Mobile GIF platform Tenor is out with the list of its top 5 gifts this year. The company's co-founder and CEO David McIntosh explains what they say about sentiment in 2017.
The top five GIFs of 2017 are the guy blinking, baby crying, Jonah Hill's "yay," Shaq laughing, and Obama's "Oh yeah." McIntosh says negative emotion searches went up 31 percent in 2017. Meanwhile, positive emotions decreased 18 percent.
"We can get a great sense of how people are actually thinking and feeling," says McIntosh. Though GIF searches were more negative overall, searches for "laughing" nearly doubled since 2017.
The rapper's recent swing to the right has left many speculating about whether he's got the White House in his sights. "I could see him trying," said Brande Victorian, the managing editor of MadameNoire.
The start-up is trying to be like Stitch Fix for second-hand clothing, offering users a box of consignment shop items they can either keep or return. "There are a lot of women who are looking for stuff that might be less expensive, that are more of a closet staple," says CEO James Reinhart.
The social media company announced Monday that it will almost double the amount of video content available on its platform. This will help TV networks "boost the ratings by slowly diversifying," says Kerry Flynn, a media reporter for Digiday.
The actress and singer who played the First Lady on Jimmy Fallon's show told Cheddar that Trump is "probably different than what people would think." Gershon will make her Café Carlyle debut in the summer.
The professional equestrian and daughter of former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg says bringing the Riders Masters Cup to the city was "a dream come true."
Gina Gershorn is no stranger to the stage, but she is making her debut at Café Carlyle this summer. The legendary star stops by Cheddar to talk about this new show and other recent work.
The White House Correspondents' Association responded to the annual event saying, "the entertainer's monologue was not in the spirit" of the group's mission. However, it's actually the journalists insulted by her jokes who are "not doing their jobs," says Emma Vigeland, a host and producer of the TYT Politics Show on The Young Turks.
Brides should keep an open mind when they go shopping for dresses because "you never know what silhouette might flatter you," Tornai told Cheddar. Many of the renowned designer's dresses are featured on the TLC reality show "Say Yes to the Dress."
The beer-maker has grown from one brewpub in Chicago to a global business with a presence in China, South Korea, and plans to open in Australia and London, said Todd Ahsmann, the Goose Island president.
The comedian, who plays a right-wing commentator on his Comedy Central show "The Opposition," has high hopes for this year's "Nerd Prom" thanks to host Michelle Wolf. "I'm just excited to sit back and watch her kill it," Klepper told Cheddar. The White House Correspondent's Dinner takes place on Saturday, and President Trump has decided to skip the event for the second year in a row.
