: 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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Being on Washington’s B-list is the last place Tokyo wants to be as Trump launches a trade war like Asia has never seen before.
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William Pesek, Forbes, 3 Jan. 2025
There’s no sense of adventure, just an annoying kid staring at various captive creatures while bored B-list actors recite bad jokes on the soundtrack.
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—Josh Bell, Vulture, 20 Dec. 2024
But Trump has embraced a curious menagerie of B-list rappers and questionable influencers thought to hold sway among young Black men.
—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
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William Pesek, Forbes, 3 Jan. 2025
There’s no sense of adventure, just an annoying kid staring at various captive creatures while bored B-list actors recite bad jokes on the soundtrack.
23.
—Josh Bell, Vulture, 20 Dec. 2024
But Trump has embraced a curious menagerie of B-list rappers and questionable influencers thought to hold sway among young Black men.
—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
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“B-list.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/B-list. Accessed 21 Jan. 2025.
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