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.
Millennials have been dubbed the "entitlement generation"; they may also be the prenup generation. According to Anne Cochran Freeman, a divorce lawyer and partner at Sideman & Bancroft, that "entitlement" translates to a desire for protection ー which may have contributed to a rise in prenuptial agreements by a factor of five over the last 20 years.
Marriott's reservation system for its Starwood hotel properties has been breached since 2014, exposing the sensitive personal data of up to 500 million guests over more than four years, the world's largest hotel chain revealed Friday.
These are the headlines you Need 2 Know for Friday, Nov. 30, 2018.
Ricardo Marques, group VP of marketing core and value brands for Anhueser-Busch InBev, brought the iconic Clydesdales to the NYSE tree lighting, where he told Cheddar how Bud is celebrating the holidays and the 85th year since prohibition ended in the U.S.
Martin Nolan, the executive director of Julein's Auctions, gave Cheddar an up close look at a few of his favorite pieces from the upcoming auction of Hugh Hefner's personal effects. And some are priced to sell.
Even for Kasseem Dean, a.k.a producer, rapper and art enthusiast "Swizz Beatz," the hustle never stops. After more than two decades in the music industry, Dean's best advice for young creatives is never to forget the "business" in art business."We devote so much time to the creative that we miss out on the business. So it's the music business, fashion business, art business ー and a lot of creatives miss the business part and they waste their time," Dean told Cheddar on Thursday.
Alex Corcoran, senior director of seasons at Hershey, told Cheddar about how the candy giant looks at the holidays as a market unto itself. Everybody indulges in candy at this time of year, he said, even the most health-conscious among us.
Ignorance is a major impediment in the effort to reverse climate change, said the former chief sustainability officer for the Obama administration. “I think lot of it is lack of awareness, these are topics that a lot of energy nerds like myself have been thinking of for a long time," Christine Harada, the president of i(x) Investments told Cheddar on Wednesday.
These are the headlines you Need 2 Know for Thursday, Nov. 29, 2018.
Facebook has failed to properly address its “black people problem,” a former employee told Cheddar Wednesday. Earlier this month, former partnerships manager Mark Luckie sent a searing memo criticizing the company’s lack of racial diversity to Facebook employees shortly before he left his post. He recently published the memo, which quickly went viral.
