LADY Gaga has been announced as a performer at the opening ceremony of the 2024 Paris Olympics.
The singer was rumored to be performing with Celine Dion, Dua Lipa, Ariana Grande, and Aya Nakamura along the River Seine.
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Rumors began swirling earlier this week after Lady Gaga, 38, and Celine Dion were spotted in Paris ahead of the Olympics, according to NBC News.
The Star is Born actress was spotted in social media videos waving to fans outsider her car in France’s capital city.
Lady Gaga’s performance comes amid a busy few months for the star.
She has been filming the upcoming movie Joker: Folie à Deux, in which she’ll play Harley Quinn opposite Joaquin Phoenix as Arthur Fleck, aka The Joker.
The Bad Romance singer is also headlining her residency in Las Vegas, Enigma + Jazz & Piano.
Her opening ceremony performance marks her first televised show since she did a stripped-down version of Hold My Hand during the 95th Academy Awards in 2023.
No details are available about Lady Gaga’s performance but fans speculate she will perform with Celine, 56.
The opening ceremony of the 2024 Paris Olympics will air on NBC beginning at 1:30pm ET on Friday.
Viewers can tune in via Peacock and NBC Olympics platforms.
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The Joker sequel trailer was released on Tuesday.
Lady Gaga’s appearance in the trailer as The Joker’s love interest stunned viewers.
The upcoming film begins with Arthur Fleck institutionalized at Arkham, where he is awaiting trial for crimes he committed as The Joker.
While struggling to grapple with his identity, Arthur stumbles upon true love with Harley Quinn (Lady Gaga) in the asylum.
The couple meets, dances, kisses, and breaks out of their straight jackets.
Once free, they wreak havoc on Gotham City together.
Harley visits Arthur in jail, where she tells him he can “do anything he wants.”
She models her makeup after that of her beau and the pair join forces for evil.
Joker: Folie à Deux will hit theaters on October 4.
Brendan Gleeson, Catherine Keener, and Zazie Beetz, who is reprising her role as Sophie Drummond, will also appear.
BABY ON BOARD?
Amid her busy summer schedule, Lady Gaga has also been battling major rumors.
In June, she attended a wedding in Maine, stepping out in a little black dress.
The dress hugged her figure and left fans speculating that she was pregnant.
Amid the chatter, she took to TikTok to shut it down.
The singer appeared before the camera in the clip with her bleach-blond hair pulled back in a sleek bun.
She had matching white-blond brows and dark, winged eyeliner on her eyelids.
The pop singer kept it casual in a black T-shirt.
She did not speak in the clip but did mouth the words to a trending audio.
“I don’t have to find an aesthetic. I am an aesthetic. I mean, I”m sure there’s somebody out here right now who’s going into Pinterest typing in all the adjectives to describe me,” the video said.
Lady Gaga added a caption over the clip that read, “Not pregnant – just down bad crying at the gym.”
“Register to vote at www.headcount.org.”
Her caption referenced lyrics to a Taylor Swift song.
In the comments, fans praised her for responding with humor.
