What would a Super Bowl halftime show be without a little controversy, right?
While all boobs remained in place, and no wardrobes malfunctioned, during the Madonna-based performance tonight, rapper M.I.A. - who joined The Material Girl and Nicki Minaj on stage for a rendition of "Give Me All Your Luvin" - is making headlines for the exposure of another body part.
She raised her middle finger to a NBC camera.
In a couple hilarious statements, the NFL first wrote of the gesture and image above:
“There was a failure in NBC’s delay system. The obscene gesture in the performance was completely inappropriate, very disappointing, and we apologize to our fans.”
This, naturally, led to a response from NBC, which reads: “The NFL hired the talent and produced the halftime show. Our system was late to obscure the inappropriate gesture and we apologize to our viewers.”
So, should M.I.A. get fined for the move? Of course. Not because it's especially lewd, simply because it's such an incredibly lame cry for attention.
It's official, isn't it, America? The day of the funny, original Super Bowl commercial is over.
While tonight's Giants versus Patriots game featured serious fourth quarter drama, the breaks in between the action produced... more lame naked girl teases from GoDaddy? More Polar Bears from Coca Cola? More of that E TRADE baby?
Did any spot really make you laugh? Will any stand out 24 hours from now? Yeah. We didn't think so, either.
Review a number of the Super Bowl XLVI commercials below and prepare yourselves already for Super Bowl XLVII - by lowering your expectations.
Taylor Kitsch will try to save the world on a couple of occasions. Sacha Baron Cohen will try to run a country.
And, of course, Katniss Everdeen will be awesome.
While most of the Super Bowl XLVI commercials were downright awful - Polar Bear again, Coca-Cola? More naked women, GoDaddy? - movie fans were at least treated to a number of extended looks at a few upcoming blockbusters. View them here and then vote on the one that has you most excited:
With all due respect to Eli Manning, might Madonna have put on the best performance of Super Bowl XLVI?
The legendary singer mashed up a number of songs over the course of 12-plus minutes, possibly lip-synching a great deal, but also pulling out a number of fun numbers, including one that involved some incredibly limber, acrobat-like dancers over a set of makeshift bleachers.
Nicki Minaj also stopped by. So did Cee Lo Green, LMFAO and M.I.A. The Material Girl hit the classics ("Vogue, "Music") and her new one, "Give Me All Your Lovin," showing great energy for a woman her age.
Watch the halftime show now and sound off below with your thoughts:
She didn't forget any lyrics, don any especially tight clothing or hold the final note for 45 seconds.
Instead, Kelly Clarkson simply did what she did best prior to Super Bowl XLVI tonight: she showed off an incredible voice, clocking in the national anthem at just under one minute and 34 seconds (for those of us who may or may not have wagered on its length).
Were you impressed by the performance? Did Kelly nail or or fail it? Watch Clarkson honor America now:
It's official: Simon Cowell has not completely cleaned house on The X Factor.
With Nicole Scherzinger, Paula Abdul and Steve Jones all out of the Fox singing competition, the network announced today that iconic music producer L.A. Reid would be back for season two.
The question, of course, remains: who will join Reid and Cowell on the show's panel? Mariah Carey has been a rumored name for weeks, with the latest chatter surrounding Beyonce and a ridiculous offer Simon supposedly made to Blue Ivy's mom.
In related news, the prayers of men across the country have come true: this super duper model is topless in a new ad for Versace!
The Brazilian beauty is the face - or body, really - of that label's spring/summer collection and posed for this black and white shot in Borrego Spring, California.
A denim jacket, sadly, is covering Gisele's most important body parts, which brings up the most important question: Will the Patriots cover their spread over the Giants?
The venerable host-pimp of ABC's guilty pleasure reality franchise says he deeply regrets what unfolded on Ashley Hebert's season of The Bachelorette.
Chris Harrison learned a key lesson from the Bentley Williams debacle and that's why he's intervening in a big way on The Bachelor tomorrow night.
Bentley's deceit about his intentions, not to mention his being a complete d!ck, eventually led to heartbreak for Ash. Chris takes part of the blame.
"I didn't go far enough in talking to [Ashley Hebert] about Bentley," he says. "I warned her and I took some steps. But I don't think I went far enough."
Sometimes a pimp's gotta step up to the plate and reprimand his employees.
Tomorrow night, Harrison takes firmer steps to prevent a repeat with current Bachelor star Ben Flajnik, as teased in a preview of this week's episode (below).
Harrison arrives in Panama City, Panama, where Ben is wooing the remaining women, to drop a bomb that evidently leaves Casey Shteamer bawling.
"There's something that happens with Ben in Panama, where I got to kind of, you know, rectify that situation and do the right thing," Harrison said.
"In that speech to him and the girl that's involved, I actually said, you know what, I made a mistake [last] season, so I'm not going to do it here."
The Bachelor spoilers we've read have hinted at this for weeks now, but it looks like the show is full-on admitting it early. Its Facebook page teases:
"Soon it will be revealed that one bachelorette still has a boyfriend ... Who do you think it is?" We're gonna guess Casey S. Just a thought ...
Results show Mitt Romney winning the 2012 Nevada caucuses by a sizable margin, giving him his third victory in the race for the GOP presidential nomination.
With 71 percent of precincts reporting, Romney has 47 percent to Newt Gingrich's 23 percent and Ron Paul's 19 percent, with Rick Santorum at 11 percent.
In his victory speech from Las Vegas, Romney made clear that he's looking ahead to the general election, focusing his remarks on President Obama.
"Four years ago candidate Obama came to Nevada promising to help," he said. "Mr. President, Nevada has had enough of your kind of help," he said.
"We're not going to settle for a president who tells us it could be worse," he added, trying to downplay recent job gains and the drop in unemployment.
A victory in Nevada leaves Romney primed for what should be a strong month for him: Six more states vote in February, and he won four of them in 2008.
Still, the race is far from over. Not including Nevada's delegates, which will be awarded proportionally, Romney has just 80 of the 1,144 needed at this point.
If someone were to start pulling off some upset wins - not out of the question in this fluid cycle - on or before Super Tuesday (March 6), we could have a race.
According to an E! News insider, the troubled actress - who was rushed to the hospital on January 23 for "smoking something," based on the 911 call placed on her behalf - has checked in to Cirque Lodge, an expensive treatment facility in Sundance, Utah.
"She's on total lockdown and only talking to a small group of people," the source says, adding that the actress is being treated for an eating disorder and addiction issues.
Moore had reportedly been consulting with her spiritual adviser and, some claimed, even a psychic before making this decision.
Cirque Lodge, meanwhile, is known as a posh facility whose resume of famous clientele includes Lindsay Lohan, Eva Mendes and Mary-Kate Olsen.
