Celebrities may no longer be winning at the Big Game. An array of Super Bowl advertisers turned up with creative ideas that shunned the typical famous faces making quick-paced jokes in favor of concepts meant to inspire. Nike burnished a host of female athletes backed by the Led Zeppelin chestnut “Whole Lotta Love.” Pfizer took

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It’s Super Bowl 2025 time, and while many are glued to their screens for the Super Bowl LIX showdown between Taylor Swift and Gigi Hadid — sorry, we mean the Kansas City Chiefs and Philadelphia Eagles — others are just in it for the celebrity sightings. And the celebs were out in full force in

NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA – FEBRUARY 09: (L-R) Kevin Costner and Pete Davidson attend the Super Bowl … [+] LIX Pregame at Caesars Superdome on February 09, 2025 in New Orleans, Louisiana. (Photo by Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for Roc Nation) Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for Roc Nation Kevin Costner, Pete Davidson, Taylor Swift, Jay-Z, Adam Sandler, Bradley

Celebrities are flocking to New Orleans faster than I flock to a table full of cheese dips, wings, and tiny football stadiums made out of deli meat. In other words: Super Bowl LIX is upon us, and A-listers have arrived to watch the Kansas City Chiefs go up against the Philadelphia Eagles. Obviously, Taylor Swift

Dozens of Hollywood notables and celebrities are in New Orleans on Sunday to witness the Kansas City Chiefs take on the Philadelphia Eagles during football’s biggest night. Jay-Z, Adam Sandler and Bradley Cooper were among players, coaches and thousands of fans inside the Caesars Superdome to watch Super Bowl LIX. The Grammy-winning rapper was spotted on the

Vice President JD Vance attacked federal judges on Sunday for blocking several of the Trump administration’s sweeping executive actions, characterizing their recent decisions as “illegal.” “Judges aren’t allowed to control the executive’s legitimate power,” Mr. Vance wrote on social media. Mr. Vance’s post raises questions about whether the Trump administration will abide by federal rulings

Throughout the 1990s, I was a music journalist in London. I profiled hundreds of rock bands at the start of their careers, including Nirvana, Alice in Chains, Soundgarden, Pearl Jam, Nine Inch Nails and the Foo Fighters. I can’t imagine a better way to have spent my twenties. But I witnessed a downside. For many

With Sunday’s Super Bowl LIX pitting the Kansas City Chiefs against the Philadelphia Eagles once again, viewers must decide who to root for — and if they want to jump on a bandwagon fanbase, there are plenty of celebrity fans they can get behind. The most famous and obvious fan is Taylor Swift, who has

Super Bowl 59 is set to bring together not only the Kansas City Chiefs and the Philadelphia Eagles but also a host of Hollywood celebrities who are die-hard fans of the competing teams. As the Chiefs aim for a historic three-peat and the Eagles seek redemption, the star power in the stands is expected to

There has been an influx of celebrities getting involved in wrestling over recent years to varying degrees of success, with the general quality of their in-ring performances actually being pretty good. This has certainly been a feature of WWE in recent times, as they have welcomed the extra exposure that booking famous people from other

Donald Trump has said he held talks with the Russian president, Vladimir Putin, over a negotiated end of the three year Russia-Ukraine war, indicated that Russian negotiators want to meet with US counterparts. Trump told the New York Post that he had spoken to Putin, remarking that “I better not say” just how many times.

Kash Patel, Donald Trump’s nominee for FBI director, has come under scrutiny over his business ties, including holding stock in a group that owns Shein, the Chinese fast-fashion retailer accused of using forced labour. Patel stated in a financial disclosure form that he held $1mn-$5mn worth of shares in Elite Depot, a Cayman Islands group

The Philadelphia Eagles take on Kansas City Chiefs at the highly-anticipated NFL Super Bowl, at the Caesars Superdome in New Orleans. The players, coaches and owner of the winning team will receive the coveted Super Bowl ring, with each reportedly costing between 30,000 dollars to 50,000 dollars, and are considered to be one the most

Quick Take Donald J. Trump’s rhetoric, manner and needs are so abhorrent and terrifying that retired attorney Peter Gelblum understands why talking about him causes rifts in families. He fears this state will only get worse as the Trump presidency advances. Trump supporters will just have to accept why friends and family don’t want to

Donald Trump’s executive order reauthorizing sanctions against international criminal court (ICC) personnel reflects a disgraceful effort to ensure that no American, or citizen of an ally such as Israel, is ever investigated or prosecuted. Quite apart from this warped sense of justice – that it is only for other people – the president’s limited view

Birthday wishes go out to Michael B. Jordan, Tom Hiddleston and all the other celebrities with birthdays today. Check out our slideshow below to see photos of famous people turning a year older on February 9th and learn an interesting fact about each of them. Top celebrity birthdays on February 9, 2025 Carole King speaks

Chinese President Xi Jinping has highlighted the importance of food security, saying it was a “political responsibility” for major agricultural areas. During a tour of northeastern China, Xi also said that “further reform and opening up” was crucial to revitalising the region’s economy, and urged the area to create a better “market-oriented, rule- and law-based,

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