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Get our free weekly email for all the latest cinematic news from our film critic Clarisse LoughreyGet our The Life Cinematic email for freeKeanu Reeves has recalled once giving director Francis Ford Coppola magic mushrooms as a birthday gift.“I gave Francis Ford Coppola, once, for his birthday, some mushrooms,” the 59-year-old actor told the Inside Of You Podcast with Michael Rosenbaum. “While we were doing Dracula.”Reeves starred alongside Gary Oldman, Winona Ryder and Anthony Hopkins in Coppola’s 1992 vampire romance…

Get our free weekly email for all the latest cinematic news from our film critic Clarisse LoughreyGet our The Life Cinematic email for freeJulie Andrews has revealed how she felt the first time she met her Mary Poppins co-star Dick Van Dyke.Andrews, 88, starred opposite Van Dyke, 98, in the classic 1964 movie musical. She recounted the memory during CBS’s two-hour Dick Van Dyke 98 Years of Magic special, which aired on Thursday (21 December). “It was a very hot early September if I recall correctly, and the Disney team…

Tesla has “recalled” another 120,000 electric vehicles in the US, but the fix is just another over-the-air software update. There’s a lot of debate in the Tesla community about whether or not it’s fair to call those issues “recalls” since the word generally refers to having to physically recall a vehicle to the manufacturer or service center to fix the issue, and in Tesla’s case, it is most often fixed with an over-the-air software update. The media often focuses on Tesla having to “recall”…

Elon Musk‘s high-profile transportation startup, Hyperloop One, is shuttering its airless tubes. The company is laying off employees, selling remaining assets (which include a test track and machinery), and closing its offices, Bloomberg reports. After hiring more than 200 people in 2022, remaining workers — who are tasked with supervising the asset sale — were told their employment ends Dec. 31. All of Hyperlooop One’s intellectual property will be handed over to majority stakeholder, Dubai-based DP World.…

Toyota Motor Co. said Wednesday it is recalling one million vehicles over a defect that could cause airbags not to deploy, increasing the risk of injury.The recall covers a range of Toyota and Lexus vehicles with model years from 2020 to 2022. Included in the recall are Toyota Avalons, Camrys, Highlanders, RAV4s, Siennas and Corollas, plus some hybrids of those models.The Lexus models in the recall include the ES250 sedan and the RX350 SUV, among others.The vehicles being recalled have sensors in the front passenger seat…

Chinese joint venture FAW Toyota is issuing its second major recall on the bZ3 EV in eight months since it hit the market overseas. The company’s latest filing pertains to over 25,000 electric sedans built this year, some of which present incorrect estimates of remaining battery capacity, some even losing complete power without warning. FAW-Toyota is a joint venture founded in 2000 to develop and manufacture Toyota-branded vehicles for the Chinese market. Regarding electrification, the JV currently…

Toyota is recalling just over 1 million vehicles in the U.S. over an issue with the airbags. In a notice posted online on Wednesday, Toyota said a potential defect in the front passenger seat airbag could prevent it from properly deploying in a crash, increasing the risk of injury, or worse. The recall involves various Toyota and Lexus vehicles with model years from 2020 to 2022, specifically: Don't Miss Toyota:Avalon, Avalon Hybrid / 2020-2021Camry, Camry Hybrid / 2020-2021Corolla /…

Credit: CC0 Public Domain On Dec. 12, the U.S. Department of Transportation issued a recall regarding Autosteer, a feature included in Tesla's semi-autonomous suite Autopilot, because "there may be an increased risk of a collision."…

The two actors worked in close proximity during the Nineties as ER filmed on a soundstage right next to Friends George Clooney reminisced about his friendship with Matthew Perry and remarked in a new interview with Deadline that the success of Friends didn’t bring the actor the kind of happiness he expected. Clooney said he first got to know Perry when he was 16 and still an up-and-coming actor. “We used to play paddle tennis together,” Clooney said, calling him a “great, funny, funny, funny…

Tesla is recalling over 2 million vehicles in the US to enhance the safety features of its Autopilot advanced driver-assistance system. This decision follows concerns raised by a federal safety regulator regarding the system’s monitoring capabilities. Originally introduced in 2015, Tesla’s Autopilot was hailed as a revolutionary feature, allowing cars to change lanes automatically. However, safety concerns prompted US auto safety regulators to pressure Tesla into recalling nearly all vehicles sold in the country due to…