Watch closely!! M.I.A. flips the bird to the camera & may have even dropped the S-bomb!! ..but even if she did, it was drowned out by the music, thank God!! lol

People have reacted to this in a muted version of the reaction to Janet Jackson's halftime nip slip eight years ago.  NBC says M.I.A. didn't do it in rehearsal and it was, quote, "completely inappropriate" . . . but this hasn't been THE story, like Janet.  CBS was fined $500,000 for Janet.  There's no word yet on whether NBC will be hit with a fine over this finger.

And according to the NFL, quote, "There was a failure in NBC's delay system. The obscene gesture in the performance was completely inappropriate, very disappointing, and we apologize to our fans."

& yes, men, this is 100% true.

Miley Cyrus here spotted out to lunch with her boyfriend Liam Hemsworth with..what is that? An ENGAGEMENT RING??

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And as if the newborn daughter of Beyonce and Jay-Z didn't have enough going for her come Christmas time, word has it that she's about to get a golden godmother: talk show icon Oprah Winfrey.

Mediatakeout.com reports the A-list couple have chosen the legendary media figure as Blue's godmother, as they've grown close to her.

Jay-Z’s pal, Tyran “Ty Ty” Smith, is Blue's godfather, the website reports, noting the power couple wanted to make sure their godparents weren't blood-related.