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Super Bowl XLVI was the most-watched network broadcast in television history, according to updated Nielsen ratings.

The close contest between the New England Patriots and the New York Giants delivered 111.3 million viewers to edge last year’s total of 111 million.

Meanwhile, “The Voice” has something to sing about, too.

NBC’s singing competition series, which premiered its second season immediately after the game, was watched by 36.7 million viewers and scored a 16.3 rating in the 18-49 demo.

Those numbers make “The Voice” the highest-rated non-sports telecast in six years.

“Grey’s Anatomy,” following the Super Bowl in 2006, was the last entertainment program to do as well as “The Voice” did on Sunday.

It was the best performance for an NBC show since the “Friends” series finale in 2004.

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Judging by celebrity tweets, Hollywood approved heartily of Madonna’s Super Bowl halftime show.

With some exceptions (we’re lookin’ at you, Piers Morgan), celebrities on Twitter raved about the Queen of Pop’s performance, which included old hits like “Like A Prayer” and her latest single, “Give Me All Your Luvin’.”

Check out what some stars had to say:

Paul Abdul: “O. M. G. #Madonna #killedit BRILLIANT #HalfTime show!!!!!!!!!!!! SUPERB choreography & Madonna was FLAWLESS!”

Alec Baldwin: “Two quarters of SuperBowl and the strongest performer is Madonna…”

Sherri Shepherd: “I actually thought Madnna did a great job on the Half Time show. It looked pretty cool here on the field”

Seth MacFarlane: “The way they rhymed ‘Madonna’ with ‘you wanna”‘was terrific. Just tremendous. And a bunch of times! Which was also great. Music is great.”

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Bethenny Frankel: “Holy madonna balls. That was epic.”

Minka Kelly: “So fun!! She’s still got it baby!”

Kris Jenner: “Madonna was amazing!!!!!!! Perfection!!”"

Goldie Hawn: “Watching the super bowl! Half time dancing with Madonna and company in my living room! World peace! Yes! Go Blue!!”

Eliza Dushku: “#Madonna is the #Queen of EVERY ball, game & sound right now. #WELL #DONE #Madge!! #SB46″

Ashley Benson: “Madonna. Wow. Boring.”

Adam Levine: “my dude @CeeLoGreen KILLING up there at halftime! What a trip!”

Nicky Hilton: “Let’s be honest- Madonna killed it!”

Heidi Montag: “Wow Madonna is still the Queen of pop! Great show!”

Dane Cook: “Weirdst halftime show. Madonna had blond chest hair and CeeLo was wearing the entire night sky.”

Denise Richards: “Madonna looks amazing!! Great #halftime show!!!”

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Kelly Ripa: “Thank you MADONNA! #MDNA”

Drew Carey: “Best half-time show ever! Wow. #Madonna #SuperBowl”

Serena Williams: “I’m in love with Madonna!”

Rosie O’Donnell: “Madonna = perfection”

Brooklyn Decker: “I think this is really cool! Sounds great! Love the choir!”

Kirstie Alley: “Could Madonna look any more gorgeous!!!!!!!!!!!?????? Jeez!!!!!!! This is AWESOME !!!!!!!!!!!! Genius!!!”

Piers Morgan: “If someone did this on America’s Got Talent, they’d be laughed (and buzzed) off stage. Truly diabolical. #Superbowl”

Audrina Patridge: “Halftime show!!! So far looking goooood I <3 Madonna”

Jimmy Kimmel: “I feel like Madonna cares more about her own halftime performance than she does the game”

What did you think of Madonna’s halftime show?

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There’s been much speculation about how Howard Stern will fare as the newest judge on “America’s Got Talent.”

Viewers received their first clue during Sunday’s Super Bowl, when NBC aired a promo for the new season.

Stern previously promised he won’t turn viewers into “zombie sex fiends.”

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Madonna’s Halftime Show wasn’t her only Super Bowl gig.

She also appeared alongside Jay Leno in a commercial for “The Tonight Show.”

In the short clip, Leno finds himself in an elevator with the Queen of Pop, only to be embarrassed when his phone goes off with one of her songs as his ring tone.

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Newlyweds Miranda Lambert and Blake Shelton teamed up to sing “America The Beautiful” at the Super Bowl in Indianapolis on Sunday.

The lovebirds, who got married last May, held hands throughout their performance.

Awww!

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For the first time, the NFL is live streaming the Super Bowl through NBC.

That means you can still watch the New England Patriots and New York Giants clash for the championship – legally! – even if you don’t have a television or friends.

Check out the stream here!

(The streaming service may require some patience, given the millions of people who are using it right now.)

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Daniel Radcliffe and Ellen DeGeneres are getting ready to go head to head in a friendly competition – the Super Bowl.

The stars have made a $5,000 wager on Sunday’s game, with Radcliffe betting on the New York Giants and DeGeneres rooting for the New England Patriots.

Radcliffe, born and raised in Britain, revealed on “The Ellen DeGeneres Show” Thursday that he became a Giants fan after temporarily relocating to New York so he could star on Broadway in Equus.

Regardless of which team wins, both celebs agreed to donate their winnings to the Trevor Project.

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The Super Bowl is still days away, but you needn’t wait to see some of the celebrity-studded commercials.

Acura has released their spot early, and it features Jerry Seinfeld trying to be the first to get the new Acura NSX.

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With help from the Soup Nazi (yes, really), it seems the star’s wish may come true.

That is, until Jay Leno gets in the way.

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Kelly Clarkson has been tapped to sing the national anthem at Super Bowl XLVI on February 5 in Indianapolis.

The “American Idol” winner, who performed last weekend on “Saturday Night Live,” will be joined by country music couple Miranda Lambert and Blake Shelton, who are slated to sing “America the Beautiful” during the pre-game.

Madonna has been tapped to perform during the halftime show.

Last year, Christina Aguilera famously flubbed the national anthem’s lyrics at the Super Bowl in Dallas.

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Two months after Gossip Cop first reported that Madonna was going to be the halftime performer at Super Bowl XLVI, it’s official!

On Sunday night, during the Detroit Lions and New Orleans Saints game, NBC and the NFL announced that Madonna would the Super Bowl’s headlining act at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis on February 5, 2012.

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For her performance, Madonna will partner with a Cirque du Soleil creative team, choreographer Jamie King, and multimedia artists from Moment Factory.

The Super Bowl show was performed in 2011 by The Black Eyed Peas, while The Who did the honors the prior year.

Madonna is currently working on a new album for a spring 2012 release.

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Apparently, the tension between Ashton Kutcher and George W. Bush at Super Bowl XLV made the Packers and Steelers seem like best friends by comparison.

During an interview with BBC Radio 1, Kutcher talks about his experience sitting behind the former President during last Sunday’s big game in Dallas.

“I don’t think he’s very happy with me. He just was not very nice to me. He just kind of snubbed me a little bit,” Kutcher says of Bush.

Asked why Bush may have been icy toward him, the No Strings Attached actor explains, “I think I said some mean things [about Bush] during the election.”

“I feel like he probably doesn’t like me very much.”

Kutcher describes Bush as being “curt” when acknowledging him, telling the BBC hosts that former president greeted him with something between a growl and a “burp.”

At one point, Kutcher says Bush turned around and “gave me this scowl.”

Wow.

Maybe President Bush thought he was about to be punk’d?

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Christina Aguilera realized very quickly that she flubbed the lyrics to the National Anthem at Super Bowl XLV, and was extremely apologetic.

At one point while singing the Star-Spangled banner, Aguilera belted out the words, ”what so proudly we watched,” rather than the actual lyrics, “o’er the ramparts we watched.”

Afterwards, Aguilera explained in a statement: “I got so caught up in the moment of the song that I lost my place.”

“I can only hope that everyone could feel my love for this country and that the true spirit of its anthem still came through,” she added.

What do you think about Aguilera’s gaffe?

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The overnights are in, and Green Bay’s victory over Pittsburgh in Super Bowl XLV was an absolute blockbuster.

FOX’s broadcast hit a 47.9 rating and 71 share in metered markets, tying it with the 1987 Super Bowl as the highest rated in history.

The game was 3 percent higher than last year’s Saints-Colts tilt.

Total viewership figures have not been released yet.

The post-game episode of “Glee,” however, was down (16.5/28) from last year’s airing of a special “Undercover Boss” on CBS (22.5/36).

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“Has Jessica Szohr traded a Gossip guy for a Green Bay Packer?” asks EOnline, which goes on to claim that “since splitting with her costar Ed Westwick, Jessica has been linked to Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers.”

The site notes how they’ve been spotted at dinners and even “sitting together courtside at a Milwaukee Bucks game this month.”

So, is Szohr dating the Super Bowl’s winning quarterback?

A rep for the “Gossip Girl” star says, “They are not dating,” adding that Szohr has met and hung out with Rodgers just a few times.

As for why Szohr has been seen at a few Green Bay Packers games, simply the actress is from Wisconsin – and a fan of the Super Bowl champs.

Gossip Cop will continue to keep an eye on the two as they both play the field.

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Unexpectedly, the Super Bowl ad that is generating some of the biggest buzz tonight is Chrysler‘s epic “Imported From Detroit” ad featuring Eminem, a two-minute ode to the Motor City and the American car industry.

It isn’t funny or outrageous, but it seems to be striking a chord with many viewers.

What do you think?

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Justin Bieber and Ozzy Osbourne make a mismatched pair, and Best Buy played up their differences in some kind of futuristic setting for a Super Bowl spot.

The ad ends with Bieber in disguise as a (kinda creepy) production guy who thinks Bieber “looks like a girl.”

Did you like Biebs and Ozzy together?

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Lea Michele sang “America the Beautiful” before tonight’s Super Bowl XLV in Dallas.

Her show, “Glee,” will broadcast a special post-game episode.

What did you think of her patriotic performance?

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The Pittsburgh Steelers and Green Bay Packers will collide in Dallas tonight (on FOX) to determine the NFL’s new champion.

But what’s going on besides the game itself? Here’s a refresher…

2:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. ET – Maria Menounos and Michael Strahan host red carpet pre-game arrivals of various celebrities, including Jennifer Aniston and Adam Sandler. Keith Urban and Maroon 5 perform live.

3:00 p.m. – Animal Planet kicks off its “Puppy Bowl” coverage, which wins annually for Most Adorable Television.

4:30 p.m. – Back on FOX, Bill O’Reilly will interview President Obama.

6:15 p.m. (approx.) - Michael Douglas will voice “Journey to Super Bowl XLV” segment.

TBD - Lea Michele will sing “America the Beautiful.”

TBD - Christina Aguilera will sing the national anthem.

The Black Eyed Peas will perform at halftime, along with Usher and Slash.

“Glee” airs a special episode following the game.

What are you most excited to see?

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Celebrities have converged on Dallas for Super Bowl XLV, where cast members from “Glee” and “Jersey Shore” joined football players and other stars at the 2011 Maxim Super Bowl Party.

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Celebrities have converged on Dallas for Super Bowl XLV, where “Entourage,” “Gossip Girl” and “True Blood” favorites battled it out in the 2011 DirecTV Celebrity Bowl.

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Gossip Cop has learned exclusively that President Obama has invited Jennifer Lopez and Marc Anthony to watch the Super Bowl with him at the White House.

Lopez’s rep confirms to Gossip Cop that the invitation was extended, and now Lopez and Anthony are arranging a trip to Washington to watch the Pittsburgh Steelers take on the Green Bay Packers with the Commander-in-Chief.

Lopez and Anthony share a close relationship with Obama, who met with the couple in the Oval Office on September 16, 2009 while their twins, Emme and Max, ran wild around the White House. Later that evening, Obama was on hand at the Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute’s annual awards gala, where he sang “Happy Birthday” to honoree Anthony, who previously performed at the president’s inaugural ball.

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Christina Aguilera will sing the national anthem at Super Bowl XLV.

A source close to Aguilera confirms to Gossip Cop that she’ll have the honor of doing “The Star-Spangled Banner” before the big game in Dallas on February 6.

Carrie Underwood did it last year.

As previously reported, the Black Eyed Peas will perform at halftime.

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Bill O’Reilly will air an exclusive interview with President Obama on FOX before Super Bowl XLV.

The game will be on February 6.

Obama’s pre-game interview will be his first with the Fox host since being elected president.

So it looks like the Black Eyed Peas may not be the biggest non-football draw that night after all.

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Lindsay Lohan wants everyone to know she’s no baby.

The actress filed a lawsuit on Monday in Nassau County Supreme Court in New York over a commercial E-Trade debuted during the Super Bowl that features a “milkaholic” tot named “Lindsay.” The New York Post first reported details.

In the advertisement, a baby boy is video chatting with his girlfriend and apologizes for not calling her the previous night. “And that milkaholic Lindsay wasn’t over?” she asks, prompting a baby girl to lean into the frame and exclaim, “Milk-a-what?”

Lohan claims the slurry, home wrecking baby is modeled on her.

She is asking for $50 million in exemplary damages and an additional $50 million in compensatory damages.

“Many celebrities are known by one name only,” says her attorney, Stephanie Ovadia, “And E-Trade is using that knowledge to profit.”

“They used the name Lindsay. They’re using her name as a parody of her life. Why didn’t they use the name Susan?” asks Ovadia. “This is a subliminal message. Everybody’s talking about it and saying it’s Lindsay Lohan.”

But the Grey Group, which produced the ad for E-Trade, insists there was no implied link between the infant and Lohan. According to a spokesman, the firm “just used a popular baby name that happened to be the name of someone on the account team.”

Lohan wants an injunction forcing the spot (below) off the air. Gossip Cop wants to know what YOU think.

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“Kim Kardashian, Are You Wishing Reggie Would Propose Already?” asks HollywoodLife in a headline.

The site declares that Kardashian “might have some serious ring envy after witnessing an actual marriage proposal.” HollywoodLife then snidely questions, “How would you feel if you were desperately waiting for a diamond ring, and a random guy proposed to his girlfriend right in front of you,” referring to an incident Kardashian witnessed yesterday.

“OMG I’m at Sephora and a guy just proposed to his girlfriend right in front of me!” the reality star tweeted. “So sweet! I wish them all the best!!!”

For anyone who thought HollywoodLife couldn’t sink any lower, the site taunts Kardashian by saying, “It must sting not [being] the gal getting the ring.”

Sting?

Kardashian is in a happy and committed relationship.

When we asked her about engagement chatter, Kardashian, who earlier today presented her Bebe-Kardashian clothing line in New York, set the record straight exclusively with Gossip Cop.

“We’re in a great relationship,” Kardashian told us about her and Super Bowl champ Reggie Bush.

She explained, “We’re both in our twenties. I’m in no rush.”

“I’ve been married before in my teens, and I want to make sure it’s forever,” said Kardashian, adding, “Reggie is the one.”

While she and Bush are “flattered” that people want them to get married, she reiterated that there relationship is solid and that there’s no rush.

As for HollywoodLife’s contention that she’s “desperately waiting for a diamond ring,” Kardashian tells Gossip Cop, “It’s ridiculous people are putting a timetable on our relationship.” She explained the reason she tweeted about the proposal at Sephora was that it was “adorable and heartfelt,” but “in no way, shape or form was I hinting to anyone about a proposal.”

Like the New Orleans Saints, Kardashian will get her ring… when the time is right.

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“Justin Bieber, Are You Really Getting a $200K Ferrari for Your Sweet Sixteenth Birthday?” asks the question-able HollywoodLife, which then adds, “The 15-year-old is so lucky that, not only does he count Justin Timberlake, Usher, Rihanna and Beyonce Knowles among his pals, but he may even be getting a super sweet ride for his sweet sixteenth birthday.”

Based solely on a picture of Justin Bieber behind the wheel of a Ferrari in Miami over Super Bowl weekend, the site — which recently declared “New Couple Alert” about Ron Livingston and his wife Rosemarie DeWitt – is merely guessing that the teen singer may get the sweet wheels for his sweet 16.

And while HollywoodLife poses questions, once again, Gossip Cop answers them.

NO.

Bieber is NOT getting a $200,000 Ferrari for his birthday, which is two and half weeks away.

His rep called the HollywoodLife report, “completely off base.”

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Everything was going so well for Reggie Bush on Sunday… until his team won the Super Bowl and he went out to celebrate with his gorgeous girlfriend, Kim Kardashian.

Sounds awful!

“The glow of victory faded” for Bush as soon as Kardashian “came on the scene,” claims Star magazine. As the couple entered a victory party at AXE Lounge in the Fontainebleau Miami Beach, an “eyewitness” tells the tab, Kardashian posed for photos with Bush, who “pulled away, miffed, and stormed inside.” Once inside the club, the New Orleans Saints star supposedly snapped, “I just won the Super Bowl. This is my night, not yours.”

What a perfect sound bite! Good thing Star‘s eyewitness was there to “hear” it!

Things reportedly got worse from there, as Kardashian “sulked” at a table while Bush danced with teammates. So the Saint’s great night was ruined by girlfriend drama?

Not so, say sources.

Gossip Cop checked it out and couldn’t find a single corroboration for the mag’s claims of a Sunday turning ugly.

And in the days since the Saints won the title, the couple seems as blissfully happy as ever. “Lol! Yeah it’s not CORNY AT ALL @KimKardashian that we’re tweeting each other from different rooms in the same house,” Bush wrote on Tuesday as the two traded tweets about where to vacation.

We’d say the two seem just Super.

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We always see a potential wreck when we see the words, “Sources reveal exclusively to PerezHilton.com.” (SEE Fidel Castro is dead and Jaclyn Smith shoots herself in the head.)

And Perez didn’t disappoint in a piece about Kendra Wilkinson, whose football player husband Hank Baskett lost in the Super Bowl. (And oh, Baskett plays football, Perez, not basketball.)

Anyway, in an article titled, “Kendra Keeps Up The Dramatics, Cancels Filming!!” Perez first writes, “All right, all right, we can only be SO sympathetic, but this is effin RIDIC!”

Then he claims, “Sources reveal exclusively to PerezHilton.com that Kendra is being such a DRAMA QUEEN about the loss that she personally cancelled filming of her E! reality show, Kendra, today!!!”

“How completely UNPROFESSIONAL! It’s JUST a game,” says Perez, adding, “Nobody died, sweetheart, the game didn’t go the way you wanted it, now wipe the tears, get your shiz together, and think about the entire crew of people who make a living following YOUR ASS around that you’ve inconvenienced by delaying your production.”

No, here’s what’s “effin RIDIC” — Perez NEVER fact-checks his stories.

Rather than Gossip Cop busting Perez (again), we’ll let Wilkinson’s words speak for themselves. She tweeted, “hahaha my show is filming me right now reading the article that I canceled my show..stupid ass LIARS!!!!!!”

She then further zings the bad blogger with another tweet: “get your facts right PEREZ before u say stuff!!!!!!!!! My camera crew is like my family!!!!!!!!”

As usual, what’s “completely UNPROFESSIONAL!” is Perez’s reporting.

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After cheering on the New Orleans Saints at the Super Bowl in Miami, Angelina Jolie traveled to the Dominican Republic, where she spent time yesterday with hospitalized victims of the Haiti earthquake. 

Later today, Jolie, a U.N. Goodwill Ambassador, will head to Haiti to meet with those who affected by the earthquake.

In addition to her work in the field, Jolie and Brad Pitt have already donated $1 million to Doctors Without Borders to help with the relief effort in Haiti.

Gossip Cop will update when more details emerge about her charitable work with those on the devastated island nation.

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Amid persistent (wrong) rumors that their relationship is in trouble and nearing an end, Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie attended last night’s Super Bowl in Miami… together and very happily.

With son Maddox decked out in New Orleans Saints gear, Pitt and Jolie smiled, laughed, hugged, greeted fans, and cheered as the team won its first NFL championship, beating the Indianapolis Colts 31-17.

Pitt and Jolie own a home in New Orleans.

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