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“BTS The Comeback Live” seeks to rival the Super Bowl halftime show

“BTS The Comeback Live” seeks to rival the Super Bowl halftime show

Published by Sam Flores

Songs in a foreign language. A visual spectacle with high-energy dancing. Secrecy surrounding key elements and surprises. A massive scale of coordination. Challenges with live broadcast. A message of unity and belonging. Move over, Bad Bunny Super Bowl halftime show. Netflix is making a bid for the 2026 live event crown, fueled by K-pop.   “We also hope that this will really transcend generations.”   On Saturday, March 21 K-pop group BTS makes its comeback in a live performance that Netflix will stream live from Seoul, South Korea. The seven-member group comprising members RM, Jin, SUGA, j-hope, Jimin, V and Jung Kook, made their farewell performance in 2022 before they each entered into mandatory military service. The anticipation for their return as a group – by the devoted ARMY, aka BTS’ global fandom, has no modern-day equivalent but rather can be understood as a mix between Beatlemania and when Elvis Presley returned from military service. Or perhaps a more modern way to put it would be if Taylor Swift had to pause making and performing …

Miley Cyrus addresses theories that she’s headlining Super Bowl halftime show

Miley Cyrus addresses theories that she’s headlining Super Bowl halftime show

Published by Daniella Wilson

Get the inside track from Roisin O’Connor with our free weekly music newsletter Now Hear This Get our free music newsletter Now Hear This Get our free music newsletter Now Hear This Miley Cyrus is playing coy about whether she wants to take on the biggest stage in the world. The singer, 33, is currently the betting favorite to perform at the 2027 Super Bowl Halftime Show, which would follow Bad Bunny’s history-making performance in Santa Clara, California, this year. However, Cyrus said that the massive undertaking “feels like too much pressure.” “I would have to do the mental work of making it not about the Super Bowl, because then you can’t help but go, ‘It’s millions of people, and it’s the most-watched thing in the world,’” the superstar told Variety in an interview published Wednesday. As she prepares to celebrate the 20th anniversary of her breakout Disney Channel series, Hannah Montana, with an hour-long special on Disney+, Cyrus said that the Super Bowl performance would have to be focused on the fans like the forthcoming show …

Kid Rock reacts to Conan O’Brien’s Oscars diss over alternate halftime show

Kid Rock reacts to Conan O’Brien’s Oscars diss over alternate halftime show

Published by Daniella Wilson

Get the inside track from Roisin O’Connor with our free weekly music newsletter Now Hear This Get our free music newsletter Now Hear This Get our free music newsletter Now Hear This Kid Rock was not impressed with Conan O’Brien’s joke at his expense at the 2026 Oscars. O’Brien hosted the Academy Awards for a second year in a row on Sunday, taking aim at the Epstein files, Timothée Chalamet’s ballet controversy, and Rock’s alternate Super Bowl halftime show during his opening monologue. “Tonight could get political, and if that makes you uncomfortable, there’s an alternate Oscars being hosted by Kid Rock,” O’Brien quipped. “It’s at the Dave & Buster’s down the street.” He added there were “lots of tickets” still available. Kid Rock fired back on social media the next day. “I love a good joke, even when I am the butt of it, unfortunately this was not a very good one,” the musician wrote on X, before taking the opportunity to promote his upcoming tour marking the 250th anniversary of the United States …

Boozer, No. 1 Duke Take Over After Halftime to Beat 17th-Ranked Rival North Carolina 76-61

Boozer, No. 1 Duke Take Over After Halftime to Beat 17th-Ranked Rival North Carolina 76-61

Published by Sam Flores

DURHAM, N.C. (AP) — Cameron Boozer had 26 points, 15 rebounds and five assists to help No. 1 Duke beat No. 17 North Carolina 76-61 on Saturday night in a rivalry rematch. Maliq Brown added 15 points as Duke led by a single possession early after halftime before taking over with 16 unanswered points in what ballooned to a 24-2 surge. The Blue Devils (29-2, 17-1) completed a second straight one-loss run through ACC regular-season play, this one coming a month after losing at North Carolina on Seth Trimble’s last-second 3-pointer. Duke has won eight straight, including a neutral-court victory over then-No. 1 Michigan and a romp against No. 13 Virginia. The loss capped a rough 24 hours for the Tar Heels (24-7, 12-6). They appeared on the verge of getting star Caleb Wilson back from a fractured left hand just in time for March Madness — and maybe this game — only for him to suffer a season-ending broken right thumb during a non-contact drill Thursday. The freshman was on the bench with his …

FCC requests transcripts of Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl halftime performance

FCC requests transcripts of Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl halftime performance

Published by Daniella Wilson

Get the latest entertainment news, reviews and star-studded interviews with our Independent Culture email Get the latest entertainment news with our free Culture newsletter Get the latest entertainment news with our free Culture newsletter The Federal Communications Commission sought transcripts of Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl halftime show performance after concerns from a Republican lawmaker that the broadcast may have violated federal indecency regulations. FCC Commissioner Anna Gomez said she reviewed the Spanish-language transcripts from Comcast’s NBC after learning the commission had requested them. “I reviewed them carefully, and I found no violation of our rules and no justification for harassing broadcasters over a standard live performance,” Gomez said. Comcast, NBC and the FCC did not immediately comment. Multiple Republican politicians expressed outrage over the Puerto Rican’s performance, done solely in Spanish. open image in gallery Bad Bunny delivered a show-stopping halftime performance at the 2026 Super Bowl (Getty Images) Florida Rep. Randy Fine took to X after the show to deem Bad Bunny’s performance “illegal,” calling for the FCC investigate it. His post included screenshots …

FCC requests transcripts of Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl halftime performance

FCC requested transcripts of Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl halftime performance

Published by Daniella Wilson

Get the latest entertainment news, reviews and star-studded interviews with our Independent Culture email Get the latest entertainment news with our free Culture newsletter Get the latest entertainment news with our free Culture newsletter The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) sought transcripts of Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl halftime show performance from Comcast’s NBC, following concerns raised by a Republican lawmaker that the broadcast could violate federal indecency regulations. This development was confirmed by a commission member on Wednesday. FCC Commissioner Anna Gomez subsequently confirmed she had reviewed the Spanish-language transcripts. “I reviewed them carefully, and I found no violation of our rules and no justification for harassing broadcasters over a standard live performance,” Gomez stated, dismissing the lawmaker’s suggestion. Multiple Republican politicians expressed outrage at the Puerto Rican’s performance, done solely in Spanish. Florida Rep. Randy Fine took to X to deem Bad Bunny’s performance “illegal,” calling for the FCC investigate it. His post included screenshots of supposed translated lyrics of one of Bad Bunny’s songs. “’Bad Bunny’s disgusting halftime show was illegal. Had he said …

Viral ‘bush people’ costumes from Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl halftime show go up for sale

Viral ‘bush people’ costumes from Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl halftime show go up for sale

Published by Daniella Wilson

Get the inside track from Roisin O’Connor with our free weekly music newsletter Now Hear This Get our free music newsletter Now Hear This Get our free music newsletter Now Hear This This year’s Halloween costume could be an official relic from Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl LX Halftime show performance — if you have $5,000 to spend. At least two of the already infamous sugarcane grass costumes worn by backup performers, affectionately known as “grass bunnies” or “bush people” during Sunday’s nearly record-breaking halftime show, are now up for sale on eBay. Each costume comes with the green sweatsuit that performers wore underneath the massive getup, plus the grass-covered arms that made the humans inside of them nearly undetectable. The outfits instantly became one of the most unforgettable parts of Bad Bunny’s halftime show, with the performers inside forced to stand perfectly still for nearly 13 minutes as part of the tribute to Puerto Rican culture. One listing, posted for $5,000 or the best offer, includes a green sweatsuit size medium-large, a balaclava or ski …

Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl halftime show was a big deal for the NFL

Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl halftime show was a big deal for the NFL

Published by Sam Flores

Two Bad Bunny hot takes in consecutive weeks? You better believe it. That’s the power of Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio. It’s been several days since the 31-year-old Puerto Rican singer took the stage at the Super Bowl XL halftime show at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, and he’s still dominating the online conversation. Bad Bunny might not have broken the internet, but he’s certainly kept the think piece engine firing on all cylinders. Some have been really good — I’m biased, but I particularly liked this De Los piece by Tatiana Tenreyro — while others have been completely off the mark. The verdict is in: Latinos won this round of the culture war. With a very nuanced performance rooted in Puerto Rican working-class history, it was bursting with countless “if you get it, you get it” moments that, well, not everyone got — Bad Bunny demonstrated that he is the world’s brightest star. Meanwhile, Kid Rock bawitdaba’d his way into the dustbin of history. But Sunday night’s biggest winner wasn’t Bad Bunny or Latinos. It …

Bad Bunny’s halftime show nodded to Mexico-Puerto Rico boxing rivalry

Bad Bunny’s halftime show nodded to Mexico-Puerto Rico boxing rivalry

Published by Sam Flores

As Bad Bunny walked through a makeshift sugarcane field on Sunday night at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, Calif., for the Apple Music halftime show, he passed by several Latino scenes — from a man selling piraguas, to elderly men playing dominoes to a taco stand. At one point in that sequence, the “Nuevayol” artist evaded punches from combating boxers. That moment not only pointed to the love of boxing across the Americas, but also specifically showed one pugilist wearing shorts with the Puerto Rican flag colors on them and the other rocking Mexico-colored shorts. And those weren’t pretend fighters, either. It was 23-year-old Puerto Rican light middleweight champion Xander Zayas and undefeated Mexican American boxer Emiliano Vargas. “This was the greatest experience of my entire life,” Zayas told ESPN this week. “I expected to become a unified world champion, but I never expected to be part of the Super Bowl.” Zayas and Vargas squaring off stood in for the storied boxing rivalry between the two prizefighting countries. The feud goes back more than 90 …

Whoopi Goldberg takes jab at ‘Kiddie Rock’ and Turning Point USA Halftime Show

Whoopi Goldberg takes jab at ‘Kiddie Rock’ and Turning Point USA Halftime Show

Published by Daniella Wilson

Get the latest entertainment news, reviews and star-studded interviews with our Independent Culture email Get the latest entertainment news with our free Culture newsletter Get the latest entertainment news with our free Culture newsletter Whoopi Goldberg has poked fun at Kid Rock’s MAGA-friendly Super Bowl halftime show. As the co-hosts of The View broached the “hot topics” of the week in a roundtable during Thursday’s episode of the ABC daytime talk show, the discussion turned to the ongoing conservative backlash prompted by Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl halftime show performance. Goldberg, 70, laughed as she joked that the specifically crafted online complaints of the all-Spanish language set meant that the viewers had still watched Bad Bunny instead of “Kiddie Rock’s” show, hosted by conservative group Turning Point USA — meaning the group’s goal to provide an alternative “All-American Halftime Show” backfired. The co-host had made a similar joke earlier in the week when she said in a message directly to Donald Trump: “It’s clear though that you watched [Bad Bunny’s show.] So, what was happening with …