The halftime show? A spectacle by the Cleopatra of the game. It also was a well-planned — and shockingly transparent — ad for her new album, 'MDNA.'

The halftime show? A spectacle by the Cleopatra of the game. It also was a well-planned — and shockingly transparent — ad for her new album, 'MDNA.'

NBC's new series featuring Debra Messing and 'American Idol' runner-up Katharine McPhee lovingly examines Broadway's travails and triumphs.

NBC's new series featuring Debra Messing and 'American Idol' runner-up Katharine McPhee lovingly examines Broadway's travails and triumphs.

The visual effects pioneer on such films as '2001' and 'Close Encounters' will be saluted by the film academy and the Visual Effects Society.

The visionary, director and producer on such films as '2001' and 'Close Encounters' will be saluted by the film academy and the Visual Effects Society.

No one's confusing a Honda CR-V with a Ferrari 250GT California, but the ad works.

No one's confusing a Honda CR-V with a Ferrari 250GT California, but the ad works.

According to an analysis by Kanjoya, a San Francisco company that uses a computer algorithm to detect emotion in social media posts, differing opinions dominated Twitter.

According to an analysis by Kanjoya, a San Francisco company that uses a computer algorithm to detect emotion in social media posts, differing opinions dominated Twitter.

Try to imagine a chorus of more than 800 singers, 125 of them children, and nearly 200 members of the combined L.A. Phil and Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra of Venezuela crammed together.

Try to imagine a chorus of more than 800 singers, 125 of them children, and nearly 200 members of the combined L.A. Phil and Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra of Venezuela crammed together.