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| Stars seen at Super Bowl: Jay-Z, Blue Ivy Carter, Bon Jovi | Celebrities including Jay-Z and his daughters Blue Ivy and Rumi, Travis Scott, Jon Bon Jovi, Rob Lowe, Joe Montana and Tom Brady attended the Super Bowl on Sunday. The game marked what appeared to be Blue Ivy's fifth Super Bowl appearance and Rumi's third, continuing their tradition of joining their father at the event. Green Day, Coco Jones, Charlie Puth and Brandi Carlile performed during the pregame show. Puth sang the national anthem, Jones sang "Lift Every Voice and Sing" and Carlile performed "America the Beautiful." Green Day performed "Good Riddance (Time of Your Life)" and a medley of "Holiday," "Boulevard of Broken Dreams" and "American Idiot." Several stars made surprise appearances during Bad Bunny's halftime show. |
| Famous birthdays for Feb. 9: Charlie Day, Joe Pesci | Those born on this date are under the sign of Aquarius. They include: -- William Henry Harrison, ninth president of the United States, in 1773 -- Actor Carmen Miranda in 1909 -- Musician Ernest Tubb in 1914 -- Actor Kathryn Grayson in 1922 -- Writer Brendan Behan in 1923 -- Television journalist Roger Mudd in 1928 -- Writer J. M. |
| Bad Bunny, Lady Gaga perform in Super Bowl LX halftime show | Grammy winner Bad Bunny delivered a Super Bowl LX halftime performance that centered dance and featured guest stars Lady Gaga and Ricky Martin. The Puerto Rican music artist, born Benito Antonio Martinez Ocasio, wore an all-white ensemble, including gloves, as he appeared in an apparent maze at the top of his performance. The show began with "Titi me Pregunto." The stage looked like a pale pink house, and Bad Bunny stood atop it as he performed "Yo Perreo Sola." As the performance continued, he appeared to fall through the roof and then walk out the home's front door. He sang "EoO" while standing atop a white pickup truck. "Monaco" featured an apparent wedding, and Lady Gaga surprised fans when she performed "Die With a Smile. |
| ''Burbs' show-runner: Versatile Keke Palmer is 'modern Tom Hanks' | Writer-producer Celeste Hughey says multi-talented Keke Palmer is the perfect lead for her re-imagining of The 'Burbs because the actress effortlessly moves between comedy and drama. Loosely inspired by the 1989 Tom Hanks-Carrie Fisher movie of the same name, the mystery series premieres Sunday on Peacock and follows Samira (Palmer) and Rob (Jack Whitehall) -- a happily married couple with a newborn son -- as they move to the suburban neighborhood where Rob grew up. "Keke was always who I dreamed of playing the lead. She was, from the get-go, exactly who I wanted. So, I wrote to her, basically. With the script, I always had her voice in mind," Hughey told UPI in a recent Zoom interview. |
| 'Send Help' tops North American box for 2nd weekend | The Rachel McAdams-Dylan O'Brien thriller, Send Help, is the No. 1 movie in North America for a second weekend, earning an additional $10 million in receipts this Friday through Sunday, BoxOfficeMojo.com announced. Coming in at No. 2 is Solo Mio with $7.2 million, followed by Stray Kids: The dominATE Experience at No. 3 with $5.6 million, Dracula at No. 4 with $4.5 million and Zootopia 2 at No. 5 with $4 million. Rounding out the top tier are Avatar: Fire and Ash at No. 6 with $3.5 million, The Strangers: Chapter 3 at No. 7 with $3.5 million, Shelter at No. 8 with $2.4 million, Melania at No. 9 with $2.38 million and Mercy at No. 10 with $2 million. |