Posts by Nathan Pine
‘The Night Manager’ Getting Chinese-Language Adaptation On Youku
Eddie Peng (Black Dog) and Sean Lau (Papa) will star in a Chinese-language adaptation of The Night Manager. Streaming service Youku has ordered the series, which will also star Isabella Leong and Carman Lee and has Kelvin KinLong Chan directing. Peng, who was in the Cannes Film Festival’s Un Certain Regard 2024 winner Black Dog,…
Read MoreElon Musk’s X To Stop Grok From Creating Sexualized Images After Backlash
Elon Musk’s X has bowed to pressure and will stop the Grok image tool from editing photos of real people in revealing clothing following backlash around the world. X last night said that it has “implemented technological measures to prevent the Grok account from allowing the editing of images of real people in revealing clothing…
Read MoreSIA Group’s passenger traffic up 1.9% in December
The group’s two carriers carry around 3.8 million passengers in the period – a new monthly record [SINGAPORE] Singapore Airlines (SIA) Group on Thursday (Jan 15) posted a 1.9 per cent year-on-year increase in passenger traffic in December 2025 for the two carriers it operates. It came in at close to 14.2 billion for the…
Read MoreRobert Downey Jr. & Timothée Chalamet Want To Make “Dunesday” A Thing
First came Barbenheimer, next up Dunesday? At least that’s what Robert Downey Jr. & Timothée Chalamet would like to will into being when Dune: Part Three and Avengers: Doomsday premiere on December 18. The actors appeared on stage together in LA on Wednesday for a special screening of Chalamet’s A24 movie Marty Supreme. Downey Jr.…
Read MoreEliza Scanlen, Edvin Ryding & Charlie Rowe Lead Psychological Thriller ‘Let It Come Down’ From Norwegian Filmmaker Anna Fredrikke Bjerke
EXCLUSIVE: Norwegian filmmaker Anna Fredrikke Bjerke has wrapped production on her debut feature, Let It Come Down, a psychological thriller starring Eliza Scanlen (Sharp Objects), Edvin Ryding (Young Royals), and Charlie Rowe (Jay Kelly). Directed by Bjerke from a screenplay she also wrote, the film follows a couple who travel to a secluded family home…
Read MoreIndian startup Varaha inks deal with Microsoft to remove 2 million tonnes of carbon dioxide
Project puts spotlight on smallholder companies and their capability to deliver on carbon removal, says CEO of Varaha [SINGAPORE] Indian startup Varaha inked a deal with Microsoft on Thursday (Jan 15) to develop 18 industrial gasification reactors that will remove about two million tonnes of carbon dioxide over 15 years. The deal was for an…
Read MoreCo-living operator The Assembly Place launches Catalist IPO at S$0.23 a share
The company will have an estimated market capitalisation of about S$88.1 million post-listing [SINGAPORE] Home-grown co-living operator The Assembly Place (TAP) has launched its initial public offering (IPO) of about 50.3 million shares at S$0.23 each, and is expected to start trading on the Catalist board on Jan 23. The company registered its prospectus on…
Read MoreJodie Foster Says She Was “Saved” From Sexual Abuse In Hollywood Because Of Early Oscar Nomination
Jodie Foster has said that she managed to escape sexual misconduct in Hollywood because she accumulated power at a young age. The Silence of the Lambs actress said her 1977 Oscar nomination for Taxi Driver, in which she played a teenage sex worker, likely “saved” her from predators in the industry. Speaking to NPR’s Fresh…
Read MoreBBC Studios Sales Boss Exiting
BBC Studios sales boss Janet Brown is exiting and the role is relocating to the UK. Brown is the second senior BBC Studios bod based in the States to leave over the past few months following Rebecca Glashow, CEO of BBC Global Media & Streaming. BBC Studios wants to relocate Brown’s role to the UK…
Read MoreCalifornia feels sonic boom, fears earthquake as SpaceX Crew-11 returns
The NASA astronauts were returning early from a mission to the ISS due to an medical issue. Source link
Read MoreEddie Peng & Sean Lau Lead Chinese-language Adaptation Of ‘The Night Manager’
The Ink Factory has wrapped production on a Chinese-language adaptation of its popular series The Night Manager in co-production with 127 Wall Productions. Shot in Hong Kong, Macau, Bangkok, Kanchanaburi, and Phuket, the series reimagines John le Carré’s original novel as a spy thriller set across Asia. The series will premiere on Youku in mainland…
Read MoreVolvo identifies battery fire risk in EX30 Ultra EVs; owners told to limit charging to 70%
[SINGAPORE] Some 143 owners of the Volvo EX30 Ultra electric car in Singapore are being advised not to charge their vehicles beyond 70 per cent due to a fire risk linked to a battery defect. This is an interim solution while Volvo develops a permanent fix. The Swedish carmaker said it will notify affected owners once a…
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