Posts by Nathan Pine
Mary Louise Weller Dead: ‘Animal House’s Mandy Pepperidge Was 79
Mary Louise Weller, who played sorority girl Mandy Pepperidge in the 1978 comedy classic Animal House and had two dozen other film and TV credits, died October 1 after a brief illness — one day before her 80th birthday. Weller had played bit roles in a pair of movies and guested on TV dramas Kojak…
Read MoreMontana Locals Protest Daily Wire’s Pro-ICE Film Inspired By Renee Good
Daily Wire‘s new pro-ICE movie production has attracted local protesters in Livingston, Montana. Filming under the working title Pawn Shop, the latest project from Ben Shapiro’s Daily Wire and Dallas Sonnier’s Bonfire Legend has upset locals — not just because of its alleged use of blank gunshots, pyrotechnics and a staged car wreck without properly…
Read MoreSkydance Putting All 3 TV Studios Under George Cheeks
More elements of the proposed post-WBD merger Skydance‘s executive structure are coming into focus ahead of the Paramount-Warner Bros. Discovery transaction closing on Oct. 6. As Josh Greenstein and Dana Goldberg are poised to oversee Skydance’s movie studios, Warner Bros. and Paramount, another senior executive on Paramount CEO David Ellison’s team, Chair of TV Media…
Read MoreSony In Talks For ‘Battlefield’ Movie From Michael B. Jordan
Sony Pictures is in talks to land rights for a feature adaptation of the popular Electronic Arts video game Battlefield that has Michael B. Jordan attached to produce and potentially star and Christopher McQuarrie on board to direct. McQuarrie would also pen the script and produce. Plot details are being kept under wraps. Sony had…
Read MoreNew Line Cinema Boss Richard Brener Poised To Jump To New Paramount-Warner Bros
EXCLUSIVE: New Line President and CCO and the genre label’s longest running employee Richard Brener is expected to make the jump to the new Paramount Warner Bros studio, Skydance, sources have informed us. We hear that Brener will continue to steer New Line. As made known this morning, Paramount Production Co-Chairs Dana Golberg and Josh…
Read MoreOnlyFans’ Annie Knight Marries Henry Bradshaw
“He was actually at work the day of the event, but he called me in the morning, wished me luck, said, ‘Make us proud. Have fun. Be safe,’” Knight told Us Weekly in May 2025. “And then called me the night of and was like, ‘How was it?’ And I told him all about it.”…
Read MoreDasan Frazier & Shane Paul McGhie To Star In Issa Rae’s HBO Comedy Pilot
EXCLUSIVE: Shane Paul McGhie (Poker Face, The Last Shift) and Dasan Frazier (A Different World, Delphi) are set as the leads in Untitled Male Friendship Show, Issa Rae‘s new half-hour comedy pilot at HBO. Written and exec produced by Rae, the pilot centers on Menzel (McGhie), a 28-year-old barber, aspiring sports manager, and professional best…
Read MoreJesse McCartney’s Wife Katie Peterson Pregnant, Expecting Baby No. 2
She added that she was grateful to “celebrate little victories along the way,” although many of them were ones she’d never expected to celebrate as a new parent, like when Archer was able to breathe room air. “It’s a truly terrifying experience and yet wildly hopeful,” Peterson continued. “You find strength you never knew you…
Read MoreAmerican Cinematheque Skipping 2026 Award After Ryan Gosling Exit
The American Cinematheque said Friday that its 40th annual American Cinematheque Awards Gala, which was set to honor Ryan Gosling, will not take place this year. Organizers said Gosling was no longer available to accept the award due to scheduling conflicts. Today, the AC only said the new date for the gala would be in…
Read MoreBlack Bear’s Head Of U.S. Distribution Ben Kramer Exiting
EXCLUSIVE: Black Bear‘s President of U.S. Distribution Benjamin Kramer is exiting the firm, we can reveal. Kramer joined Black Bear 15 months ago after co-running CAA’s Media Finance division for eight years. This is a quicker than expected departure after the exec was hired to spearhead Black Bear’s new theatrical distribution operation. At the company,…
Read MoreSteelers Coach Mike McCarthy Addresses Tense Exchange With Aaron Rodgers
Sharon Osbourne vs. Ashton Kutcher In September 2023, while playing a game called Stir the Pot with her daughter Kelly Osbourne on E! News, Sharon said the That ’70s Show alum was the rudest celebrity she had ever met, branding him, a “rude, rude, rude, rude little boy” and a “dastardly little thing.” He did not respond to her remarks publicly.…
Read MoreFrench Culture Wars Erupt Over Municipal Cinema As Right-Wing Mayor Removes Name Commemorating Anti-Colonial Director
France’s growing culture wars have its hit arthouse circuit after a right-wing mayor in the small town of Elne in southwest France rebaptized the municipal cinema theater, previously named after late radical anti-colonial director René Vautier. Elne Mayor Steve Fortel said he was renaming the theater to “La Bobine Illibérienne” for the sake of “neutrality”…
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