Mackay Festival of Arts. After being forced into radio silence last year, the MECC s 2021 calendar is bursting with awesome acts to keep us entertained. MECC manager Andrew Bobeldyk said he was terribly excited about the line-up at the MECC this year after COVID ruined the 2020 calendar. I m glad borders have been reopening, he said. We re hopeful things will continue to stay open while they work through the pandemic. The team is excited to be back at full swing again. And we re excited to use the facilities we upgraded when we didn t have a lot on. We re really rapt the MECC is back and doing our best to secure the best entertainment possible.
10 Coolest Prince Super Bowl Stories
In one of the most dazzling Super Bowl halftime performances of all time, Prince took fans from around the world on a journey through his musical persona all in the pouring rain.
Though the Purple One s Feb. 4, 2007 performance at the big game lasted just 12 minutes, it took months to prepare. He said he wanted to do the greatest Super Bowl show ever done, keyboardist Morris Hayes later recalled to the Ringer. He just said, We really want to think about what we do and not be like everybody else. We kind of sat in the studio and talked it out. . He just started thinking about the show and piecing it together in his head.
In Meet the King, actor Brad Garrett (best known for
Everybody Loves Raymond) plays Tony Bolognavich, the King of Cold Cuts. He explains the keys to his success: Take some bargain bread, slap on a little not-quite meat, get yourself a catchy jingle. It s given him a lavish lifestyle, including a fleet of cars and a swimming pool in the shape of a hero sandwich.
But, as the opening notes to Long Cool Woman kick in, it starts to go downhill once Jimmy John s started moving in on his territory and taking his customers with freshly baked bread and all-natural meat at reasonable prices. He even catches his wife enjoying the competition. So he vows revenge. But it backfires when a billboard he set on fire collapses onto his car. I m coming for you, Jimmy s John s, he says at the end, mispronouncing its name. This is war. Sandwich war.
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Never before or since has a Super Bowl halftime show been so widely discussed. Janet Jackson headlined the Super Bowl XXXVIII show and was joined by Justin Timberlake for a duet. Already fairly risqué for the Super Bowl, the performance closed with the final line of the song “Rock Your Body,” which went, “I’m gonna have you naked by the end of this song. Timberlake then tore off a part of Jackson’s costume, exposing her right breast and a piece of nipple jewelry. Despite CBS’ efforts to cut away from the shot, the damage was done. The FCC and CBS received numerous complaints, Jackson’s career was derailed (though Timberlake emerged relatively unscathed and became more popular than ever shortly after), and the American public made the moment the most rewatched moment in TiVo history.