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Screengrab via Marvel/YouTube With Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 just days away, you would presume that all chatter would be about the intergalactic bunch of heroes embarking on their last mission. But nope. When you are in MCU land, you should be braced for debates, arguments, casting news, some tameable and some not-so-tameable misfires setting it on renewed fire out of the blue. And to this eclectic mix, also add DCU’s biggest superhero surprisingly getting side promotion thanks to Vol. 3’s only…

Image via 20th Century Fox It would be an understatement to say that MCU fans haven’t been taking well to the rumors of Mila Kunis being in talks to play Ben Grimm aka The Thing in the upcoming Fantastic Four film. But after airing their grievances over the possible casting, fans have established that they have no issues with Marvel gender-swapping the superhero. The problem is that they find it impossible to imagine Kunis as the hulking behemoth, especially when the perfect actress for the role is very much…

A group of Tesla Inc. shareholders are standing against the nomination of a former executive to the electric-vehicle maker’s board over concerns he is a company insider coming in to replace an independent director. Labor pension-fund advisory firm SOC Investment Group and other investors urged Tesla shareholders Monday to vote against the nomination of former Chief Technology Officer JB Straubel to a seat that will be vacated by independent director Hiro Mizuno. A group of Tesla Inc.…

A group of Tesla Inc. shareholders are standing against the nomination of a former executive to the electric-vehicle maker’s board over concerns he is a company insider coming in to replace an independent director. Labor pension-fund advisory firm SOC Investment Group and other investors urged Tesla shareholders Monday to vote against the nomination of former Chief Technology Officer JB Straubel to a seat that will be vacated by independent director Hiro Mizuno. A group of Tesla Inc.…

Ajay Banga, an Indian-American business leader, is set to head the World Bank after emerging as the sole candidate. The bank, in a statement on Thursday, said Mr Banga will be considered for the position of the next president after the nomination period ended Wednesday. “The World Bank Group’s Board of Executive Directors today confirmed that, as announced on 22 February, the period for submitting nominations for the position of the next President of the World Bank Group closed on Wednesday, 29 March at 6:00 pm…

All the nominees of 2023 Oscars get a swag bag whether they win the Academy honours or not. The bag has a diverse array of goodies varying from small businesses to world-renowned brands. A Los Angels based marketing company Distinctive Assets has been distributing gift bags to Oscar nominees since 2002 but is unaffiliated with the Academy. The `Everyone wins` gift bags are estimated to be worth a whopping $1,26,000 this year. This year the bag has over 60 items and is filled with several beauty and lifestyle gifts, it…

Advocacy groups that led the charge for Gigi Sohn, President Biden’s nominee to the Federal Communication Commission (FCC), slammed Democrats over their failure to confirm her, leaving the agency with a 2-2 partisan split.  Sohn announced Tuesday that she asked Biden to withdraw her nomination after facing “unrelenting, dishonest and cruel attacks” on her character and career, ending a two-year battle over her bid.  Republican senators had already united in opposition to Sohn, citing her personal political…

TOKYO—Japan’s core inflation rate hit a four-decade high of 4.2% in January, but the nominee to lead the Bank of Japan said he expects it to fall and doesn’t think an interest-rate increase is needed. Core consumer prices—which Japan defines as all prices excluding fresh food—rose at the fastest pace since September 1981 but came in slightly below the consensus forecast. It was the 10th consecutive month that inflation exceeded the Bank of Japan’s 2% target. On another measure of inflation that excludes fresh food and…

Actor Ali Fazal and producer Guneet Monga along with Oscar-nominated documentary `All that Breathes` director Shaunak Sen attended the Academy Nominee Luncheon in Los Angeles on Tuesday. Earlier today, Guneet, whose film `The Elephant Whisperers` also earned a nomination at the Oscars this year, shared a string of photos from the luncheon on social media. And what came across as a sweet surprise was one of the photos of her, Shaunak Sen and Ali Fazal with Tom Cruise. Guneet`s film `The Elephant Whisperers` has been…

Two time Oscar nominee Melinda Dillon, who is best known for her roles in ‘Close Encounters of the Third Kind’ (1977), and ‘A Christmas Story,’ (1983) has passed away at 83. The two-time Oscar nominee’s family confirmed in an obituary that she died on January 9, 2023. Along with Oscar nominations, Melinda Dillon earned a Tony award and Theatre World award in 1963 for her Broadway debut in ‘Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?’ Born on October 13, 1939, in Hope, Arkansas, Dillon spent her childhood in Alabama, Germany. She…