When the world saw Michael Jackson do the moonwalk for the first time, it was in a live solo performance of “Billie Jean,” following NBC’s celebration of 25 years of Motown. The move, though, was already popular among West Coast street dancers who were using a precise, mechanized style of movement ...
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The RuPaul Effect: How He Brought Drag to Mainstream Culture
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10 of Michael Jackson's Most Iconic Moments
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How Fred Rogers Changed Children's Television
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10 Facts You’ve Probably Never Heard About 'Grease'
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'GOTTI: Father & Son' Director on His Life as a Drug Smuggler (VIDEO)
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10 of the Greatest Soccer Players of All Time
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7 Famous Best Friends Forever
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The Life and Death of John Gotti
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The Pitfalls of Teen Stardom
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John Gotti's Most Famous Quotes
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11 Things You Didn’t Know About Han Solo
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Who is Clare Waight Keller? Meet the Designer Behind Meghan Markle's Wedding Dress
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10 Revealing Facts From ‘Pope Francis: A Man of His Word’
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Prince Harry & Meghan Markle's Wedding Album (PHOTOS)
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'Cheers' Cast: Where Are They Now?
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Who Will Walk Meghan Markle Down the Aisle?
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The Most Outrageous Looks From the 2018 Met Gala
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Prince Harry & Meghan Markle's Wedding: What You Need to Know
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Prince Harry & Meghan Markle's Wedding: What You Need to Know
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Marcia Gay Harden On Her Mom’s Battle With Alzheimer’s: 'I Never Thought I’d Be a Statistic' (INTERVIEW)
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Marcia Gay Harden On Her Mom’s Battle With Alzheimer’s: 'I Never Thought I’d Be a Statistic' (INTERVIEW)
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How Meghan Markle's Wedding Will Differ From Queen Elizabeth's
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How Meghan Markle's Wedding Will Differ From Queen Elizabeth's
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Celebrities React to Bill Cosby's Guilty Verdict
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Celebrities React to Bill Cosby's Guilty Verdict
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The British Royal Family Tree
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The British Royal Family Tree
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Meghan Markle Through the Years (PHOTOS)
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Meghan Markle Through the Years (PHOTOS)
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Prince Harry Through the Years (PHOTOS)
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Prince Harry Through the Years (PHOTOS)
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The Alexander McQueen Effect
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'Love, Gilda' Doc Reveals Gilda Radner's Comic Genius & Human Frailty
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20 Celebrities Who Are Marijuana Enthusiasts
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The Bush Family Speaks Out on the Death of the "Glue That Held Our Family Together," Barbara Bush
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Former First Lady Barbara Bush Dies at 92
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Happy Friday the 13th: Celebrities & Their Superstitions
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Famous Celebrity Siblings (PHOTOS)
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The Rise and Fall of Joe Paterno
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Echoes of Kurt Cobain
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'Chappaquiddick' Movie Purposely Leaves Questions Unanswered (INTERVIEW)
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The Cast of 'Roseanne' Returns
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Was the Getty Family Kidnapping a Hoax?
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7 Fascinating Facts About Stephen Hawking
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Stephen Hawking, Scientist, Dead at 76
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‘American Idol’ Winners: Where Are They Now?
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Honoring James Baldwin and the Enduring Power of His Words
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Celebrating the Remarkable Life of West Coast Activist Frances Albrier
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A Confidant in Faith: Billy Graham's Influence Over World Leaders
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Remembering Billy Graham, "America's Pastor" & Adviser to Presidents
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Black History Month: Photos of Booker T. Washington Symbolizing Black Empowerment
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August Wilson's 'Pittsburgh Cycle' Plays
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'A Raisin in the Sun' Reveals Playwright Lorraine Hansberry's Black Activism
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Harry T. Moore: Champion of the Early Civil Rights Movement
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Celebrating Black Women Scientists
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A Black Poet Speaks: An Interview with Haki R. Madhubuti
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Love Conquers All: The Richard and Mildred Loving Story
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'Be Pretty and Shut Up' Examines 1970s Sexism in the Film Industry & Beyond
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Meet the Real Heroes of '15:17 to Paris'
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No 'Scary Movie' Cliché Is Left Unexplored in 'Winchester' (Review)
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Memorable Opening Ceremony Moments at the Olympics (PHOTOS)
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Black History Month: A Rare Photo & Royal Shawl Honor Harriet Tubman's Strength & Bravery
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'Resistance and Resilience': Bree Newsome on the Black Experience in America
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Marian Anderson: A Voice That Broke Barriers
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The Best Super Bowl Halftime Shows (PHOTOS)
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“We’re all born naked and the rest is drag.” Call it a saying, catchphrase, adage – whichever suits your definition best, it’s a mantra close to RuPaul Charles’ heart. Credited with not only coining the phrase, he lives it to the fullest. A quick rummage through Charles’ drag persona wardrobe would ...
Michael Jackson rocketed to global stardom in the early 1980s, but his legacy as the King of Pop is based on more than the height of his career. Famous since the age of 11, he was a superstar by his mid 20s and continued to be a beloved, if flawed, phenomenon through his death on June 25, 2009. As ...
A seeming throwback to a kinder, more gentle time, Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood exists in the mind of generations of Americans as a charming, safe moment of television five days a week, where it was possible, in fact encouraged, to be their true self, even when journeying to the land of make ...
On June 16, 1978, one of the most beloved Broadway shows of all time became one of the most beloved films of all time when Grease hit cinemas to the most lucrative box-office reception in American movie-musical history. Since then, the timelessly funny story of 1950s teen love, cliques, and peer ...
"My Life as a Drug Smuggler" "I Was a Teenage Drug Smuggler" "How I Got Arrested for Smuggling Drugs"
1. PeléAny list of soccer's all-time greats begins and ends with Pelé, whose supernatural gifts raised the bar for what was possible on the pitch. Just 17 when he burst on the scene with Brazil's first World Cup victory in 1958, he missed much of the '62 title defense to injury, but led the charge ...
Break out your friendship bracelets – this Sunday is National Best Friends Day! And no one knows the power of a great partner in crime like celebs. From co-hosting award shows to performing at each other’s wedding ceremonies, here are seven famous best friends who have managed to stay tight in ...
John Gotti elevated the public’s notion of a mob boss to near mythic status. As head of the Gambino crime family in the late 1980s and early 1990s, he cut a colorful and extremely public figure not just in New York City but across the nation. Tabloid newspapers called him the Teflon Don for his ...
Being a teen idol is exhilarating. You're on top of the world, maybe on the cover of Teen Beat or Tiger Beat, selling lots of albums, or in hit movies. But teen idoldom has plenty of drawbacks: being young, these stars are often unable to comprehend the consequences of any missteps — and their ...
"Don't carry a gun. It's nice to have them close by, but don't carry them. You might get arrested." "I never lie because I don't fear anyone. You only lie when you're afraid." "Always be nice to bankers. Always be nice to pension fund managers. Always be nice to the media. In that order." "If you ...
Ever since he first swaggered onscreen through the Mos Eisley spaceport cantina in 1977’s 'Star Wars: A New Hope,' the character of Han Solo has been a fan favorite and helped catapult the career of actor Harrison Ford with light speed. Following the original trilogy of films, Solo returned to the ...
Leading up to the royal wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, there was one big question on everyone's minds: Who would be designing Markle's dress? The name was kept under lock and key until the now Duchess of Sussex stepped out of the burgundy Rolls Royce to marry her prince. And in ...
In 2013 German filmmaker Wim Wenders received a letter with a Vatican postmark. It contained an invitation to “collaborate” with Pope Francis on a documentary about his papacy. In a recent post-screening Q&A at the Film Society of Lincoln Center, Wenders admitted that his first reaction was ...
Wedding bells are ringing through Windsor! Here are the best moments from the wedding of the year.
Cheers, the sitcom about a group of quirky, everyday people who work and meet regularly at the titular Boston watering hole ran 11 seasons on NBC and took final drink orders May 20, 1993 after 275 half-hour episodes. The show racked up 117 Emmy Award nominations with 28 wins and launched the ...
On May 4, Buckingham Palace confirmed that Meghan Markle's dad, Thomas, will be walking her down the aisle. Ten days later - and just five days before the wedding of the year - that all changed. After a rumored heart attack and confirmation that Thomas, with the help of Meghan's half-sister ...
It's the Super Bowl of fashion! Every year on the first Monday of May, stars gather at the Metropolitan Museum of Art to attend the Met Gala. This year's theme, "Heavenly Bodies: Fashion and the Catholic Imagination," inspired celebrities like Rihanna, Katy Perry and Madonna to go all out with ...
Ever since Prince Harry and Meghan Markle announced their engagement, from the best man and the flowers to the dress designer, the world has been anxiously waiting to hear every single detail. Here's what we know about the royal wedding: When is Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's wedding? Prince ...
Marcia Gay Harden won an Academy Award for her role in Pollock, has appeared in more than 50 other films (Miller’s Crossing, The First Wives Club, Mystic River), won a Tony award for her role in God of Carnage on Broadway and can be seen in the TV drama Code Black, now in its third season on CBS. ...
Harry and Meghan, Kate and William, Charles and Diana. Names that instantly conjure a Royal union. But as millions, perhaps billions, of people around the world speculate over what Meghan Markle will wear, what her bridal bouquet will look like, et al, when she marries Prince Harry on May 19th, ...
In Bill Cosby's sexual assault retrial, he was found guilty of three counts of aggravated indecent assault. Stars around the world took to Twitter to express their thoughts about the man who was once considered "America's Dad."
Even for those who aren't royal subjects, the British royal family is a source of fascination, admiration and speculation. Yet it can be difficult to understand who's who in the royal family — and who's likely to wear the crown. Read on to learn about the most important royals, and their ...
“You’ve got to know the rules to break them. That’s what I am here for, to demolish the rules but to keep the tradition,” said designer Alexander McQueen of his approach to fashion. Almost a decade after his taking his own life in 2010 at age 40, McQueen’s contribution to the world of fashion – ...
Lisa D’Apolito’s documentary, Love, Gilda, is a tribute to one of America’s most ingenious comics, Gilda Radner (1946-1989), AKA Roseanne Rosannadanna, Emily Litella, Judy Miller and Baba Wawa, the latter inspired by Barbara Walters. Best known as one of the original cast of Saturday Night Live, ...
Seth Rogen"I have a medical marijuana prescription, personally. I went in, they said, 'What do you need it for?' and I said, 'I have a very specific ailment – it's called, I ain't got no weed on me right now.'" Bob Marley"Why drink and drive if I can smoke and fly?" Miley Cyrus“I think weed is the ...
As the world mourns the loss of Barbara Bush, family members such as George W. Bush, Laura Bush, Jenna Bush Hagar, and Jeb Bush expressed their love for the woman they simply knew as mom and "ganny" on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook. Here are some of their tributes:
Former first lady Barbara Bush passed away Tuesday evening from complications related to Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease and congestive heart failure. Earlier this week the Bush family released a statement saying that after a "recent series of hospitalizations,” she decided to stop receiving ...
In 2018, Friday the 13th occurs twice: April 13 and July 13. This is a gift to people who associate the day, and the number 13 itself, with bad luck. There’s plenty of history to back them up, starting with The Last Supper, with its 13 guests at the table. It was also the traditional number of ...
At the pinnacle of his career Joe Paterno was the winningest coach in the history of collegiate football. As head coach at Pennsylvania State University over 46 seasons between 1966 through 2011, Paterno led his team, the Nittany Lions, to 37 bowl appearances with 24 wins. In October 2011 Paterno, ...
Twenty-four years ago today, Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain shocked the world with his suicide. It's been well documented that Kurt struggled with the pressures of fame, and the expectations of being dubbed "the voice of a generation," but few would dispute he was exactly that. Through his guitar, ...
John Curran’s Chappaquiddick offers no new information about the 1969 incident on Dike Bridge that killed 28 year-old Mary Jo Kopechne. She was a passenger in a car driven by the late Senator Edward M. Kennedy that plunged into the waters below the wooden bridge. Kennedy escaped that Friday ...
They’re back! Along with the recognizable cackle, the wisecracks, the faded couch and crochet throw, the cast of Roseanne (1988-1997) returns on March 27th for a limited nine-episode run 21 years after the series ended. And the original gang is along for the ride – including both Beckys. ...
By the late 1960s, John Paul Getty had become known as the richest man in the world. The title, bestowed on the American businessman and oil tycoon by Fortune magazine in 1957, was common usage by the time Getty consolidated his businesses into the Getty Oil Company a decade later when his personal ...
From the Bio Archives: This article was originally published on January 8, 2016, for Hawking's 74th birthday. Few people emerge from the fields of cosmology and theoretical physics with the sort of name recognition equal to that of a celebrity athlete or actor, but that's exactly what happened with ...
British physicist Stephen W. Hawking, whose theory of black holes altered the course of modern scientific thought, and whose ability to convey abstract concepts of quantum physics to a mass audience made him a popular cultural figure, has died today at the age of 76 in his home at Cambridge. His ...
When Fox began airing American Idol’s self-described “search for a superstar” on June 11, 2002, the reality singing competition instantly earned its rightful place in the pop culture canon. With millions tuning in from week-to-week to laugh at whacky auditions or cry at the hopefuls’ touching ...
James Baldwin was one of the leading writers, intellectuals, and activists of the 20th century. Born in New York, Baldwin left the United States at age 24 to live and work in France. He sought to escape the physical and structural violence perpetuated against African Americans and to establish ...
The Shape of Water won four Oscars at the 2018 Academy Awards – the most of any of the year’s nominated movies – including Best Picture and Best Director for Guillermo Del Toro, who was also nominated for Best Original Screenplay (which he didn’t win). The Shape of Water also won Oscars for ...
Frances Albrier was a 20th century activist, politician, and labor organizer who led several important campaigns for equality in Northern California. She was the first African-American woman welder in the shipyard industry during World War II and was active in the Universal Negro Improvement ...
Over the course of his long life, evangelist Billy Graham — who'd been dubbed "America's Pastor" — advised people around the world. Those who received his spiritual guidance include every president from Harry Truman (who actually didn't get along with Graham all that well) to Barack Obama (who ...
In one of his final network interviews, a reporter asked Billy Graham what he would have done differently in his life. The evangelist's quick response suggested he had been pondering that question for some time. His answer was simple. He would have spent more time in meditation and prayer, and less ...
As a leader, educator, philanthropist and former slave, Booker T. Washington advocated for racial uplift through industrial and domestic education. He was one of the most well known African-American public figures of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Washington rose to prominence as the head ...
Playwright August Wilson (1945 - 2005) wrote about the complexity of the African-American experience, of undocumented lives, and of the people he grew up with in the The Hill District of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Ten of his plays comprise a deliberate body of work unto itself: “The Pittsburgh ...
A Raisin in the Sun is a play about an African-American family aspiring to move beyond segregation and disenfranchisement in 1950s Chicago. Despite its specific era, the work speaks universally to the desire to improve one's circumstances while disagreeing on the best way of achieving them. ...
Harry T. Moore was an educator and civil rights activist who helped establish an NAACP chapter in Brevard County, Florida. He is recognized for single-handedly increasing the number of NAACP members in Florida and for helping thousands of African Americans register to vote in the 1940s. His ...
NASA's "human computers” Katherine Johnson, Mary Jackson, and Dorothy Vaughan made their way into our hearts via the blockbuster film Hidden Figures, but there are so many other fantastic black women scientists that deserve the spotlight. To celebrate Black History Month, here are a few more ...
On February 23, 1942, a black boy was born in Little Rock, Arkansas and into the violent repression of the Jim Crow South. Seeking a better life, his family waded into the stream of millions of black people moving north during the Great Migration. No one could have known that boy would grow up to ...
To say that Richard and Mildred Loving were reluctant heroes would be an understatement. Richard, with his platinum blonde crew cut, backwoods accent and taciturn ways, looked more like a caricature for a white supremacist. And then there was Mildred. A soft-spoken, shy woman of African and ...
Frederick Douglass is arguably the most highly recognized African-American man of the 19th century. Although born enslaved, he learned to read and write, and after he escaped, went on to become a public speaker, editor, recruiter for the Union Army, bank president, minister and consul general to ...
The Lebanese-born French actress Delphine Seyrig (1932-1990) is best-known as the star of such French New Wave classics as Alain Resnais’ Last Year at Marienbad (1961) and François Truffaut’s Stolen Kisses (1968). A polyglot, Seyrig was celebrated for her beauty, talent and intelligence. In ...
Best buds Spencer Stone, Alek Skarlatos, and Anthony Sadler grew up together in California. In August 2015, Stone was stationed in Portugal with the U.S. Air Force, Skarlatos had just completed a deployment in Afghanistan with the National Guard, and Sadler was a student at Sacramento State ...
Michael and Peter Spierig’s Winchester is not a biopic as much as it is a haunted house movie. It is inspired by the real female heiress, Sarah Winchester (1839-1922), but the film does not unfold from that character’s point-of-view. Events are seen from a male doctor’s perspective. He gets a ...
Whether winter or summer, every Opening Ceremony of the Olympic Games carries a theme represented through a storybook mosaic of artistic, historical and cultural expressions from their host countries. And this year's 2018 Winter Games in PyeongChang, Korea is no different. Given the peninsula's ...
Harriet Tubman, called the “Moses” of her people, known for liberating herself and countless others from the yoke of slavery, is probably the most recognized African American woman of the 19th century. In addition to aiding runaways, she served as a scout, spy, cook and nurse for the Union Army ...
When I was in the eighth grade, my history teacher directed the class to imagine ourselves as children living during Colonial America and to make a little booklet detailing what our daily life would have been like. I chose to imagine myself as an enslaved black child — as I most likely would’ve ...
Sojourner Truth was one of the most well-known abolitionists, preachers, and feminist public speakers of the 19th century. She first shared her remarkable life experiences with slavery and freedom in the Narrative of Sojourner Truth, recorded by Olive Gilbert, published in 1850 and reprinted ...
There appears to be a new wrinkle in the case of Natalie Wood's mysterious drowning more than 36 years ago, as investigators are now pointing to her former husband, Robert Wagner, as a "person of interest" in the case. In an interview with CBS' 48 Hours, set to air Saturday, L.A. County Sheriff's ...
On April 9, 1939, American opera star Marian Anderson gave a free concert at the Lincoln Memorial that became known worldwide as a public rebuke of segregation and racial injustice. More than 75,000 people gathered to hear this young black singer, who had been lighting up stages from London to ...
On February 4th the Philadelphia Eagles and the New England Patriots will go head to head at Super Bowl LII in Minneapolis and its halftime entertainer will be none other than Justin Timberlake — yeah, the same JT who, along with his "accomplice," Miss Janet, Miss Jackson If-You're-Nasty, ...