Posts by Nathan Pine
‘High Potential’ Showrunner On Upping The Stakes With A Mystery “Worthy Of A Two-Parter,” The “Exhilarating Push-Off” Into Potential Season 3
SPOILERS: This post contains details about the High Potential, Season 2 episode ‘The One That Got Away: Part Two’ Kaitlin Olson‘s clever consultant Morgan Gillory is back on the case as High Potential returns from its midseason hiatus. Ahead of this week’s episode of the ABC procedural, showrunner Todd Harthan teased Deadline with what to…
Read MoreSarah Jessica Parker Weighs in on The Family Stone Sequel After Diane Keaton’s Death
Meredith gets it right, finally, when she gifts all the members of the Stone family with a framed black and white photo of Sybil taken when she was pregnant with Amy. The picture, though edited to make Sybil look pregnant, was from Keaton’s own archive, taken when she was 27 by her mom Dorothy Deanne.…
Read MoreCinema United Warns House Committee Of Negative Impact Of Netflix Or Paramount Acquisition Of Warner Bros. Discovery
The trade association representing theater owners warned a congressional committee that the acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery by either Netflix or Paramount will have a negative impact on their business. Cinema United argued that the consolidation threatens to reduce the number of movies released theatrically and increase the leverage of studios in exhibition negotiations. The…
Read MoreHilary Duff’s Husband Slams Ashley Tisdale’s “Toxic” Mom Group Essay, Calls Her “Self-Obsessed”
“Here I was sitting alone one night after getting my daughter to bed, thinking, ‘Maybe I’m not cool enough,’” she recalled. “All of a sudden, I was in high school again, feeling totally lost as to what I was doing ‘wrong’ to be left out.” Which is exactly why Ashley—noting she hoped her daughters would…
Read MoreJPMorgan replaces proxy advisers with AI for voting US shares
The internal AI platform, dubbed Proxy IQ, will now be used to manage votes and analyse data on more than 3,000 annual company meetings [NEW YORK] JPMorgan Chase’s asset-management unit cut ties with proxy-advisory firms and plans to use artificial intelligence to assist with voting US company shares, according to a person with knowledge of…
Read MoreWhite House Posts Unusual Tony Dokoupil ‘CBS Evening News’ Segment Saluting Marco Rubio For His Many Jobs In Trump Administration
The fears that CBS Evening News will go softer on Donald Trump were fueled even further with a segment that ended the Tony Dokoupil broadcast on Tuesday in which the anchor saluted Marco Rubio, who wears multiple hats in the administration. The White House picked up the segment and posted it to its social media…
Read More‘Sweet Magnolias’ Sets Season 5 Premiere Date On Netflix; First-Look Photo Teases New York Adventure For Maddie, Dana Sue & Helen
The Magnolias are not in Serenity anymore. Season 5 of Netflix‘s small-town romantic drama series Sweet Magnolias will debut June 11, sixteen months after the release of Season 4. Along with the premiere date announcement, the streamer released a first-look image from the new season. It features the titular Magnolias, Maddie (JoAnna Garcia Swisher), Dana…
Read MoreNetflix Addresses Stranger Things Secret Episode Theory After Series Finale
This article contains mild spoilers for Stranger Things season five. No, there will be no more trips to the Upside Down. Despite the online theory gaining continuous traction that Stranger Things season five did not actually come to an end with episode eight—and that instead there would be a surprise seventh episode released on Jan.…
Read More‘The Pearl Comb’ Filmmaker Ali Cook On The Desire To Create A “Terrifying” Mermaid Tale
Contrary to popular belief, the seaweed isn’t always greener in somebody else’s lake. In the case of Ali Cook’s Oscar-shortlisted short film The Pearl Comb, the county of Cornwall is flourishing in the midst of sickness at a dark cost. Set in 1893, the tale follows a fisherman’s wife (Beatie Edney) who has discovered a…
Read MoreUS seizing Venezuela-linked, Russian-flagged oil tanker after weeks-long pursuit
[WASHINGTON] The United States is attempting to seize a Russian-flagged oil tanker with links to Venezuela after a more than two-week-long pursuit across the Atlantic and as a Russian submarine and warship were close by, two US officials told Reuters on Wednesday (Jan 7). The seizure, which could stoke tensions with Russia, came after the…
Read MoreUS seizes Venezuela-linked, Russian-flagged oil tanker after weeks-long pursuit
It appears to be the first time in recent memory that the US military seizes a Russian-flagged vessel [WASHINGTON] The US seized a Russian-flagged oil tanker that was being shadowed by a Russian submarine on Wednesday (Jan 7), after pursuing it for more than two weeks across the Atlantic as part of Washington’s efforts to…
Read MoreWarner Bros. Discovery Rejects Paramount’s Latest Offer As “Inferior” To Netflix Deal
The Warner Bros. Discovery board, as expected, advised shareholders to reject an amended takeover offer from Paramount, calling the bid “inferior” to a signed deal with Netflix given the higher costs, risks and uncertainties. “Your Board negotiated a merger with Netflix that maximizes value while mitigating downside risks, and we unanimously believe the Netflix merger…
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