Adam Levine’s nipples
The Maroon 5 frontman took off his shirt midway through the halftime show last night, inspiring plenty of memes but also reminding some people of the Janet Jackson controversy in 2004.
Super Bowl LIII
The New England Patriots beat the Los Angeles Rams 13-3 last night, and the 16 combined points set a record for the lowest-scoring game in Super Bowl history. The win gave the Patriots their sixth Super Bowl – tying them with the Steelers for the most ever. Tom Brady became the only NFL player ever to have six Super Bowl rings. Julian Edelman won Super Bowl MVP.
The Rams’ male cheerleaders
Napoleon Jinnies and Quinton Peron became the first male cheerleaders in the history of the NFL to perform at the Super Bowl.
Groundhog Day
On Saturday, Punxsutawney Phil did NOT see his shadow, which means an early spring. Of course, Phil is historically right only about 40% of the time.
Facebook
The social media platform is celebrating its 15
th
birthday. In 2004, 19-year-old Harvard undergraduate Mark Zuckerberg launched a website called ‘TheFacebook’, which served as an online directory for fellow students. It’s since grown to 2.32 billion users – almost one third of the world’s population, becoming one of the biggest technology companies on the planet and making Zuckerberg the fifth wealthiest person living on it.
Ralph Northam
The Virginia governor is facing controversy after a racist photo in his medical school yearbook surfaced. Northam initially apologized for being in the photo, then later said he did not believe he was pictured. Several Democrats have called for his resignation, but he has refused to leave office.
The Box Office
Domestic ticket sales plummeted to an estimated $68 million-$70 million — the worst showing for Super Bowl weekend in 19 years, and among the top 20 slowest weekends of any time since 1997.
Glass
and
The Upside
stayed atop the chart in their third and fourth weeks, after facing little competition from
Miss Bala
, the weekend’s only new release.
Rosemary Mariner
Captain Mariner, who served for 24 years and is the first woman to ever command an operational air squadron in the U.S. Navy and one of the first women ever to pilot a tactical jet aircraft, died on January 24
th
at the age of 65 of ovarian cancer. She was honored with the Navy’s first-ever all-female flyover at her funeral over the weekend.
