Organisers had pleaded with fans to arrive up to three hours before kick-off, opening the gates early and promising entertainment within the stadiums, but strikes that have frustrated ministers and left rubbish piling up in central Paris also affected trains to the Stade de France.
On Wednesday, Bullock kicked off opening day of the 70th Venice Film Festival when she and Clooney arrived in -- what else -- a water taxi.
Johnson, whose pithy interventions have caused embarrassment for all the major parties since the election campaign kicked off, opened the debate by stressing the gulf between the two major parties' tax and spending plans.
President Barack Obama will kick off open enrollment in his weekly radio address on Saturday, an aide said.
A psychedelic burst of drums kicks off the opening track, "Sunday Morning," melting into a groovy haze of pure, slothful bliss.
The Five Borough Picnic on Saturday and Sunday from 11 30 a.m. to 4 30 p.m. helps kick off the opening weekend of Governors Island with a mix of food trucks and stands, craft beer, blues music, cooking demonstrations and more.
Plans for a singing extravaganza to kick off the opening event of the Olympics were dropped amid wrangling over funding, BBC Wales can reveal.
1991 Finnish programmer Linus Torvalds kicks off open-source movement, a sort of wiki of computer code, with a plea for contributions to Linux operating system.
Irish started well, claiming the kick-off and opening the scoring inside three minutes through an O'Connor penalty.
YC co-founding partner Jessica Livingston kicked off her opening remarks by thanking "the women who've recently come forward, so bravely, on the record, to speak out about the sexual harassment they've faced," she said, which was followed by a roaring applause.
