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Dwayne Johnson has said he had to go against the grain in a big way after joining the DC universe.Johnson was cast as DC character Black Adam, a villain that is set to face Zachary Levi’s Shazam in a forthcoming film.Shazam had a standalone film, released in 201. Black Adam was originally set to be introduced in the same film – something that Johnson didn’t like.“When the first draft of the movie came to us, it was a combination of Black Adam and Shazam: two origin stories in one movie,” the actor told Vanity Fair. “Now…

You can take another crack Most of the achievements and trophies in Cult of the Lamb are only a matter of time, but I was nervous about needing to topple the main bosses without taking any damage to unlock “Order,” “Sate,” “Cure,” and “Peace.” After trading blows with every bishop in my original playthrough, I figured there had to be some way to initiate a rematch — the notion of needing to start a new save seemed out of whack with the rest of the game’s player-friendly tendencies. Thankfully, there is a way to replay…

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Have you ever had a really bad boss? Think Alec Baldwin as Blake in Glengarry Glen Ross, who announces that "coffee's for closers only" and then threatens the salesmen he supervises with a number of choice terms not suitable to repeat here. Few leaders use quite so much verbal abuse, profanity, and fear to motivate employees. But plenty of leaders use similar, if less extreme, tactics.…

Image: Shutterstock / fizkesIt's not easy to get noticed at work, suggests Harvard Business Review, especially when you're towards the start of your professional career and you have limited resources and connections. The people who have the power to make big decisions often have their own beliefs and assumptions about how to do business based on what has – and has not – worked for them in the past. This reality can mean junior staff often feel overlooked, especially in organisations where working from an office is…

Despite appearances, flight attendants aren't happy.(A screenshot from a United video.) Chris Matyszczyk/ScreenshotAll over America, employee relations are sinking to the level of The Office.I'm astonished, in fact, that some wily producer isn't already trying to create a new Dunder Mifflin series called The Virtual Office.While bosses crow about their management skills, and their extraordinary feats in making even more money, employees gnarl resentfully. And virtually.In many industries, they realize that bosses have…

An impressively slick and slimy performance from Javier Bardem is the standout selling point for this serviceable if (perhaps appropriately?) workaday satire on corporate corruption and alienated capitalism. Reuniting with writer-director Fernando León de Aranoa, with whom he made 2002’s highly acclaimed Mondays in the Sun and the 2017 biographical crime drama Loving Pablo, Bardem dominates the screen in a role that exploits his ability to combine smarmy charm with reptilian repugnance. He may be all smiles, but Bardem’s…

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A “die-hard” fan spent over £34,000 on Nintendo stock so he could attend an annual shareholder meeting and ask about the future of the F-Zero franchise. Launching in 1990, F-Zero went on to spawn a variety of sequels but there’s been no new entry in the series since 2004’s F-Zero Climax. However, F-Zero character Captain Falcon has been a mainstay of the Super Smash Bros. series while F-Zero X was recently made available for Nintendo Switch, via its online back catalogue. Well, one fan wanted to know what Nintendo’s…

Image: Maskot/GettyThe struggle to close the widening skills gaps is a perpetual source of frustration for employers.The problem for many is that the traditional approach to filling skills gaps has become less and less effective.Every company on the planet seems to be on a mission to build a superstar tech team, and that means developers, cloud specialists and cybersecurity professionals are being snapped up at a rate that means it's almost impossible for hiring managers to keep up.There is another approach to…

Tom Werner/ GETTYElon Musk recently gave his employees an ultimatum: get back to the office – or get out."Anyone who wishes to do remote work must be in the office for a minimum (and I mean minimum) of 40 hours per week or depart Tesla," the company's chief executive recently said in a message to staff according to reports.It's not an especially out-of-character statement from the outspoken Tesla boss. But the bigger question is whether Musk – and other execs who want their staff back in the office all the time –…