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The Sun
3 days ago
- Automotive
- The Sun
The Grand Tour fans threaten to boycott Amazon Prime hit as they fume over new line up after Clarkson and co quit
FANS of The Grand Tour have threatened to boycott the Amazon Prime hit series. Longtime viewers were left fuming over the new line-up after Jeremy Clarkson decided to quit the programme. 8 8 8 After departing the BBC and leaving Top Gear behind in 2015, The Clarkson's Farm star teamed up again with his longtime colleagues. Alongside James May and Richard Hammond, he brought the on-screen band back together to make a different motoring show in 2016. The trio went on to front five full series of The Grand Tour, before airing one last special as a grand send off in September 2024. It marked the end of a 22-year-long collaboration between Jeremy, 65, James, 62, and Richard, 55. Now, it's been revealed that the series will continue on Amazon Prime but with new presenters leading the format. Thomas Holland and James Engelsman are a viral duo from the Throttle House car YouTube channel and they will be the new faces of the show. They were revealed to be the replacement from the original duo after they seemingly impressed bosses with their platform that boasts over three million subscribers. The duo will be joined by viral trainspotting personality, Francis Bourgeois, who received international fame for his enthusiasm for railways. A source previously told us: "Thomas and James are as knowledgeable about motors as Jeremy, Richard and James — the only difference is they're younger, cooler and a lot more social media savvy. "Francis became famous for his love of trainspotting and will be bringing his humour to the show." However, droves of fans have been left disappointed by the news as they flooded X, formerly known as Twitter with comments. One viewer posted: "I will watch a grand total of 0 episodes." A second stated: "Oh F**! What is the actual point? This will be a bigger disaster than Top Gear was." "The Grand Tour was created for Jeremy, Richard and James so this is feeling wrong. Why not give it a fresh new name and not linked to what was before," enquired a third user. The Grand Tour episode guide How many seasons of The Grand Tour are there and where do they take place? The Grand Tour launched on Prime Video in 2016 and quickly became one of the streamer's biggest hits as hosts Jeremy, 63, James, 60, and Richard, 52, felt it was time they move on from Top Gear hit the road. They have now brought five epic series of motoring adventures to the small screen, each taking place in different locations and even featuring celebrity guests. Series 1 Series 1 aired from 2016 to 2017 and took the presenters to a number of foreign locales, including Jordan, Morocco and Italy. The series is comprised of 13 episodes, with episodes 7 and 8 making up a two-part special set in Namibia, where the trio embarked on an epic beach buggy challenge. Series 2 Jeremy, Richard and James returned for more motoring actor in series 2, and drove their way across Europe as they tested out some of their dream vehicles like the Bugatti Chiron and the McLaren 720S. This series, which aired from 2017 to 2018, is made up of 11 episodes. It features regular 'studio segments' filmed in the team's permanent tent in the Cotswolds, and had regular participation from celebrities with two guests going head-to-head on timed laps every episode. Series 3 In 2019, the presenting trio crossed continents - from North America, to South America, to Europe and Asia - putting both new vehicles and classic sports cars through their paces. This series was the last to feature the regular studio segments, car reviews and timed laps. To mark the end of this era the final episode's last segment includes a montage of scenes featuring the presenters over the course of their career as a trio, not only from this programme, but also from their time hosting Top Gear. Series 4 This series marked a complete change in format for The Grand Tour as it consists entirely for feature-length specials which aired between 2019 and 2021. The first two chronicle Jeremy, Richard and James' epic adventures across Asia and Africa, while the third and fourth episodes saw them put foreign cars to the test on their home turf. And fitting American vehicles through Scottish roads is no easy feat. Series 5 Following the same format as series 4, the fifth and final series of The Grand Tour also consists of four feature-length specials. The first of these hits screens in 2022 and follows the trio as they travelled through Norway, Sweden and Finland in three Rally-Inspired Sports Saloons. The second episode was another Euro adventure while the third took the presenters back to Africa. The fourth instalment of the series and final ever episode of The Grand Tour, titled One for the Road, premieres on September 13, 2024. It promises to be an emotional one as the trio set out on one epic final adventure in Zimbabwe and reflect on their 22-year-long working relationship and friendship. While someone else exclaimed: "I mean what's the point the show was created for Jeremy, James and Richard." As a fifth noted: "The Grand Tour was created for Jeremy, Richard and James specifically. By all means have a new motoring show on your platform with these guys, nothing against them at all. But it would be better to just have it under a different name." A sixth fan said: "What a mess. Amazon might as well take all the money they'd be spending on this, put in a dumpster and set fire to it." They added: "An absolute waste of time and money." 8 8 8 8
Yahoo
3 days ago
- Automotive
- Yahoo
Will you watch The Grand Tour without Clarkson, Hammond and May?
The Grand Tour is coming back without Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May behind the wheel. It sure has been one hell of a ride. It's been reported social media stars Thomas Holland, James Engelsman and Francis Bourgeois will take over where the trio left off, according to The Sun. English trainspotter Bourgeois has interviewed celebrities including Louis Theroux and Tom Daley. His humorous trainspotting videos went viral on TikTok and Instagram in 2021. Meanwhile, Holland and Engelsman's YouTube Throttle House — where they share car reviews — has 3.26m subscribers online. But will you watch The Grand Tour without Clarkson, Hammond and May? Cast your vote in the poll below. Last year, Hammond confirmed the show will continue without the trio at the helm. He told The Metro: "It will be carrying on. The Grand Tour continues. We're stepping away as the hosts, but Prime will be continuing it. So I can't wait to sit on my own chair and watch somebody else do it. That's amazing." Clarkson, Hammond and May took their feet off the gas when it came to their on-screen work together. They said goodbye to the Prime Video series with one final special The Grand Tour: One for the Road that aired last year. The Grand Tour ended on their own terms and exactly how they wanted, with their final destination being in Zimbabwe. Rewind 20 years, their friendship took off when they begun presenting BBC Two car show Top Gear together in 2002. When the BBC fired Clarkson for punching a producer on the show in 2015, Hammond and May quit saying the three of them come as a package deal. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Thomas Holland (@thomasholland_th) Getting back on track again, the friends signed to do racing series The Grand Tour in 2016. Fast forward to now, eight years later from when they first started, the trio have come to the end of the road with The Grand Tour. It's clear that Clarkson, Hammond and May had given their final TV road trip together a lot of thought. In 2023, May had said they were all getting a "bit old" for the car show – sentiments echoed by his pals. He told The Times: "The truth is, we're a bit too old for all this now. Jeremy is 63, Hammond is 53. We'll have to stop one day and by my reckoning that terrible day is almost upon us." The three pals made sure everyone knew why now was the right time for the show to end. "We've run out of things to do and we've run out of places to go, and I was fat," Clarkson said in 2024 at a London Q&A that shared a private press viewing of The Grand Tour. Clarkson also said the world is too dangerous for The Grand Tour now. "We've done everything you can realistically do with a car and the world has shrunk and that's the tragedy," he said. They flew to Mauritania to film The Sand Job earlier this year but they had received a warning from the Foreign Office advising them not to make the trip. "Years ago, we drove from Iraq into eastern Turkey into Syria, Damascus and Israel. We did the Crimea to Ukraine. You couldn't do any of that now. There's some rich ground in and around Indonesia, but you can't really go there either. North Africa, apart from Morocco, is completely out." He added: 'The world is a much more troubled place than it was 20 years ago. We were very lucky to do what we did, when we did.' They have reached a fork in the road, with the three of them taking different directions on their individual career paths. Clarkson remains focused on his hit Prime Video series Clarkson's Farm and has opened The Farmer's Dog pub nearby in the Cotswolds.
Telegraph
22-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Telegraph
At 62, Tom Cruise still has long hair – but should he?
One of the key talking points from the red carpet at the Cannes Film Festival over the weekend was not about a brilliant film, an elaborate frock or a glitzy accessory. It was, in fact, about 62-year-old Tom Cruise and his luxurious 'man mane' swishing in the gentle breeze in the French Riviera. Is big hair at 60 ill-advised, or should we be encouraging follically blessed gents to revel in their giant man-dos? Two of our Telegraph writers put forward their case. 'If you've got it, flaunt it' Stephen Doig, The Telegraph's men's style editor While I'm not blessed with the particular follicle make-up to make long hair appealing as I get older – a wiry brush of silver that's best kept cropped lest it form a queenly crown – I say if you've got it, go for it. The standard-issue approach is to keep it cut short and nondescript, which is all well and good, but if you've got the goods – fly-away, thick-but-not-thickety hair – then you may as well make the most of it. Consider it a service to your thinning-up-top brothers. There are some ground rules, however. For every Tom Cruise, there's a James May. Longer hair on men should look well taken care of and deliberate, rather than an unkempt, raggedy afterthought. Tom Cruise's locks have obviously been dyed, but there's no reason that grey hair – as long as it isn't wiry, like yours truly's – can't look sleek and glossy; it just needs the right treatment. Just because it's long, that doesn't mean it doesn't have to be 'cut' or styled in a particular way – see a hairdresser to finesse how to do it smartly, with properly tapered sides and probably an undercut to temper any bushy bulk at the back. And consider the product you use; a recent 'hairvolution' of my own revealed that it's not shampoo that men need regularly, it's a conditioner to soften dry hair and make it smooth and glossy rather than straw-like. Consider hair oil too. Long hair on older men can look suave, but it's essential that it seems meant and polished rather than a side product of sartorial apathy. 'Long hair after 60 is a definite ick' George Chesterton, The Telegraph's senior features writer Tom Cruise is an exception to most rules and he has an almost unique freedom to express follicular yearnings not afforded us mortals. First, as the pre-eminent film star of the past 30 years, he's earned the right to have his do any way he pleases – he is 'Maverick', after all. Second, nobody would dare tell him otherwise. But beyond Hollywood, men would be wise not to follow Tom's lead. Informed by teenage daughters, I feel confident that any other sixty-something man with long hair so flicked would generate a unanimous ' ick '. The point at which a man would be wise to stop wearing his hair long is the same as when he must stop wearing leather jackets – about 35, depending on the ravages of age and male pattern baldness. I had glorious long hair for several years. Nature, damn her, put paid to that when I started to lose it in my late 20s. But even if I still had a full head of the stuff, I hope I would have had the sense to avoid long hair that made me look like a pub-band guitarist. Of course, there's long and there's longish. Another star of Cruise's magnitude whose barnet I would never argue against would be that of Robert Redford, whose mid-length, layered cut was a thing of beauty. But he was Robert Redford, a man so insanely handsome he could make a blond handlebar moustache look tempting. The trouble is, most men copying the Redford look would end up looking like Hulk Hogan rather than the Sundance Kid. The only option other than to be incredibly good-looking is to pay for a successful weave, the best of which belongs to the former Chelsea and current Napoli manager, Antonio Conte. His long hair is up there with Christ the Redeemer and the Hoover Dam as one of the architectural wonders of the modern world, but as with Redford and Cruise, his styling is an outlier. Go short or go home, fellow ageing men. How to style longer hair on a man Sonia Haria, The Telegraph's beauty director 'Mid-length hair on a man should look deliberate, not overgrown,' says Milad Behboudi, the head barber at The Six, Mayfair. 'If your hair starts to lose shape, feel heavy, or develop frizz and split ends, it's time for a clean-up. Aim for a trim every four to six weeks, even if it's just 3-5mm, to maintain structure and keep the ends healthy and neat.' As much as short hair needs styling, so too does longer hair. 'Mid-length hair is all about versatility,' says Behboudi. 'Use a shine pomade or gel for a clean, wet-look finish, a sea salt spray to create shape, or a side parting for defining your face shape and giving a polished appearance.' Behboudi adds that a low bun or half-up knot is ideal once hair reaches chin length. To keep your midlife man-mane in tip-top condition, opt for a sulphate-free shampoo and conditioner and avoid overwashing. 'Washing two to three times a week is usually enough,' says Behboudi. 'Daily washing can dry out your scalp and hair. Also, use a scalp scrub or a lightweight serum once a week to keep your roots and skin balanced.' Three products to try...
Yahoo
21-05-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
SEKO Logistics with CustomsCity Launches DutyPay, Next-Generation Customs Compliance and Clearance Platform
SCHAUMBURG, Ill., May 21, 2025--(BUSINESS WIRE)--SEKO Logistics (SEKO), the leader in end-to-end global logistics, has today launched DutyPay, a next-generation customs compliance platform built in partnership with CustomsCity, a leading provider of automated customs compliance solutions for global ecommerce. This comprehensive solution is designed to help global retailers stay compliant, calculate duties in real-time and maintain frictionless delivery into the U.S. market. Built for today's ecommerce environment, DutyPay combines SEKO's fast-moving parcel operations with CustomsCity's automated duty and tax calculation tools to simplify the complexities of cross-border shipping. The platform allows visibility and control before goods even leave the warehouse, using real-time HTS classification, duty and tax estimates, simplified payments and automated clearance to ensure accuracy and compliance. Flexible by design, DutyPay can be integrated at checkout or used alongside SEKO's full-service logistics, giving brands the confidence to scale globally without compromising delivery speed or operational control. "SEKO is proud to be at the forefront of innovative ecommerce logistics," said Jamie Andrade, SVP of Product Management. "With CustomsCity, we've created a unique offering designed to help our clients adapt quickly to industry landscapes while maintaining consistency." DutyPay transforms the ecommerce customs classification and clearance process. As a seamless, tech-driven experience designed to keep goods moving, the platform features: Real-time landed cost calculator at checkout, enabling customers to see duties and taxes before purchase Automated customs classification and documentation, powered by CustomsCity's eManifest and Automated Commercial Environment (ACE)-compliant platform Support for both Type 1 and Type 11 entries, providing flexible routing based on shipment size and risk Predictive screening tools to flag undervalued or restricted items upstream "This flexible, plug-and-play approach works for businesses of all shapes and sizes," said James May, President at CustomsCity. "Merchants can easily calculate duties before shipping, pick the smartest fulfillment route and stay customs-compliant – without skipping a beat on the customer experience." SEKO and CustomsCity are redefining ecommerce customs clearance with DutyPay. To learn more, or to get in touch with a representative, visit SEKO's website. About SEKO Logistics Built on nearly 50 years of logistics expertise, SEKO Logistics is the no-nonsense global end-to-end logistics partner – from shipper to consumer. SEKO delivers client-first service, expert reliability and tech-driven shipping solutions that turn supply chains into a competitive differentiator. With over 150 offices in more than 60 countries, SEKO helps you move at the speed of global commerce. Learn more at About CustomsCity Customs City was established out of a combined experience of more than 25 years of helping companies comply with Customs Compliance and EDI messaging. We believe that by adopting modern technologies and combining with the knowledge of Customs & Trade we can deliver the optimal solutions for our customers. Learn more at View source version on Contacts MEDIA CONTACT Emma Smitsemma@ Error in retrieving data Sign in to access your portfolio Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data
Business Wire
21-05-2025
- Business
- Business Wire
SEKO Logistics with CustomsCity Launches DutyPay, Next-Generation Customs Compliance and Clearance Platform
BUSINESS WIRE)-- SEKO Logistics (SEKO), the leader in end-to-end global logistics, has today launched DutyPay, a next-generation customs compliance platform built in partnership with CustomsCity, a leading provider of automated customs compliance solutions for global ecommerce. This comprehensive solution is designed to help global retailers stay compliant, calculate duties in real-time and maintain frictionless delivery into the U.S. market. Built for today's ecommerce environment, DutyPay combines SEKO's fast-moving parcel operations with CustomsCity's automated duty and tax calculation tools to simplify the complexities of cross-border shipping. The platform allows visibility and control before goods even leave the warehouse, using real-time HTS classification, duty and tax estimates, simplified payments and automated clearance to ensure accuracy and compliance. Flexible by design, DutyPay can be integrated at checkout or used alongside SEKO's full-service logistics, giving brands the confidence to scale globally without compromising delivery speed or operational control. "SEKO is proud to be at the forefront of innovative ecommerce logistics,' said Jamie Andrade, SVP of Product Management. 'With CustomsCity, we've created a unique offering designed to help our clients adapt quickly to industry landscapes while maintaining consistency.' DutyPay transforms the ecommerce customs classification and clearance process. As a seamless, tech-driven experience designed to keep goods moving, the platform features: Real-time landed cost calculator at checkout, enabling customers to see duties and taxes before purchase Automated customs classification and documentation, powered by CustomsCity's eManifest and Automated Commercial Environment (ACE)-compliant platform Support for both Type 1 and Type 11 entries, providing flexible routing based on shipment size and risk Predictive screening tools to flag undervalued or restricted items upstream 'This flexible, plug-and-play approach works for businesses of all shapes and sizes,' said James May, President at CustomsCity. 'Merchants can easily calculate duties before shipping, pick the smartest fulfillment route and stay customs-compliant – without skipping a beat on the customer experience.' SEKO and CustomsCity are redefining ecommerce customs clearance with DutyPay. To learn more, or to get in touch with a representative, visit SEKO's website. About SEKO Logistics Built on nearly 50 years of logistics expertise, SEKO Logistics is the no-nonsense global end-to-end logistics partner – from shipper to consumer. SEKO delivers client-first service, expert reliability and tech-driven shipping solutions that turn supply chains into a competitive differentiator. With over 150 offices in more than 60 countries, SEKO helps you move at the speed of global commerce. Learn more at About CustomsCity Customs City was established out of a combined experience of more than 25 years of helping companies comply with Customs Compliance and EDI messaging. We believe that by adopting modern technologies and combining with the knowledge of Customs & Trade we can deliver the optimal solutions for our customers. Learn more at
