With critics' groups across the country starting to hand out their awards, the Oscar race is officially on. Cinemablend's Sean O'Connell joins us to handicap the major categories. With no clear frontrunner, it's anyone's guess which movie is going to break out before the big night.
In the Best Picture category, it's looking like things are boiling down to a showdown between "The Post" and "Lady Bird." O'Connell weighs the pros and cons of each, noting that he thinks the Steven Spielberg political drama is the best movie of the year. We also consider whether "Star Wars: The Last Jedi" could be the franchise's first Best Picture nominee since the 1977 original, "A New Hope."
Then, we tackle the contenders duking it out in the acting categories. Meryl Streep is looking to win her fourth Oscar for her leading role in "The Post." If anyone can stop her, O'Connell says it will likely be "Lady Bird's" Saoirse Ronan or "I, Tonya's" Margot Robbie. As for the actors, "Darkest Hour's" Gary Oldman is pulling ahead as the one to beat for his portrayal of Winston Churchill.
Jim Allen, chairman of Hard Rock International, said the company will work with the city and developers to "navigate through this rather challenging time."
These are the headlines you Need 2 Know for Friday, October 18, 2019.
Adam Yu, founder of Kicksmini, talks hypebeast marketing and sneaker culture.
These are the headlines you Need 2 Know for Thursday, October 17, 2019.
STAPLES Center is the epicenter of the Los Angeles sports universe. President Lee Zeidman joined Cheddar's "Only in L.A." to discuss the arena's 20th anniversary.
Without mentioning President Donald Trump — by far the most high-profile and contentious leader on Twitter — the company added that tweets with a "clear public interest" would not be removed.
These are the headlines you Need to know for Wednesday, October 16, 2019.
Stephen Teeling discusses his distillery, the first opened in Dublin in more than 125 years, the state of Irish whiskey, and the launching of two new expressions, the Single Pot Still and Single Cask Whiskey.
Senator Elizabeth Warren, who has topped several recent polls, found herself on the defense during the fourth Democratic presidential debate Tuesday night, as she was forced to defend a number of her progressive policy positions.
Elie Seidman, CEO of Tinder, discusses the apocalyptic-themed adventure game, called Swipe Night, which allows users to dictate what happens next in the story. The user's decisions will then match them with other like-minded players.
