The National Portrait Gallery has two new additions thanks to Barack and Michelle Obama's official paintings. Latina Magazine's Taiia Young joins Cheddar to discuss the added significance to this American tradition. She breaks down the world's reactions, which ranged from shock to awe.
Young considers the heightened scrutiny surrounding Michelle Obama's portrait. She speaks to the significance of the painting's gray-scale pallet and impressionist sensibilities. The editor-at-large also explains the many ways President Obama's portrait is different than the rest of the Gallery's collection.
In other news, "Black Panther," is making history again ahead of its big premiere. The film is now on track to be the biggest February opening of all time. Young shares why she's so excited to take her teenage son to see the movie.
The Emmy-winning actor died at age 61 after a brief illness. Braugher was best known for starring as Det. Frank Pembleton in the critically acclaimed 1990s series "Homicide: Life on the Street" and as the deceptively stone-faced Capt. Ray Holt on the comedy "Brooklyn Nine-Nine" in 2013-2021.
A study out of South Korea looked at over 23,000 people and found those who spend more than an hour commuting to work are 16% more likely to experience depression.
The fatal stabbing of a Catholic priest inside the church rectory where he lived has rocked the eastern Nebraska community of Fort Calhoun, a one-stoplight town where people tend not to worry if they forget to lock their doors at night.
Tuesday night is the sixth night of Hanukkah and to celebrate the occasion. Chef and TV personality Melanie Shurka joined Cheddar News to prepare latkes, a Hanukkah staple, along with other favorites.