Broadcaster Kaylee Hartung is gearing up for her first-ever Super Bowl.

It was announced last month that Hartung would be making her sideline reporting debut during the 2026 Super Bowl at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, California, on Sunday, February 8, alongside Melissa Stark. The sportscaster is set to commentate on the game as the New England Patriots take on the Seattle Seahawks.

2026 marks the second Super Bowl in which NBC tapped two sideline reporters to assist with game coverage.

“It feels like such a cliche statement to say this is a dream come true. But it actually is,” Hartung told The New York Post ahead of the football game. “It’s wild that it’s the truth. It’s a dream that I’ve had for a while and it is surreal.”

Hartung admitted that saying she’s covering the Super Bowl is “a hard thing to say out loud” because it’s such a massive deal. She told the newspaper that she was “stocking up on sleep” ahead of her Super Bowl debut.

“I’m trying to enjoy being in the place that I pay rent right now, because those days feel few and far between,” Hartung said of her New York City apartment. “I moved into this apartment almost a year ago, right after the Super Bowl last year, and I still am missing pieces of furniture.”

Keep scrolling for everything to know about Hartung:

Who Is Kaylee Hartung?

Hartung made her debut as CBSNews.com reporter and correspondent. Eventually she got a gig as an assistant to journalist Bob Schieffer before nabbing an associate producer position on CBS’ Face the Nation.

She’s also held positions at ESPN, CNN and ABC News before being hired by Prime Video in July 2022 as their Thursday Night Football sideline reporter.

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Where Is Kaylee Hartung From?

Hartung grew up in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, before attending Washington and Lee University, where she graduated in 2007.

Where Does Kaylee Hartung Work?

Along with her gig as the Prime Video Thursday Night Football sideline reporter, Hartung was also hired by the Today show as a correspondent in January 2023. She’s also been hired with NBC Sports for the NFL playoff coverage.

Will Kaylee Hartung Be at the 2026 Super Bowl?

Yes, the 2026 Super Bowl will be broadcast on NBC, making Hartung one of the evening’s sideline reporters.

Will Kaylee Hartung Be at the 2026 Olympics?

Following the 2026 Super Bowl, Hartung will head to Milan to cover the ​​aerials and moguls freestyle skiing competition at the Winter Olympics.

“I’ve got to pack for a month on the road, two different climates and two different events,” she told The Post, noting that six suitcases and a duffle bag are what’s getting her through. “With the Olympics, it’s kind of easy. I’m working aerials and moguls events and I’ll be outside, so I’ll have to wear our NBC-issued Ralph Lauren Olympics gear.”

Hartung added, “I’ve got my puffer coat and all of my layers that are going to go underneath it — easy enough. That really does simplify everything with the weather. … For me, nothing matters more than functionality.”

One week after Savannah Guthrie’s mother, Nancy Guthrie, mysteriously went missing, law enforcement returned to one of her children’s homes to conduct a late-night search.

On Saturday, February 7, around 10:30 p.m., police were seen going in and out of Annie Guthrie and her husband Tomasso Cioni’s Arizona abode over the course of several hours, according to NewsNation’s Brian Entin. While it’s been reported an agent was spotted carrying a silver briefcase into the house, it is still unclear why investigators were conducting another search of the property or if they found any additional evidence related to Nancy’s potential whereabouts.

The home is one of the last places that Nancy, 84, was seen after having dinner with Annie and her husband on January 31. Her son-in-law allegedly drove her to her own house in Catalina Foothills just before 10 p.m. that night. The next day, she was reported missing after she failed to show up at church..

Her disappearance has since been treated as a crime investigation and a potential kidnapping. Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos also exclusively told Us that it’s believed Nancy was taken while she was asleep.

“Something unusual at that house occurred that made us go, ‘Wow, something’s wrong here. Something doesn’t fit,’” he said on Monday, February 2. “We’re gonna pull all the stops and go at all angles. We really do hope it’s a search-and-rescue mission and we find her and she’s safe and sound. But it would be unjust if we didn’t look at what’s in front of us and go, ‘We need to act.’”

On Sunday, the Pima County Sheriff’s Department additionally confirmed the investigation into the 84-year-old’s shocking disappearance is ongoing with no major leads into who or why they may have taken her.

“Follow-up continues at multiple locations. No suspects, persons of interest, or vehicles have been identified,” a post shared to X read. “No scheduled press briefings. If any significant developments occur in the case, a press conference will be called.”

In the wake of Nancy’s disappearance, an alleged ransom note was sent to several media outlets. As Us previously reported, the person or people who supposedly took Nancy are allegedly demanding $6 million in bitcoin for her safe return, according to Tucson ABC affiliate KGUN9.

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On Saturday night, Nancy’s children —Savannah, Camron and Annie — pleaded with her alleged abductor or abductors to let her go in a heartbreaking video shared to Instagram.

“We received your message and we understand. We beg you now to return our mother to us so that we can celebrate with her,” Savannah said while holding her siblings’ hands. “This is the only way we will have peace. This is very valuable to us and we will pay.”

Their latest video message comes days after the Guthries publicly stated they were “ready to talk” with the alleged kidnappers and begged for proof their mother was okay.

“We live in a world where voices and images are easily manipulated,” Savannah said at the time. “We need to know without a doubt that she is alive and that you have her. We want to hear from you and we are ready to listen. Please, reach out to us.”

Animation has emerged in recent years as one of the leading drivers of box office success. Just last year, Zootopia 2 outperformed many live-action blockbusters on its way to grossing over $1.7 billion at the global box office. This comes after other animated hits like Ne Zha 2 had no problem smashing box office records, while major Marvel movies like Thunderbolts* failed to turn a profit. It’s clear that a new age in Hollywood is upon us, and with a plethora of animated hits coming down the line, the genre is only going to get more flush as time goes on.

One of the biggest box office hits to come out in the last few years was The Super Mario Bros. Movie, which stars Chris Pratt as Mario and Anya Taylor-Joy as Princess Peach. On the backs of other stars, like Jack Black as Bowser, The Super Mario Bros. Movie grossed over $1.3 billion at the global box office, making it one of the most profitable movies ever. It was a no-brainer for Nintendo to greenlight a sequel, which is now scheduled to be released on April 1. Promotion for the film is now in full swing.

Nintendo released a new look at The Super Mario Galaxy Movie for the Super Bowl, with the film now less than two months away from its global premiere. It’s currently slated to be released on April 1, almost exactly three years removed from the debut of the original film. The new Mario movie will take the duo of plumber brothers on a wild new adventure, with Brie Larson and Benny Safdie joining the cast as Rosalina and Bowser Jr, not to mention the absolutely adorable Yoshi.

Chris Pratt Has a New Apple Movie Coming Soon

Earlier this week, Apple TV officially announced its next film with Chris Pratt, Way of the Warrior Kid, which co-stars Linda Cardellini. The film follows a Navy SEAL who returns home to stay with his sister, only to realize that her son/his nephew is being bullied. He takes it upon himself to teach him to stand up for himself. The film will be released on Apple TV on November 20 this year and will be directed by McG, with a script by Will Staples.

Check out the new trailer for The Super Mario Galaxy Movie above and stay tuned to Collider for more updates and coverage of the film.

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It’s game day, Roomies! Super Bowl LX is HERE! Before the New England Patriots and Seattle Seahawks even hit the field, the players pulled up to the stadium showing off their pre-game tunnel fits. Stefon Diggs was one of the ballers that had eyes on him. The 32-year-old wide receiver is going viral for his tunnel walk, social media is clocking his look along with a few others to see who really put it on and wore it best.

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Stefon Diggs Set The Tunnel Off With His Fit

Fox Sports dropped footage of Stefon Diggs pulling up to one of the biggest moments of his career. The baller is heading into his first Super Bowl, and he looks locked in and ready to go. He made sure to step out with an official tunnel fit, rocking a black jacket, light denim jeans, and chunky gray suede boots. And you already know the drip didn’t stop there — he iced it out too! According to Complex, Diggs topped off his fit with a custom cross chain designed by Eliantte.

Stefon Diggs is ready for his first Super Bowl 😤

(via @NFL) pic.twitter.com/5R4gCWkHqZ

— FOX Sports: NFL (@NFLonFOX) February 8, 2026

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X Users React To Stefon’s Tunnel Style

Of course, the internet had a lot to say about Stefon’s tunnel drip. Folks flooded Fox Sports’ comments with reactions. Some said he looked locked in and game-ready, while other said he popped out looking fly.

X user @HappyBullTrader wrote, “Stefon Diggs looking intense #SuperBowlLX” 

Then X user @siannah98314 wrote, “ That man looking goodtttttttttt.” 

Another X user @thetspcommunity wrote, “He’s ready for something.” 

While X user @talhakhano_eth wrote, “Pressure’s different there, but he’s built for it.” 

X user @Invagabe wrote, “Oh okay Diggs lets get it.” 

Then another X user @definger2 wrote, “Terrible boots & an even worse walk.” 

Diggs Popped Out & The TL Clocked His Fit

Meanwhile, The Shade Room’s comment section was split about Diggs’ style. Some fans begged for a throwback to when men wore suits, while others went hard defending Stefon’s style. Peep some of the reactions below.

Instagram user @can__endo__live wrote, “Was there a dress like anything but an athlete theme we missed 🤣🤣” 

Instagram user @slaywithdre wrote, “.. It’s a lot going on here.” 

While Instagram user @witty.snack wrote, “Now Stefon…” 

Then Instagram user @only1pleasure wrote, “Bruh Stephon Diggs bout to piss Me off 😂😂😂” 

Instagram user @chanzbz wrote, “When Bad Bunny concert start cause whats this.” 

Another Instagram user @d.o.l.l.f.a.c.e.d wrote, “Diggs dressed like Teyana Taylor 😂” 

Instagram user @iamshanirose wrote, “Why Stefon show up looking like he borrowed an outfit from Offset🙄” 

While another Instagram user @aryazobia wrote, “Steph what’s all that back there 👀😂” 

Then another instagram user @gabrielle.rocker wrote, “I’m getting old bc I’m hating the outfits now.” 

Finally, Instagram user @finesh_t.ashh wrote, “Do Stefon Diggs got on some apple bottoms jeans , boots wit the fur 🥴 ???????” 

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Former New England Patriots coach Bill Belichick’s girlfriend, Jordon Hudson, is seemingly trolling Patriots owner Robert Kraft ahead of Super Bowl LX.

According to pictures obtained by TMZ on Sunday, February 8, Hudson, 24, was seen wearing a T-shirt from Orchids of Asia Day Spa while appearing alongside her boyfriend, 73, on Saturday, February 7, in Chapel Hill, North Carolina.

For the uninitiated, Orchids of Asia Day Spa is the Florida massage parlor associated with Kraft’s 2019 prostitution bust. In January of that year, Kraft was accused of paying for sex acts after a months-long investigation into the Jupiter, Florida, establishment. The NFL owner pleaded not guilty, though he issued a public apology for his actions.

“I am truly sorry,” Kraft said in a written statement at the time. “I know I have hurt and disappointed my family, my close friends, my co-workers, and our fans and many others who rightfully hold me to a higher standard.”

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He continued at the time, “Throughout my life, I have always tried to do the right thing. The last thing I would ever want to do is disrespect another human being. I have extraordinary respect for women.”

While Kraft — along with 24 additional defendants — was offered a pretrial deal as part of a deferred prosecution program often offered to first-time offenders, the charges against Kraft were dropped in September 2020 after the prosecution lost a court decision that ruled key video and audio surveillance of Kraft allegedly soliciting a woman at the spa inadmissible.

“Although there was probable cause to make an arrest, the evidence cannot prove all legally required elements of the crime alleged and is insufficient to support a criminal prosecution,” a court filing by the office of Palm Beach State Attorney Dave Aronberg read at the time, per NBC News.

“Without these videos, we cannot move forward with our prosecutions and thus we are ethically compelled to drop the case against all the defendants,” Aronberg reiterated during a news conference.

While Belichick and Kraft won six Super Bowl Championships together during Belichick’s tenure with the team, they have seemingly had a tumultuous relationship since the former coach’s 2023 retirement.

“As I told Robert multiple times through the years, I took a big risk by taking the New England Patriots head coaching job,” Belichick told ESPN in July 2025 after the Patriots owner claimed he was the one who took a “big risk” in hiring Belichick after losing record with the Cleveland Browns.

“I already had an opportunity to be the Head Coach of the New York Jets, but the ownership situation as unstable,” Belichick continued at the time. “I had been warned by multiple previous Patriots’ coaches, as well as other members of other NFL organizations and the media, that the New England job was going to come with many internal obstacles. I made it clear that we would have to change the way the team was managed to regain the previously attained success.”

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Hudson, who met Belichick in 2021 on a flight from Massachusetts to Florida, is known for standing behind and beside her boyfriend, who is 49 years her senior. After reports surfaced that Belichick would not be a first-ballot Hall of Fame inductee despite being arguably the best head coach in NFL history, Hudson clapped back via Instagram.

“Hey @profootballhof, what were the ‘unforeseen circumstances’?” the former college cheerleader captioned the post, along with a screenshot of an email notifying her of a canceled order from the Pro Football Hall of Fame online store.

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Most Star Wars fans agree that Endor is the lamest planet (Yes, technically a moon, stop typing that comment!) in the entire galaxy far, far away. Visually, it’s no more exciting than any given forest, and to make matters worse, it’s crawling with annoying little Ewoks. However, what most Star Wars fans don’t realize is that Endor was written to be much, much cooler: in the earliest drafts of Return of the Jedi, it orbited the planet that would later become Coruscant.

Earlier drafts of Return of the Jedi were very different from the final movie: for example, the Empire had two different Death Stars that were in orbit around a humble moon. The script identified this as a “Green Moon,” one that went by the goofy name of Jus-Endor before it was changed to (ahem) just Endor. In the finished Return of the Jedi, there is nothing remarkable about the planet that this forest moon orbits; it’s a rather boring gas giant that never has any real impact on the canon.

Endor Oribited Had Abaddon

However, in the rough draft script for Return of the Jedi, the forest moon orbited a planet called Had Abaddon. Up to this point in Star Wars, all of the planets that we had seen were defined by singular themes: Tatooine was a desert planet, Hoth was an ice planet, and so on. What made Had Abbadon special was that it was a city planet whose entire surface was one big, sprawling metropolis.

This wasn’t just any city planet, though: it was the home of the Empire. That early Return of the Jedi script located the Imperial Palace on Had Abbadon, and this was where Emperor Palpatine sat in his throne room. Originally, Luke Skywalker was going to have to confront Palpatine on this planet; also, the throne room was surrounded by lava (no, really!), and Luke was going to have to duel Darth Vader in an environment so fiery it gave Mustafar a run for its money.

So, what happened to this cool concept? In later drafts of Return of the Jedi, Palpatine’s throne room was moved aboard the second Death Star. This made the presence of an Imperial city planet feel a bit superfluous to the plot, so Had Abbadon was written out of the movie altogether.

Timothy Zahn Invented Coruscant

However, later Star Wars creators really fell in love with the idea of the Empire ruling the galaxy from the comfort of a sprawling, city-covered planet. One of those creators was Timothy Zahn, whose groundbreaking novel Heir to the Empire introduced fan-favorite characters like Grand Admiral Thrawn and Mara Jade. In his books, he wrote about the Rebels establishing the seat of the New Republic in the Imperial Center of this planet; however, disliking the name Had Abbadon (it doesn’t exactly roll off the tongue), he named this planet Coruscant.

This was during the height of the Star Wars Expanded Universe, so Zahn’s name stuck around: countless other writers included Coruscant (complete with its new name) in their books. Interestingly, the first time we ever saw this planet onscreen was during cutscenes for the seminal 1994 video game, TIE Fighter. Just like that, a revolutionary flight sim brought to life the planet that George Lucas came so close to showing us in 1983’s Return of the Jedi.

Coruscant Finally Appears On The Big Screen

Things came full circle in 1999, when George Lucas put Coruscant (once again imagined as a city planet) in The Phantom Menace. As for Had Abbadon, it was briefly revived in the Star Wars EU as a separate planet, one that served as a source of power for Darth Krayt in the popular Star Wars: Legacy comics. However, this comic was decanonized after Disney purchased Star Wars, and in the current canon, “Had Abaddon” is merely the name of a mysterious, unknown system in the Deep Core.

As for the Forest Moon of Endor, it remained pretty unexciting in almost all of the drafts of Return of the Jedi; after all, there’s only so much you can do to make teddy bears and redwood trees seem very interesting. Once upon a time, though, this moon happened to orbit the seat of power for an Empire that ruled the entire galaxy, one with a throne room filled with lava. Honestly, it doesn’t get much cooler (er, hotter?) than that, and anyone who says otherwise is a laser-brained nerf herder.

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The 1990s and the early 2000’s delivered tons of wild, fun, televised science fiction, but that seemed to fade away in the 2010s. It was replaced by super serious programming like Battlestar Galactica and The Expanse, with little lighthearted adventure left for sci-fi fans. 

One show, though, dared to be different. It bucked the trend and delivered a series of fun space adventures, quietly earning five full seasons in the process. 

Lost in a haze of twenty-teens angst, almost no one seemed to notice, but it’s time to change that. This is Why Killjoys Failed.

Firefly wasn’t the first series to use the sci-fi-Western mashup, but it did popularize it. To this day, it is what people think of when they hear “space western.” Decades later, it has become common for sci-fi shows to incorporate aspects of Westerns into their world-building and storytelling. Though it lacks the dusters and six-shooters, Killjoys captures that same spirit of the old West. 

Following a trio of bounty hunters that are constantly outgunned and often on the run from one group or another, it doesn’t hit like Firefly, but scratches the same itch. A Killjoy is a bounty hunter. In the first episode, we meet our “heroes,” Dutch and Johnny, as they take a kill warrant for Andras on what seems like a routine mission.

It turns out, though, that “Andras” is actually Johnny’s brother D’avin, so instead, they find a way to nullify the kill warrant. D’avin joins them as a brand-new member of the Killjoys and, thus, becomes the audience surrogate for learning about the rough-and-tumble business.

That’s only the first two episodes of Killjoys, which soon falls into a rhythm of episodic adventures combined with the usual mythology arc playing out in the background. Unlike some sci-fi shows that can’t find the right balance, this SyFy original keeps things moving from the word “go.”

The Killjoys are working as officers for the RAC (Reclamation Apprehension Coalition), one of many factions in the universe. It all revolves around Old Town, an industrial city essentially controlled by The Company, a massive conglomerate that has a stranglehold on trade and commerce. You can see where the conflict in Killjoys is going, but as with any series about life on the edge of society, allegiances can change with the wind.

During its run on SyFy, Killjoys received widespread praise for the surprising depth of its world. Unlike Firefly, which didn’t have time to explain much of the workings of the Inner Planets, this series delves deep into politics, subterfuge, and secret plots involving immortal super soldiers.

Why Killjoys Failed

Killjoys never really got the credit it deserved during its run, but the SyFy channel treated it well. It was canceled after 5 seasons, but SyFy allowed it to finish on its own terms, something genre television almost never gets.

Despite getting five seasons, Killjoys never really blew up big on the radar of most science fiction fans, and today, only a few years after the show ended its run in 2019, it’s all but forgotten. What happened? Why isn’t it a bigger part of the conversation? 

The thing about Killjoys is that it’s very much a spiritual successor to not only Firefly but also Farscape. In an era of super serious sci-fi, it doesn’t take itself too seriously and remains fairly light-hearted throughout.

However, that is both a positive and, to some, a negative.  Killjoys never reaches the emotional depth of its contemporaries, like The Expanse or Dark Matter. And we have to admit, it’s reflected in the show’s acting, which is passable but doesn’t go beyond “B-tier sci-fi series.”

To some, that’s a good thing. If you start watching the show for a good time that’s exactly what you’ll get. You get a lot of it too, as there’s plenty to binge.

One of our favorite things about Killjoys is the fun that the crew had with the episode titles, which are all either puns or references, from “How to Kill Friends and Influence People” to “The Hullen Have Eyes” and, what we hope is a purposeful reference to Blake Lively’s greatest line-reading of all time, “Wargasm.”  That immediately lets you know the level of seriousness the show maintains, and you’re now either excited to check it out or want to stay far, far away.

As a show on television in an era of super serious TV, an era in which people were so against even the notion of comedy that Hollywood stopped making them, it’s easy to understand why Killjoys may never have seen the success it might have deserved.