It has emerged that Volodymyr Zelenskyy was the voice of Paddington Bear when the popular film was released in Ukraine. The 44-year-old was a comedian and actor before moving into politics, and while most Ukrainian film fans will have known about his role in the film, it was revealed to the rest of the world
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A mother who fled under-fire Kyiv with her son, her cat, and a handful of clothes has spoken movingly about “the longest three days of our lives”. As an award-winning and outspoken filmmaker, Iryna Tsilyk is on a Russian blacklist and knew when troops began heading for the capital, she had to escape. Her husband
The first time I saw a JackRabbit, I couldn’t help but laugh. For someone that comes from the e-bike world, the proportions are just so funny looking. But the more I’ve thought about it, the more this funny little “micro e-bike” seems like it could solve a lot of problems for urban commuters. The San
Tesla has officially started rolling out its Full Self-Driving Beta in Canada – marking the first official international expansion of the driver-assist system that Tesla taunts as an early version of a true self-driving system. Tesla Full Self-Driving Beta Since October 2020, Tesla has been slowly rolling out what it is calling “Full Self-Driving Beta”
Russian State Ballet company performances have been cancelled at several theatres in the UK following the invasion of Ukraine. Wolverhampton Grand Theatre, the Royal & Derngate Theatre in Northampton, and The New Theatre Peterborough have all announced the cancellation of performances in the coming days and weeks. It comes after the Royal Opera House announced
On January 12, Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland announced that the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) would hold an offshore wind energy auction for more than 488,000 acres in the New York Bight. It’s now complete, and the auction achieved $4.37 billion in high bids. It’s a huge leap forward for the fledgling US offshore
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Welcome to our guide to what’s new and worth watching in the world of TV and film. Featuring our biggest celebrity interviews of the week, our Backstage entertainment review also includes details of the other new and noteworthy works coming to your screens. Cyrano – out in cinemas now First up, the classic tale of
Russia has been kicked out of this year’s Eurovision Song Contest after Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine. The organisers said Russia’s participation would “bring the competition into disrepute”. The 66th Eurovision contest is due to be held in Turin in May after rock act Maneskin claimed victory last year. Finland said it would boycott the
Dave Grohl’s reputation as the nicest man in rock precedes him. “Are you ready to meet rock royalty?” I’m asked before I speak to him. Everyone in the (Zoom) room is excited about meeting Dave Grohl. If things had gone to plan, the Foo Fighters frontman and former Nirvana drummer would have been in the
Whether you know Revel from its bright blue electric scooters or from its somehow brighter blue Model Y taxis, you could soon be seeing much more of the company. That’s thanks to a massive new $126 million funding round just announced by Revel. The new Series B funding round was reportedly led by BlackRock Renewable
Sean Penn has been pictured at a press briefing at the at the Presidential Office in Kyiv, as he works on a documentary in Ukraine about the ongoing Russian invasion. Wearing sunglasses and with the collar of his jacket turned up, the 61-year-old listened intently, with a colleague sat close beside him to assist with
Electric conversion and purpose-built EV specialists Lightning eMotors announced it has completed a 102,000 sq. foot expansion of its manufacturing facility in Loveland, Colorado. With the expansion, Lightning eMotors expects an output of 1,500 zero-emission vehicles and powertrains by the end of 2022 on its goal to scale to a capacity of 20,000 by 2025.
Russia will be allowed to compete in this year’s Eurovision Song Contest despite Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine. Organisers said on Thursday that they are currently planning to welcome artists from both Russia and Ukraine in the 2022 event. They described the annual competition in May as a “non-political cultural event which unites nations and
In a bid to clean up the city and reduce the chokehold of traffic congestion, Paris plans to ban cars from much of the historic part of the French capital. The plan was announced by the city’s mayor Anne Hidalgo, though its expected 2024 implementation represents a two-year delay from the creators’ original goal. Vehicles
Valuable props used in the filming of the Netflix series The Crown have been stolen, the company has confirmed. The items, worth up to £150,000, were taken during an overnight raid on the TV company’s production site near Doncaster last Wednesday. The Sun newspaper reported that among the props taken was a replica of a
Elon Musk is ramping up his fight with the SEC saying that he has been “building a case” against the agency and that he “didn’t start the fight,” but he “will finish it.” Tesla is stuck in the crossfire. The situation between the SEC, Elon Musk, and Tesla appears to be escalating after a lawyer
Robert Pattinson has confessed to finding himself distractingly handsome as the new Batman. “It’s funny, you kind of have this split personality moment,” he told Sky News, of playing the masked super-hero. “You look in the mirror and go, ‘Daaaamn’. And then you’re like, ‘Wait, hold on. That’s me!'” It has been a long wait
Swedish EV automaker Polestar has begun sharing its initial list of potential collaborators for its Polestar 0 Project – the company’s initiative to change the way cars are made by eliminating emissions from the entire supply chain. In addition to announcing the industry suppliers on board, Polestar is extending a global call for collaboration over