Celebrities
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The eighth installment of the Fast and the Furious franchise is coming next April, and you can count on there being some ridiculous cars, pretty ladies, unrealistic stunts, and of course, baby oil. That baby oil will be courtesy of a fan favorite, Hobbs, played by Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson. Johnson announced via a Facebook post that filming for Fast 8 has just wrapped up and he couldn't be happier. But that's not all he said. No sir. He went on a rant about how he's actually happy it's done filming because there's no other franchise that gets his blood boiling more. ALSO SEE: Vin Diesel's...
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BMW 507 owned by Elvis fully restored, heading to MontereyElvis Presley may have left the building, but his BMW 507 is making a comeback. Following a two-year restoration by BMW's Classic division, the sports car will appear at the 2016 Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance on August 21. Driven by Elvis during his military service in Germany, the Feather White...
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Buy grill master George Foreman's LamborghiniWhen selling a car at auction, a little star power never hurts. This 1997 Lamborghini Diablo VT Roadster is already pretty striking on its own, but it also has a notable former owner. When he wasn't selling grills, George Foreman was driving this Lambo from new. Now the classic supercar is heading...
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Jon Snow helps flog new Infiniti Q60When he’s not out waging war in Westeros, it appears Jon Snow has a penchant for reciting poetry and driving luxury coupes. More accurately, Kit Harington, who plays the popular character on HBO’s hit series Game of Thrones, was been recruited by Infiniti to help promote its new Q60...
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Here’s the car Linkin Park designed for Mercedes-AMGMercedes-AMG recently undertook one of its more unusual partnerships, teaming up with American rock band Linkin Park to design a race car. The band has previously provided their song Papercut for the debut of AMG’s GT R sports car at the 2016 Goodwood Festival of Speed in late June. The...
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Dwayne Johnson rocks up to ‘Ballers’ premiere in Pagani HuayraA new season of Ballers kicked off Sunday on HBO and there to celebrate the premiere in Miami was Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson, who plays retired NFL player Spencer Strasmore on the hit series. But rather than just show up in a limousine, he showed up in a car that would fit right in on...
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Being a celebrity definitely has its perks. The rich and famous collect cars the rest of us can only dream about, like the Mercedes-AMG G65, a G-Class SUV stuffed with a 6.0-liter twin-turbocharged V-12. Not satisfied with merely securing one of these rare beasts, comedian Kevin Hart decided to modify his a little bit. After adding some custom Forgiato wheels and extra window tint, Hart posted the results on Instagram. It's a big step up from the Hyundai Genesis Hart hawked in a Super Bowl commercial earlier this year. The G65 joins a collection of cars that includes a Ferrari [NYSE:RACE] 488...
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‘Top Gear’ host Matt LeBlanc buys Ford Focus RSActor Matt LeBlanc, famous for playing Joey on the hit sitcom Friends, turned out to be one of the few bright spots for the new season of Top Gear, which recently concluded. That’s partially due to the fact that LeBlanc is a real gearhead, frequently working on his machines himself. DON'T...
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Mecum to auction '61 Lincoln Continental loaned to Jackie Kennedy by FordFlash back to 1961 and imagine the most glamorous First Lady ever to take up residence in the White House: Jacqueline Kennedy. To capitalize on her elegance and popularity, executives at Ford Motor Company loaned Jackie a gleaming white 1961 Continental four-door convertible for tooling around...
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Australian enthusiast builds Batman garage under mansionA wealthy Australian man has built something that is a lot more impressive than your childhood bedroom's Batman posters and model cars. It's a "Bat Garage" replica of Bruce Wayne's parking structure from the Hollywood flick "The Dark Knight." As detailed by Molecule and originally pointed out by...
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Dispute over Paul Walker's cars finally settledThe long-running, often bitter fight over the car collection amassed by actor Paul Walker before his death has finally come to a close. Walker's cars were illegally removed from the warehouse where he had been storing them. A warehouse worker absconded with the cars, but Walker's estate filed a...
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Chris Harris to host new car show on BBC America starting tonightWhile "Top Gear" hasn't exactly worked out for Chris Evans, his co-host Chris Harris is certainly riding the wave. The BBC has announced that its American subsidiary—the creatively named BBC America—will soon air its "Chris Harris on Cars" show. Spawned from the presenter's popular...
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Life, it seems, is now imitating art. Remember that classic late-1970s and early-1980s TV show CHiPs, the one about a pair of California motorcycle cops starring the fun-loving Ponch and Jon? Well, it turns out that Ponch (short for Frank Llewelyn Poncherello), played by Erik Estrada, is back in the saddle—quite literally. The actor has been sworn in as a reserve motorcycle cop in the small town of St. Anthony, Idaho. OK fnf's I'm now a police officer with the ST ANTHONY POLICE DEPT. pic.twitter.com/aAvG4l7SSf — ERIK ESTRADA (@ErikEstrada) July 2, 2016 // Estrada is no stranger to...
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Jay Leno checks out Ford's Hertz Rent-A-Racer Shelby MustangJay Leno didn't quite march down to his local Hertz Rent-A-Car to film the latest installment of his popular series, but he almost could have. This week, the celebrity car guru extraordinaire checks out the 2016 Ford Shelby GT-H and its predecessor, the original 1966 Ford Shelby Mustang GT350-H on...
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'Top Gear' host Chris Evans resigns amid dismal ratingsNew Top Gear frontman Chris Evans has called it quits after just six episodes. Evans, who has starred on both radio and television, confirmed the news via Twitter. “Gave it my best shot but sometimes that's not enough,” Evans said in a Twitter post. “The team are beyond brilliant...
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Report: Either LeBlanc goes or Evans goes at 'Top Gear'A new report lends more credibility to rumors that new Top Gear presenters Chris Evans and Matt LeBlanc aren't exactly best buddies. The latest out of England comes courtesy of The Sun. The report cites unnamed sources in the battle between Evans and LeBlanc, with the latter saying that he will...
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Jay Leno crashes in the Hemi Under GlassSince he was a kid, Jay Leno has appreciated the Hurst Hemi Under Glass Plymouth Barracuda. With a Hemi engine moved to the back under the rear glass, the car had a considerable rear weight bias that turned it into a prominent wheelstander. The car wowed the crowds at dragstrips more than it...
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'Leave it to Beaver' star reunited with his CorvairWally Cleaver and the sporty Corvair that he bought as a teenager because of his TV fame have been reunited after 50 years apart. Tony Dow, who played big brother Wally on the hit early 1960s sitcom, ordered his first car: a new 1962 Chevrolet Corvair Spyder from a dealer in Los Angeles. Sprayed in...
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Remember the time Daniel Day Lewis and Al Pacino co-starred in that Transformers movie? Me neither. That didn't stop Charlize Theron who signed on for Furious 8 a while ago, and it apparently won't stop Helen Mirren from doing the same, according to The Guardian. "I've always rather loved driving," the dame told the British newspaper. (That's not a pejorative, she's actually a Dame of the Order of the British Empire.) ALSO SEE: Original Fast and the Furious movie returning to theaters Mirren and Theron officially add twice as many Oscars to the eighth installment of the movie franchise as the...
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The new Ghostbusters Ecto-1 will surprise youA reboot of the "Ghostbusters" franchise is headed to theaters soon, and instead of dusting off the classic (and rather iconic) 1959 Cadillac Miller-Meteor ambulance that was such an integral part of the original film, this latest installment updates things in a somewhat surprising direction. The...
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Trailer released for "Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee" returning June 16Jerry Seinfeld's hit web series Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee returns to the Internet June 16 with a star-studded guest list. A trailer reveals the new season, officially number eight, will feature heavyweights including Lorne Michaels, John Oliver, Margaret Cho, Jim Gaffigan, Judd Apatow, and...
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Shaq latest to go undercover as Lyft driverRetired NBA superstar Shaquille O'Neal probably doesn't need to work hard for the money these days—although his son is almost college-age—so it's safe to say that his surprise appearance behind the wheel of a Chevrolet Suburban as a Lyft driver was just for the fun of it. And what fun...
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Fast 8's Hobbs to get more serious ahead of possible spinoffThe character played by Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson in the latest Fast and Furious flicks may be getting his own spinoff film or TV series, which means he'll have a bigger role in the upcoming Fast 8 that's currently filming. On Instagram, The Rock teased his character Luke Hobbs with some heady...
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Channing Tatum, Daniel Craig to headline NASCAR-themed movieA new NASCAR-themed movie is headed to theaters late next year, but it doesn't look like it will have much in common with "Talladega Nights" or "Days of Thunder." Set to star Channing Tatum, Daniel Craig, Riley Keough, Adam Driver, and Seth MacFarlane, "Logan Lucky" will depict a heist at Charlotte...
Andrew Ganz