Posts by Nathan Pine
How Rebel Wilson’s Directorial Debut ‘The Deb’ Descended Into Legal Chaos, Devastating Cast & Crew
When Rebel Wilson yelled cut for the final time on her directorial debut The Deb in late 2023, there were joyous scenes among the film’s Australian cast and crew. Revelers huddled to sing Tina Turner’s “Simply the Best” at the top of their lungs and cried happy tears. At the center of the crowd stood…
Read MoreParamount & Legendary’s ‘Street Fighter’ Teaser Drops At Game Awards
Buzz is building for Paramount Pictures and Legendary’s Street Fighter. A teaser of the video game adaptation starring Noah Centineo, Andrew Koji, 50 Cent, Jason Momoa and wrestlers Roman Reigns and Cody Rhodes, has dropped at the Game Awards, and a helluva lot of action is on display. Set in 1993 and helmed by director…
Read MoreWhy Corporate America Needs More Veteran CEOs | Opinion
The American economy is bursting with innovation from Silicon Valley startups reshaping entire industries to biotech labs rewriting what’s possible in medicine. But amid all this creation, one thing is in short supply: leaders who can guide organizations through a real crisis and keep teams aligned when the stakes are highest. Every company hires for…
Read MoreWim Wenders Announced As Berlinale 2026 Jury President
German director, author, and photographer Wim Wenders has been announced as the president of he International Jury of the 76th Berlinale. “Wim Wenders is one of the most influential voices in international cinema. For six decades, he has made films that move and delight us with their humanity and sense of wonder,” said Berlinale Director…
Read MoreLumière Awards: François Ozon’s ‘The Stranger’ Leads Nominations; Jodie Foster Up For Best Actress & Natalie Portman Animation Also In Running
Lumière Awards: François Ozon’s ‘The Stranger’ Leads Nominations; Jodie Foster Up For Best Actress & Natalie Portman Animation Also In Running François Ozon’s Albert Camus adaptation The Stranger leads the nominations for France’s Lumière Awards which were announced on Friday. The feature, which world premiered at the Venice Film Festival, is nominated in six categories…
Read MorePodcast industry is divided as AI bots flood the airways with thousands of programs
Chatty bots are sharing their hot takes through hundreds of thousands of AI-generated podcasts. And the invasion has just begun. Though their banter can be a bit banal, the AI podcasters’ confidence and research are now arguably better than most people’s. “We’ve just begun to cross the threshold of voice AI being pretty much indistinguishable…
Read MoreWatch: US’s NATO ally seizes cocaine boat in Caribbean bust
Video footage shows a French naval operation intercepting an unflagged vessel in the Caribbean with several dozen bales of cocaine, seizing about 2.3 tons of narcotics. Why It Matters French authorities have intensified cocaine seizure efforts in 2025, and the Caribbean Sea remains an important transit region for cocaine trafficking toward major markets, such as…
Read MoreRising European Film Streamer Sooner & Cannes Critics’ Week Unveil Next Step Partnership
France-based streaming platform Sooner and Critics’ Week have announced a new partnership bolstering the parallel Cannes section’s Next Step program, which supports directors as they move onto their first feature-length film. The new partnership was announced as the latest round of Next Step participants arrive in Paris for meetings with producers and sales agents about…
Read MoreSingapore stocks gain more ground on Friday; STI up 1.5%
[SINGAPORE] Singapore stocks ended higher on Friday (Dec 12), following regional indices. The benchmark Straits Times Index (STI) gained 1.5 per cent or 65.62 points to finish at 4,586.45. Meanwhile, the iEdge Singapore Next 50 Index edged up 0.53 points to 1,434.64. Across the broader market, gainers beat losers 360 to 200, after 1.3 billion…
Read MoreOwner of 150-year-old house hears noise, then sees who’s “squatting”
A post about a homeowner who discovers a mysterious cat living inside the walls of their garage has gone viral on Reddit. The post, shared by u/spiritofporn, is titled “Feral (?) cat squatting in my garage” and has amassed 18,000 upvotes since it was uploaded on December 11. In a later comment, the homeowner noted…
Read MoreAgnieszka Holland On Directing ‘Franz’, Poland’s Oscar Submission: “Kafka Has Become Very Relevant Again”
Agnieszka Holland is one of the more seasoned directors vying for this year’s Best International Feature Oscar. But then, she’s always been ahead of the curve: two years before Titanic, she cast a rising actor called Leonardo DiCaprio as French symbolist poet Arthur Rimbaud in her 1995 film Total Eclipse, a very bohemian love story…
Read MoreST Engineering’s US subsidiary named in lawsuit over UPS plane crash
The lawsuit alleges negligence in maintenance checks by ST Engineering subsidiary VT San Antonio Aerospace [SINGAPORE] ST Engineering’s United States subsidiary, VT San Antonio Aerospace (VT SAA), was one of several companies named in a wrongful death lawsuit on Dec 3. The lawsuit, filed in a Kentucky court on Dec 3, alleged that the maintenance,…
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