Rihanna confirms pregnancy as world reacts to Super Bowl halftime show

The Independent's Morning Headlines email [View online]( February 13, 2023 [Morning Headlines]( 1 / [Rihanna confirms pregnancy as world reacts to Super Bowl halftime show]( [Rihanna]( has confirmed that she is pregnant with her second child. On Sunday 12 February, the “Diamonds” singer [sparked speculation]( that she is pregnant again when she took to the stage at the State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Arizona, to [perform]( a medley of hits during the [Super Bowl]( 2023 halftime show. For the occasion, Rihanna opted for a bright red jumpsuit, which was unzipped to show off a red bodysuit underneath. In addition to displaying what many suggested was a pregnancy bump, the singer was seen rubbing her stomach during the performance. Following the halftime show, a representative for Rihanna confirmed the pregnancy speculation in a statement to [The Hollywood Reporter.]( The singer’s pregnancy news comes after she and boyfriend A$AP Rocky welcomed their first child, a son, in May 2022. The couple has not yet revealed the name of their son, with Rihanna previously blaming their busy schedules.   2 / [Witness ‘saw two suspicious men’ before Nicola Bulley’s disappearance]( Police told men were hanging around local church and bridge over River Wyre, say reports 3 / ['Scandalous’ Tory government spending on lavish hotels, furnishings and booze revealed]( Labour reveals dossier exposing use of taxpayer-funded debit cards 4 / [BBC board to consider future of boss Richard Sharp amid ‘cash for Boris row’]( Exclusive: Corporation’s most senior officials to discuss whether he has lost public trust 5 / [Warning as UK to face return of ‘Beast from the East’]( The wintry conditions are forecast to stretch over ten days into March     The Big Question How did All Quiet on the Western Front become 2023’s Oscar darling? In an Oscar season defined by its surprises, from the [bizarre, celebrity-led campaign]( to earn Andrea Riseborough a Best Actress nomination, to Normal People’s Paul Mescal [getting a nod aged 26](, the biggest has been the rise of a movie no one cared about a few months ago. [Netflix](’s [All Quiet on the Western Front]( was released in October to little fanfare. It felt like one of those random original films to appear on a typical Friday morning with no real stars and (it seemed) few corporate expectations. Cut to today, though, and it has more Bafta nominations than any other film this year (14). At the [Oscars](, it has a total of nine – second only to the 11 for Everything Everywhere All at Once. All Quiet on the Western Front represents Netflix’s best chance of winning its first Best Picture Oscar since 2018’s Roma. It’s a prize the streamer covets deeply, having thrown everything at the wall in recent years: from humouring Martin Scorsese’s three-and-a-half-hour-long The Irishman to enlisting the help of critics’ favourites Adam Driver and Scarlett Johansson in Marriage Story. Just this year, millions of dollars were pumped into the marketing campaigns of movies you saw (such as Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery) and movies you definitely didn’t (White Noise, we hardly knew ye). Even those involved in All Quiet can’t quite believe what’s happened. “I really don’t really understand what’s going on at the moment,” Felix Kammerer, the movie’s baffled leading man, tells me over Zoom from his home in Vienna. “To see something that I hoped would work out fine now taking this path is just unbelievable.” [For the full story click here >](   Enjoying this newsletter? 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