Alicia Silverstone, Atharv Verma on 'Mustache' Movie, Holistic Living
Actor Alicia Silverstone joined Cheddar News to speak with senior reporter Michelle Castillo about the 2023 SXSW premiere of Mustache. The former Clueless star plays Miss Martin in the movie about 13-year-old Ilyas, played by Atharv Verma, who navigates social life in a new school and is nagged with internal strife over a mustache that his parents won't allow him to shave. Verma, who also joined the interview said, "This is one of those movies where they show his insecurity and they show how he overcomes it — his great challenge — and think that everyone can take away from this that you should learn how to accept yourself and to be ok with who you are."
After serving an in-school suspension over his hairstyle, a Black high school student in Texas immediately received the same punishment when he arrived at school Monday wearing his hair as before in twisted dreadlocks tied on top of his head, his mother said.
Jackie Siegel, best known for her 2012 documentary 'The Queen of Versailles,' joined Cheddar News to reflect on the death of her daughter due to a drug overdose. She also discussed how she's using her platform to advocate for awareness of overdoses and to help with prevention.
A Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department deputy died after he was shot in his patrol car Saturday evening by an unknown assailant, and an investigation is underway that the sheriff said will press all of the department’s resources into action.
Jann Wenner, who co-founded Rolling Stone magazine and also was a co-founder of the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, has been removed from the hall's board of directors after making comments that were seen as disparaging toward Black and female musicians. He apologized within hours.
