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Your Super Bowl Entertainment: Black Eyed Peas

Evann Gastaldo — Fri, 26 Nov 2010 06:47:42 CST

The Black Eyed Peas will be the first non-classic rock act to rock the Super Bowl halftime stage since Justin Timberlake and Janet Jackson's 2004 nipple slip performance. "They could have picked anybody," will.i.am tells Rolling Stone . "They could rock a million and get Cheap Trick. I love...

Worst (and Best) Super Bowl Halftime Shows

Evann Gastaldo — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 09:40:20 CST

Whether or not you're excited about the Who's Super Bowl halftime show, you know it will surely be better than some stinkers from years gone by. View some of the worst—and, for good measure, a couple of the best—in the gallery, or take a look at Peter Hartlaub's...

Sorry, Super Bowl, The Who's Super Old

Kevin Spak — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 11:55:00 CST

It was hard not to cringe when CBS announced that The Who would be playing the Super Bowl halftime show. “Could CBS have picked a more dated (and less diverse) act?” asks Don Hazen of AlterNet . Hazen was a big Who fan back in the day. “But that was 40...

Lakers' Artest: 'I Used to Drink at Halftime'

Will McCahill — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 18:36:36 CST

Ron Artest drank cognac during games in his first few NBA seasons with the Chicago Bulls, the volatile forward tells the Sporting News . “I used to drink Hennessy … at halftime,” Artest, now 30 and with the Los Angeles Lakers, says. “I (kept it) in my locker. I’d just walk...

The Who Bound for Super Bowl: Source

Evann Gastaldo — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 12:02:30 CST

The Who may be joining the ranks of recent Super Bowl performers Bruce Springsteen, Paul McCartney, and Prince. A source tells Sports Illustrated the British rockers will play the Feb. 7 halftime show, but an NFL rep says only, “When we have something to announce, we’ll announce it.” The band’s...

Springsteen Delivers Promised Halftime Party

Sun, 01 Feb 2009 20:08:40 CST

Bruce Springsteen looked into the camera tonight and told the people watching at home to "put the chicken fingers down and turn the television all the way up!" Then he proceeded to give the Super Bowl crowd and the millions watching on TV three high-energy Boss standards, with the title...

HS Benches Racy Dance Team

Harry Kimball — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 14:48:01 CST

A Georgia high school dance team has been barred from practicing or performing this year after a provocative routine drew parents' ire, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports. The girls wore skimpy outfits while dancing atop chairs during halftime at a school basketball game. “The team will not perform for the remainder...