Posts by Nathan Pine
Dodgers, Angels receive surprising report cards from the Automated Ball-Strike system’s first season
The Dodgers were horrible. The Angels were great. No, that’s not a dispatch from topsy-turvy land. It’s their report cards following the first season Major League Baseball has utilized the Automated Ball-Strike system (ABS), courtesy of Baseball Savant’s calculations of the total run value of overturns on challenges. ABS is the review process that uses…
Read MoreLaguna Beach Creator Liz Gateley Pushes Back on Criticism the Cast Was Too Young for Reality
For years, LC’s BFF signaled she preferred to be excluded from this narrative. When an exec gauged her interest in returning to The Hills, “I was like, ‘F–k no!’” she recalled on a 2018 episode of her Lady Lovin’ podcast. “I don’t want any association with any of those people. The dissociation from all those people is what I’m hungry for.”…
Read MoreWalmart-Owned Vizio Sets Original Holiday Film, Adds Film & TV Titles In Major Expansion
EXCLUSIVE: Smart-TV maker Vizio, which was acquired by Walmart in 2024, is bringing to market an original holiday movie and more programming from premium suppliers and creators in a major content expansion. The initiative, unveiled Wednesday during Advertising Week in New York, is designed to re-introduce brands to Vizio, which is now the top smart…
Read MoreAndrew Lloyd Webber’s ‘Phantom Of The Opera’ To Be Recorded Live
Universal Pictures Content Group (UPCG), LW Entertainment and Cameron Mackintosh have partnered to produce a live recording of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Phantom Of The Opera, which will be released in cinemas in 2027. Directed for the screen by Brett Sullivan (Hadestown), the live recording will be produced by Dione Orrom (Six: The Musical Live!). EVP…
Read MoreMichelle Yeoh Talks ‘Blade Runner 2099’ & Return To Asian Cinema – Busan
Back in Busan for the first time in 15 years, Oscar-winning actress Michelle Yeoh talked about her experiences making Blade Runner 2099 and her recent return to Asian cinema in Bai Xue’s It’s My Time. Yeoh plays a Replicant days away from dying in the Prime Video and Alcon Entertainment limited series, with Hunter Schafer…
Read MoreThese Dr. Martens Chelsea Boots Are a Rare 28% Off for October Prime Day
Dr. Martens rarely go on sale, so when we spotted a pair of its coolest fall boots for 28% off during October Prime Day, we immediately took notice. The Maybole Chelsea Boots aren’t your typical chunky Docs, either. With a sleek square toe, block heel, and polished silhouette, they look more expensive than their sale…
Read MoreChatGPT’s teen safeguards failed to alert parents during suicide conversations, report finds
The guardrails OpenAI put in place to protect teens don’t seem to be working, according to a new report. Common Sense Media’s Youth AI Safety Institute rated ChatGPT for Teens an “Unacceptable Risk” for children under 18 in a study published Wednesday. The media and technology watchdog organization urged OpenAI to pause marketing the product…
Read MoreCOE premiums fall across most categories; Cat A ends at S$130,001
[SINGAPORE] The Category A certificate of entitlement (COE) premium dropped slightly to S$130,001 in the Oct 7 tender exercise, after reaching an all-time high of S$133,009 in early September. Prices across all the other categories also dropped, except for the Open category (Category E) COE premium, which held steady. Category A COEs – meant for smaller, less powerful cars and…
Read MoreAbundantia Entertainment To Turn AI Arm AiOn Into Standalone Studio
EXCLUSIVE: This time last year, India‘s Abundantia Entertainment launched an AI production division named Abundantia AiOn. Today, we can reveal that is morphing into a fully standalone native AI studio that will seek harness in an influx of ideas from non-traditional sources. “AiOn will develop its own stories, create its own content, produce fully generated…
Read MoreDeadline MIPCOM Dozen: ‘Wordle’, ‘Marriage Market’ & ‘Hidden Planet’
Welcome to our selection of the most scorching titles headed to MIPCOM this year, The Deadline Dozen. Our editorial team has carefully researched and selected the projects we expect to drive the chatter on the Croisette and beyond. We start with scripted. Check back tomorrow for the best of MIPCOM’s unscripted fare. HIDDEN PLANET BBC…
Read MoreLubrizol expands Singapore R&D hub to boost innovation in specialty chemicals sector
The new lab space aims to help industry customers improve speed to market amid growing Asian demand [SINGAPORE] Berkshire Hathaway-owned specialty chemicals company Lubrizol on Monday (Oct 5) expanded its Singapore research and development hub to speed up innovation and product formulation for the South-east Asian market, amid regional growth in downstream demand. The new…
Read More‘Doctor Who’ Bids Revealed: Producers Pitch To Regenerate Sci-Fi Show
EXCLUSIVE: Could Jed Mercurio be about to take control of the TARDIS? Deadline can reveal that the Line of Duty showrunner is spearheading a bid to produce Doctor Who after the BBC launched a competitive tender, a bake-off-style process in which producers have put forward plans to regenerate the iconic sci-fi series. We are told…
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