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Americans haven’t cared much at all about Hollywood. And those who were not glued to around-the-clock coverage of gymnastics, track and swimming were surely reading the nonstop headlines about broken records, personal triumphs, hard losses and, naturally, juicy controversies that enlivened the competition in Paris.
Britney Spears announced a new biopic by the director of “Crazy Rich Asians,” and it was as though a tree fell in a forest.We didn’t miss them. The Olympics had all of showbiz’s glitz and glamor, only paired with superhuman capabilities and stakes of global proportion. It was riveting.Olympics’ gender boxing controversy ends with gold medal dominance
And our Daniel Day Lewis was Mijain Lopez, a Cuban wrestler who has the distinction of being the only athlete in modern times to win five consecutive gold medals in the same event, from Beijing 2008 to Paris 2024. The 20-year-old denied it — nothing more Hollywood than that! — but the head of the Paraguayan Olympic committee said, “Her presence is creating an inappropriate atmosphere within Team Paraguay.”Sadly, like Brigadoon, all of that magic disappears into the Parisian fog on Sunday with the closing ceremony .
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