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2021 Aston Martin DBX First Drive: A True All-Weather Gran Turismo
The 2021 Aston Martin DBX is the first SUV in the storied British automaker’s 107-year history. Daimler supplied the engine, the transmission, and the electrical architecture, but the rest of the DBX—the all-aluminum body structure, the anti-roll air suspension, the roomy and practical interior—has all been engineered and executed in-house. Now here’s the thing: This off-road Aston isn’t just a gr...
Hyundai Bringing Rad EV Concept Cars to Life for New Electric-Car Brand
In the increasingly competitive green-car space, the Hyundai Ioniq lineup hasn’t gained much traction. Many consumers haven’t even heard of the trio—it offers hybrid, plug-in hybrid, and electric powertrains—of Ioniq hatchbacks currently available, and the EV variant isn’t at all competitive when it comes to range. Now Hyundai is seeking to changing the narrative by turning Ioniq into its ow...
Taylor Swift’s ‘Folklore’ Rules at No. 1 for Second Week on Billboard 200 Chart
Taylor Swift’s Folklore holds atop the Billboard 200 albums chart for a second week, earning 135,000 equivalent album units in the U.S. in the week ending Aug. 6, according to Nielsen Music/MRC Data. The set is down 84% from its opening of 846,000 units – the biggest week for any album in 2020. The Billboard 200 chart ranks the most popular albums of the week in the U.S. based on multi-metric cons...
Taylor Swift’s ‘Folklore’ Enters Second Week at No. 1 In Australia
Taylor Swift’s Folklore (Republic/Universal) rules Australia’s albums chart for a second successive week in Australia as Jawsh 685 and Jason Derulo’s “Savage Love (Laxed – Siren Beat)” (Columbia/Sony) bounces back to the summit in its eighth week on the singles survey. Folklore is one of six Swift albums to hit No. 1 in Australia with her 2014 set 1989 logging the most time at the top,...
Taylor Swift’s ‘Folklore’ Outraces Fontaines D.C.’s ‘A Hero’s Death’ For U.K. Chart Title
The U.K. chart week was a game of two halves as Taylor Swift’s Folklore started slow but pulled away to snag a second successive week at No. 1. Folklore fell to No. 3 in the first half of the week, with Irish rockers Fontaines D.C. looking well set for their first No. 1 with A Hero’s Death (Partisan). However, Swift and her U.K. record company EMI changed the course of the race by bringing forward...
Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion’s ‘WAP’ On Track For Highest New Chart Entry In U.K.
Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion new collaboration “WAP” has bolted out the gate in the U.K., while Joel Corry and MNEK’s “Head & Heart” (Asylum/Perfect Havoc) is on track for a fourth week at No. 1. “Head & Heart” leads the Official Chart First Look, based on preliminary sales and streaming data from the first 48 hours of the chart cycle. It’s an unchanged top five on the chart blast with ...
Brydge releases new line of ‘Designed for Surface’ keyboards and accessories
The W-Touch and W-Type accessories. | Photo: Brydge On August 17th, Brydge will begin selling a new lineup of Surface accessories that have the “Designed for Surface” badge, meaning that they were made in collaboration with Microsoft. The lineup includes keyboards for the Surface Pro and Surface Go, but the most intriguing product in the group is the $99.99 W-Touch standalone trackpad. It’s appare...
The Sword Cover Rush’s “Working Man” for Final Conquest of Quarantine Live Session: Watch
The Sword are closing out their socially distant performance series with a heavy take on Rush’s “Working Man”. Dubbed “Conquest of Quarantine”, the three-part live session also saw The Sword cover the T. Rex classic “Children of the Revolution” (as exclusively premiered here at Heavy Consequence). Like similar socially distant… Please click the link below to read the...
Madonna Is Writing a Screenplay with Diablo Cody
Madonna is writing a new screenplay with Oscar-winning scribe Diablo Cody. The Material Girl shared the news in an Instagram post on Saturday, August 8th. “When you’re stuck in a house with multiple injuries what do you do?” she asked in the caption. “Write a Screenplay with Diablo Cody about…………..?”… Please click the link below to read the fu...
Quentin Tarantino’s Star Trek Idea Is a 1930s Gangster Film
New details have emerged about Quentin Tarantino’s Star Trek project, including that it takes place largely in a 1930s gangster setting. The news comes as the novel coronavirus pandemic forces Paramount to hit reset on their starriest sci-fi franchise. Deadline and THR have heard that the recently announced reboot from Fargo creator Noah Hawley has… Please click the link below to read the f...
Joe Keery Gets Five Stars As a Psycho Driver in Spree: Review
The Pitch: A rideshare driver (Joe Keery) attempts to conquer social media by turning his day-to-day into nightmare entertainment. He doesn’t care for your safety. He has no interest in reaching your destination. He’s not worried about a five-star rating. He only wants more followers — and nothing is off… Please click the link below to read the full article. Joe Keery Gets...
Germany’s ‘very, very tough’ climate battle
Environment Minister Svenja Schulze aims to steer tough talks over upping the bloc’s 2030 climate goal.
