Elton's Farewell
Elton John is ending his touring career with a bang! The Farewell Yellow Brick Road tour has officially become the highest-grossing concert tour ever. It first kicked off in 2018 and has since grossed $817.9 million after performing in 278 shows, according to Billboard. John surpassed Ed Sheeran's 2019 The Divide Tour, which raked in $776.4 million. But it's not over yet, as the shows will continue through July 2023.
Lil Wayne on Road
Also in touring news, Lil Wayne announced a slate of shows set for Spring 2023. The Welcome to Tha Carter tour is set to kick off in Minneapolis in April and will run through May with the final show in Los Angeles. The news comes days after the Recording Academy revealed that Wayne would be one of four recipients of its Global Impact Award at the 2023 Grammy Awards.
DC Cinematic Universe
The DC Universe is kicking it into high gear with a newly announced full slate of films and shows. DC Studios heads James Gunn, co-CEO with Peter Safran, unveiled the 10 projects in a new first chapter which he called "Gods and Monsters," with the titles being connected to each other in the same universe (unless otherwise labeled like Matt Reeves' The Batman). Some of the new titles revealed include the film Superman: Legacy, to be written by Gunn and slated for a July 2025 release, and TV projects Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow and Lanterns.
Securly is a start-up with a simple mission: to keep kids safe online. And the artificial intelligence company has just raised $16 million in series B funding to expand the reach of its social media tracking capabilities to more parents and schools. “We are going to take this money and invest in research and development and scaling up sales and distribution across America,” CEO and co-founder Vinay Mahadik told Cheddar.
These are the headlines you Need 2 Know for Thursday, Dec. 20, 2018.
Subscriber boxes beware. The business model made popular by companies like Blue Apron, Stitch Fix, Birchbox, and Dollar Shave Club is being put to the test as it tries to prove to investors is it a sustainable strategy.
Facebook can add another problem to its tally: a disappointing update to a civil rights audit the company posted on Tuesday, just hours before The New York Times published an explosive report on the company's mishandling of user data. The audit has been a "black box," according to Rashad Robinson, the president of Color of Change, one of the groups that has strongly criticized Facebook over civil rights issues on the platform.
This year marked the first voyage for Cheddar's weekly series Cheddar Rides, covering the changes happening in transportation and the future of getting from here to there. To celebrate the last episode of its inaugural year, Rides is looking at the road ahead.
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo may have radically changed his stance on marijuana ー but his former Democratic primary opponent Cynthia Nixon shouldn't be congratulated for his shift, according to New York State Assembly Health Committee chair Richard Gottfried. "On this particular issue, I don't think she gets any credit," Gottfried, who has been working on marijuana policy reform since the 70s, told Cheddar Wednesday.
What started with a joke on Twitter two years ago finally became a reality on Tuesday, as The Boring Company unveiled its first tunnel to the public under the SpaceX headquarters in Hawthorne, Calif. The big reveal of the 1.14-mile-long tunnel reflected both Musk's eccentric nature and the glitz and glam of Los Angeles, living up to the billionaire's promise that the event would be "more than a tunnel opening." Cheddar's Alyssa Julya Smith got a test ride in the first section of tunnel underneath L.A.
Facebook is doing damage control again after a New York Times report claims the company gave big tech companies such as Amazon and Microsoft more access to user data than previously disclosed. Plus, all eyes are on the Federal Reserve today, as the central bank is poised to raise interest rates for the fourth time this year. And Big Sean tells Cheddar what motivates him to give back to his community.
Whether you're paying off student debt, a car loan, or a cell phone bill, this father-daughter duo wants you to remember there's a "Millionaire Within," and it's your job to find it. Such is the wisdom ー and title ー of a book by Walter Wisniewski and Allie Vanaski, the owners of Arcadia Wealth Management who are preaching their family's financial advice for millennials, which revolves around saving, saving, and more saving.
For the CBD-loving friends on your holiday shopping list, Eaze Wellness has stocking stuffers. Eaze Wellness, which launched in November as a CBD marketplace, released a holiday gift guide for both CBD devotees and first-timers.
