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  1. The Walt Disney Company is cutting a few hundred jobs, mostly in HR and technology, Reuters and CNBC reported on Tuesday, 29 September 2026.
  2. CNBC put the figure at around 300, citing a person familiar with the matter; Disney had not commented publicly in the reports.
  3. It is the third round of Disney job cuts in 2026 under Josh D'Amaro, who became chief executive in March 2026.
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TV & Streaming · 3 min read

Disney layoffs hit about 300 HR and tech staff in third 2026 round

People familiar with the plan told Reuters and CNBC the cuts fall mostly on human resources and technology. They follow about 1,000 job losses in April and another round in July under new chief executive Josh D'Amaro.

Disney layoffs are back for a third time this year. The Walt Disney Company is cutting a few hundred jobs, mostly in human resources and technology, according to reports by Reuters and CNBC on Tuesday, 29 September 2026. CNBC put the number at around 300, citing a person familiar with the matter. Variety was first with the story, and Reuters…

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  1. Actor Andrew Garfield told the YouTube music show Track Star, in an episode released on 2 September 2026, that Fela Kuti's music shaped his Spider-Man.
  2. Garfield said the way he moved in the Spider-Man suit drew on Fela, and that Fela's revolutionary politics gave Peter Parker a justice-seeking streak.
  3. A clip of the interview spread on Nigerian social media on Tuesday, 29 September 2026; the full episode is free to watch on YouTube in Nigeria.
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Celebrity · 4 min read

Andrew Garfield credits Fela Kuti for how his Spider-Man moved

The Oscar-nominated actor says a Fela playlist shaped his body language and sense of justice as Peter Parker. He said it on Track Star in early September; the clip hit Nigerian timelines on Tuesday.

Andrew Garfield has credited Fela Kuti for the way his Spider-Man moved. The British-American actor told the music show Track Star that he made a playlist for the role and that Nigeria's Afrobeat pioneer ended up at the centre of it. Garfield said he started listening to Fela when he first got the part. "There was something about the sound…

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  1. A black-and-white graphic claiming Jackie Chan had died, marked ‘1954–2026’, spread on social media on Tuesday, 29 September 2026, without any source.
  2. As of 2:30pm WAT on Tuesday, 29 September 2026, no family member, representative or credible news outlet had reported the death of Jackie Chan.
  3. Jackie Chan, 72, visited a Singapore school on 7 July 2026 and was reported to be filming Armour of God: Ultimatum in Baku in August.
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Celebrity · 3 min read

No, Jackie Chan is not dead. The viral ‘1954–2026’ post is a hoax

The 72-year-old's family and representatives have announced nothing and no credible outlet has reported a death, yet a memorial graphic pulled in millions of views on Tuesday. Here is where it came from and when he was last seen.

Jackie Chan has survived six decades of his own stunts. On Tuesday, 29 September, he also had to survive the internet: a black-and-white graphic bearing his name and the dates "1954–2026" spread across social media, but there is no credible evidence that the 72-year-old has died. The fake memorial travelled fast. One post had more than 3.8 million views within…

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  1. Sylvester Stallone, 80, has released The Steps, a memoir covering his life up to Rocky's Best Picture win at the 1977 Oscars, The Independent reported on 29 September 2026.
  2. In The Steps, Sylvester Stallone says he told a director he would knock Richard Gere's teeth out on the 1973 set of The Lords of Flatbush.
  3. Sylvester Stallone writes that he and his father squared up on Rocky's final shooting day after his father failed to ring the timekeeper's bell on cue.
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Celebrity · 4 min read

Sylvester Stallone memoir: 5 revelations, from Richard Gere to Rocky

The Steps traces the 80-year-old's road from cleaning lion cages at a New York zoo to the Oscars, including a stand-off with his own father on the last day of shooting Rocky.

Before Rocky made him famous, Sylvester Stallone was shovelling out lion cages at a New York zoo. That is one of the stories in The Steps, the 80-year-old's new memoir, which follows his life up to the night Rocky was named Best Picture at the 1977 Oscars, The Independent reported on Tuesday, 29 September. The book is a warts-and-all account…

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TV & Streaming · Video

Avengers: Endgame re-release tops the US box office seven years on

Endgame Encore made an estimated $26 million in North America, beating new films with Brad Pitt and Robert Pattinson as Marvel warms up for Doomsday.

Who needs a brand-new film when you have Thanos? Seven years after it first stormed cinemas, Avengers: Endgame is back at number one in North America. Disney and Marvel Studios' re-release, Avengers: Endgame Encore, made an estimated $26 million over the weekend of 25 to 27 September from 3,060 locations, according to Boxoffice Pro and The Numbers. The film's lifetime…

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