Disney CEO on Gina Carano Firing: Company Stands for "Values That Are Universal"

BBC dragon Deborah is a fan favourite on the big money investment programme and has been a Dragon since 2003, after taking over from Rachel Elnaugh on the third series.The businesswoman is one of the wealthy investors on the BBC show and has amassed a mega fortune through years of savvy business decisions, but what else do we know about her?From her 10-bedroom Somerset mansion with a whole farmyard work of pets to a whopping net worth, let's take a closer look...Somerset-born Deborah married long-term boyfriend Paul in 1993 and they live in her home county.The couple met in 1985 when he was working at her former holiday company Weststar during his university break.However, things weren't always rosy as they split briefly due to Deborah not wanting a family with him.She then took a trip to Venezuela, but on her return to London came back and married him.In a 2011 interview with the Telegraph, Deborah revealed that she never does any housework because her husband is in charge of "domestic chores."The Dragon’s Den has a seriously impressive house - a 10-bedroom mansion in fact.After selling her Weststar Holidays company for £33m back in 2006, the couple bought the lavish property in Somerset to have a calm life in the countryside. Since the move, the couple have been constantly renovating their home, using period-accurate materials - which is a factor to environmentalist Deborah’s heart.At the time they bought the property, Deborah said: "We have done it up in an ethical way, restoring whatever we can using traditional materials."That has cost us at least twice as much as it needed to.

Netflix series Cheer, has pleaded guilty to receiving child pornography and soliciting sex from minors.During a change of plea hearing in a Chicago federal court yesterday (February 10), Harris admitted to one count of travelling with the intent to engage in illicit sexual conduct with a 15-year-old and one count of receiving child abuse images from a 17-year-old.Harris, 22, pleaded guilty to two of the seven felony counts against him. Prosecutors agreed to drop the remaining five counts under a plea agreement.Harris was arrested in September 2020 on a charge of production of child abuse imagery.

Caroline Flack's ex Lewis Burton and Lottie Tomlinson are expecting their first child.Lottie, the sister of One Direction star Louis, revealed the couple's major news on social media.

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pub landlord tragically collapsed dead during a family meal at Wetherspoons.Michael O’Sullivan, 74, was enjoying a drink and food surrounded by loved ones when after half an hour at the table, his heart suddenly stopped. The family had visited the Reginald Mitchell pub in Hanley, Stoke, on Friday, January 14, for the first time in a while, his devastated wife Pauline told Stoke-on-Trent Live.Despite the best efforts of paramedics who battled to save the veteran publican's life, Michael was confirmed dead inside the boozer.Now his heartbroken relatives have paid tribute to Michael, who previously ran The Bradeley in Tunstall, Staffordshire.

Microsoft president Brad Smith has said that staff at Activision Blizzard will be “under scrutiny” following its acquisition of the publisher.Last month, Microsoft purchased Activision Blizzard in a deal worth around £50billion, with the US Federal Trade Commission currently conducting an antitrust investigation.The purchase comes after Activision was hit by a lawsuit filed by the California Department of Fair Employment and Housing and another by the U.S Securities and Exchange Commission following multiple allegations of sexual harassment, discrimination, and workplace misconduct.In between that, its own staff also filed a complaint too, alleging that the company used intimidation and “coercive tactics” to stifle staff trying to improve working conditions.It’s also been alleged that Activision CEO Bobby Kotick was aware of sexual misconduct claims within the company since 2018 but did not inform Activision’s board of directors. A report by the Wall Street Journal also suggested that Kotick played a first-hand part in the culture that has embroiled Activision in sexual harassment lawsuits and investigations by the Securities and Exchange Commission.Speaking CNBC (via VGC) about the accusations, Smith said: “We’re looking to the leadership team at Activision Blizzard today to make culture and workplace safety a top priority every single day, until the day when this deal hopefully closes.

Jose Mourinho launched a foul-mouthed rant at his Roma players following their 2-0 defeat to Inter Milan in the Coppa Italia quarter-final on Tuesday. According to reports in Italy, the former Tottenham Hotspur boss was furious with the performance and told the squad that they are "without balls".Inter took the lead through Edin Dzeko inside two minutes and Alexis Sanchez added another in the second-half to put the game to bed.Once his players were back in the dressing room, Mourinho let rip."I want to know why, you sh** yourself in the first ten minutes," he is reported to have said."And then I want to know why you sh** yourself against [AC] Milan for ten minutes.

Monkeys being used for experimentation at a lab involved with Elon Musk’s Neuralink project “had their brains mutilated in shoddy experiments and were left to suffer and die,” according to a report.The biotech company from Tesla founder Musk is accused of abusing the monkeys being used in the testing stages.It's claimed macaque monkeys used by the University of California, Davis, in connection with the Neuralink experiments suffered severe physical and mental trauma – sometimes even before the experiments began.The allegations stem from a report by The Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine [PCRM], an animal rights group that campaigns to replace the use of lab animals with “human-relevant methods."UC Davis received more than $1.4 million (£1m) from Neuralink to carry out the experiments which are aimed at perfecting a link between computers and the human mind.A PCRM report says that “most of the animals had portions of their skulls removed to implant electrodes in their brains as part of Neuralink’s development of a ‘brain-machine interface’.”The group’s shocking report also claims: “Neuralink and UC Davis staff failed to provide dying monkeys with adequate veterinary care, used an unapproved substance known as ‘Bioglue’ that killed monkeys by destroying portions of their brains, and failed to provide for the psychological well-being of monkeys assigned to the experiment”.It adds the tiny monkeys used in the experiment were caged alone, and had steel posts screwed to their skulls, leading in some cases to “seizures following brain implants, and recurring infections at implant sites”.In some cases, says PCRM, the animals were so badly injured they had to be put down even before the experiments had properly

The Walt Disney CEO is weighing in on Gina Carano‘s firing.

Disney CEO Bob Chapek has responded over the firing of The Mandalorian actor Gina Carano.Carano played bounty hunter Cara Dune in the first two seasons of the hit Disney+ show before being axed.She was ousted after reportedly posting an Instagram Story in which she compared being Republican in the current US political climate to being Jewish during the Holocaust.Chapek was questioned about the move at the entertainment giant’s annual shareholders meeting today (March 9), according to Variety.While he didn’t directly address Carano’s sacking, he did push back against any suggestion of an ideological bias.“I don’t really see Disney as characterising itself as right-leaning or left-leaning,” Chapek said.

Disneyland is anticipated to reopen in late April, Walt Disney Co. CEO Bob Chapek said Tuesday.

Disney CEO Bob Chapek responded to a shareholder on Tuesday who accused Tinseltown, as well as the multimillion-dollar company, of a double standard in firing Gina Carano due to her political affiliation. Last month, Carano drew criticism for a post on social media in which she compared today's political divide to the events in Nazi Germany and conservatives to the Jewish people.The controversial post led to her dismissal from the "Star Wars" series "The Mandalorian." Chapek responded to the shareholder, explaining that he doesn’t "really see Disney as characterizing itself as left-leaning or right-leaning," according to Deadline.  The shareholder reportedly made the comment during the Q&A portion of Disney's annual shareholder meeting.

Brent Lang Executive Editor of Film and MediaWalt Disney Co. CEO Bob Chapek was grilled by shareholders about Gina Carano’s firing from “The Mandalorian,” when cruise ships would set sail again and the future of Lucasfilm chief Kathleen Kennedy at the entertainment giant’s annual shareholders meeting on Tuesday.It’s been a tumultuous first year atop Disney for Chapek, who took the reins from Bob Iger in February 2020, shortly before COVID-19 upended the entertainment landscape.

Disney CEO Chapek Bob Chapek Tuesday said he doesn’t “really see Disney as characterizing itself as left-leaning or right-leaning” – responding to a shareholder who accused Hollywood and the company of a double standard in firing Gina Carano from The Mandalorian because she’s a conservative.

Elaine Low Senior TV WriterAfter California officials issued new guidelines Friday allowing theme parks and stadiums to reopen as early as April 1, Disney CEO Bob Chapek said at the company’s annual shareholder meeting Tuesday that Disneyland could open its gates again in a matter of weeks.“The fact is, it will take some time to get them ready for our guests,” he said, adding that Disney is focused on “recalling more than 10,000 furloughed cast members and training them to operate under the State of California’s new requirements.”Chapek added that “it’s going to take another couple of weeks.”The number of live shows that Disneyland can offer will initially be lower in order to comply with social distancing requirements.

Disney CEO Bob Chapek said Disneyland will open in “late April” — declining to give a specific date today but at least narrowing the window.

Disney CEO Bob Chapek said Tuesday the company’s fast-growing streaming service Disney+ has topped 100 million subscribers.

Bill Burr has some thoughts about Gina Carano’s firing from The Mandalorian!

who was recently fired from the Disney+ show over controversial tweets. The 38-year-old mixed martial arts pioneer — who played ex-stormtrooper Cara Dune on the “Star Wars” spinoff — had tweeted in February that the treatment of conservatives in Hollywood was akin to that of Jews in Nazi Germany.

The Mandalorian actor Bill Burr has defended Gina Carano, who was fired from the show after sharing a series of offensive and controversial social media posts.Carano played bounty hunter Cara Dune in the first two seasons of the hit Disney+ show before being axed.She was ousted after reportedly posting an Instagram Story in which she compared being Republican in the current US political climate to being Jewish during the Holocaust.In a recent episode of The Bill Bert Podcast with Bert Kreischer, Burr, who plays rogue bounty hunter Migs Mayfield in the Star Wars series, defended his former colleague.“She was an absolute sweetheart. Super-nice fucking person.

Bill Burr is speaking out about his former co-star Gina Carano after she was fired from "The Mandalorian" due to controversial posts on social media.  Burr, 52, stars as Mayfeld in the "Star Wars" series on Disney+. "It’s a weird time.