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Olympics Closing Ceremony: All the Highlights as Paris Hands Over Games to L.A., From Phoenix Rocking Out to Tom Cruise’s Epic Stunts

Paris Olympics' closing ceremony promises another blockbuster show with a Hollywood twist from Tom Cruise, Billie Eilish, Snoop Dogg and more.

As part of the glitzy handover to Los Angeles as it prepares to host 2028’s Summer Games, Tom Cruise is expected to wow audiences with a few epic stunts while Billie Eilish, Snoop Dogg and the Red Hot Chili Peppers perform and H.E.R. Unfolding days after a thwarted terrorist attack that targeted a Taylor Swift concert in Vienna, the Paris Olympics closing ceremony is taking place under a beefed up security protocol involving thousands of police forces, including nearly 2,000 agents coming from overseas. Dressed elegantly in a suit, French swimmer and Olympic breakout star Léon Marchand — who won four gold medals and one silver at the Games — then removed the lantern containing the flame from the cauldron and began carrying it to the Stade de France.

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