Posts by Nathan Pine
The Chinese-made DJI drones used by US police face a MAGA-fuelled reckoning
If DJI fails to get FCC clearance by Christmas, it could join Huawei and ZTE on the agency’s list [WASHINGTON] President Donald Trump’s administration faces a Tuesday (Dec 23) deadline for declaring whether Chinese drone maker DJI Technologies poses a national security threat, a decision with the potential to ground thousands of machines deployed by…
Read More‘Sinners’ Delroy Lindo Talks to Denzel Washington About Working With Ryan Coogler; “He’s An Incredibly Collaborative Spirit”
The devil works hard but Delroy Lindo and Denzel Washington work harder. Washington, who famously stays off the grid when it comes to the latest pop culture moments, hosted his first ever movie screening for Ryan Coogler’s cultural phenomenon Sinners at the Harmony Gold theater on Thursday night. So what compelled him to rise to…
Read MoreTikTok Awards 2025 Winners List: Paris Hilton & ‘Love Island USA’s Jeremiah Brown Take Trophies; Keith Lee Named Creator Of The Year
La La Anthony hosted the 2025 TikTok Awards from the Hollywood Palladium, celebrating the best content creators in the digital space. The fan-voted award show has fourteen categories that recognize creators on the social media app. Categories include Storyteller of the Year, My Show is On award, and TikTok Live Creator of the Year. Some…
Read MoreEddie Sotto Dies: Former SVP Of Concept Design At Disney Imagineering Was 67
Eddie Sotto, the former Senior Vice President of Concept Design at Walt Disney Imagineering who worked on key parts of Disneyland Paris and Tokyo Disneyland, died Wednesday afternoon, according to his son, Brian. He was 67. According to the Walt Disney Family Museum, his portfolio at Disney consisted of about $500M in built projects. Those…
Read MoreBank of Japan hikes interest rates to 30-year-high of 0.75%
THE Bank of Japan on Friday hiked interest rates to 0.75 per cent, marking the first increase since January and its highest level in 30 years. The bank decided by a unanimous vote to raise its main rate from 0.5 per cent, it said in a statement. AFP Decoding Asia newsletter: your guide to navigating…
Read MoreZooey Deschanel Recalls Losing ‘Elf’ Role To Katie Holmes At First: “It Was Kind Of Great”
Although Zooey Deschanel broke through with her romantic leading role in 2003’s Elf, she originally lost the part to another big name. The 2x Golden Globe nominee recently revealed that the role of cynical department store employee Jovie went to Katie Holmes at first, before “some scheduling conflict” took her out of the Will Ferrell-led…
Read MoreMacaulay Culkin Shares Heartbreaking Message About Being Dad to His, Brenda Song’s 2 Kids
Macaulay Culkin never wants his kids to feel like they’re alone. That’s why the Home Alone alum has made it his mission to make sure his and partner Brenda Song‘s sons Dakota, 4, and Carson, 3, know they’re loved whenever possible. “There’s a word that I use in my household because it’s something that I didn’t…
Read More‘Ghosts’ Showrunners On Sam’s Christmas Visit From Carol, What’s Still To Come In Season 5 & Their ‘Eternally Yours’ Vampire Sitcom Pilot
SPOILER ALERT! This post contains details from the two-part midseason finale of CBS‘ Ghosts. There was yet another Christmas possession inside Woodstone Mansion this year, but Sam (Rose McIver) came out the other side of this one feeling a little more irritable than usual. After years of dealing with the antics of the spirits inside…
Read MoreIndie Studio Mubi Restructures Leadership; Around A Dozen Staff Exiting Company
EXCLUSIVE: Indie studio Mubi is restructuring its content leadership and is also shedding around a dozen staff, Deadline can reveal. The Substance and Die My Love distributor’s longtime Chief Content Officer Jason Ropell is moving out of the day to day and going forward will work with founder Efe Cakarel on company strategy. We understand…
Read MoreBaht soars to 3-year high against Singdollar as it climbs on gold spike, yuan strength
Thai currency’s rise is fuelled by a soft US dollar, recent Fed easing and sharp acceleration in gold prices [SINGAPORE] The baht’s rally has pushed it to hit records and outshine regional peers as Asia’s second-best performing currency for 2025, sparking fears of the impact on the country’s export-driven economy, as well as highlighting tourism…
Read MoreTikTok’s Long-Awaited U.S. Joint Venture Deal To Finally Close Next Month, CEO Memo Confirms
In a memo to employees, TikTok CEO Shou Chew said Thursday the long-awaited creation of a joint venture to oversee the U.S. part of the China-based video platform finally is about to close. The JV will take effect on January 22, Chew said. Axios first reported on the memo, whose contents were confirmed to Deadline by…
Read MorePeter Bart: The Warner War Catches Hollywood By Surprise … Again
The Warner War is only a month or so old with Hollywood fervently trying to compute who will be the true winners or losers. The rhetoric of corporate turf wars always sounds transformative — until it isn’t. Highflying Netflix at this moment has been on a buying spree of scripts and novels. Viewers hope that…
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