Posts by Nathan Pine
Edinburgh Television Festival Could Relocate After 50 Years
The Edinburgh Television Festival could be about to relocate after 50 years in the capital of Scotland. Organizers of the biggest British TV gathering have launched a bidding process, Deadline understands, with UK cities invited to apply to host the fest from 2027. Edinburgh will be allowed to reapply and could remain host city, but…
Read MoreInternational Networks Snap Up BBC’s Ozzy Osbourne Documentary
EXCLUSIVE: A host of international networks will air the BBC documentary about the late Ozzy Osbourne. Sharon and Ozzy Osbourne: Coming Home followed Ozzy and wife Sharon as they upped sticks and moved from Los Angeles back to a family home in the UK. The factual film also took in Ozzy’s preparations for his ‘Back…
Read MoreByteDance’s valuation soars to US$480 billion in share auction
[HONG KONG] [A Chinese investment firm bought a block of ByteDance shares at a valuation of US$480 billion, far above recent levels, a sign of strong investor interest in the parent company of video sensation TikTok. In bidding that took place on Wednesday (Nov 19), venture firm Capital Today won out over several other interested…
Read MoreDBS, UOB, OCBC, Jardine among stocks that could gain from smaller board lot sizes
[SINGAPORE] US-listed Grab might have been dual-listed in Singapore if the Singapore Exchange’s (SGX) latest push for dual listings was around at the time they went public on the Nasdaq in 2021. On Wednesday (Nov 19), the local bourse unveiled two key changes aimed at boosting investor participation, attracting unicorns and energising market liquidity. The…
Read MoreWorking Title Options Film Rights To Bolu Babalola’s Rom-Com Novel ‘Honey And Spice’
EXCLUSIVE: Bridget Jones, Notting Hill and Love Actually producer Working Title has found its next rom-com in the shape of British Nigerian author Bolu Babalola’s novel Honey And Spice. Working Title has optioned film rights to the novel and set Babalola to adapt the screenplay, which will mark her debut as a feature film screenwriter…
Read More‘Sinners’ Swings With Three Wins At Hollywood Music In Media Awards; “Golden” Night For ‘KPop Demon Hunters’ – Full List
Ryan Coogler’s Sinners was the big winner at the 16th annual Hollywood Music in Media Awards on Wednesday night, picking up three statuettes including Best Score and Song for a feature film and Best On-Screen Performance. The latter two wins were for “I Lied to You,” which was written by Raphael Saadiq and Ludwig Göransson…
Read MoreVietnamese airline Vietjet to resume use of Chinese-made Comac planes: sources
C909, which seats up to 90 passengers, has been operating commercially since 2016 [HANOI] Vietnamese budget airline Vietjet plans to resume the use of Comac jets next week after a one-month hiatus, according to two sources familiar with the matter, reinvigorating the Chinese planemaker’s international expansion. The airline last month paused flights from Hanoi and…
Read MoreFinal 8 Episodes Of ‘Friends’ Spin-Off ‘Joey’ Available For First Time In US
Nearly 20 years later, NBC is giving fans of Matt LeBlanc‘s Friends spin-off Joey have some long-overdue closure. Following the sitcom’s two-season run from 2004 to 2006, which was cut short domestically amid low ratings, the final eight episodes are available to watch for the first time in the United States. All episodes of Joey…
Read MoreUniversal Kids Resort Reveals Images, Map & Details Of Texas Park’s Themed Worlds
Universal Kids Resort north of Dallas will have seven themed worlds, many of which are familiar to those who’ve visited the company’s other parks: Minion Land and DreamWorks Land at Universal Studios Florida; Jurassic Park at Universal Islands of Adventure; and both Jurassic World and Minion Land at Universal Studios Hollywood. The Frisco, Texas park,…
Read MoreGoogle opens new AI engineering centre in Taiwan
[TAIPEI] Alphabet’s Google on Thursday opened in Taiwan its biggest artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure hardware engineering centre outside of the US, in what Taiwan’s president said was a show of confidence in the island as a trustworthy technology partner. Taiwan is home to the world’s largest contract chipmaker, TSMC, whose chips are widely used by…
Read MoreCMA Awards 2025 Winners — Full List
The Country Music Association celebrated the most talented artists of the year on Wednesday, gathering for its 59th annual awards show in Nashville. Hosted by Lainey Wilson and airing live on ABC, the Whirlwind artist topped this year’s nominees with six categories, including Entertainer of the Year and Album of the Year, tying with Megan…
Read More‘Stuff The British Stole’ Presenter Marc Fennell To Lead ‘Manosphere’ Doc ‘The State Of Man’ For Australia’s ABC
EXCLUSIVE: Stuff the British Stole presenter Marc Fennell is set to explore what it means to be a man in modern Australia in a three-part ABC doc series. The State of Man is being billed as a “provocative and deeply personal investigation” in which Fennell explore modern masculinity and the rise of the online ‘manosphere’…
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