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Netflix is famously coy about releasing viewership stats.

But in light of the Super Bowl, the streaming service subtly dropped on Twitter that numbers are down because everyone’s watching the big game.

What’s surprising though, is that numbers in the U.S. are only down 32 percent compared to a normal Sunday. And look, maybe it’s because of how dull the big game is this year. 

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The rumored halftime tribute to SpongeBob SquarePants actually happened, but now some people are disappointed by how it turned out.

Maroon 5’s painful Super Bowl halftime show performance was mercifully interrupted by Squidward, who conducted a marching band of Bikini Bottom residents. As the band built up into a crescendo, Travis Scott inexplicably flew into the stadium via meteorite. 

Yeah, it makes absolutely no sense. 

And after the major online push to play “Sweet Victory” in honor of SpongeBob SquarePants’ late creator Stephen Hillenburg, fans were angry that the tribute barely lasted more than a few seconds. Read more…

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It’s a question that keeps popping up for Jack Dorsey.

In an interview with Joe Rogan over the weekend, the Twitter CEO floated how editable tweets, an oft-requested feature, would work on the platform. 

“You could build it as such so maybe we introduce a 5-second to 30-second delay in the sending,” Dorsey told the program. 

“And within that window, you can edit. The issue with going longer than that is it takes that real-time nature of the conversational flow out of it.”

Dorsey also revealed that Twitter was looking into making sure users could see the original tweet. Read more…

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There is no band more consistently, doggedly embarrassing in America than Maroon 5. 

Their halftime performance at Super Bowl LIII was no exception. Viewers were subjected to Adam Levine’s exposed, erect nipples and guitar solos fit for a middle school battle of the bands.

Nobody captured this cultural collapse better than Twitter.

I’m sorry, but you just can’t have Adam Levine hopping to a hip-hop beat like he’s at a ska show — then crooning with an *actually* talented gospel choir  — and not expect people to mock it. It’s part of our cultural algorithm. Read more…

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What is it with nipples at the Super Bowl?

During Sunday’s halftime show, Maroon 5’s Adam Levine decided to take his shirt off for the crowd, because something was necessary to liven up the musical equivalent of a jar of mayonnaise. 

The problem? The Super Bowl halftime show has a storied history — with all the pearl clutching over Janet Jackson’s nipple more than a decade ago. Justin Timberlake, who exposed Janet’s nipple in 2004, returned to the Super Bowl last year and fans were quick to slam him. And now it’s Levine’s turn to feel the heat.

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Maroon 5 and Travis Scott really went and did a tribute to SpongeBob during their Super Bowl LII performance. 

Travis Scott opened his performance of “Sicko Mode” with scenes from SpongeBob’s iconic rendition of “Sweet Victory.” 

It’s the crossover you never knew you wanted. 

SpongeBob SquarePants fans launched a Change.org petition in November 2018 after the death of Stephen Hillenburg, who created the beloved series, calling for artists to perform “Sweet Victory” in his honor. The song is from a 2001 episode where the sea creatures performed at the “Bubble Bowl,” and the petition got more than 1.2 million signatures.  Read more…

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Jordan Peele has stepped well into Rod Serling’s shoes in a new teaser for the upcoming reboot of The Twilight Zone.

The latest TV spot for the CBS series dropped during the Super Bowl on Sunday. Although it didn’t give too much away, the sound of those unmistakeable theme song notes will be enough to get fans old and new geared up.

Peele, the host and showrunner for the series, is seen in the iconic narrator role for the first time, wandering through Atlanta’s Mercedes-Benz Stadium, emptied of Super Bowl fans.  Read more…

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Game of Thrones has been teasing Season 8 for months, and the hints kept coming during the 2019 Super Bowl.

Ok, ok, it was an ad for Bud Light, but we’re desperate here!

The footage showed a Westeros battle between a The Mountain-esque figure and someone else donning Bud Light gear :(. Then a fire-breathing dragon showed up and the iconic theme music began.

Game of Thrones returns April 14. Bud Light is available…always?  Read more…

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Super Bowl LII isn’t even over and we already have an MVP.

Ahead of the kickoff on Sunday night, Oakland Raiders running back Marshawn Lynch stole the show during the presentation of the Walter Payton Man of the Year award. 

As the camera panned across the players gathered on the field for the presentation, it caught Lynch — decked out in a branded sweatsuit from his apparel line — sitting down, while everyone else around him was standing

He was also seen trying to avoid the camera during a speech by another player, J.J. Watt, by hiding behind Watt’s head. Read more…

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Higher. Further. Faster. 

Before Avengers: Endgame comes to wreak havoc on the lives of the superheroes we already know, Captain Marvel will step up to introduce a brand-new hero. 

Brie Larson plays Carol Danvers, an Earthling who gained some powers but lost her memory, and now finds herself back on her home planet trying to recapture her murky past. Also, there’s a two-eyed Nick Fury (Samuel L. Jackson) and a really cute cat! What’s not to love?

Captain Marvel arrives in theaters March 8. Read more…

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