Post Malone, Shane Gillis and Peyton Manning star in Bud Light’s ‘Keg’ Super Bowl ad (Courtesy Anheuser-Busch)
USA Today is out with its annual Ad Meter ranking of Super Bowl commercials, which was based on votes by nearly 200,000 registered panelists. Many of this year’s ads featured famous musicians in some way, but only one of those ended up in the top 10 of USA Today‘s ranking.
Post Malone’s Bud Light ad, “Keg,” came in at #9 on the ranking of 54 Super Bowl ads this year. In the spot, Posty, Peyton Manning and Shane Gillis attend a wedding, where all the guests begin chasing a runaway keg of Bud Light down a hill.
The next most-popular ad involving a pop star was Redfin X Rocket Mortgage’s “America Needs Neighbors Like You,” which was soundtracked by Lady Gaga’s version of the Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood theme. That one ranked #12. Right next to it at #13 was the State Farm Insurance spot “Stop Livin’ on a Prayer,” set to the classic Bon Jovi song and featuring a cameo from Jon Bon Jovi.
All the way down at #49 was Charli XCX’s ad for Poppi soda. Coming in last at #54 was the Coinbase ad that consisted of the lyrics of the Backstreet Boys’ hit “Everybody (Backstreet’s Back)” flashed onscreen in retro karaoke graphics.
Joe Don Rooney, Jay DeMarcus and Gary LeVox of Rascal Flatts perform on the Life Is a Highway Tour at Bridgestone Arena on February 05, 2026 in Nashville. (Catherine Powell/Getty Images)
Rascal Flatts learned they’ve officially hit the 10 million mark when it comes to album sales during their Nashville stop on their Life Is a Highway Tour.
Big Machine label head Scott Borchetta surprised the trio with a plaque during their Thursday night show at Bridgestone Arena, their first headlining gig in Music City in more than a decade.
Gary LeVox, Jay DeMarcus and Joe Don Rooney also found out their hits “I Won’t Let Go” and “I Like the Sound of That” have been certified double Platinum, while “Yours If You Want It” has just gone Platinum.
The trio’s midway through the second leg of their tour with Lauren Alaina and Chris Lane. Next up, they play Duluth, Georgia, on Thursday, with nine shows on the itinerary before they wrap Feb. 28 in Buffalo, New York.
Don Henley of The Eagles performs live on stage at Gelredome on June 13 in Arnhem, Netherlands. (Photo by Paul Bergen/Redferns)
The Eagles have several shows booked for 2026, but time may be running out to see them live. During an interview with CBS Sunday Morning, Don Henley indicated that this year will be the last for the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame group.
“You know, I think this year will probably be it,” he said. “And I’ve said things like that before, but I feel like we’re getting toward the end. And that will be fine too.”
When asked again if 2026 was truly the end of the Eagles, he replied, “I think so, yeah. And I’m OK with that.”
And while Henley said he often has to psych himself up to play the same songs he’s played for 50 years every night, he noted there’s a good reason he does it.
“You know it’s not about us, it’s about what (the songs) mean to the people we’re playing them for and therefore you have to play them every night with your heart in it, and you do it because of those people out there,” he said. “What makes us happy is that we make other people happy. We say that music is medicine and people need some medicine right now.”
Eagles return to the Sphere Las Vegas on Feb. 20, with shows booked through March 28. They will also play New Orleans Jazz Fest on May 2. A complete list of dates can be found at Eagles.com.
Taylor Frankie Paul stars as the lead of ‘The Bachelorette’ season 22. (Disney/Michael Kirchoff)
Taylor Frankie Paul is ready to embrace her authentic self in the first promo for The Bachelorette season 22.
The star of Hulu’s reality series The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives takes on the role of The Bachelorette in the upcoming season, which premieres March 22 on ABC and streams the next day on Hulu.
The minute-long teaser finds Paul strutting through a hallway that displays many phone screens with news headlines about her life and comments displayed under videos she has made.
Taylor Swift’s reputation track “Look What You Made Me Do” plays as Paul says in a voice-over, “People say I do it all for attention. Millions of likes, and I didn’t like myself.”
We then see clips of Paul navigating the aftermath of her relationship with her ex-partner Dakota Mortensen.
“I have trouble admitting that I deserve better. He cheated. I’m angry at myself because I knew he was lying,” Paul says. “Am I worthy of love? Is it even possible? As a single mom, I want to better myself.”
The trailer ends with Paul breaking a phone screen with her high heel, before stepping through the screen in an outfit of sweatpants, a cropped long sleeve shirt and red Crocs.
“Maybe all I need to do is be my own true self and have a little faith,” Paul says.
A brand-new poster for the upcoming season was also released. It finds Paul emerging from the cellophane of what resembles a Barbie box. She holds a red rose and is outfitted in the same red dress from the teaser. The box includes accessories, such as red Crocs, children’s blocks that spell out the word “MOM” and a book that says “The Book of More Men” on its cover.
The poster features the tagline, “if you don’t fit the mold, break it.”
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Coco Jones represented Black culture at Sunday’s Super Bowl pregame ceremony with a rendition of “Lift Every Voice and Sing” aka the Black national anthem. She paid homage to Whitney Houston, putting a spin on the late singer’s outfit from the 1991 Super Bowl pregame ceremony, when Whitney performed the national anthem. The custom look was designed by Karl Kani.
While fans assumed Cardi B would be in attendance, she appeared in an unexpected way. She joined Bad Bunny during his halftime show performance and was seen dancing alongside Karol G, Alix Earle and Pedro Pascal.
Speaking of halftime performers, Chris Brown made it clear he’s ready for his turn. After Bad Bunny performed, Chris wrote on his Instagram Story, “I THINK ITS SAFE TO SAY.. THEY NEED ME!”
Jay-Z also made an appearance, joined by daughters Blue Ivy and Rumi Carter. Continuing their tradition, he snapped his annual photo of Blue jumping in the air; Rumi was seen taking her own as well.
50 Cent released another DoorDash ad, reacting to the New England Patriots’ loss against the Seattle Seahawks. “Hey. Sorry, New England,” Fif said in the video. “I know it’s tough to lose. Well, actually I don’t. But just because you lost the game doesn’t mean you have to lose the beef.” The ad announced a 50% discount for select cities in New England.
Lainey Wilson and Vince Gill at the 77th Primetime Emmy Awards at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles, CA, Sunday, Sept. 14, 2025. (Myung J. Chun / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)
Lainey Wilson joins Vince Gill on the title track of his new EP, Down at the Borderline, which comes out Friday.
This is the fourth in the Country Music Hall of Famer’s yearlong series of EPs titled 50 Years from Home, commemorating a half century since he left Oklahoma to chase his musical dreams.
Vince and Lainey previously collaborated on the 77th Primetime Emmy Awards in September, debuting a new extended version of “Go Rest High on That Mountain” during the show’s in memoriam segment.
Vince is also adding 13 new July and August dates to his tour schedule, which go on sale Friday as well.
Graham Norton attending the ITV Palooza at the Barbican Hall in central London, Nov. 11, 2025. (Ben Whitley/PA Images via Getty Images)
Now that Taylor Swift’s video for “Opalite” has been released, Graham Norton, the U.K. chat show host whose guests provided the cast of the video, is relieved that he can finally stop keeping it secret.
In the latest episode of his podcast Wanging On, Graham revealed that he filmed his parts in the video at the end of November and has been dying to tell someone ever since.
“I’m so in awe of myself, and I came some close [to spilling the tea],” he said.
While Graham did tell his husband, he revealed, “At New Year’s Eve, I was with a gaggle of gays and I just thought, ‘This is so good, surely it’ll be out in a minute, surely I can tell them.’ And then I thought, ‘No, I mustn’t. I mustn’t.’ So I didn’t.”
“So, apologies to all the people I could’ve given this juicy piece of gossip to, but I’m available now and will sing like a canary!”
Graham also said that Taylor, who wrote and directed the video, is a “marvelous” director, adding, “It was like a movie shoot. … It was a big budget … and that stress could get to you, but because she doesn’t [get stressed], the atmosphere all day was just lovely.”
As previously reported, last year Taylor appeared on the Graham Norton Show with Lewis Capaldi, Cillian Murphy, Domhnall Gleeson, Greta Lee and Jodi Turner-Smith. At one point during the show, Domhall joked about getting a part in one of her videos, which gave her the idea to cast all of them in the clip.
Dave Grohl and company have shared another video featuring different clips of what sounds like new songs smashed together. Throughout the video, which was posted to the Foos’ Facebook, the phrase “Here we go again” continually pops up on the screen.
“Of a broken broadcast system,” the post’s caption reads.
The Foos previously posted a teaser video earlier in February. That one featured the phrase “Do you want more???” alongside the caption, “This is just a test.”
The most recent Foo Fighters album is 2023’s But Here We Are. In 2025, they put out two new singles, “Today’s Song” and “Asking for a Friend,” and recruited a new drummer, Nine Inch Nails’ Ilan Rubin, after parting ways with Josh Freese.
In between teasing new Foos tunes, Grohl attended Super Bowl 60 Sunday at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, California. The NFL posted footage Grohl in the crowd, who started chugging a beer when he realized he was on camera.
Grohl will be back in stadiums with Foo Fighters when they launch a U.S. tour in August.
Nurses and supporters picket during a strike at Mount Sinai West Hospital in New York, US, on Tuesday, Jan. 20, 2026. Bing Guan/Bloomberg via Getty Images
(NEW YORK) — The largest nursing strike in New York City could be nearing the end as thousands of nurses reached tentative agreements with some hospitals, according to the nurses’ union.
Approximately 10,500 members of the New York State Nurses Association (NYSNA) reached agreements with Montefiore, Mount Sinai Hospital and Mount Sinai Morningside and West, NYSNA said in an announcement on Monday morning
The nurses will hold ratification votes and then return to work this week, the union said in the announcement.
Some 4,200 nurses are continuing to strike at NewYork-Presbyterian, with no agreement reached yet.
This is a developing story. Please check back for updates.
Footage newly obtained by ABC News appears to show the moment that the man suspected of opening fire at Brown University in December fled the Ivy League campus following the tragic incident. Rhode Island Attorney General’s Office
(PROVIDENCE, R.I.) — Body-worn camera footage from the chaotic scene on Dec. 13 at Brown University shows police clearing the Barus and Holley Building on campus following the deadly mass shooting on campus.
The heavily redacted footage, the police and fire reports, and 911 calls were released after numerous public records requests were made to the city in the days after the shooting.
The 20-minute video shows a police officer directing other officers to clear the building and telling people to get down. It also shows the moments just after the shooting, when police from the Providence Police Department and Rhode Island State Police rushed in.
“As of now, we have no idea who this person could be,” one officer says. They wouldn’t know until days later who the alleged shooter was.
The alleged killer, Claudio Neves Valente, opened fire on a study group at Brown’s engineering and physics building, killing two students and injuring nine others, before fatally shooting MIT professor Nuno Loureiro, at his home in Brookline, Massachusetts, two days later, authorities said.
Neves Valente was found dead from a self-inflicted gunshot wound inside a storage unit on Dec. 18, officials said.
Also in the new video released, authorities are searching the building when the call comes over the radio, “we have multiple victims.”
“Let’s get these rescues in,” the officer can be heard saying.
Ella Cook, of Alabama, a sophomore at Brown, and MukhammadAziz Umurzokov, a U.S. dual citizen from Uzbekistan, who was in his first semester, were the two students killed during the shooting.
The police report mirrors the court records that were released after the suspect was found dead, but it also includes stark new details from when detectives showed the image of the shooter to two of the shooting victims.
“[Redacted] said she got a good look at the suspect. When provided with a photo of the suspect, [redacted] quickly froze, physically pushed back, and became emotional. She was observed to be tearing up and shaking. She then confirmed that the image showed the shooter,” the report said.
“Detectives then spoke with [redacted], who indicated that he was in close proximity to the shooter when he was shot. Detectives presented [redacted] with the same still image as [redacted] and a second close-up image of the suspect from the same camera source,” the report continued. “Upon observing these two photos, [redacted] took a deep breath, shut his eyes, changed his breathing pattern, and confirmed that the shooter he saw in the hallway appeared to be the person in the photos presented. Detectives met [redacted] with and presented him with the image of the suspect. [Redacted] also identified that the suspect in the images was the shooter.”
In another 911 call, an officer with the Brown University Police Department calls the Providence Police Department as chaos unfolds in the background.
“This is Brown University Police, we have confirmed gunshots at 184 Hope Street,” the officer says. In the background, you can hear a woman who is concerned about a victim reassuring them it’ll be OK.
