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Bad Bunny performs onstage during the Apple Music Super Bowl LX Halftime Show (Neilson Barnard/Getty Images)

Bad Bunny's all-American halftime show

Melanie McFarland
Turning Point USA CEO Erika Kirk is promoting the organization's "All-American Halftime Show." (Caylo Seals/Getty Images)

MAGA's alt halftime looks like a flop

Amanda Marcotte
Eminem performs during the Pepsi Super Bowl LVI Halftime Show at SoFi Stadium on February 13, 2022 in Inglewood, California. (Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images)

NFL tried & failed to censor halftime

Joy Saha
Shakira and Jennifer Lopez perform onstage during the Pepsi Super Bowl LIV Halftime Show at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami. (Jeff Kravitz/FilmMagic/Getty Images)

Stealth politics of the halftime show

Melanie McFarland
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Cardi B (AP/Evan Agostini)

Cardi B won’t perform at Super Bowl

Daniel Kreps - Rolling Stone

Brendan Gauthier
Beyoncé in the "Formation" video

Beyoncé haters don't get it

Priscilla Ward
Coldplay (AP/Jack Plunkett)

How Coldplay became cool

Annie Zaleski
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Daniel D'Addario
(Reuters/Carlo Allegri)

Super Bowl's halftime problem

Daniel D'Addario
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