Air, starring Matt Damon and Ben Affleck, officially hits theaters on Wednesday. The film is based on the story of Nike in the 1980s as the company attempts to sign Michael Jordan to a sneaker deal. Damon plays Sonny Vaccaro, a sports executive who worked at the nascent sneaker giant and played a significant role in creating the partnership between Jordan and the company.
NEW NETFLIX SERIES
A new thriller series called The Diplomat, starring Keri Russell, is coming to Netflix. Russell plays the U.S. ambassador to the United Kingdom. When she arrives in London, she is tasked with stopping a war before it starts, while also trying to save her marriage to a former ambassador.
CATAN MAKER DIES
Klaus Teuber, who created the Catan board game, has died at 70. The game, which was originally called The Settlers of Catan and hit shelves in 1995, pitched players against each other on a fictional island, where they battled for resources.
Hundreds of people gathered for a vigil honoring a six-year-old Palestinian-American boy who was stabbed to death over the weekend by his family's landlord in an apparent hate crime.
If you have some older comic books stashed away in your attic, basement or closet, make sure to check their condition as they could be traded for serious cash. Cheddar News' Michelle Castillo at New Yor Comic Con spoke with Chris D'Lando, event manager with NYCC for Reedpop; Andy Mourat, co-founder and president of MetaZoo; and Julian Montoya, senior vice president of The Noble Collection, to get their thoughts.
Susan Akkad, senior vice president of innovation at Clinique, a finalist in the anti-aging category for the CEW Beauty Awards, joined Cheddar News to demonstrate some products to care for your skin as you age and how that is part of your overall healthcare.
Special prosecutors said Tuesday they are seeking to recharge actor Alec Baldwin in the 2021 fatal shooting on a Western movie set in New Mexico by presenting evidence to a grand jury.
They are playfully called the “forgotten five”: A handful of toys — the pogo stick, the Fisher-Price Corn Popper, My Little Pony, PEZ dispensers, and Transformers — that regularly approach toybox royalty as finalists for the National Toy Hall of Fame, only to be tossed back on the pile.
