This week pro race car driver Danica Patrick announcing her team for the Daytona 500. The race will be one of her final two competitions before she makes her retirement. Cheddar Anchor Tim Stenovec speaks with Patrick about how she is readying for this race, and life after Nascar.
"One of the things that's really exciting to me also is keeping in mind that I have this cool platform to do other things," said Patrick. "I have a lot of side-hustle going on."
When looking at the future of Nascar, Patrick says her sport is based on personalities. And with many big names getting out of the game, she says the industry has to get more interactive and offer more behind-the-scenes depth.
They are playfully called the “forgotten five”: A handful of toys — the pogo stick, the Fisher-Price Corn Popper, My Little Pony, PEZ dispensers, and Transformers — that regularly approach toybox royalty as finalists for the National Toy Hall of Fame, only to be tossed back on the pile.
Taylor Swift's concert tour has dominated the box office in recent days and it's also the top-grossing concert film of all time here in the U.S. But a conversation on social media raised questions about movie etiquette and videos shared show film audiences singing, shining their phone flashlights and dancing in the aisles.
Cheddar News is getting into the spirit of the spooky season. Senior reporter Michelle Castillo spoke with Cameron Lang, general manager of the Color Factory New York, an immersive art museum in Soho that focuses on exhibits of interactive art. Lang explained the displays of seasonal colors, a ball pit along with other fun exhibits.
