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Back in late 2020, Elon Musk said he had reached out to Tim Cook to talk about Apple acquiring Tesla years back when the automaker was struggling. However, Cook said he had never spoken with Musk. Now in a new interview, while skipping a question about Apple Car, Cook shared more details on what happened with Musk.

In December 2020, Tesla CEO Elon Musk confirmed rumors that he attempted to sell the company to Apple but that Tim Cook didn’t even take a meeting with him. Here’s what Musk said:

During the darkest days of the Model 3 program, I reached out to Tim Cook to discuss the possibility of Apple acquiring Tesla (for 1/10 of our current value). He refused to take the meeting.

A few months later, Tim Cook said he had never spoken to Musk but had “great admiration and respect for the company he has built.”

In a new interview for The New York Times DealBook conference, Tim Cook shared more about the events around Musk’s claims.

CNBC’s Andrew Ross Sorkin asked about Apple Car with Cook avoiding the topic. And that led Sorkin to ask about Musk seeking out an Apple acquisition:

Sorkin: Let me try out this then, I think was a couple of years ago as you know, Elon Musk, he has been public about it try to get a meeting with you to sell Tesla to you in fact because the company was struggling, now of course the company has a trillion-dollar market value, you apparently did not take the meeting, in retrospect do you wish you did?

Cook reiterated that he has never spoken with Musk, but shared the new details that even though he didn’t realize Musk was trying to get in touch, he trusts that he did.

Cook: You know, I’ve never spoken to Elon. And there are lots of companies out there that we could’ve bought at different times probably. But I feel really good about where we are today.

Sorkin: Did you know he was trying to get to you?

Cook: I don’t remember it being like that. But he said that he did, and so I assume that that’s correct.

During the new interview, Cook also revealed that he owns cryptocurrency and it is also something that Apple is “looking at.”

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Androids rom-com Maybe Happy Ending wins six major Tony Awards

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Androids rom-com Maybe Happy Ending wins six major Tony Awards

Maybe Happy Ending, a romantic-comedy about a pair of androids falling in love, has won six Tony Awards, including best new musical.

The story charts the relationship between two decommissioned robots, becoming a commentary on human themes and the passage of time.

Starring Darren Criss and Helen J Shen, Maybe Happy Ending enjoyed huge success at the 78th annual ceremony held at the Radio City Music Hall in New York on Sunday.

The acclaimed Broadway production’s awards also included Criss winning best leading actor in a musical, alongside prizes for best direction of a musical, best original theatre score, best book of a musical, and best scenic design of a musical.

In other awards, Purpose, Branden Jacobs-Jenkins’ drawing room drama about an accomplished black family exposing hypocrisy and pressures during a snowed-in gathering, won best new play.

Helen J Shen and Darren Criss perform a number from "Maybe Happy Ending" at the 78th Annual Tony Awards in New York City, U.S., June 8, 2025
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Darren Criss and Helen J Shen perform a number from Maybe Happy Ending at the Tony Awards. Pic: Reuters

Jacobs-Jenkins becomes the first black playwright to win the award since August Wilson took home the accolade in 1987 for Fences.

It underlines a triumphant year for Jacobs-Jenkins after scooping the Pulitzer Prize for Purpose – and winning back-to-back Tonys after his Appropriate won best play revival in 2024.

Kara Young – the first black female actor to be nominated for a Tony in four consecutive years – became the first black person to win two awards consecutively, picking up the trophy for featured actress in a play for her work in Purpose.

Kara Young accepts the Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play award for "Purpose" at the 78th Annual Tony Awards
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Kara Young made history at the ceremony in New York. Pic: Reuters

Sunset Blvd won best musical revival, handing composer Andrew Lloyd Webber his first competitive Tony since 1995, when the original show won.

The current version is a stripped-down, minimalist production.

Sarah Snook took home the trophy for leading actress in a play for her tireless work in The Picture Of Dorian Gray, where she plays all 26 roles.

“I don’t feel alone any night that I do this show,” Snook said, dismissing the idea of her play as a one-woman show.

“There are so many people onstage making it work and behind the stage making it work.”

Oh Mary! saw Sam Pinkleton win best director and Cole Escola landing best actor in a play.

Sam Pinkleton accepts the Best Direction of a Play award for "Oh, Mary!" at the 78th Annual Tony Awards in New York City, U.S., June 8, 2025
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A delighted Sam Pinkleton after winning an award at the Tonys. Pic: Reuters

Francis Jue won best actor in a featured role in a play for his work in a revival of Yellow Face.

Jak Malone won best actor in a featured role in a musical for the British import, Operation Mincemeat: A New Musical.

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Eureka Day, Jonathan Spector’s social satire about well-meaning liberals debating a school’s vaccine policy, won the best play revival trophy.

Stranger Things: The First Shadow – based on the 12-time Emmy-winning Netflix hit sci-fi series, won best scenic design, lighting design and sound design of a play.

The production, which has been running in London’s West End, also picked up a special award for its illusions and technical effects.

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Snoop Dogg says he hopes to open burger van at Celtic Park

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Snoop Dogg says he hopes to open burger van at Celtic Park

Snoop Dogg says he hopes to set up a burger van at Celtic’s stadium and wants to serve fans himself.

The US rapper, 53, has described the football club’s supporters as “special” and the best fans in European football.

And Snoop, who played Glasgow‘s OVO Hydro arena in 2023, has also said he strongly identifies with the club’s mascot Hoopy the Hound.

He said a fast-food van at Celtic Park would become a foodie “Paradise” which is a nickname for the ground in the Parkhead area of the city.

Celtic Park. Pic: AP
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Celtic Park. Pic: AP

Snoop told the Sunday Mail: “I would love to bring a pop-up burger [van] to a sports stadium to show fans that food at stadiums can be good.

“It’s got to be Celtic Park, man. The secret to a good burger is the love in the preparation. The ground beef has got to be mixed with some secret spices, then add a good quality cheese and some maple-cured bacon.

“The Celtic fans are gonna love it, and to make sure they are just right, Snoop is going to be serving them himself.”

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But he said he would not be taking his culinary ventures to Rangers – Celtic’s Old Firm rivals at Ibrox.

The Drop It Like It’s Hot star told the paper: “Am I going to bring my burgers to Rangers as well? Nah, I think we will give that a miss.”

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The musician has previously spoken of investing in Celtic, similar to Hollywood actor Ryan Reynolds’s involvement with Wrexham FC.

Snoop has already published a cookbook and claims to have spoken to chef Gordon Ramsay about a possible venture in Glasgow together.

The keen sports fan worked as a correspondent for NBC at the Paris Olympics last year, and has launched two youth football leagues, as well as being a vocal advocate for pay equality for female athletes.

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Dawn French apologises for ‘mocking tone’ in video about Israel-Hamas conflict

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Dawn French apologises for 'mocking tone' in video about Israel-Hamas conflict

Dawn French has apologised and taken down a video she posted about the war in Gaza after facing backlash.

The popular actress and comedian said she apologised “unreservedly” after posting a video in a “mocking tone”.

In the original 40-second clip, the Vicar of Dibley star said: “Complicated, no, but nuanced. But bottom line is no.”

Then, using a different tone, she went on: “Yeah, but you know they did a bad thing to us, yeah but no.

“But we want that land… and we have history… No.

“Those people aren’t really even people, are they really? No.”

On Saturday afternoon, she issued an apology, saying that in an effort to convey “an important message” she had “clumsily used a mocking tone”.

“My intention was NEVER to mock, or dismiss, or diminish the horror of what happened on 7 October 2023,” she posted on X and Instagram.

She said her intention was to “point the finger of shame at the behaviour of the cruel leader on ALL sides of this atrocious war”.

French faced criticised after her initial post.

Actress Tracy-Ann Oberman said she was “saddened” by it.

She said: “This mocking voice ‘bad thing’ of October 7 that Dawn (who I revere by the way) appears ro [sic] be mocking involved the most horrific terrorist attack.”

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MP Rosie Duffield responded to Oberman’s post, saying: “One can, and should hate what is happening in Gaza and also condemn the hideous events of October 7th.

“It is agonising to see events unfold, and requires extremely careful, measured and well-considered comments and actions. This is not that.”

Some social media users tried to pressure M&S, who French voices adverts for, over the incident.

In October 2023, Hamas led other militant groups in a cross-border attack, killing around 1,200 people and taking about 250 people hostage.

Since then, Israel has launched a number of large-scale campaigns in the region, including in Gaza where over 54,000 people have been killed, according to the Hamas-run health ministry in the enclave.

Many of these are said to be women and children.

Israel claims to be targeting militants and blames collateral deaths on Hamas fighters positioning themselves in densely populated areas.

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