Tag: Super Bowl

  • Rihanna is pregnant again, rep says after Super Bowl show

    By PTI

    ARIZONA:  Rihanna was pregnant with her second child as she performed her Super Bowl halftime show Sunday.

    The singer’s representative confirmed the pregnancy shortly after she ended her 13-minute set at Super Bowl 57.

    She hovered high at times as she performed a number of hits including “We Found Love,” “Diamonds” and “Work” during a halftime break between the Kansas City Chiefs and Philadelphia Eagles at the State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Arizona.

    The baby bump that was visible in the tight clothes she wore under her baggy red jumpsuit set off a wave of social media speculation that she might be pregnant again.

    Rihanna, 34, has a nine-month-old son with rapper A$AP Rocky.

    During her media preview Thursday, Rihanna said she was initially unsure about taking on the challenge of performing during a time when she was three months postpartum and wondered “should I be making major decisions like this right now? I might regret this.”

    “But when you become a mom, there’s something that just happens where you feel like you can take on the world, you can do anything,” Rihanna said.

    “The Super Bowl is one of the biggest stages of the world. As scary as that was because I hadn’t been on stage in seven years, there’s something exhilarating about the challenge of it all”.

    Rihanna said had to figure out how to fit some of her biggest songs into her 13-minute set.

    “The setlist was the biggest challenge,” she said.

    “That was the hardest, hardest part. Deciding how to maximize 13 minutes but also celebrate, that’s what this show is going to be. It’s going to be a celebration of my catalogue in the best way that we could have put it together.”

    A nine-time Grammy Award-winner, Rihanna has 14 No.1 Billboard Hot 100 hits, including “We Found Love”, “Work,” “Umbrella” and “Disturbia”.

    ARIZONA:  Rihanna was pregnant with her second child as she performed her Super Bowl halftime show Sunday.

    The singer’s representative confirmed the pregnancy shortly after she ended her 13-minute set at Super Bowl 57.

    She hovered high at times as she performed a number of hits including “We Found Love,” “Diamonds” and “Work” during a halftime break between the Kansas City Chiefs and Philadelphia Eagles at the State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Arizona.

    The baby bump that was visible in the tight clothes she wore under her baggy red jumpsuit set off a wave of social media speculation that she might be pregnant again.

    Rihanna, 34, has a nine-month-old son with rapper A$AP Rocky.

    During her media preview Thursday, Rihanna said she was initially unsure about taking on the challenge of performing during a time when she was three months postpartum and wondered “should I be making major decisions like this right now? I might regret this.”

    “But when you become a mom, there’s something that just happens where you feel like you can take on the world, you can do anything,” Rihanna said.

    “The Super Bowl is one of the biggest stages of the world. As scary as that was because I hadn’t been on stage in seven years, there’s something exhilarating about the challenge of it all”.

    Rihanna said had to figure out how to fit some of her biggest songs into her 13-minute set.

    “The setlist was the biggest challenge,” she said.

    “That was the hardest, hardest part. Deciding how to maximize 13 minutes but also celebrate, that’s what this show is going to be. It’s going to be a celebration of my catalogue in the best way that we could have put it together.”

    A nine-time Grammy Award-winner, Rihanna has 14 No.1 Billboard Hot 100 hits, including “We Found Love”, “Work,” “Umbrella” and “Disturbia”.

  • Rihanna to headline 2023 Super Bowl halftime show 

    By PTI

    LOS ANGELES: Pop star Rihanna will perform at the coveted Super Bowl half-time show in February 2023.

    The National Football League (NFL) made the announcement on Sunday along with Jay-Z’s Roc Nation and Apple Music.

    Rihanna, 34, also shared the news on her social media channels by posting a photo of her holding up an NFL football.

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    — Rihanna (@rihanna) September 25, 2022
    According to entertainment news portal Deadline, speculation about Rihanna has been going around since last week, when the NFL announced that Apple Music would become the new sponsor of the Super Bowl Halftime Show beginning in 2023.

    The Super Bowl will take place at State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Arizona, on 12 February 2023. After years of Pepsi’s sponsorship, the upcoming half-time show will be sponsored by Apple Music.

    Rihanna was also offered to headline the 2019 Halftime show but turned down the offer in a decision to show solidarity with Colin Kaepernick.

    The former San Francisco 49ers quarterback had protested police brutality against Black people and minorities by kneeling during the national anthem in 2016.

    LOS ANGELES: Pop star Rihanna will perform at the coveted Super Bowl half-time show in February 2023.

    The National Football League (NFL) made the announcement on Sunday along with Jay-Z’s Roc Nation and Apple Music.

    Rihanna, 34, also shared the news on her social media channels by posting a photo of her holding up an NFL football.

    . pic.twitter.com/7oCnFsZH5U
    — Rihanna (@rihanna) September 25, 2022
    According to entertainment news portal Deadline, speculation about Rihanna has been going around since last week, when the NFL announced that Apple Music would become the new sponsor of the Super Bowl Halftime Show beginning in 2023.

    The Super Bowl will take place at State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Arizona, on 12 February 2023. After years of Pepsi’s sponsorship, the upcoming half-time show will be sponsored by Apple Music.

    Rihanna was also offered to headline the 2019 Halftime show but turned down the offer in a decision to show solidarity with Colin Kaepernick.

    The former San Francisco 49ers quarterback had protested police brutality against Black people and minorities by kneeling during the national anthem in 2016.

  • Disney reveals new ‘The Falcon And The Winter Soldier’ trailer during Super Bowl

    By ANI
    WASHINGTON: With less than six weeks left to premiere, Disney just revealed a brand-new trailer for its upcoming Marvel Cinematic Universe limited series ‘The Falcon and The Winter Soldier’ during the Super Bowl 2021 on Sunday.

    According to Deadline, a new trailer for ‘The Falcon and the Winter Soldier’ made its way into the slim line-up of trailers at this year’s Super Bowl. The series which debuts exclusively on Disney Plus on March 19, 2021, will show how the journey unfolds upon Falcon receiving the vibranium-ified Captain America shield from superhero retiree Steve Rogers in ‘Avengers: Endgame’.

    The trailer shows both titular characters working through their dysfunctional relationship and participating in some high-wattage action. It gives audiences an action-filled look at ‘The Falcon and the Winter Soldier’, sets up the villain, Helmut Zemo’s objective, and also gives a look at the series’ secondary villain, who’s a member of the anarchist anti-patriotic outfit Flag-Smashers.

    Are you ready? Watch the brand-new trailer for Marvel Studios’ The Falcon and the Winter Soldier and start streaming the Original Series March 19 on @DisneyPlus. #FalconAndWinterSoldier pic.twitter.com/Hn1wYbLLcT
    — The Falcon and the Winter Soldier (@falconandwinter) February 7, 2021

    As per Deadline, the new series has Anthony Mackie and Sebastian Stan reprising their roles at the titular Marvel heroes. They will also be joined by some familiar faces including Daniel Bruhl as Baron Zemo and Emily VanCamp as Sharon Carter.

    With no MCU feature film releases and several other delayed projects, the next few months will bring the remainder of ‘WandaVision’, ‘Black Widow’, and, in March, ‘The Falcon and The Winter Soldier’. Confirmed by The Hollywood Reporter, next up will be Tom Hiddleston’s ‘Loki’ in May and later in 2021 will come out ‘Ms. Marvel’, ‘Hawkeye’ and the animated ‘What If?’ series, which will weave in and out of the movies, with characters such as Ms. Marvel set to appear on the big screen as well.

  • Amanda Gorman honours COVID-19 heroes during 2021 Super Bowl, recites poetry

    By ANI
    WASHINGTON:  American poet-activist Amanda Gorman, who grabbed many eyeballs when she recited her poem ‘The Hill We Climb’ at US President Joe Biden’s inauguration ceremony, honoured the COVID-19 heroes in a moving performance at Super Bowl LV in Tampa, Florida.

    As per E! News, this year, the NFL (National Football League) chose three Super Bowl captains who have made an impact on their communities amid the pandemic by helping their community and beyond during a very difficult year.

    The National Youth Poet Laureate recited a poem honouring them, titled ‘Chorus of the Captains’ into a 1950s-era microphone while pensive yet triumphant music played. Gorman with her performance became the first poet to ever perform at the Super Bowl.

    Poetry at the Super Bowl is a feat for art & our country, because it means we’re thinking imaginatively about human connection even when we feel siloed. I’ll honor 3 heroes who exemplify the best of this effort. Here’s to them, to poetry, & to a #SuperBowl like no other
    — Amanda Gorman (@TheAmandaGorman) February 7, 2021

    On Sunday, she appeared during a pre-taped portion at the Super Bowl in a glam blue coat by Moschino to recite her poem. During the moving performance, Gorman shined the spotlight on three everyday heroes as footage of them in their respective elements played.

    Gorman honoured James Martin, a veteran who works with the Wounded Warrior Project and has live-streamed football games for his community, Trimaine Davis, a Los Angeles teacher who has provided tech workshops to kids to help them with remote learning and Suzie Dorner, an ICU nurse manager at Tampa Bay General Hospital.

    “Today, we honour our three captains for their actions and impact in a time of uncertainty and need. They have taken the lead, exceeding all expectations and limitations, uplifting their communities and neighbors as leaders, healers, and educators,” Gorman said in her poem.

    “Let us walk with these warriors, charge on with these champions and carry forth the call of our captains. We celebrate them by acting with courage and compassion, by doing what is right and just, for while we honour them today, it is they who everyday honour us,” Gorman said of the heroes.

    The 22-year-old poet had performed at Biden’s swearing-in ceremony last month, making her the youngest poet to ever do so. She read the poem titled ‘The Hill We Climb’, which touched on themes of hope and unity. In less than 24 hours, Gorman gained millions of followers on social media and signed to IMG models soon after.