Sean O'Connell, Managing Director at CinemaBlend, discusses the historic Golden Globes. Women and men all dressed in black in support of the #TimesUp movement, which seeks to end harassment and pay disparity among women and minorities in the workplace.
We speak in depth about Oprah's 9-minute speech while accepting the Cecil B. DeMille award. She spoke about creating a world that is equal for all women, where no one will ever have to say "me too" again. The internet ignited with rumors about a potential run for president from the media mogul in 2020 and whether last night's speech was meant to set that in motion.
We also talk streaming and Hulu's and Amazon's big wins, as well as what the winners of the Golden Globes film categories might say about the upcoming Academy Awards.
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.
A 4000-year-old slab of rock is being dubbed a treasure map for archaeologists. The rock was found in 1900 at the site of an ancient tomb in northwestern France and it was declared Europe's oldest known map in 2021.
