3 talking points as Rangers pass Motherwell test to open up 16-point title race lead

Cardi B, 29, and Offset, 30, looked like they were having a great time during the Super Bowl LVI halftime show on Sunday February 13. The all-star rapper couple were hanging out in a box while Dr. Dre, Eminem, Snoop Dogg, Mary J. Blige, and Kendrick Lamar rocked SoFi stadium. The couple looked totally blown away by their peers’ inspiring performance, as they tried to film it on their phones.

Zack Sharf Denis Villeneuve recently told MovieMaker magazine that he is “deeply pleased” with “Dune” landing 10 Oscar nominations, second only to Jane Campion’s “The Power of the Dog” as the most nominated film at the 94th Academy Awards. While “Dune” broke into the best picture race and landed nominations in every craft category, Villeneuve himself got shut out of the best director race.

Zack Sharf The first trailer for Adrian Lyne’s erotic psychological thriller “Deep Water” has debuted, bringing with it confirmation that the movie will go straight to streaming with a Hulu release next month. The movie, based on the novel by Patricia Highsmith, stars Ben Affleck and Ana De Armas as a married couple who play twisted mind games with each other.

Todd Spangler NY Digital EditorWhat was the most popular Super Bowl LVI ad? According to YouTube, the No. 1 most-watched spot on Sunday was Amazon’s portrayal of Alexa wreaking havoc on the domestic bliss of Scarlett Johansson and Colin Jost.Johansson and Jost, who famously wed after meeting on “Saturday Night Live,” imagine what it would be like if Alexa could actually read their minds. In short, the couple discover that the truth hurts.Celebrities also featured prominently in several of Sunday’s other top Super Bowl ads as measured by YouTube views.Those included Zach Braff and Donald Faison (former “Scrubs” costars) and Miley Cyrus in ads for T-Mobile; Eugene Levy, along with Catherine O’Hara, Brie Larson, Danai Gurria and Dave Bautista, for Nissan; Idris Elba for Booking.com; “Ted Lasso” star Hannah Waddington for shopping app Rakuten; and Arnold Schwarzenegger (as Zeus) and Salma Hayek (as Hera) for BMW.

Naman Ramachandran Projects from France-Iran and India were the big winners at this year’s Berlinale Co-Production Market, which is part of the European Film Market.The Eurimages Co-Production Development Award, endowed with €20,000 ($22,628), went to the producers of Caractères Productions from France, and Honare Khiyal from Iran for their project “My Favourite Cake” by directors Behtash Sanaeeha and Maryam Moghaddam. The VFF Talent Highlight Award with prize money of €10,000 went to director Shuchi Talati’s “Girls Will Be Girls.” The film is to be produced by Pushing Buttons Studios, an outfit founded by Indian actors Ali Fazal (“Death on the Nile”) and Richa Chadha (“Gangs of Wasseypur”) and co-produced by Sanjay Gulati and Pooja Chauhan of Crawling Angel Films (2020 Berlinale selection “The Shepherdess and the Seven Songs”) and Claire Chassagne of Dolce Vita Films (2019 Venice and Cairo winner “A Son”).

PlatinumGames has announced that its cooperative action RPG Babylon’s Fall will be getting a playable demo later this month.Releasing on February 25, the PS4 and PS5 demo will allow players to try the game out in four-player co-op, one week ahead of the game’s official release date – March 3.According to GamesTalk (translated by VGC), although the playable demo will only be available on PlayStation consoles, a Steam trial is expected in “late March”.Today (February 14), Square Enix also announced that Babylon’s Fall would also be getting large-scale updates called “seasons” every three months.The first season, named The Eternal Ziggurat, will release the same day as the demo and run until May 31. The season one premium battle pass will be available for free to celebrate the launch.“No powerful equipment will be made available as part of additional purchases,” the developer added.

Who dey? Cincinnati Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow reflected on his NFL season after losing Super Bowl LVI to the Los Angeles Rams.

Broadway’s upcoming Macbeth, starring Daniel Craig and Ruth Negga, has completed its cast, with Hadestown‘s Amber Gray, Billions‘ Asia Kate Dillon and Phillip James Brannon from M. Night Shyamalan’s Servant among those joining the production.

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Back-to-back wins! After the Los Angeles Rams won the 2022 Super Bowl, receiver Van Jefferson rushed to the hospital as his wife, Samaria Jefferson, was in labor with their second child.

Yakuza series, has shared information on how his new company, Nagoshi Studio, will approach making games.In a recent interview with IGN Japan, Nagoshi explained the decision to leave SEGA and the Yakuza series behind and form his own new studio.“Well, when the team and I decided to start a new studio, we knew we’d be leaving the content we had previously been working on behind,” Nagoshi said. “But I also have a strong mental attitude and a lot of ideas I would like to try, which could even surpass my previous work, so I was confident that leaving the old series behind will afford the chance to try new things.”Nagoshi wouldn’t share any details of the studio’s debut title but did share some of the inspirations and goals. “We are influenced by movies and are interested in creating games that offer a high level of human drama,” he continued.

94th Academy Awards will see different hosts every hour at this year’s ceremony.The event has been hostless since 2018, but according to The Hollywood Reporter, a new plan is being put in place which will give the Academy an opportunity to hire hosts who can attract different demographics.This year’s ceremony, which will see the Oscars return to Hollywood’s Dolby Theatre, will be held on March 27.Those attending the ceremony will also not have to show proof of vaccination against COVID.Nominations for this year’s Oscars were revealed last week, with Jane Campion’s The Power Of The Dog and Denis Villeneuve’s Dune leading the nods. Belfast and Guillermo Del Toro’s Nightmare Alley have also chalked up some nominations.Lady Gaga congratulated the 2022 Oscar nominees after House Of Gucci received only one nomination.The singer and actor, who played Patrizia Reggiani in House Of Gucci, was left out of the Best Actress race at the Oscars despite earning nominations at other major award shows including the BAFTAs, Golden Globes, SAG Awards and Critics Choice Awards.Meanwhile, Kevin Smith also recently responded to Spider-Man: No Way Home being snubbed for Best Picture at the 2022 Oscars.The blockbuster Marvel film, which is currently the sixth biggest movie of all time at the box office, was nominated for one Oscar this year, for Best Visual Effects.

The 1975 have deleted their social media accounts and turned their website blank, hinting at the imminent arrival of new music.As of today (February 14), the band’s official Instagram and Twitter accounts have both been deactivated, while their official website purely features a blank white page.In the past, when teasing new material, the band deleted all traces of themselves from social media. Now, as they did before announcing 2018 album ‘A Brief Inquiry Into Online Relationships’, 2019’s ‘Notes On A Conditional Form’ and with their second album ‘I Love It When You Sleep For You Are So Beautiful Yet So Unaware Of It’, the band have now erased their entire social media presence.// Here we go again // #The1975 pic.twitter.com/DssGMmuOT4— The 1975 Updates (@The1975_Tour) February 14, 2022Last month, it appeared that the band were back in the studio working on new music, with frontman Matty Healy sharing black-and-white footage shows Healy strumming an acoustic guitar as instruments and recording equipment are set up around him.

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spirited defensive display in a 3-1 defeat to Rangers on Saturday, as defender Bevis Mugabi dropped out and Liam Polworth came into the midfield. The Fir Park faithful were dealt a blow before kick-off as it emerged striker Callum Lang, who opened the scoring at Ibrox, is set to be recalled by parent club Wigan at the end of January, and he started up top with Tony Watt in a 5-3-2.Derek McInnes went with the same Dons eleven that beat Kilmarnock 2-0 on Sunday, as he kept faith with a forward three of Curtis Main, Ryan Hedges and Connor McLennan.The visitors settled quickly and in the third minute the Dons gave 'Well an early scare.

Alfredo Morelos will rejoin the Rangers squad for Wednesday's trip to St Johnstone. The striker has completed a two-game ban he received for his forearm smash on Mark Connolly in the 2-1 win over Dundee United earlier in the month.It remains to be seen whether the Colombian will come straight back into the team given the form of Kemar Roofe and Cedric Itten in his absence.

Rangers in their title bid. The Swiss striker’s mentor Thomas Haeberli has promised the Ibrox faithful it won’t be the last time that happens before now and the end of a potentially nerve-jangling flag fight.

Ibrox on Saturday, the tension was palpable. A sense of 'here we go again' permeated social media posts as a dogged Motherwell side defended for their lives, a goal infront.

Kemar Roofe believes the strength of the Ibrox squad is the "key thing" for their title challenge. Steven Gerrard 's side went 1-0 down to Motherwell at Ibrox on Saturday, having been eliminated from the Betfred Cup in midweek.

Rangers players for passing their test of character to soar a sweet 16 points clear at the top of the Scottish Premiership.  The Light Blues were forced to come from behind after conceding an early goal against Motherwell at Ibrox and Kemar Roofe ’s double either side of substitute Cedric Itten’s goal made it 10 league wins on the spin.  Gerrard was delighted at the way his team bounced back from the midweek Betfred Cup KO to St Mirren to open up a massive gap over rivals and champions Celtic who now have three games in hand.  And after overcoming a stuffy Steelmen - who shaped up in a 5-5-0 formation - who took a sixth minute lead through Callum Lang, the Gers boss said: “This was a big test for us today and we’ve passed it with flying

Steven Gerrard insists the Premiership title race still has a long way to go as he admits being baffled by Motherwell's defensive approach. Callum Lang's 6th-minute opener had Stephen Robinson 's side in dreamland but the Ibrox side hit back through Kemar Roofe on 73 minutes.