Bad Bunny wins his first Emmy for Super Bowl halftime show

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Set us as preferred It’s been a remarkable year for Bad Bunny, one of pop music’s biggest stars.After winning multiple trophies earlier this year at the Grammys, including album of the year for “Débi Tirar Más Fotos,” he can add another accolade: Emmy winner.The Puerto Rican rapper and singer, also known as Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio, won his first Emmy for variety special (live) on Saturday for his historic Super Bowl halftime show.

It was the first Spanish-language halftime show, a 13-minute spectacle that transformed a football field into a variety of scenes including a sugar cane field, bodega, wedding party and casita, like the one in his 2025 San Juan residency.It also featured performances by Lady Gaga and Ricky Martin.

Mikael Wood, The Times’ pop music critic, called it “a busy and colorful performance that drew lines between the traditional folk forms of his native island and the throbbing reggaeton beats that have made him an icon to young people around the globe.”Bad Bunny served as a producer on the show.It won seven Emmys overall, including for directing for a variety special and music direction.

Entertainment & Arts Bad Bunny had a clear vision for his historic Super Bowl halftime show and only two months to bring it to life, said the creative team behind the performance.Also honored at Saturday’s ceremony was Mariska Hargitay for her documentary “My Mom Jayne,” about her mother Jayne Mansfield, a Hollywood actor who died in a car accident when Hargitay was 3 years old.Hargitay also received an Emmy for directing the film and Tony Hardmon won for cinematography.

The movie, which premiered at the Cannes Film Festival last year, had a limited theatrical run before being released on HBO in June 2025.Hargitay won an Emmy in 2006 for lead actress in a drama for playing Det.

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