It’s Monday night, so you know what that means: time for a new edition of The B-List, WNUR News’s weekly pop culture briefing. Here’s Amelia Donhauser with more.
WELCOME TO THE B-LIST, YOUR WEEKLY ROUNDUP OF CELEBRITY MESS AND POP CULTURE. THIS WEEK: THE KANSAS CITY CHIEFS BEAT THE PHILADELPHIA EAGLES LAST NIGHT AT THE SUPER BOWL, RIHANNA ANNOUNCED HER PREGNANCY WITH HER SECOND CHILD AND PERFORMED AT THE HALFTIME SHOW, AND UPCOMING FILMS WITH BEN AFFLECK, HARRISON FORD, AND MATT DAMON.
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DURING RIHANNA’S SUPER BOWL HALFTIME SHOW, SHE ANNOUNCED HER PREGNANCY WITH HER SECOND CHILD. LAST JANUARY, SHE REVEALED THAT SHE WAS PREGNANT WITH HER FIRST CHILD WITH RAPPER ASAP ROCKY WITH A PHOTOSHOOT IN NEW YORK CITY. BEFORE HER PERFORMANCE, SHE ALLUDED TO BRINGING A SURPRISE GUEST. LAST NIGHT, SHE CAME ON STAGE IN ALL RED, DISPLAYING HER BABY BUMP, SURPRISING MANY FANS.
IN MUSIC, RIHANNA MADE HER HIGHLY ANTICIPATED RETURN TO THE STAGE LAST NIGHT AT THE SUPER BOWL. THIS WAS HER FIRST PERFORMANCE SINCE THE 2018 GRAMMYS. RIHANNA HAS INDICATED THAT 2022 IS HER TENTATIVE RETURN TO MUSIC. AND SHE OPENED THE PERFORMANCE WITH B— BETTER HAVE MY MONEY AND SANG A MEDLEY OF CLASSICS LIKE “WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN,” “WE FOUND LOVE, ” “UMBRELLA,” AND “DIAMONDS.” SHE WORE A BRIGHT RED SHOWING OFF HER BABY BUMP TO THE FANS, WHILE HER BACKGROUND DANCERS WERE DRESSED IN ALL-WHITE OUTFITS.
IN MOVIES, MANY TRAILERS WERE RELEASED DURING COMMERCIAL BREAKS DURING THE SUPER BOWL LAST NIGHT, INCLUDING A NEW INDIANA JONES MOVIE STARRING HARRISON FORD AND PHOEBE WALLER-BRIDGE. ‘INDIANA JONES AND THE DIAL OF DESTINY’ WILL BE THE FIFTH FILM IN THE SERIES. IT WILL BE THE FIRST FILM SINCE 2008. THE CLASSIC SOUNDTRACK WILL BE IN THEATERS ON JUNE 30TH. THE TRAILER FOR ‘AIR’ WAS ALSO RELEASED DURING THE COMMERCIAL BREAK. THE FILM IS ABOUT REBRANDING THE NIKE SNEAKER AND WORKING WITH MICHAEL JORDAN, STARRING BEN AFFLECK AND MATT DAMON.
IN SPORTS NEWS, THE KANSAS CITY CHIEFS BEAT THE PHILADELPHIA EAGLES 38-35 LAST NIGHT IN EXCITING FASHION DURING SUPER BOWL LVII IN THE STATE FARM STADIUM IN GLENDALE, ARIZONA. THE EAGLES TOOK AN EARLY LEAD, BUT IN A HIGH-SCORING GAME, THE CHIEFS WON BY KICKING A GAME-ENDING FIELD GOAL TO BREAK A TIE. THERE WERE MANY INTERESTING STORYLINES BETWEEN THE TWO TEAMS. JASON AND TRAVIS KELCE WERE THE FIRST BROTHERS TO FACE OFF IN THE SUPERBOWL. WITH THE CHIEFS WIN, YOUNGER BROTHER TRAVIS KELCE GOT BRAGGING RIGHTS OVER HIS BROTHER, JASON. AT THE FIRST HALF’S END, THERE WAS DOUBT IF PATRICK MAHOMES, THE CHIEFS QUARTERBACK, COULD CONTINUE THE GAME AFTER LOOKING LIKE HE RE AGGRAVATED A HIGH ANKLE SPRAIN HE SUFFERED A COUPLE WEEKS AGO. BUT AFTER THE HALFTIME SHOW, HE CONTINUED THE GAME, MISSING NO TIME AND THE CHIEFS PULLED OUT THE WIN.
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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 AMELIA DONHAUSER.
Theme music is from MixKit “What What?! Wowow!” by Michael Ramir C.
