Nick Cannon attends the FOX 2022 Upfront presentation at the Four Seasons Hotel New York Downtown on Monday, May 16, 2022, in New York. (Photo by Christopher Smith/Invision/AP
From singing sensations to Hollywood flops, here's what's trending in entertainment today.
PRANKED YA!
A promo for TV host Nick Cannon's Who's Having My Baby game show is going viral. (Cannon is already the father of 12 children.) But is it too ridiculous to be true? Yup, it is. Posts about the faux game show were actually promotions for an upcoming series he'll be hosting with comedian Kevin Hart called Celebrity Prank Wars. It will premiere April 6 on E!
STAR WARS, INDEED
The battle to get movies made in a galaxy far, far away seems to be brutal. Star Wars projects from Marvel Studios chief Kevin Feige and hot-shot director Patty Jenkins have been canned, according to a report from Variety. They were not your only hope, though, fans. Taika Waititi, the filmmaker behind Thor: Love and Thunder, is still reportedly working on a feature for the Star Wars universe that could hit theaters in December 2025.
ALL LACED UP AND NOWHERE TO GO
What would you do with $1 billion worth of unsellable Yeezys? That's what Adidas is trying to figure out. The athletic apparel and footwear company parted ways with the rapper formerly known as Kanye West after Ye's controversial comments last year. Now it's stuck with huge amounts of inventory. If the company sells them, they'll have to pay the rapper royalties, but there are "sustainability issues" with destroying them.
Wondering what to watch this weekend? This week we watch real-life spiritualism that has gone too far, fictional witchcraft that has gone too far, and two Christmas classics to bring our happiness back.
Since 1927, Time Magazine has chosen its Person of the Year to acknowledge the world's biggest and most influential change makers. This year it was global phenomenon Taylor Swift. Dan Macsai, executive editor of Time, spoke with Cheddar News about the process to make its pick and what's involved.
So I got the chance to chat with times executive editor Dan Max about how time made its decision and the entire person of the year issue.
A liberal activist with an eye for mainstream entertainment, Lear fashioned bold and controversial comedies that were embraced by viewers who had to watch the evening news to find out what was going on in the world.
Dean O'Neill, CEO and owner of Pekarna Restaurant & Event Space, joined Cheddar News to discuss a new Christmas-themed pop-up called Tinsel Town in the Upper West Side of Manhattan with some delicious food and drinks.
