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Grimes has recalled an incident from her childhood in which she was wrongly accused of throwing a snowball at a car carrying the Queen. The singer, who shares two children with SpaceX founder Elon Musk, said that although the real culprit was never found, the event had been “glorious”. The visit came in 2002 during one of the late monarch’s official tours of the Canadian provinces.

Ed Meza @edmezavar “Musk vs Bezos: The New Star Wars,” about the space race between the two richest men in the world, is attracting plenty of attention from broadcasters in Europe, where new TV documentary has secured multiple sales. Commissioned by France 5 from French documentary production shingle Magneto, “Musk vs Bezos” examines the intense competition between Elon Musk’s SpaceX and Jeff Bezo’s Blue Origin as they vie for the top spot in the U.S.’s burgeoning space travel business and the potential consequences for the world if the two billionaires develop the capacity to monopolize all future terrestrial communications. “When Musk first tried to buy a Russian rocket back in 2001, the chief engineer of the Russian Space Agency thought it was a joke,” Java Films notes. “By 2008 SpaceX had a contract with NASA to supply flights to the International Space Station.”

Elon Musk‘s mom doesn’t live that billionaire lifestyle when she visits her son — in fact, she says it’s quite the opposite!

Elon Musk's mom has to "sleep in the garage" when she visits him. The SpaceX founder may be worth billions but his mother Maye Musk insisted he isn't interested in possessions and lives a very simple life so there is no luxury accommodation when she takes the trip to see him at Boca Chica in Texas. Maye said: "I have to sleep in the garage.

Maye Musk is opening up about spending time with son Elon Musk.

reported Sunday.According to The Insider, upon learning of his wife Nicole Shanahan’s affair with Musk, Brin told his financial advisers to sell off all of his investments in Elon Musk companies, including Tesla, SpaceX, Neuralink and The Boring Company.The affair last fall between Musk and Shanahan fractured Brin and Musk’s longtime friendship and prompted a divorce for Brin and Shanahan, which was filed by Brin in early January, Insider reported.According to Insider, Brin cited “irreconcilable differences” in his filing for a dissolution of marriage with Shanahan.Brin, a board member of Alphabet Inc., Google’s parent company, previously invested $500,000 into Tesla in 2008. According to The New York Times, Google and Fidelity invested $1 billion in SpaceX in 2015.The Journal has not obtained information regarding the size of potential other investments  “or whether there have been any sales.”Musk is the richest person in the world, worth an estimated $240 billion, while Brin ranks eighth, with $95 billion, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index.Musk will also head to court in October for trying to call off the $44 billion purchase of Twitter, which he agreed to in April.

Christine Baranski did not mean to give Elon Musk a dirty look but she definitely does not regret it.

Elon Musk is known for more than being the world’s richest man. The Tesla CEO and SpaceX founder has also had a substantial dating history, from three divorces, to eight children, to potentially testifying on behalf of his ex-girlfriend in a historic defamation case. Long before ending his “fluid partnership” with musician Grimes in March 2022, Elon Musk had been married twice - three times if you count marrying the same person - and was already a father to five boys.

Jennifer Maas TV Business WriterSUN VALLEY, Idaho — The Elon Musk watch is on.The first full day of Allen & Co.’s exclusive conference and retreat for the wealthy and well-connected concluded Wednesday at the luxe Sun Valley resort. Even among the assembled 1%-ers, there was anticipation for the arrival of the maverick leader of Tesla and SpaceX, who is expected to make an appearance at the annual meeting of moguls and C-suite titans.Following Tuesday’s many arrivals and some solo morning time, during which Verizon chief Hans Vestberg went for a run around the resort in the 6 a.m.

Elon Musk's transgender daughter has filed legal documents in court to change her name and gender while also pursuing a new birth certificate.According to legal documents obtained by ET, Xavier Alexander Musk filed the petition on April 18, just one day after she turned 18. In the documents, she would like to change her name to Vivian Jenna Wilson and would like her legal gender to be changed from male to female.In the documents, she cites the reason for the name change as «gender identity and the fact that I no longer live with or wish to be related to my biological father in any way, shape or form.»The judge has yet to rule on the filing and a hearing for the petition is set for Friday in a Santa Monica Courthouse. The Tesla and SpaceX chief was married to Justine Musk from 2008 and 2008.

Billionaire Elon Musk's transgender child has filed a request for a name change over gender identity in an effort to cut ties with their father. "Gender identity and the fact that I no longer live with or wish to be related to my biological father in any way, shape or form," Musk's child gave as reasoning for the petition. Elon Musk, Founder and Chief Engineer of SpaceX, attends the Satellite 2020 Conference in Washington, DC, United States on March 9, 2020.

CNBC reported on Monday.“Personally, I believe the allegations to be false; not because I work for Elon, but because I have worked closely with him for 20 years and never seen nor heard anything resembling these allegations,” an email to employees obtained by CNBC reads. After a former SpaceX flight attendant came forward with claims that he sexually propositioned her on a private jet in 2016, and then paid her a hefty $250,000 severence package, Musk dismissed her claims as “wild accusations.” He told Business Insider that the entire scandal, which has sent his Tesla stock crashing, is a “politically motivated hit piece.”Shotwell, who is SpaceX’s top-ranking female executive, also stated in her email that she “will never comment on any legal matters involving employment issues” and that the company has a “ZERO tolerance” policy for harassment and will investigate every complaint, “regardless of who is involved,” CNBC reports.

essay written by Elon Musk’s first wife during their messy divorce proceedings has drawn renewed attention this week after a flight attendant accused the billionaire of exposing himself during a trip on a private jet. Justine Musk, mother of the SpaceX executive’s five sons, wrote the essay in 2010 for Marie Claire magazine, describing how the couple’s love story eventually turned into a relationship in which she did not recognise herself. She described “warning signs,” even on the night they were married.

Elon Musk is once again denying the allegation made against him of sexual misconduct.

Business Insider report. The Tesla and SpaceX boss had been accused of exposing himself to a SpaceX employee and attempting to coerce sexual services from her while she worked directly for him, according to the report, and the company ultimately paid the woman $250,000 in exchange for her silence.Characteristically, Musk took the opportunity to make a joke about his penis.

Looks like the Elon Musk rocket is about to crash and burn…

Musk called the report a “politically motivated hit peace,” and said “If I were inclined to engage in sexual harassment, this is unlikely to be the first time in my entire 30-year career that it comes to light.”According to the account provided to Business Insider, in 2016 a flight attended who worked for SpaceX as a contractor was asked to become a licensed masseuse so that she could provide those services to Musk himself. She did so at her own expense, the report says.It was during one of these massages, in Musk’s private room during a flight to London, that Musk exposed his erect penis, rubbed her leg “without consent,” and tried to convince her to perform an erotic massage by offering to buy her a horse, according to the report.The woman declined Musk’s offer and, according to Business Insider, “work began to dry up” afterward.

Elon Musk has renounced the Democratic Party and says in his latest tweet he will now vote Republican.Despite supporting the Democrats in the past “because they were (mostly) the kindness party,” the Tesla and SpaceX CEO tweeted Wednesday, “they have become the party of divison & hate, so I can no longer support them and will vote Republican.”In the past I voted Democrat, because they were (mostly) the kindness party.But they have become the party of division & hate, so I can no longer support them and will vote Republican.Now, watch their dirty tricks campaign against me unfold …

Elon Musk’s successful takeover bid for Twitter has raised concerns about his plans for the social media platform, because of his political views. Historically those views have teetered left and right, but tend to gravitate towards libertarian. His anti-union stance as CEO of electric vehicle maker Tesla has displeased liberals, even if they constitute his best automotive customers.

multiple reports on Monday. Financing of Musk’s bid of $54.20 a share, the sources said, was “a turning point” that enabled the 11 board members to “seriously consider his offer.”Individuals close to the company told the Times that the board was negotiating with Musk “into the early hours of Monday” to discuss “other contours around a potential deal,” which included a timeline to close a deal and fees that would be paid “if an agreement was signed and then fell apart.”The Tesla and SpaceX founder announced Thursday that he had lined up $46.5 billion in funds to buy Twitter, and was considering a tender offer to shareholders if the board rejected his offer.

Elon Musk is rich – very, very rich.

Elon Musk doesn't own his own home. The billionaire SpaceX CEO - who Forbes rank as the world's wealthiest billionaire with a worth of $219 billion - insisted his fortune isn't as "problematic" as people may perceive as his "personal consumption" is relatively low because he spends his time staying in friends' spare rooms and never takes holidays. Speaking to TED head Chris Anderson, he said: "For sure, it would be very problematic if I was consuming billions of dollars a year in personal consumption.

Twitter shareholders are going after Elon Musk.

biggest shareholder — shared a tweet by World of Statistics that ranked the most followed accounts. “Most of these ‘top’ accounts tweet rarely and post very little content,” he said of the list, which included names like Rihanna, Katy Perry, Lady Gaga and himself. He particularly singled out Swift, who “hasn’t posted anything in 3 months,” and Bieber, who “only posted once this year.”And @justinbieber only posted once this entire yearEarlier this week, Musk became Twitter’s largest shareholder with a 9.2% stake, which saw his investment increase $800 million to a $3.68 billion valuation after the news.

The rise of SpaceX and Elon Musk’s bid to resurrect America’s space travel ambitions are the focus of a new Netflix documentary. Return to Space is being billed as an intimate portrait of the first crewed mission launched from US soil since the retirement of the Space Shuttle in 2011.

The latest documentary from Netflix charts the rise of SpaceX and Elon Musk’s two-decade effort to resurrect America’s space travel ambitions. Return to Space offers an intimate portrait of the engineers and astronauts for the first crewed mission launched from U.S. soil since the retirement of the Space Shuttle in 2011.

filing Monday with the Securities Exchange Commission, the Tesla and SpaceX boss has gobbled up a 9.2% stake in Twitter — which was worth $2.9 billion at the close of trading on Friday.Given the stock’s surge on Monday, Musk’s stake is now worth $3.84 billion — suggesting that he’s already seen nearly $1 billion in gains on his investment. Musk’s investment follows his public criticism of the platform’s content moderation policies.

Elon Musk has purchased 9.2% of Twitter stock, making him the largest shareholder in the company.

wrote, “Given that Twitter serves as the de facto public town square, failing to adhere to free speech principles fundamentally undermines democracy. What should be done?”In a second tweet, he added, “Is a new platform needed?”Is a new platform needed?While some of the SpaceX founder’s followers called on him to buy Twitter, others joked that he should do so only with the intention of then deleting the platform altogether.Censorship on Twitter has long been a hot topic of debate, particularly in conservative circles that accuse the platform of a liberal bias in cracking down on users for terms of service violations.

Elon Musk is stepping down.

Tesla and SpaceX founder Elon Musk plans to exit the board of directors of Endeavor Group Holdings in June.

Elon Musk, 50, headed to his SpaceX headquarters in Hawthorne, California hours after his ex-girlfriend Grimes, 33, revealed that they’d split again in a tweet on Thursday March 10. The SpaceX founder was dressed very casually as he arrived at the facility in a graphic t-shirt and a dark pair of pants in the new photos, which you can see here, via DailyMail. Elon looked like he was moving very quickly, heading from his car to the building.

The more, the merrier! Elon Musk just welcomed his seventh child, his second with Grimes — and the SpaceX CEO is ready for more.

Grimes and Elon Musk have had a second child together, it has been revealed.The Canadian artist – real name Claire Boucher – and the SpaceX CEO welcomed their first son, X, in May 2020 before confirming last September that they had “semi-separated but still love each other”.During a conversation for a new cover feature with Vanity Fair, interviewer Devin Gordon noticed the sound of a baby crying while talking to Grimes about her upcoming “space opera”-themed album, ‘Book 1’.When asked if she had given birth again, Boucher responded: “I’m not at liberty to speak on these things.”She continued: “Whatever is going on with family stuff, I just feel like kids need to stay out of it, and X is just out there. I mean, I think E [Musk] is really seeing him as a protégé and bringing him to everything and stuff.… X is out there. His situation is like that.

Another one! Grimes revealed on Thursday, March 10, that she and Elon Musk secretly welcomed their second child together via surrogate late last year.

Elon Musk, 50, may be known as one of the most successful entrepreneurs in the world with roles in Tesla Motors, PayPal, and SpaceX, but before he was in the spotlight, he grew up with one of his biggest influences, his mother Maye Musk. Maye, 73, was a life-changing parent to Elon and his siblings, Kimbal and Tosca, but she’s also led a successful and impressive life of her own. Find out more about her below/