Football is just a part of what makes the Super Bowl the biggest game of the year. Aside from the NFL's top two teams going head to head for four quarters, there's never a shortage of viral moments happening before and during the main event. From the commercials everyone looks forward to, celebrity sightings and a star-studded halftime show, here are all of the moments everyone is talking about during the 2022 Super Bowl. Postgame celebrationsLos Angeles Rams wide receiver Cooper Kupp was named the Super Bowl’s Most Valuable Player during a postgame ceremony at SoFi Stadium in Los Angeles.Kupp had eight receptions for 92 yards and two touchdowns. He had a 1-yard reception from Matthew Stafford with 1:25 remaining to give the Rams a 23-20 lead that gave them to their second Vince Lombardi Trophy. Kupp had four catches for 39 yards on the final drive along with a 7-yard run on fourth-and-1 to keep the drive alive.Kupp set a postseason record for receptions with 33.The victory makes Rams head coach Sean McVay, 36, the youngest ever to win the Super Bowl.HalftimeEveryone knew a halftime show starring Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg, Eminem, Kendrick Lamar and Mary J. Blige would be epic. It didn't disappoint, as fans roared in response to their classic hits and reacted to a surprise appearance from 50 Cent, who performed his 2003 hit "In Da Club" partially while suspended upside down. It was a rare Super Bowl halftime show performed in the daylight, but it still had a feeling of a nightclub at SoFi Stadium on Sunday, with a set made up to look like the houses of nearby Compton and South LA.Dre and Snoop opened the show with “Next Episode” and “California Love.”50 Cent, not among the announced performers, started his “In Da Club” while hanging upside down inside one of the rooms.Blige was decked out in silver sparkles and surrounded by backup dancers as she sang a medley of her hits.Eminem was surrounded by a rock band as he performed “Lose Yourself,” at one point taking a knee in apparent tribute to Colin Kaepernick’s protests.The set was surrounded by what looked like a lit-up cityscape from above, with classic convertibles and replicas of the Tam's Burgers stand and the sculpture outside the Compton Courthouse.The crowd had lanyards with LED lights that flashed in coordination with the show’s beats, turning the whole stadium into a light show.An explosion of fireworks lit up the sky as the sun set outside and the show ended with Dre’s “Still DRE”The commercialsThe Super Bowl just wouldn't be the same without commercials. This year is no different.The throwback vibes were strong in this year's ads, which included a reunion of "Scrubs" stars Zach Braff and Donald Faison for T-Mobile and Verizon's remake of the 1996 movie "The Cable Guy," starring Jim Carrey. Meanwhile, GM enlisted Mike Myers for an “Austin Powers”-themed ad that featured a reprise of his role as Austin Powers’ nemesis, Dr. Evil. Sidekicks played by Rob Lowe, Seth Green and Mindy Sterling also joined. Celebrity appearances seemed to be the theme of this year's commercial breaks, including Arnold Schwarzenegger as Zeus, the god of the sky (or in this commercial, the god of lightning) whose wife, Salma Hayek Pinault, gives him the EV BMW iX to spice up retirement. Michelob Ultra's ad showed a bowling alley run by Steve Buscemi and unites several star athletes including tennis great Serena Williams, former NFL quarterback Peyton Manning, NBA Miami Heat all-star forward Jimmy Butler, WNBA star Nneka Ogwumike, top golfer Brooks Koepka and U.S. women's soccer star Alex Morgan.Uber Eats wanted to get across the message that you can order household items and other sundries from its delivery service, not just food. So its ad shows celebrities and other actors trying to eat everything from cat litter to diapers. “If it was delivered by Uber Eats, does that mean I can ‘Eats’ it?” White Lotus actor Jennifer Coolidge asks. Gwyneth Paltrow tries to eat a candle, Trevor Noah tries to eat a light bulb and Nicholas Braun from “Succession” tries to eat dish soap.Other stars featured included Matthew McConaughey for Salesforce, Paul Rudd and Seth Rogen for Lay's Potato Chips, Jim Carrey for Verizon. and Larry David for crytocurrency company FTX. Leslie Jones, Rashida Jones, Tommy Lee Jones and Nick Jonas also teamed up for Toyota's pre-halftime spot.Looking towards the future, Amazon’s spot showed real-life spouses — Scarlett Johansson and Colin Jost — living in a world where Amazon’s digital assistant Alexa can read your mind.Coinbase, a cryptocurrency company, had social media buzzing with their commercial, which featured a color-changing QR code linking viewers to its website that bounced around the screen for about 30 seconds. Some users reported that the Coinbase website crashed soon after the commercial aired because so many people accessed the QR codePregameDwayne "The Rock" Johnson made an epic introduction of both teams before the game began and tennis legend Billie Jean King joined Super Bowl referees and captains for the Bengals and the Rams for the coin toss prior to kickoff. King appeared as the NFL recognized the 50-year anniversary of Title IX enacted in 1972 as part of the Education Amendments providing equal funding for men and women for the first time at high schools, colleges and universities receiving federal funding.She was joined by the team captains for the California School for the Deaf Riverside Cubs, members of the high school girls flag league of champions and girls youth tackle football players from the Inglewood Chargers and Watts Rams.King tweeted out video of her practicing the coin toss before kickoff. King wrote “Pressure is a privilege” and she noted the tip to bend her knees actually helped a lot.Country music star Mickey Guyton delivered a powerful version of the national anthem, while R&B hitmaker Jhené Aiko performed a simple rendition of “America the Beautiful" before the game got started.Actress Sandra Mae Frank performed the national anthem and “America the Beautiful” in American sign language.Gospel duo Mary Mary was accompanied by the LA Phil’s YOLA — which stands for Youth Orchestra Los Angeles — to perform “Lift Every Voice and Sing" prior to pregame festivities.It was hot at SoFi Stadium for the 2022 Super Bowl 56, just not the hottest ever for this game.The temperature was 82 ahead of kickoff between the Los Angeles Rams and Cincinnati Bengals after having cooled off from 85 a couple of hours before kickoff. California has been dealing with a heatwave over the past week with temperatures reaching into the low 90s in the region.That’s short of the record of 84 set on Jan. 14, 1973, at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum.Stars fill Super Bowl eve festivities At the Super Bowl eve party dubbed "Homecoming Weekend" Saturday night, the crowd included celebrities like Issa Rae, Mike Tyson, Lil Wayne, Paul Pierce, Derrick Henry, Ricky Gervais, Jon Hamm, Nicole Scherzinger, Cedric the Entertainer, Karrueche Tran and Flava Flav. And that was just the audience. Justin Bieber was amongst several performers during a weeklong series of entertainment leading up to the 2022 Super Bowl, which is being held in Los Angeles for the first time in nearly three decades. Drake performed on the final night of those events, while Miley Cyrus and Green Day closed out the Bud Light Super Bowl Music Fest across town at the Crypto.com Arena.The annual festival also featured performances by Halsey, Machine Gun Kelly, Gwen Stefani and Blake Shelton. The Associated Press contributed to this article.
Football is just a part of what makes the Super Bowl the biggest game of the year.
Aside from the NFL's top two teams going head to head for four quarters, there's never a shortage of viral moments happening before and during the main event.
From the commercials everyone looks forward to, celebrity sightings and a star-studded halftime show, here are all of the moments everyone is talking about during the 2022 Super Bowl.
Postgame celebrations
Los Angeles Rams wide receiver Cooper Kupp was named the Super Bowl’s Most Valuable Player during a postgame ceremony at SoFi Stadium in Los Angeles.
Kupp had eight receptions for 92 yards and two touchdowns. He had a 1-yard reception from Matthew Stafford with 1:25 remaining to give the Rams a 23-20 lead that gave them to their second Vince Lombardi Trophy. Kupp had four catches for 39 yards on the final drive along with a 7-yard run on fourth-and-1 to keep the drive alive.
Kupp set a postseason record for receptions with 33.
The victory makes Rams head coach Sean McVay, 36, the youngest ever to win the Super Bowl.
Halftime
Everyone knew a halftime show starring Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg, Eminem, Kendrick Lamar and Mary J. Blige would be epic.
It didn't disappoint, as fans roared in response to their classic hits and reacted to a surprise appearance from 50 Cent, who performed his 2003 hit "In Da Club" partially while suspended upside down.
It was a rare Super Bowl halftime show performed in the daylight, but it still had a feeling of a nightclub at SoFi Stadium on Sunday, with a set made up to look like the houses of nearby Compton and South LA.
Dre and Snoop opened the show with “Next Episode” and “California Love.”
50 Cent, not among the announced performers, started his “In Da Club” while hanging upside down inside one of the rooms.
Blige was decked out in silver sparkles and surrounded by backup dancers as she sang a medley of her hits.
Eminem was surrounded by a rock band as he performed “Lose Yourself,” at one point taking a knee in apparent tribute to Colin Kaepernick’s protests.
The set was surrounded by what looked like a lit-up cityscape from above, with classic convertibles and replicas of the Tam's Burgers stand and the sculpture outside the Compton Courthouse.
The crowd had lanyards with LED lights that flashed in coordination with the show’s beats, turning the whole stadium into a light show.
An explosion of fireworks lit up the sky as the sun set outside and the show ended with Dre’s “Still DRE”
The commercials
The Super Bowl just wouldn't be the same without commercials. This year is no different.
The throwback vibes were strong in this year's ads, which included a reunion of "Scrubs" stars Zach Braff and Donald Faison for T-Mobile and Verizon's remake of the 1996 movie "The Cable Guy," starring Jim Carrey.
Meanwhile, GM enlisted Mike Myers for an “Austin Powers”-themed ad that featured a reprise of his role as Austin Powers’ nemesis, Dr. Evil. Sidekicks played by Rob Lowe, Seth Green and Mindy Sterling also joined.
Celebrity appearances seemed to be the theme of this year's commercial breaks, including Arnold Schwarzenegger as Zeus, the god of the sky (or in this commercial, the god of lightning) whose wife, Salma Hayek Pinault, gives him the EV BMW iX to spice up retirement.
Michelob Ultra's ad showed a bowling alley run by Steve Buscemi and unites several star athletes including tennis great Serena Williams, former NFL quarterback Peyton Manning, NBA Miami Heat all-star forward Jimmy Butler, WNBA star Nneka Ogwumike, top golfer Brooks Koepka and U.S. women's soccer star Alex Morgan.
Uber Eats wanted to get across the message that you can order household items and other sundries from its delivery service, not just food. So its ad shows celebrities and other actors trying to eat everything from cat litter to diapers. “If it was delivered by Uber Eats, does that mean I can ‘Eats’ it?” White Lotus actor Jennifer Coolidge asks. Gwyneth Paltrow tries to eat a candle, Trevor Noah tries to eat a light bulb and Nicholas Braun from “Succession” tries to eat dish soap.
Other stars featured included Matthew McConaughey for Salesforce, Paul Rudd and Seth Rogen for Lay's Potato Chips, Jim Carrey for Verizon. and Larry David for crytocurrency company FTX. Leslie Jones, Rashida Jones, Tommy Lee Jones and Nick Jonas also teamed up for Toyota's pre-halftime spot.
Looking towards the future, Amazon’s spot showed real-life spouses — Scarlett Johansson and Colin Jost — living in a world where Amazon’s digital assistant Alexa can read your mind.
Coinbase, a cryptocurrency company, had social media buzzing with their commercial, which featured a color-changing QR code linking viewers to its website that bounced around the screen for about 30 seconds. Some users reported that the Coinbase website crashed soon after the commercial aired because so many people accessed the QR code
Pregame
Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson made an epic introduction of both teams before the game began and tennis legend Billie Jean King joined Super Bowl referees and captains for the Bengals and the Rams for the coin toss prior to kickoff.
King appeared as the NFL recognized the 50-year anniversary of Title IX enacted in 1972 as part of the Education Amendments providing equal funding for men and women for the first time at high schools, colleges and universities receiving federal funding.
She was joined by the team captains for the California School for the Deaf Riverside Cubs, members of the high school girls flag league of champions and girls youth tackle football players from the Inglewood Chargers and Watts Rams.
King tweeted out video of her practicing the coin toss before kickoff. King wrote “Pressure is a privilege” and she noted the tip to bend her knees actually helped a lot.
Country music star Mickey Guyton delivered a powerful version of the national anthem, while R&B hitmaker Jhené Aiko performed a simple rendition of “America the Beautiful" before the game got started.
Actress Sandra Mae Frank performed the national anthem and “America the Beautiful” in American sign language.
Gospel duo Mary Mary was accompanied by the LA Phil’s YOLA — which stands for Youth Orchestra Los Angeles — to perform “Lift Every Voice and Sing" prior to pregame festivities.
It was hot at SoFi Stadium for the 2022 Super Bowl 56, just not the hottest ever for this game.
The temperature was 82 ahead of kickoff between the Los Angeles Rams and Cincinnati Bengals after having cooled off from 85 a couple of hours before kickoff. California has been dealing with a heatwave over the past week with temperatures reaching into the low 90s in the region.
That’s short of the record of 84 set on Jan. 14, 1973, at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum.
Stars fill Super Bowl eve festivities
At the Super Bowl eve party dubbed "Homecoming Weekend" Saturday night, the crowd included celebrities like Issa Rae, Mike Tyson, Lil Wayne, Paul Pierce, Derrick Henry, Ricky Gervais, Jon Hamm, Nicole Scherzinger, Cedric the Entertainer, Karrueche Tran and Flava Flav.
And that was just the audience.
Justin Bieber was amongst several performers during a weeklong series of entertainment leading up to the 2022 Super Bowl, which is being held in Los Angeles for the first time in nearly three decades. Drake performed on the final night of those events, while Miley Cyrus and Green Day closed out the Bud Light Super Bowl Music Fest across town at the Crypto.com Arena.
The annual festival also featured performances by Halsey, Machine Gun Kelly, Gwen Stefani and Blake Shelton.
The Associated Press contributed to this article.
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