: a list or group of individuals who are prominent but not important or popular enough to be on the A-list
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But Trump has embraced a curious menagerie of B-list rappers and questionable influencers thought to hold sway among young Black men.
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The New Yorker, 5 Nov. 2024
There’s a self-awareness to making such B-list talent the face of a tacky news broadcast in a dystopic vision of the future that feels endearing.
—Jordan Crucchiola, Vulture, 12 Aug. 2024
Both of us knew that in 2006, Heff earned permanent Hollywood B-list infamy as the screenwriter of Snakes on a Plane, the cult classic, so-bad-it’s-good Samuel L. Jackson thriller with the title that explains the movie’s entire plot.
—Mark Oppenheimer, The Hollywood Reporter, 25 Oct. 2024
Marvel chief Kevin Feige holds a special place for Blade, considering the Snipes 1998 movie an eye-opener for him and one of the inspirations for focusing on B-list characters in the early days of the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
—Aaron Couch, The Hollywood Reporter, 20 June 2024
Lahren is a B-list right-wing commentator and influencer who’s rattled around various platforms.
—Lorraine Ali, Los Angeles Times, 19 June 2024
But the trend of B-list (or worse) celebrities attempting a monologue from the Studio 8H stage has been a huge handicap for the show over the past few years.
—Kelly Lawler, USA TODAY, 8 Apr. 2024
This year, it was divided into, in effect, an A-list (those whose image got a moment onscreen to itself), a B-list (onscreen in a group, in an array of five thin vertical images), and a C-list (a bunch of names with no images, seemingly several dozen of them fading in and out onscreen).
—Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 11 Mar. 2024
Life is weird sometimes and B-list fame is no insulation.
—Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 15 Feb. 2024
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The New Yorker, 5 Nov. 2024
There’s a self-awareness to making such B-list talent the face of a tacky news broadcast in a dystopic vision of the future that feels endearing.
—Jordan Crucchiola, Vulture, 12 Aug. 2024
Both of us knew that in 2006, Heff earned permanent Hollywood B-list infamy as the screenwriter of Snakes on a Plane, the cult classic, so-bad-it’s-good Samuel L. Jackson thriller with the title that explains the movie’s entire plot.
—Mark Oppenheimer, The Hollywood Reporter, 25 Oct. 2024
Marvel chief Kevin Feige holds a special place for Blade, considering the Snipes 1998 movie an eye-opener for him and one of the inspirations for focusing on B-list characters in the early days of the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
—Aaron Couch, The Hollywood Reporter, 20 June 2024
Lahren is a B-list right-wing commentator and influencer who’s rattled around various platforms.
—Lorraine Ali, Los Angeles Times, 19 June 2024
But the trend of B-list (or worse) celebrities attempting a monologue from the Studio 8H stage has been a huge handicap for the show over the past few years.
—Kelly Lawler, USA TODAY, 8 Apr. 2024
This year, it was divided into, in effect, an A-list (those whose image got a moment onscreen to itself), a B-list (onscreen in a group, in an array of five thin vertical images), and a C-list (a bunch of names with no images, seemingly several dozen of them fading in and out onscreen).
—Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 11 Mar. 2024
Life is weird sometimes and B-list fame is no insulation.
—Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 15 Feb. 2024
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