Whoever said Mondays were boring never listened to the B-List. This week, Ella Smith covers the old-ish and the new in pop culture.
WELCOME TO THE B-LIST, YOUR WEEKLY ROUNDUP OF CELEBRITY MESS AND POP CULTURE. THIS WEEK: NEW TAYLOR SWIFT, SHYAMALAN, ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME INDUCTEES, AND A BRIEF LOOK AT BASEBALL.
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IN MUSIC: TAYLOR SWIFT’S NEW ALBUM, THE TORTURED POET’S DEPARTMENT, RELEASED APRIL 19TH TO MIXED REVIEWS, RECEIVING AN ‘INSTANT CLASSIC’ FROM ROLLING STONE, BUT A 6.6 ON PITCHFORK. THE ARTIST’S LATEST WORK NEVERTHELESS BROKE SEVERAL MUSIC STREAMING RECORDS, INCLUDING THE FIRST ALBUM TO SURPASS 300 MILLION STREAMS IN A SINGLE DAY ON SPOTIFY, AND THE ALBUM’S OPENER, “FORTNIGHT,” BECOMING THE PLATFORM’S SONG TO REACH THE MOST STREAMS IN A SINGLE DAY.
THE ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME ANNOUNCED ITS 2024 INDUCTEES APRIL 21ST. CHER, MARY J. BLIGE, AND A TRIBE CALLED QUEST ARE AMONG THE LIST OF ARTISTS RECEIVING THE HONOR. THE CEREMONY WILL BE HELD OCTOBER 19TH
IN MOVIES: THE TRAILER FOR M NIGHT SHYAMALAN’S NEWEST MOVIE, TRAP WAS RELEASED APRIL 19TH. STARRING JOSH HARTNETT, THE TRAILER FOR THE HORROR HAS ALREADY GARNERED 15 MILLION VIEWS ON YOUTUBE AND IS EXPECTED TO RELEASE AUGUST 9TH.
THE PRESS TOUR FOR CHALLENGERS CONTINUES, AS THE LUCA GUADAGNINO PICTURE OPENS THIS FRIDAY. ZENDAYA, THE STAR OF THE TENNIS MOVIE, WORE A JACQUEMUS DRESS TO THE BEVERLY HILLS PRESS CONFERENCE ON SATURDAY. IT MARKED AN ADDITION TO HER ATHLETIC-THEMED WARDROBE SHE HAS SHOWN OFF THROUGHOUT THE FILM’S PRESS TOUR.
IN SPORTS: THE BALTIMORE ORIOLES HAVE HAD A GOOD SEASON SO FAR, WINNING 5-0 AGAINST THE KANSAS CITY RAYS YESTERDAY AND ARE ON TRACK TO WIN THE SECOND MOST AMOUNT OF GAMES THEY’VE EVER WON IN A SEASON. THE ATLANTA BRAVES CONTINUE TO LEAD AND ARE CURRENTLY 14-6 THIS SEASON.
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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.
