Chris Rock has spoken about being smacked in the face by actor Will Smith on the Academy Awards stage. During the Oscars ceremony in Los Angeles last year, Smith walked onto the stage and slapped Rock, who had made a joke at the expense of the actor’s wife, actress Jada Pinkett Smith, as he was
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The author of the popular children’s book series Goosebumps has adapted more than a dozen of the titles to remove or change references to mental health, ethnicity and weight. After JK Rowling’s Harry Potter, Goosebumps is the second highest-selling book series in the world. Having once sold more than four million copies a month, publisher
EV maker Rivian (RIVN) released fourth-quarter earnings this week, and despite proclaiming it was aiming to produce 50,000 vehicles this year, it may believe it can do better. The company is reportedly raising the bar with a new internal EV production goal. Rivian bumps up 2023 EV production goal internally After releasing Q4 and full-year
When Elvis star Austin Butler arrived at this year’s BAFTA Awards, it wasn’t his model girlfriend Kaia Gerber who accompanied the actor as his plus-one. Instead, Butler attended the ceremony with Polly Bennett, the movement coach who spent months working with the star to help him transform into The King. When the camera panned to
Tesla has put the Cybertruck against the Tesla Semi in what looks like a drag race, but it is more likely a photo op. As a semi-truck, the Tesla Semi has truly impressive performance. Drivers have said that it handles more like a sports car than a semi-truck – and it sure accelerates closer to
Arctic Monkeys and Guns N’ Roses will join Sir Elton John in headlining this year’s Glastonbury Festival, meaning all the top-billed acts will be male. The Glastonbury line-up also includes Christine And The Queens, Fatboy Slim, Lana Del Rey, Lewis Capaldi, Lil Nas X, Maneskin, Rudimental, Manic Street Preachers, The War On Drugs and Royal
Disgraced reality TV star Stephen Bear has been sentenced to 21 months in prison for sharing a revenge porn video of him having sex with his ex-girlfriend on his OnlyFans account. The 2016 Celebrity Big Brother winner, 33, shared CCTV footage of him having sex with The Only Way Is Essex star Georgia Harrison, 28,
Through its joint project, MaterialLoop, Audi is proving you can turn old cars into new ones. The project aims to “close the loop” on materials, such as steel, aluminum, plastic, and glass, recycling them to build new cars and significantly reduce emissions and waste. Gas-powered cars emit around 4.6 metric tons of carbon dioxide each
Pulp bass player Steve Mackey has died at the age of 56, the band has announced, paying tribute to a “beloved friend” who “made things happen”. The Sheffield band, who rose to prominence with their fourth and fifth albums His ‘N’ Hers and Different Class in the 1990s, said the musician died on Thursday. On
While many people have unfulfilled dreams of being a rock star, the cast of the new TV adaptation of Daisy Jones And The Six were required to pull off being a world famous band in order to make the show. It’s based on the best-selling novel from 2019 – which is itself thought to be
Tesla has teased what appears to be a new wireless home charging station as part of its charging presentation during its Investor Day. Investor Day included presentations from all of Tesla’s major divisions, including a presentation about charging by Rebecca Tinucci, head of global charging infrastructure. The bulk of the presentation focused on Tesla’s extensive
Tickets for nine live shows for this year’s Eurovision Song Contest will go on sale next week. It will take place in Liverpool in May after the UK was chosen to host the competition on behalf of the war-torn 2022 winners, Ukraine. The UK came second in last year’s contest. Fans hoping to see one
Tesla will create a permanent magnet electric vehicle motor with zero rare earth elements in it, the company announced at its Investor Day today. Rare earth elements are a bone of contention in EV supply chains, as it can be hard to secure supplies of them, and a large majority of worldwide production is either
Jeremy Clarkson has not been cancelled as the host of television quiz show Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?, according to ITV. The channel also insisted that the hit programme had not been axed and it was contractually committed to another series which has already been recorded. There had been reports that Clarkson’s future as