Ryan Seacrest to Host Oscars Red Carpet Despite Allegations
Ryan Seacrest will still host E!'s Oscars red carpet coverage despite sexual misconduct allegations made against him. MadameNoire's Brande Victorian joins Cheddar to discuss the fallout surrounding the decision. She details a new report suggesting some publicists will be steering their clients away from the embattled TV personality on Hollywood's biggest night.
Next, we cover the latest whitewashing scandal to hit the entertainment industry. Natalie Portman's new movie "Annihilation" is under fire for recasting white actors to play characters that were different races in the original book. Victorian says the issue is still one actors of Asian and Native American descent have to deal with often.
Netflix dropped the trailer for its final movie as part of Adam Sandler's first deal with the streaming platform. The managing editor reveals why she thinks this movie is getting good buzz from critics, while the actor's previous three Netflix movies were slammed. She discusses whether she thinks the streaming service's Adam Sandler experiment paid off.
Grace Harry, a former entertainment executive and author of "The Joy Strategist," joined Cheddar News to discuss her goal of helping people redefine the meaning of joy and happiness.
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.
