Posts by Nathan Pine
US regulator grants crypto firms initial approval to launch trust banks
The regulator still has to sign off with a final stamp of approval before each of the trust banks can begin to operate [NEW YORK] Crypto giants, including Ripple and Circle, on Friday (Dec 12) received preliminary approval from a top US banking regulator to establish national trust banks, in a major move that could…
Read MoreGoogle Takes Down Disney AI Videos Following Cease & Desist
Google is cooperating with Disney‘s cease and desist, removing dozens of AI-generated videos featuring characters belonging to the century-old entertainment conglomerate. Following the Disney’s $1B deal with OpenAI for three-year licensing of several characters on Sora, Google has taken down dozens of AI videos from YouTube featuring Mickey Mouse, Deadpool, Moana and more. “We have…
Read MoreLaKeith Stanfield Cast As Dennis Rodman In Lionsgate’s Revived ’48 Hours in Vegas’ After Jonathan Majors Exit
What happens in Vegas… gets a LaKeith Stanfield-starring movie, if you’re Dennis Rodman. Nearly two years after Jonathan Majors was dropped from the role and Lionsgate exited the project, the studio is back on board with Stanfield set to play the former Chicago Bulls forward in the Rick Famuyiwa-helmed film, which Jordan VanDina co-wrote with…
Read MoreBrad Luff Dies: Film Executive & Producer Of ‘Saving Silverman’ & ‘Parker’ Was 60
Brad Luff, former executive at Original Film, Morgan Creek, Sony, Dimension Films, Universal and Warner Bros., passed away this afternoon, Friday, Dec. 12, at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center due to complications from cancer and a stroke he had suffered this summer. He was 60. After graduating from UCLA in 1985, Luff began his career as a…
Read MoreMusk’s X posts higher sales amid costly turnaround
[NEW YORK] Sales at Elon Musk’s X jumped during the third quarter, but the social network is still dealing with significant costs – including from the firm’s restructuring – as the billionaire works to turn around the business he bought for US$44 billion. The company, formerly known as Twitter, reported US$752 million in revenue in…
Read More‘When Calls The Heart’ Prequel Set At Hallmark+
When Calls The Heart, the staple of Hallmark’s schedule, is getting an expanded universe. Hallmark+ has ordered a prequel series – Hope Valley: 1874. It comes after the original series was renewed for Season 14 with Lori Loughlin returning. Hope Valley: 1874, which starts production next week in Vancouver, stars Bethany Joy Lenz, Benjamin Ayres,…
Read MoreLewis Capaldi Denies Taylor Swift Feud Rumors
Still, Graham knew about the project, as he was the one who posed the question, and Lewis agreed that fans had an inkling about his new music—he just wasn’t officially meant to speak on it just yet. “So, I was told by my label, ‘Don’t tell people before you go on.’ Not like a, ‘You can’t tell people.’ It…
Read More‘Tracker’ Adds Kathleen Robertson & Mark Engelhardt In Recurring Roles
EXCLUSIVE: There will be two new faces to be seen soon in Tracker. Kathleen Robertson (Swimming with Sharks) and Mark Engelhardt (American Horror Story: Asylum) have been cast in recurring roles opposite Justin Hartley and Fiona Rene in the hit CBS series. Based on the bestselling novel The Never Game by Jeffery Deaver, Tracker stars Hartley as Colter Shaw,…
Read MoreAmy Schumer and Husband Chris Fischer Break Up After 7 Years of Marriage
Amy Schumer and Chris Fischer‘s marriage has reached the end of the line. The Trainwreck star and the chef, who are parents to 6-year-old son Gene, broke up seven years after their wedding. “Chris and I have made the difficult decision to end our marriage,” Amy shared in an Instagram statement Dec. 12. “We love…
Read MoreGhost oil ships dock in Venezuela, showing challenge for US
The International Energy Agency estimates the current oversupply at a record 3.8 million barrels a day [HOUSTON] Two so-called ghost oil ships are currently loading off the coast of Venezuela, highlighting the challenges the Trump administration faces trying to disrupt exports of the South American country’s primary source of revenue. The supertankers, the largest class…
Read More‘Best Medicine’ Trailer: Josh Charles Has A Big Secret In Fox’s U.S. ‘Doc Martin’ Remake
UPDATED with full trailer: Fox has released the official trailer for Best Medicine, its upcoming remake of the popular British series Doc Martin. In the extended trailer we find out Josh Charles‘ Doctor Best (or Doc Martin as the townspeople insist on calling him), is trying to keep a secret from everyone in town. But…
Read More10 Unique Gifts for the Friend Who Has Everything (Starting at Just $18)
We all have that friend—the one who has everything, and therefore becomes impossible to shop for. The holidays become like a high-stakes guessing game, and one where you typically guess wrong and end up wrapping something they’ll either regift or return. And while, sure, you can throw up your hands and resign yourself to such…
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