Mike Bayer is the Founder and CEO of CAST Centers, which works with people who are suffering from addiction and mental illness. He sits down with Alyssa Julya Smith to talk about his partnership with popstar Demi Lovato and a new initiative the two are working on around her upcoming world tour.
Mike is a renowned wellness expert with over a decade of experience in mental health and addiction recovery, and played a critical role in Demi Lovato’s treatment and continues to support her in active recovery. Mike says he has continued to work with the superstar and Demi is now part-owner of the addiction recovery centers.
He also discusses the recent announcement that CAST Centers will be joining Demi Lovato for her 20-city concert tour with a pre-concert experience for concert ticketholders, featuring special guests and speakers who will discuss change and inspiration around mental health and wellness in an intimate session.
In an era when superheroes reign supreme at the box office, M. Night Shyamalan's "Glass" is ending a trilogy that began before the genre fully entered the mainstream."When 'Unbreakable' came out, I think a lot of people were questioning Night, especially studios and stuff, \[saying\], 'really?' A comic book movie? I'm not sure that's the best idea,'" star Spencer Treat Clark told Cheddar.
The cannabis industry enjoyed a productive 2018, but the government shutdown may be turning the industry's green light to yellow. Cannabis stocks are up overall, but according to Debra Borchardt, co-founder and CEO of Green Market Report, the government shutdown has left some farmers and companies in limbo.
These are the headlines you Need 2 Know for Tuesday Jan. 15, 2019.
Purchasing a major media company like Sony Pictures or Viacom might be the solution to Apple's iPhone problem, according to Wedbush Securities analyst Daniel Ives. "It's a services-led story but you need the content, which is why in our opinion, the stock has struck midnight for Apple to make an acquisition," Ives added.
When Haley Joel Osment first encountered A.I. onscreen in 2001, he was an adorably intense child playing the titular role in Steven Spielberg's film, "A.I. Artificial Intelligence." Now he's all grown up, and facing a less benevolent version of the future in Hulu's "Future Man," which debuted its second season last week.
New app GLYD is connecting travelers and locals via an Instagram-meets-TripAdvisor social media platform. According to the app's CEO and founder, bridging the gap between tourists and local populations is "a way for them to experience the local culture, traditions," Monika Bhasin told Cheddar Monday.
Yeardley Smith has voiced the iconic Lisa Simpson for three decades, and she's still amazed that the show has remained such a massive success for so long. "I remember reading once that the average life of a sitcom is five years, and that's if you're doing really, really well," "The Simpsons" star told Cheddar in an interview on Monday.
Meditation app Headspace is zen about its future. Coming off a profitable year in 2018, with more than $100 million in revenue, CEO and co-founder Rich Pierson told Cheddar on Monday that the company is looking to continue its domination of the digital meditation space by pushing into healthcare and international markets.
Health beverage company Iris Nova is modeling itself after its latest, greatest investor, Coca-Cola."The legacy and infrastructure they've built globally is really a model for what we'd like to build with Iris Nova," CEO and co-founder Zak Normandin told Cheddar Monday. "There's no better partner to kind of guide us along that path than Coca-Cola."
Green Growth Brands has no plans to stop its takeover bid for Canadian marijuana producer Aphria. Just days after the marijuana-derived beauty and wellness company announced it will sell its products at select DSW shoe stores nationwide, Green Growth CEO Peter Horvath said the company is dead set on getting a foothold in the Canadian market ー because in cannabis, consolidation is the new rule.
