From reality TV to surreal horror, here are your top entertainment stories.
LIVE TV IS HARD
Netflix is asking viewers to be patient, as it delays the release of the Love Is Blind Live Reunion. The special was scheduled for Sunday at 8 p.m. ET but did not go on as planned due to an error with the livestream. “We are incredibly sorry that the Love Is Blind Live Reunion did not turn out as we had planned,” the company tweeted. “We’re filming it now and we’ll have it on Netflix as soon as humanly possible. Again, thank you and sorry.”
SUPER BOX OFFICE PERFORMANCE
The Super Mario Brothers Movie continued its record-breaking run this weekend, raking in $92 million, which marks the best second weekend ever for an animated movie.The video game adaptation from Nintendo and illumination has now grossed more than $353 million dollars in North America, and $683 million globally, making it the highest grossing movie of the year.
BEAU IS A HIT
Lastly, Ari Aster's latest film Beau Is Afraid is cleaning up at the independent box office.The A24 flick, starring Joaquin Phoenix, scored the biggest indie box office opening of the year, grossing more than $320,000 on four screens in New York and Los Angeles.
Pieter Vanerman, CEO of Spin, joined Cheddar News to discuss the ping-pong franchise, which has nine locations around the U.S. and two in New York City, and also dived into how the business operates, showed what's on the menu and what you can expect when you visit.
“This truly is The One Where Our Hearts Are Broken,” “Friends” co-creators Marta Kauffman and David Crane, along with executive producer Kevin Bright, said in a joint statement Sunday.
Nancy Mello, an animal communicator with Medium, joined Cheddar News to discuss how her love of animals led to a change from doing readings with people and spoke of her experiences and the process of helping animals. Mello also does a live pet reading in studio.
A study published this week in the Journal Frontiers in Pain Research found that listening to sad songs when you're in pain could actually help relieve that pain.
