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FIRST LOOK: 2025 Aston Martin Vanquish

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Gaydon – Meet the newest third generation of Aston Martin Vanquish , the world's fastest and most lethal GT sports car ever. The third generation Vanquish is not the direct successor of its previous generation, but it's the chronological successor of the most powerful GT sports car DBS Superleggera following the release of the 2024 DBS Superleggera 770 Ultimate final edition last year. The new Vanquish made its world premiere on Monday, September 2 at the 2024 Venice International Film Festival  following the screening of Tim Burton's film Beetlejuice Beetlejuice which stars Michael Keaton, Winona Ryder, Jenna Ortega and Monica Bellucci. - Overview The 2025 Vanquish will be the most powerful and most extremely lethal GT sports coupe ever. It is powered by the new 5.2 liter V12 twin-turbo engine which produces 825 hp and 1000 Nm of torque. The car accelerates from 0-100 km/h (0-62 mph) in about 3.2 seconds and can sprint from 0-200 km/h (0-124 mph) in less than eight secon

2024 MTV Video Music Awards winners list: Swift wins big again as Carpenter wins song of the year

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Elmont, NY – The 2024 MTV Video Music Awards is the 41st annual running of the MTV Video Music Awards (VMAs) since its inaugural edition in 1984. It also marks the 40th anniversary of the VMAs. The 2024 edition held in UBS Arena in New York, was originally to be scheduled on Tuesday September 10, however the event pushed back one day to Wednesday September 11, the day after 2024 U.S. Presiential election's second debate between Kamala Harris and Donald Trump. UBS Arena (pictured in 2021) hosted the 2024 MTV VMAs . The award night was once again dominated by megastar  Taylor Swift with seven award wins out of twelve nominations, including Best Artist, Best Pop, and Video Of The Year. With those wins, Swift has won more VMAs than anyone else in the VMA's 40-year history. Swift's 30 wins surpassed Beyonce Knowles's 27 wins. Last year in 2023 , Swift won nine awards out of eleven nominations; the only category she won in the last two years is Video Of The Year. Meanwhil

What's new in the facelifted 2nd-gen Toyota Fortuner?

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JAKARTA – On September 6, 2024, PT Toyota Astra Motor (TAM) officially launched and marketed the all-new Toyota Fortuner, which is the third major facelift from the second generation that has been marketed in Indonesia and other southeast Asian countries since February 2016. Here are some of new changes for the newly facelifted Toyota Fortuner for the Indonesian market. 1. Exterior The only change from the exterior is the front grille where it carried from non-ASEAN market Fortuner Legendary which had been facelifted earlier this year, while the rear is unchanged but the rear bumper and sensors. The head lamps improved into DRL with full LED (VRZ, SRZ and GR-S only). 2. Interior The interior had also got new features like wi-fi hot spot and the newly updated infotainment system (for higher variants like 2.8 VRZ GR package TSS and 2.8 GR-S TSS). 3. New safety system For this new facelifted Fortuner it is also upgraded with Toyota Safety Sense (TSS) safety systems which is standard for h

History and timeline of Disney Channel stars topping Billboard album charts

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Los Angeles, CA – With Girl Meets World star Sabrina Carpenter recently joining the club of female Disney Channel stars topping the Billboard 200 albums chart , we breakdown the list of soloists who had joined the top of album charts both in the U.S. and outside U.S. (including UK and Australia). - Miley's early and prominent success The first Disney Channel star who reached this accolade is Hannah Montana star Miley Cyrus with her debut album Meet Miley Cyrus (2007). Cyrus continued her success with her second album Breakout in 2008. After departed from Hollywood to sign with RCA, Cyrus consistently charted her top-3 albums from 2013's Bangerz , to 2023's Endless Summer Vacation . Prior to Cyrus, the first Disney Channel star to rank inside top 3 in Billboard albums chart was Lizzie McGuire star Hilary Duff with her debut album Metamorphosis in 2003, however Duff's album peaked at number two behind Britney Spears' third album In The Zone . - Selena vs. Demi