WELCOME TO THE B-LIST, YOUR WEEKLY ROUNDUP OF CELEBRITY MESS AND POP
CULTURE. THIS WEEK: THE SEARCH CONTINUES FOR NANCY GUTHRIE, THE ROM-
COM SMASH TOPPING THE BOX OFFICE, AND US GOES FOR GOLD AT THE WINTER
OLYMPICS.
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OSCAR WINNING ACTOR ROBERT DUVALL HAS DIED. HE IS KNOWN FOR HIS ROLES IN
ICONIC MOVIES SUCH AS THE GODFATHER, TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD AND
APOCOLYPSE NOW. HIS WIFE ANNOUNCED THE NEWS THIS MORNING. HE WAS 95.
THE SEARCH CONTINUES FOR NANCY GUTHRIE, MOTHER OF TODAY SHOW HOST
SAVANNAH GUTHRIE. NANCY WAS FIRST REPORTED MISSING ON FEBRUARY 1ST
AFTER SHE DID NOT SHOW UP AT CHURCH. NOW MORE THAN TWO WEEKS LATER,
HER FAMILY, THE F-B-I AND LOCAL POLICE IN ARIZONA ARE STILL LOOKING. HER
CHILDREN ARE ASKING ANYONE WITH INFORMATION TO COME FORWARD, AND FOR
THE SUSPECT TO REVEAL THEMSELVES, SAYING “IT’S NOT TOO LATE TO DO THE
RIGHT THING.” RIGHT NOW AUTHORITIES ARE INVESTIGATING A GLOVE THAT WAS
FOUND NEAR THE SCENE. THEY SAY THEY HAVE DNA AND WILL CONTINUE THEIR
SEARCH UNTIL SHE IS FOUND.
ROLE MODEL SURPRISED FANS WITH A SPECIAL GUEST FROM DOWN UNDER THIS
WEEKEND. ROBERT IRWIN CAME OUT ON STAGE AS ‘SALLY’, AT LANEWAY FEST IN
PERTH, AUSTRALIA. HE IS THE LATEST SURPRISE CELEBRITY TO JOIN ROLE MODEL
ON STAGE DURING THE SINGER’S HIT ‘SALLY, WHEN THE WINE RUNS OUT.’
WUTHERING HEIGHTS TOPPED THE BOX OFFICE CHARTS THIS WEEKEND. THE FILM’S
DEBUT, TIMED PERFECTLY WITH VALENTINES DAY, EARNED A WHOPPING 34.8
BILLION DOLLARS. IT STARS JACOB ELORDI AND MARGOT ROBBIE.
NORWAY IS LEADING THE OVERALL METAL TALLY AT THIS YEAR’S WINTER OLYMPICS.
12 OF THEIR 28 METALS ARE GOLD. ITALY AND THE NETHERLANDS ARE CURRENTLY
IN SECOND AND THIRD, WITH THE U-S FALLING SLIGHTLY BEHIND IN FOURTH.THE
GAMES ARE SCHEDULED TO END THIS WEEKEND.
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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 JESSICA WATTS.
Theme music is from MixKit “What What?! Wowow!” by Michael Ramir C.
