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The 2026 Corvette Stingray is the value play of the year and it's not close. Starting from $193,990 plus on-roads. You get a mid-engined V8. 369kW and 637Nm from the 6.2L LT2. Zero to 100 in under three seconds. Brembos, Michelin Pilot Sport 4S run-flats, Z51 Performance Package standard, electronic limited-slip diff, and a performance exhaust that makes fourteen-year-old boys scream 'rev it!' from the footpath. Inside, the entire cabin has been rebuilt. Three screens, including a brand new 6.6-inch aux display running G-force telemetry and lap times. Google baked into the dash. Wireless charging. Performance Data Recorder with side-by-side video analysis. The wall of buttons is gone. Same money as a loaded BMW M4. Different planet. Get yourself to a GMSV dealer and book a test drive. Only decision is what colour you're getting? @gmspecialtyvehicles #gmsv #corvette

We took this last night and its blowing up on the @dmarge Tiktok so we had to publish it here. @knolldoll getting caught up in Jenson Button's qualifying analysis at the Miami Grand Prix. Producers no doubt in Jenson's ear as he tried not to laugh. 😆 @skysportsf1 camera man had one job and executed it perfectly. The McLaren mechanics not so subtle. 🤣🤣🤣 Follow @dmarge #f1 #miamigrandprix

Turn the sound on for this one. The 2026 Corvette Stingray is proof that some cars still know how to make people feel something. Every cold start, indicator click and V8 crackle scratches a very specific part of the brain modern cars forgot existed. No fake engine noise. No pretending. Just 6.2 litres of naturally aspirated therapy echoing through the speakers and probably annoying your neighbours in the process. This is not sensible transport. It’s emotional regulation with launch control. Full review now live on DMARGE #corvette #gmsv

Amazon has officially started auditioning the next James Bond and the internet is already acting like MI6 leaked nuclear codes.⁠ ⁠ After Daniel Craig’s exit and Amazon taking creative control from Barbara Broccoli and Michael G. Wilson, the 007 franchise is entering its most controversial era yet. Denis Villeneuve is directing. Steven Knight is writing. The release isn’t expected until 2028. Somehow that still feels too soon.⁠ ⁠ Names like Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Tom Holland, Jacob Elordi and Callum Turner are already floating around, but reports suggest Amazon may want an “unknown” actor instead. Which probably means half of London’s private school system just updated their headshots.⁠ ⁠ Bond has always reflected the era around him. The real question is whether Amazon wants a cold-blooded spy or a globally optimised franchise character built for algorithms and spin-offs.⁠ ⁠ Who actually deserves the Aston Martin keys?⁠ ⁠ #JamesBond #007 #Movies

There, we said it. ⁠ ⁠ Tomorrow, grown men will clown Labubu in the group chat, then queue for an Audemars Piguet x Swatch drop like it’s a Supreme release in 2017.⁠ ⁠ Same collector brain. Just wrapped in plastic, resale culture and “heritage.”⁠ ⁠ Someone at AP or Swatch deserves a promotion. Follow @dmarge for more spice

Guy Ritchie has confirmed MobLand Season 2 is set to land on Paramount+ before the end of 2026, with filming already wrapped and the Harrigans officially back in business. The British gangster series became one of Paramount+’s biggest hits thanks to Tom Hardy’s ruthless fixer Harry Da Souza, alongside Pierce Brosnan and Helen Mirren running one of TV’s most chaotic crime empires. Now the next chapter could go international, with Hardy teasing expanding mob wars across Europe. Peaky Blinders walked so MobLand could throw a pint glass at your head. Let's fkn go! Follow @dmarge

It's on. ⁠ ⁠ Royal Prince Edward Yacht Club out of Point Piper has issued the notice. The campaign is bankrolled by John Winning Jr (Herman, aka Appliances Online), who skippered Andoo Comanche to line honours in the 2022 Sydney to Hobart. ⁠ ⁠ The personnel speak for themselves. Tom Slingsby as head of sailing. Olympic gold, two-time world sailor of the year. Glenn Ashby is running performance and design. Three Cup wins to his name, most of them against us. And Grant Simmer as CEO. Simmer was on Australia II in 1983. The original winged keel crew.⁠ ⁠ Last time we turned up properly was Young Australia in 2000. A 20-year-old Jimmy Spithill at the helm. Cooked in the qualifiers. Before that, OneAustralia snapped in half mid-race in '95. And before THAT, well. Bondy. Bertrand. Hawkey on the telly in a Team Australia jacket: "Any boss who sacks anyone for not turning up today is a bum."⁠ ⁠ Bring back the glory days! Who will be their watch sponsor?

Grown men. Camping chairs. Phone chargers. Five days early. For a $400 plastic watch that hasn't even been officially announced yet.⁠ ⁠ The AP x Swatch Royal Pop drops Saturday May 16. The first campers showed up outside Swatch in New York on Monday the 11th. That's six days on a Manhattan footpath in 12-degree weather for a Bioceramic riff on the Royal Oak.⁠ ⁠ And let's be honest about what's happening here. These guys aren't collectors. They're flippers. The MoonSwatch is still going for double retail four years later. The Blancpain Scuba Fifty hit $1,800 on eBay within 48 hours of launch. ⁠ ⁠ The Royal Pop will be on Chrono24 and eBay by Sunday afternoon at triple retail, sold to some kid in Jakarta who actually wanted one.⁠ It's the lowest form of human behaviour dressed up as passion.⁠ ⁠ If you actually want one, wait six months. Walk in. Buy it for retail. Don't be the guy in the camping chair.⁠ ⁠ 📷 @bdotlau

Taron Egerton got properly shredded for Apex, and it shows. The bloke is barely recognisable as the same guy (Eggsy) from Kingsman. ⁠ ⁠ Egerton clearly put in serious work ahead of the Apex shoot and was spotted keeping in shape at @VRTUSBondi during filming in Australia.⁠ ⁠ He plays Ben, a deranged hunter who gives Charlize Theron's character a head start in the Australian wilderness, puts on The Chemical Brothers' "Go," and tells her when the song ends, he's coming. That one scene was so good it sent the track's streams up 429% in a week.⁠ ⁠ Critics are split but viewers aren't. Apex hit #1 on Netflix's global chart within days of dropping and is still trending. It's raw, it's tense, and Egerton's transformation alone makes it worth the watch.⁠ ⁠ Now streaming on Netflix. Follow @dmarge

Australian billionaire James Packer has reportedly joined a US investment firm’s purchase of a minority stake in OnlyFans, the subscription platform founded by Tim Stokely and later transformed into a global powerhouse by late billionaire owner Leonid Radvinsky.⁠ ⁠ The deal values OnlyFans at roughly $US3.15 billion, with investors betting big on the creator economy despite the platform’s controversial adult-content reputation. OnlyFans now has more than 377 million users globally and has paid creators billions since launching in 2016.⁠ ⁠ Packer going from casinos and media to backing the internet’s most profitable subscription platform feels like the most 2026 billionaire move imaginable.

Dua Lipa is suing Samsung Electronics for $US15 million after claiming the tech giant used her image on TV packaging without permission.⁠ ⁠ According to the lawsuit, Samsung allegedly printed a backstage photo of the singer across TV boxes sold throughout the US, despite never securing approval or a commercial partnership. The filing claims fans even admitted buying the TVs purely because Dua Lipa was on the box.⁠ ⁠ The singer’s legal team says the image created the impression she endorsed Samsung products, despite her existing partnerships with brands like Porsche, Apple, Chanel and Tiffany & Co. The lawsuit also alleges Samsung ignored cease-and-desist demands and kept the products on shelves.⁠ ⁠ Turns out slapping Dua Lipa on a cardboard box might be more expensive than the TV itself.⁠ ⁠ #DuaLipa #Samsung

Even becoming pope does not save you from customer service hell. Pope Leo XIV reportedly called his hometown Chicago bank to update his address and phone number after moving to the Vatican, only to end up being treated like a prank caller. According to Chicago priest Father Tom McCarthy, the pope answered multiple security questions and provided all the required details. But the bank worker still insisted he had to show up in person. When Leo tried to explain the situation and revealed he was now the pope, the employee simply hung up. The story quickly exploded online because it felt painfully relatable. Endless security checks, scripted customer service and zero flexibility. Even the head of the Catholic Church apparently could not escape it. The issue was eventually fixed after another priest contacted the bank president directly. But the damage was already done. The image of a pope getting ghosted by a call centre has become internet gold. Some people praised the worker for following strict fraud rules. Others called it peak modern bureaucracy, where common sense dies the second a script appears on screen. One thing is clear. Nobody hates customer service more than people who have actually used it. #Pope #Vatican