From Oscar mix-ups to ice dragons, there were no slow news days this year in the world of entertainment. Hollywood Life's Lauren Cox joins us to recap the 2017's biggest pop-culture stories. The entertainment editor says Hollywood's most dominant headline belonged to the #MeToo movement.
Cox considers whether the industry's "reckoning" will continue into next year. She also reveals why she thinks Taylor Swift's "Reputation" album hasn't caught on with the zeitgeist yet. However, Swift could be in store for a big 2018 when her world tour gets underway.
"Star Wars: The Last Jedi" just crossed $800 million in the worldwide box office. Cox discusses whether the franchise will ever leave audiences feeling fatigued. Finally, we break down the new Kardashian babies entering the world in 2018, and how they might change the reality stars' empire.
A second mass shooting in a week rattles the nation. What we know, what we don't, and what the political response might be. Plus, the cursed AstraZeneca vaccine facing new questions, upsets rule the day in the women's NCAA tourney and how fat did we get during Covid?
American Cornhole League co-founder and commissioner Stacey Moore spoke to Cheddar about partnering with sports betting giant DraftKings and touted the players in one of the newer televised sports to gain in popularity.
Casinos in Atlantic City are pinning hopes on the rising vaccination rates and the return of live sports to drive people back to in-person gaming.
Rep. Andy Kim of New Jersey talked to Cheddar about his concern that once the news cycle moves on, Americans will forget about the threat that remains against Asian and Asian American people.
Breaking news overnight on the AstraZeneca vaccine. Some new eligibility expansions, the latest from the border, the Cinderella stories after the first weekend of March Madness, and more.
Rep. Mark Takano (D- Calif. 41st District) discusses the need to pass the COVID-19 Hate Crimes Act especially in the wake of the shooting deaths of eight people in Atlanta area spas, six of them being women of Asian descent.
Maxine Williams, chief diversity officer at Facebook, spoke to Cheddar from the all-virtual SXSW to discuss Facebook's progress on improving diversity and inclusion within the social media giant.
U.S. health officials are relaxing social distancing recommendations for schools, now saying students can sit as close as 3 feet to each other in classrooms.
The editors of the 2021 World Happiness Report found that longer-term satisfaction didn't change much despite the pandemic. Finland placed first for the fourth consecutive year. The U.S. slipped from 18th to 19th place.
Cheddar talks to a group of Maryland teachers who took on the added task of hunting down vaccine appointments on behalf of the local seniors and Spanish-speaking populace.
