• Golden Globes 2021 postponed to Feb. 28 due to coronavirus

    Golden Globes 2021 postponed to Feb. 28 due to coronavirus

    The 2021 Golden Globes will take place on Feb. 28 — about eight weeks before the 93rd Academy Awards. The Hollywood Foreign Press Association made the announcement Monday morning. Just a week earlier, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced that the 93rd Academy Awards telecast has been postponed by two months to …
  • Tesla plans to open new US factory in Southwest

    Tesla plans to open new US factory in Southwest

    Electric vehicle maker Tesla wants to start building a large vehicle assembly plant in the southwestern US as early as the third quarter of this year, the company told Texas officials in documents made public this week. But the company is still pitting Texas and Oklahoma against each other in an effort to secure tax …
  • Lyft pledges to have all electric car fleet by 2030

    Lyft pledges to have all electric car fleet by 2030

    Read More: Lyft to cut nearly 1,000 jobs due to coronavirus outbreak California sues Uber, Lyft for classifying drivers as contractors Uber’s Middle East business cuts 31 percent of workforce Uber spent $19 million to aid drivers struggling amid coronavirus
  • Tesla registrations pummeled by California’s coronavirus lockdown

    Tesla registrations pummeled by California’s coronavirus lockdown

    Read More: Elon Musk offers to make ventilators for Chinese virus patients Tesla shares jump on Goldman Sachs ‘buy’ rating Tesla layoffs leave janitors, bus drivers struggling to make rent: report Elon Musk plans to move Tesla to Texas or Nevada over coronavirus gripes in CA
  • Ford plans to unveil new Bronco — on O.J. Simpson’s birthday

    Ford plans to unveil new Bronco — on O.J. Simpson’s birthday

    Ford Motor Company is bringing back the SUV infamously used as a getaway car by O.J. Simpson — on the disgraced football star’s 73rd birthday. The car manufacturer will unveil the 2021 Ford Bronco on July 9. A Ford rep said the launch date was “purely coincidental” but the company has no plans to change …
  • Oscars 2021 postponed to later date due to the coronavirus

    Oscars 2021 postponed to later date due to the coronavirus

    We’ll have to wait a little longer to find out who the winners are. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced Monday that the 2021 Oscars ceremony will be postponed from Feb. 28 to April 25 due to the coronavirus pandemic. This marks the latest the Oscars have been held since 1932, when …
  • Oscars announce new diversity and inclusion plans

    Oscars announce new diversity and inclusion plans

    The academy is still trying to get past its #OscarsSoWhite problem. On Friday, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, which hands out the Oscar statues, unveiled the “next phase” of its program to boost the representation of women and people of color in the entertainment industry and the annual awards. The plan, titled …
  • Online used car seller Vroom surges 83 percent in IPO

    Online used car seller Vroom surges 83 percent in IPO

    Shares of online used car seller Vroom Inc. soared nearly 83 percent in their market debut on Tuesday, as the US IPO market roars back to life after the coronavirus crisis slammed the brakes on new listings. Shares opened at $40.25, giving the company a market value of $4.54 billion. The IPO was priced at …
  • Protests outside Academy HQ after David Oyelowo calls out ‘Selma’ Oscar snub

    Protests outside Academy HQ after David Oyelowo calls out ‘Selma’ Oscar snub

    Protesters gathered on Friday at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to support the Black Lives Matter movement. The protest comes one day after David Oyelowo, who starred in the 2014 best picture nominee “Selma” as Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., revealed that Oscar voters were angered by the cast wearing T-shirts that …
  • David Oyelowo says ‘Selma’ lost Oscars because of an Eric Garner protest

    David Oyelowo says ‘Selma’ lost Oscars because of an Eric Garner protest

    David Oyelowo says his 2014 movie “Selma” was robbed of its chance at Oscars glory by a peeved and prejudiced Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. The British-American actor, who was nominated for playing Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in the movie, told ScreenDaily Thursday that the cast’s solidarity with protesters after Eric Garner’s …