Posts by Nathan Pine
Dead ‘Stranger Things’ characters fans believe could return in finale
As Stranger Things hurtles toward its 2-hour finale, fans are been busy theorizing how characters who died thanks to the Upside Down in previous seasons could stage a dramatic comeback. Despite the show’s creators, and even former cast members, hinting that some deaths are final, fans remain deeply invested in one question that has been…
Read MoreFormer ‘Love Island’ Star Chloe Burrows To Join Tyler West As Hosts Of Kiss Breakfast Show
EXCLUSIVE: British radio station Kiss FM has named Love Island contestant Chloe Burrows and Tyler West as presenters of its breakfast show. The pair will take over on the Kiss Breakfast show from Jordan Banjo and Perri Kiely when they step down at the end of January 2026. Banjo and Kiely announced their exit last…
Read MoreNovartis strikes deal with UK biotech for up to US$1.7 billion
Novartis is on a deal spree this year, including the US$12 billion acquisition of Avidity Biosciences [BASEL] Novartis will pay UK biotech Relation Therapeutics as much as US$1.7 billion to help find drug targets to treat allergic diseases. The Swiss drugmaker will pay US$55 million upfront to combine its expertise in immuno-dermatology with the British…
Read MoreBBC Chair Says “Nothing To Suggest” Prescott Memo Leak Came From Within The Corporation
The BBC does not believe the leaked Michael Prescott memo that brought down the Director General and news chief came from one of its staff. BBC Chair Samir Shah revealed the news via an “update on our leak investigations” in a letter to Culture Committee Chair Caroline Dinenage today. “We have completed extensive electronic searches…
Read MoreHow Russia and China are countering US alliance’s missile threat
Russia and China recently conducted a joint anti-missile exercise, which an expert told Newsweek signaled a growing level of trust, with the two sides able to mutually benefit amid the proliferation of long-range precision weapons in Europe and Asia. In a short statement released on Saturday, China‘s Defense Ministry said the war game, held at…
Read MoreBOJ’s Ueda says Japan is getting closer to sustainable inflation
Markets bet the central bank will lift rates to 0.75%, the highest since 1995, on Dec 19 [TOKYO] Bank of Japan (BOJ) governor Kazuo Ueda said the central bank is getting closer to attaining its inflation target, adding to signals that the BOJ may raise its interest rate at a policy meeting next week. “We…
Read MoreChannel 4 Expected To Name New CEO Imminently
EXCLUSIVE: It’s been nearly eight months since Alex Mahon resigned as the CEO of Channel 4, but the UK network is finally closing in on its next boss. Deadline hears that Mahon’s successor could be unveiled as early as this week after staff were told to expect an announcement before Christmas. Two frontrunners have emerged:…
Read MoreRed Sea Film Festival Locks Down As Torrential Rain Hits Jeddah
Saudi Arabia’s Red Sea Film Festival locked down its market and festival areas on Tuesday as a lightning storm and torrential rain hit the port city of Jeddah where it is taking place. Participants received a message at 13.45 pm local time informing them that the Souk market area and the Culture Square screening hub…
Read MoreZooey Deschanel Reveals Her Kids’ Surprising Reaction to Elf
Zooey Deschanel hasn’t been able to take her family through the seven levels of the Candy Cane forest, past the sea of twirly-swirly gum drops. Especially because her kids Elsie, 10, and Charlie, 8—who she shares with ex-husband Jacob Pechenik—aren’t exactly the biggest fans of their mom’s 2003 hit film Elf. “They’ve seen part of…
Read MoreBiopic Of Jair Bolsonaro In Works Starring Jim Caviezel As Incarcerated Ex-Brazilian President
Jim Caviezel, who famously starred as Jesus in Mel Gibson’s The Passion of the Christ, is playing ex-Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro in a biopic written by his former Culture Secretary. The movie, Dark Horse, appears to be painting a positive portrait of one of Brazi’s most controversial political figures of all time. Bolsonaro’s son Carlos…
Read More‘Supacell’ Producer Sheila Nortley Behind Supernatural Romance ‘Osoro’
EXCLUSIVE: Supacell producer Sheila Nortley is making feature film Osoro, a supernatural romance set against the backdrop of noughties Black Britain. Osoro originally screened as an award-winning short and is now being developed as a feature with Nortley and My Accomplice. The short starred Supacell’s Nadine Mills, Shingai Shoniwa, who is the lead singer of…
Read MoreGoogle Hit With EU Antitrust Probe Over Whether AI Summaries Are Hurting Publishers
The European Union has launched an antitrust investigation into whether Google is violating competition rules with AI-generated summaries in its search results. In a statement on Tuesday, the European Commission said it would examine whether Google is unfairly rehashing the content of web publishers and YouTube creators in AI-generated search results. Google said the investigation…
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