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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…

Bella Thorne Almost Got Fired By Disney At 14 (Photo Credit –Instagram) Actress Bella Thorne was a staple on the Disney Channel for many years, but she apparently almost lost her job when she was 14. During Tuesday’s episode of Emily Ratajkowski‘s High Low With EmRata podcast, Thorne opened up about many instances where she felt she was s*xualized as a young girl, reports ‘Variety’. “One time I almost got fired off the Disney Channel because I was 14, and I wore a two-piece on the beach,” Bella Thorne said. Bella…

Henry Cavill Announced His Exit From The Witcher After Announcing Superman Comeback(Photo Credit –Still From The Witcher) Everything around Henry Cavill at this moment is making a thunderous buzz. The actor who was a few weeks ago announced to return as Superman celebrated the same as he even had to walk away from his other successful IP The Witcher. The announcement of the latter broke hearts but was also looked at as a measure of his return as the Clark Kent, calling it a contractual necessity. But the latest…

An former Twitter Inc. manager fired as part of billionaire Elon Musk’s revamping of the social-media platform after he bought it earlier this year claims the company improperly canceled some stock options he had. An former Twitter Inc. manager fired as part of billionaire Elon Musk's revamping of the social-media platform after he bought it earlier this year claims the company improperly canceled some stock options he had. John Barnett, whose Chroma Labs start-up was bought by Twitter, argues the company violated a…

says it has fired four employees who accessed the data of several users located in the US, including journalists. According to , an investigation conducted by an outside law firm found that the employees were trying to locate the sources of leaks to reporters. Two of the employees were in the US and two were in China, where ByteDance is based. The company reportedly determined that members of a team responsible for monitoring employee conduct accessed the IP addresses and other data linked to the TikTok accounts of a…

Tesla won’t tolerate any dissent against Elon Musk as it fired two employees over what it considered an “attack,” according to NLRB complaints. Earlier this year, SpaceX fired several employees who were drafting an internal letter to let the company’s leadership know that Musk’s behavior is “a frequent source of distraction and embarrassment.” The fired employees are fighting back in a labor complaint. Now Tesla is finding itself in a similar situation according to new complaints filed…

One of the first reactions to the news Henry Cavill had been ditched as the DCU’s Superman was how the hell the actor’s management team had allowed it to happen. It’s a completely understandable thought process, when the Man of Steel star was forced into an embarrassing comedown mere weeks after joyously posting a video to Instagram celebrating his cameo in the post-credits scene of Black Adam. As it turned out, he’d jumped the gun and touted his long-awaited return without actually having signed a contract with Warner…

Furious fans are still picking over the bones of Henry Cavill‘s unceremonious exit as the DCU’s Superman, with comparisons being drawn between his departure and the way Sony booted Andrew Garfield out of the role of Peter Parker in favor of a reboot, despite The Amazing Spider-Man 3 and 4 already locking in release dates. Having ditched The Witcher in favor of the Big Blue Boy Scout, only to end up with neither, recent developments only further cemented the actor’s reputation as perhaps the single unluckiest star in…

Frank Azar, the city’s most prominent personal injury attorney, did not defame a former top lawyer at his law firm after she was fired, Denver jurors ruled this week. A jury of three men and three women instead determined that Ivy Ngo, who once led the class action division at Azar & Associates, breached employment and confidentiality contracts when she tried to recruit colleagues and clients away from the powerhouse firm. “This was never about the money: it was about justice,” Azar said in a statement. “The jury…

Twitter Inc. employees terminated in Elon Musk’s mass layoffs must be told about a lawsuit on their behalf… Twitter Inc. employees terminated in Elon Musk's mass layoffs must be told about a lawsuit on their behalf against the company before they're asked to give up their legal rights to qualify for severance pay, a judge ruled. Twitter wants employees who accept a severance package that includes a month of base pay to sign a waiver agreeing not to join lawsuits against the company. The agreement doesn't mention the…