Tony McNamara likes a challenge but when Greek director Yorgos Lanthimos first presented him with Alasdair Gray’s 1992 novel by Poor Things to adapt into a script, even the seasoned Australian writer admits he found the material daunting.
05.03.2024 - 02:53 / deadline.com
It’s a Hell of a lot more than 140 characters, but the severance and benefits lawsuit against Elon Musk and X Corp from a quartet of ex-Twitter executives sends a very clear message.
Hand over the money you owe us!
That’s a message to the total tune of $128 million claim former CEO, Parag Agrawal, ex-CFO Ned Segal, former CLO Vijaya Gadde, and ex General Counsel Sean Edgett in a complaint filed in federal court in northern California today.
“Because Musk decided he didn’t want to pay Plaintiffs’ severance benefits, he simply fired them without reason, then made up fake cause and appointed employees of his various companies to uphold his decision,” the somewhat redacted six-claim filing notes.
Read the complaint from Twitter’s former CEO, chief financial officer, chief legal officer and general counsel against Elon Musk here.
Referring to the “staggering number of lawsuits from its vendors and service providers across a range of industries” and mounting legal actions from “thousands of non-executive former employees” against Musk and the social media platform formerly known as Twitter since the erratic billionaire bought the company under duress for $44 billion in 2022, the four executives go on to take a stab at Musk’s MO when it comes to ex-employees and others. “This is the Musk playbook: to keep the money he owes other people, and force them to sue him,” they insist. “Even in defeat, Musk can impose delay, hassle, and expense on others less able to afford it.”
To that end, represented by the San Francisco and Chicago offices of Sidley Austin, the once powerful tech lords are using the often sued and often litigious Musk’s own words against him.
“Musk told his official biographer, Walter Isaacson, that he would
Tony McNamara likes a challenge but when Greek director Yorgos Lanthimos first presented him with Alasdair Gray’s 1992 novel by Poor Things to adapt into a script, even the seasoned Australian writer admits he found the material daunting.
The royal family has finally found the answer to their public relations problems. They’re willing to spend… get ready for this… £25,000 on it.
Elon Musk and Rupert Murdoch among others has been cancelled, following complaints from high-profile figures.It was announced on March 13 that this year’s honourees for the Opperman Foundation’s Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg Leadership Award included Musk, Murdoch, Martha Stewart, Sylvester Stallone and Michael Milken.The inclusion of the Tesla founder and the former FOX news CEO sparked backlash from members of the Ginsburg family. Ginsburg’s son, James criticised the foundation, saying his mother would be “appalled” at the honourees.Ginsburg told CNN: “When you think of trying to create a more just society, which of course was mom’s ultimate goal, those are probably about the last names that would come to mind.”Calling the news a “desecration to [his] mother’s memory”, he said: “I think she’d be appalled.”Yesterday (March 18) Barbra Streisand took to Instagram to show her support for the Ginsburg family, and join them in condemning the choice of honourees for the ceremony.Reflecting on receiving the honour from Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor last year, Streisand wrote: “Justices Ginsburg and Sotomayor stand as two of the most respected women role models, and their commitment to democratic values, especially women’s rights, is unequaled.”A post shared by Barbra Streisand (@barbrastreisand)She continued: “That’s why I join the Ginsburg family in condemning the choice of honourees this year.
The family of former Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg is calling out an organization which had been entrusted to hand out a yearly award in her name.
Elon Musk is opening up about ketamine use.
The debut episode of The Don Lemon Show was posted on X/Twitter and other platforms this morning, with the former CNN anchor’s contentious interview with Elon Musk.
William Earl Don Lemon has released his hour-long interview with Elon Musk, after the journalist claimed that it upset the X (formerly Twitter) owner to cancel the launch of a new interview show the pair had been planning together. During one section of the interview, Lemon asked about Musk taking a puff of weed on The Joe Rogan Experience, and then inquired about the tech mogul’s ketamine prescription. “It’s pretty private to ask somebody about a medical prescription,” he said.
Prime Video has handed a series order to reality competition series Beast Games from YouTube personality MrBeast (né Jimmy Donaldson) and Amazon MGM Studios, with a $5 million grand prize – the biggest payout in TV history. As we reported in January, MrBeast was nearing a deal with Amazon for an unscripted competition series, but details were not revealed.
The Elon Musk-Don Lemon war continued today, as both sides tweaked each other’s tail over their aborted programming deal.
Former CNN anchor and now ex-X talk host Don Lemon released yet another segment of his sit-down interview with X owner Elon Musk today, with the clip showing Lemon pressing Musk about the latter’s claim that the airline industry has lower standards for female and minority pilots than for white male pilots.
Elon Musk has cancelled journalist Don Lemon’s contract with X after the former CNN anchor reportedly asked about the billionaire’s alleged usage of ketamine in an interview. Musk has previously denied using any form of illegal drug.Earlier this year, Lemon signed a multi-million dollar deal with Musk’s social media platform X (formerly Twitter) to host a new program called The Don Lemon Show.At the time, Lemon praised X for being the “biggest space for free speech in the world.
“I’m not paying his legal bills in any way, shape or form,” a somewhat irritated-seeming Elon Musk told Don Lemon of his meeting with Donald Trump.
Elon Musk and Don Lemon appear to have some bad blood after they sat down for an interview.
The Don Lemon Show was set to start streaming on Monday, March 18, on the social media platform. Lemon said that he believed he had a good interaction with Musk, who apparently did not take kindly to the interview.“We had a good conversation,” Lemon wrote in a statement.
Elon Musk may not like talking with Don Lemon about all the lawsuits against him, but the world’s second richest man could be facing possible new legal action after “canceling” the ex-CNN anchor’s much hyped new show on X just days before its debut.
Upon exiting the Celebrity Big Brother house, Sharon Osbourne was emotionally reunited with her daughter Kelly Osbourne.The reality TV star left the show on Tuesday, 12 March after a week-long stint in the house as CBB's Celebrity Lodger. Sharon, 71, was told her stay had come to an end during Tuesday's live eviction show, which saw Lauren Simon become the second housemate to be voted off the ITV show. She left to a sea of cheers from the crowd, with hosts AJ Odudu and Will Best then revealing that her daughter Kelly, 39, was among those in the audience.
FC Barcelona is celebrating International Women’s Day with a new jersey. The design promotes equality in the sport and was designed in collaboration with María Escoté. Along the jersey, the club has also announced various measures that will promote equality for the club’s younger generations.
Surprise, but no surprise: X Chairman and SpaceX founder Elon Musk made a cameo at Prime Video‘s Fallout experience on SXSW Thursday night.
Statements made by Jennifer Soto regarding the murder of her daughter aren’t adding up!
Disturbing new details about the prime suspect in 13-year-old Madeline “Maddie” Soto‘s murder have come to light. As we previously reported, the teenager was rep