Kevin Spacey subjected a man he met at a celebrity event to a “barrage” of “vile” sexual comments before grabbing his crotch “like a cobra getting hold”, a court has been told. Jurors at Southwark Crown Court in London heard this evidence from the third of four men who have accused the Hollywood actor of
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Singer Taylor Swift has announced new dates for the UK leg of her world tour next year. Due to “phenomenal demand” new shows in Liverpool, Edinburgh and London have been added to her schedule. Swift will play extra shows at Edinburgh’s Murrayfield Stadium on Sunday 9 June, Liverpool’s Anfield Stadium on Thursday 13 June, and
Electric skateboards are a blast no matter what type you’re riding or where you’re doing it. Just having a fast, fun form of transportation in a compact package you can carry under your arm is a feat in and of itself. But off-road electric longboards ratchet the fun up several notches by taking you beyond
Adele has warned concertgoers about throwing things on stage after a spate of recent incidents. In a video posted on Instagram by a concertgoer, the 35-year-old singer had a special message for her fans, which she delivered as she paced the stage with a t-shirt gun in her arm. Adele, performing at her Weekends with
On Tuesday, Stellantis unveiled its latest electric SUV, the FIAT 600e, with up to 248 miles range (400 km) starting at under $40,000 (€36,490). The new compact electric SUV is set to compete against the upcoming Volvo EX30 in the lucrative crossover market. The new 600e is the predecessor of the family-friendly Fiat 600 from
TV presenter Fiona Phillips has revealed she has been diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease. The 62-year-old star, who is best known as the former host of ITV breakfast programme GMTV, was told she had the illness over a year ago after experiencing months of brain fog and anxiety. In an exclusive interview with the Mirror where
Tesla has changed its standard paint color for the Model 3 and Model Y. Now everything but Midnight Silver is at least $1,000. “Any customer can have a car painted any color that he wants so long as it is black,” that’s what Henry Ford supposedly said when asked why Ford was not offering different colors
Ant McPartlin and Declan Donnelly have announced that they will be producing a reboot of the teen drama which made them famous – Byker Grove. The presenting duo shared a video on Twitter, telling fans they had “exciting news” and that 17 years after the show came off air, they would be rebooting the nineties
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Warner Bros’ long-awaited Barbie movie has been banned in Vietnam. The movie, which had been due to open in the country on 21 July, has been banned from domestic distribution over a scene featuring a map that shows China’s unilaterally claimed territory in the South China Sea, state media reported. The U-shaped “nine-dash line” is
French automaker Peugeot is certainly not a newcomer to the electric bicycle world like many other automakers that have only begun dipping their toe in the e-bike waters. Peugeot has a long history producing bicycles that dates back over a century under its PEUGEOT Cycles division. Now the company has just released its latest line
Robert De Niro’s grandson Leandro De Niro Rodriguez has died. Drena, De Niro‘s eldest daughter, posted on Instagram on Monday announcing the death of her 19-year-old son – saying the family had lost a “sweet angel”. The 51-year-old shared the news in an emotional post. She wrote: “My beautiful sweet angel. I have loved you
Tesla (TSLA) announced its production and delivery numbers for the second quarter of 2023, and the automaker has crushed expectations with deliveries of over 466,000 electric vehicles. Earlier this week, we reported that Wall Street was expecting another record quarter for deliveries from Tesla, with a consensus of 448,000 vehicles. That’s up from Tesla’s previous
Emmerdale actress Meg Johnson – who played Pearl Ladderbanks on the ITV soap – has died, her family have said. The 86-year-old was described as a “kind and wonderful lady” in a joint statement from her family, talent agency Jorg Betts Associates and the ITV show. It said: “It is with great sadness that we
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Tesla has started to push a huge new software update with a bunch of new features, including Charge on Solar, a Spotify refresh, multiview cameras, and more. We haven’t had a big Tesla software update in a minute and it looks like this one is it. Teslascope, a third-party Tesla companion app, detected a new
A YouTube bodybuilding star known as Joesthetics has died at the age of 30, according to posts shared on social media by his friends and girlfriend. German fitness influencer Jo Lindner, who had 8.5million followers on Instagram and almost 500 million views on his YouTube channel, suffered an aneurysm on Friday according to his girlfriend
The Queen Of Pop, a Material Girl, a gay icon and a self-proclaimed “warrior” – Madonna is many things to many people. Rihanna, Britney Spears, Katy Perry and Lady Gaga have all recognised her influence on their careers, with Beyonce hailing her a “masterpiece genius”. She’s had more top 10 hits than Elvis, sung a
On Friday, Toyota Motor North America announced several leadership changes as it inches toward its commitment to electrification. As part of the changes, Toyota is establishing a new “senior vice president of electric vehicle supply” role to lead the automaker’s North American EV supply and production strategy. Toyota promotes Susan Elkington for new EV role
A Swiss startup is using reclaimed wind turbine blades instead of metal beams as horizontal supports for solar panels. Solar panels, meet wind turbine blades Founded in 2022, Turn2Sun is based in Neuchâtel and calls its use of second-life wind turbine blades to support solar panels “Blade2Sun.” The company explains, “The strength of the blades