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Tesla stops taking orders in China for two models imported from US

11 avril 2025 à 14:56

Carmaker removes ‘order now’ buttons for Model S saloon and Model X SUV on its Chinese website amid tariffs war

Tesla has stopped taking orders in China for two models it previously imported from the US, as companies scramble to adapt to prohibitive tariffs imposed in Donald Trump’s trade war.

The manufacturer, run by Trump’s close ally Elon Musk, removed “order now” buttons on its Chinese website for its Model S saloon and Model X sports utility vehicle.

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© Photograph: Mark Schiefelbein/AP

© Photograph: Mark Schiefelbein/AP

Marty at 70: the underdog best-picture winner remains hard to resist

11 avril 2025 à 10:39

Ernest Borgnine is a butcher looking for love in a compassionate Paddy Chayefsky-scripted slice of life that still resonates

Ernest Borgnine had the sort of face that suggested he was never young – or, at the very least, that he always looked older than he was. In truth, Borgnine didn’t get his start as a screen actor until his early-to-mid 30s, having spent his young adulthood serving in the navy after high school and re-enlisting after the attack on Pearl Harbor. With his stocky figure and boisterous gap-toothed grin, Borgnine had no conventional leading-man qualities, yet his unique magnetism made him an unlikely star, someone who could play tough guys or working stiffs with broad relatability. He was the people’s star.

Borgnine hadn’t been in movies very long when he took the title role in Marty as a pug-ugly butcher who’s 34, still lives with his widowed mother in The Bronx and has all but given up on the prospect of marriage. To say the part resonated with viewers would be a understatement: Marty won both the first-ever Palme d’Or and best picture Oscar, and Borgnine won best actor for a performance that spoke (and still speaks) to the yearning of lonely souls who have a lot of love to give, but need someone to discover it. There’s a sweaty earnestness to Borgnine here that’s completely winning, because he’s incapable of playing it cool or disguising his inexperience. He can only be himself.

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© Photograph: Cinetext/United Artists/Allstar

© Photograph: Cinetext/United Artists/Allstar

Academy Awards to give Oscar for best stunt design starting in 2028

11 avril 2025 à 00:04

Effort for new award category was lead by The Fall Guy director David Leitch, who was also a stuntman for Brad Pitt

The Oscars are set to recognise stunts for the first time, announcing a new category for achievement in stunt design after many years of impassioned campaigning from within the industry.

Best stunt design will be a new category at the Academy Awards’ 100th ceremony in 2028, which will recognise films released in 2027, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences said on Thursday.

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© Photograph: Collection Christophel/Alamy

© Photograph: Collection Christophel/Alamy

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