WELCOME TO THE B-LIST, YOUR WEEKLY ROUNDUP OF CELEBRITY MESS AND POP CULTURE. THIS WEEK: STRANGER THINGS ON SNL, “WUTHERING HEIGHTS” AND THE BEARS’ LOSS.
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STRANGER THINGS STAR FINN WOLFHARD MADE HIS SNL DEBUT AS HE HOSTED THIS WEEKEND WITH MUSICAL GUEST ASAP ROCKY. SURPRISE APPEARANCES WERE MADE BY SABRINA CARPENTER AND WOLFHARD’S CASTMATES GATEN MATARAZZO AND CALEB MCLAUGHLIN. THE CAST POKED FUN AT THE STRANGER THINGS FINAL SEASON AND EVEN MENTIONED THE POPULAR ‘CONFORMITY GATE’ THEORY, IN WHICH FANS MISTAKENLY BELIEVED THERE WOULD BE AN ADDITIONAL TWIST EPISODE THAT WAS THE REAL FINALE.
IN MUSIC, 2026 IS PROMISING TO BE A YEAR FULL OF MONUMENTAL TOURS. EARLIER THIS MONTH, BRUNO MARS RELEASED DATES FOR ‘THE ROMANTIC TOUR,’ STARTING IN APRIL. BTS IS ALSO MAKING A RETURN WITH THEIR WORLD TOUR. THIS WILL BE THEIR FIRST FULL-GROUP TOUR SINCE 2022. PITBULL WILL BE BRINGING ALL HIS 2016 HITS INTO THIS YEAR WITH THE ‘I’M BACK’ TOUR. THE NORTH AMERICAN TOUR WILL FEATURE SPECIAL GUEST LIL JON AND KICK OFF IN THE SPRING.
NEW PHOTOS WERE RELEASED OF THE COSTUMES FROM EMERALD FENNELL’S UPCOMING FILM “WUTHERING HEIGHTS”, WHICH RELEASES ON VALENTINE’S DAY. THE OUTFITS DREW CONCERN FROM THE BOOK’S FANS AS IT SHOWED MARGOT ROBBIE, WHO PLAYS CATHY, IN COLORFUL AND MODERN DRESSES THAT ARE NOT PERIOD-ACCURATE. THE ADAPTATION’S CREATORS CLARIFIED THAT THE COSTUMES ARE NOT MEANT TO BE FROM ONE PERIOD IN PARTICULAR.
AFTER AN NFL PLAYOFF STREAK THAT IGNITED FANS AROUND CHICAGO, THE CHICAGO BEARS WERE DEFEATED BY THE LOS ANGELES RAMS 20 TO 17. THE GAME WAS FULL OF EXCITEMENT AS CHICAGO QUARTERBACK CALEB WILLIAMS MADE A LAST MINUTE TOUCHDOWN, THROWING THE GAME INTO OVERTIME. AFTER SECURING THEIR FIRST NFC NORTH TITLE SINCE 2018, THE LOSS LEFT MANY CHICAGO FANS HEARTBROKEN.
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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 OLIVIA PAYNE.
Theme music is from MixKit “What What?! Wowow!” by Michael Ramir C.
