's participation in the closing ceremony of the Olympics #París2024

📸Jamie Squire/Getty Images

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Rammstein, Stade de France, 22.07.2023 / Photos by Tom Weber on Facebook.

[pollyna]

Air shows are a Mav thing, always have been, and since Ice has memory of them, he never missed one. He remembers doing favours to people he would have preferred having punched in the face rather than speaking to them for more than a minute or two, just so he could be back in the States to see Mav fly. The occasion wasn't relevant: Thanksgiving, Christmas and the fourth of July, if Mav was flying Ice was on the ground watching him, taking photos and later videos, recording Slider, Bradley and the other's comments and storing it all away in his video library.

And so will be for this Halloween one. If Mav is going to be up there, flying and giving a show, showing the world and every fucking brass who's the best, Ice will be on the ground, phone in his hands, filming away a couple or thirty minutes of his memory card.

(Stading is painful, and every breath feels like a stab at his troath and lungs. The jacket and all the medals on it weigh on his shoulders and back like bricks, and the material hitches against his skin. Sarah's hands are too cold and too hot at the same time around his waist, and Tom has to grit his teeth to not beg to go back home and never move another step or speak another word. Pain used to come and go in waves where now, it's a constant companion that leaves him without any relief. But then, and for the next couple of minutes, Ice's eyes are to the sky, to the jets Mav is leading through intricate manoeuvres showing off just a little bit and Ice feels thirty again, just back from a God-awful travel on a fucking commercial plane, watching is boyfriend moving in the sky and then on the ground, sweaty and smiling with the intensity of one hundred suns. It ends before Ice can realise, and that same man is moving towards him, sweaty and smiling with the same intensity. If Ice hadn't lost his voice to cancer, he would be asking all the right questions and listening to Mav babble away for the rest of the day. He can't speak, but he can hug the man against his chest, sign that Sarah recorded it all and that was the best show he ever saw.

"You always say that, love." Mav answers, laughing against his neck. Ice doesn't let go, not yet, he hugs Mav and clings on the hope to see another one, to watch Mav moving between people to come to him, to have something else to add to his ever growing video library. Maverick hugs him back.)

[amoramtnr]

Tom and Alexa at the Stade de France in Saint-Denis, France 20th October (source: Purepeople)

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I can spot Tommy Bruce, Tom Skoglund and his partner, Jeff, Xander and the guy stading in the yellow hoodie is hiding Brad who was next to Xander but you can see him there. There is other people next to Tommy but they arent visible.. maybe more people from Full Stop.

Oh no! Brad, Jeff, and Xander at the same table! How is Harry managing all three of his love interests in the same small space?

[darkangel1791]

Tom Cruise's Olympics Closing Ceremony Stunt Wasn't Applauded by Everyone on Social Media

Kristyn Burtt Mon, August 12, 2024

SheKnows Yahoo News

Article and my view on Tom Cruise and Scientology below

Tom Cruise gave the Closing Ceremony at the Paris Olympics a very Hollywood ending when he rappelled down from the top of Stade de France and into the crowd of athletes. It seemed like a picture-perfect ending to the European games as they handed it off to Los Angeles, that is sure to add a touch of Hollywood sparkle in 2028. However, not everyone was pleased with the A-list star’s presence.

Social media jumped into the conversation with mentions of Cruise’s controversial ties to Scientology, which is considered a cult in France. “How does Tom Cruise manage to be held in highest public esteem when he is a leading player in Scientology?!?! I don’t get it at all. Just remarkable,” one user on X questioned the 62-year-old star’s presence at the event. Another account added, “I love how America just acts like Tom Cruise isn’t like the icon of Scientology.” Then, of course, there are his issues with his ex-wives, Nicole Kidman and Katie Holmes.

The social media critic pointed out, “I’m sorry. Tom Cruise stole his adopted children from Nichole Kidman because she didn’t want anything to do with Scientology and his 2nd wife had to plan an escape from the marriage to protect her child from Scientology. THIS is who we chose to represent LA 2028 Olympics?” Even though they forgot Cruise’s first wife, Mimi Rogers, whom he did not have a family with, the point is well taken.

Still, Cruise was a huge presence during the two weeks of the Paris Games. He was seen at gymnastics events and taking selfies with fans — Cruise was doing what he does best, being a movie star. The tousle of the hair, the hop on the motorcycle with the Olympics flag — that’s all Cruise. And that moment became about him, not the athletes who spent the last two weeks competing their hearts out on the field or in the swimming pool. They didn’t seem to mind as they hugged him, grabbed video, and screamed at the mere sight of him.

And the warning was there all along. Le Parisien noted that the Church of Scientology was “more visible than ever” at the games. They built a new headquarters in April very close to the State de France and “deployed a major communication campaign during the Olympics.” The move makes Cruise’s presence seem a little more sinister because, as TMZ reported, the Closing Ceremony stunt was his idea. But we have to ask: Was it really the Church of Scientology’s idea? It makes you wonder.

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When I saw Interview with the Vampire the film (1994) I knew nothing about Tom Cruise beyond the movies he had done. In reading about him after IWTVTF I was under the impression that he was still a Roman Catholic, and I don't think I even knew what Scientology, but it wasn't considered a religion. When Going Clear was released in 2015, I had a new understanding of Scientology, and an instant change in my feeling for Tom Cruise. (Though I still love the film and I still love that Lestat, I now love 3 different Lestats).

Scientology horrified, but intrigued me and I have watched many more documentaries as well as Leah Remini's series.

I have a hate for Scientology that burns with the heat of a thousand suns, and at least 200 of those suns are my hate for Tom Cruise alone.

I have no idea why people still see his movies. I have no idea why he is still invited on talk shows/chat shows. His popularity at this point just baffles me.

So when he does shit like this, I tend to post it. If you don't want to see it block the tags scientology and tomcruisescientologist.

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Last day of the Paris Olympics: closing ceremony, no Romanian PM, flag bearers

After weeks of intense competition, international athletes are set to say “au revoir” at the closing ceremony of the Paris 2024 Games on Sunday, 11 August.

Romania’s Prime Minister will not be in attendance

Marcel Ciolacu will not attend the final ceremony. He was not pleased with the way the women’s gymnastics individual event ended. After the competition, Romanian gymnast Ana Barbosu and spectators thought she was winning the bronze medal. She and her coaches even raised their country’s flag and started celebrating. Meanwhile, US gymnast Jordan Chilis’ coaches appealed to the judges, which was successful. This raised Chilis’ score by 0.1 points, which was enough to knock Barbosa out of third place.

Closing Ceremony

In contrast to the rather ambitious, controversial and caused a lot of misunderstandings and nuances of the opening ceremony, the closing ceremony will follow a more traditional path. First, the head of the host nation’s state enters along with the president of the International Olympic Committee. Then the national anthem of the host country is played or sung as the host country’s flag is raised. Other traditional elements include a parade of flags, a parade of athletes and the handing over of the Olympic flag to the representative of the host city four years later.

The closing ceremony takes place at the Stade de France stadium, north of Paris, where the rugby and track and field events took place. The ceremony will include several traditional elements, among them final medal presentations, a parade of athletes and the handover of the Olympic flag to Los Angeles for the 2028 Games. The stadium has hosted several events during the Games, including record-breaking track races and a historic first leg for the US women’s rugby team.

The artistic director of the event is Thomas Jolly, the man responsible for the unique opening ceremony, however many details are secret, but Jolly has indeed offered something of a sneak preview, stating the ceremony will be a visual, very choreographed, very acrobatic show with an operatic dimension. In addition, viewers can expect to see over 100 acrobats and aerial performers, and the closing ceremony should also feature big-name musicians.

Since the United States, in the face of Los Angelas, will take on the role of the next host for the 2028 Olympics, Tom Cruise, who is currently in Europe on a film shoot, is set to play the lead role in the closing ceremony. He is due to perform an impressive sequence of stunts to mark the passage of the Games from Paris to Los Angeles, which will feature the passing of the Olympic flag from one city to the other. The cast list will see Californian A-list performers Billie Eilish and the Red Hot Chili Peppers performing from Los Angeles.

US Team flag bearers

Swimmer Katie Ledecky and rower Nick Mead will be the flag bearers during the closing ceremony. Ledecky is the most decorated female Olympian of all time, winning her 14th medal after running the 800m freestyle on August 3. She won the gold medal in the event, securing her ninth gold overall. Mead won the gold medal along with teammates Liam Corrigan, Michael Grady and Justin Best in the men’s rowing event. It was the first time since 1960 the US team won the tournament, CBS News reported.

Last day of the Olympic Games: Results

The United States, one gold behind China in the battle at the top of the medals table, can add another when they face Italy in the women’s volleyball final.

The US women’s basketball team is chasing a historic eighth consecutive gold against French rivals fuelled by the “love” of their fans. US women have won basketball gold at the last seven Olympic Games, starting with Atlanta in 1996.

Weightlifting concludes with the battle to become the strongest woman at the Games in the over-81kg category, led by China’s world record holder Li Wenwen.

Old rivals Serbia and Croatia meet for gold in men’s water polo in what could be a feisty affair.

Four golds have yet to be decided in track cycling, while the title could be taken in the modern pentathlon.

In the men’s handball final, Germany are in their first gold medal match in 20 years, where they will meet Denmark, who are in their third consecutive final.

The Danes were champions in Rio 2016 but finished runners-up to France in Tokyo three years ago.

Read more HERE

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Watching the recordings of the late-night ACMS show from 2019, and I’ve learned three main things:

1) I said a while ago that the Canadians and the Aussies are currently tied, both 2 for 2 on Taskmaster champions (Sarah Kendall/Sam Campbell and Katherine Ryan/Mae Martin), but unfortunately I don’t think Canada will hold the line on this because they have much stronger reserve players than we do. There are so many Australian comics in Britain, at some point they’ll cast Adam Hills and of course he’ll be wildly competitive and win it, and Canada will never catch back up. Because the only Canadian comics in Britain who haven’t already done Taskmaster are Bobby Mair, Tom Stade, Craig Campbell, and Phil Nichol, and none of those men seem like they’d be able to get dressed in the morning on their own, much less count eggs faster than Felicity Ward.

However, watching these recordings has let me know we do have another option (he’s not likely to get cast, but neither is Bobby Mair especially since I’m pretty sure the more successful partner was the only reason he ever got booked on TV shows, I’m just talking about people who could theoretically do it because they are comedians): John Hastings. Unfortunately, while he’s quite funny, he also does not seem like a person with a wide variety of skills. Why do none of the Canadian comedians in Britain seem like reasonably competent humans (besides the two who’ve already won)?

2) I think I’ve made the right choice in designating ACMS as the one late-night show I want to do when I go to Edinburgh this year. I have my somewhat inexplicably deep obsession with Late ‘n’ Live from the Chocolate Milk Gang days, but I’m pretty sure Late ‘n’ Live 2024 bears little resemblance to that. ACMS seems like the kind of thing I want to see, as my designated “stay up all night for the cool Fringe Festival experience of it all” show. Even if it some of it is shit and/or outside of what my comedy palette is able to enjoy. I think on any given night I’d enjoy at least a fairly significant proportion of it. Probably. Hopefully.

3) God, Alice Fraser is fucking good. Even time I haven’t seen her stuff in a while, I forget how good she is. Also, this is the first time I’d seen her compere. It hadn’t occurred to me before to wonder how good she is at compering, but I’m not surprised to learn that the answer is excellent. This is making me remember that at the end of Twist, she specifically said she won’t be writing a whole new hour for the 2024 Edinburgh Festival. She didn’t technically say she won’t go up at all. I mean, she probably won’t. But seeing her compere has let me know that she doesn’t just do dazzlingly complex and compelling and consistently funny hours of stand-up – she’s also just fun in some in-between thing. I’d be happy to see her at some in-between thing too.

She co-compered with both Andrew O’Neill and John-Luke Roberts in the recording I saw, and I like both those other people, but honestly she showed them both up. I realize that not everything is a competitive sport, but it seems important to note that if it were, she’d have won. She was quicker than them and made it look so easy. She had a great balance of comedic/mock distain for the comedy/audience/her co-hosts, and engaging completely. Lots of that thing she does on The Bugle, going between sweet and dirty jokes so fast that you get whiplash.

At one point Andrew O’Neill said someone in the audience looks like Daniel Kitson, and Alice replied that it’s important to note that that isn’t who he is, because “If Daniel Kitson were here, I’d be trying a lot harder.” I found this funny enough to be worth noting because 1) Alice Fraser’s amazingly good at making her comedy look effortless but I enjoyed the comedic hubris of her suggesting it actually is effortless, and 2) I’d like to steal that line, just for everyday life. I’m going to start walking around, at work and places like that, saying, “If Daniel Kitson were here I’d be trying a lot harder.” That's pretty much always true. (It's true of my blog too, which is why we all remain relieved that he promises us he hasn't Googled himself since 2019.)

...Sorry for being unable to write a post recently that doesn't reference Daniel Kitson. I have just put a bunch of his old shows on my phone for a re-listen, so that problem is not likely to improve in the near future.

[maximumwobblerbanditdonut]

Stade de France 🇫🇷

Tom Cruise was spotted in the streets of Paris for a sequence that should be broadcast during the closing ceremony of the Olympic Games, and not for Mission Impossible. Tom will be the star of the closing ceremony of the Olympic Games on August 11th at Stade de France in Paris. Probably he will drive with his motorbike the Olympic flag into the stadium to be greeted by the mayor of Los Angeles, the host city of the next Games in 2028.

📹 @eliechocron_

#tomcruise @tomcruise #OlympicGames #Paris

Posted 9th May 2024

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Imagine if this guy rappelled from the roof of the Stade de France to the field … takes the Olympic flag for Los Angeles … then he unmasks as Tom Cruise.

feel like pure shit just want them back