Weight Watchers Scores Points, Thanks to Oprah and DJ Khaled
Weight Watchers is on a tear after Oprah Winfrey's now iconic Golden Globes speech. YourTango's Rebecca Stokes joins Cheddar to break down how the media mogul and DJ Khaled are helping propel the dieting company have a very good month. .She says the musician turned Snapchat star's social media following is a major boost to the 54-year-old brand.
Next, we follow some of the Time's Up storylines continuing after the Golden Globes. Sexual misconduct allegations against James Franco resurfaced during the actor's acceptance speech at the ceremony. Stokes runs through the multiple accusations against the star and where she thinks the story is headed next.
Woody Allen is also facing a firestorm of criticism after his daughter, Dylan Farrow, voiced concerns that the Time's Up movement does not apply to him. Stokes explains what she thinks the director's future holds, and whether Hollywood will take action against his upcoming films. Director Greta Gerwig revealed Wednesday she will not work with Allen on any upcoming projects.
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.
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.
