Posts by Nathan Pine
Escape From Mamdani’s New York: Rambling Jon Voight Tells Trump That NYC Mayor-Elect Should Be “Terminated”
Jon Voight doesn’t just want to help Donald Trump to Make Hollywood Great Again, the Enemy of the State star now wants the former Apprentice host to save an apparently in peril New York City. Specifically, Voight is asking POTUS to stop the newly-elected Zohran Mamdani from taking over as Mayor — apparently by any…
Read MoreSAG Awards Is Changing Its Name
Ultimately, there will be no change to the awards ceremony, which will continue to be presented by SAG-AFTRA. They emphasized, “Only the show name is changing.” “The foundation remains the same,” they noted, “it’s actors honoring actors.” So, what happens to the standing of the awards of former recipients like nine-time winner and record holder Julia…
Read MoreMiles Teller Blames “One Really Important Person” On ‘Fantastic Four’ For “F***ing It All Up”
One decade and a new Mr. Fantastic later, Miles Teller is looking back at his brief Marvel stint in 2015’s Fantastic Four. The Emmy nominee recalled how “one really important person” on the Josh Trank-helmed 20th Century Fox pic “f***ed it all up” with the final edit, which grossed $167M worldwide on a $120M budget,…
Read MoreTeddy Biaselli Promoted to VP Scripted Series At Netflix Focusing On World-Building, Event Shows
EXCLUSIVE: Teddy Biaselli, an 11-year Netflix veteran, has been promoted to VP, Scripted Series as part of the streamer’s push for more IP/franchise-driven fare. Reporting to Michael Azzolino, VP of Drama Series Development, Biaselli will shepherd the slate of current series and develop new shows based on pre-existing IP, such as Wednesday and Scooby Doo,…
Read MorePete Davidson’s Girlfriend Elsie Hewitt Details “Absolute Agony” of Her Pregnancy
Elsie Hewitt is not laughing through her pregnancy. The model—who is expecting her first baby with boyfriend Pete Davidson—got candid about her struggles with pain as an expectant mom, sharing that she’s “been in pain since the very beginning and it’s just getting worse and worse.” “I’m in absolute agony pretty much 24/7,” Elsie said…
Read More‘All’s Fair’ Debuts Among Top 15 U.S. Streaming Shows During Its Premiere Week, Luminate Reports
After All’s Fair logged Hulu Originals’ biggest scripted series premiere in three years, the star-studded Ryan Murphy legal drama appeared among Luminate‘s Top 15 TV shows during its debut week. The first three episodes, which launched on November 4, generated 2.61M hours viewed in the U.S. during the week of October 31 through November 6,…
Read MoreMusk’s Grokipedia leans on ‘questionable’ sources, study says
ELON Musk’s Grokipedia carries thousands of citations to “questionable” and “problematic” sources, US researchers said Friday (Nov 14), raising doubts about the reliability of the artificial intelligence (AI)-powered encyclopedia as an information tool. Musk’s company xAI launched Grokipedia last month to compete with Wikipedia – a crowdsourced information repository authored by humans that the billionaire…
Read MoreKen Burns’ ‘American Revolution’ Review: History Maestro Delivers Greatest Hits Plus More In Timely PBS Series
In many ways, Ken Burns is the Van Halen of historical documentary directors. Before you jump, hear me out. Watching the acclaimed filmmaker’s upcoming The American Revolution with some apprehension, it became clear that the six-part PBS series is the soulmate to Van Halen’s seminal but commercially disappointing 1981 album Fair Warning – in a…
Read MoreGoogle plans US$40 billion Texas data centre investment amid AI boom
ALPHABET’S Google will invest US$40 billion in three new data centres in Texas, as part of its push to expand capacity for artificial intelligence (AI) initiatives. The planned investment, which will be made through 2027, underscores the intensifying competition among AI and cloud service providers to build infrastructure capable of supporting advanced AI models. Companies…
Read MoreUS: Wall Street ends mixed; traders look to Nvidia report
WALL Street stocks ended mixed on Friday (Nov 14) as investors looked ahead to Nvidia’s quarterly results next week and worried that the Federal Reserve may hold off on cutting US interest rates in December. The Nasdaq ended higher and the S&P 500 finished marginally weaker after an early selloff that dragged all three major…
Read MoreMeet Troubled Teenage Jesus In ‘The Carpenter’s Son’ Based On Obscure Gospel; Italian Indie ‘Trifole’ Savors Truffle Country — Specialty Preview
Can you market to a mainstream genre crowd and an open-minded faith-based audience simultaneously? Magnolia is trying just that with The Carpenter’s Son, writer and director Lotfy Nathan’s life of teenage Jesus based on The Infancy Gospel of Thomas, a obscure apocryphal gospel. The film stars Nicolas Cage and FKA Twigs as Joseph and Mary, Noah…
Read MoreKing Charles III Marks His 77th Birthday With New Portrait
Prince Harry and King Charles III Are Not Speaking Harry told the BBC May 2 that his father King Charles III won’t speak to him “because of this security stuff,” but added that “it would be nice to reconcile.” The Duke of Sussex, who shares kids Prince Archie and Princess Lilibet with Meghan, said that…
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