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TODAY
• If you’ve been looking for a reason to howl, the super blood wolf moon is it. A total lunar eclipse – already rare – will happen at the same time as a supermoon (when the moon is full and closest to Earth). And because of factors you can dive into here, the moon will look red. The best views will be in North and South America, Europe and Africa. The roughly three-hour event starts at 10:35 p.m. ET.
• We’ll know today who’ll play in Super Bowl LIII (at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta, in our 5 Things backyard!). It’ll be the winners of the Rams at the Saints at 3:05 p.m. ET and the frigid Patriots-at-Chiefs matchup at 6:40 p.m. ET. The games are on Fox and CBS, respectively.
MONDAY
• It’s the statistical peak of the Atlantic hurricane season, with the eight weeks around this date often prime time for conditions that fuel powerful storms. Right on schedule is Florence, which by late this week may well be hitting the East Coast. In the Pacific, Hurricane Olivia could affect Hawaii midweek as a tropical storm.
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• Prime Minister Theresa May goes back to Parliament to lay out her Brexit fallback plan. She’s caught in a web of domestic politics and facing the clock to get a deal OK’d by United Kingdom lawmakers and European Union leaders before the March 29 deadline for the UK to leave the EU.
• The former White House Communications Director Anthony Scaramucci will be on the celebrity edition of “Big Brother.” The two-night premiere begins at 8 p.m. ET on CBS.
TUESDAY
• The next shoe in special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation could drop when ex-national security adviser Michael Flynn is set to be sentenced. Mueller says Flynn, the highest-ranking Trump administration official to face charges, shouldn’t go to prison for lying about contacts with the ex-Russian ambassador to the US because Flynn helped prosecutors with at least three ongoing investigations.
• The Michigan man charged in Russia with espionage is due in court for a pretrial hearing. Paul Whelan is appealing his detention without bail. His family says he’s innocent and was only vacationing in Russia.
• Kumail Nanjiani and Tracee Ellis Ross reveal Oscars nominations in all 24 categories starting 8:20 a.m. ET. You can watch the livestream here. The awards show is February 24.
WEDNESDAY
• The Presidents of Russia and Turkey are due to meet in Moscow to talk about US plans to withdraw from Syria, where so many factions are fighting it’ll make your head spin. A suspected ISIS attack last week in Syria killed four Americans, but Trump said it won’t change his plan for US troops to leave.
THURSDAY
• Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson’s “The Titan Games” banks on a kitschy Mount Olympus theme. It airs at 8 p.m. ET on NBC.
• Tiger Woods makes his 2019 debut at the Farmers Insurance Open, which he’s won seven times. Watch four days of top-notch play on the Golf Channel and CBS.
• SuperPipe. Slopestyle. Big Air. Extreme sports go on display in the four-day X Games Aspen competitions. Watch on ESPN and ABC.
FRIDAY
SATURDAY
• Yes, it seems like it’s always hockey season. And this is one of the league’s biggest nights, as the best in all four divisions face off, tournament-style, for a shot at a $1 million prize in the NHL All-Star Game. The final starts at 8 p.m. ET on NBC.