LOS ANGELES - Backed by X owner Elon Musk, actress Gina Carano is suing Lucasfilm and its parent The Walt Disney Co. over her 2021 firing from "The Mandalorian," saying she was let go from the series for expressing right-wing views online. The lawsuit was filed on Tuesday with the help...
companies including Walt Disney, Warner Bros Discovery and NBCUniversal parent Comcast suspended their advertisements on X, formerly known as Twitter. The White House criticised Musk for what it called an "abhorrent promotion of antisemitic and racist hate" that "runs against our core values as ...
Elon Musk's Disney meltdown is — as these things go — continuing apace. The billionaire is now claiming that the media conglomerate has "institutionalized racism" at its heart. It's been a pretty huge week for Musk's rage against the Mouse House, which began last fall when Disney pulled...
Musk has endless money but Disney would be foolish to roll over. The Supreme Court long ago ruled that your boss can fire you for preferring white bread to wheat so long as they don’t discriminate on the basis of categories protected in the civil rights act. Arguing that NAZI soldiers ...
After companies like Apple and Disney pulled advertising, Elon Musk says it will be the advertisers fault if X goes under, suggesting users will boycott them in turn.
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk)June 26, 2019 Space Mountain rides are located at most of the Disney theme parks. The roller coaster simulates a rocket trip into outer space. It uses a padded restraint that lowers down into the rider's lap. ...
The decision by two of the world's most prominent film and television companies suggests an intensifying advertiser backlash to X after the social media platform's owner, Elon Musk, embraced an antisemitic conspiracy theory popular among White supremacists. Disney and Warner Bros.' advertising pauses...
Elon Musk has been named Time magazine's 2021 Person of the Year, while scientists who worked on the COVID-19 vaccines were honored with the title Heroes of the Year.
ELON MUSK TO MEET WITH ISRAEL'S PRESIDENT AMID ANTISEMITISM CONTROVERSY In response toDisney CEO Bob Iger, who earlier discussed Disney pulling advertising from the platform, Musk didn't hold back. "Don't advertise. If someone is going to try and blackmail me with advertising? Blackmail me ...
“I hope they stop. Don’t advertise,” Musk told interviewer Andrew Ross Sorkin. “If somebody is going to try to blackmail me with advertising, blackmail me with money, go fuck yourself. Go fuck yourself. Is that clear? I hope it is.” He singled out Disney CEO Bob Iger, who discu...