Inside Meghan Markle's Christmas Plans with the Queen
The holidays means spending time with your in-laws, even if you're about to become a royal. Us Weekly's Jennifer Peros takes us inside Meghan Markle's plans to spend Christmas with her soon-to-be mother-in-law, Queen Elizabeth II. The Queen is breaking her spouses-only rule and letting Prince Harry's fiance join the family for her annual holiday celebration.
Peros reveals the royal family's traditions and gives a sneak peek at what Markle can expect in her last holidays as a commoner. She'll have to pick out a gag gift to present hor Her Royal Highness at the big event. The magazine editor also weighs in on how Markle is adjusting to life in the spotlight since announcing the engagement.
We also tackle some of the day's other big entertainment headlines. Peros gives an update on how Harvey Weinstein's estranged wife, Georgina Chapman, is holding up in the months since his massive scandal changed Hollywood. She also breaks down why John Travolta's biopic "Gotti" lost its distributor just ten days before its release.
Tech apprenticeship platform Multiverse became a unicorn with a $1.7 billion valuation, after raising $220 million in a Series D round. As companies across the country face challenges in hiring and retaining tech talent, Multiverse says it's trying to offer a solution with a new way to train and hire workers that can serve as an alternative to college and corporate training. Sophie Ruddock, VP and GM North America of Multiverse, joins Cheddar News' Closing Bell to discuss.
Cheddar's Kristen Scholer caught up with all-time NBA great Shaquille O'Neal in his hometown of Newark, NJ, working with Icy Hot to repair rundown basketball courts around the country. The Hall of Famer also spoke about the current NBA finals between the Boston Celtics and Golden State Warriors and had a lot of praise for the Warrior's guard Stephen Curry. "He's the greatest shooter of all time. I had a conversation with Stephen A. [Smith], where does he rank? He's a special player. He has his own category," Shaq said.
On this episode of On The Job presented by ADP: Gemma Burgess, CEO of Ferguson Partners, explains what people are looking for in an employer, and how to convey positive work culture to potential employees; Amy Leschke-Kahle, Vice President of Performance Acceleration at The Marcus Buckingham Company, an ADP company, breaks down how encouraging employee engagement and empowering employee voices can benefit every workplace and busts a myth about employee engagement while working from home; Jim Huether, CEO of Hyperice, discusses Hyperice's new employee mental health initiative, known as the Workplace Alliance, with 100-plus companies to combat the ongoing mental health crisis and how they're taking a hands-on, data-driven approach to the mental health crisis.
