Super Bowl ads go lighter, starrier

Super Bowl ads aren't just for Sunday anymore; indeed, if you watched only the game, you missed part of the campaigns, which are an art almost irrelevant to the products they flog.
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Super Bowl ads go lighter, starrier (Serena! Joni!) and boozier as the pandemic fades Click to view images

Even Jesus got the light treatment, and godlike celebrities clowned and shilled, during the real action of Super Bowl LVII — the ads, of course.

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Rihanna plays the hits — and introduces a surprise guest — in Super Bowl halftime show Click to view images

The pop superstar played her first show in years — and sparked immediate speculation online about her family — in her halftime performance at Super Bowl LVII.

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All the movie trailers that aired during Super Bowl 2023, from 'Scream' to 'Creed' Click to view images

Trailers for "Transformers: Rise of the Beasts," "Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3," "Scream VI" and other films aired during the Super Bowl.

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Send me a love song: How L.A. became hopelessly devoted to radio dedication shows Click to view images

Calling into a radio station might seem like a relic from another era — a cinematic-yet-clichéd gesture, like holding up a boombox beneath a bedroom window or racing through an airport to stop the love of your life from getting on a flight (or a radio DJ relaying an apology from Ross to Rachel in "Friends").

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Julian Wasser, house photographer of L.A.'s icons, dies at 89 Click to view images

Joan Didion and that Corvette; Eve Babitz in the nude with Marcel Duchamp. Through a combination of charm and luck, Julian Wasser produced iconic photos

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Review: Conflict, intrigue and family dysfunction converge in 'The First Deep Breath' Click to view images

The Geffen Playhouse presents Lee Edward Colston II's epic family drama, about the secrets and unresolved traumas of a Black family in Philadelphia.

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Dude, where's my bitcoin? Crypto sits out the Super Bowl after a miserable year Click to view images

Last year's Super Bowl was chock-full of ads pushing cryptocurrency assets and platforms. This year, in the wake of an ecosystem-wide crash, things aren't so gung-ho.

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