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.
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Music mogul Wyclef Jean wants to be the first rapper to innovate a hip-hop guitar. Jean looks to Dr. Dre and Jimmy Iovine as music innovators, and hopes to mirror their technical success in the industry. Jean also tells Cheddar cannabis is the health-aide of the future.
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The owner of the sandwich chain Cheba Hut wants to be the go-to sandwich shop for stoner foodies, opening shops next to dispensaries where recreational marijuana is legal. "The green wave is good, it's real, and it's coming across the nation and we're going to ride that," says Scott Jennings says in an interview on Cheddar's Cannabiz show.
Marijuana-themed sandwich shop Cheba Hut is expanding its footprint across the nation as pot becomes legal in more states. The fast-casual restaurant's owner Scott Jennings explains how his company founded in 1998 is riding "the green wave."
With big-money backing from nearly every major Hollywood studio, NewTV should scare the established streaming services, says Julian Roman, correspondent for MovieWeb. "It's going to be prime-quality entertainment from Hollywood's biggest producers," meant to be distributed on mobile devices, Roman says.
A 12-month moratorium on most new for-hire licenses would let the city study how the expansion of ride-hailing services affects traffic, and how the Council can ensure drivers earn a living wage, says Speaker Corey Johnson. Uber and Lyft have pushed back against rules they say would limit their growth.
Pepsi's decision to replace its female CEO Indra Nooyi with a man signifies a greater problem in the corporate world, says
Susan Chira, senior correspondent for the New York Times.
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The founder of Van Leeuwen Ice Cream said a new investment from Strand Equity will allow the Brooklyn brand to open new ice cream shops beyond the 13 stores and 6 trucks it has in New York and Los Angeles. Ben Van Leeuwen says he aims to open 35 stores by April 2019. "Our goal is to go nationwide," he says.
