The Kansas City Chiefs did Sunday in the Super Bowl what they’d done in the playoffs on the way there – they staged another incredible comeback to win, beating the San Francisco 49ers, 31-20, in Super Bowl 54. The Chiefs were led by 24-year-old quarterback Patrick Mahomes, who was named Super Bowl MVP. Kansas City was…… Read More
UPDATE (9:40 a.m. ET): One person is confirmed dead. Five others are wounded. (NBC News) A gunman opened fire on board a Greyhound bus in California early this morning, wounding as many as six people. Police say the suspect, who was a passenger on the bus that was traveling from Los Angeles to Northern California,…… Read More
Once again, Google has put together a video to celebrate Black History Month. This year’s Black History Month commercial celebrates “Black history makers who have helped shape and influence American culture. According to @GoogleTrends data, these icons, events and movements are #TheMostSearched in the U.S.” The 90-second spot features: The most-searched performance: Beyonce at Coachella The most-searched guitar…… Read More
Hours before the big game, Kanye will attempt a “Hail Mary” of his own when he brings Sunday Service to Miami. The Super Bowl Sunday Service will take place at the Bayfront Ampitheatre at 11 a.m. Just last month, Yeezy was in Miami to premiere his biblical opera Mary. Tickets are on sale through Live Nation. ye ✔@kanyewest…… Read More
Let’s Go Crazy: A Grammy Salute to Prince was taped last night (Tuesday) at the Los Angeles Convention Center in front of an often raucous live audience. CBS will air the show on April 15th, the fourth anniversary of Prince’s death. Hosted by Maya Rudolph, the show will feature a number of artists who worked with Prince. Some, like Foo Fighters‘ Dave Grohl,…… Read More
Beyonce isn’t the only one with hot sauce in her bag. Popeyes dropped a new limited clothing collection inspired by the chain’s employee uniforms. It’s the chicken chain’s answer to Ivy Park. The Popeyes version is a lot cheaper than Beyonce’s recent collaboration with Adidas, though just like Queen Bey’s apparel, much of the new Popeyes drip…… Read More
For the first time since the death of Kobe Bryant, his widow, Vanessa, made a public statement in an Instagram post about the loss of her husband and their 13-year-old daughter, Gianna, in Sunday’s helicopter crash. In a lengthy caption accompanying a beautiful family portrait of the couple with their four daughters, Vanessa wrote, “My girls and I want…… Read More
Oprah Winfrey – 66 years old The talk show host, movie producer, magazine publisher and Oscar-nominated actress (for The Color Purple) launched a cable TV network, OWN, in 2011. Born 1954… Read More
The big game isn’t until Sunday, but Super Bowl ads are already hitting the internet. Hyundai’s “Smaht Pahk” commercial has Massachusetts natives Chris Evans, John Krasinski and Rachel Dratch doing their best Boston accents. Bryan Cranston channels Jack Nicholson in The Shining for a Mountain Dew: Zero Sugar commercial. Tracee Ellis Ross stands in for Shelley Duvall. Winona Ryder visits her birthplace, Winona, Minnesota, on a journey of self discovery for website builders Squarespace.…… Read More
Brad Pitt stole the show at the annual Oscar Nominees Luncheon on Monday. The superstar made sure everyone knew who he was by wearing a name tag as he mingled with his fellow nominees. The placard, which was pinned to his suit’s breast pocket, read, “Brad Pitt. Actor in a Supporting Role, Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood.”…… Read More