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In yet another ouster of a top commander for the troubled California National Guard, a brigadier general has been fired after internal inquiries found that he inappropriately used military personnel for personal tasks, had a subordinate complete part of his cybersecurity training and otherwise engaged in conduct that seeded distrust in the ranks.Brig. Gen. Jeffrey Magram will be “involuntarily transferred” next week to the U.S. Air Force retired reserve, an action that is “parallel” to a firing, California National Guard…

Layoffs in the tech sector hogged the headlines last year as businesses in the sector grappled with global macroeconomic headwinds after two years of a Covid bump up. We reported on December 30 last year, that the ongoing funding winterand business challenges faced by new-age internet companies resulted in nearly 18,000 job losses, according to data compiled by executive search firm Longhouse Consulting. ETtech Big tech firms such as Meta, Twitter, Amazon, Alphabet, and Microsoft announced en masse layoffs last…

Elon Musk completed his acquisition of Twitter in late October, and his first order of business was to fire half of the workforce, about 3,500 employees. These sacked employees were expected to receive severance but it appears they are still waiting for the same.Last year on November 4, Musk fired half of the employees across different teams and regions, and the firing continued for several weeks. Out of these 3,500 employees, 1,000 were posted in California, as per the documents filed with the state.Twitter, in…

David Fincher's Fight Club wasn't always considered the seminal film it is today. (Edward Norton and Brad Pitt both have spoken about the movie being booed at early screenings.) Though thanks to home video, the adaptation of the Chuck Palahniuk novel of the same name has become a cult classic that is hard to imagine, a frame of which being any different than it is. Still, one of the many behind-the-scenes Fight Club facts is that several actresses were up for the unconventional love interest role of Marla.…

Brad Pitt Getting Courtney Love Fired From ‘Fight Club’ Claims Hold No Truth? ( Photo Credit – Wikipedia ) Recently, Courtney Love broke the web with her statement when she accused Brad Pitt of removing her from the 1999 cult classic Fight Club. According to her, she was supposed to portray the role of Marla was later played by Helena Bonham Carter. The actress made the shocking allegations against Pitt in her latest interview while sharing the whole history. But looks like, her claims and accusations hold no truth.…

In some cheer for those who have lost jobs in the ongoing funding winter and global macro-economic conditions, most laid-off tech employees have landed new jobs within three months of starting their search. The Wall Street Journal reported, citing a ZipRecruiter survey, that nearly 79 per cent of terminated staff in the tech industry landed a new job within three months. It, whoever, did not divulge information on whether they got new jobs on the same, above or lower pay packages as the industry is reeling under several…

Get our free weekly email for all the latest cinematic news from our film critic Clarisse LoughreyGet our The Life Cinematic email for freeCourtney Love is not backing down on claims she made about being fired from Fight Club because she wouldn’t allow Brad Pitt to play her late husband, Kurt Cobain.Earlier this week, during an appearance on the WTF with Marc Maron podcast, Love alleged that she was originally cast to play Marla, a character eventually portrayed by Helena Bonham Carter.Love told host Marc Maron that she…

Get our free weekly email for all the latest cinematic news from our film critic Clarisse LoughreyGet our The Life Cinematic email for freeCourtney Love has claimed she was fired from Fight Club because she wouldn’t allow Brad Pitt to play her late husband, Kurt Cobain.Pitt, Edward Norton and Helena Bonham Carter starred in David Fincher’s acclaimed cult thriller Fight Club (1999)During a recent episode of the WTF With Marc Maron podcast, Love alleged that she was originally cast to play Marla, a character eventually…

Brad Pitt Was Said “F*ck You” By Courtney Love ( Photo Credit – Flickr; Instagram ) Time and again we come across stories of actors being ousted from movies and TV shows. Well, the latest actor to open up about the same is Courtney Love, who was supposed to play Marla’s character in Fight Club. Yes, you heard that right! Not many know Love was the first choice to Marla in the film which was led by Brad Pitt. However, now in her recent appearance on the Podcast, she made a shocking accusation against Pitt. For the…

David Fincher’s Fight Club is a seminal film for movie lovers of a certain generation. If you were of a very impressionable age when Fincher’s adaptation came out in 1999, there’s a good chance you were influenced by Tyler Durden, the uber-cool anti-hero portrayed by Brad Pitt. As we pointed out in our rundown of behind-the-scenes Fight Club facts, several actresses were up for the unconventional love-interest role of Marla, who eventually was played by Helena Bonham Carter. Now Courtney Love explains that the role was…