Skip to main content

Posts

Showing posts with the label #Halftime

The Serious Message in Shakira and J. Lo’s Halftime Show

#Shakira #JenniferLopez #Halftime #Superbowl This was a halftime show split in half, almost at war with itself. For the first part, the great whirling Shakira kept low to the ground and close to the body.  The 43-year-old Colombian phenom appeared on a platform but quickly descended to the level of her dancers, where tassels and hips swayed by gravity-bound logic: side to side, forward then back. Shakira’s wide-ranging pop, viewers were reminded, emphasizes folksy, storied, place-specific lineages such as cumbia, reggaeton, and Latin rock. It showcases tangible instruments: brass, violins, a guitar she shredded so theatrically that her orchestra answered with a snatch of Led Zeppelin.  Red—fire and blood and sex—washed across her staging. It was a celebration of flash but not glitz, and of pulsation rather than pounding. You were welcome to shimmy along, if you could keep up. Then came Jennifer Lopez, the 50-year-old American multimedia celeb of Puer...

Ex-New England Patriots' Rob Gronkowski makes Los Angeles Lakers debut at halftime show

#RobGronkowski #SerenaWilliams #Jamescorden #Halftime #Lakers Former New England Patriots’ tight end Rob Gronkowski may have hung up his jersey in March, but the three-time Super Bowl champion took center court at the Staples Center Tuesday night to try his hand at something new. Dressed in a bright yellow uniform with gold trim, the 6’6” 265-pound former pro danced alongside the Laker Girls during the half of the Los Angeles Lakers - Oklahoma City Thunder matchup. An enthusiastic Gronk appeared to hit (almost) every move. He was also joined by tennis pro Venus Williams and comedian James Corden. Gronkowski’s appearance at the Staples Center came hours after he announced that, despite retiring from the NFL in March, he will be hosting a Super Bowl party in Miami. “I may not be playing the game this year, but I will still be going to Miami and I'm going to be debuting my very own music festival and its Gronk Beach,” he said. “I mean, you can't ask for ...