A lawyer for angry Tesla investors told a California courtroom on Wednesday that CEO Elon Musk "lied" about having funding in place to take the company private, costing his clients millions of dollars.. "And his lies cost regular people like Glen Littleton to lose millions and millions of dollars," Porritt added in opening remarks.
Pop phenom Dua Lipa and tennis legend Roger Federer will be among the hosts of this year's Met Gala, whose theme will be "In honor of Karl.". Along with Lipa and Federer, Penelope Cruz and Michaela Coel will join Vogue Editor-In-Chief Anna Wintour in hosting the May 1 gala, one of the season's premiere events.
Porn star Ron Jeremy is not mentally competent to stand trial, a judge has ruled, halting attempts to prosecute him for a dozen rapes and other alleged sex crimes.. The Los Angeles Times, citing an email it has obtained, previously reported mental health experts for both the prosecution and defense had determined Jeremy suffers from severe dementia with little chance of recovery.
Kyiv mayor Vitali Klitschko said he had "very good and positive signals" that new weapons would be announced for Ukraine at a meeting of the country's Western allies in Germany on Friday.. Unofficially, I have very good and positive signals."
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Wednesday signalled that he intended to bring the date of Turkey's most consequential general election in generations forward by one month to May 14.. Turkey's next general election is officially due to be held on June 18.
The mayor of Amiens in northern France has released a video "requesting" that Madonna "loan" the city a painting from her personal collection, which resembles one lost there during World War I. The 19th-century work, "Diane and Endymion" by artist Jerome-Martin Langlois, is "likely" the same one "loaned by the Louvre to the Fine Art Museum in Amiens before World War I and which subsequently disappeared", Brigitte Foure said in a video message to the Queen of Pop posted on Facebook.. It was loaned by Paris' Louvre Museum to the northern city from 1872, until being declared missing after World War I. Madonna's painting "is almost certainly a copy, most likely by the artist himself", the Louvre said when it exhibited the painting in 1988.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Wednesday signalled that he intended to bring the next general election forward by one month to May 14.. But Erdogan's allies have been hinting for weeks that they may bring the polls forward because of religious holidays and school exams.
Chinese film fans on Wednesday celebrated the return of Marvel movies to the country's cinemas after an absence of nearly four years.. Chinese fans welcomed the announcement.
Once the preserve of nerds and stuffy young conservatives, loafers, moccasins and other formal shoes are increasingly taking over from sneakers as the first choice for fashion-conscious men. . Data from industry website Business of Fashion showed 45 percent of well-heeled American and British men were planning to buy dress shoes in 2023, compared with around a third who were opting for sneakers.
Jordanian film "Farha", vehemently criticised in Israel, is based on true events and represents "only a drop in the ocean" of Palestinian suffering, director Darin J. Sallam told AFP. Released last month on Netflix, "Farha" depicts atrocities against Palestinians during the 1948 conflict following Israel's creation, which Palestinians call the Nakba, or "catastrophe".. The Arabic-language film tells the story of a Palestinian teenager, Farha, whose village comes under attack by Israeli forces.
