Posts by Nathan Pine
Watch Clip From ‘Sumo: Spirit Weighs Nothing,’ Premiering in Venice
EXCLUSIVE: Thunderous applause may greet one documentary premiering at the Venice Film Festival, fitting for a story of athletes who shake the earth with every footfall. Sumo: Spirit Weighs Nothing, directed by Erik Shirai, goes inside the ring and the training room with champions of the traditional Japanese sport and aspirants hoping one day to…
Read MoreCarmen Electra Poses Topless in Sultry Photos From Berlin Trip
Carmen Electra Says Prince Requested She Sleep in Full Glam During ’90s Romance Carmen Electra is embracing the last few weeks of summer. The Baywatch alum recently proved that she still knows how to spend the season right with a racy photoshoot. Alongside photos of a decadent meal complete with pineapple, grapes, peaches, bananas and…
Read MoreUS dollar inches lower as markets weigh Fed rate outlook; yen hovers near 160
Hawkish remarks from Federal Reserve chair Kevin Warsh fuelled bets on a September rate hike Published Mon, Aug 31, 2026 · 08:15 PM [LONDON] The dollar nudged lower on Monday (Aug 31), but remained near a roughly two-week high, as markets ramped up bets on a rate hike after hawkish remarks from Federal Reserve chair…
Read MoreShein shares plunge on grey market ahead of Hong Kong debut
Published Mon, Aug 31, 2026 · 07:53 PM SHEIN Global shares fell as much as 17 per cent in grey market trading on Monday (Aug 31), ahead of the fast-fashion retailer’s formal debut on the Hong Kong stock exchange. The company’s shares dropped to as low as HK$40.04 apiece, compared with its initial public offering…
Read MoreChina’s Xi gets his moment at meeting of anti-US bloc
A humanitarian crisis on the scale of the one unfolding at the Nepal-Tibet border might have filled a leader’s entire agenda in any other country, but not in China. Instead of flying south, Xi Jinping has traveled west, to Kyrgyzstan, to stamp his authority on the Shanghai Cooperation Organization. The SCO turns 25 this year…
Read MoreJudge slams ICE deportation of man tortured by his government
The Trump administration deported a Nigerian man despite a standing order protecting him from being returned to the country where an immigration judge found he had previously been tortured by government officials, prompting a federal judge to order the government to explain what it is doing to bring him back to the United States. Judge…
Read MoreCarlos Reygadas’ Long-Awaited Movie “Heil Jupiter!’ Sets Sales With Mk2 Films
EXCLUSIVE: Paris-based mk2 films has acquired international sales rights to Carlos Reygadas long-awaited new feature Heil Jupiter! ahead of its world premiere at the New York Film Festival in late September. The radical filmmaker’s first feature since Our Time in 2018, Heil Jupiter! is billed as “a visionary cinematic experience and a nightmarish reflection” on…
Read MoreTrustNordisk Unveils Fresh Deals & Teaser-Trailer For Venice Contender ‘Woman Unknown’
EXCLUSIVE: TrustNordisk has unveiled fresh deals and a teaser-trailer for May el-Toukhy‘s post-World War Two Denmark-set psychological drama Woman Unknown ahead of its world premiere in competition at the Venice Film Festival. Adding to a previously announced sale to Italy (Lucky Red), TrustNordisk has also sealed deals to Benelux (September Films), Latin America (California Filmes),…
Read MoreHollywood studios have sued over AI. Now Google is courting them to use its tools
Tech giant Google has been quietly making overtures to the major studios as it tries to find ways to entice Hollywood to use its artificial intelligence technology. Google executives have approached representatives at Disney, Universal, Warner Bros. Discovery and other studios about licensing intellectual property to be used in AI models, according to three people…
Read MoreSingapore overtaken by Ningbo-Zhoushan as second busiest container port in H1
But the H2 figure is still to come, and the lead is too small to say for sure that Singapore is down one rank [SINGAPORE] Singapore fell by one position to become the third busiest port in the world in the first half of this year, despite handling 4.7 per cent or 22.7 million more…
Read MoreSocial Security Update: Two Types of Payments Arriving This Week
Two types of Social Security payments will be made to millions of recipients this week. More than 75 million Americans received Social Security, Supplemental Security Income (SSI), or both in July, according to the Social Security Administration’s latest monthly data. Of those, around 71.3 million received Social Security benefits, including retirement, survivor and spousal payments.…
Read MoreHDFC Bank CEO search tests investor confidence, governance
Sashidhar Jagdishan’s exit comes as the lender confronts a slew of issues that have placed its governance practices under scrutiny Published Mon, Aug 31, 2026 · 05:00 PM [MUMBAI] HDFC Bank’s search for a new chief executive after Sashidhar Jagdishan’s surprise decision to step aside will test whether India’s largest private-sector lender can restore investor…
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