"Game of Thrones" Creators to Helm New "Star Wars" Series
A galaxy far, far away is joining forces with the Seven Kingdoms. "Game of Thrones" creators David Benioff and D.B. Weiss are set to write a new "Star Wars" series for Disney. YourTango's Rebecca Stokes joins Cheddar to discuss what the news means for Disney's overall content and streaming strategies.
Tronc is selling the Los Angeles Times to California billionaire doctor Patrick Soon-Shiong. Stokes breaks down who the buyer is, and what the purchase means for the future of the media company. The paper has gone through three editors in the past six months as its publisher has faced sexual harassment allegations.
"Get Out" could be getting a sequel. Writer and director Jordan Peele told The Hollywood Reporter he's open to making a followup to the Oscar-nominated thriller. Stokes reveals what the next movie might look like, and how it plays into the original's awards campaign.
The chief suspect in the disappearance of Natalee Holloway has admitted he beat the young Alabama woman to death on a beach in Aruba after she refused his advances. New details in the killing emerged Wednesday as Joran Van der Sloot pleaded guilty to extorting Holloway's mother, resolving a case that has captivated the public’s attention for nearly 20 years.
The trial of a Fugees rapper, who was convicted this year in multimillion-dollar political conspiracies, stretched across the worlds of politics and entertainment — and now the case is touching on the tech world with arguments that his defense attorney bungled the case, in part, by using an artificial intelligence program to write his closing arguments.
Israel said Wednesday that it will allow Egypt to deliver limited quantities of humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip, the first crack in a 10-day siege on the territory. Palestinians reeled from a massive blast at a Gaza City hospital that killed hundreds the day before and grew increasingly desperate as food and water supplies ran out.
A 4000-year-old slab of rock is being dubbed a treasure map for archaeologists. The rock was found in 1900 at the site of an ancient tomb in northwestern France and it was declared Europe's oldest known map in 2021.
Hundreds of people gathered for a vigil honoring a six-year-old Palestinian-American boy who was stabbed to death over the weekend by his family's landlord in an apparent hate crime.
