What’s Trending: Tuesday, February 15th, 2022
#Oscars
o Do we have not one, not two, but three hosts for the Oscars this year?
o According to Deadline, Wanda Sykes, Amy Schumer and Regina Hall have been named as hosts of the 94th Oscars.
o This is the first time the show has had an emcee format since 2018.
o The news is expected to be announced officially this morning.
o This year’s Oscars return to full capacity at the Dolby Theater.
o Each of the ladies will reportedly host their own leg of the telecast.
o Netflix’s The Power of the Dog leads all the nominees with 12 going in followed by Dune with 10.
#Bridgerton
o The Netflix show just dropped a surprise Season 2 teaser trailer!
o It looks like Lady Whistledown will have plenty of tea to spill in the upcoming season.
o She says that not only has she been “honing her skills” but she’s been “sharpening my knives.”
o The true identity of the gossip chronicler was revealed to viewers at the end of the Season 1.
o Season 2 premieres on Netflix on March 25th.
#Wordle
o Is the game getting more difficult?
o Ever since the New York Times bought the online word-guessing game, die-hard fans say that it’s too hard!
o The publication announced they were purchasing the word puzzle last month for an “undisclosed” seven-figure sun.
o The game that gives players six guesses to determine one new word a day has faced some backlash as fans are voicing their displeasure on social media, saying things like “The New York Times deciding that everyone’s day needed a little more stress by upping the Wordle stakes,” and “The nyt made wordle too hard i feel stupid now. Today’s Wordle should be used to punish war criminals, that was so hard.”
o The publication says they did not do anything to mess with the game.