Entertainment

With a career spanning almost 50 years, a huge body of work and no fewer than eight Academy Award nominations, it would be fair to assume there’s not a lot Glenn Close hasn’t done when it comes to acting. But for her latest role – in the international spy drama series Tehran – the star

Tesla (TSLA) is adding shifts at Gigafactory Shanghai in the hopes to return to full production this month after being shut down for 22 days. Like many other companies, Tesla had to shut down production at its Shanghai factory last month after local authorities imposed serious lockdowns on the population in an attempt to limit

Actress and Strictly Come Dancing winner Rose Ayling-Ellis is to become the first celebrity to sign a CBeebies bedtime story. The 27-year-old soap star will make her debut on the show on Sunday to mark the end of Deaf Awareness Week. Using British Sign Language (BSL), the EastEnders actress, who has been deaf since birth,

Dave Myers, known for being one half of the Hairy Bikers, has revealed he has cancer. The 64-year-old TV chef said he’s undergoing chemotherapy and might be a “baldy biker” for a while. Myers has starred in numerous cookery shows over the years, alongside friend and fellow Hairy Biker Si King, with the pair frequently

American EV automaker Lucid Motors shared its Q1 numbers for 2022, today reporting nearly $58 million in revenue despite a slow uptick of deliveries. Additionally, Lucid announced substantial price increases to multiple trims of its Air sedan for any new reservations beginning June 1. While Lucid Motors has been working for over 15 years to

Actress Amber Heard broke down on the stand as she recounted a trip to Australia in 2015 that resulted in three days of alleged extreme violence and abuse at the hands of her former husband, Johnny Depp. On the 15th day of the multimillion-dollar libel trial brought against her by Depp, Heard detailed alleged sexual

Electric campers have a certain charm to them, being able to explore the open road powered by the free sun rays beaming above you. But what if you could combine that freedom with the versatility of an electric boat and an electric bike? That’s exactly what Aigars Lauzis sought to capture when he designed the

Dave Chappelle refuses to allow the “unsettling” attack on him overshadow the success of a record-breaking comedy run, his spokesperson has said. The US star was knocked over while on stage in LA on Tuesday and a man has been charged with assault with a deadly weapon. Chappelle was unhurt and laughed off the incident

Offshore construction work has officially started for the UK’s Dogger Bank, which will be the world’s largest offshore wind farm, with the installation of the first length of HVDC export cable off the Yorkshire coast. Dogger Bank will also be the first HVDC-connected wind farm in the UK. World’s largest offshore wind farm construction kicks

Actress Amber Heard has said the defamation trial against Johnny Depp is the “most painful and difficult thing I have ever gone through”. Taking the stand for the first time, Heard said: “I struggle to find the words to describe how painful this is.” “This is horrible for me. To sit here for weeks and

Group14 Technologies, a manufacturer of silicon-carbon tech for lithium-silicon batteries, announced it has raised $400 million in a Series C funding round led by Porsche AG. Group14’s technology can help deliver better-performing cells compared to traditional lithium-ion batteries and will use the funds to begin building a second manufacturing facility on US soil to expedite

Tesla says it will turn Shanghai into “the world’s largest vehicle export hub” with a new factory capable of producing 450,000 electric vehicles per year, next to the existing plant. Gigafactory Shanghai is a massive success for Tesla and enabled the automaker to grow at an impressive rate during the pandemic while the rest of

Amber Heard was physically and sexually abused by Johnny Depp and suffered PTSD as a result, jurors have been told by an expert psychologist – the first defence witness to take the stand as the actress begins to hit back with her side of the story. Dr Dawn Hughes’ testimony began after a bit of

The Sex Pistols will re-release their once-banned punk rock anthem God Save The Queen to mark the monarch’s upcoming Platinum Jubilee. The anti-authoritarian hit was first released in 1977 at the same time as the Queen’s Silver Jubilee and it was promptly banned by the BBC and every independent radio station. The anti-royalist song called

We’ve been waiting for years with bated breath for details regarding Harley-Davidson’s next upcoming LiveWire electric motorcycle. Now we’re getting the first real crumbs along with a short teaser video, plus an officially announced unveiling date of May 10th. LiveWire, the all-electric sub-brand spun out of Harley-Davidson, has been hard at work on a second

Kim Kardashian once again showed just how powerful she is by turning up at the Met Gala in New York in the $5 million dress Marilyn Monroe wore in one of pop culture’s most iconic moments. Monroe famously wore the nude-coloured figure-hugging gown to sing a sultry version of Happy Birthday to President John F

According to a recent report from Electrify America, it delivered 1.45 million charging sessions to customers in 2021 – that’s over five times more than the 268,000 sessions recorded a year prior. The sessions represent estimations of millions of gallons of gasoline spared on US roads, as well as evidence of the benefits a transition to

Cast from Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Cinderella have said they are devastated after reportedly being told the show was being cancelled just before going on stage. The show tweeted that its London run will end on 12 June, less than a year after it started, with the theatre impresario planning a Broadway version for next year.

Just because it’s Monday doesn’t mean you can’t start the week with a bang. And I’m at a loss of a better way than by feasting your eyes on the latest lethal animal from Australia: the Ungoverned Vendetta tracked electric skateboard. At least, I think “electric skateboard” is the closest thing to a correct classification

The Duchess of Sussex’s animated show about a young girl has been dropped by Netflix. Meghan was due to serve as executive producer on the series Pearl alongside David Furnish, filmmaker and husband of Sir Elton John, according to an announcement published on the Archewell website last summer. The Archewell Productions show was one of