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Civil rights leaders are urging major advertisers to stay away from Twitter after Elon Musk, the company’s new billionaire owner, reinstated Donald Trump. Civil rights leaders are urging major advertisers to stay away from Twitter after Elon Musk, the company's new billionaire owner, reinstated former President Donald Trump over the weekend. The activists say Musk broke promises he made to them in a closed-door meeting about hate speech and misinformation earlier this month. During the meeting, which included the heads…

Iron Man is widely credited with not only kicking off the MCU but bringing superhero movies to a new level of popular consciousness, paving the way for all the films after it. It’s a classic. Iron Man 3? Apparently not as much. For context, the first Iron Man movie sits at a comfortable 94% on the Rotten Tomatometer. The third movie reaches 79%, which isn’t exactly terrible but there’s a clear difference. Just how much of a difference became clear today after one person tweeted a hot take:…

The Ministry of Civil Aviation, in its revised guidelines, has made wearing of face masks not mandatory for the in-flight passengers on domestic and international routes. The revised guidelines state that all passengers should preferably use mask/face covers but there will not be any fine/penal action on pax not wearing mask in the flight.Till now, the use of masks or face covers while travelling on flights was mandatory. This decision has been taken in line with the government’s policy of a graded approach to COVID-19…

The Ministry of Civil Aviation has granted permission to the Kempegowda International Airport in Bengaluru for conducting photography and videography using drones at its new Terminal 2. Earlier, on October 31, the airport authority had sought permission for use of drones for the said purposes. Whereas the applicant shall seek permission from the Ministry of Home Affairs and Central Industrial Security Forces (CISF) regarding drone operations in the red zone and from the concerned air traffic control authority regarding…

Paul Haggis Found Guilty In Rape Trial ( Photo Credit – Wikimedia ) Paul Haggis lost his civil rape trial after a New York jury found the Oscar-winning director liable on charges that he sexually assaulted a former film publicist after a movie premiere nearly a decade ago. Haggis was found liable on all three counts of rape and sexual abuse, reports ‘Variety’. The jury deliberated for nearly six hours and the unanimous jury of four men and two women awarded the plaintiff Haleigh Breest $7.5 million in compensation…

As Elon Musk looks for to make money from Twitter’s he’s facing a much more urgent problem: advertisers are fleeing the platform. Musk said Friday that “Twitter has had a massive drop in revenue” due to advertisers’ concerns about content moderation and other issues raised by activists. A number of major companies have paused ads in recent days, including , Audi, Pfizer, General Mills, Volkswagen and other who are wary of potential changes to Twitter’s policies as well as the departure of top executives. Industry groups…

The rape civil case against Trey Songz has been dismissed after the statute of limitations ran out on the unnamed woman’s allegations, TMZ reports.The lawsuit against the singer-songwriter was dismissed on Monday,after his legal team argued the statute of limitations had expired before the anonymous woman, identified only as Jane Doe, filed the complaint. The lawsuit was filed back in February this year, with Doe seeking $20 million in damages because he allegedly became a “savage rapist” in March, 2016 following their…

The Ministry of Civil Aviation has ordered officials to submit a report after a Bengaluru-bound IndiGo aircraft aborted take-off at the Delhi airport as one of its engines caught fire. “Concerned officials at @DGCAIndia have been directed to look into this and furnish a report at the earliest,” the Ministry said in a tweet on Friday. The flight was carrying 177 passengers and seven crew members. Officials said that the Delhi to Bengaluru IndiGo flight 6E-2131 aborted its take-off and a full emergency was declared at the…

A New York court has dismissed a $40 million sexual misconduct civil lawsuit brought against Kevin Spacey by an actor, who claimed the Hollywood star had sexually abused him in 1985, when he was 14. The trial had been underway for three weeks with testimonies from both sides. Also read: Kevin Spacey denies sexually assaulting minor in his testimony at sex abuse trial in New YorkThe accuser, an actor now, had claimed that they had visited Kevin's home with another friend--actor John Barrowman who was then 19--where Kevin…

A jury sided with Kevin Spacey on Thursday in one of the lawsuits that derailed the film star’s career, finding he did not sexually abuse Anthony Rapp, then 14, while both were relatively unknown actors in Broadway plays in 1986. The verdict in the civil trial came with lightning speed. Jurors at a federal court in New York deliberated for a little more than an hour before deciding that Rapp hadn’t proven his allegations. When the verdict was read, Spacey dropped his head, then hugged his…