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UPDATED, 9:16 AM: The final numbers are in and Super Bowl LVI was a big winner for more than just the Los Angeles Rams . NBC and the NFL are likely doing cartwheels in the end zone with Sunday’s championship game delivering a whopping 112.3 million viewers across NBC, Telemundo, Peacock, NBC Sports Digital, NFL Digital platforms and Yahoo Sports mobile properties. Or to put it another way, the total audience delivery for the 2022 Super Bowl is up over the TAD for 2021 Super Bowl by more than 16%. Streaming a Super Bowl for the first time, Peacock saw the best digital results ever for the NFL’s big game, according to NBC Sports. It all adds up to the most watched Super Bowl since the 114.4 million who tuned in to NBC for 2015’s game between the wining New England Patriots and the Seattle Seahawks. The widely praised and ever-so-slightly political halftime show from Dr Dre, Eminem, Mary J Blige, Snoop Dogg and Kendrick Lamar was a top 10 hit too. Up 7% from last … [Read more...] about Super Bowl Total Viewership Tops 112 Million For NBC & NFL With L.A. Rams’ Hometown Win – Update

If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission. Birkenstocks have made a major comeback in recent years. The best Birkenstocks have ascended from hippie uniform to off-duty style staples and beyond, making appearances on magazine covers and on the feet of fashion week elites and normal stylish folks alike. In hindsight, the recent Birkenstock takeover makes sense: The sandals are at the intersection of classic Seventies style and “ugly-cool” shoe trends — plus, they’re part of everyone’s continuous push towards a more laidback, casual wardrobe. With premium materials and chic color options, Birkenstocks look great with everything from shorts to tailored designer clothing. Plus, stylish people have been bucking the stigma of socks with sandals by wearing their Birks in the winter with pants, a jacket, and a thick pair of socks. However, anyone who’s owned Birkenstocks knows that the … [Read more...] about RS Recommends: The Best Birkenstock Sandals We’re Wearing Right Now

Instagram / @obj Odell Beckham Jr. is making sure the apple doesn't fall too far from the tree -- the NFL superstar is already teaching his 3-month-old son how to hold a football ... and channeling "Remember the Titans" in the process!! The Super Bowl champ shared the adorable father-son moment on Monday ... placing a toy football on Zydn's right forearm and armpit to ensure it doesn't leave his grasp. "You drop a ball, you run a mile," the 29-year-old said. Of course, Beckham is doing his best Herman Boone impression -- who can forget Denzel Washington 's iconic speech in the 2000 flick?? But, Odell knows what it takes to be great -- at Isidore Newman School in New Orleans, he played receiver, quarterback, running back and corner ... and was also a beast in basketball, soccer and track & field (just like his mom). OBJ went on to play for the LSU Tigers and was drafted by the NY Giants in 2014 ... where he recorded one of the … [Read more...] about Odell Beckham Jr. Teaches 3-Month-Old Son Football Lessons, Don’t Drop The Ball!

Shares of Paramount popped higher in early trading after Berkshire Hathaway , the company of legendary investor Warren Buffett , disclosed late yesterday that it acquired a chunky stake in the company. Paramount shares are up more than 10% at nearly $31 at market open morning, following a 1% dip yesterday. They stock is still well off a 52-week high of $47, but pulling away from its year low of $26. Berkshire bought almost 69 million shares of Paramount Global during the first quarter, it said in an SEC filing, along with a $2.9 billion stake in giant Citigroup. It also took or boosted positions in Activision Blizzard and Apple as well as Ally Financial, Markel, McKesson, Celanese, Occidental Petroleum and Chevron. Overall, the investing giant acquired $51 billion worth of stocks during the first quarter of the year. The SEC requires institutional investors that manage more than $100 million to disclose equity holdings within 45 days after a quarter ends. … [Read more...] about Paramount Global Stock Jumps 10% After Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Buys In

Nick Alexander, who worked Eagles of Death Metal ’s merchandise table during the group’s European tour, was among the 118 people killed in the terror attack at Paris’ Bataclan , Alexander’s family confirmed in a statement. He was 36. “It is with huge sorrow that we can confirm that our beloved Nick lost his life at the Bataclan last night. Nick was not just our brother, son and uncle; he was everyone’s best friend – generous, funny and fiercely loyal,” Alexander’s family said. “Nick died doing the job he loved and we take great comfort in knowing how much he was cherished by his friends around the world. Thank you for your thoughts and respect for our family at this difficult time. Peace and light.” In addition to serving as merch manager for Eagles of Death Metal, Alexander held a similar role on multiple tours with Sum 41, Panic! at the Disco and the Black Keys . “I spent a lot of time with Nick, but the thing about the touring merch job, it’s one of the more thankless … [Read more...] about Eagles of Death Metal Merch Manager Nick Alexander Killed in Paris Attack

UPDATE, 5 PM PT: “Welcome to NBC ’s primetime coverage on this Monday — I’m Bob Costas , sitting in tonight for Matt Lauer and Meredith Vieira ,” Costas joked at the top of tonight’s NBC primetime Sochi Olympics coverage. He was returning to Games coverage for the first time after nearly a week off while doctors treated an infection in both of his eyes. A few moments later, more seriously, he offered “sincere thanks to Matt Lauer and Meredith Vieira – two friends and true pros who stepped in for me on short notice. My thanks as well to all of you who expressed your concern, and my apologies to everyone for the unavoidable but uncomfortable circumstance of a broadcasters ill-timed affliction getting in the way, even for just a few moments, for what we all came here for – the Olympic Games.” Related: Sochi Olympics’ Second Sunday Ratings PREVIOUS, 12:02 PM: “Our long nightmare is over,” NBC Olympics EP Jim Bell said this morning to kick off a phone … [Read more...] about UPDATE: Bob Costas Makes Return To NBC Olympics Coverage With Joke and Apology

Top Gun : Maverick ’s Cannes Film Festival premiere marks another high point in the movie star career of Tom Cruise . The actor turns 60 on July 3, and unlike most leading men of that age who become quicker to call for the stunt double, Cruise shows little evidence of slowing down after 43 films. If anything, his Mission: Impossible stunts seem to grow more ambitiously dangerous, not to mention the fact that he and director Doug Liman will become the first to actually shoot a space film in space for real—aboard one of Elon Musk’s SpaceX crafts with the cooperation of NASA. So how does Cruise continue to carve such a path? “I’ve gotten to work with a number of actors who’ve had great success and long careers, Tom being at the top of the heap,” says Top Gun: Maverick director Joseph Kosinski. “He approaches every day with the enthusiasm that it’s his first movie, and at the same time puts the effort into it like it’s his last movie. That’s a good attitude … [Read more...] about What Makes Tom Cruise’s Star Shine So Brightly? Directors Share Their Insights – Cannes Disruptors

Peter Bart and Mike Fleming Jr. worked together for two decades a t Daily Variety. In this occasional column, two old friends get together and grind their axes, mostly on the movie business. FLEMING : Could President Trump really be this tone deaf? After antagonizing the paranoid Sony-hacking North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, he starts the battle that shook up football Sunday throughout the National Football League. It’s hard to imagine the president could be this blissfully reckless without an endgame, lecturing the league and its athletes about a lack of patriotism when players (mostly black) kneel during the National Anthem to protest inequality and police brutality. Then he says that policing illegal hits is softening the game and hurting the ratings, with that rant closely following the revelation that the late convicted murder and ex-player Aaron Hernandez exhibited at 27 the extreme effects of CTE usually seen in former players in their 60s. The Obama White House was a … [Read more...] about Bart & Fleming: How Donald Trump’s Football Fumbles Killed USFL; Why The Movie Star Is Dying; Studio Marketing Moves

Originally planned to open the Sundance Film Festival earlier this year before the worsening Covid situation forced the festival to again go virtual, Oscar-winning writer-director Michel Hazanavicius made the right decision in insisting his comedy Final Cut (Coupez!), about the making of a low-budget bad zombie movie, should be presented with a full house in a theatre, thankfully not to be watched on your computer at a prestigious film festival. In holding out for the real thing he scored big as it was chosen as the opening-night out-of-competition film of the 75th Cannes Film Festival. It seems entirely appropriate that a movie all about the love of making movies should signal the full return of a fest devoted to all things cinema over the course of its 75 years. And for this director, whose 2011 black-and-white silent film The Artist was also a love letter to movies, and also premiered here on its way to Best Picture and Best Director Oscars, this seems fated to be. … [Read more...] about ‘Final Cut’ Cannes Opening-Night Film Review: Michel Hazanavicius’ Very Good Comedy About Making A Very Bad Zombie Flick

If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission. The world’s best tennis players are about to hit the clay at the 2022 French Open. With January’s Australian Open already five months behind us, the French Open — also known as the Roland-Garros tournament — promises tennis fans some much-needed excitement. If you’re looking to watch the French Open in 2022, read on. Below is everything you need to know about the Grand Slam tournament, including how to watch the French Open on TV, where to stream the French Open online in 2022, and even a few tips on how to watch the French Open for free online. When Is the French Open? 2022 Dates The 2022 French Open starts on Sunday, May 22, and will run through Sunday, June 5. How to Watch the 2022 French Open on TV To watch the French Open on TV, head to NBC and Tennis Channel. The two networks will be splitting coverage of the Roland Garros … [Read more...] about 2022 French Open Live Stream: How to Watch the Tennis Tournament Online