Entertainment

Rupert Murdoch and former San Francisco police chaplain Ann Lesley Smith have reportedly called off their engagement. The 92-year-old media tycoon and Ms Smith, who is 26 years his junior, had planned to tie the knot in the summer – in what would have been his fifth marriage. But Vanity Fair reported the couple have

European yacht broker MYSEA has announced the first sale of the AQUON One eco-catamaran – a solar electric yacht powered by the sun and hydrogen fuel cells with luxurious accommodations for eight to ten passengers without any emissions. AQUON is a sustainability-focused yacht builder founded within Swiss Sustainable Yachts AG, based in Zurich. The company

Hugh Jackman has revealed he has undergone two biopsies following a new skin cancer scare. The Hollywood star has been treated several times for a form of skin cancer called basal cell carcinoma, having first had cancerous cells removed in 2013. In a new video shared on social media, Jackman, 54, said he would receive

According to NIO’s CEO, William Li (Li Bin), Tesla has little influence over EV prices in China, unlike in the US, where it dominates the market. NIO CEO says Tesla can’t influence EV prices in China After Tesla slashed prices on some of its most popular models in January, including the Model 3 and Model

Paul O’Grady spoke of the “joy” he felt when he returned to Battersea Dogs & Cats Home for his long-running ITV show in an interview conducted before his death. The presenter, who died “unexpectedly” last week at the age of 67, visited the charity for the upcoming series of Paul O’Grady: For The Love Of

For years, shared electric scooters have dotted the streets and sidewalks of Paris. The scooters were heavily regulated but still welcomed into the city as a new form of alternative transportation. Over time though, the issue of shared e-scooters became more divisive, especially as the number of e-scooters in the city grew. Now it looks

Hollywood superstar Samuel L Jackson shocked revellers with a surprise appearance at a club night in Glasgow. The 74-year-old enjoyed a taste of Scotland’s hospitality at the Bongo’s Bingo event at the city’s SWG3 on Saturday. The Marvel and Star Wars actor was seen to be smiling at a drag show as he recorded the

Tesla Gigafactory Texas has achieved a new production milestone of 4,000 cars in a week, but the factory trails behind Gigafactory Berlin in its friendly production ramp-up competition. The automaker has been simultaneously ramping up two major factories, Gigafactory Berlin and Gigafactory Texas, to volume production at the same time. It created a friendly competition

Hollywood stars Paul Mescal and Jodie Comer have won the night’s biggest trophies at the Olivier Awards, while a stage adaptation of a beloved animated Japanese classic swept the board. Mescal won best actor in a play for his role in the revival of the Tennessee Williams classic A Streetcar Named Desire, while Jodie Comer

Here at Electrek we have spent countless hours undertaking detailed hands-on testing of hundreds of electric bikes. Through those thousands of miles of riding, we’ve gotten to know these e-bikes inside and out, top to bottom and front to back. That dedication to real world e-bike testing has helped us find the best electric bicycles

An Oscar winner has revealed how her 11-year-old daughter pranked her with a letter demanding the return of her prestigious award. Canadian writer and director Sarah Polley scooped her Academy Award for Women Talking – starring Claire Foy, Jessie Buckley, Ben Whishaw and Frances McDormand – in Los Angeles last month. But the 44-year-old said

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Christopher Judge is on a winning streak, after taking home the top performer prizes at The Game Awards in LA (gaming’s equivalent of the Oscars) in December and the best lead performer at the BAFTA Games Awards in London this week. But his success hasn’t been easily won. Speaking to Sky News on the BAFTA

As usual for entries in this Awesomely Weird Alibaba Electric Vehicle of the Week column, the fun EVs we dredge up tend to bridge the gap between fun-looking and palm sweat-inducing. Would you take a cheap inflatable electric jet ski out into the bay or off the coast? What if I told you that you

Texas A&M University scientists have been working with metal-free, water-based battery electrodes, and they’re finding that the difference in energy storage capacity is as much as 1,000%. How the water-based batteries work In the scientists’ paper, published in Nature Materials this week, the water-based, or aqueous, batteries consist of a cathode – the negatively charged electrode;

Ahead of her first TV role airing Lily Allen has spoken to Sky News about why she’s moved from music to drama and how her own “dysfunctional” family helped inform her character. In new comedy Dreamland she plays a woman returning to her family in Margate, who soon finds out she’s brought more than she

Gwyneth Paltrow consciously uncoupled from ordinary life years ago. In the era of celebrity relatability, with once mysterious A-listers now sharing everything from breakfast to breakdowns on social media, she is one star completely comfortable with the world knowing she exists on a higher plane of bone broth, vagina candles, and $8,000-a-day skiing lessons. Facing

The US Treasury Department today announced its expected EV tax credit guidance on the battery component and critical mineral sourcing requirements of the Inflation Reduction Act, changing the availability of EV tax credits in the US, with the net effect of reducing tax credit amounts for many vehicles purchased on April 18 or later. The

Bernadette Hunt, who starred as Falcon in the hit 90s competitive sports combat game show Gladiators, has died aged 59. The news was shared by her brother-in-law, Rick Jango, on a Facebook page celebrating showbiz from days gone by. He wrote: “It is with great sadness that I have to tell you of my partner’s

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