Jeremy Bulloch, who played bounty hunter Boba Fett in the original Star Wars trilogy, has died at the age of 75. The English actor died on Thursday at a hospital in London after years of living with Parkinson’s disease. His agents at Brown, Simcocks & Andrews said his death was due to health complications. As
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President-elect Joe Biden has tapped Representative Deb Haaland (D-NM) for secretary of the interior and Michael S. Regan as head of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Haaland (pictured above left) will be the first Native American cabinet secretary and head of the Department of the Interior. Regan (pictured above right) will be the first Black
Diane Lane has been acting for decades but in her latest film she’s taking on a role she has never played before – a grandmother. In Let Him Go she plays Margaret Blackledge, a woman trying to find her grandson after her son dies and her daughter-in-law re-marries. The actress told Sky News’ Backstage podcast
The relationship between Tesla and LG Chem appears to be growing stronger lately and now we learn of a new deal for the latter to supply a nickel-based battery to the automaker, according to a new report. Tesla and LG Chem’s Relationship For the first decade that Tesla was producing electric vehicles, Panasonic was the
Lily James is set to portray Baywatch star Pamela Anderson in a new TV series about her relationship with rock star Tommy Lee. The eight-part Hulu drama will include the sex tape scandal of 1995, when a video shot on their honeymoon was stolen and released to the public. Image: Anderson and Lee at the
Tina Fey says one of her biggest accomplishment of 2020 has been saving a man’s life. The actress and comedian said the surreal experience took place on the first day of a trip with her family to a rented house near the Hudson River during quarantine. Speaking on The Tonight Show, she told chat show
Las Vegas City Council has voted to approve the Boring Company’s plan for a citywide Loop system with Tesla vehicles. A Boring Company Loop system consists of tunnels in which Tesla autonomous electric vehicles travel at high speeds between stations to transport people within a city. The first system is being deployed at the Las
In April 2020, Sky News met Nkosi Inniss, a wedding DJ from Manchester. Due to restrictions under the first lockdown, all his gigs had been cancelled. So, along with neighbour Rich Salisbury, he held a series of ‘safe raves’ from a rooftop terrace to entertain people in their block of flats, as well as raise
Tesla has announced a new CCS charging adapter that this time can work with its proprietary connector. However, the availability in North America is still unclear. With the launch of the Model 3 and its Supercharger V3 in Europe, Tesla switched its main charging standard to CCS. The automaker ended up launching a CCS adapter for
Tom Cruise has delivered a furious COVID-19 safety rant on the set of Mission Impossible: 7 after crew members appeared to ignore social distancing rules. The 58-year-old has gone to great efforts to ensure that filming for the latest instalment of the long-running action franchise goes ahead, despite strict coronavirus restrictions. In audio obtained by
Lordstown Motors and Camping World will work together to build an electric motorhome, announced in an event at Lordstown’s Ohio plant with Lordstown and Camping World CEOs Steve Burns and Marcus Lemonis. Lordstown also plans to use Camping World for nationwide service locations for the Endurance electric pickup truck. Lordstown wants to be the first
They’ve already signed a deal to become film and TV producers, and now the Duke and Duchess of Sussex are to become podcasters. Harry and Meghan will produce and host podcasts for Spotify, the audio streaming service has announced. The multi-year partnership is with Archewell Audio, an “audio-first production company” created by the Sussexes as
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Sharon Osbourne says she has tested positive for coronavirus and is now recovering after a brief stay in hospital. The former X Factor judge, 68, is taking time away from US chat show The Talk – a daytime programme similar to the UK’s Loose Women – in order to recover. She said she was also
The Lion Electric Company, a Quebec-based manufacturer of electric school buses, has successfully completed a vehicle-to-grid (V2G) pilot deployment of five school buses in White Plains, New York. New York’s V2G school buses The project began in 2018 among partners Lion, V2G technology company Nuvve, White Plains School District, and British multinational public transport company
Jesy Nelson is leaving Little Mix after nine years in the band. Nelson, 29, announced she was leaving the band after nine years on Instagram on Monday. “The truth is being in the band has really taken a toll on my mental health. I find the constant pressure of being in a girl group and