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Feb 3 2012 01:16 PM ET

Gisele Bundchen: 'Pray for Tom Brady'

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Tom Brady of the New England Patriots has won three Super Bowls. He’s been named the NFL’s Most Valuable Player two times. He’s handsome. He’s 6’4″. He’s hosted Saturday Night Live. He can wear his hair any way he wants. Between his salary with the Pats and his endorsements, he earned about $30 million last year. Also, he’s married to super supermodel Gisele Bundchen. You might think a guy like this doesn’t need your prayers, but you would be wrong. Bundchen reportedly emailed her close friends and family, asking them to pray for Tom when they hit their knees at night. “My sweet friends and family,” the e-mail began, according to the New York Post. “This sunday will be a really important day in my husband’s life. He and his team worked so hard to get to this point and now they need us more than ever to send them positive energy so they can fulfill their dream of winning this super bowl … So I kindly ask all of you to join me on this positive chain and pray for him, so he can feel confident, healthy and strong. Envision him happy and fulfilled experiencing with his team a victory this sunday. Thank you for your love and support. Love, G :) ” READ FULL STORY »

Feb 1 2012 12:26 PM ET

Volkswagen unveils 2012 Super Bowl commercial 'The Dog Strikes Back'

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It’s been 12 days since Volkswagen unleashed “The Bark Side” and started building up anticipation for the sequel to last year’s beloved “The Force” commercial. With four days to spare until Super Bowl XLVI, the car company has released an extended version of “The Dog Strikes Back.” It’s one of three 30-second VW ads that will air on game day and features not only an adorably chubby pooch but also a final-act twist worthy of “I am your father!” Watch below. READ FULL STORY »

Jan 30 2012 04:17 PM ET

Regis Philbin returns to TV in a big way with Super Bowl ad for Pepsi MAX

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In case you’ve had troubling visions of Regis Philbin sitting around the house twiddling his thumbs in the months since his final Live! show, you can stop fretting. The multitasking 80-year-old’s first television appearance since Nov. 18 is a pretty big deal, even if he has a small part. Philbin makes a cameo in a Pepsi MAX ad featuring a Coke Zero delivery man with a cheatin’ heart and a dry mouth. Watch the ad after the jump. READ FULL STORY »

Jan 30 2012 02:50 PM ET

H&M's 2012 Super Bowl ad: David Beckham peddles his flesh, gets under our skin

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H&M may have set its David Beckham Bodywear Super Bowl ad to the Animals’ “Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood,” but there is no room for misunderstanding in the 30-second spot. Message received, loud and clear: David Beckham is smokin’ hot. Point for the Swedish clothing chain’s use of band name as subtext. Nina Simone may have recorded the original, but as the camera sweeps over Beckham’s taut and tatted frame, we feel like…well…Animals. See the tease (and I do mean tease) below. READ FULL STORY »

Jan 30 2012 11:56 AM ET

Matthew Broderick revives 'Bueller' for Honda ad -- VIDEO

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It was revealed last week that Matthew Broderick would be bringing back the world’s greatest class-cutter (not to mention the Sausage King of Chicago), the one and only Ferris Bueller, for a Honda ad that would run during the Super Bowl. It begged a lot of questions from fans of the 1986 John Hughes comedy classic Ferris Bueller’s Day Off. Nearly 26 years later, what has our favorite troublemaker been up to? Did he finally get his own car? Did Honda simply not know what Bueller and his cohorts did the last time they were left to their devices with a car?

In the extended spot, now available online, a still fresh-faced Broderick embarks on a Ferris-like day of hooky escapades (crank calling, singing in a parade). It’s nice that Ferris no longer has to bum rides off of people, but he’s no longer the walrus — he just looks at them at museums. Watch the clip below. Chick-chicka-chicka. READ FULL STORY »

Jan 29 2012 04:27 PM ET

PopWatch Planner: Madonna is everywhere, Clooney is everywhere, and change your password! xoxo

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Even if the groundhog sees his shadow on Thursday and winter sticks around, awards season is still heating up. Tonight’s Screen Actors Guild awards will honor the industry’s best — and feature some of Hollywood’s hottest names. Later this week, Super Bowl madness begins, starting with Lenny Kravitz at the NFL Honors on Saturday and running straight through to a halftime show starring Madonna and LMFAO that’s sure to blow Indianapolis away. We’ve got all the info on the week for your pop culture needs. xoxo, EW.

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SAG Awards, TNT and TBS (8 p.m./7 p.m. Central, live on the West Coast at 5 p.m.)

With the lead actor’s race in hot contention, the annual Screen Actors Guild awards are a clash of the (heartthrob) titans this year, as George Clooney, Brad Pitt, and Leonardo DiCaprio are all up for the prize. Check back to EW.com for the winners and on-the-scene updates later tonight! READ FULL STORY »

Jan 26 2012 08:38 PM ET

Why does it take a Super Bowl commercial to bring back Ferris Bueller?

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If you were on the Internet today, you likely saw the news that ’80s movie hero Ferris Bueller — as played by Matthew Broderick and not the guy from the blissfully short-lived NBC spin-off series — will be returning via an advertisement airing during the Super Bowl. At least, that’s the impression left by the 10 second teaser released on YouTube today, in which Broderick-as-Bueller rips open his window shades and asks the camera “How can I handle work on a day like today?” Cue “chick-chicka-chicka” music and a title card sporting the same date as the Super Bowl, and a nation already pickled in ’80s nostalgia is instantly tantalized by the prospect of once more experiencing Ferris’ care-free snarkitude, if only in a 30-to-60-second spot for carbonated cola, or oddly flavored potato chips, or dubiously conceived web ventures.

Here’s the thing: This is something Ferris himself would never actually do. READ FULL STORY »

Jan 22 2012 08:00 PM ET

Steven Tyler's national anthem rendition booed on the Web

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Steven Tyler’s hometown Patriots may be through to the Super Bowl, but his performance of the national anthem at the AFC championship game today was less than through-to-Hollywood worthy. The American Idol judge messed up a lyric (“as bomb bursting in air”) and screeched his way through the song. The rendition was slammed by several sports blogs as well as TMZ, not to mention hundreds of Twitter insults from fans. Check it out for yourself below and share your thoughts.

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Jan 3 2012 06:54 PM ET

Super Bowl commercials: Early intel on what to expect

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The Super Bowl might be more than a month away, but the information is already flowing about the national pastime that occurs in between the passes and touchdowns: Super Bowl commercials.

Last year produced a few classic ads (Darth Vader kid, here’s to you), but can 2012′s offerings live up to some of the greats of the past? Only time will tell, but here’s what we do know, thanks largely to AdAge.

Pepsi will run two 30-second spots during the game, one of which will feature X-Factor winner Melanie Amaro, who today officially signed a contract with Epic Records. Amaro certainly  fits in well with Pepsi’s diva-licious commercial alums. (Beyonce, Britney Spears, and The Voice judge Christina Aguilera have all appeared in commercials for the soda company), but if we’re being honest, none of them have quite lived up to Cindy Crawford’s 1992 Pepsi spot. READ FULL STORY »

Dec 5 2011 12:00 PM ET

Madonna Super Bowl playlist: What should she sing during the half-time show?

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Get into the (football) groove: Madonna has officially been announced as the featured performer for the Super Bowl XLVI half-time show on Feb. 5 in Indianapolis. While it’s still a little too soon to place our bets on which teams will play in the big game (where’s Lisa Simpson when you need her?), that doesn’t mean we can’t start to guess, or at the very least make our wish list, for what the Material Girl will sing during the half-time show. (Early prediction: She probably won’t play “Material Girl.”)

While last year’s half-time act/pod people of the future the Black Eyed Peas, along with Usher and Slash, played eight tunes, the standard playlist by previous performers like Bruce Springsteen, Tom Petty, Paul McCartney, and U2 has featured three to five of their greatest hits. (Then again, Prince rocked no less than seven during his Super Bowl XLI appearance.)

So what’s the ideal Madonna playlist? READ FULL STORY »

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