After strong interest, VW plans to build 130,000 ID Buzzes a year

Enlarge / A pair of ID Buzzes bask in the Copenhagen sunshine. (credit: Jonathan Gitlin) After what feels like many years of teasing, Volkswagen’s retro-groovy ID Buzz has finally gone into production in Hannover, Germany. US market sales of the electric minivan are still two years away, but it has gone on sale in Europe, […]

US stocks finish lower as strong services report backs Fed’s view to keep pushing interest rates higher

Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange Andrew Burton/Getty Images US stocks fell Tuesday, turning lower in the post-Labor Day session.  Stocks gave up earlier gains after a stronger-than-expected ISM services report.  That bolstered views that the Fed sees the economy as strong enough to take on more rate hikes.  US […]

Did ABC’s Rebel Make a Strong Case for Itself? Grade the Premiere

RELATED STORIES Annie Flynn Ray Bello aka Rebel is mad as hell and she’s not gonna take it anymore. The ABC drama from Krista Vernoff (and loosely based on activist/exec producer Erin Brockovich) kicks off with the title character (played by Sons of Anarchy‘s Katey Sagal) crashing a corporate party to interrogate Mr. Duncan, a […]

Drag Race Top 4 Revealed! Which Queen Wasn’t Quite ‘Strong Enough’?

RELATED STORIES Meant for more, Top 4! Friday’s episode of RuPaul’s Drag Race dethroned yet another hopeful queen, paving the way for a sickening season finale… in a few weeks. Friday’s maxi challenge cast the five remaining contestants — Gottmik, Kandy Muse, Olivia Lux, Rosé and Symone — in the instant sci-fi classic Henny, I […]

SNL Video: John Krasinski Is Tom Brady, Cecily Strong Is Marjorie Taylor Greene in ‘What Still Works?’ Cold Open

RELATED STORIES Is America broken beyond repair? That was the question on Kate McKinnon’s mind in Saturday Night Live‘s first sketch of 2021. “Hello and welcome to What Still Works, where we look at every part of society and wonder ‘What still works?’ It’s a new year and we have a new president, so some […]

Wonder Woman 1984, After Strong Bow on HBO Max, Gets Fast-Tracked Sequel

RELATED STORIES Wonder Woman is due for yet another spin, following the Gal Gadot-led film sequel’s solid performance both at the traditional (yet not) box office and with its simultaneous release on HBO Max. Warner Bros. Pictures announced on Sunday that it has fast-tracked development on a follow-up to Wonder Woman 1984, which will be […]

SNL: A Tooty Giuliani’s Witnesses Include Cecily Strong as Crazy Blonde, Nicole Kidman’s Undoing Character

RELATED STORIES Following a four-week break — and with its second episode since Election Night — Saturday Night Live returned with a cold open that spoofed (as much as one is able to) the witnesses that President Trump’s Rudy Giuliani-led legal team has trotted out to argue voting fraud. In C-SPAN coverage of the Michigan […]

Kate Garraway struggling to ‘stay strong’ as she calls husband Derek ‘every night’

Good Morning Britain host Kate Garraway was spotted wiping away tears as she took part in the Clap for Carers yesterday evening with her children Darcey and Billy. Kate’s husband Derek has been in intensive care for two months after he was struck down with coronavirus and Lorraine Kelly revealed today she calls him every […]

Madam Secretary Series Finale Recap: The State of the Union Is Strong

RELATED STORIES Did your invite to Stevie and Dmitri’s wedding get lost in the mail? Have no fear: We’ve gathered all of the highlights of Madam Secretary‘s series finale — which included the nuptials of the First Daughter and her soulmate — in a final (sniff!) recap. The episode, “Leaving the Station,” takes place nine months […]

Ratings: BH90210 Opens Strong Amid ‘Loved It!’/’What Was That?’ Reactions

RELATED STORIES Fox’s BH90210 showed a good amount of zip with its premiere numbers. The Beverly Hills, 90210 not-a-reboot “reboot” debuted on Wednesday to 3.8 million total viewers and a 1.5 demo rating (per fast nationals), dominating the night in the latter measure. That marks Fox’s best Wednesday numbers of the summer by far, easily […]