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Iran Wants U.S. Kicked Out of FIFA World Cup

Image: Christopher Pike (Getty Images)The Iranian state media called for the U.S. to receive a 10-match ban from the 2022 FIFA World Cup on Sunday after the United States Soccer Federation showed support for protesters by temporarily changing Iran’s flag on its social media.The federation removed the Islamic Republic emblem on the country’s flag on its official Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook pages saying they had intended to change it back after 24 hours. The emblem is now back on the flag. The U.S. soccer federation

Apple kicked Idris Elba out of its iPhone 14 ad

Apple has tweaked an iPhone 14 ad because some people misheard what Idris Elba was singing.Apple used Elba's song called Biggest, with the problematic line being "Biggest, biggest, biggest, biggest, biggest, it's the biggest bounce of the summer." When played at full speed, some people didn't hear "biggest," but heard a racial slur instead.Now, there are no words at all, and Elba's voice is nowhere to be seen — or heard.The updated ad is embedded above and removes Idris's voice entirely, leaving just the music playing.…

A Blockbuster That Kicked off an Unfinished Trilogy Brings the Dark Arts to Streaming

Hollywood isn’t the sort of place that allows billion-dollar franchises to wither and die on the vine, but here we are a full 13 years after Sherlock Holmes, and 11 since sequel A Game of Shadows, still waiting for that mythical third installment to materialize. The first two chapters each earned in excess of $500 million at the box office while drawing warm responses from critics and enthusiastic reactions from audiences, who couldn’t get enough of seeing Robert Downey Jr. and Jude Law bicker their way through an…

6 year old kicked by Tata Tiago owner for leaning on his car; Arrested by police

In a shocking incident from Thalassery, Kannur, Kerala, police have arrested a man who kicked a child leaning on his Tata Tiago. The act was caught on a CCTV camera and it became viral on social media platforms. Kerala Police have now arrested the culprit identified as Shihsad and registered a case against him on various sections. Police refused to register FIR and tried to protect the perpetrator. It was the natives who took the child to the hospital. This incident shook the conscience of the Keralites. Stringent…

Latest EU Sanctions sees Activists and Journalists kicked off Crypto Exchanges – Increasing Interest in Oryen Network

Big cryptocurrency exchanges, such as Crypto.com, Blockchain.com, and LocalBitcoins announced to cease support for Russian nationals on their platforms. This move comes amidst the eights sanction package against Russia by the European Union. All exchanges recommend that affected users withdraw their funds as soon as possible. Otherwise, access to the accounts might be restricted within the next two weeks. Earlier, the EU only restricted Russian nationals whose account net worth was over a threshold of 10,000…

Nicki Minaj’s “Super Freaky Girl” Kicked Out of Grammy Rap Category – The Hollywood Reporter

Nicki Minaj’s “Super Freaky Girl” is spending its eighth week on top of Billboard’s Hot Rap Songs chart, but at the Grammys, the song will compete in the pop category. Minaj originally submitted the track — which debuted at No. 1 on Billboard’s Hot 100 chart in August — to the rap categories at the Grammys, but the decision was overturned by the Recording Academy’s rap committee, according to a source. That group determined that Minaj’s playful and pop-sounding song sampling Rick James’ 1981 classic…

She Said is a slow-paced slog through the reporting that kicked off the #MeToo movement

Dir: Maria Schrader. Starring: Carey Mulligan, Zoe Kazan, Patricia Clarkson, Andre Braugher, Jennifer Ehle, Samantha Morton. 135 minutes.In 2017, The New York Times published a harrowing front-page account of the prolific sexual abuses committed by Hollywood mega-mogul Harvey Weinstein. Journalists Megan Twohey and Jodi Kantor spent months tracking down rumours and investigating the financial payouts that allowed him to prey on actresses and assistants for decades. More than 85 people would eventually come forward with…

Trump ‘Looked Terrible’ After Being Kicked Off Twitter

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Billy Eichner reveals he was kicked off Tinder for a second time: ‘I’ll stick to Hinge and Grindr’

Billy Eichner has revealed that he was kicked off of Tinder again last year, bringing his strike count up to two. During a 2019 appearance on Jimmy Kimmel Live! the openly-gay 43-year-old actor and comedian explained that he had been removed from the dating app after the company thought he was a catfish pretending to be Eichner. After which, the company sent him a care package apology, which included a T-shirt and mugs with “World’s Hottest Single” and “Happy Valentine’s Day... to Me” printed on them. Now, in a new…

BTS’ Jin’s Strategy Of Negotiating Yearly Salary Gets Him Kicked Out Of The Group? Says “I Asked For As Much As…

BTS Member Jin Recently Collaborated With Game Company(Pic Credit: Instagram) BTS Jin reportedly got kicked out of the company he just joined as an intern. For the unversed, Kim Seok-jin recently collaborated with MapleStory. For that, the singer took a job at the company Nexon, which has released a version of that game. It was said that the Bangtan Boys member took a job as a game planner for the company. It is common for the group, which also consists of Suga, Jimin, V, RM, J Hope, and Jungkook, to…