Posts by Nathan Pine
International Insider: The Final Edinburgh TV Festival… Or Is It?
Welcome back to Insider Land. Jesse Whittock with you live from Edinburgh, where the final TV festival has been taking place (or is it?). Read on for the top industry news from the international entertainment world. Sign to the newsletter – and the full Insider experience – here. The Final Edinburgh YouTube’s Pedro Pina Edinburgh…
Read MoreDollar heads for weekly gain as Warsh remarks awaited
Published Fri, Aug 28, 2026 · 08:16 PM [LONDON] The US dollar held firm near a one-week high against major peers on Friday (Aug 28), as investors stood on the sidelines ahead of Federal Reserve chairman Kevin Warsh’s speech at the Jackson Hole symposium. Inflation has remained persistently above 2 per cent, leading traders to…
Read MoreYou’ll Get a Kick Out of Harry Kane’s Love Story With Childhood Sweetheart Katie Goodland
Lionel Messi, Lamine Yamal, Cristiano Ronaldo & More World Cup Stars Everyone Is Talking About Something Harry Kane is proud of but never gets to talk about? “Maybe just being the father to my kids and the husband to my wife,” the English soccer star—who shares daughters Ivy, 9, and Vivienne, 8, and sons Louis,…
Read MoreChris Sussman To Become BBC’s Comedy Chief
Chris Sussman has been named as the BBC‘s Director of Comedy. The former BBC Studios comedy chief will replace Jon Petrie in the biggest job in British comedy. He was previously Director of Scripted Series at Netflix UK, exiting in 2022, and has an expansive track record in major UK comedy and drama. His new…
Read MoreDonald Trump puts himself as greatest president ever
President Donald Trump has shared his own ranking of U.S. presidents on Truth Social, placing himself alone in a category labeled “The Greatest” above Abraham Lincoln, George Washington and Franklin D. Roosevelt. The chart, posted to Trump’s account on Thursday, groups presidents into categories ranging from “Great” and “Near Great” to “Failures.” Trump occupies the…
Read MoreAI Sci-Fi Series ‘Kira’ Heads To MIPCOM For Ex Machina & K5
EXCLUSIVE: AI-oriented production company Ex Machina, which has ambitious features in the works with Roger Avary and Alex Proyas, is launching its next TV project with AI sci-fi series Kira. Ex Machina’s sales partner K5 International will be launching pre-sales on the entirely AI-generated project at October’s MIPCOM market in Cannes. Production is due to…
Read MorePetronas reports higher H1 profit and revenue
Published Fri, Aug 28, 2026 · 06:59 PM [KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysian state energy firm Petronas on Friday (Aug 28) reported higher revenue and profit for the first half of 2026, but warned the global energy landscape remained uncertain amid elevated geopolitical headwinds and prolonged Middle East conflict. Petronas, or Petroliam Nasional Bhd, said revenue for…
Read MoreVenice: Palestine-Israel Conflict Set To Be Hot Button Topic As Open Letter Calls For Festival To Take Concrete Action In Support Of Palestine
Pink Floyd cofounder Roger Waters, Nobel Prize-winning writer Annie Ernaux and directors Matteo Garrone and Isabel Coixet have lent their support to an open letter calling on the Venice Film Festival, its parent body the Venice Biennale and the audiovisual world in general to take concrete action in support of Palestine. The letter, published just…
Read MoreRashaana Shah & Manasi Parekh Join $10M AIF Media Fund; Initial Slate Headed By Rick Moody Adaptation ‘Purple America’
EXCLUSIVE: Indian actress-producers Rashaana Shah and Manasi Parekh have joined producer and musician Parthiv Gohil on the advisory board of AIF Media Fund Orenda Creative, an investment platform targeting international features and documentaries. The India-based fund, which is partnered with Indian financial services provider Orenda Holdings, has raised $10M in an initial round. The fund’s…
Read MoreMeta’s massive settlement may not be enough to improve child safety, experts say
Over the last five years, efforts to make social networks Facebook and Instagram safer for young people have erupted across courts, classrooms and capitals. Now Meta Platforms, the parent company of the world’s most popular social networks, faces another big moment of reckoning. On Wednesday, Meta agreed to pay up to $17 billion over 10…
Read MoreClarence Thomas Played the Long Game. He Won.
An important new book by Senator Ted Cruz (R-Tex.), Going Further, calls attention anew to the life and career of the single greatest living American, Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas. For many years after Thomas arrived on the court in the early 1990s, his conservative, originalist views were relegated to dissenting opinions. Three and a…
Read MoreWelsh Hit & UK Oscar Hopeful ‘Effi O Blaenau’ Gets Sales Deal
EXCLUSIVE: Welsh hit and UK international Oscar hopeful Effi O Blaenau has been picked up for international sales by MetFilm Sales, which will launch at the TIFF market. Starring Leisa Gwenllian in a breakout role, Marc Evans’ (Mr Burton) film drew strong notices this summer, especially for its lead. Released in UK cinemas mid June,…
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