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With Musk’s help, Gina Carano is suing Disney and Lucasfilm over her firing from The Mandalorian TV series.The MMA fighter-turned-actor, who played Cara Dune in the Star Wars franchise, has been accused of “denigrating people based on their cultural and religious identities” on social media, with his posts being called “abhorrent and unacceptable” accept”.Carano used his online presence to share a post suggesting that being a Republican was like being a Jew in Nazi Germany, mocking the wearing of masks during the worst days of Covid-19 and spreading conspiracies about the 2020 election Argument.She was removed from the show in…

Geert Wilders’ chances of forming a majority government in the Netherlands have been dealt a heavy blow after one of the far-right leader’s three potential partners abruptly withdrew from coalition talks citing concerns over public finances.Wilders, whose Freedom party (PVV) shocked Europe by finishing first in elections last November, said on X he was “unbelievably disappointed” by the decision of New Social Contract (NSC) to declare it was “finished” with the current round of talks.The centrist party’s leader, Pieter Omtzigt, did not rule out lending parliamentary support to a minority government, but appeared to have excluded any possibility of formally…

Freddie Steward says England’s first game at Twickenham since the World Cup is an opportunity to “draw a line in the sand”. They were booed off the pitch after their last home game and he hopes fans will “explode” when Wales visit in the Six Nations on Saturday.England lost to Fiji for the first time against Twickenham last August and fans expressed their displeasure after the game. The disconnect continued at the World Cup, where fans could be heard booing between a thrilling performance against Argentina in the opening game and the semi-final loss to South Africa.Since then, Jamie George…

A potential perjury deal with a key witness could shake up the verdict in Donald Trump’s $370m New York fraud trial, a new court document reveals.Arthur Engoron, the judge presiding over the case, sent an email to the trial’s lawyers on Monday asking them to give him more information about a supposed perjury deal that Allen Weisselberg, a former Trump Organization executive, is making with the office of the Manhattan district attorney, Alvin Bragg.While Bragg’s office is not involved with the fraud trial – which is being prosecuted by the state attorney general’s office – the district attorney’s office is…

England are likely to get a shock reprieve from the crucial third Test in Rajkot next week, while India are considering resting Jasprit Bumrah. He was instrumental in India leveling the series in Visakhapatnam, with the fast bowler taking 9 wickets in the match, including a horrific 6-wicket haul on the second day. A reverse swing performance secured a 106-run win for the hosts.Although India won by a day and extended the break between Tests to nine, a report by Cricbuzz suggests that the 30-year-old will now be given extra time before playing the final two Tests Charge. His workload…

Attorneys for pop star Taylor Swift are threatening legal action against a college student who is tracking Swift’s jet use via social media, with some Swifties – members of Swift’s fanbase – decrying the legal action as unnecessary.Swift’s lawyers sent a cease-and-desist letter to Jack Sweeney, a University of Central Florida student who runs several social media accounts tracking the private jet use of Swift and other public figures, the Washington Post first reported this week.For years, Sweeney has run the accounts to track the jet use of public figures and measure their carbon footprints. Sweeney’s coverage, which uses publicly…

medium sizeManaging pressure is an integral part of Formula 1 racing. At the very top of the sport, it’s the team principals who bear the responsibility and the burden, and that’s pretty important. Christian Horner is no stranger to dealing with this issue in a career marked by focus and ambition and extraordinary success.However, Red Bull team principal Horner is facing a week of scrutiny that may be unprecedented in his 20 years in F1, as the team’s parent company investigates allegations of inappropriate control behavior against him.He knows his role in the job very well. Horner joined Red Bull…

Israel has informed the families of 32 hostages held in Gaza since the 7 October attack that their relatives are dead, it has been reported.More than a fifth of the remaining hostages being held by Hamas in Gaza are dead, according to available intelligence collated by the Israeli military.The confidential internal review, leaked to the New York Times, reportedly concluded that a minimum of 32 of the remaining 136 hostages captured by Hamas have died, with their families being informed.The fate of a further 20 is also in question, amid unconfirmed intelligence they may also have died during their captivity.The…

A federal appeals court on Tuesday rejected Donald Trump’s argument that he is immune from criminal prosecution on charges that he conspired to overturn the 2020 election results because it related to actions he took while president, and refused to endorse such sweeping access to executive power. explanation of.The decision by a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit cast particular doubt on Trump’s position that he can be indicted only if he is first convicted in a Senate impeachment trial.”We cannot accept former President Trump’s assertion that the president has unlimited power to commit…

Name: Haircuts.Age: Not important; maybe ask about price instead.OK, how much? That depends.On what? It depends on whether you’re a woman or a man.So this is about the difference in price for a haircut according to gender? Correct.And let me guess – women pay more? Yup.How much more? Two and a half times as much, on average, in the UK. A YouGov poll – from 2020, so you’ll need to add a fair bit for inflation – found most men (40%) paid between £10 and £14.99 for a haircut, while 29% paid between £5 and £9.99. That’s an average of £12.17.And women?…