Posts by Nathan Pine
Watch First Clip From ‘The Six Billion Dollar Man,’ Eugene Jarecki’s Explosive Oscar-Contending Doc On Wikileaks Founder Julian Assange
EXCLUSIVE: Filmmaker Eugene Jarecki harbors no doubt about who came out the victor in the protracted legal battle between the U.S. government and Wikileaks founder Julian Assange. He says Assange prevailed over the most powerful country in the world. In Jarecki’s Oscar-contending documentary The Six Billion Dollar Man, the director explores the stunning classified information…
Read MoreFestival In Focus: Qatari Cinema Gears Up For Big Reveal As Int’l Heavy-Hitters Jet In For Game-Changing Industry Days – Doha Film Festival
Qatari director Mohammed Alibrahim’s mystery thriller Sa3oud Wainah? is set to make local cinema history at the inaugural Doha Film Festival this coming week as Qatar’s first commercial feature to hit the big screen. Starring local talents Mishal Al Dosari, Abdulaziz Al Dorani and Saad Al Naimi, the picture follows a group of friends in…
Read MoreNokia streamlines business to focus on AI infrastructure boom
It plans to restructure into two main divisions – mobile networks and network infrastructure [LONDON] Nokia is banking on the boom in artificial intelligence (AI) and will streamline its business to focus on networking infrastructure that can connect AI data centres. The move will deliver double-digit operating income growth in the coming years, chief executive…
Read MoreUS: Wall Street opens higher as Nvidia test looms
[NEW YORK] Wall Street’s main indexes opened slightly higher on Wednesday (Nov 19) following sharp losses earlier in the week, as investors set their eyes on Nvidia’s earnings which could prove to be a make-or-break moment for the AI trade. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 46.9 points, or 0.10 per cent, at the open…
Read More‘Greenland’ Outfit Anton Developing Film Adaptation Of Video Game ‘Chained Together’
EXCLUSIVE: Greenland and Fuze outfit Anton is teaming up with Cory Todd Hughes and Adrian Speckert of So It Goes Entertainment to develop a film adaptation of 2024 video game Chained Together. Developed by UK-outfit Anegar Games, Chained Together became a multiplayer hit when released last year. In the game, players must work together, chained…
Read MoreIDFA Announces Forum Awards Winners: Prizes (And €) Go To ‘All Fixed Up,’ ‘Four Comrades, One Echo,’ ‘The Cord,’ ‘Body Count’
International Documentary Festival Amsterdam (IDFA) announced its coveted Forum Awards today, giving valuable recognition – and a monetary prize – to several documentary projects at various stages of development. The IDFA Forum Award for Best Pitch went to All Fixed Up by Hao Zhou. “The project has strong visual language,” noted jury members Sona Jo…
Read MoreWhy DWTS’ Whitney Leavitt and Mark Ballas Saw Their Elimination Coming
Whitney Leavitt and Mark Ballas put their best foot forward. Yet, despite consistently earning among the highest scores on Dancing With the Stars week after week, the pair were eliminated during the series’ Nov. 18 semifinals, becoming the last couple to be voted off ahead of the season’s finale—a fate the pair had expected. As Mark told…
Read MoreJeremy Allen White Reveals the Name He Actually Uses in Real Life
Jeremy Allen White isn’t so formal in his daily life. The Bear actor recently shared that he doesn’t actually go by his full, professional name with his family and friends, and admitted to Vanity Fair in a Nov. 18 interview, “That’s not how I understand myself.” Indeed, Jeremy is just Jeremy White to those closest…
Read MoreIsabella Eklöf On The Debut Project From Dogma 25: “A Passionate Drama Between Two People Who Like To Tie Each Other Up”
Scandi cinema’s revamped Dogma 25 movement has its first project and director Isabella Eklöf is having some fun with it. “A passionate drama between two people who like to tie each other up,” was the Border co-writer’s description of Mr Nawashi at today’s British Screen Forum (BSF). Described as a “BDSM love story” last month,…
Read MoreHow Scarlett Johansson’s The Outset Skincare Line Fixed My Eczema and Facial Dry Patches
We know what you’re thinking: another celebrity beauty brand claiming to save your skin. Trust us, we’ve rolled our eyes too. But after moving to New York and suddenly battling eczema on my face, eyelids, and hands (fun!), I reached a point where I’d try literally anything. Multiple dermatology visits and countless prescriptions later, my…
Read MoreControversial BBC Panorama Was “Not A Hatchet Job On Trump,” Says Former Guardian Editor Alan Rusbridger
Former Guardian editor Alan Rusbridger has been doing some sleuthing around the BBC’s latest crisis. Rusbridger told a British Screen Forum (BSF) audience today that he just got hold of the controversial Panorama film that spliced together two Donald Trump clips. He showed it to former New York Times exec editor Bill Keller to see…
Read MoreNvidia’s switch to smartphone-style memory ‘to double server-memory prices by end-2026’
Tech-focused research firm says the change will spike the demand for chips that the industry can’t handle [BEIJING] Nvidia’s move to use smartphone-style memory chips in its artificial intelligence (AI) servers could cause server-memory prices to double by late 2026, based on a report published on Wednesday (Nov 19) by Counterpoint Research. In the past…
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