Jennifer Lopez on what her Super Bowl performance means in ‘Trump’s America’
5 years, 1 month ago

Jennifer Lopez on what her Super Bowl performance means in ‘Trump’s America’

LA Times  

Jennifer Lopez says it’s important to have two Latina performers headline the Super Bowl halftime show. During a recent roundtable interview with The Times, the “Hustlers” actress talked candidly about performing with the Colombian superstar Shakira at the 2020 Super Bowl halftime show in February. × Jennifer Lopez on what her Super Bowl performance means in ‘Trump’s America’ “I think it’s super important for two Latina women to be headlining the Super Bowl, especially right now in Trump’s America,” she said. I’m a human being.” The two superstar Latinas announced their upcoming halftime collaboration via Twitter in September, with Lopez posting a photo of Shakira and the words: “This is happening.

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Super Bowl 2024: Here are the top celebrities attending football's biggest event
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Super Bowl 2024: Here are the top celebrities attending football's biggest event

Hindustan Times  

Fans are gearing up for football’s biggest night, Super Bowl LVIII, set to be held for the first time at the Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas, Nevada. Taylor Swift and Melissa Etheridge are among several stars who will attend Super Bowl LVIII Several celebrities are already on their way to Vegas to attend pre-game festivities. “The Embassy of Japan in …

Jay-Z brings daughter Blue Ivy to Super Bowl as A-list stars including Bradley Cooper also attend
1 year, 10 months ago

Jay-Z brings daughter Blue Ivy to Super Bowl as A-list stars including Bradley Cooper also attend

Daily Mail  

A host of A-list names descended on Glendale, Arizona, on Sunday for football's biggest night and among them was Hip-Hop mogul Jay-Z who brought along his daughter Blue Ivy, 11, to watch Super Bowl LVII. Pop sensation Billie Eilish, who wore a beige button-down blouse and patterned handkerchief around her neck, was also spotted at the event as she partied …

Rihanna Teases 'Jam-Packed' Super Bowl Halftime Show
1 year, 10 months ago

Rihanna Teases 'Jam-Packed' Super Bowl Halftime Show

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING PHOENIX — Rihanna is putting in the work ahead of her Super Bowl halftime show, focusing so hard on what she promises will be “a jam-packed show” that her upcoming birthday and Valentine’s Day almost slipped her mind. At a media preview Thursday ahead of Sunday’s matchup between the Philadelphia Eagles and Kansas City Chiefs, the music …

Rihanna to Headline Super Bowl Halftime Show
2 years, 3 months ago

Rihanna to Headline Super Bowl Halftime Show

News 18  

Superstar Rihanna will headline the Super Bowl halftime show in February, the main event sponsor Apple Music announced Sunday. @rihanna will take the stage for the first ever Apple Music Super Bowl Halftime Show on 2.12.23," Apple Music said in a tweet featuring a photo of the musician’s raised hand holding a football. Performing at the Super Bowl is an …

Rihanna to headline the next Super Bowl halftime show
2 years, 3 months ago

Rihanna to headline the next Super Bowl halftime show

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — Rihanna will take center stage at February’s Super Bowl halftime show. The singer, who declined to perform in the 2019 Super Bowl halftime show out of solidarity with Colin Kaepernick, will headline the 2023 Super Bowl, the NFL announced Sunday along with Jay-Z’s Roc Nation and Apple Music. After years of Pepsi’s sponsorship, the upcoming halftime show …

Rihanna will headline 2023 Super Bowl halftime show: ‘A generational talent’
2 years, 3 months ago

Rihanna will headline 2023 Super Bowl halftime show: ‘A generational talent’

LA Times  

Rihanna will headline the 2023 Super Bowl halftime show, the National Football League, Apple Music and Roc Nation announced Sunday. “Rihanna is a once in a generation artist who has been a cultural force throughout her career.” The halftime show announcement comes about six years after the singer released her last studio album, “Anti.” Since then, the billionaire entertainer and …

Gloria Estefan Shades Jennifer Lopez Over Super Bowl Halftime Comments
2 years, 6 months ago

Gloria Estefan Shades Jennifer Lopez Over Super Bowl Halftime Comments

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING Gloria’s gonna get you. Gloria Estefan had no qualms about poking a little fun at actor-singer Jennifer Lopez during an episode of “Watch What Happens Live With Andy Cohen” on Tuesday. In her Netflix documentary “Halftime,” Lopez complained about the time constraints of having to share the stage, calling it “the worst idea in the world.” In …

Halftime review: Jennifer Lopez, the insider-outsider
2 years, 6 months ago

Halftime review: Jennifer Lopez, the insider-outsider

Live Mint  

Halftime shows how at 50, Jennifer Lopez is still fighting to be taken seriously for all that she is: actress, singer, dancer, Latina. The documentary follows JLo right after turning 50 in a hectic year where she produced and acted in Hustlers and headlined the Super Bowl halftime performance with Shakira. Halftime shows Lopez getting passed over for an Academy …

'Halftime' Review: A Promising Display of Jennifer Lopez's Triumph & Tenacity
2 years, 6 months ago

'Halftime' Review: A Promising Display of Jennifer Lopez's Triumph & Tenacity

The Quint  

NFL's Super Bowl, which is one of the biggest stages in the entertainment industry for any performer, came out as racially insensitive and disrespectful to a particular community, in 2020, when it got two Latino artists to perform a job that had historically been done by one artist. The controversy erupted when JLo was told by the highest authorities of …

Jennifer Lopez says co-headlining Super Bowl halftime was ‘worst idea in the world’
2 years, 6 months ago

Jennifer Lopez says co-headlining Super Bowl halftime was ‘worst idea in the world’

LA Times  

Shakira, left, and Jennifer Lopez perform onstage during the Super Bowl LIV halftime show at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami on Feb. 2, 2020. Jennifer Lopez was not happy that the NFL made her and Shakira co-headliners at the 2020 Super Bowl halftime show, according to footage from her upcoming Netflix documentary. We have to sing our message.” Lopez then …

Tribeca Festival 2022: Jennifer Lopez documentary Halftime kicks off the film fest
2 years, 6 months ago

Tribeca Festival 2022: Jennifer Lopez documentary Halftime kicks off the film fest

Firstpost  

The Jennifer Lopez documentary Halftime kicked off the 21st Tribeca Festival, launching the annual New York event with an intimate behind-the-scenes portrait of the singer-actor filmed during the tumultuous year she turned 50, co-headlined the Super Bowl and narrowly missed out on an Oscar nomination. You look back at those press junkets for ‘Selena,’ and people on the red carpet …

Jennifer Lopez and ‘Halftime’ kick off Tribeca Festival
2 years, 6 months ago

Jennifer Lopez and ‘Halftime’ kick off Tribeca Festival

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — The Jennifer Lopez documentary “Halftime” kicked off the 21st Tribeca Festival, launching the annual New York event with an intimate behind-the-scenes portrait of the singer-actor filmed during the tumultuous year she turned 50, co-headlined the Super Bowl and narrowly missed out on an Oscar nomination. But after a scuttled 2020 edition and a largely outdoor 2021 festival …

Jennifer Lopez doc ‘Halftime’ to open Tribeca Festival
2 years, 8 months ago

Jennifer Lopez doc ‘Halftime’ to open Tribeca Festival

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — A Netflix documentary about Jennifer Lopez titled “Halftime” will kick off the 21st Tribeca Festival. Organizers said “Halftime” follows Lopez “as she reflects on her milestones and evolution as an artist and navigates the second half of her career.” In 2020, Lopez hosted the Super Bowl halftime show alongside Shakira. Tribeca opened last year in the same …

Super Bowl halftime show draws praise, tears from US Latinos
4 years, 11 months ago

Super Bowl halftime show draws praise, tears from US Latinos

Associated Press  

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — When the Super Bowl halftime show began, Yol-Itzma Aguirre and her relatives watched with anticipation. During her performance, Lopez brought out a dual Puerto Rican-American flag while her daughter sang the lyrics to Bruce Springsteen’s “Born in the U.S.A.” Her daughter and other children with American flags on their shirts had emerged from what appeared to be …

¿Por qué las actuaciones de Jennifer López y Shakira han generado tanto escándalo en medio de los aplausos?
4 years, 11 months ago

¿Por qué las actuaciones de Jennifer López y Shakira han generado tanto escándalo en medio de los aplausos?

LA Times  

Shakira y Jennifer López durante su presentación en el Medio Tiempo del National Football League’s Super Bowl LIV en el Hard Rock Stadium de Miami Gardens, Florida. EFE/EPA/JOHN G. MABANGLO En momentos en que las redes sociales han explotado con memes y críticas tras la reciente celebración del Super Bowl donde los Chiefs de Kansas City vencieron a San Francisco …

Photos: J Lo and Shakira project power of women at Super Bowl showcase
4 years, 11 months ago

Photos: J Lo and Shakira project power of women at Super Bowl showcase

Hindustan Times  

Photos: J Lo and Shakira project power of women at Super Bowl showcase Jennifer Lopez and Shakira brought Latina star power to Sunday's Super Bowl halftime show, delivering a medley of pop hits and hip-shaking choreography on one of the world's glitziest stages. Dressed in a sequined, ruby-red outfit with matching boots, Shakira led her team of dancers through snippets …

Super Bowl halftime show review: Shakira and J-Lo's high-octane performance proves women do it best
4 years, 11 months ago

Super Bowl halftime show review: Shakira and J-Lo's high-octane performance proves women do it best

The Independent  

Sign up to Roisin O’Connor’s free weekly newsletter Now Hear This for the inside track on all things music Get our Now Hear This email for free Get our Now Hear This email for free SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Jennifer Lopez and Shakira didn’t so much erase as …

Shakira and Jennifer Lopez stun in a stealthily political Super Bowl halftime show
4 years, 11 months ago

Shakira and Jennifer Lopez stun in a stealthily political Super Bowl halftime show

Salon  

No matter what else happened at the halftime show for Super Bowl LIV, that wagging tongue was destined to get everyone talking. It was a shout-out to the culture, one of many during Sunday's 15 minute performance in which Shakira shared the stage with Jennifer Lopez, together making history as the first time two Latinas headlined a Super Bowl halftime …

Super Bowl 2020 ads were a major letdown. (But not Lil Nas X)
4 years, 11 months ago

Super Bowl 2020 ads were a major letdown. (But not Lil Nas X)

LA Times  

Bill Murray, Chris Rock. still Apple’s “1984.” But there were a few standouts that made the 2020 advertising event worth sitting through a football game. Quicken’s Rocket Mortgage ad featured “Aquaman” Momoa on what it means to unwind at home and be himself — shedding his muscle-man facade and wig to reveal a skinny, bald guy who can’t lift a …

Jennifer Lopez and Shakira star in hip-shaking, pole-dancing, history-making Super Bowl halftime show
4 years, 11 months ago

Jennifer Lopez and Shakira star in hip-shaking, pole-dancing, history-making Super Bowl halftime show

LA Times  

Jennifer Lopez and Shakira fused old-school razzle-dazzle with an of-the-moment sense of Latin American pride as the historic halftime performers during Sunday’s Super Bowl LIV at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami. For “Whenever, Wherever,” the Colombian singer’s breakthrough hit from 2001, Shakira bellydanced before bringing out Bad Bunny, the Latin trap superstar, to do his verse from “I Like It” …

Jennifer Lopez and Shakira vow ‘empowering’ halftime show
4 years, 11 months ago

Jennifer Lopez and Shakira vow ‘empowering’ halftime show

Associated Press  

MIAMI — Jennifer Lopez and Shakira said their Super Bowl halftime show will pay homage to Latino culture, promising a joint performance that has an empowering message and also one that will remember NBA icon Kobe Bryant. Lopez and Shakira on Thursday held a press conference before Sunday’s big game in Miami, telling media they worked hard to put together …

From marching bands to The Boss to Lady Gaga at halftime
4 years, 11 months ago

From marching bands to The Boss to Lady Gaga at halftime

Associated Press  

MIAMI — Regardless of your musical tastes, it seems the Super Bowl halftime show has gone there. “You kind of tune in to the Super Bowl to be surprised,” said Peter O’Reilly, the NFL’s senior vice president of events, “in terms of what can happen, whether it’s the renditions of the national anthem and `America The Beautiful,’ the pregame, halftime.. …

J. Lo, Shakira to perform at Super Bowl halftime show
5 years, 3 months ago

J. Lo, Shakira to perform at Super Bowl halftime show

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — Jennifer Lopez and Shakira are going to bring the heat to the 2020 Pepsi Super Bowl Halftime Show. Lopez released her multi-hit debut in 1999 and topped the Billboard Hot 100 chart with songs like “If You Had My Love,” ’'All I Have” and the remixes of “I’m Real” and “Ain’t It Funny.” Lopez recently wrapped up …

Jennifer Lopez and Shakira confirmed to perform at Super Bowl halftime show
5 years, 3 months ago

Jennifer Lopez and Shakira confirmed to perform at Super Bowl halftime show

Daily Mail  

Jennifer Lopez and Shakira are going to bring the heat to the 2020 Pepsi Super Bowl Halftime Show. It's official: Jennifer Lopez and Shakira will perform at the 2020 Pepsi Super Bowl Halftime Show The singers, who have released music in Spanish and English, will perform on February 2 at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens, Florida. A dream come …

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