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NFL's Christmas Halftime Show: Beyoncé

Ravens-Texans game on Netflix gets a big dose of star power

(Newser) - Beyoncé is coming to your home on Christmas—provided you have Netflix and are tuning in to the Baltimore Ravens-Houston Texans game. As the AP reports, Netflix announced late Sunday that the megastar would perform during halftime of a Christmas Day matchup in her hometown of Houston. The streaming service...

Dolly Parton's Sister Has a NSFW Message for Critics
Dolly Parton's Sister Has a
NSFW Message for Critics
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Dec 2, 2023 12:10 PM CST

Dolly Parton's Sister Has a NSFW Message for Critics

Stella Parton has some words for folks who didn't like Dolly's outfit at NFL's Thanksgiving Day game

(Newser) - "Dolly Parton wows in Dallas Cowboys Cheerleader uniform" was one complimentary perspective on what the country star wore during her halftime performance at the Thanksgiving Day NFL matchup between the Cowboys and Washington Commanders. As she crooned "Jolene," "9 to 5," and a cover of...

Super Bowl Halftime Show Star Announced

And it's Usher

(Newser) - When Super Bowl LVIII is played at Sin City's Allegiant Stadium next year, Usher will be ushering in halftime. A series of announcement videos from Apple Music, which is sponsoring the halftime show along with Roc Nation, feature various people (including Kim Kardashian , Odell Beckham Jr. , and even Usher...

Dozens Complained to FCC About Rihanna's Halftime Show

Apparently some viewers found it too sexual

(Newser) - Of the 103 complaints made to the Federal Communications Commission regarding the Super Bowl, TMZ reports that "almost all of them" were regarding Rihanna's halftime show. Apparently quite a few viewers found it way too sexual, and made sure the FCC heard about it. At least two of...

Rihanna Reveals She's Pregnant at Super Bowl Halftime Show

Rep confirms the news after the show

(Newser) - Fans went wild—those who were watching in person as well as, judging from the social media reaction, those who were watching at home—for Rihanna's halftime show at Sunday night's Super Bowl, her first live performance in seven years . Not only did the singer wow with her...

Super Bowl Halftime Show Had 2 Surprise Guests

50 Cent and Anderson .Paak joined the headliners

(Newser) - The Super Bowl LVI halftime show was already epic with the five known performers—Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg, Mary J. Blige, Eminem, and Kendrick Lamar—but when the time came around for it Sunday, two surprise guests joined in. Rapper 50 Cent performed his hit "In Da Club,"...

Shakira's Tongue Provides a Cultural Lesson
Shakira's
Tongue
Provides a
Cultural Lesson
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Feb 8, 2020 1:00 PM CST

Shakira's Tongue Provides a Cultural Lesson

People missed the significance of her 'tongue thing' during halftime show

(Newser) - At one point during her Super Bowl halftime performance, Shakira looked straight into a TV camera and got the world talking about her tongue. Watch it here . The musical moment quickly became, in the words of CNN , the meme of the night. But many of those initial memes didn't...

In Halftime Show, J. Lo Makes a Statement
In Halftime Show, 
J. Lo Makes a Statement
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Feb 2, 2020 8:23 PM CST

In Halftime Show, J. Lo Makes a Statement

Her 'cape' featured the Puerto Rican flag

(Newser) - “Let’s show the world what two little Latin girls can do," Jennifer Lopez wrote on Instagram to Shakira before their Super Bowl halftime show, notes People . Early reviews suggest the two performers did just that. The Hollywood Reporter says Lopez "stunned," calling attention to one...

These Are Your 2020 Super Bowl Performers

J.Lo, Shakira to rock the halftime stage

(Newser) - Jennifer Lopez and Shakira are going to bring the heat to the 2020 Pepsi Super Bowl Halftime Show, the AP reports. NFL, Pepsi, and Roc Nation announced Thursday that the superstar performers, who have released music in Spanish and English since the 1990s, will perform on February 2 at Hard...

Adam Levine Has Message for His Critics
Adam Levine Has
Message for His Critics
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Feb 4, 2019 9:55 AM CST

Adam Levine Has Message for His Critics

Thank you, writes Maroon 5 singer

(Newser) - The reviews of the Super Bowl halftime show anchored by Maroon 5 haven't exactly been stellar. "Designed to be forgotten" is the headline of a review at the Atlantic , one voicing a typical sentiment. But lead singer Adam Levine seems to be taking it in stride. "We...

Halftime Show Sticks to Music
Halftime Show
Sticks to Music
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Feb 3, 2019 7:44 PM CST

Halftime Show Sticks to Music

Maroon 5, Travis Scott, and Big Boi perform

(Newser) - The Super Bowl halftime show is in the books, without controversy on the stage. Maroon 5 took the stage at Super Bowl LIII, with help from Travis Scott and Big Boi. All three performers kept things politics-free, notes Fox News . "Amid the lights and fire and explosions, the acts...

Amid Super Bowl Flap, a Message From Adam Levine

Maroon 5 singer says he thought hard about halftime show, those angry at him 'will be heard'

(Newser) - "We got you." Per ET.com , that's Adam Levine's cryptic message on what he and Maroon 5 will do Sunday during the Super Bowl LIII halftime show, a performance the band is getting a lot of flak for from fans angered by the NFL's treatment...

Maroon 5 Solves Its Super Bowl Problem

The band gets Travis Scott and Big Boi as guest artists

(Newser) - The search is over: Maroon 5 finally found someone who'll play with them at the Super Bowl LIII halftime gig, TMZ reports. Word emerged Sunday that Maroon 5 will headline and Travis Scott and Big Boi will perform Feb. 3 as guest artists. Seems the NFL's anthem controversy...

Maroon 5's Super Bowl Worries Take New Turn

The band is asking for a side act. Interested?

(Newser) - With the NFL's anthem controversy still swirling, Maroon 5 has a problem: Who will perform with them at halftime? The band has approached several stars but can't get a yes. "Nobody wants to be associated with it," an insider tells Variety . Cardi B, Andre Benjamin, Mary...

48K Sign Petition Urging Maroon 5 to Turn Down Super Bowl

Because of NFL's treatment of Colin Kaepernick

(Newser) - Thousands of people are not on board with Maroon 5 headlining the Super Bowl halftime show . At least 48,541 people, to be exact. That's how many people, as of this writing, had signed a Change.org petition asking the band to drop out of the performance. But no,...

High School Band Show Shocks With Cops at Gunpoint

Pics of Mississippi high school band's performance circulate on social media

(Newser) - A high school band's halftime performance showing police being held at gunpoint is fueling anger in a Mississippi city dealing with the recent killings of two officers, the AP reports. Pictures of the Forest Hill High School band's performance that circulated on social media (see a photo at...

Here's Your (Alleged) 2019 Super Bowl Halftime Act

Maroon 5 will perform at the big game, sources claim

(Newser) - Two sources tell Variety the Super Bowl LIII halftime act has been chosen, and it's Maroon 5. Another source tells Us , "The offer has been extended and they’ve pretty much accepted," while ETOnline says the band is the "frontrunner" to perform. The band itself, fronted...

540K FCC Complaints Won't Keep Him From Super Bowl

Justin Timberlake will perform at the Super Bowl Halftime Show in February

(Newser) - Fourteen years after "Nipplegate," the NFL is ready to have Justin Timberlake back for the Super Bowl Halftime Show. The singer—who accidentally exposed Janet Jackson's right breast to half the nation in 2004's notorious "wardrobe malfunction"—made the announcement in a Tonight Show...

Lady Gaga Is Not Having It With Body Shamers

'I'm proud of my body,' she writes after Super Bowl performance

(Newser) - Whether Lady Gaga made a political statement was one big topic of conversation following her Super Bowl performance . Another? How she looked. "I heard my body is a topic of conversation so I wanted to say, I'm proud of my body and you should be proud of yours...

Did Lady Gaga Pull a Fast One at the Super Bowl?

Opening with 'This Land Is Your Land' may have been political 'dog whistle'

(Newser) - Despite anticipation that Lady Gaga would make some kind of political statement during the Super Bowl halftime show, the pop star appeared to play nice , a performance of the LGBT-friendly "Born This Way" aside. Even prominent conservatives hailed her "apolitical" show, the Washington Post notes, with tweeted praise...

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