Sunday's Golden Globes are Hollywood's first big awards show of the #MeToo era. Cinemablend's Sean O'Connell joins Cheddar to preview the night and predict the most prestigious categories. He thinks "The Shape of Water," "Get Out," "The Crown," and "Master of None" will walk away as the big winners of the night.
Seth Meyers will host the ceremony from Los Angeles. While O'Connell says the talk-show host is a good choice, considering the prospect of former host Ricky Gervais returning this year would leave Hollywood "terrified." The managing editor expects lots of jokes about President Trump and Harvey Weinstein during the opening monologue.
We also touch on one Citi analyst's prediction that there's a 40% chance Apple buys Netflix. O'Connell thinks a potential merger would still leave Apple behind Disney in the content wars. He thinks the tech giant is more likely to create a streaming service of its own.
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.
