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via Sony Blockbuster sci-fi is about as close to a guaranteed box office performer as you can get, especially when there are A-list superstars attached and a sky-high concept more than capable of generating interest. While 2016’s Passengers could be deemed a success, it would be an understatement to say that it was still a major missed opportunity. A $150 million cosmic love story dripping in visual effects and ruminations on life and death that was peppered with several large-scale action sequences should have…

After Akio Toyoda, CEO and President of Toyota, announced he was stepping down on Thursday, he shared his advice to his successor and his business philosophy.Photo by Yoshikazu Tsuno | Gamma-rapho | Getty ImagesAfter Akio Toyoda, the CEO and President of Toyota, announced he was stepping down on Thursday, he shared his advice to his successor and broke down his business philosophy."Rather than try to be like me, I want you to value your individuality," he said he'd once told the incoming chief Koji Sato ahead of an…

Lil Tjay was shot seven times during an attempted robbery last year, and following his miraculous recovery he received some advice from 50 Cent.In an interview with Rolling Stone, Tjay revealed that after his condition stabilized he got a phone call from Fif, who was on a jet at the time. “Every artist needs pain or something to feed off of. This right here, you shake this shit off," Tjay recalled 50 telling him. "You got the length for greatness. You going to be bigger than ever.” Of course 50 Cent is no stranger to…

Get our free weekly email for all the latest cinematic news from our film critic Clarisse LoughreyGet our The Life Cinematic email for freeAustin Butler has clarified that his ex Vanessa Hudgens told him he should play Elvis Presley long before he was cast as the singer.Butler, who this week earnt a Best Actor nod at the Oscars for his performance in Baz Luhrmann’s biopic Elvis, said in a recent interview that a “friend” had heard him singing along with the king of rock and roll long and insisted he should play Presley…

Twitter plans to lay off 50 workers in the social media site's product division in the coming weeks, news site Insider reported on Wednesday, citing two people familiar with the company.The layoffs, which come six weeks after top boss Elon Musk reportedly told staff that there would not be further retrenchment, could reduce the company's headcount to under 2,000, according to the report.Twitter did not immediately respond to a Reuters request for comment.Musk took over Twitter in October and swiftly moved through a number…

iStockphoto/Getty ImagesThere I was thinking that the new year hasn't been quite the gift I hoped it would be.more Technically Incorrect Then up popped a cheery email from a no-doubt even cheerier PR person to brighten my day.The subject line radiated joy: "Shifting Gifting: Rebranding the Concept of Gifting in 2023."I'm used to the idea that so many terrible people, companies, and things need rebranding. But gifting? Don't we all agree that gifting is always a good thing, unless you gift someone an item you know…

Mehul Reuben DasJan 12, 2023 18:46:13 ISTSoon after he took over Twitter, Elon Musk issued an order asking Twitter’s finance departments all over the world to stop paying vendors whose services the social media platform had been using. Musk also stopped paying the rent of the various office spaces that Twitter occupies all over the world. While landlords in various cities are now planning to sue Twitter, with some of them even filing the pre-requisite paperwork to do so, things have taken an ugly turn in Singapore.…

The U.K.’s Royal Mail has told the nation’s 67 million citizens not to send anything overseas for the time being. The seemingly odd request by an organization whose business involves to some extent on sending letters and parcels beyond its borders is reportedly down to a cyber incident, the BBC reported. The Royal Mail is describing it as a cyber “incident” and not a cyber “attack” as the precise cause is currently unclear. The incident has been reported to the U.K.’s National Cyber Security Centre as well as the…

Hugh Jackman has denied ever taking any steroids to bulk himself for his superhero characters. He will be returning to play his most iconic character Logan aka Wolverine in the upcoming superhero film Deadpool 3 with his good friend, actor Ryan Reynolds. The actor is currently on Broadway for The Music Man; his final performance will be on January 15, 2023 before he has to get into shape back again for Wolverine. (Also read: Hugh Jackman to return as Wolverine for Deadpool 3, confirms Ryan Reynolds in hilarious…

Image: Leon Neal (Getty Images)Elon Musk is having trouble letting go. Twitter needed to reassure its own laid off employees that an email sent in the early morning on Saturday was “not a phishing attempt” after it went directly to their spam inboxes. The email, sent from [email protected] rather than from an @twitter.com address, contained former Twitter employees’ separation contracts and provided information regarding severance pay.Former Twitter employee Parker Lyons tweeted on Saturday, “If you were…