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  Tesla hit with class action lawsuit over alleged privacy intrusion Tesla vehicles are shown at a sales and service center in Vista, California, U.S., June 3, 2022. REUTERS/Mike Blake SAN FRANCISCO, April 7 (Reuters) - A California Tesla owner on Friday sued the electric carmaker in a prospective class action lawsuit accusing it of violating the privacy of customers. The lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California came after  Reuters reported  on Thursday that groups of Tesla employees privately shared via an internal messaging system sometimes highly invasive videos and images recorded by customers’ car cameras between 2019 and 2022. The lawsuit, filed by Henry Yeh, a San Francisco resident who owns Tesla's Model Y, alleges that Tesla employees were able to access the images and videos for their "tasteless and tortious entertainment" and "the humiliation of those surreptitiously recorded." "Like anyone would be, Mr Yeh was o

  Kathryn Hahn Felt Blessed And Empowered By ‘Tiny Beautiful Things’ Kathryn Hahn as Clare in 'Tiny Beautiful Things.'  HULU Kathryn Hahn considers her latest project, Hulu's eight-part drama  Tiny Beautiful Things , a gift in many ways. As well as taking the lead role, the actress executive produced the series with Laura Dern and Reese Witherspoon, among others. Based on Cheryl Strayed's book of the same name, Hahn plays Clare Pierce, a writer going through a rocky time in her personal life who, somewhat ironically, finds herself becoming an advice columnist. It's now available to stream on Hulu. "Honestly, the only thing I needed for this role was the source material which is Cheryl's amazing collection of her Dear Sugar essays,  Tiny Beautiful Things ," she enthused. "In my humble opinion, it's essential reading for every human being." Strayed is no stranger to page-to-screen adaptations. Her memoir  Wild: From Lost to Found  on the Pa

  Daisy Ridley to Reprise Role as Rey in New ‘Star Wars’ Film The “ Star Wars ” movie future just came into sharper focus:  Daisy Ridley ’s Rey will be the center of the first “Star Wars” feature film since 2019’s “The Rise of Skywalker,”  Lucasfilm  president Kathleen Kennedy announced at Star Wars Celebration in London on Friday. Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy (“Ms. Marvel”) will direct from a script by Steven Knight (“Peaky Blinders”). The film follows the events of “Rise of Skywalker,” and will focus on Rey as she builds a new Jedi Order. The project marks several major milestones for the franchise: Obaid-Chinoy is the first woman and the first person of color to direct a “Star Wars” movie. The Pakistani filmmaker won two Academy Awards for documentary short, in 2011 for “Saving Face” and in 2015 for “A Girl in the River: The Price of Forgiveness,” and she most recently directed two episodes of “Ms. Marvel” for Disney+. “It’s just exciting,” Jon Favreau told  Variety  after the panel. “I al