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Live, Love But Don't Laugh: Making The Case For Inspirational Quotes

A few months back, a simple but strangely moving quote was doing the rounds on Twitter. A refreshing antidote to the platform's usual menu of sarcasm, fighting and bad news, it was three simple words: lemurs, toilets, exit.

Captioned with 'New Live Laugh Love just dropped', 'lemurs, toilets, exit' ticked a lot of boxes when it came to image-based observational comedy. It's silly and surreal, but it has a distinctly profound, existential feel to it—perhaps thanks to the word order. Crucially, it subverts the easily mocked, saccharine platitudes that fill internet social feeds, reminding us that 'today is a great day to be amazing.'

These pithy little sentiments of advice, positivity and reassurance have long been so omnipresent as to have developed a distinct visual language: stock imagery of sea, sky or sunset overlaid with scripty serif fonts, or more recently, child-like chalkboard style lettering. Their ubiquity naturally invites parody.

It's easy to be cynical about 'inspirational quotes' and their memeification when much of the internet feels like a huge fridge, adorned with tacky gift shop magnets. But a newer wave of illustrated #inspo takes them into the realm of self-care, placing them in the broader context of more youthful wellness trends like body positivity, mindfulness and even Tarot.

By @Mboulukos on Tiktok By Adam Rose By @Nightfan92 By @MaryamAllee

Illustrator Justyna Green has just completed a January-long project in which she posted a different 'kindness prompt' each day in the form of a two-sided digital card on Instagram: one side showed an illustration and a few words, such as 'reflect on dreams', while the other offered more detailed text garnered from Green's ongoing research into kindness. "It's about being kind to yourself: there's a positive outcome, but it comes from acknowledging that maybe you're not kind to yourself, or that you're a control freak or that you don't get on with some people. They're things we all experience but that we don't talk about enough," she explains.

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The 25 Greatest Spoof Movies Of All Time

There may not be a more wholly satisfying type of movie comedy than the spoof. It's a crude form of satire (take a serious, successful thing and mercilessly poke fun at it), but when practiced by sharp-witted writers and filmmakers, it is an unbeatable entertainment bargain (typically clocking in under ninety minutes) that appeals to viewers of all ages. The subgenre took off in the 1970s and '80s thanks to Mel Brooks and the ZAZ team of David Zucker, Jim Abrahams, and Jerry Zucker, and became reliably profitable in 1991 with the blockbuster duo of "The Naked Gun 2 1/2: The Smell of Fear!" and "Hot Shots!" The key to a great spoof: pile on the gags and never once allow for a moment of sincere levity. Spoof movies are still going strong nowadays, but, thirty years later, have they gotten better? Consider these highly scientific findings...

Paris Olympics Churns On As Last Supper Parody Draws Intense Scrutiny

Day 2 of the 2024 Paris Olympics has come and gone, and the United States finds themselves with the most total medals. 

The U.S. Is the favorite to take home the most medals in this year's Games, and multiple athletes added to the count that now stands at 12 in Paris. 

The next closest? The host country, France, with eight. Japan (seven), Australia (six) and South Korea (six) round out the top five. 

However, Australia and Japan both have more golds, as they tallied four to the United States' three thus far. Let's take a look at which athletes medaled on Sunday: 

FENCING HISTORY 

The first All-United States women's foil fencing final came on Sunday, as Lee Kiefer defeated her compatriots Lauren Scruggs, 15-6, to win gold. But this battle in fencing was one the United States could sit back and take in, as both women were guaranteed precious hardware. Kiefer also won gold in Tokyo. 

WOMEN'S 100M BUTTERFLY 

Torri Huske came flying down the final 50 meters in the 100-meter butterfly final to capture gold, upsetting her teammate Gretchen Walsh, who was favored to win the event. Walsh, though, was right behind her to win gold. 

VETERAN HARDWARE 

Nic Fink, the oldest athlete on Team USA's swim squad, tied Great Britain's Adam Peaty for silver in the 100-meter breaststroke with a 59.05 time. It was a nail-biter, as the top three times in the race were just 0.02 seconds apart. 

FIRST OF MANY? 

Carson Foster was chasing France phenom Leon Marchand like the rest of the group in the 400-meter individual medley final. But he managed to come from behind during the final 50 meters, which was swam freestyle, to secure bronze. Japan's Matsushita Tomoyuki touched the wall just four one-hundredths of a second before Foster, but the American still captured his first career Olympic medal.

When was the last time that the Olympics was held in Paris?

The last time the Olympics were held in Paris was exactly a century ago in 1924.

In those games, there 126 trials for 17 sports. Just 135 of the 3,089 athletes that competed were women.

The Olympic Games were starting to gain more relevance globally, as 44 countries sent representatives to Paris. All continents were represented in the 1924 Olympic games.

The 1924 Games were historic because it was the first Games where the Olympic Village was built. Later that year, in the winter of 1924, France was host to the first ever Winter Olympics. The competitions held in Chamonix are considered the inaugural Winter Olympic Games.

The history of Paris and the Olympics dates back further than 1924.

Greece was the host of the first Olympics, but Paris hosted the second ever Olympic Games in 1900.

In fact, they were not even called the Olympics yet. "The Games of the II Olympiad" took place over the course of five months from May to October 1900.

The Paris 2024 games will make history as well: they will be the first carbon-neutral games, and the first gender-equal games.

Fox News' Ryan Gaydos contributed to this report.

What is Sport Climbing?

Sport Climing made its Olympic debut at the 2020 Games in Tokyo, and like breaking took its first steps to becoming an Olympic sport at the 2018 Buenos Aires Youth Olympic Games.

The sport was not only approved for Paris this year, but it has already been approved for the Los Angeles 2028 Olympics.

There are two Olympic events in sports climbing: speed, boulder and lead.

The speed event is a one-on-one competition that shows the athletes trying to climb the 15-meter wall faster than their opponent. For the bouldering part of the event, athletes try and climb a 4.5-meter wall without any ropes. The lead part sees climbers try and scale a 15-meter wall in under six minutes with having seen the wall beforehand.

Fox News' Ryan Gaydos and Scott Thompson contributed to this report.

Steve Kerr: 'I felt like an idiot' not playing Jayson Tatum in Team USA's Olympic opener

Team USA men's basketball had their best game this summer in its Paris Olympics opener against Serbia, as they won, 110-84, to start their tournament on the right foot. 

But, while there were lots of things to be happy about if you're rooting for Team USA, Jayson Tatum not touching the floor during the 40-minute contest turns a lot of heads. 

Head coach Steve Kerr was asked about Tatum's absence from the rotation in the opener after the win, and he was very blunt about his own mistake in not having him play. 

"I felt like an idiot not playing him," Kerr said, via ESPN.

Kerr sent out 10 total players on Sunday afternoon, including Tatum's Boston Celtics teammates, starting shooting guard Jrue Holiday and Derrick White, who was a late addition to Team USA earlier this year. 

"40-minute game, you can't play more than 10 [players]," Kerr said. "So, I think [Tatum's] an amazing guy, great player and handled it beautifully. He'll be back out there next game."

This is an excerpt from an article by Fox News' Scott Thompson.

Paris officials confident Seine River can be used for triathlon despite canceled practice day

The 2024 Paris Olympics saw its practice run for the triathlon canceled on Sunday due to water quality in the famed Seine River, where part of the competition is set to take place. 

Water quality in the Seine has been a problem for the swimming portion of the triathlon, but Paris officials are confident that will improve enough for them to compete. The men's triathlon is set for Tuesday, while the women's event is Wednesday. 

Poor water quality has been closely linked to the weather in Paris , which included heavy rains seen during opening ceremonies and several events on Saturday, including cycling that had several competitors falling off their bikes in the wet streets. 

However, there isn't expected to be rain in the forecast this week, which is the main reason for the organizers' optimism that the Seine can be used for one of the Olympics' signature events. 

"We've seen what were the dynamics of the Seine over the past few weeks, and that's what makes us confident," Paris Deputy Mayor Antoine Guillou said, via the Associated Press, at a news conference on Sunday.

Guillou added that similar rain has led to safe water quality in the Seine after 24 to 48 hours in the past.

But water quality was a concern before the Games arrived in Paris, which is why a giant basin was constructed earlier this year to capture excess rainwater and keep wastewater from getting into the river. Still, daily water tests in early June showed unsafe water quality levels, which included E. Coli.

To show the people of Paris, and around the world, that the water was safe, Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo swam in the river less than two weeks before the Olympics began.

As of this past Tuesday, Eau de Paris, which monitors water quality, said levels in the Seine were acceptable.

If water quality does not improve by the time the triathlon is set to begin on Tuesday, the backup plan for the Olympics is to, first, postpone the event a few days to wait it out. If the conditions still don't improve, the swimming portion of the triathlon will be canceled, and only running and biking will be performed.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

USWNT dominates Germany, 4-1, to pick up second Olympic group stage win

The United States women's soccer team is victorious once again in Paris, as they dominated Germany, 4-1, to win its second Olympic group stage match. 

Star forward Sophia Smith scored twice, both of which came in the first half as the U.S. Put up three goals to Germany's lone score in the first 45 minutes to take a commanding lead. 

Smith's first goal came in the 10th minute, as Trinity Rodman's cross into the box from the right side landed right at her foot and she delivered the perfect strike to put the U.S. Up on the scoreboard first. 

Then, after Germany hit the equalizer, Mallory Swanson, who had two goals in the team's opening Olympic match against Zambia, a 3-0 victory, found the back of the net yet again to give her team the lead once more. 

Smith would find the back of the net again in the 44th minute, where her shot deflected off a German defender, hit the right goal post, and redirected over the line to put the U.S. In the driver's seat. 

The second half was a bit more defensive for the USWNT, but that changed when Swanson took off with the rest of her teammates on a transition run with a few minutes left to play. Lynn Williams took a perfectly placed assist from Swanson and buried it with her left foot to the right side of the net. 

This was the start the USWNT wanted to have in Paris, and they'll look to keep things going on July 31 when they take on the tough Australia team at 1 p.M. ET.

USA's Kelly Cheng-Sara Hughes beach volleyball duo defeats Czechia in Pool C match

Kelly Cheng and Sara Hughes kicked off their 2024 Paris Olympics with a bang on Sunday night with a victory in Pool C over Czechia. 

With the Eiffel Tower in the background, Cheng and Hughes defeated Barbora Hermmanova and Marie-Sara Stochlova in straight sets, 21-16, 21-11, to begin the Games on the right foot. 

With match point in the second set, the duos were going back and forth, as Czechia was just trying to stay alive with desperation sprawls on the sand to keep the volleyball in the air. 

But Cheng punched one of those saves from Czechia to the back right of their opponent's side and it was the dagger. The crowd roared as Cheng and Hughes celebrated their victory.

Cheng and Hughes are not the only Americans in Paris for beach volleyball, as Taryn Kloth and Kristen Nuss took down the Canadian duo of Heather Bansley and Sophie Bukovec on Saturday in Pool B play.  

Team USA's Lee Kiefer takes home gold in women's individual foil

American Lee Kiefer won her second consecutive gold medal with a 15-6 victory over Lauren Scruggs in the individual foil fencing competition at the Paris Olympics on Sunday.

Kiefer had topped Canada's Eleanor Harvey to get to the final and now has two gold medals to show for it.Scruggs had topped Italy's Alice Volpi in her semifinal and was hoping to upset Kiefer in the final for her first gold. But she'll have to settle for a silver medal.

Two more medals for the United States made it 12 for the Americans overall in Paris. It's the third gold medal for the team as Kiefer joined the men's swimming 4x100-meter freestyle team and swimmer Torri Huske with top prizes in France.Harvey picked up the bronze medal over Volpi, 15-12.

She lost to Kiefer in the round of 16 at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and lost to Kiefer in the semifinals of this year's event before eventually making the podium.

This is an excerpt from Fox News' Ryan Gaydos' article.

Team USA's Nic Fink secures silver medal tie in 100-meter breaststroke

The men's 100-meter breaststroke came down to the wire at the Paris Olympics and it was Italy's Nicolo Martinenghi who topped Team USA's Nick Fink and Great Britain's Adam Peaty by 0.02 seconds to take home the gold.

Fink and Peaty tied with 59.05 seconds and will both get the silver medal for their respective countries.

Peaty was the defending champion in the 100-meter breaststroke after he won during the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. He was the favorite going into the breaststroke final but just came up short.

Fink was also a favorite to take home the gold. He won the gold in the 2024 World Championships and silver medal at the 2023 World Championships.

For Martinenghi, it was the third Olympics medal of his career. He won bronze in the 100-meter breaststroke and was a part of the Italian team that won bronze in the 4x100-meter medley in the Tokyo Olympics.

Sophia Smith scores twice as USA ahead of Germany, 3-1, in group stage match

USWNT star Sophia Smith put in work during the first half of their group stage match against Germany on Sunday. 

After defeating Zambia, 3-0, to kick off their Paris Olympics journey, the USWNT got off to another hot start after Smith buried a goal in the 10th minute on a Trinity Rodman assist. 

U.S. Goalkeeper Alyssa Naeher made a crucial save a few minutes earlier, as Germany got behind the defense, to keep the game scoreless. 

Germany ended up scoring a goal of its own , though, as Giiulia Gwinn buried a low ball past Naeher. But the USWNT answered just four minutes later, with Mallory Swanson scoring in the 26th minute. 

Smith would add another goal to further the U.S. Lead in the 44th minute, as her shot deflected off a Germany defender, hit the top of the right post and redirected into the net.  

Torri Huske, Gretchen Walsh go 1-2 in 100M butterfly

Torri Huske captured the first Olympic gold medal of her career with a narrow victory over Gretchen Walsh as the Americans went 1-2 in the event. Walsh had to settle for the second silver medal of her Olympic career.

Huske touched the wall at 55.59 seconds and Walsh touched at 55.63 seconds. China's Zhang Yufei took home the bronze medal.

Huske and Walsh were the favorites going into the event but USA hadn't won a medal in the event since the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro when Dana Vollmer won bronze. Vollmer was also the last American to win gold in the event, having won in 2012 in London.

Huske had the third quickest heat with a 56.72 and finished in second place in the semifinals in 56 seconds flat.Walsh set an Olympics record in the semifinals, clocking in at 55.38. Walsh also owns the world record in the event, which was set in June at U.S. Olympic trials.

This is an excerpt from Ryan Gaydos' Fox News article.

USA swimmer Carson Foster wins bronze, but misses silver by 4 one-hundredths of a second

Team USA swimmer Carson Foster needed just a fingertip to win silver in the 400-meter individual medley final at the 2024 Paris Olympics on Sunday. 

As Foster came flying down the final 50 meters in the race, swimming freestyle, the entire pack was competing for silver as France star Leon Marchand was well ahead of his competition as she chased his own world record. Marchand won his first gold medal of his career. 

Foster and Japan's Matsushita Tomoyuki were jousting for silver and bronze coming down the stretch, and it was looking to be who had the longer arms in the end. 

As both swimmers reached out, it was Tomoyuki who touched the wall first, finishing with a final time of 4:08.62. 

Foster came in with a time of 4:08.66 – four one-hundredths of a second was the difference between silver and bronze. 

This is an excerpt from an article by Fox News' Scott Thompson.

USA women's rugby runs away with opening matches against Japan and Brazil

The USA women's rugby team destroyed Brazil in its second match on Sunday, 24-5, to start their 2024 Paris Olympics on the right note.

USA owned a 12-5 first-half lead, and one of their stars Ilona Maher try scored to make it 17-5. 

Later, Alex Sedrick ran away with the match by crossing the try-line to make it 22-5 just as the seven minutes past in the second half. 

Earlier Sunday, USA Rugby dominated Japan as well for its first win in Paris. They won 36-7 after Japan initially scored the first seven points on a conversion kick. 

Team USA will be back on the field Monday.

Coco Gauff dominates Australia's Alja Tomljanovic in first round match

American Coco Gauff, the No. 2-ranked women's tennis player for these Olympic Games, made quick work of his first-round opponent at Roland Garros to begin her journey in Paris.

Gauff defeated Australian Ajla Tomljanovic, 6-3, 6-0, to advance to the second round on Sunday. The match was much closer in the first set when Tomljanovic owned a 4-3 lead.

However, Tomljanovic wouldn't win a single game after that, as Gauff simply overpowered her and unforced errors threw off the Aussie's game completely. 

Gauff matched her compatriot Jessica Pegula, the No. 5-ranked player in Paris, who defeated Switzerland's Viktorija Golubic in straight sets in the first round as well.

All-American fencing individual final at Paris Games

Team USA was guaranteed a gold medal in the women's individual foil competition at the Paris Olympics on Sunday as both competitors won their semifinal matchup.

Lauren Scruggs started with a victory over Canada's Eleanor Harvey. She defeated Harvey 15-9 to earn a place in the gold medal match. Scruggs' teammate, Lee Kiefer, defeated Italy's Alice Volpi in the other semifinal match, 15-10.

Kiefer is the defending gold medalist champion. She defeated Russian athlete Inna Deriglazova in the Tokyo Olympics in 2021. Scruggs didn't make the Olympics then.

Kiefer is the veteran out of the two. She has three individual gold medals and three gold medals as part of the U.S. Team in the Pan American Games.

Scruggs is a two-time Junior World Fencing champion, having won individual gold medals in 2019 and 2022. She also won an individual and a team gold at the Pan American Championships in 2024.The final takes place on Sunday evening.

Team USA men's basketball starts off Paris Olympics hot

The U.S. Men's basketball team started its goal of getting another gold medal on the right foot on Sunday with a dominant victory over Serbia, 110-84.

Kevin Durant had 21 of his 23 points in the first half as he came back to the floor following a calf issue he was dealing with during their tune-up games. He nailed each of his five 3-point attempts.

LeBron James led the way with 21 points on 9-of-12 shooting with nine assists and seven rebounds. Jrue Holiday had 15 points and Anthony Edwards added 11.

The Americans will have a game against South Sudan next.

Team USA is the defending gold medalists in the sport. The Americans defeated France during the Tokyo Olympics in 2021. The Americans have won four gold medal in a row since the "Redeem Team" helped get the U.S. Back on the map globally following a bronze medal in 2004. 

Dutch men's beach volleyball Olympian, convicted of child rape, booed before match

A Dutch men's beach volleyball competitor was booed as he took the sand for warm-ups ahead of his first Paris Olympics match against Italy on Sunday.

Steven van de Velde was convicted of having sex with a 12-year-old girl in 2016. He didn't speak to reporters after the three-set loss but team spokesman John van Vliet was asked if they were protecting a convicted child rapist.

"We are protecting a convicted child rapist to do his sport as best as possible and for a tournament which he qualified for," Van Vliet said. "The general matter of sex conviction and sex-related crime is definitely a more important issue than sport. In his case, we've got a person who has been convicted, who did his sentence, who did everything afterwards which he can do to be able to compete again."

Van de Velde served 13 months in prison over the conviction. He previously called the incident the "biggest mistake" of his life.

The Associated Press contributed to this post.

South Sudan men's basketball picks up first Olympics win after anthem mix up

The South Sudan Olympic men's basketball team nearly upset Team USA before the Paris Olympics began and on Sunday the squad picked up its first ever victory at the Games.

South Sudan defeated Puerto Rico 90-79 in Group C play. Carlik Jones led South Sudan with 19 points as they put together a second-half rally to top Puerto Rico. Marial Shayok scored 15 points in the win.

"We're not a secret anymore," South Sudan head coach Royal Ivey said after the game.

South Sudan's Nuni Omot scored 12 points in the win. He said the mix up with the national anthem helped fuel the team to a win.Officials played the wrong national anthem before tipoff."It gave us fuel. It gave us fuel to the fire," Omot said.

"Obviously, we felt disrespected when that happened. ... I feel like for us we've got to continue to show the world what we're capable of."

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

Paris 2024 official defends controversial opening ceremony

A Paris 2024 official defended the opening ceremony at the Olympics amid an uproar over the depiction of The Last Supper during the event.

The ceremony's segment appeared to resemble a depiction of The Last Supper, famously painted by Leonardo da Vinci. The performance ensemble included drag queens, a transgender model and a naked singer who was stylized to resemble the Greek god Dionysus.

Paris 2024 spokesperson Anne Descamps spoke about it on Sunday.

"Clearly there was never an intention to show disrespect to any religious group. (The opening ceremony) tried to celebrate community tolerance," Descamps told reporters, via Reuters."We believe this ambition was achieved. If people have taken any offense, we are really sorry."

The ceremony sparked criticism from American and world leaders and figures in the sports world, including Super Bowl champion kicker Harrison Butker.

An LGBT leader in France also defended the ceremony.

"We know in the LGBTQ community in France we are far from what the ceremony showed. There's much progress to do in society regarding transgender people. It's terrible that to legally change their identity they are forced to be on trial," Inter-LGBT president James Leperlier said."If you saw the opening ceremony last night you'd think it was like that normally, but it's not. France tried to show what it should be and not what it is."

American mountain biker Haley Batten wins silver in women's cross-country event

American mountain biker Haley Batten won the silver medal in the mountain bike women's cross country on Sunday at the Paris Olympics, finishing behind France's Pauline Ferrand Prevot and ahead of Sweden's Jenny Rissveds.

It was the first medal for Batten in her cycling career and the first for Team USA on Sunday as they looked to maintain pace with South Korea and Australia for the most medals of the Games.

Batten had a time of 1:28:59 and was nearly three seconds behind Ferrand Prevot.

Batten qualified for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics in the mountain bike women's cross country. She finished in ninth place as Swiss riders Jolanda Neff, Sina Frei and Linder Indergand took home the first three places on the podium.

She won gold at the Pan American Championships in 2019 in the U23 cross-country competition and took home bronze in the 2022 UCI Mountain Bike World Championships in France.The United States now has six medals in total.

Serena Williams' husband plays it cool after being identified as an 'umbrella holder'

Alexis Ohanian, the husband of Serena Williams and the co-founder of Reddit, was mistakenly introduced for the Paris Olympics opening ceremony red carpet as an "umbrella holder."

British sports reporter Lauren Woods made the remark as she covered the event on Friday, according to Page Six.

"(Williams) looks absolutely incredible. She's got someone just behind us holding an umbrella," Woods said. "Those are the levels you aspire to. To have an actual umbrella holder behind you."

Ohanian appeared to laugh it off in a post on X."I'm also Olympia's personal umbrella holder," he wrote on X.

Williams and Ohanian married in November 2017 and just had their second child nearly one year ago. The tennis great is among those taking in the action at the Paris Olympics.

She won a gold medal in the 2012 London Olympics and was the last American tennis player, man or woman, to achieve the feat.

Katie Ledecky celebrates bronze medal in 400-meter freestyle

American swimming champion Katie Ledecky showed off her bronze medal on Sunday in a post on X, after finishing behind Australia's Ariarne Titmus and Canada's Summer McIntosh in the women's 400-meter freestyle.

Ledecky took a selfie with Titmus and McIntosh with their medals.

"In the 400! Always an honor to race the best in the world and earn a medal for @teamusa," she wrote on X. "Let's keep going."

The 400-meter freestyle isn't Ledecky's top event – even though she won gold in the 2016 Olympics. She will defending her 2020 Olympic gold medals in the 800-meter and 1500-meter freestyles later in these Games.

Ledecky's third-place finish was among the five medals the Americans finished with on the first medal day of the Paris Olympics.

The United States didn't win gold until Caeleb Dressel, Jack Alexy, Hunter Armstrong and Chris Guiliano led the team to a victory in the 4x100-meter freestyle relay.

LGBTQ group executive says there's 'much progress to do in society' amid Olympics ceremony backlash

The president of an LGBTQ group in France defended the performances in the Paris Olympics opening ceremonies as criticism has risen over the mocking of The Last Supper.

The opening ceremony featured drag queens, ménage à trois and the parody of one of the most revered moments in Christianity. However, Inter-LGBT president James Leperlier said the country still had a ways to go on inclusivity.

"We know in the LGBTQ community in France we are far from what the ceremony showed. There's much progress to do in society regarding transgender people. It's terrible that to legally change their identity they are forced to be on trial," Leperlier said.

"If you saw the opening ceremony last night you'd think it was like that normally, but it's not. France tried to show what it should be and not what it is."

Thomas Jolly, the artistic director for the opening ceremony, also responded to the criticism.

"It feels like the words of somebody who didn't get on the guest list. We could all be laughing together. It's sad to me, honestly," Jolly said.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

Retired MLB All-Star Roy Oswalt slams Paris Olympics opening ceremony

Former Major League Baseball star Roy Oswalt was among those who spoke out after a performance during the Paris Olympics opening ceremony mocked The Last Supper.

"Going out on a limb here, but I'm guessing this will be the least watched Olympics in decades with that insulting opening!" he wrote on X.

Oswalt played for the Houston Astros and Philadelphia Phillies, among other teams, during his 13-year MLB career. But he was far from the only person who tuned in and was appalled by what they saw on Friday.

The performance, which also included a young child, drew harsh criticism.

Other acts during the opening ceremony also received mixed reviews from viewers on social media. In one scene, a woman and two men were seen embracing – seemingly suggesting a ménage à trois.

United States and world leaders also weighed in on the controversy of the course of the first weekend of the Games.

Simone Biles pushes through injury to finish women's gymnastics qualification round

Simone Biles earned top scores in the balance beam, floor exercise, vault and uneven bars as she looked like she was back to her old self on Sunday at the Paris Olympics.

All eyes were on Biles as she returned to Olympics competition three years after suffering through the twisties. She scored a 14.733 on the balance beam, 14.600 on the floor exercise 15.33 on the vault and 14.433 in the uneven bars.Biles was nearly flawless during her uneven bars routine and smiled big after sticking the landing.

Even with the apparent injury, she was still the best on Team USA in those disciplines.

She appeared to tweak something in her lower leg and performed in floor, vault and uneven bars exercises with a taped-up ankle. After he finished off the uneven bars and stuck the landing, she was all smiles.

Biles showed her toughness and will be competing for more gold later in the Olympics.

Simone Biles performs floor exercise with ankle taped up; Jade Carey stumbles

Simone Biles powered through an apparent left ankle issue to complete her floor exercise in the women's gymnastics qualification round on Sunday at the Paris Olympics.

Biles was warning up for the competition following a successful run on the balance beam and appeared to tweak something around her ankle and lower calf on her left leg. Biles lost a point performing one of her signature moves, but the difficult was so high already that any missteps on her top moves weren't doing to cost her too much.

She scored a 14.600. Even with the injury, it was the highest on the team.

Meanwhile, defending floor exercise gold medalist Jade Carey fell trying to compete one of her moves and didn't score high enough to get to the finals for the event. She scored a 10.633.Carey was expected to get back to the final of the floor exercise after he success in Tokyo last year.

Simone Biles returns to Olympics competition, gets looked at by trainers

Simone Biles officially returned to Olympics competition on Sunday – three years after she was forced to miss some events at the Tokyo Games because of the twisties.

Biles scored a 14.733 on the balance beam as the Americans started their rotation. She finished first on her team. Suni Lee scored a 14.033, Jordan Chiles had a 13.600 and Hezly Rivera had a 12.633. It was all Smiles for Biles after she stuck the landing. She's looked back to her old self.

As Biles warmed up for the floor exercise, Biles appeared to tweak something on the lower part of her leg. Biles was seen talking to trainers and receiving tape around her foot on the sidelines.

"This is definitely our redemption tour ," Biles said after she wrapped up U.S. Trials and secured a spot on the Olympics team. "I feel like we all have more to give."

Biles is still determined to get back to the podium this summer.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

What's on tap for the Paris Olympics today

China added another medal overnight as Xie Yu won the 10-meter air pistol men's final over two Italian competitors, Federico Nilo Maldini and Paolo Monna.

China has three gold medals to its tally as Sunday's portion of the Paris Olympics began. There are several events that will award medals over the course of the day.

The women's 10-meter air pistol women's final, women's cross country mountain biking, women's team archery, judo, women's skateboarding street final, women's kayak single final, men's 400-meter individual medley in swimming, women's 100-meter butterfly final, men's 100-meter breaststroke final, women's foil gold and bronze medal matches and men's epee individual gold and bronze medal matches.

The United States and Australia are tied for the most total medals at this point. But China and Australia each have three gold medals.

The lone U.S. Gold came in the 4x400-meter freestyle relay on Saturday. Caeleb Dressel, Chris Guiliano, Jack Alexy and Hunter Armstrong all picked up the win.

2024 Paris Olympics: Team USA medal recap for July 27

The first full day of the 2024 Paris Olympic Games has come to a close, and many medals were handed out on Saturday to various countries to kick things off.

As expected, the United States is at the top of pack, collecting five Olympic medals across several competitions. They share the lead spot with Australia, though the Aussies own more gold medals, tallying three to the States' lone gold.

In total, the United States won one gold, two silver and two bronze medals to kick off their Olympics. Let's take a look at each victory:

GOLD: MEN'S 4X100-METER FREESTYLE RELAY       

Chris Guiliano, Jack Alexy, Hunter Armstrong, and the veteran Caeleb Dressel as the anchor leg blew past their competition to secure the first Olympic gold for the U.S. In these Games.

Thanks to a fantastic third leg by Armstrong, Dressel dove into the water needing to just keep pace to collect his eighth career Olympic gold, and he did just that as he finished two seconds over the Australians, who won silver. Italy came in third for bronze, edging out China – another U.S. Rival in Paris.

SILVER: WOMEN'S 4X100-METER FREESTYLE RELAY

The Australians won gold for the fourth straight Olympics in this event, but Simone Manuel made sure that the United States had silver around their necks, as she finished strong at 3:30.20, while China took bronze.

SILVER: WOMEN'S SYNCHRONIZED 3M SPRINGBOARD

The first United States medal of the Paris Olympics goes to divers Kassidy Cook and Sarah Bacon, as the long-time friends and teammates finished just behind China to get the medals started for their country.

Cook and Bacon have known each other since they were eight years old, and that connection bode well for their trip to the podium.

BRONZE: KATIE LEDECKY CLOSER TO HISTORY

It wasn't the 27-year-old Ledecky's best in the women's 400-meter freestyle, but she still managed to collect a bronze medal to add to her illustrious career resume.

After finished 4:00.86 in the event – Australia's Ariarne Titmus finished at 3:57.49 to secure gold for the second straight Olympics – Ledecky saw the 11th Olympic medal of her career around her neck.

Ledecky will be competing in more events throughout the Olympics, and the current record for most medals by a women's swimmer is 12.

BRONZE: CHLOE DYGERT RECOVERS FROM CRASH

During the women's individual time trial in cycling, Dygert was battling some rough downpours throughout the Paris streets as she raced.

At one point, Dygert took a hard fall on the road, but she managed to get back on her bike and finish strong. She was highly emotional after the race after dealing with several health conditions for years prior to competing in Paris, including various leg ailments.

"I'm just thankful that I'm here, you know?" Dygert said. "It's been a long road with my leg... And I'm just really grateful to cross the finish line."

Italy track star Gianmarco Tamberi apologizes to wife after losing wedding ring during flag-bearing

Flag bearing duties for Italian high jumper Gianmarco Tamberi went a bit awry during the opening ceremonies of the 2024 Paris Olympics, and it had nothing to do with the green, white and red flag he was waving. 

He lost his wedding ring. 

Tamberi revealed in an Instagram post that the Seine River, where all the country's boats had been traveling on during the opening ceremonies, is the new home for his wedding ring as it fell to the bottom. 

Tamberi wrote an open letter apology to his wife, Chiara Bontempi, to whom he's been married for two years.

"I'm sorry my love, I'm so sorry," he wrote in Italian on Instagram, which was translated to English. "Too much water, too many kilograms lost over the last few months and maybe the uncontrollable enthusiasm of what we were doing. Probably all three things."

This is an excerpt from an article by Fox News' Scott Thompson.

C Spire pulls Olympics advertising after opening ceremony display many deem to be anti-Christian

The 2024 Olympic Ceremony opened up the games in Paris, France on Friday night, providing spectators with a taste of French culture and blasphemous art, leading to Christians around the world being offended and at least one sponsor dropping out.

Mississippi-based telecommunications and technology company C Spire posted on X that it had pulled all of its advertising from the Olympics over the ceremony's mockery of painting created to show a biblical moment crucial to the Christian faith.

"We were shocked by the mockery of the Last Supper during the opening ceremonies of the Paris Olympics," the company posted. "C Spire will be pulling our advertising from the Olympics."

The four-hour spectacle was held along the Seine River, featuring global stars like Celine Dion and Lady Gaga, both of whom are considered icons for the queer community.

This is an excerpt from an article by Fox Business' Greg Wehner

Hall of fame gymnast Wendy Hilliard's reflection on representing the US

Superstar American gymnasts Simone Biles, Gabby Douglas and others have certainly helped shine a light on the sport in recent years. 

A legendary American gymnast is doing her part to build off that momentum by making sure young athletes who are interested in the sport, particularly those who are growing up in underserved communities, are not left behind.

Wendy Hilliard rose to fame when she became the first Black rhythmic gymnast to represent the U.S. On the global stage. She later launched the Wendy Hilliard Gymnastics Foundation in 1996. The organization seeks to "empower the lives of young people from underserved communities by improving physical and emotional health through the sport of gymnastics."

"I became a coach after I retired… moved to New York. My gymnast made the Olympic team in 1996, and then I wanted to go back to grassroots training because the sport was not so diverse. So I started a foundation and we were pretty quiet for a while," Hilliard told Fox News Digital.

This is an excerpt from an article by Fox News Chantz Martin.

Rap legend Snoop Dogg celebrates first US gold with star swimmer's wife in heartwarming moment

Team USA swim star Caeleb Dressel was leading the pack in the men's 4x100-meter freestyle relay final on Saturday night at Paris La Defense Arena, as he chased his eighth Olympic gold medal. 

And while Dressel was giving it his all in the pool for the United States' first Olympic gold medal in these Paris Games, every U.S. Supporter in the crowd was on their feet going wild. 

Among them was legendary rapper Snoop Dogg and Dressel's wife, Meghan, with their sleeping baby in hand going wild together as the race came to its dramatic finish. 

A video that circulated on social media shows Dogg and Dressel screaming toward the pool, egging on Team USA to secure the gold. Luckily for Baby Dressel, earmuffs were on to keep his sleep intact.

Once it was certain the U.S. would win the medal, Dogg and Dressel high-fived in elation for what they just witnessed. 

This is an excerpt from an article by Fox News' Scott Thompson.

IOC apologizes after South Korea was introduced as North Korea in opening ceremony

Olympic Games organizers said they "deeply apologize" for introducing South Korea's athletes as North Korea during the opening ceremony on Friday. The South Korean boat was announced in both French and English as the Democratic People's Republic of Korea. South Korea is the Republic of Korea.

"We deeply apologize for the mistake that occurred when introducing the Korean team during the opening ceremony broadcast," the IOC said in a post on X in Korean. IOC President Thomas Bach called South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol on Saturday and apologized over the incident, Yoon's office said in a statement.

Yoon told Bach that the South Korean people were "very shocked and embarrassed" over the incident and asked for an apology and to ensure that the mistake does not happen again. IOC spokesperson Mark Adams called the error "clearly deeply regrettable."

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

Canadian women's soccer team penalized for drone spying scandal

The Canadian women's soccer team was dealt a heavy blow Saturday after FIFA announced the women's national team would be deducted six points from the standings in the Paris Olympics after staffers were caught using drones to spy on New Zealand during closed-door training sessions.

Following its investigation, the FIFA Appeal Committee announced the Canadian Soccer Association was responsible for failing to ensure its staff members were in compliance with Olympic rules. 

FIFA said Saturday that head coach Bev Priestman and two staffers were banned "from taking part in any football-related activity for a period of one year." Canada Soccer was also fined $226,000. 

Canada Soccer can appeal the decision before the Court of Arbitration for Sport.

The points deduction, if upheld by the CAS judges, does not eliminate Canada from the tournament, but it could mean the team must win all three games in Group A to advance with three points, likely as a runner-up in the standings.Canada's next match is Sunday against France. 

This is an excerpt from an article by Fox News' Paulina Dedaj.

Jillian Michaels blasts opening ceremony following Last Supper 'mockery'

Fitness guru Jillian Michaels slammed the opening ceremony of the 2024 Paris Olympics for what she called a "mockery" of "The Last Supper." 

Michaels addressed the LGBTQ+ community on social media for the "hypocrisy" and "lack of understanding" that she says she saw in the parody of "The Last Supper," which featured several drag queen performers. 

"Dear fellow gays… We demand tolerance and respect but then make a mockery of something sacred for over 2 billion Christians," Michaels wrote in a post on X. 

"This type of hypocrisy and lack of understanding is a bad look. We get outraged when the extreme right bashes us, but then we do this s---. What kind of reaction do you think they will have towards the LGBTQ+ community after this. This is NOT how we break down barriers, it's how you build them." 

This is an excerpt from an article by Fox News' Paulina Dedaj.

What are Olympic medals made of?

The best athletes in the world all compete in the Olympics Games for one thing: a gold medal.

But what is the medal actually made of? It turns the gold medal is actually made up out of mostly silver. According to The New York Times, the IOC has required that gold medals must be made of at least 92.5 percent silver. The gold medal only contains about six grams of gold, which encases the exterior part of the medal.

The silver medals are made of pure silver, while bronze medals are about 95% copper and 5% zinc. But the 2024 Paris Olympic Games medals will have their own special touch.

Each medal will contain an 18-gram, hexagonal piece of wrought iron from the monumental Eiffel Tower. The iron was removed from the Eiffel Tower in the 20th-century renovation and has been preserved. The back of the Olympic medals will have the standard Olympic rings and the Greek goddess of victory – Nike.

USMNT dominates New Zealand with 4-1 victory in group stage at Paris Olympics

The United States men's soccer team dropped its opening game at the Paris Olympics, but they bounced back on Saturday and cruised to a 4-1 victory over New Zealand.

The win was crucial for the men's team, as they entered Saturday's game needing to come out victorious in order to avoid an early exit from the Summer Games. 

France shutout the U.S. earlier in the week, while New Zealand defeated Guinea — the USMNT's next opponent.

This is an excerpt from an article by Fox News' Chantz Martin.

Gretchen Walsh sets Olympic record in Summer Games' debut

In her Olympic debut, Gretchen Walsh set the Olympic record in the 100-meter women's butterfly.

Walsh, 21, completed the semifinal in 55.38 seconds, just two-tenths of a second away from breaking her own world record that she set last month. In just the last year, Walsh has set American, U.S. Open and NCAA records in the 50-meter freestyle, 100-meter butterfly and the 100-meter freestyle while attending the University of Virginia.

She is the younger sister of fellow Team USA Olympian Alex Walsh, who won a silver medal in the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games in the women's 200-meter individual medley.

Fox News' Ryan Canfield contributed to this report.

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US secures first Olympic gold medal in men's 4x100-meter freestyle relay

Team USA has earned its first gold medal of the 2024 Paris Olympics in the men's 4x100-meter freestyle relay.

Caeleb Dressel, Jack Alexy, Chris Guiliano, and Hunter Armstrong came out on top with an official time of 3:09.28. 

They defeated silver medalist Australia by one 1.7 seconds, followed by Italy with a time of 3:10.70.

Olympics postpone first event due to poor weather

The first event of the skateboarding competition at the Paris Olympics was postponed after rain continued overnight and into the morning on Saturday.

The rain was steady throughout the opening ceremony on Friday while boats made their way up the Seine River.

Skateboarding is played at the outdoor venue of La Concorde Urban Park in Paris. The sports governing body, World Skate, cited adverse conditions for the move. The men's street skateboarding has been moved Monday, while the w