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It’s hard to even talk about BMW today without mentioning the grilles. Whether it’s the buck-toothed M3 or instantly recognizable (I’m being generous) XM, the grille is a big point of contention for BMW enthusiasts young and old. Incredibly, the modern incarnation of BMW’s vertically oriented grille began nearly ten years ago, when the G22 4 Series was still in the design stage. And now, we have the origin story.The Grille That Changed EverythingIn what will likely surprise nobody, the now iconic and polarizing grilles are products of the marketing department. Ian Robertson, Sales and Marketing board member for BMW,…

After the massive success of Colleen Hoover’s novel, It Ends With Us, the movie adaptation starring Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni, was expected to be a BookTok success story, with hopes of a sequel before the film’s release.But rumors of tension between Baldoni and Lively began swirling during the film’s press tour in August 2024, when Baldoni was notably absent from key promotional events and observers noting that the pair weren’t photographed together at premieres — particularly the high-profile New York City premiere on Aug. 6.At the same time, criticism about Lively’s promotional efforts was building online. Fans accused Lively…

GovernmentPolitics16 January 2025, 2:21 pm 1 minute As Donald Trump takes office on January 20, concerns over ‘bond vigilantes’ in the United States have resurfaced  Like Bill Clinton before him, Trump now faces the prospect of ‘bond vigilantes’ – so-called because they punish governments’ profligacy – becoming a potent check on his policy agenda.  Article TagsTopics of Interest: GovernmentPoliticsType: Reuters BestSectors: Government & Public ServicesRegions: AmericasWin Types: Impact (Long Term)Story Types: Special Report / InsightMedia Types: TextCustomer Impact: Significant National Story

Happy New Year! I hope everyone had a wonderful time celebrating New Year with family, friends, and loved ones. With a new year, I love how we get an automatic time to reset and start over. I am ready to hit refresh. Are you ready for a fresh start? Now that the new year has begun, it is that time of the year again when the new year provides a clean slate from the previous year, making it ideal for people to make goals they hope to accomplish for the next twelve months. Every year, it is natural for a…

Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., drilled into a migrant rights activist in a heated moment during a Senate hearing on the “Remain in Mexico” policy on Thursday for what he said amounted to downplaying the murder of Laken Riley and for saying migrant crime is “not an actual issue.””In March of 2024, you wrote: ‘The murder of a nursing student in Georgia has a lot of people on the right talking about migrant crime like it’s an actual issue,’” said Hawley. Riley was a 22-year-old nursing student at Augusta University who was found dead on the University of Georgia’s campus in February.…

Assassin’s Creed games usually include a large open world, and Assassin’s Creed Shadows is no exception. While there are familiar elements to the travel and exploration abilities in this game, Shadows is also going to allow its two leading characters, Naoe and Yasuke, to take some time to appreciate the beauty of nature by creating art.Ubisoft unveiled this feature during an extended explanation about how the game’s exploration mechanics will work. Letting Naoe or Yasuke create art may not give them an edge in battle, but it’s an activity that they find rewarding. Yasuke and Naoe will also have their…

Chloe ClaxtonWillow Gwyn-Williams says that quiet January shifts after the Christmas rush can be “hard to deal with””I’ve worked in hospitality since I was 15, and this is probably the quietest January I’ve worked,” says 23-year-old Willow Gwyn-Williams, a pub manager in Chelmsford.She thinks the cost of living crisis is to blame for bookings being down where she works at the William Boosey in Hatfield Peverel.”People just don’t have the money to go out and do anything,” she says.Videos of eerily empty bars and restaurants are trending on TikTok, with staff posting videos under the hashtag January in Hospitality. Some…

The Israeli government has ratified a ceasefire deal to exchange dozens of hostages held by Hamas for Palestinians in Israeli jails and pause the 15-month war in Gaza for an initial six weeks.Under the deal, approved after a cabinet meeting that ended in the early hours of Saturday, a six-week ceasefire will take effect on Sunday, though key questions remain, including the names of the 33 hostages to be released during the six-week first phase of the ceasefire and who among them is still alive.“The government has approved the hostage return plan”, the office of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said…

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Getty ImagesPresident-elect Donald Trump’s inaugural address on 20 January will take place indoors due to dangerously cold weather being forecast next week in Washington, he has confirmed. The address, as well as other speeches, will now take place inside the US Capitol’s rotunda, rather than outside the building. The inaugural parade will also be held indoors at Washington’s Capital One Arena in downtown Washington about one mile (1.6km) away, along with all three inaugural balls. The last president to be sworn-in indoors was Ronald Reagan in 1985, when cold weather also plagued the US Capitol. Watch: A look back at…