Sensing, perhaps, that last year’s Super Bowl halftime act would be hard to beat and that Bruno Mars already had enough pressure to perform well this evening, Beyoncé kept quietly to herself last night, thumbing through a dogeared copy of Anna Karenina as she contemplated the youthful short-sightedness of Vronksy. Nah, just kidding — she totally surprised the crowd at a Jay-Z concert and performed “Drunk In Love” with him.
Luckily, there are no eyewitness accounts of the performance because everyone who attended DirecTV’s “Super Saturday Night” concert/the Bruno Mars Anxiety Hour experienced spontaneous ocular immolation from how awesome it was. Tonight’s halftime show can proceed — NO PRESSURE, Mr. Mars. [AP]
- Somebody asked Cate Blanchett for her take on Dylan Farrow‘s open letter in the New York Times about the abuse she allegedly suffered at the hands of Woody Allen, as if Cate Blanchett would have any opinion at all that isn’t simply, “It’s obviously been a long and painful situation for the family and I hope they find some resolution and peace.” [THR]
- Aaaaand TMZ tracked Woody Allen down as he was coming out of a Knicks game so he could completely ignore any questions about Farrow’s letter. [TMZ]
- You bet your ass Bruno Mars is ready to perform at the Super Bowl. [NYT]
- Miley Cyrus thinks that it’s crazy for human sexuality to be deemed offensive, but has no problem with her ABLEIST LANGUAGE. [Mirror]
- Jay Cutler and MTV Acting Unit #50411-KC have reproduced. The Coalition for Robot Homogeneity is predictably furious. [People]
- Bill Clinton doesn’t wear any cologne. Like, at all. Fragrance-wise, Bill Clinton is a forever nude. [WWD]
- Lindsay Lohan got her fur coat back thanks to Seahawks wide receiver Sidney Rice, who found and returned the coat to her totally unharmed. It’s a good thing, too, because if someone less scrupulous like, say, Billy Baldwin had found Lindsay’s coat, you can bet that thing would be covered in human feces and on fire by now. [TMZ]
- Sam Worthington is super embarrassed that his wife takes so many red carpet selfies. MAYBE THEY SHOULD GET A DIVORCE. [Daily Mail]
- Michelle Rodriguez and Cara Delevingne went Star Warsing around Londontown. [Mirror]
- Maximilian Schell, the Austrian actor who won an Oscar for his performance in the 1961 movie Judgement at Nuremberg, has died at the age of 83. [BBC]
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