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The FCC is getting complaints from viewers who found Rihanna's Super Bowl halftime show too sexy. According to TMZ, the FCC's gotten more than 100 complaints from people who said Rihanna's lyrics and choreography were way too sexualized. Some even compared it to porn. Of course, the complaints about Rihanna's halftime show are nothing compared to the 2004 Super Bowl Janet Jackson-Justin Timberlake "wardrobe malfunction" halftime show. That one generated more than 500-thousand complaints.
https://www.tmz.com/2023/02/23/rihanna-superbowl-halftime-fcc-complaints/
Those who "gotta catch 'em all" will catch flights to Columbus, Ohio, for the Pokémon North American Championships this year. Regional finalists are participating in the tournaments from June 30th through July 2nd. Events involve the widely-popular trading card game, video games, and the Pokémon GO augmented-reality smart device app. The Columbus tournament is one of four around the globe that will determine who moves on to the world championships.
A man who definitely has a "basketball jones" has completed his quest to see all 364 N-C-double-A men's college basketball teams play in person. Craig Caswell tells the Washington Post that the final game on his 21-year journey came this past weekend as he watched American face Lehigh in Washington D.C. His first game was in 2002, when he saw Dayton beat George Washington in Ohio. Caswell has been to 131 different venues and says he plans to attend more basketball games this season and beyond.
What are Twitter users giving up for Lent? They're giving up Twitter. According to a Twitter tracker from the website Open Bible, the top thing the platform’s users say they are giving up for the Christian season of Lent is “social networking,” with the modern-day vice beating out such staples as chocolate, alcohol, and meat. Overall, technology is the second most popular category, after food.
You can't always get what you want, unless what you want is for Mick Jagger and Paul McCartney to spend a day in the life together in a recording studio. A representative for the Rolling Stones confirmed that McCartney plays bass on a track on the band's forthcoming album. The representative denied reports that Ringo Starr also performed on the album. A release date has not yet been announced for the album, the Stones' first since the death of Charlie Watts in 2021.
https://www.cnn.com/2023/02/22/entertainment/paul-mccartney-stones-gbr-scli-intl/index.html
Pop star Britney Spears is asking her fans to leave her alone. She made the request in a video that comes nearly a month after cops from the Ventura County Sheriff's Office in California performed a wellness check. That was prompted by fans who called in concerned that Spears had deactivated her Instagram. Britney seems to have developed an Australian accent along the way. In another post, she added that she deactivated her Instagram because of comments saying she "looked crazy."