WELCOME TO THE B-LIST, YOUR WEEKLY ROUNDUP OF CELEBRITY MESS AND POP CULTURE. THIS WEEK: POST SUPER BOWL: AN EAGLES UPSET, KENDRICK LAMAR AT HALFTIME, AND PLENTY OF ADS.
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THE PHILADELPHIA EAGLES WON THE 59TH SUPER BOWL LAST NIGHT 40-22 IN AN UPSET AGAINST THE FAVORITED KANSAS CITY CHIEFS. THE CHIEFS LOST THEIR CHANCE AT BECOMING THE FIRST NFL TEAM TO WIN THREE TITLES IN A ROW, DUE TO A TIGHT DEFENSE BY THE EAGLES. QUARTERBACK JALEN HURTS WAS NAMED SUPER BOWL MVP, AFTER MAKING 2 TOUCHDOWNS AND AN INTERCEPTION. THE TEAM’S LAST WIN WAS IN 2018.
KENDRICK LAMAR TOOK THE SPOTLIGHT FOR THE SUPER BOWL HALFTIME SHOW, INTRODUCED BY AN UNCLE SAM SAMUEL L. JACKSON, AND BACKUP DANCERS DRESSED IN RED WHITE AND BLUE. THE RAPPER’S SETLIST INCLUDED AN ASSORTMENT OF OLD AND NEW SONGS, PERFORMING HUMBLE AND LOYALTY, AS WELL AS HIS RECENT SMASH HIT ‘NOT LIKE US’. HE WAS ALSO JOINED BY SZA FOR ‘LUTHER’ AND BLACK PANTHER SONG ‘ALL THE STARS’.
A LARGE NUMBER OF CELEBRITIES WERE PRESENT FOR THE GAME. TAYLOR SWIFT, SUPPORTING HER BOYFRIEND KANSAS CITY TIGHT END TRAVIS KELCE. LADY GAGA ALSO DRESSED TO PROMOTE HER UPCOMING ALBUM. GRAMMY WINNING ARTIST JON BATISTE SANG THE NATIONAL ANTHEM BEFORE THE GAME.
SEVERAL CELEBRITIES MADE APPEARANCES NOT JUST IN THE STANDS, BUT IN THE FAMOUS SUPER BOWL AD SPOTS. KIERAN CULKIN VOICE ACTED AS A BELUGA WHALE FOR NERDWALLET. SINGER SEAL ALSO CAMEOED IN AN AQUATIC ADVERTISEMENT. HIS FACE WAS EDITED ONTO AN ANIMATED SEAL, AS HE SANG A PARODIED RENDITION OF ‘KISS FROM A ROSE’ FOR A MOUNTAIN DEW COMMERCIAL. PERHAPS THE MOST POPULAR COMMERCIAL OF THE NIGHT WAS BOOKING.COM’S ‘GET YOUR STAY RIDICULOUSLY RIGHT’, WHICH EMPLOYS THE CAST OF THE MUPPETS. AS OF TODAY, IT HAS GARNERED OVER 93 MILLION VIEWS ON YOUTUBE.
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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 ELLA SMITH.
Theme music is from MixKit “What What?! Wowow!” by Michael Ramir C.
