WELCOME TO THE B-LIST, YOUR WEEKLY ROUNDUP OF CELEBRITY MESS AND POP CULTURE. THIS WEEK: NEW YORK FASHION WEEK, THE BAFTA AWARDS, ANT-MAN, THE NBA ALL-STAR GAME AND THE LEGACY OF FERGIE.
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NEW YORK FASHION WEEK WRAPPED UP THIS PAST WEDNESDAY. THE EVENT WAS JAM-PACKED WITH STARS SHOWING UP FOR VARIOUS INTERNATIONAL FASHION BRANDS. THESE INCLUDED LINDSAY LOHAN, ROGER FEDERER, JULIA FOX, AND EVEN THE CAST OF WHITE LOTUS. NOTABLY, ICE SPICE AND LITTLE NAS X WERE SHOWN SITTING NEXT TO EACH OTHER FOR COACH. LIL NAS X WORE JEANS AND A RED PUFFY SWEATER WHILE ICE SPICE SPORTED A VARSITY DRESS. THIS COMES AS ICE SPICE IS EXPECTED TO MAKE HER DEBUT ON THE BILLBOARD HOT 100 CHART FOR HER COLLABORATION WITH PINKPANTHERESS, CALLED “BOY’S A LIAR PRT 2.”
THE BAFTAS, OR THE BRITISH ACADEMY FILM AWARDS, HAPPENED LAST NIGHT IN LONDON. THEY COME AHEAD OF THE OSCARS, SCHEDULED FOR MARCH 12. BRITISH ROYALTY WAS PRESENT AT THE EVENT, INCLUDING PRINCE WILLIAM AND KATE MIDDLETON. THEY WERE SHOWN EXCHANGING SOME AFFECTION ON THE RED CARPET BEFORE THE EVENT.
THE BIGGEST WINNER OF THE NIGHT WAS ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT, A GERMAN-LANGUAGE FILM. IT WALKED WITH 7 AWARDS, INCLUDING BEST FILM AND BEST DIRECTOR. AUSTIN BUTLER ALSO WON BEST LEAD ACTOR FOR ELVIS, NOTABLY BEATING OUT PAUL MESCAL FOR AFTERSUN. EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE WAS CONSIDERED TO HAVE BEEN SNUBBED, ONLY TAKING 1 AWARD FOR BEST EDITING. THERE’S NO DIRECT CORRELATION BETWEEN WHO WINS AT THE BAFTAS VERSUS THE OSCARS, BUT THEY CAN BE IMPORTANT TO FOLLOW.
ANT-MAN AND THE WASP: QUANTUMANIA CAME OUT THIS PAST FRIDAY. THIS IS THE THIRD INSTALLMENT IN THE ANT-MAN FRANCHISE, WHICH STARTED BACK IN 2015. WITH A CAST INCLUDING PAUL RUDD, EVANGELINE LILLY AND EVEN MICHELLE PFEIFFER AND BILL MURRAY, QUANTUMANIA HAS BEEN PRAISED FOR EXPANDING THE SCOPE OF THE MARVEL UNIVERSE. IT’S ALSO GROSSED ABOUT $120 MILLION IN ITS FIRST FOUR DAYS.
AND FINALLY IN SPORTS NEWS, THE NBA ALL-STAR GAME HAPPENED LAST NIGHT IN SALT LAKE CITY. GIANNIS ANTETOKOUNMPO OF THE MILWAUKEE BUCKS AND LEBRON JAMES WERE THE TEAM CAPTAINS. ULTIMATELY, TEAM GIANNIS WON 184-175. DENVER NUGGETS COACH MICHAEL MALONE CRITICIZED THE EFFORT DISPLAYED DURING THE ALL STAR GAME ACCORDING TO CBS SPORTS, CALLING IT “THE WORST BASKETBALL GAME EVER PLAYED.”
BUT IT WASN’T ALL BAD. AMERICAN SINGER-SONGWRITER JEWEL DID A FOLKSY RENDITION OF THE STAR-SPANGLED BANNER FOR THE ALL-STAR GAME. THIS MARKS THE FIVE-YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF FERGIE’S LEGENDARY JAZZ-INSPIRED INTERPRETATION BACK IN 2018.
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THAT’S ALL FOR THE B-LIST THIS WEEK. CHECK IN NEXT MONDAY TO HEAR ABOUT WHAT HAPPENS THIS WEEK IN POP CULTURE. FOR WNUR NEWS, I’M PAUL O’CONNOR.
Theme music is from MixKit “What What?! Wowow!” by Michael Ramir C.
