The Super Bowl was back on CBS this year.  A 30-second ad cost the same as last year . . . $7 MILLION.  Many of yesterday's ads were sadly released ahead of time, so there wasn't much surprise.  But they're still fun to watch. Here's a round-up of the best ads:   1.  Ben Affleck wants to show Jennifer Lopez what he can do in music and recruits Matt Damon and Tom Brady for a boy band called the DunKings.  Jack Harlow is in it, too.  Dunkin' will be releasing a DunKings menu today, along with merch.         2.  Beyoncé did an ad for Verizon where she tries different ways to break the Internet.  At the end, she announced [...]

Here are all the useless facts that you need . . . or don't need . . . to know in order to enjoy the Super Bowl on Sunday: 1.  Six:  Number of Super Bowl appearances by the Kansas City Chiefs, counting this year's game.  (3 wins.) 2.  Eight:  Number of Super Bowl appearances by the San Francisco 49ers.  (5 wins.) 3.  One:  Previous Super Bowl meeting between Chiefs and Niners.  Super Bowl 54 . . . Chiefs won 31 to 20. 4.  71,835:  Number of fans expected at Allegiant Stadium. 5.  $1.1 billion:  Expected boost to the local economy. 6.  $275:  Projected spending per Super Bowl [...]

Forget about the Super Bowl.  The best ad campaign is actually running TODAY.  The ads are for Lay's potato chips, and they're a takeoff on the movie "Groundhog Day" . . . you know, since it IS Groundhog Day. There are eight of them, and they feature a guy stuck in a time loop where he keeps going up to the same grocery store cashier to buy Lay's chips, and the same thing keeps happening. The only difference is that each time, he has a different flavor. And to make it even more amazing, the customer is played by Stephen Tobolowsky . . . who [...]

This year's Super Bowl prop bets have a brand-new element.  Let's just call it the Taylor Swift Factor.  Yes, there are already Taylor Swift Super Bowl prop bets being offered.  Like these:   1.  Will Travis Kelce propose to Taylor after the game?  There's only about an 8% chance of this happening.  Partly because he probably wouldn't do it after a loss, and the Chiefs are the underdogs on February 11th.   2.  Will Taylor be shown during the national anthem?  There's a 66.67% chance of this, not surprisingly.   3.  Will the MVP of the game mention Taylor?  There's only about a 22% chance of that, [...]

Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson showed up on WWE "Monday Night Raw"a few weeks ago, and teased a return to the ring.  But it turns out something even BIGGER was in the works. The Rock has joined the board of directors at TKO, the company that owns both WWE and the UFC.  He says, quote, "I'm very humbled to have a seat at the table that has decades of history and family legacy for me.  A table that my family helped to build." As part of the deal, he also gets $30 million in stock and the full rights to his nickname, "The Rock".  WWE [...]

If you're tired of seeing Taylor Swift and Brittany Mahomes embrace after every Kansas City Chiefs touchdown . . . I think you got your antidote to that last night. Jason Kelce . . . whose Philadelphia Eagles were eliminated last weekend . . . was also in the Chiefs' box for last night's win against the Buffalo Bills.  And he was AMAZING. When Patrick Mahomes connected with his brother Travis for a touchdown, there was Jason:  Shirtless, puffing out his hairy, barrel-shaped body, and bellowing like a Viking with a can of Labatt's Blue Light in one hand. At one point he even hopped out of the luxury box to pound [...]

We're less than a month away from Valentine's Day, and your significant other may already be dropping hints.  And if they're hinting that they'd like to go to Applebee's a LOT this year, there's an exciting deal for you! Applebee's will be selling a "Date Night Pass" for $200 starting next Monday . . . while supplies last. You'll get a card that's good for one year, that gives you $30 for food and non-alcoholic drinks . . . on every visit.  You can only use it once per day. So basically, you'd have to go at least SEVEN times to [...]