Arguably the most anticipated movie trailer tonight has been unveiled before the actual game begins, the first look at the third Deadpool movie, now known as Deadpool and Wolverine. It’s what one would expect – a pegging joke, some gun stuff, some winks at the camera and Wolverine – and after a no good awful very bad year, Marvel will be relieved this summer when this one makes a truckload.
6d ago18.34EST
Adrian Horton
Reba McEntire, beloved country and sitcom star, surely extends her national goodwill with a twangy take on the national anthem. It’s the fourth year in a row that the NFL has turned to a country artist for the national anthem – Eric Church and R&B singer Jazmine Sullivan in 2021, Mickey Guyton in 2022, and Chris Stapleton last year.
Reba, sporting a rhinestoned belt, provides a sweet and understated version of the anthem, with a soaring note at the end.
The full tease for the horror prequel went live earlier this week so the big game spot for A Quiet Place: Day One isn’t quite the reveal it shoulda and coulda been but it will still be enough to pique the interest of those watching live. For many it’ll be the first time they’ll even be aware that the franchise is coming back, a smart business decision given how much money the first two made globally (over $600m combined). Oscar nominee Emily Blunt is passing the torch back to Oscar winner Lupita Nyong’o for a look at how it all started. Interestingly, it comes from Michael Samoski, who broke out with Pig, the subdued Nicolas Cage drama from 2021.
6d ago18.29EST
Adrian Horton
Post Malone is here now to sing America the Beautiful, looking much thinner than he once was and decidedly country (he does live in Utah now). He still has the grills though and sounds good, giving the patriotic “from sea to shining sea” tune a bit of his trademark woozy, auto-tuned glow.
The now familiar genre that is “grainy footage of Taylor watching the field from her suite” has begun – Swift is in her private box with Ice Spice, her family and Travis’s mom, Donna Kelce, waiting as we are for the game to start.
6d ago18.15EST
Benjamin Lee
Andra Day is now on the field (?), green (?), pitch (?) to sing Lift Every Voice and Sing, also known as the Black national anthem. Last year Sheryl Lee Ralph did the honours. Day’s voice is flawless (as is her acting in last month’s Sundance breakout Exhibiting Forgiveness).
It’s only the second time the song has been sung on the fieldgreenpitch.
6d ago18.11EST
Adrian Horton
Donald Trump would love to make this Super Bowl about him, so I will keep this brief: the former president, openly paranoid that Taylor Swift will endorse Joe Biden, has taken the opportunity to call her “disloyal” in a post on Truth Social for … not endorsing him?
In the post, Trump cited the Music Modernization Act he signed in 2018 that, he says, should be the reason she supports him. “There’s no way she could endorse Crooked Joe Biden, the worst and most corrupt President in the History of our Country, and be disloyal to the man who made her so much money,” he wrote.
No response yet from Team Swift or Kelce, nor will there likely ever be.
6d ago18.08EST
Adrian Horton
I’m not sure if there are Vegas odds on Travis Kelce’s outfit in the same way as Taylor Swift, but for those wondering … this man is dressed (in sparkly black) to win a football game.
Is the performer going to be paid? Usher attends the 2022 Beloved Benefit at Mercedes-Benz Stadium on July 07, 2022 in Atlanta, Georgia. No. Like past performers, no one is paid for their halftime show performance.
Here's why. The production surrounding the Super Bowl halftime show can cost millions of dollars and is arguably one of the biggest performances of the year for artists.
She was shown for 54 seconds during CBS the broadcast, accounting for less than 1% of the four-hour game. The four-time Grammy winner appeared on the screen 12 times throughout the contest, not including pregame or postgame.
Usher brought the songs and the celeb appearances to the field during his Super Bowl halftime performance Sunday and while he shouted out pride for making it to the massive stage, there was one thing he didn't get: paid.
Per league policy, the NFL covers all costs related to the production of the halftime show, but the talent doesn't take home a paycheck (although the NFL foots the bill for their travel expenses). According to Forbes, artists are paid just $1,000 a day on a minimum wage union scale.
“The NFL covers all costs associated with the show and does pay the performers' union scale. There is not an appearance fee, but the artists are indeed paid union scale,” Brian McCarthy, the NFL's vice president of communications, told Newsweek in 2022.
Usher was announced as the Super Bowl halftime performer in late September. Despite widespread speculation on potential guests, there hasn't been any information released on other artists who will be joining him during his performance.
However, R&B and pop music sensation Usher is bound to steal the show during his highly anticipated halftime performance. Kick off for Super Bowl 2024 is at 6:30 PM ET on CBS. See below to find out more about Usher's halftime performance including what his top streamed songs are and information about his upcoming tour.
Out of Taylor Swift's exes, her relationship with Joe Alwyn was the longest (7 years). How many boyfriends has Taylor Swift had? Taylor Swift has 12 publicly known exes.
CBS' main objective is to record the largest viewership possible for the event. Taylor Swift is big, big business. She has increased interest in Kansas City Chiefs games. That's obvious.
Swift declined, however, purportedly because she was in the thick of rerecording the albums she made for Big Machine Records, her response to Scooter Braun acquiring the rights to her back catalogue when his company Ithaca Holdings bought the label in 2019.
So no, Usher and Alicia Keys have never dated, though it's clear they've been friends for 20+ years. Apparently, we still can't hack it when men and women are friends, there just has to be a current or past sexual connection. Usher married his long-term girlfriend Jennifer Goicoechea days before the Super Bowl.
LAS VEGAS -- Usher and his longtime girlfriend Jennifer Goicoechea are married. The two tied the knot in Las Vegas on Feb. 11, after Usher performed at the Super Bowl, according to a certificate of marriage obtained by CNN.
Yes, Usher is married! The singer swapped vows with longtime girlfriend Jenn Goicoechea over Super Bowl weekend, where the iconic R&B superstar headlined the 2024 Halftime show. The partners share two young children together: a daughter named Sovereign and a son named Sire Castrello.
The NFL does not pay any appearance fees for entertainers who perform during the mid-game spectacle, either directly or through sponsors. But the artists do get paid for their time, even if it's much less than they're used to. “The NFL covers all costs associated with the show and does pay the performers' union scale.
Money.com reports that in some cases, a couple of NFL referees earning up an average of $114,000 approximately for working with the NFL. For the Super Bowl, every referee will get a bonus and their salary can rage from $54,428 up to a maximum amount of $462,622.
How much will the winners of the Super Bowl LVIII get paid? The latest collective bargaining agreement between the NFL Players Association and the NFL dictates that each member of the winning team will receive $164,000, a $7,000 bump over last year's total. Winners of the 2025 Super Bowl will receive $171,000.
**Exposure and Promotion**: Performing at the Super Bowl halftime show provides performers with unparalleled exposure to a massive global audience. This exposure can lead to increased visibility for the performer's brand, music, merchandise, and other ventures.
Introduction: My name is Greg O'Connell, I am a delightful, colorful, talented, kind, lively, modern, tender person who loves writing and wants to share my knowledge and understanding with you.
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