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Ezra Miller has been surrounded by controversies and legal battles for a long time. And recently he has reportedly been fired from playing The Flash in Warner Bros and DC’s superhero film series following a string of legal controversies. The actor, who identifies as nonbinary, has played Barry Allen aka The Flash since 2016 when they first appeared in Batman vs Superman: Dawn of Justice as the super speed hero. The character is set to feature in the spin-off film The Flash which will see the character take the centre…

Private rocket company SpaceX fired at least five employees after it found they had drafted and circulated a letter criticizing founder Elon Musk and urging executives to make the firm's culture more inclusive, two people familiar with the matter said. SpaceX did not immediately respond to a Reuters request for comment. The New York Times reported on Thursday that SpaceX had fired employees associated with the letter, citing three employees with knowledge of the situation. It had not detailed the number of employees who…

Ryan Mac / New York Times: Sources: SpaceX fired employees who helped write and distribute an open letter calling Elon Musk's behavior “a frequent source of distraction and embarrassment” — In an email, Gwynne Shotwell, SpaceX's president, said the letter had made other employees “feel uncomfortable, intimidated and bullied.” Ryan Mac / New York Times: Sources: SpaceX fired employees who helped write and distribute an open letter calling Elon Musk's behavior “a…

SpaceX has fired employees who participated in writing and distributing an open letter criticizing Elon Musk, The New York Times has reported. First revealed yesterday, the letter called Musk's behavior on social media "a frequent source of distraction and embarrassment" and asked SpaceX to condemn his actions.  According to three unnamed employees and an email from SpaceX president and COO Gwynne Shotwell seen by the NYT, SpaceX fired some of the letter's organizers, but there's no indication of how many were let go.  "…

Credit: Shutterstock What you say and do on social media can affect your employment; it can prevent you from getting hired, stall career progression and may even get you fired. Is this fair—or an invasion of privacy? …

The fallout from the Amber Heard and Johnny Depp trial continues to move at a breakneck pace, with the internet rumor mill going into overdrive. This has led to many people wondering if Amber Heard will still reprise the role of Mera in the upcoming DC movie Aquaman 2. And some online rumors have suggested that the star has been removed from the film. Earlier today, Variety published an article that discredits these rumors, saying that Heard is still part of the upcoming movie. In their coverage, Variety notes…

Former U.S President Donald Trump is seen on video during the hearing of the U.S. House Select Committee to Investigate the January 6 Attack on the United States Capitol, on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., June 9, 2022. Jonathan Ernst | ReutersA former Fox News political editor who was fired by the cable network last year said Friday that he will testify Monday at the House select committee's next hearing about the pro-Trump Jan. 6 riot at the Capitol.Chris Stirewalt made the announcement on the NewsNation cable…

A year ago, Chris Smalls couldn’t get politicians to return his calls. But on a muggy morning in late April, two of the biggest names in politics — Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) — were making a special trip to Staten Island, New York to visit with the 33-year-old former Amazon warehouse process assistant, father-of-three, and leader of a resurgent labor movement sweeping the country. Smalls and his former colleagues, organizing under the banner of the newly formed Amazon Labor…

Hello! Welcome (or welcome back) to This Week in Elon, The Verge’s occasionally revived newsletter for when there’s Too Much Elon News. And, I mean, there’s always too much Elon news. But what’s happening right now feels worth digging into more deeply. So, let’s get into it. On Tuesday, Musk demanded Tesla employees come back to the office or “pretend to work somewhere else,” which is an odd thing to say for a guy who splits his time between cities and at least four different companies. He’s also looking to cut about…

With news breaking Tuesday that Matthew Morrison was allegedly fired from his judging gig on “So You Think You Can Dance” because of “inappropriate” texts to a female contestant, some fans of “Glee” are reviving talk about a so-called curse afflicting former cast members of the beloved high school musical TV show. in the minds of some “Glee” fans, the curse has been implicated in the tragic early deaths of Cory Monteith in 2013 and Naya Rivera in 2020 and the shocking arrest of Mark Salling for child pornography in 2015…