By Jonathan Klotz
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There’s nothing like the television of the 80s. It’s the only decade in which Knight Rider could have become a hit. In 1985, Universal decided to replicate the success they stumbled into with a show about a supercar and a clandestine organization by making a show about a super-secret government prototype known only by its codename: Street Hawk.

Instead of a car, the short-lived series featured a motorcycle. If you can already see the problem, congratulations, you’re smarter than an ’80s studio executive. 

Knight Rider, But On A Motorcycle

Street Hawk is about a motorcycle riding vigilante by night, a cop by day, and a dirt bike racer whenever he can fit in the time, named Jesse Mach. That name sounds fake and made up, but the character’s played by Rex Smith, another name that sounds like someone had to settle after learning “Max Power” wasn’t available. Today, Rex is an accomplished Broadway performer, but back in the 80s, he was a blatant attempt by Universal to create a new David Hasselhoff. 

The motorcycle, also called Street Hawk, comes across as a third-generation photocopy of Kitt without the wit of Mr. Feeny’s voice. Instead, Jesse talks to his crime-fighting partner and the creator of Street Hawk, Norman Tuttle (Murphy Brown’s Joe Regalbuto), who also assumes control when the bike activates its super-speed mode, the Hyperthrust. Going at over 300 mph in the middle of the city, what could possibly go wrong? 

The military prototype also concealed a nose-mounted particle beam, amplified with machine guns and a rocket launcher after the first episode. If you’re wondering how a motorcycle can fit all of that within the chassis, you need to stop right there. Street Hawk is not the show to obsess over fine details; it’s a show to watch and wonder how did this get made?

A Missed Opportunity

Episode 2, the first to air after the TV-movie pilot, features one of Jesse’s friends coming into town on a mission to take out Street Hawk and steal the bike. Jesse’s friend is played by a young George Clooney, after he lost out on the lead role to Rex Smith. It’s the only time anyone chose Rex Smith over George Clooney. 

To the shock of no one, Street Hawk was an immediate flop. Viewers were starting to reject the cheesy, 80s vehicular adventures in favor of the new wave of crime dramas led by Miami Vice. Except for India, where Street Hawk was a massive hit, leading to street-legal reproductions of the bike becoming the hot new toy for men. 

As with its contemporaries, binge-watching Street Hawk can be hard, as every episode is essentially the same. Someone arrives in town, a different group is after the Street Hawk, there’s a chase on the motorcycle, Hyperthrust is activated, rinse and repeat. That formula, combined with the level of acting you’d expect from an action series in the mid-80s, makes this one of the greatest so bad it’s good shows of all time. 

Street Hawk is dated in all of the best ways. The fashion, the special effects, the concept, everything. In a world where every series from the million-dollar franchises down to the latest multi-camera sitcom is focus-tested within an inch of its life, it’s refreshing to watch a series that filmed the first draft. 

Kaley Cuoco is getting candid about the aftermath of her 2022 divorce from Karl Cook.

“It was the premiere of the second season of Flight Attendant, and I woke up that morning, I was so depressed and so sad, I couldn’t even breathe and I was just laying on the floor. I literally thought I was gonna die. I really did. I said, ‘What am I doing?’” Cuoco, 40, said during a recent interview, which is set to air Monday, February 9, on The Drew Barrymore Show, per Entertainment Weekly.

Cuoco noted that the moment was “the worst morning” of her life, despite thinking the premiere of Flight Attendant — which was cancelled in 2024 after two seasons at Max — was “supposed to to be the best night.”

“It’s so crazy those things sometimes happen at the same time,” she said. “My team came over to get me ready, and they literally got me ready on the floor. I couldn’t get up. I’m like, ‘I can’t go. I can’t go anywhere. I blew up my life. My life’s over.’ I truly thought that. Never getting married again. I’m never gonna have kids. This is it.”

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Cuoco continued, “I knew, when I was laying on that floor in my house, I thought, ‘Oh my God, this is what they talk about. This is the lowest point I could get.’”

Three weeks later, Cuoco met Tom Pelphrey. The pair, who are currently engaged, are parents to daughter Matila, 2.

“I had prayed, and I feel like my soul died,” she said. I feel like my soul died, and I had also said — I think I did a magazine. It was like, ‘I’m never getting married again.’ I said it, I believed that in the moment, [and then] met Tom.”

In Cuoco’s perspective, it’s OK to change your opinion on marriage.

“Sometimes you just change your mind and that’s OK,” she said. “You probably didn’t know I was laying on the floor before my premiere ready to die, that’s true… It still chokes me up because I can remember it so clearly, but it made me a whole new person. But it takes a long time. It takes a long time to figure that out and a lot of forgiveness.”

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Cuoco began dating Cook, now 35, in 2016 after a three-year marriage to tennis pro Ryan Sweeting. Cuoco and Cook tied the knot in 2018, announcing their separation three years later. The pair’s divorce was finalized in 2022. That same year, Cuoco confirmed she was dating Pelphrey, now 43.

While reflecting on his parenting with Cuoco, Pelphrey exclusively told Us Weekly last month that the Big Bang Theory actress is “great.”

“Thank god she’s there because we have a little girl, and she’s a daddy’s girl, and I have a hard time saying no to anything,” Pelphrey shared. “So we need Kaley to lay down the law.”

Pelphrey gushed that being a father and parenting with Cuoco is “literally the best part” of his life, adding, “Yeah, it rewires you. It just kind of happens. I feel everything’s different — the priorities are different.”

Game, set, sip! Odell Beckham Jr., Kane Brown, Terrell Owens, Estelle, and more celebs headed to Cîroc Athletic Club at M Ranch, a private estate established in 1919, in Napa Valley, California on Feb. 6 to debut its inaugural Super Bowl pickleball tournament.

Celebrity pickleball coach Matt Manasse, who has trained Jamie Foxx, Matthew McConaughey, Kelly Rowland, Will Ferrell, and Emma Watson, hosted the day’s matches, with Owens stepping onto the court to compete.

Between rallies, guests recharged with Leisure Well experiences, including IV drips and B12 shots from Recovery Suite and massages by Hyperice.

Throughout the day, attendees embraced wine-country living by sipping Cîroc vodka specialty cocktails, crafted from fine French grapes and distilled using a cold fermentation process, as they soaked in vineyard views across the property’s 12 acres.

Inside the home, partygoers browsed curated artwork by Gordon Parks, courtesy of Jenkins Johnson Gallery, before making their way to an outside stand to grab custom Cîroc pullovers, windbreakers, disposable cameras, and travel bags.

As golden hour faded into evening, DJ Millie kept the energy high with a live set, before guests enjoyed a performance by IDL and a dinner by Chef Kwame Onwuachi, followed by dessert and cupcakes to go.

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The Seattle Seahawks and New England Patriots might be engaged in the fight of their careers in tonight’s Super Bowl, but a new trailer for Scream 7 reveals that Neve Campbell, Courteney Cox, and plenty of fresh meat will be in it for the fight of their lives when the movie arrives later this month. That’s right, fans. With the clock ticking down on the big game, the same can be said for the latest installment in the Kevin Williamson-created universe, with just weeks in between us and a new Scream movie. This time, the stakes are higher than ever, with Campbell returning to her role as Sidney Prescott and attempting to protect her family 30 years after the original Wes Craven-helmed feature slashed onto screens around the world.

The moment is monumental, with Williamson directing his first film in the series he created. He also holds writing credits alongside Guy Busick and James Vanderbilt, which is certainly a promising sign for fans. Williamson was the scribe behind both Scream and Scream 2 before taking a pause and returning for Scream 4, which would be the final movie of Craven’s career before his passing. After sitting out for the fifth and sixth installments, Williamson is back in all his glory with some brand-new ideas to bring to the universe, all while building on the lore and making Campbell’s final girl the center of the story.

The trailer takes things back to the beginning, with Ghostface tracking down Sidney (Campbell), where she and her family now live in a small town in Indiana. While Sidney is still in the line of fire, her daughter Tatum (Isabel May) has become their primary target. The trailer teases that, as we’ve come to expect from the slasher series, there will be plenty of brutal and bloody kills and numerous twists and turns — including the shock return of characters played by David Arquette, Matthew Lillard, and Scott Foley.

Meet the New Faces of ‘Scream 7’

Every Scream movie introduces a slew of new characters to the fold. After all, Ghostface needs plenty of new victims on the chopping block. Completing the lineup of legacy characters are Jasmin Savoy Brown and Mason Gooding, who reprise their roles as Mindy and Chad Meeks-Martin, respectively. In addition to May, newbies include Michelle Randolph, Mark Consuelos, Joel McHale, Anna Camp, Mckenna Grace, Asa Germann, Sam Rechner, Celeste O’Connor, and Jimmy Tatro.

Check out the fresh trailer for Scream 7 above and see it in cinemas on February 27.

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February 8, 2026
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Katy Perry is sending a message to Bad Bunny ahead of his Super Bowl LX Halftime Show performance.

“you got this @sanbenito remind the world what the real American dream looks like #SuperBowlLX,” Perry, 41, wrote via X on Sunday, February 8, alongside a football and heart emoji.

Perry’s post comes hours before Bad Bunny, 31, is set to perform while the New England Patriots take on the Seattle Seahawks on Sunday at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, California. Days before, Bad Bunny (real name Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio) teased that his performance will be all-inclusive — despite previously joking that English speakers had “four months” to learn Spanish.

“They don’t even have to learn Spanish,” he said during the Apple Music Super Bowl LX Halftime Show Press Conference on Thursday, February 5. “It’s better they learn to dance. There’s no better dance than the one that comes from the heart. That’s the only thing that they need to worry about.”

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He added, “I just want people to have fun.”

During the press conference, Bad Bunny — who is from Puerto Rico, an unincorporated territory of the United States — became emotional as he discussed his mom, Lysaurie Ocasio.

“She believed in me, and I’m not talking about my music career,” Bad Bunny said. “I’m just talking about everything. She believed in me as a person, as a human. She believed in my decisions, in my opinions, in my taste, in my choices.”

He continued, “She believed I could be a good person. I think that it was got me here, you know?”

After news broke in September 2025 that Bad Bunny would be taking the stage at the Super Bowl 60 Halftime Show headliner, the decision has received mixed reactions from public figures, fans, politicians and even NFL players.

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A survey released by The Athletic on Monday, February 2, stated that 41.4 percent of NFL players said they didn’t “like” Bad Bunny being chosen as the performer.

“I don’t even know who Bad Bunny is,” an anonymous offensive NFC player said. “I always think it should be an American. I think they’re trying too hard with this international stuff.”

A separate player, however, sang a different tune. “I’ve heard his music obviously, but I don’t speak Spanish so I’m not a big fan,” an NFC defensive player said. “But I do think it’s cool to have him, because America is based on diversity. America was built on immigration. So I feel like having him just furthers that American dream. I like it. I like the choice.”

Days before Sunday’s performance, Bad Bunny took home the Album of the Year award at the 2026 Grammy Awards for his Debí Tirar Más Fotos album.

“There is nothing that exists that we can’t accomplish. Thank God, thank you to the Academy, and thank you to all the people who have believed in me throughout my career,” he said in Spanish. “To all the people who worked on this album. Thank you, Mami, for giving birth to me in Puerto Rico. I love you!”

Bad Bunny also shared a message in English, before continuing in Spanish. “I want to dedicate this award to all the people who had to leave their homeland, their country, to follow their dreams,” he said.

“For all the people who have lost a loved one and even then have had to continue moving forward and continue with so much strength, this award is for you all. Thank you for so much love. I love you,” he concluded. “To all the Latinos in the entire world, and all the artists who came before and deserved to be on this stage picking up this award, thank you very much.”

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.”

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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.”