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Blondie's gig was once interrupted by an "entire firing squad". The group were performing at iconic New York nightspot CBGB in the 1970s when the show was suddenly interrupted, and they suspect it was partly to make a video of their gig look even "better". Discussing memories of CBGB, singer Debbie Harry told Vulture: "Right before we went on the tour with David Bowie and Iggy Pop, there was a firing squad that came in.

As many of you are probably aware, Olivia Wilde made the decision in 2020 to fire Shia LaBeouf from her highly anticipated new film, Don’t Worry Darling. Now, she’s finally speaking out about what led her to that point.

Lisa LaFlamme’s predecessor is on her side.

You can hardly call two goals and an assist in the opening two games a disappointment of any description.

Laura Osnes has filed a lawsuit against The New York Post.

$200 million settlement in 2021. “To me, it just felt like an assassination,” Callies said of Darabont’s firing during a recent appearance on TWD co-star Jon Bernthal’s Real Ones podcast. “The reasons that we were given were that he’s unexperienced as a showrunner and he’s unprepared and he doesn’t know what he’s doing.

Fred Savage is defending himself amid allegations of inappropriate conduct on the set of ABC’s “The Wonder Years” reboot.

allegations of inappropriate conduct” from female colleagues, the alleged incidents behind his May 6 ousting were unclear.Several women who worked on the ABC show — on which Savage, 46, was an executive producer and director — are now saying they and the other women “feel that people need to know what the wrongdoing was,” according to the Hollywood Reporter.The accusers outlined behavior that they claimed was “manipulative,” “erratic” and worse — including incidents in which he allegedly tried to kiss and grope one woman in a restroom and reportedly engaged in “controlling” and “manipulative” behavior over another young woman.Representatives for the veteran actor said he denies the claims of inappropriate sexual behavior, The Post can confirm.In a statement, Savage told The Post that he finds it “devastating” that some individuals believe his goal of an “inclusive, safe and supportive work environment” fell short.“Since I was 6 years old, I have worked on hundreds of sets with thousands of people, and have always strived to contribute to an inclusive, safe and supportive work environment. It is devastating to learn that there are co-workers who feel I have fallen short of these goals,” the married father of three said.

Fred Savage is defending himself amid allegations of inappropriate conduct on the set of ABC's reboot. In a shocking exposé published by t on Tuesday, a group of unnamed women who worked on the show's crew — on which Savage was working as an executive producer and director — have come forth to make public their claims of his alleged misconduct towards women that ultimately led to an investigation and Savage'sfiring by the network earlier this year.In a statement, Savage tells : «Since I was 6 years old, I have worked on hundreds of sets with thousands of people, and have always strived to contribute to an inclusive, safe and supportive work environment. It is devastating to learn that there are co-workers who feel I have fallen short of these goals.

Kevin Spacey has been ordered to pay the “House of Cards” production company, MRC, $31 million after it was determined he breached his contract and was fired for alleged sexual misconduct.

Kevin Spacey was ordered by a judge Thursday to pay $31 million to the producers of "House of Cards" after he was fired in 2018 following alleged sexual misconduct behind the scenes of the political drama. The 63-year-old disgraced actor, who starred on the Netflix show from 2013-17, was accused of preying on multiple young men, including a production assistant, which prompted an investigation by the MRC production company and ultimate termination of Spacey from his role in addition to any producing contracts.

Kevin Spacey has been ordered to pay the  production company, MRC, $31 million after it was determined he breached his contract and was fired for alleged sexual misconduct.According to court documents obtained by ET on Thursday, Judge Mel Red Recana confirmed the arbitration award, which was determined last November following an arbitration hearing between MRC and Spacey's attorneys.An arbitrator ruled that the 63-year-old actor breached his contract with theproduction company when he was fired from in 2017 amid allegations of sexual harassment and misconduct.The ruling, first reported by , awarded $29.5 million in damages and $1.4 million in attorneys fees and costs to MRC.In 2017, multiple people came forward against Spacey to allege a pattern of sexually predatory conduct, and he's denied the allegations.

Kevin Spacey must pay House of Cards producer MRC nearly $31 million for alleged sexual misconduct behind the scenes of the Netflix show, a judge ruled today, saying it was not even a “close case.”

season 7 of Bravo's Emmy-nominated  is proving itself to be one of the strongest outings in franchise history. There's a secret boat romance between chef Dave White and chief stewardess Natasha Webb, a Bosun (Raygan Tyler) who seems completely in over her head, a slight subordinate deckhand in Jason Gaskell and the instantly comedic/chaotic duo of the interior crew's Natalya Scudder and Kyle Viljoen.«I've watched the seasons,» Kyle teases to ET over video chat. «So that's why I'm literally encouraging people, is the one you want to watch.

season 7 of Bravo's Emmy-nominated  is proving itself to be one of the strongest outings in franchise history. There's a secret boat romance between chef David White and chief stewardess Natasha Webb, a Bosun (Raygan Tyler) who seems completely in over her head, a slight subordinate deckhand in Jason Gaskell and the instantly comedic/chaotic duo of the interior crew's Natalya Scudder and Kyle Viljoen.«I've watched the seasons,» Kyle teases to ET over video chat. «So that's why I'm literally encouraging people, is the one you want to watch.

Former CNN anchor Chris Cuomo recently landed a new gig, hosting his own primetime on NewsNation (the rebranded WGN) after being fired by CNN for violating the network’s journalistic standards by consulting with his brother, ex-New York Governor Andrew Cuomo, during the latter’s sexual harassment scandal.

Ellise Shafer During an appearance on HBO’s “Real Time With Bill Maher” on Friday night, Chris Cuomo discussed his firing from CNN and gave an update on his brother, former Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who resigned from office last year after a sexual harassment investigation.“I feel like I lost a sense of purpose for a while because of how things ended,” Cuomo said when Maher asked him if he misses CNN, where he once hosted the station’s most-watched show. After Maher asked him if he was happy, Cuomo responded that that is “probably not the right word.”Cuomo came on “Real Time” to promote his new podcast, “The Chris Cuomo Project.” He also announced on Tuesday that he is joining NewsNation this fall, marking his return to TV news after he was ousted at CNN late last year.

Chris Cuomo will be making his return to TV sooner than you know it.

Chris Cuomo doesn’t feel like a victim.

, the streamer revealed, «As is policy, an investigation was launched. Upon its completion, the decision was made to terminate his contract, with immediate effect.»Prior to his firing, Speer was set to reprise the role of Guy from the 1997 British film, . Original co-stars Robert Carlyle and Lesley Sharp are onboard the production as well.  follows a rag-tag group of six unemployed men in Sheffield, England who create a striptease act in an attempt to earn money.

A Vancouver soft-rock radio outlet is raging today after two popular DJs were fired. Chances are, the station brass is equally unthrilled as KISS-FM has been spinning only Rage Against the Machine’s “Killing in the Name” ever since. Over and over.

Claudia Eller Co-Editor-in-ChiefThe abruptness and timing of Peter Rice’s firing last week by Disney CEO Bob Chapek remains a complete mystery to many, including Rice, I’m told. The move came as a total shock to the industry and to the well-respected media executive, who is unusual in having spent his entire industry career at one studio, 20th Century Fox, and then its successor company, Disney.As everyone now knows, Rice had absolutely no idea what was about to happen when his boss called him into a meeting on June 8, and I hear he was told that Chapek wanted to discuss the Disney board meeting taking place in Orlando later this month, at which Rice was scheduled to make a presentation.Instead, in a conversation that lasted all of seven minutes, Chapek informed Rice that he was letting him go because he wasn’t a good fit for him or the “new culture” at Disney.

Matthew Morrison‘s wife is speaking out in his defense following the actor’s dramatic dismissal days ago from So You Think You Can Dance.

Instagram video on Thursday.The former “Glee” star denied reports that he had sent “flirty” texts to an unidentified contestant. He began the video by saying, “It’s unfortunate that I have to sit here and defend myself and my family against blatantly untrue statements made anonymously, but I have nothing to hide.

Matthew Morrison is speaking out about the controversy that has suddenly consumed his career this week.

Matthew Morrison says he was fired from  after sending one single message to a female contestant he was trying to help land a job on the show.The 43-year-old actor took to his Instagram account on Thursday and posted a 1 minute video and called the «flirty messages» allegations «blatantly untrue.» In that video, Morrison sought to «clarify» the events that led to his dismissal from the dance competition series last week.«It's really unfortunate that I have to sit here and defend myself and my family against blatantly untrue statements made anonymously but I have nothing to hide,» Morrison said. «So, in the interest of transparency, I will read to you the one message tha tI wrote to a dancer on the show.»Morrison then grabbed his phone and read aloud, «Hey, it's Matthew.

Matthew Morrison is speaking out.

There’s a surprising new report about the firing of Matthew Morrison from So You Think You Can Dance.

It turns out there may have been more people involved in the racism scandal that resulted in Stassi Schroeder and Kristen Doute being fired from Vanderpump Rules in 2020!

Stassi Schroeder is sharing some new details about the incident that led to her Vanderpump Rules firing.

EXCLUSIVE: By May 4, the cast and crew of Netflix’s The Fall of the House of Usher had moved on. It had been three weeks since star Frank Langella had been fired following an investigation into complaints of unacceptable behavior, and Bruce Greenwood had just been cast as his replacement. Then the incident returned to the headlines with Langella’s fiery guest column on Deadline, in which he portrayed himself as “collateral damage” and a victim of cancel culture which he called “not fair,” “not just” and “not American.”

Getting very meta. Erinn Hayes has joined the second season of Kevin Can F**k Himself — after her previous firing from Kevin Can Wait.

Kasabian frontman was convicted in 2020 of assaulting his wife.Pizzorno, who has since taken over lead singer duties in the Leicester band, spoke in a new interview about the decision to fire Meighan.“The summer when Tom left was absolutely heartbreaking,” Pizzorno told The Guardian.“It felt like leaving home and coming back and seeing it burnt down, walking round the ashes, seeing old pictures and artefacts and picking things up and sifting through the destruction. It was an intense time.”Pizzorno, who is promoting Kasabian’s new album ‘The Alchemist’s Euphoria’, added that “it always amazes me” how fans were so aggrieved by the band’s decision to sack Meighan.

"The Wonder Years" will be making a return in the fall even though former executive producer and director Fred Savage will not be on set. ABC confirmed Friday that the show, inspired by the 1980s series by the same name, had been renewed. Disney announced that it had cut ties with Savage, who starred in the original series, last week after an investigation into allegations of "inappropriate conduct" was launched.

Fred Savage’s energy on set was far from wonder-ful, according to those who’ve worked with him.

Jawbreaker for firing The Lemonheads from tour over COVID violations.The two bands played together in April but later that month, Jawbreaker took to social media to announce that The Lemonheads wouldn’t be joining them for their 25th anniversary tour for ‘Dear You’.“Unfortunately Lemonheads won’t be joining us as planned for Philly, Boston & Silver Spring. BUT we are stoked to the Get Up Kids on those shows,” said the post.A post shared by Jawbreaker (@jawbreakerband)But now Lemonheads’ vocalist Evan Dando has had his say. “I just want anyone and everyone to know that Jawbreaker are pussies.