It’s the biggest night in music, with stars from all over the world vying for a prestigious Grammy award to boost their reputation and musical credentials. Hosted by former host of The Daily Show, Trevor Noah, for the third time on the trot, Sunday’s ceremony will take place at the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles.
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General Motors (GM) and Netflix have announced a new partnership to increase the presence of electric vehicles on screen. As part of what the companies are calling a “strategic alliance,” Netflix will feature at least one EV in each movie or series it manages. To kick off this EV media movement, GM and Netflix teamed
The Sims 4 has added a selection of inclusive upgrades including hearing aids, top surgery scars and shapewear in their latest update. One of the best-selling video games of all time, The Sims allows players to recreate the lives of virtual people living in a suburban neighbourhood. It was first released in 2000. The game,
As part of the launch of its Nissan Futures event kicking off in Japan this week, Nissan Motor Company unveiled a physical EV convertible prototype called the Max-Out – based on a virtual rendering teased in 2021. The Japanese automaker says the electric convertible concept represents its ambitions for sustainability in the future, but we
Channel 4 has said its showing of a Simpsons episode centred on workers’ rights on the biggest day of strike action in a decade was a coincidence. The broadcaster received praise online for showing the episode, which sees Homer Simpson challenge Mr Burns over the employees’ dental plan, which culminates in a strike at the
A new report states that Tesla plans to ramp up electric vehicle production at Gigafactory Shanghai to 20,000 units per week after a surge in orders. After years of claiming that demand was exceeding production capacity, we have seen plenty of evidence late last year that Tesla was starting to have some more serious demand
Singer Cheryl says she has a “healthy amount of nerves” about making her West End debut. Speaking to Sky News ahead of her opening night in 2:22 – A Ghost Story, the Girls Aloud star said she has been baffled by how people have been shocked to hear she acts. “To me it’s like another
Ahead of its scheduled arrival this coming fall, GM has shared its most in depth look at the 2024 Chevy Equinox EV yet in a video you can view below. By promising a starting price around $30,000, the Equinox EV is sure to capture plenty of customers, whether they are current GM owners or not.
In his new film, Rupert Grint plays one of four people who arrive at a remote holiday cabin and insist the family occupying it make an impossible choice – either sacrifice one of their own, or watch as the apocalypse unfolds. While the plot of Knock At The Cabin, which is based on horror novel
General Motors beat both top and bottom-line results in the fourth quarter, leading to record earnings in 2022 as the automaker enters phase two of its EV rollout. The company continues to develop its supply chain for an EV-only future with a massive new domestic lithium investment. GM earnings growth in 2022 on the heels
Hollywood actor Alec Baldwin has been formally charged in New Mexico with involuntary manslaughter over the fatal shooting of a cinematographer on the set of the western film Rust. Baldwin has vowed to fight the two counts against him, with his lawyer calling the case a “terrible miscarriage of justice”. A live round killed Halyna
When British actress Andrea Riseborough’s name was read out as one of this year’s five Academy Award nominees for best actress, it came as something of a surprise to many. Not because her performance in To Leslie – a small indie film in which she plays a single mother who turns to alcoholism after winning
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Love Island stars Molly-Mae Hague and Tommy Fury have welcomed their first child. Announcing the news on Instagram, the couple shared a black-and-white photograph showing them on a hospital bed as Fury cradles the newborn in his arms and Hague hugs her partner. The post was captioned “23/01/23” with a white heart emoji. On her
Priority Bicycles has just released an eye-catching electric version of the company’s Coast cruiser bike. Known as the e-Coast, the new e-bike is designed to be as “hassle-free” as possible, including weather protection, hydraulic disc brakes, and a Gates carbon belt drive. New York-based Priority Bicycles is one of the rare pedal bicycle companies that
Founding Motown artist Barrett Strong, who collaborated on classic songs such as I Heard It Through The Grapevine and Papa Was A Rollin’ Stone, has died at the age of 81. Strong’s death was confirmed by the Motown Museum in a series of tweets paying tribute to his prolific career. “Barrett was not only a
One week after sharing details of its Launch Edition Solar EV, Aptera Motors has announced a community funding program called Accelerate Aptera, hoping to raise between $20 and $50 million. By investing a predetermined minimum, reservation holders have a better chance at receiving delivery of one of the 2,000 Launch Edition Apteras planned. Better still,
Actor Annie Wersching, best known for playing FBI agent Renee Walker in the series 24 has died at the age of 45. Wersching died on Sunday morning in Los Angeles following a battle with cancer. Stephen Full, her husband and the father of her three sons, confirmed the news in a statement released to US
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Regularly readers of my Awesomely Weird Alibaba Electric Vehicle of the Week column will know that I usually dig around Chinese shopping sites to find the wackiest and coolest little EVs in the world. That’s resulted in finding everything from electric submarines to mini electric Jeeps. But this time I’d say that today’s vehicles are