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He-man’s Masters of the Universe franchise had hopes of a new live-action film adaptation brewing for years. However, it appears now that the project has been abruptly canceled at Netflix, marking yet another setback, according to reports. Netflix, as per reports, had invested about $30 million in development costs and securing talent such as actor Kyle Allen for the role of He-Man, along with directors Adam and Aaron Nee. Some insiders claim that the investment had reached twice that amount. Ultimately, Netflix decided to halt production on Masters of the Universe due to peaking «budget concerns». This unfortunate turn of events follows the project's previous stints at Warner Bros. Pictures and Sony Pictures. Netflix had initially allocated a generous budget of $200 million, and production was scheduled to commence in February. While Netflix experienced a stock drop unrelated to the budget issues, the streaming giant eventually capped its investment at $150 million, refusing to allocate further funds. The Nee brothers reportedly made efforts to salvage the project, proposing a reduced budget of $180 million and even considering shooting the movie and its promised sequel back-to-back to lower costs. Unfortunately, no middle ground was reached, although Netflix remains impressed with the directors. However, a potential change in fate may be on the horizon following the release of Mattel-owned property Barbie. If it performs well at the box office, it could spark renewed interest from studios in resurrecting Masters of the Universe. Nevertheless, it remains uncertain whether Kyle Allen and the Nee brothers will remain attached to the project.

In-N-Out will bar employees in five states from wearing masks unless they have a doctor’s note, according to internal company emails leaked on social media last week

BJP MLAs, including former CM Basavaraj Bommai, who staged protest outside Karnataka Assembly, detained and taken away in a police vehicle. BJP MLAs, including former Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai, were detained and taken to the Vidhana Soudha police station for staging a demonstration outside the Karnataka Assembly in protest against the suspension of 10 party legislators. JD(S) second-in-command and former Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy too had briefly joined the BJP during the protest.

Amid a social media uproar over a pilot and her husband being beaten up for allegedly abusing a 10-year-old girl working as domestic help, IndiGo, Wednesday said the airline has derostered the employee from duties and the matter is being investigated. Without specifically mentioning about the case, IndiGo—a low-cost airline--said “it is aware of a video circulating on social media that allegedly involves an individual employed by the airline. We are currently investigating the matter.

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HDFC Bank will `nip in the bud' the transgressions of managers and will build an `inclusive' organisation that would help it address the attrition, CEO Sashidhar Jagdishan wrote to shareholders. The private lender which has faced a lot of flak over alleged misdemeanour by its managers said that they were cognizant that the experience of working with HDFC Bank can be better on several counts.

opposition parties formed an alliance of parties and named it 'INDIA' (Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance) to fight the upcoming Loksabha elections in 2024, a police complaint has been registered against 26 Opposition parties «for improper use of the name of INDIA and for the undue influence.» A police complaint has been lodged at Barakhamba Police Station in Delhi, against 26 Opposition parties «for improper use of the name of INDIA and use of the said name for the undue influence and personation at elections.» The complainant, Dr Avinish Mishra requests for necessary action against these parties. Notably, the Opposition with 26 parties came up with a name for the alliance for the 2024 Lok Sabha polls, announcing that it would be called the Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance, or INDIA.

Netflix originals such as Wednesday Season 1, Jennifer Lopez's 'The Mother', Chris Hemsworth's 'Extraction 2'. Fans are eager to know the list of the most-watched Netflix Originals released on the streaming giant so far in 2023. WhatsOnNetflix has created a list of top 10 most watched Netflix originals so far this year based on key metrics such as Netflix hourly data and Netflix views. Most Watched Netflix Originals So Far

Chinese e-commerce retailer Temu has filed a lawsuit accusing its rival Shein of violating U.S. antitrust law by blocking clothing manufacturers from working with Temu

The European Union says the American candidate to become one of the bloc’s chief economists will now not take up the position because of the political controversy it has stirred

Chelsea will take on Wrexham in a friendly match on Wednesday in their preseason action. It will be Mauricio Pochettino’s first match as a Chelsea manager when his boys will clash with Ryan Reynolds' team in North Carolina. The year 2022-23 has been a horrible year for Chelsea as they finished 12th in the Premier League table and shuffled three managers one after the other So, Mauricio Pochettino’s main challenge will be to rebuild the Blues so that they can once again be a strong contender for the trophy. On the other hand, Wrexham have been on an upward trajectory since the time Ryan Reynolds took over the charge. The club has been promoted to tier four for the first time since 2008 and its popularity has hit the sky.

Mumbai: Building a more inclusive workplace to curtail attrition, improvements in customer service, and a stronger digital infrastructure are some of the priorities at India’s largest private sector lender HDFC Bank, its chief executive Sashidhar Jagdishan said on Wednesday. In a message to shareholders in the bank’s annual report, Jagdishan said that since talent, potential and capabilities can best be harnessed through an enabling culture, the bank has adopted the managerial behaviour architecture of nurture, care and collaborate. The ‘nurture, care, collaborate’ initiative covered over 12,000 managers in FY22 was extended to the senior leadership levels and over 6,000 new managers in FY23.

BJP MLAs were suspended from the Karnataka Legislative Assembly for the remainder of the session by Speaker U T Khader for their «indecent and disrespectful conduct» in the House on Wednesday. The 10 MLAs are Dr C N Ashwath Narayan, V Sunil Kumar, R Ashoka, Araga Jnanendra (all former ministers), D Vedavyasa Kamath, Yashpal Suvarna, Dheeraj Muniraj, A Umanath Kotian, Arvind Bellad and Y Bharath Shetty.

BEIJING — China's Commerce Ministry on Wednesday said non-economic factors were growing and interfering with the country's foreign trade which was facing an «extremely severe» situation in the second half of this year.

Social media site Reddit faces being fined for the first time in Russia for not deleting «banned content» that Moscow says discredits the Russian army, the Interfax news agency reported on Wednesday, citing a Moscow court. Reddit joins a list of sites under scrutiny in Russia for failing to remove content that Moscow deems illegal, including Wikimedia, streaming service Twitch, and Google.

Imran Khan on Wednesday again apologised for his controversial remarks against a female judge, saying he was sorry if he crossed the line. Just months after his ouster in April 2023, Khan in a fiery speech threatened Islamabad's top police officials and judge Zeba Chaudhry and said he would not «spare» them and file cases against them for «torturing» his party leader Shahbaz Gill. Khan, 70, Wednesday issued an apology, again, in the district and sessions court in connection with the case, Geo News reported.

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FMCG giant, is expected to report net profit of ₹2,674 crore in the first quarter of FY24.  The company’s bottomline is likely to see a growth of around 16% year-on-year (YoY) and 8% quarter-on–quarter (QoQ). Hindustan Unilever’s revenue in Q1FY24 is likely to be around ₹15,550 crore, witnessing a growth of 9% YoY with 4% realisation growth.

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A veteran PwC Australia tax partner specialising in providing research and development incentive advice has become the first partner named by the firm over its tax leaks scandal to take legal action to stop the firm forcing him out of its partnership.

LLaMA -- Meta’s open-source LLM that was released in February. Researchers made more than 100,000 requests for for Llama 1, according to Meta. LLaMA requires “far less computing power and resources to test new approaches, validate others’ work, and explore new use cases", according to Meta.