Posts by Nathan Pine
SPH Media lays off 11 workers with decommissioning of old printing presses
[SINGAPORE] SPH Media will lay off 11 production workers, following the decommissioning of two of the company’s 30-year-old printing presses which have reached the end of their operational lifespan. SPH Media chief executive officer Chan Yeng Kit announced the job cuts in an e-mail sent to staff on Tuesday (Jul 22). He said the cuts…
Read MoreWhy Selena Gomez and Benny Blanco’s Romance Is Like a Love Song
“She literally asked me out,” Benny recalled to YouTuber Kai Cenat in a November Twitch livestream. “We were just talking, and then she was like, ‘You want to get dinner?’” However, he didn’t need to go round and round all evening wondering where she stood. “We just went and got a drink first, and I…
Read MoreVenice Documentary ‘My Father And Qaddafi’ Sets Sales & Distribution With MAD Solutions
EXCLUSIVE: Cairo-based company MAD Solutions has acquired all rights to U.S. filmmaker Jihan K’s personal documentary My Father and Qaddafi ahead its world premiere Out of Competition at the Venice Film Festival. Under the acquisition, the company’s MAD Distribution arm will distribute the film in all Arab-speaking territories, while sales arm MAD World will handle…
Read More‘No Other Choice’: Watch Trailer For Park Chan-wook’s Latest Film; Release Date Set
Less than a month after Park Chan-wook‘s No Other Choice landed international distribution at Mubi and Neon in North America, the South Korean pic has a trailer and a release date. The tense Korean-language video sees Squid Game star Lee Byung-hun under stress, constantly tapping his veiny forehead as he seeks answers to his problems.…
Read MoreHasraf ‘HaZ’ Dulull’s Beyond The Pixels Developing ‘Astro Burn’ Game As TV Series & Readies Season 2 Of YouTube Chat Show
EXCLUSIVE: British director Hasraf ‘HaZ’ Dulull is adapting the first game from his new transmedia company into a TV series, and working on a second season of his YouTube chat show. Dulull, who is also a screenwriter and games developer, told Deadline that he is in talks with partners about an animated TV adaptation of…
Read MoreSIA Engineering Q1 net profit rises 29.2% to S$42.9 million on strong MRO demand
[SINGAPORE] Aircraft maintenance provider SIA Engineering Company (SIAEC) on Tuesday (Jul 22) reported a net profit of S$42.9 million for the first quarter ended Jun 30, up 29.2 per cent from S$33.2 million in the year-ago period. The group’s revenue for Q1 FY2026, at S$358.4 million, was 33.4 per cent higher than the S$268.7 million…
Read MoreBBC Studios Names New CFO After Record Results; Archstone Sinister Chatbot Horror; ‘Inferno: LA on Fire’ Producer Hires Execs; Pluto Crime Series – Global Briefs
BBC Studios Names New CFO After Record Results Following a set of record annual results, BBC Studios has named its next CFO as Lorraine Burgess departs. Amanda Jones, who had been doing the role on an interim basis, is taking the gig on permanently and becomes a Director of BBC Commercial, which incorporates BBC Studios.…
Read MorePrince George Poses in Royally Sweet Portrait for His 12th Birthday
Kate Middleton, Prince William’s Daughter Princess Charlotte Steals the Show at Wimbledon Prince George is ringing in his latest birthday in a big way. In honor of their eldest son turning 12, Prince William and his wife Kate Middleton unveiled a striking new portrait of George, continuing a yearslong tradition of capturing their children’s major…
Read MoreProof Prince George Is Taking His Future-King Status Seriously
Born in 1982, William didn’t even really know that he was second in line to the throne until other kids asked him about it at school, his parents wanting him to focus on the business of being a kid. Diana would tell him that all those photographers just wanted pictures of her and to pay them no mind. Charles, whose…
Read MoreSTI ends Tuesday flat as regional indices close mixed
[SINGAPORE] The Straits Times Index (STI) closed flat on Tuesday (Jul 22), as regional indices showed mixed performances. The STI closed up 0.03 per cent or 1.13 points to 4,208.26. Across the broader market, advancers outnumbered decliners 329 to 229 after 1.4 billion shares worth S$1.3 billion changed hands. The trio of local banks…
Read MoreBBC Smashes Creative Diversity Targets
EXCLUSIVE: The BBC smashed its creative diversity targets by £50M ($67M) last year, as the person responsible for ensuring the corporation works with under-represented voices tells us her team is now completely embedded in the commissioning process. Revealed in its BBC Commissioning Report for the year to March 31 2025, the broadcaster said it spent…
Read MorePrince George birthday photo released by Kate and William
By Jack Royston is Newsweek’s Chief Royal Correspondent based in London, U.K. He reports on the British royal family—including King Charles III, Prince William, Kate Middleton, Prince Harry and Meghan Markle—and hosts The Royal Report podcast. Jack joined Newsweek in 2020; he previously worked at The Sun, INS News and the Harrow Times. Jack has…
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