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Bill Maher tiene una advertencia para todos los republicanos: no ataquen a Taylor Swift porque ella podría ganar las elecciones para los demócratas.

El presentador hizo la audaz predicción en su programa del viernes "Real Time", durante un panel de discusión con el comentarista deportivo Bob Costas y la escritora de Atlantic Caitlin Flanagan.

Bill empezó la conversación hablando de la estrella del pop, que ha sido noticia internacional recientemente por su popular gira "Eras", sus cuatro Grammys este año, su romance con el ala cerrada de los Kansas City Chiefs Travis Kelce y su próxima aparición en el Super Bowl del domingo.

Bill no se anduvo con rodeos: "Es una noticia nacional en el sentido de que se trata de una persona que literalmente podría cambiar las elecciones. No sé lo que dice esto del país, pero solo le diría a la gente 'MAGA', 'Deberías tener mucho cuidado al atacarla porque se trata de alguien que trasciende los partidos".

Él no se detuvo allí y pasó a describir a Taylor como una chica de campo de la zona rural de Pennsylvania que tiene una tremenda influencia sobre su enorme base de fans. Dijo que podría plantear problemas reales para el presunto candidato presidencial republicano Donald Trump y los partidarios de "Make America Great Again" en las urnas.

Bill lo expresó así: "Sus votantes tal vez no estén registrados en absoluto, y ella no tiene que decir por quién va a votar. Todo lo que tiene que decir es que se registren. Ellos saben por quién vota".

Por supuesto, Bill estaba dando a entender que Taylor está votando por el probable candidato demócrata, el presidente Joe Biden, añadiendo: "Así que creo que podría estar despertando a un gigante dormido".

Damar Hamlin is pulling for the team that booted the Buffalo Bills from the playoffs on Sunday ... telling TMZ Sports he believes the Kansas City Chiefs will win their second-straight Super Bowl.

But, don't get it twisted -- #3 says he's rocking with Bills Mafia for life ... and he'll be right off that bandwagon after a brief three-hour run.

25-year-old Hamlin weighed in on this weekend's matchup with Babcock on the "TMZ Sports" TV show on FS1 this week ... and he gave us his exclusive take on who he'd like to see hoist the Lombardi Trophy.

It may be a bit surprising to hear ... considering the Chiefs have had the Bills' number in the postseason since 2020.

But, the safety explained Patrick Mahomes is the main reason behind his allegiance ... as it's truly hard to see the two-time Super Bowl MVP not coming out on top against the San Francisco 49ers.

We talked to Hamlin about much more than the Big Game -- he also chopped it up about his incredible return to the football field after nearly losing his life during "Monday Night Football" in Jan. 2023, his appreciation for NBA superstar LeBron James, and his newest partnership with the Don't Quit nutrition brand.

Las Vegas is the center of the sports universe as it hosts the Super Bowl ... but it's not just football fans flocking to Sin City, 'cause TMZ Sports has learned countless beautiful ladies are in the desert to work the pole!!

Several gentlemen's clubs tell us women have been lined up outside their doors in hopes of getting a spot on their stages this weekend ... and many strip joints are increasing staff just to meet the demand.

In fact, Hustler -- one of the most popular strip clubs in Vegas -- expects it to be busier than the Las Vegas Grand Prix last November ... which was the first time the city hosted an F1 race in more than 40 years.

"This is an exciting time for Las Vegas, especially for businesses due to the economic impact of the Big Game," Hustler Club LV's general manager Brittany Rose said.

"We have seen out-of-town audition numbers in the hundreds leading up to the week of Super Bowl LVIII."

We're told there's also an influx of male entertainers for the Kings of Hustler Male Revue ... which is located on the 3rd floor of the strip club.

"Everyone is excited being that the club is just steps away from all the action at the stadium," Rose added.

Other clubs like Spearmint Rhino and Crazy Horse III are also expecting a record-breaking weekend ... with both saying they have no choice but to add more dancers each night.

"We will have double to triple the entertainers all week (about 300 entertainers nightly)," Nando Sostilio, owner of Crazy Horse 3, said.

"Since the teams have been announced, we have a ton of VIP reservations already input for football players, musical artists, and tech billionaires from Silicon Valley, and the reservations are continuing to pour in."

No matter what happens on Super Bowl Sunday, Brock Purdy and the San Francisco 49ers will have some shiny, new hardware ... 'cause the whole squad just got hooked up with some brand new team-themed chains!!

TMZ Sports is told ... the NFC champions received new bling from The GLD Shop's private popup outside their Levi's Stadium locker room last weekend ... right before flying out to Sin City for their matchup against the Chiefs.

We're told "Mr. Irrelevant" and Co. got pendants of either the classic SF logo or 49ers helmet ... each plated in 14k white gold.

The dope ice also came with rope chains or upgraded diamond tennis necklaces -- like the one Purdy has on his neck in the pic above.

We're told the players loved their gifts so much ... some of 'em purchased more at the popup shop -- from diamond watches to iced-out chains ranging from $1K to $50K!!

The GLD Shop founder Christian Johnston -- who has worked with A-list celebs including Rihanna and Kevin Durant -- also gave fans a chance to get the same 49ers items (as well as other teams) this Super Bowl weekend at the Mandalay Bay Convention Center in LV.

"We're excited to be back at the Super Bowl," Johnston said.

"Being part of this major sporting event in the entertainment capital is a genuine honor. We're ready to rise to the occasion, bringing the ice to Las Vegas with NFL Crown Jewels -- an immersive experience that lets fans across the nation rep their favorite NFL team with style."

¡Además de haberse enamorado de la estrella musical más grande del mundo, Travis Kelce y sus compañeros de los Kansas City Chiefs han tenido toda una temporada! Pon la pelota en el piso y a ve si eres capaz de abordar los discretos cambios de estas dos imágenes.

Preparándose para el gran partido de mañana, el tight end se soltó durante los entrenamientos en Las Vegas y lució guapísimo usando unos shorts cortos al rojo vivo 😜.

No hay manera de meterse con el #87, pero ¿qué pasa con los demás?

Aside from Travis Kelce falling in love and holding hands with music's hottest star this year, he and his fellow Kansas City Chiefs have had quite the season! Put one foot forward and see if you can tackle the discreet changes in these two images.

In preparation for tomorrow's big game, the tight end was loosening up this week in Vegas during practice -- and was lookin' swift sporting some red-hot short shorts 😜.

There's no way you can mess with #87 ... but what about the others??

Before the world's greatest athletes get padded up and hit the grass of Allegiant Stadium to battle out in this year's highly anticipated Super LVIII in Las Vegas ... the hottest players on the Chiefs and 49ers showed off their bulked-up bods on social media, so get in the game and see if you can tackle who's behind the ballin' bod.

Showin' skin for the win ... Big-shot quarterback Kansas City's Patrick Mahomes took off his pads and posed for a shirtless shot, and in a position you've never seen 'em in before ... while San Fransisco's Trent Williams, Kyle Juszczyk and Christian McCaffrey showed off their game day-ready physiques!

Put your game face on and test your skills on these peak physical forms off the field!

Usher tenía a un montón de celebridades en el teaser promocional de su show para el Super Bowl, incluyendo J Balvin, pero a pesar de la especulación de que el cantante estaría presente en el espectáculo, ahora sabemos lo contrario.

Fuentes con conocimiento directo le dicen a TMZ que el cantante colombiano no participará en el show de medio tiempo con Usher este domingo, a pesar de que mucha gente asumió que podría ser posible desde que apareció en el corto que Apple lanzó el jueves.

Nos dicen que resulta que Balvin está en Brasil en este momento y actuará en el Carnaval el domingo del Super Bowl, por lo que estará lejos de lo que pase en Las Vegas.

No solo está técnicamente reservado para la misma noche del Super Bowl, nuestras fuentes dicen que su atención también está en su próxima gira internacional "Que Bueno Volver a Verte", que comienza en abril en Alemania. Además de eso, nos dicen que está en medio de los ensayos para Coachella.

Ahora, si se preguntan por qué J Balvin apareció en la promoción de Apple, que también tenía a Ludacris, Lil Jon y Taraji P. Henson, tenemos una respuesta.

Nuestras fuentes dicen que la idea de la promo era destacar a los mayores colaboradores de Usher a lo largo de los años y Balvin es uno de ellos, pues tienen una canción juntos, "Dientes".

En términos de quién estará realmente en la actuación de Usher, es casi un hecho que Luda y Jon se unirán a él en algún momento, y como les contamos primero, es también seguro que Alicia Keys va a estar en el escenario con Usher.

También sabemos que se ha hablado de la posibilidad de que tenga como invitado especial a nada menos que Justin Bieber, pero no está claro si realmente va a hacerlo o no.

Usher had a lot of celebs in his teaser promo ahead of his Super Bowl Halftime Show, including J Balvin -- but despite speculation he'll be in the mix ... we now know otherwise.

Sources with direct knowledge tell TMZ ... the Colombian singer will not be participating in the halftime show with Usher and co. come Sunday, even though a lot of people assumed that might be since he showed up in the short film that Apple dropped Thursday.

As it turns out ... we're told Balvin is actually in Brazil right now and will be performing at Carnival on Super Bowl Sunday -- so he'll be far away from the action going down in Vegas.

Not only is he technically booked on the same night of the SB ... our sources say his focus right now is on his upcoming international tour -- "Que Bueno Volver a Verte" -- that kicks off in April in Germany. Plus, we're told he's in the middle of rehearsing for Coachella too.

Now, if you're wondering why JB was even featured in the Apple promo to begin with -- which also had Ludacris, Lil Jon and Taraji P. Henson in there -- we have an answer.

Our sources say the point of the promo was to highlight Usher's biggest collaborators over the years -- and Balvin is one of those lately ... they have their song 'Dientes' together.

In terms of who will actually come out for Usher's performance ... it's almost a given that Luda and Jon will join him at some point -- and we first reported ... Alicia Keys is for sure going to be onstage with Ursher.

Another person we know has been spoken to about potentially coming on as a special guest in none other than Justin Bieber -- but it's unclear if he'll actually perform or not for now.

Alicia Keys será una de las invitadas especiales de Usher en el espectáculo de medio tiempo del Super Bowl, según puede revelar TMZ, Hip Hop, ¡¡¡la última noticia de la muy esperada actuación!!!

Fuentes cercanas a la producción confirman que algunos testigos vieron a Alicia Keys ensayando con Usher al interior del Estadio Allegiant el jueves. Ahora que sabemos que estará en la mezcla, el primer invitado confirmado hasta ahora, por cierto, todas las señales apuntan a que van a cantar una gran canción juntos.

Por supuesto, estamos hablando de su mega dueto de 2004 "My Boo", el que sin duda será al menos una de las canciones interpretadas por ella.

La canción encabezó la lista Billboard Hot 100 durante 6 semanas y se convirtió en la banda sonora de los lentos en todo el mundo. Será interesante ver en qué momento se incluye este lento entre las demás canciones, pero va a tener un montón de tiempo para exprimirlo.

Recuerden, Usher negoció tener 15 minutos de actuación en lugar de los 13 minutos asignados originalmente porque al parecer es la única manera en la que sabe cómo actuar en escena. Teniendo en cuenta la cantidad de famosos colaboradores que ha tenido Usher en los últimos años tiene sentido que necesite tiempo extra.

Su comercial de Apple Music para promover el gran evento también contó con sus colaboradores de "Yeah!" Ludacris y Lil Jon. Casi todo el mundo asume que estos dos también serán invitados durante su actuación aunque, técnicamente, no han confirmado.

Como ustedes saben, Usher también ha estado hablando con Justin Bieber como un posible invitado sobre el escenario, aunque no hemos cerrado si Biebs estará presente o no.

Alicia Keys will be a featured guest at Usher's Super Bowl Halftime Show, TMZ Hip Hop can reveal ... the latest development in the highly anticipated performance!!!

Sources close to the production confirm eyewitness accounts that AK rehearsed with Usher inside Allegiant Stadium on Thursday. Now that we know she'll be in the mix -- the first confirmed guest of his BTW -- all signs pointing to them doing one big song together.

Of course, we're talking about their 2004 mega duet "My Boo" -- which will undoubtedly be at least one of the tracks she performs.

The song topped the Billboard Hot 100 for 6 weeks when it came out -- and became the soundtrack to high school slow dances worldwide. It'll be interesting to see where the slow jam is included in the track list ... but he'll have plenty of time to squeeze it in.

Remember ... Usher negotiated to have a 15-minute set as opposed to the originally allotted 13 minutes ... 'cause it's the only way he knows how to rock, it seems. Considering how many famous collaborators Usher has had over the years ... it makes sense he needs the extra time.

His Apple Music commercial to promote the big event also heavily featured his "Yeah!" collaborators Ludacris and Lil Jon. Most everyone assumes these two guys will also be special guests during his performance ... although, they technically haven't confirmed yet.

As you know ... Usher has also been talking to Justin Bieber as a potential guest onstage -- although we haven't locked down whether the Biebs will actually be in attendance or not.

Usher ha estado en conversaciones directas con Justin Bieber acerca de compartir el escenario durante el espectáculo de medio tiempo del Super Bowl, TMZ ha averiguado.

Fuentes con conocimiento directo le dicen a TMZ que Usher se acercó a Bieber para hablar sobre esa posibilidad. Nos dicen que no había consejeros involucrados de ninguna de las partes y que hablaron directamente entre sí.

Nuestras fuentes dicen que no saben sobre el resultado de esas conversaciones, pero Usher definitivamente quiere que Bieber se una a él para lo que promete será el Super Bowl más visto de la historia.

Como saben, Usher fue mentor de Bieber cuando este tenía 13 años y lo ha guiado durante su carrera, junto con el manager Scooter Braun. Los 2 han sido cercanos desde entonces.

Justin se ha retirado de salir de gira. En 2022, detuvo su gira mundial "Justice" y la canceló oficialmente en marzo de 2023, después de ser diagnosticado con el síndrome de Ramsay Hunt. Ha actuado en eventos puntuales, incluida una actuación en el fin de semana de las estrellas de la NHL el pasado fin de semana en Toronto.

Sabemos que Usher estará acompañado por Lil Jon y Ludacris. Hay algunos rumores de que Alicia Keys también actuará.

Turns out Patrick Mahomes hasn't actually worn the same pair of nasty red drawers DURING nearly every NFL game of his career, just before kickoff ... according to his mother, Randi Mahomes.

Randi recently joined the "Got It From My Momma" podcast ... when the conversation turned to the infamous underwear Patrick recently revealed he wore for almost all of his career. Mom straightened the record.

“I asked Brittany, it’s not that he wears them in the game. He wears them from point A -- like leaves the house, gets to the game. I don’t think he actually wears them in the game,” Randi explained.

Of course, Patrick made the admission to a stunned Peyton and Eli on the Manningcast earlier this season, saying he'd worn the present from his wife Brittany Mahomes since his great rookie season.

"I love a good superstition, but couldn't you just do something like eat the same pregame meal? Did it have to be the red underwear?" Eli asked Patrick at the time.

Randi, like Manning, wasn't a fan of the tradition when she first heard about it, saying, “I was at work, I went into my co-worker's office like I can’t handle this.”

Mahomes and his Chiefs squad are slight underdogs against the 49ers ... we'll see if Patrick breaks tradition and wears them for the game on Super Sunday.

Usher has been in direct talks with Justin Bieber about sharing the stage during the Super Bowl Halftime show, TMZ has learned.

Sources with direct knowledge tell TMZ ... Usher reached out to Bieber about performing. We're told there were no handlers involved on either side ... they talked directly to each other.

Our sources say they do not know the outcome of the talks, but Usher definitely wants Bieber to join him for what promises to be the most-watched Super Bowl in history.

As you know, Usher mentored Bieber when the latter was 13 years old and helped guide his career, along with manager Scooter Braun. The 2 have been close ever since.

Justin has pulled back from performing on tour. He stopped his "Justice" world tour in 2022 -- officially canceling the tour in March 2023 -- after being diagnosed with Ramsay Hunt Syndrome. He has performed at one-off events, including a performance at NHL All-Star Weekend in Toronto this past weekend.

We know Usher will be joined by Lil Jon and Ludacris. There's some rumblings Alicia Keys will also perform.

Travis Kelce did NOT host a big shindig in Sin City a couple nights before the Super Bowl, despite his name being on the invitation for a house party ... TMZ has learned.

There was an invite going around social media Thursday promoting "The Kelce House Party" later that night in Las Vegas ... with Travis' name prominently displayed above the RSVP. Of course, many quickly wondered ... is TK partying his off just a few nights before the game???

Understandable -- on its face, the invite made it seem like Travis was hosting the party with his brother, Jason, which was billed as an event for their 'New Heights' podcast ... and there were even some reports going around claiming Travis was hosting this thing.

However, sources with direct knowledge tell TMZ … Travis didn't host any parties in Vegas last night, and more importantly ... he isn't hosting any ahead of Super Bowl LVIII, period.

For the non-sports fans out there thinking the players on the Super Bowl teams will be having fun in and around The Strip before Sunday's Big Game, our sources say that's just not the case ... and players are basically having zero fun in Sin City before the SB.

Thing is ... we're told Travis and the Kansas City Chiefs players have some pretty loaded schedules, plus a curfew. They start their days early and the day is filled with meetings, practices and training.

They have a strict curfew at midnight every night ... and our sources say if Travis or any of the players get caught anywhere near The Strip, they aren't going to be playing in the Super Bowl.

By the way, the Chiefs are staying far away from the glitz and glamour ... the team hotel is The Westin Lake Las Vegas Resort & Spa, about a 40-minute drive from The Strip.

Sounds like Travis missed out on a fun party with his brother ... the invite says, "You're invited to come through the Kelce House, grab a beer (or 20, alright nah), kick back in the living room, take in an electric set from Cleveland's own DJ MEEL, play some pong on the deck, and all that. Be cool, have a good time, and above all - DON'T tell mom!"

Now, on the question of whether this 'Kelce House Party' is legit -- our sources tell us it is ... but that Travis himself was never explicitly tied to it. It was basically a bash put together by people who help run his podcast ... and we're told upwards of 400 individuals got an invite.

Unclear if Jason showed up or not -- he's a cohost of 'New Heights,' after all -- but we know for a fact ... Trav was nowhere near this thing on Thursday.

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Although Kanye West's 'Vultures' didn't drop at midnight like everyone thought it would, he still held an album listening party ... and the live stream event was abruptly cut off after he mentioned "antisemite" in one of his lyrics ... 😬

In Super Bowl LVIII news ... the food options inside this weekend's million-dollar price tag suites were revealed and celebrities are raking it in with heavy paydays for Super Bowl ad appearances, with Ben Affleck pulling in $10 million for his 'Dunkin Donuts' spot!

Kaskade will replace Tiësto in the DJ booth on Super Bowl Sunday, after he suddenly canceled due to a family emergency.

Jonathan Majors and Meagan Good are still thriving living in NYC following his assault trial conviction, even taking a cross-country trip together.

Plus, Larry David's "attack" on Elmo during his 'Today' show appearance upset actor Wil Wheaton, who said it triggered old traumas.

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