Another week, another B-List. WNUR News’ weekly pop culture briefing is here, and Ella Barnes has all the details.
WELCOME TO THE B-LIST, YOUR WEEKLY ROUNDUP OF CELEBRITY MESS AND POP CULTURE. THIS WEEK: MARIE KONDO IS LETTING HER TIDYING SLIDE, ‘Avatar: The Way Of Water’ MOVES UP TO BEING THE NUMBER 4 HIGHEST-GROSSING MOVIE EVER GLOBALLY, PEDRO PASCAL IS HOSTING SNL NEXT WEEKEND, AND LISA LORING HAS PASSED AWAY AT 64
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THE QUEEN OF CLEAN HAS SHARED HER HOUSE HAS GOTTEN LESS TIDY DURING PARENTHOOD. SPEAKING AT A RECENT MEDIA WEBINAR AND VIRTUAL TEA CEREMONY, KONDO SAID: “MY HOME IS MESSY, BUT THE WAY I AM SPENDING MY TIME IS THE RIGHT WAY FOR ME AT THIS TIME, AT THIS STAGE OF MY LIFE.” THE PERSON BEHIND THE KONMARI METHOD – DECLUTTERING BY TOSSING OUT ANYTHING THAT DOESN’T “SPARK JOY” – NO LONGER (TOTALLY) PRACTICES WHAT SHE PREACHED.
EARLIER THIS WEEK, JAMES CAMERON’S AVATAR: THE WAY OF WATER BECAME THE NO. 5 HIGHEST-GROSSING MOVIE EVER WORLDWIDE, AND, AS EXPECTED, HAS NOW SURFED TO THE NO. 4 POSITION ON THE ALL-TIME HIGHEST-GROSSING CHART. IN SO DOING, IT LEAVES STAR WARS: THE FORCE AWAKENS IN ITS WAKE WITH NEARLY $2.075B IN GROSSES GLOBALLY. FOR DISNEY, THE RECENT AVATAR MILESTONES MEAN THE STUDIO HAS RELEASED THREE OF THE TOP FIVE GLOBAL TITLES EVER.
PEDRO PASCAL HAS BEEN SET AS THE HOST FOR THE FEB. 4 EPISODE OF “SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE,” WITH COLDPLAY PERFORMING AS THE MUSICAL GUEST. THIS WILL MARK THE “SNL” DEBUT FOR PASCAL, WHO IS CURRENTLY LEADING “THE LAST OF US,” HBO’S ADAPTATION OF THE PLAYSTATION VIDEO GAMES OF THE SAME NAME, WHICH PREMIERED ON JAN. 15 AND HAS ALREADY BROKEN MULTIPLE VIEWERSHIP RECORDS WITH ONLY 3 OF THE SLATED 9 EPISODES BEING RELEASED.
FINALLY, LISA LORING, WHO PLAYED THE YOUNG WEDNESDAY ADDAMS ON “THE ADDAMS FAMILY” FROM 1964 TO 1966 AND ALSO APPEARED IN “AS THE WORLD TURNS,” DIED SATURDAY OF A STROKE. SHE WAS 64. “SHE WENT PEACEFULLY WITH BOTH HER DAUGHTERS HOLDING HER HANDS,” HER DAUGHTER VANESSA SAID. SHE IS SURVIVED BY TWO DAUGHTERS, MARIANNE AND VANESSA.
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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 BARNES.
