Body positivity is Lizzo’s brand. No stranger to the subject of fat shaming, the singer – whose real name is real name Melissa Viviane Jefferson – has been credited with changing the narrative around plus-size women, calling out sizeist behaviour and refusing to conform to industry stereotypes as she cranks out the hits in a
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The globe marked “Earth Overshoot Day” on August 2nd, calculated as the day when humanity has used up more than the total amount of resources made available by the Earth over the course of the year. And the day has been getting earlier and earlier every year. Earth Overshoot Day is a calculation which defines
Viewers are switching off traditional TV at record rates, according to a new Ofcom report. With more competition than ever from streamers, the proportion of people watching a programme on broadcast TV each week dropped from 83% in 2021 to 79% in 2022 – the biggest decline since records began, the watchdog said. Younger viewers
Tesla and Rivian are heading to court over the former claiming the latter stole “trade secrets” through former Tesla employees it hired. They weren’t able to resolve this out of court; now it looks like it will be heading to trial. In 2020, Tesla filed a lawsuit against Rivian over allegedly stealing trade secrets by hiring former
Former Coronation Street actress Catherine Tyldesley has hit back at a bakery after an “utterly bizarre” row over free cakes. Three Little Birds Bakery said it received a request from an events agency to make a cake and 100 cupcakes for the birthday of an unidentified “well-known” celebrity – later revealed to be Tyldesley –
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Anton Du Beke has revealed that he was stabbed by his father as a child. The Strictly Come Dancing judge said he was knifed in the stomach and leg on a Boxing Day when he was living at their family home on a council estate in Kent. Du Beke said he ended up spending three
Hyundai Motor America had a record month in July, with IONIQ 5 electric SUV sales reaching their highest monthly total. The automaker’s second dedicated EV, the IONIQ 6, is also seeing high demand. Hyundai IONIQ 5 EV sales gaining momentum Randy Parker, CEO of Hyundai Motor America, says “green car” sales have risen significantly month-to-month
A BBC Radio 1 presenter is off air this week after an incident during a live show in Ibiza at the weekend. Arielle Free joined her colleague Charlie Hedges very briefly on her Dance Anthems Ibiza show on Saturday, before being cut off for criticising the music. Following a short introduction, Free said to Hedges: “Can
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Who says EVs can’t plow through water? A team of engineers, commercial divers, and enthusiasts successfully drove an electric retrofit Toyota LandCruiser across Darwin Harbour, an over 4 mile (7 km) trip. The EV was submerged entirely underwater, navigating depths up to nearly 100 feet (30 m). Electric LandCruiser travels 4 miles underwater You heard
A woman who says she was hit by a microphone that Cardi B hurled into the crowd at a Las Vegas concert has filed a police report for battery, authorities said. The US rapper was performing at Drai’s Beachclub on Saturday when a large drink was thrown on stage, footage posted on social media showed.
Sinead O’Connor sent text messages “laden with desperation, despair and sorrow” to Bob Geldof in the weeks before her death, The Boomtown Rats frontman has told a festival crowd. He dedicated the band’s performance at Cavan Calling in Ireland to O’Connor, who died at her home in southeast London last week, aged 56. Image: Sinead
An “Unidentified Electric Vehicle” (UEV) made front-page news in a small town paper in Montana when it charged from a public outlet on Main Street. EV charging has gotten pretty easy these days, even when driving through less-populated areas. But those of us who have been driving EVs for a long time, or who have
Madonna says she realises “how lucky I am to be alive” after spending time in intensive care with a bacterial infection. The 64-year-old had to postpone her world tour after being rushed to hospital last month, but was able to go home after a few days. Posting on Instagram, she said she’d had time to
The New York Times published a pair of articles this weekend highlighting the rising number of deaths of cyclists riding electric bikes. However, in one of the most impressive feats of victim-blaming I’ve seen from the publication in some time, the NYT lays the onus on e-bikes instead of on the things killing their riders:
Dame Judi Dench has said she can’t see on film sets anymore and isn’t able to read scripts due to her deteriorating eyesight. But the Oscar-winning actress, 88, says she has alternative ways of learning lines like being taught them with the help of her friends. And she also claims she has a photographic memory.
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Brad Pitt has paused production on his forthcoming Formula 1 feature film in support of the US actors’ and writers’ strike. The Hollywood star, 59, had been shooting scenes for the project recently including filming at the Silverstone Circuit ahead of the British Grand Prix earlier this month. The production has now ground to a
There are some things that I never thought I’d see electrified. Cars? I get it. Bikes? Sure thing. Boats? Why not? But when it comes to lawn tools, I never thought I’d see a wheelbarrow go the way of electric hedge trimmers. Yet that’s exactly what we’re checking out today in the latest installment of