The 2026 Super Bowl halftime show, featuring Bad Bunny's performance, was a significant cultural event, drawing praise for its Puerto Rican pride and sparking political debate and extensive media analysis of its moments, controversies, and underlying messages.

• Bad Bunny Delivers Joyful Super Bowl Halftime Show — New York Times Arts -
• Bad Bunny’s Zara Super Bowl Look: What Does the ‘64’ Mean? — New York Times Music -
• Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl Halftime Show: Best and Worst Moments — New York Times Arts -

• Bad Bunny Super Bowl Halftime Review: A History Lesson Full of Puerto Rican Pride — New York Times Arts -
• Turning Point USA’s Halftime Show Pays Tribute to Charlie Kirk — New York Times Arts -
• ‘The All-American Halftime’ Featured an Electric Anthem Unlike Hendrix’s — New York Times Arts -
• The Wedding During Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl Halftime Show Was Real — New York Times Music -
• 5 Super Bowl Halftime Shows That Sparked Controversies — New York Times Arts -
• Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl Halftime Show: Takeaways and Best Moments — New York Times Arts -
• Trump Criticizes Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl Halftime Show — New York Times Music -
• Green Day Condemns ICE as Part of Super Bowl Festivities — New York Times Arts -
• Key Moments on Bad Bunny’s Path to the Super Bowl Halftime Show — New York Times Arts -
• The Child in Bad Bunny’s Halftime Show Was an Actor — New York Times Arts -
• Bad Bunny Delivers a Love Letter to Puerto Rico at Super Bowl Halftime — New York Times Arts -

The broader entertainment landscape features classical music performances by the Budapest Festival Orchestra, diverse film selections for Black History Month, a YouTuber's box office success, and updates on art gallery shows, dance collaborations, and television premieres.

• Iván Fischer’s Budapest Festival Orchestra Illuminates Mahler’s Third — New York Times Arts -
• 10 Movies to Stream for Black History Month — New York Times Movies -
• Is Wallace Shawn the Only Avant-Garde Artist Who Gets Stopped in Times Square? — New York Times Movies -

• Harry Styles Fans Plan New York Trips Ahead of Madison Square Garden Residency — New York Times Music -
• Like Fireworks: When Masters of Tap and Kathak Dance Meet — New York Times Arts -
• A YouTuber’s Film Beat ‘Melania’ at the Box Office. Here’s How. — New York Times Arts -
• Harry Melling Went From PG ‘Harry Potter’ to B.D.S.M. ‘Pillion’ — New York Times Movies -
• Art Gallery Shows to See in February — New York Times Arts -
• They Carry a Cake Onstage, and Share Dumplings Off — New York Times Arts -
• ‘Love Story,’ Plus 6 Things to Watch on TV This Week — New York Times Arts -

The literary world explores the capability of AI chatbots in romance writing, features several new book reviews including Iris Murdoch's poetry, and highlights Michael Pollan's reflections on humanity's revolutionary changes and AI's impact on consciousness.

• Can AI Chatbots Write Emotionally Rich Romance Books? — New York Times Books -
• Michael Pollan Says Humanity Is About to Undergo a Revolutionary Change — New York Times Books -
• Book Review: ‘Poems From an Attic,’ by Iris Murdoch — New York Times Books -

• Book Review: ‘Saraswati,’ by Gurnaik Johal — New York Times Books -
• Book Review: ‘The War Within a War,’ by Wil Haygood — New York Times Books -

The entertainment sphere mourns the passing of Suzannah Lessard, author of a haunting family memoir, **comedic actress Catherine O’Hara, Fred Smith of Blondie and Television, and Nathan Smith, also known as DJ Young Slade, Lil Jon's son**.

• Suzannah Lessard Dies at 81; Stanford White Descendant Who Wrote a Haunting Family Memoir — New York Times Arts -
• Catherine O’Hara Died From Pulmonary Embolism, Death Certificate Says — New York Times Arts -
• Body of Nathan Smith, Lil Jon’s Son, Found in Georgia Pond, Police Say — New York Times Arts -

• Fred Smith, Who Left Blondie for the Band Television, Dies at 77 — New York Times Music -

The 2026 Super Bowl also featured a critic's ranking of this year's commercials, highlighting both the best and worst, alongside a look into AI's involvement in the advertisement landscape.

• The 2026 Super Bowl Ads, Ranked — New York Times Arts -