Sideshow: Super Bowl high note: Who but The Who?
Proto-punk geniuses The Who will help sell useless consumer goods to millions of citizens in more than 230 countries around the world by performing at the Super Bowl XLIV halftime show Feb. 7.
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The halftime show is sponsored by rubber 'n' tire king Bridgestone Corp. and will provide relief from the Oakland Raiders vs. Dallas Cowboys - or whatever - game. The Who is hawking its Greatest Hits CD, due Dec. 22.
Pigskin beats blood
It seems America's true passion is football - and not that latest trend, drinking blood.Sandra Bullock and Tim McGraw's football epic, The Blind Side, which depicts the true story of NFL Draft hero Michael Oher, made $9.5 mil on Thanksgiving Day to top the box-office charts. Twilight: The New Moon Saga made only $9.2 mil. (In its first week, the vampfest has made a domestic haul of $188.4 mil.) Third-place honors went to Ninja Assassin, at $4.6 mil.
Sorry babe, just joking!
Brit warbler Robbie Williams proposed to his gf, actress Ayda Field, yesterday on live TV in Australia. His rep later said he was joking. (The singer's mum, Jan, says the two plan to wed in the future.)
Posh Spice's pain
From the Too Much Information Desk comes news that Victoria Beckham needs a bunionectomy - surgery to remove bunions from her feet. (Eeww!) The Daily Mail says Posh Spice is in agony, having been victimized for decades by those naughty six-inch stilettos she loves. Perhaps this'll make Posh retract her anti-flat-shoes declaration: "Unless they're on a ballet dancer doing ballet, I just don't get it. I love heels."VB has yet to comment.
Contact "SideShow" at sideshow@phillynews.com. This column contains information from Inquirer wire services.
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