The morning after the Seahawks became Super Bowl champions, people spent Monday trying to figure out who had won the other widely talked about competition of the night: Dueling halftime performances between Bad Bunny and conservative darling Kid Rock. Nielsen figures won’t be released until Tuesday on how many people tuned in to watch Bad…
LOS ANGELES — LOS ANGELES (AP) — Formula 1 team Cadillac is confident it can resolve a dispute with filmmaker Michael Bay, who is suing for $1.5 million for his ideas being used without permission in a Super Bowl commercial. In a 19-page lawsuit filed on Friday in Los Angeles Superior Court of California, Bay…
New York — To better understand some of the significance of Bad Bunny’s historic Super Bowl halftime performance on Sunday night, start at the end. “God Bless America,” were the first and few English-language words uttered by the Spanish-language performer, who then proceeded to list countries in the Americas, including the United States and Canada….
SAN FRANCISCO — Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl halftime performance translated into an immediate surge in global listening, with new data from Apple Music showing sharp gains across streaming charts, playlists and music discovery platforms in the hours following the show. Apple Music, a Super Bowl halftime show sponsor, said Monday that Bad Bunny’s show playlist…
MADISON, Wis. — Federal judges have dismissed three lawsuits accusing bestselling British fantasy author Neil Gaiman of sexually assaulting his children’s nanny in New Zealand four years ago. Scarlett Pavlovich filed a lawsuit against Gaiman and his wife, Amanda Palmer, in Wisconsin in February 2025, accusing Gaiman of multiple sexual assaults while she worked as…
Social media users incorrectly identified a young boy who was part of Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl halftime show on Sunday as Liam Conejo Ramos <
MILAN — MILAN (AP) — YouTuber-turned-boxer Jake Paul showed up for speedskating at the Milan Cortina Winter Olympics on Monday, taking a second-row seat in the stands for the women’s 1,000 meters, in which his fiancée, Jutta Leerdam of the Netherlands, was among the medal favorites. Wearing a scarf on his shoulders with the orange…
CORTINA D’AMPEZZO, Italy — Olympic fans came to Cortina with heavy winter coats and gloves. Those coats were unzipped Sunday and gloves pocketed as snow melted from rooftops — signs of a warming world. “I definitely thought we’d be wearing all the layers,” said Jay Tucker, who came from Virginia to cheer on Team USA…
NEW YORK — NEW YORK (AP) — Paul Thomas Anderson won the top prize at the 78th Directors Guild Awards, putting the “One Battle After Another” filmmaker on course to potentially win his first Oscar. The DGA Awards, held Saturday night at the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, California, is among the most reliable Academy…
The sun hung low when Bad Bunny emerged in Puerto Rico’s sugar cane fields during his halftime show, surrounded by jíbaros in pavas (rural farmers in traditional straw hats), viejitos playing dominos (an affectionate term for older men) and a piragua stand (shaved ice) — undeniable symbols of Puerto Rico. From a small Caribbean island…
