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Rihanna's Super Bowl Halftime Show Resulted in Over 100 Complaints to the FCC - How Does That Compare to Prior Years?

Rihanna‘s performance at the 2023 Super Bowl contained a pregnancy announcement, a multitude of hits and some Fenty Beauty promo. According to people who wrote into the FCC with complaints, it was also outrageously sexualized.

According to The Hill, 102 people wrote to the Federal Communications Commission to complain about the “Disturbia” icon’s set during the Halftime Show.

Complaints highlighted things like “inappropriate touching and dance moves,” “perpetual air humping and glorifying being a stripper” and “genital grabbing.”

It was even referred to as “pornographic content,” according to TMZ.

Rihanna is hardly the first artist to take spark complaints to the FCC after performing at the Super Bowl Halftime Show. In fact, it’s fairly common that at least a couple issues pop up every year, even when you might think a performance is fairly tame.

How does the number of complaints compare to previous Halftime Show performances? We did some digging to put it in perspective.

Scroll through to see how many FCC complaints previous Super Bowl Halftime Shows received in recent years…

M.I.A. Claims Comments About Faith Led to 'Biggest' Professional Backlash, Complains About Social Media Censorship While On Twitter

M.I.A. claimed that an unexpected statement led to “the biggest backlash[sic] in my career.”

The 47-year-old “Paper Planes” hitmaker took to social media to complain about being censored on social media earlier this week. She claimed that opening up about faith led to problems for her.

More specifically, she cited one statement as the cause of her problems.

Click inside to see what M.I.A. blames…More Here! »

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Candice Swanepoel & Joan Smalls Walk the Runway for Off-White Show in Paris

Candice Swanepoel and Joan Smalls walk down the runway while appearing in the Off-White fashion show held during Paris Fashion Week on Sunday (July 4) in Paris, France.

Also appearing in the show was legendary model and actress Amber Valletta. Make sure to check out our previous post to see the photos of Bella Hadid in two different dresses during the show.

M.I.A. gave a performance during the fashion show, which you can see in the photo gallery.

Amber wrote on Instagram, “Factory of Fun @off____white 🧊🧊 Thank you so much @virgilabloh for having me in your crazy cool show. 💙.”

Late last year, Candice was seen showing off her incredible figure in a bikini at the beach.

10+ pictures inside of Candice Swanepoel, Joan Smalls, and others in the Off-White show… More Here! »

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Travis Scott Drops 'Franchise' - Read Lyrics & Find Out Why It's Not Called 'White Tee'

Travis Scott has dropped his new song “Franchise” and he’s also opening up about why the song wasn’t called “White Tee.”

The 29-year-old singer teamed up with Young Thug and M.I.A. for the new song, which was first teased in a commercial to promote his McDonald’s collaboration.

“Franchise” pays homage to the song “White Tee” by Dem Franchize Boyz and Travis told Apple Music that he originally planned on keeping the name.

He said, “We just naturally, it was just always just calling it ‘WHITE TEE.’ Just, just like, I think I was like the first bar made and we was making a song. It was just like hard and just you peep with me and him and we talk about it. I just, we still call it like ‘WHITE TEE’ and sh-t like that. ‘Franchise’ is always like the name, I think we have on the board for it and it was just fire. We had like a couple circled names we always thought was dope. So, you know, we just went with them, you know. So now you know, it’s just like names is always…so that’s the joint though, man. I f-k with it heavy.”

The music video for “Franchise” was debuted in select IMAX theaters tonight ahead of showings of Tenet.

You can download the song now on iTunes or stream it below via the music video below.

Click inside to read the lyrics for the song… More Here! »

Logan Browning & Rowan Blanchard Arrive in Style for Kenzo Fashion Show

Logan Browning is all smiles as she arrives at the Kenzo Fashion Show on Sunday (June 23) at the Paris’s AccorHotels Arena in Paris, France.

The 30-year-old The Perfection star looked pretty in a sheer, bright blue dress as she attended the show alongside Rowan Blanchard.

PHOTOS: Check out the latest pics of Rowan Blanchard

Other stars at the fashion show included rappers M.I.A. and J Balvin, with Valentina Ferrer, model Will Peltz, and RuPaul’s Drag Race alum Miss Fame.

FYI: Valentina is wearing Raen sunglasses.

10+ pictures inside of the stars stepping out for the fashion show…More Here! »

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Orlando Bloom, Salma Hayek, & More Step Out to Support Stella McCartney!

Orlando Bloom shows off his new blonde hair has he arrives at Stella McCartney’s Fashion Presentation on Thursday night (November 10) at Abbey Road Studios in London, England.

The 39-year-old actor was joined at the event Salma Hayek and her husband Francois Henri Pinault along with M.I.A.

PHOTOS: Check out the latest pics of Orlando Bloom

Stella
launched her new menswear collection along with her women’s spring 2017 collection during the presentation.

Also spotted inside the event was model Kate Moss, who rocked a sheer blouse as she supported the designer.

10+ pictures inside of stars arriving at Stella McCartney‘s presentation…

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M.I.A. ft. Zayn Malik: 'Freedun' Stream, Download, & Lyrics - Listen Now!

M.I.A. has released a brand new song called “Freedun” featuring Zayn Malik and you can listen to it right here!

The song is off the 41-year-old singer’s upcoming fifth studio album Aim, which is set to be released on September 9. Fans who pre-order the song right now will get five songs as instant tracks.

“It sort of takes me out my comfort zone but kind of takes him out of his a little bit as well. It just worked out,” M.I.A. said in an interview with BBC Radio about the song.

Download “Freedun” now on iTunes and stream it below via Spotify.

Click inside to read the lyrics for the new song… More Here! »