Michaela Coel picked up two gongs at the BAFTA TV Awards for her show I May Destroy You, and urged the industry to do more to keep people safe on set. The BBC Three show, which is themed around consent and sexual assault, won best mini-series, with Coel herself picking up the leading actress award.
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Ever since I discovered this awesome electric pickup truck, I’ve been going nuts over the thing. And no, I’m not talking about the hot new electric Ford F-150 launch. I’m talking about my most recent find for the Awesomely Weird Alibaba Electric Vehicle of the Week series, a somewhat fully featured electric pickup truck! Admittedly,
Kia America has announced the 2021 version of its Niro crossover EV will soon be available to consumers. The automaker is completely transparent in admitting the 2021 Kia Niro is essentially a carryover from the 2020 EV but with some “technology and convenience enhancements.” The Kia Niro debuted as a hybrid vehicle in the 2017
Former Nickelodeon TV star Drake Bell has been charged with attempted child endangerment and disseminating matter harmful to children. Bell, whose real first name is Jared, pleaded not guilty to both charges and is scheduled to appear in an Ohio court for a pre-trial hearing on 23 June. According to the Cuyahoga County Prosecutor’s Office,
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Filming for the next instalment of Mission: Impossible in the UK has been halted after positive COVID-19 tests were reported, Paramount Pictures has said. It is unclear how many positive tests there were, but filming on Tom Cruise‘s latest film will now pause for two weeks as a result. The studio added in a statement:
Harley-Davidson is planning to unveil a highly anticipated electric motorcycle next month, and we’ve gone through the clues to try and determine what it could be. For those that haven’t heard, last month Harley-Davidson announced the launch of a new all-electric motorcycle brand, LiveWire. Instead of continuing to develop electric motorcycles under the H-D badge
Tesla has donated over $3 million to a Canadian battery research team that it has been working with to develop cheaper, longer-lasting battery cells for its electric vehicles. Tesla Advanced Battery Research For the past five years, Tesla has been working with a battery research group in Canada, also known as Jeff Dahn’s research team,
The film and TV sector needs to take more responsibility for abuse in the industry, the chair of Time’s Up has told Sky News. Dame Heather Rabbatts, who is also a non-executive chairman of actor Noel Clarke‘s production company, said the sector “absolutely needs to find ways in which it can take more responsibility”. Clarke,
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BMW has officially announced the pricing and market launch for two US versions of the all-electric i4 — the i4 eDrive40 and i4 M50. The i4 M50 is the first fully electric performance model to come from BMW M GmbH. Both models promise range, elegant design, cutting-edge UI, and driving assistance technologies —all with zero
Matthew Perry has split from his fiancée Molly Hurwitz, days after the Friends reunion hit screens around the world. Perry, 51, who played Chandler Bing in the 90s sitcom, had been dating the 29-year-old literary agent since 2018, becoming engaged last November. However, he revealed in a statement to People magazine that the pair had
It’s A Sin star Olly Alexander will host a virtual Pride party for YouTube, alongside singer Demi Lovato and comedian Mawaan Rizwan. The Years & Years musician will front the UK segment of the star-studded YouTube show from an east London pub on 25 June alongside Sex Education writer Rizwan. It will feature musical performances
Three reality TV stars have had their Instagram posts banned after they failed to reveal that they were paid advertisements. Geordie Shore’s Chloe Ferry, 25, Helen Briggs, 25, from Ex On The Beach, and Towie’s Myles Barnett, 27, have more than four million followers between them. They all posted on the social media platform promoting
Fifteen-week-old American bully Zeus was asleep in a makeshift kennel area when RSPCA and police inspectors discovered him among a litter of nine puppies all with cropped ears. The unhealed wounds were red and crusty, the charity said; the scars of a practice it describes as “mutilation” and “barbaric” and which is illegal to carry