Britney Spears has released a video celebrating all the things she can do now her conservatorship has ended. On Friday a judge terminated the conservatorship that allowed the singer’s father and team to control her life and money for more than a decade. “I’ve been in a conservatorship for 13 years. It’s a really long
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Tesla (TSLA) has managed to maintain its $1 trillion market cap despite CEO Elon Musk continuing to sell shares. EV stocks are doing great, with Rivian also up – now worth north of $145 billion. Tesla shareholders are used to a wild ride, but things have been especially wild over the last two weeks since
Singer Jesy Nelson has testing positive for COVID-19, prompting her to pull out of a live performance this weekend. The former Little Mix star, 30, said she had been “feeling unwell” for the last few days and is now self-isolating. Nelson was due to perform in Birmingham on Saturday at Free Radio Hits Live 2021,
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Tesla has pushed the delivery timeline for new Model S orders all the way to 2023 for the cheapest version. The same is the case for the Model X, as the gap between demand and supply appears to be widening. Supply chain issues and increasing demand for electric vehicles are coming simultaneously, creating long delivery
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COP26, the 26th meeting of the United Nations Framework on Climate Change’s Conference of Parties has ended with the successful negotiation of the Glasgow Climate Pact, which updates the landmark Paris Agreement with new climate goals (full text here). The new Pact moves forward timelines for updating national goals for carbon reduction and for the
Adele has spoken openly about her divorce, its impact on her son, and how people reacted to her weight loss in a wide-ranging interview with chat show legend Oprah Winfrey. The 33-year-old also performed tracks from her new album 30 at the Griffith Observatory in Los Angeles on the CBS special, ahead of its release
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Best-selling author Wilbur Smith has died at the age of 88, his office has announced. The novelist died “unexpectedly” at his home in Cape Town, South Africa, on Saturday afternoon after spending the morning reading and writing with his wife Niso by his side, a statement said. Hailed as the “undisputed and inimitable master of
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Pink confetti was propelled into the clear blue sky and the speakers blasting Britney Spears’ greatest hits cranked up a notch as news filtered through to supporters outside court that her 13-year-long conservatorship was over. Shrieks filled the air and some even cried tears of joy and relief. Megan travelled from Chicago to Los Angeles
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The controversial conservatorship that has controlled pop star Britney Spears’ personal affairs and finances for 13 years has finally been ended at a landmark court hearing in Los Angeles. It is a life-changing decision for Spears, who spoke publicly in open court for the first time in June – delivering a bombshell statement in which
Britney Spears has sported a #FreeBritney T-shirt ahead of a potentially life-changing court hearing which could see her 13-year conservatorship brought to an end. The star’s fiance Sam Asghari shared a video clip on social media showing the couple in the matching tops, which also featured the statement: “It’s a human rights movement.” In just
West Virginia Senator Joe Manchin – whose state’s banner industry, coal mining, has been largely unionized and been central to the US labor movement since soon after its inception – today called the proposed $4,500 union-made EV tax credit “wrong” and “not American.” The $4,500 union-made EV credit is a section of the proposed $12,500
Tesla has started pushing a new software update to its fleet today that adds waypoints to its navigation system – something that was highly requested by owners. Over the years, Tesla has become known for its over-the-air software updates adding features to its vehicles. It’s something that previously wasn’t standard in the auto industry, but