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Ex-Audi boss Rupert Stadler has admitted to his role in the 'dieselgate' scandal. Ex-Audi CEO Rupert Stadler received a suspended sentence and a fine at the end of his "dieselgate" trial in Germany on Tuesday, making him the first high-ranking executive to be convicted over the emissions cheating scandal that rocked the car industry in 2015.…

Image via Marvel Studios/20th Century Studios/ Remix by Apeksha Bagchi For as much as movie fans with Disney Plus subscriptions constantly badger the Mouse House’s streamer to drop the studio’s latest films on the site, they always seem to complain about the thing once it’s finally on there. In particular, this has frequently happened with Marvel movies — Thor: Love and Thunder‘s reputation seriously tanked once it started streaming, the Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania backlash only got worse and there were…

Johnny Depp ‘snubbed late-night partying for health and rest at Cannes’ (Photo Credit: wikimedia) Johnny Depp is said to have focused on his “health and rest” instead of partying at the Cannes Film Festival. The ‘Donnie Brasco’ actor, 59, used to be renowned for his love of a late-night bash during the spring event, but last week chose a quiet night at his hotel over attending the after-party following the premiere of his new movie ‘Jeanne de Barry’. A source told TMZ after the showing, “he made the decision to head…

A defense attorney in the YSL Rico trial is no longer facing jail time. And it’s thanks, in large part, to strip club chicken wings.According to Atlanta Journal-Constitution, attorney Suri Chadha Jimenez was held in contempt this week after he showed up to Tuesday’s court hearing a few minutes late. The presiding judge, Ural Glanville, ordered Jimenez to purchase lunch for the other lawyers in the case, and suggested he get the grub from a nearby sandwich shop. But Jimenez decided he’d pull some strings and order his…

Image via Marvel Studios/ Remix via Apeksha Bagchi Warning: The following article contains spoilers for Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3. After being released only a few days ago, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 is holding strong with great reviews. What is particularly special about the movie is how Guardians treated Adam Warlock as opposed to how Kang The Conqueror was handled in Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania. When analyzing these two movies side by side, Adam Warlock (played by Will Poulter) is comparable…

via Marvel Studios With Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 just beginning to open around the world, it’s too early to say if the much-anticipated threequel is going to spell the end of the bad luck the Marvel Cinematic Universe has been suffering from of late, but we can say that it’s definitely sidestepped a curious Hollywood curse that previously afflicted Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania. Continuing the theme of near-misses, Captain America 4 might have made a very canny choice of its own that could save it a…

Hey, TechCrunch people. If you’re looking for a recap of the week’s news in tech, you’ve come to the right place. It’s Week in Review (WiR), TechCrunch’s regular recap column. Glad to have you. Before we get on with the meat of it, a PSA that tickets for TechCrunch Disrupt 2023 are available now. Disrupt, of course, is TechCrunch’s flagship in-person event, focused on founders, investors and the future of tech year after year. In San Francisco on September 19–21, expect to hear from thought leaders in the fields of…

Europe’s economy skirted a recession at the start of the year, underlining the continent’s surprising resilience despite Russia’s war on Ukraine, signs of banking strains, and repeated interest-rate increases to combat stubbornly high inflation. The bloc’s return to modest growth coincides with a first-quarter pickup in China and a slowdown in the U.S. Taken together, these numbers suggest the global economy likely bounced back from a trough late last year, although headwinds from a restrictive monetary…

There seems to be a reason Chris Evans hasn’t made his debut hosting Saturday Night Live just yet. During an ET Canada interview with Evans and Ana de Armas about their upcoming action comedy Ghosted, published Tuesday, the conversation turned to the fact that the blonde actress will mark her first time fronting SNL with her upcoming April 15 episode. Also, Read- Stranger Things Star Millie Bobby Brown Got Engaged To Jake Bongiovi!! When asked about making a cameo in the episode with Karol G as a musical guest, Evans…

via Relativity Media Even though it technically still exists somewhere out there in the bowels of the industry, it’s very easy to understand why a lot of fans won’t believe John Wick director Chad Stahelski and Henry Cavill’s remake of fantasy cult classic Highlander is really happening until they sit down to watch it for themselves. After all, it was first announced that a brand new take on the swords-and-sorcery favorite was in the works all the way back in 2008, while the array of creative talent to have been…