Super Bowl halftime show 2024 live: Usher takes the stage as Taylor Swift watches on

Amid the frenzy over Swift’s presence at tonight’s game, a clip has resurfaced of the moment she was joined by tonight’s halftime show headliner, Usher, during her 2011 Speak Now tour.

The duo did a fun rendition of the R&B star’s 2004 hit at what was then known as the Philips Arena (now rebranded as the State Farm Arena), when Swift took on some of the rap verses in place of the track’s featured artists, Lil Jon and Ludacris.

If, like me, you have absolutely no idea what’s going on with the sport part of tonight’s event, you’ll be relieved to know that we’ve probably got between 10 to 20 minutes before Usher is due to take to the stage.

Ryan Gosling can be seen crying in his car to Taylor Swift’s “All Too Well” in a new teaser trailer for The Fall Guy, my trusty colleague Kevin EG Perry reports.

The forthcoming action comedy based on the 1980s television series of the same name, and stars Gosling as stunt man Colt Seavers (originally played by Lee Majors).

The cast of the new film, which is directed by Bullet Train’s David Leitch, also features British actors Emily Blunt, Aaron Taylor-Johnson and Hannah Waddingham, and US star Stephanie Hsu.

In one scene featured in the trailer, which aired during the Super Bowl on Sunday (11 February), Blunt’s character Jody, Colt’s ex-girlfriend, knocks on his window and asks whether he’s crying to Swift’s song, “All Too Well”.

“Doesn’t everybody?” Gosling’s character replies.

My fab colleague Brittany (the one I mentioned before who actually understands what’s happening in the match) went out and did some Vox Pops for us about Usher, the results are pretty spectacular

So the Big Game has kicked off, meaning I will have absolutely no idea what’s happening for approximately 90 minutes.***

I wrote the above, then my more knowledgeable colleague Brittany, who actually likes American Football, tells me it’s more like three to four hours. *Sends SOS distress signal.

Fans were moved by performances by Post Malone and Reba McIntire just now, very different but both touching.

US hip-hop star Post Malone did a country-style acoustic guitar version of “America the Beautiful”, while country star Reba McEntire did a powerhouse vocal delivery on “The Star-Spangled Banner”.