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...light of a stunning showing by Janet Jackson (and the local football team) at the Super Bowl last weekend, it’s unsurprising that little mention has been made of a short Pepsi spot that aired during the second quarter. Still, Pepsi paid something on the order of $2 million for the 30-second slot, so it deserves some of our attention. In question is an ad featuring five or six of the teenagers who were sued by the recording industry for illegally sharing copyrighted music files on the internet and who settled out of court. To the tune...
...Awards—a program geared toward preadolescent fans. There was J. Lo’s green Versace dress barely held in place by double-sided tape. And now, of course, there is Janet Jackson’s notorious “wardrobe malfunction” during the Super Bowl halftime show a little more than a week ago. In recent years, celebrities have pushed the proverbial envelope, never failing to capture countless US Weekly covers and top story honors on Entertainment Tonight. The recent Super Bowl performance by Jackson and fellow pop idol Justin Timberlake was yet another publicity...
...last week’s Grammy Awards telecast, CBS employed an astounding 5-minute video delay to preempt any “indecent” or “obscene” material from finding its way into living rooms nationwide. In the wake of the silly Super Bowl controversy, NBC deleted a brief scene from the Feb. 5 episode of “ER,” which revealed the breast of an elderly woman. With the FCC looming overhead in loco parentis, the airwaves are submitting to ridiculous self-censorship...
...American Right Wing is not comfortable with the female form. So we were reminded last week, when Federal Communications Commission Chairman Michael Powell voiced his horror at the half-second exposure of Janet Jackson’s famous right breast during the Super Bowl. While Americans everywhere combed the internet for a closer look and set a new record for “most-Tivo-ed moment ever,” Powell expressed his outrage at a press conference. In language at least as harsh as that used by his father to describe Saddam Hussein, Powell described the incident...
...movie industry's Super Bowl and America's favorite excuse for show-biz gambling. Oscar night, Feb. 29, is less than four weeks away, and inquiring sportsmen want to know...