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Former Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz testifies about the company's labor and union practices during a Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, March 29, 2023.Saul Loeb | AFP | Getty ImagesStarbucks fired Alexis Rizzo, the employee responsible for igniting the Starbucks Workers United union campaign, just days after the company's former CEO Howard Schultz testified on Capitol Hill about the coffee chain's alleged union-busting.Rizzo worked as a shift supervisor at…

Get our free weekly email for all the latest cinematic news from our film critic Clarisse LoughreyGet our The Life Cinematic email for freeMike Myers has responded to claims that a crew member was fired from one of his films because they looked him in the eye.Last week, radio presenter Jay Brody alleged on social media that he had been working in security on the set of 2008 comedy The Love Guru.Brody claimed that he was warned that “if you look at him, you’re going to get fired”, and was later fired after he “caught his…

Photo via Warner Bros. To the chagrin of Marvel and DCU fans alike, Chris Pratt is willing to join James Gunn’s DCU if he ever gets the call. Though the actor doesn’t have a character in mind he is more than willing to play himself in any costume Warner Bros. throws at him. Jason Momoa wants fans to know that he isn’t leaving his Aquaman role easily. The actor has friends in high places and thinks that alone is enough to save his place as the King of Atlantis. Hopefully Momoa has been taking notes on the slow…

Image via Marvel Studios While you might not expect Disney laying off literally thousands of employees to be a good look, the Marvel fandom is nonetheless celebrating over the news of one particular exit from the House of Mouse as part of a widespread cost-cutting campaign. Long-term Marvel Entertainment chairman Ike Perlmutter has parted ways with the company, bringing much joy to the MCU masses. But why is Perlmutter’s pink-slipping earning so much applause? Aside from his close political and personal…

Isaac Perlmutter, or Ike Perlmutter, has been fired as chairman of  Marvel Entertainment by Disney as part of a reorganisation.Published Wed, 29 Mar 2023 11:18:11 -0500 by Rich Johnston | Last updated Wed, 29 Mar 2023 11:22:07 -0500 | Isaac Perlmutter, or Ike Perlmutter, has been fired as chairman of  Marvel Entertainment. The New York Times reports that the eighty-year-old man who saved Marvel Comics from bankruptcy sold it to Disney and ruled like a tyrant was "told by phone on Wednesday that Marvel Entertainment, a…

Get our free weekly email for all the latest cinematic news from our film critic Clarisse LoughreyGet our The Life Cinematic email for freeDisney has been embroiled in controversy after firing a producer who helped steer the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) for more than two decades.Last week, it was reported that the studio had cut ties with Victoria Alonso due to an “indisputable breach of contract”, following her work on Amazon’s Oscar-nominated film Argentina, 1985.However, Alonso, via her attorney Patty Glaser, has…

A former Fox News producer has altered her deposition testimony in the defamation case against the network, claiming she was coerced by company lawyers to give misleading answers.Abby Grossberg was fired Friday by Fox News days after she filed her lawsuit in New York and Delaware that alleged discrimination based on gender, religion and disability. Her suit claims she was bullied and subjected to sexist and antisemitic comments while working as head of booking for the Fox News program “Tucker Carlson Tonight.”An amended…

Apple employees to get fired if they don't work thrice a week from office: ReportCurrently, there is a lot of instability in the tech job market as more and more businesses announce widespread layoffs. Apple has remained steadfast and has not yet announced any layoffs, in contrast to companies like Amazon, Google, Twitter, and Meta, which have fired thousands of workers. According to sources, the firm is however taking strong action against workers who are not abiding by its work standards. According to recent reports,…

When Johnny Depp Sued His Financial Manager – Read ( Photo Credit – Movie Still ) Johnny Depp and Amber Heard‘s personal lives came to the forefront during their highly televised infamous defamation trial. The former couple left no chance to put down the other one throughout the trial. Among the many revelations, one, that was widely discussed was Depp’s spending habits. Rean on to know more details about the same. Johnny and Amber met on the sets of the 2011 film The Rum Diary and began dating around the end of the…

Photo by Jesse Grant/Getty Images for Disney Mouths were left wide open in shock when it was announced that longtime Marvel Studios executive Victoria Alonso had suddenly departed the company, especially when she’d been with the comic book conglomerate for almost 20 years, and had long since solidified herself as one of Kevin Feige’s most trusted lieutenants. No reasons were given for her exit at the time, although it didn’t take long for the conspiracy theories emerge, but a string of recent bombshells have…