Daily Skimm: Super Bowl LVII Champs, Unidentified Objects, and Megan Fox

Must Be LVII on the Brain

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How ‘bout those Chiefs?

Give me the play-by-play.

Last night, the Kansas City Chiefs beat the Philadelphia Eagles 38-35 in Super Bowl LVII (read: 57). Now, the Chiefs are taking home the Vince Lombardi Trophy. And QB Patrick Mahomes added another win under his belt: Super Bowl MVP…for a second time.

How’d we get here?

The Eagles kept pulling ahead until the fourth quarter. Eagles QB Jalen Hurts made history again and again. But Mahomes had people asking, ‘what injury?’ And Chiefs linebacker Nick Bolton scooped and scored. Through it all, Mama Kelce — whose two sons played against each other — was the real winner.

That’s nice. It isn’t what I came for. 

If you were taking bets on Rihanna’s opening halftime song, b*tch better have your money. She found love on a Super Smash Bros stage. Dancers in white jumpsuits put in the work. And the internet had her pregnancy announcement on the brain.

Anything else to ad?

Tubi had half of America doing a double take. Cher isn’t Clueless about shopping. Bud Light put us on hold. It’s Ma&Ya’s now. Oh and Ben Affleck’s sad boy energy? It runs on Dunkin’.

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This was not the land, this was Glendale, AZ. Both the Eagles and Chiefs played their hearts out amid a controversial holding call, missed field goal, and slippery field. Now, the Chiefs are taking home their second Super Bowl W in four years. Run it back.

Correction: An earlier version of this Daily Skimm stated that the Kansas City Chiefs’ victory Sunday night was the team’s second Super Bowl win in three years. It was their second win in four years.

And Also...This

Why we’re down to 95 luftballoons…

Unidentified objects. Over the weekend, the US military shot down three new unidentified objects floating over North America. On Friday, a jet took down an object about the size of a small car over Alaska’s frozen waters. The next day, the Pentagon said another US jet shot down a “high-altitude airborne object” over Canada’s Yukon territory. Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said he “ordered the take down,” which was coordinated by NORAD (the combined US-Canada air defense organization). And yesterday, a US fighter jet shot down a third object flying over Lake Huron. If you’re counting, there've been a total of four flying objects that have been shot down in over a week. Now, officials say they are looking into the debris to see where the objects came from and if they were part of any surveillance programs. It comes as Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said the US didn’t know about “these balloons” until “a few months ago.”

Who's messy...

Presidents and veeps. On Friday, the FBI discovered a classified document in former VP Mike Pence’s Indiana home. It comes after the former veep agreed to the search after a first batch of docs were found at his home last month. It’s unclear what the documents are related to. But the discovery also comes as special counsels investigate President Biden and former President Trump for classified docs found in their homes. It’s not clear yet whether the Justice Dept appoints a special counsel for Pence, another potential 2024 presidential candidate. Pence’s lawyers say the VP and his team will “be fully transparent” through the rest of the investigation. The FBI’s reportedly expected to search Pence’s office in Washington, DC in the coming days.

Where people are looking for accountability…

Turkey. Over the weekend, Turkish authorities issued 131 arrest warrants for contractors linked to the buildings that collapsed following the 7.8 and 7.5-magnitude earthquakes. While the quakes are one of the deadliest to hit the region in a century, many are also pointing the finger at faulty construction for causing the buildings to topple over on residents. For years, experts have raised safety concerns about new buildings amid accusations of gov corruption. Now, authorities have arrested 12 contractors for their alleged role in the faulty construction that worsened the damage. It comes as more than 36,000 people have died across Turkey and Syria — a toll that may continue to increase.

Who might be available for Galentine’s brunch after all…

Megan Fox.