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Matthew Lawrence, famous for his role in the popular sitcom “Boy Meets World,” has recently come forward with shocking allegations of sexual harassment in Hollywood. According to the actor, he was propositioned by an Oscar-winning director for a role in an upcoming Marvel film but was subsequently fired from his agency after refusing to strip for the director. "Boy Meets World" star Matthew Lawrence accuses Oscar-winning director of sexual harassment, alleges being fired after refusing to strip for…

The host of “CNN Tonight” had a cryptic message for viewers just before he signed off from his May 14, 2021 broadcast.“This is the last night ‘CNN Tonight With Don Lemon,’ anchor Don Lemon announced. “It’s been really, really great ... but changes are coming, and I will fill you in.”The comments sparked a frenzy on social media. Was Lemon, one of the cable news network’s biggest stars, saying goodbye? Was he going to one of its competitors?The hubbub became so frantic that Lemon took to Twitter to defuse the situation,…

In a stunning announcement, Fox News said it has “agreed to part ways” with Tucker Carlson, the host of the network’s highest-rated primetime show (and one of the highest-rated shows on basic cable, period), effective immediately. The news comes less than a week after Fox News agreed to pay $787.5 million to Dominion Voting Systems to settle a defamation lawsuit over false election claims. Though Carlson’s role in the lawsuit has been reported to be relatively small, some of his texts that were uncovered in the…

Image via Marvel Studios As Marvel Studios maintains its radio silence on everything to do with Jonathan Majors (including the fact that he even appears in Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania), MCU fans bursting for action are instead turning their ire towards another all-important star of the franchise’s Multiverse Saga after their perhaps ill-advised response to a separate controversy. Speaking of shocking words, Star-Lord needs to wash his mouth out after making a surprisingly dirty-mouthed Marvel first. A…

While the specific details of Disney’s settlement with Alonso haven’t been made public, Deadline reports it as being a multimillion-dollar amount. Neither Disney nor Alonso’s legal representation has made statements about the settlement itself, but in the weeks leading up to the agreement, both sides were vocal about what they believed led to Alonso’s dismissal.Reports alleged that Alonso’s work as a producer on director Santiago Mitre’s film Argentina, 1985 — an Amazon Studios film — and her decision to promote the…

Imagine uprooting your entire life for a—well, not a dream job, but a decent enough job doing corporate graphic design... on Mars. Then suddenly you’re let go, and you’re stuck on a strange planet surrounded by even stranger people. That’s the premise for HBO Max’s adult animated series Fired on Mars, which has just revealed its first trailer.Fired on Mars | Official Trailer | MaxHere’s the official description: “Jeff Cooper (Luke Wilson) has it all: a fulfilling career as the graphic designer for space start-up Mars.ly,…

A GameStop employee was reportedly fired after posting about The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom Nintendo Switch OLED system before its announcement. The now-former employee leaked details of the special edition system just before Nintendo officially announced it on March 28.According to a Kotaku report, the now-former employee, Mike (who requested the publication not use his last name), was initially suspended for leaking the Zelda Switch early, before being terminated. When Mike went to work on…

Get our free weekly email for all the latest cinematic news from our film critic Clarisse LoughreyGet our The Life Cinematic email for freeEmily Ratajkowksi has “basically quit” acting.Ratajkowski, 31, revealed that her last audition was for Ruben Ostlund’s satire Triangle of Sadness. She had gone up for the role that eventually went to the late Charlbi Dean Kriek.The model and author landed her first role in a major film in 2014’s Gone Girl, starring as Andie, the mistress of Ben Affleck’s character.Following that, she…

Emily Ratajkowski is sharing why she decided to quit her acting career. In an interview with the Los Angeles Times published Thursday, the model, actress and author reflected on her decision to step away from acting after starring in varied roles alongside actors like Ben Affleck, Amy Schumer and Zac Efron. Ratajkowski’s breakout role was in 2014’s Gone Girl, in which she played the mistress to Affleck’s Nick. She went on to star opposite Efron in We Are Your Friends, Schumer in I Feel Pretty…

Isaac “Ike” Perlmutter says Walt Disney Co. DIS 0.34% fired him as chairman of Marvel Entertainment because he pushed Disney too aggressively to cut costs and ran afoul of the creative executives whom newly returned Chief Executive Robert Iger wants to empower.In a rare interview, the 80-year-old Mr. Perlmutter spoke to The Wall Street Journal about his dismissal from Disney last week, his relationship with Mr. Iger, and missteps he feels…