It’s time for the B-List, your one-stop-shop for pop culture and celebrity moments you won’t want to miss. Ilse von Heimburg has more.
WELCOME TO THE B-LIST, YOUR WEEKLY ROUNDUP OF CELEBRITY MESS AND POP CULTURE. THIS WEEK: THE MASTERS, FALLOUT, AND OF COURSE, COACHELLA.
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COACHELLA WAS LAST WEEKEND. LET’S TALK ABOUT IT. THE ICONIC MUSIC FESTIVAL IN CALIFORNIA FEATURED HEADLINERS LANA DEL REY, TYLER THE CREATOR, AND DOJA CAT. OTHER PERFORMERS AMONG THE ONE HUNDRED AND FOURTY SEVEN ACTS INCLUDED SABRINA CARPENTER, LIL UZI VERT, SUBLIME, J BALVIN, AND NO DOUBT. THE THEME OF THE WEEKEND SEEMED TO BR SURPRISE APPEARANCES. LANA DEL REY BROUGHT OUT BILLIE EILISH, NO DOUBT BROUGHT OUT OLIVIA RODRIGO, PESO PLUMA BROUGHT OUT BECKY G, AND BIZARRAP BROUGHT OUT SHAKIRA.
IN TELEVISION, PRIME VIDEO RELEASED ITS NEW TV SERIES FALLOUT LAST FRIDAY. THE SHOW IS BASED ON THE POPULAR VIDEO GAME OF THE SAME NAME BUT FEATURES ORIGINAL CHARACTERS AND STORYLINES. IT IS SET IN POST-APOCOLYTIC LOS ANGELES IN AN UNDERGROUND BUNKER. THE SERIES HAS EARNED A 94% RATING ON ROTTEN TOMATOES SO FAR.
IN SPORTS, THE MASTERS WAS THIS PAST WEEKEND. TEXAS NATIVE SCOTTIE SCHEFFLER WON THE GOLF TOURNAMENT, HIS SECOND GREEN JACKET IN THE PAST THREE YEARS. THE VICTORY CAME AS NO SURPRISE AS HE IS THE NUMBER-ONE RANKED PLAYER IN THE WORLD. SCHEFFLER IS THE YOUNGEST PLAYER TO WIN THE ARNOLD PALMER INVITATIONAL, THE PLAYERS CHAMPIONSHIP, AND THE MASTERS WITHIN THE SAME SEASON SINCE TIGER WOODS DID IT TWENTY-THREE YEARS AGO. SPEAKING OF TIGER WOODS, HE SUFFERED HIS WORST 72-HOLE SCORE IN HIS PROFESSIONAL CAREER.
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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 ILSE VON HEIMBURG.
