Posts by Nathan Pine
Venice Film Festival Lineup Announcement – Follow Live
Alberto Barbera will this morning announce the lineup for this year’s Venice Film Festival, which runs from August 27-September 6. You can follow the announcement livestream below. The festival has already set La Grazia, the latest feature from Italian filmmaker Paolo Sorrentino, to open the event. The film starring Toni Servillo and Anna Ferzetti will…
Read MoreWhen are August 2025 VA benefit payments coming?
Millions of American veterans are set to receive their monthly disability compensation in August. Why It Matters About 6.2 million veterans in the United States receive disability compensation from the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). These payments, which are issued monthly and are not taxed, go to veterans with service-connected disabilities—conditions that either began or…
Read MoreHBO Max Expands In Europe And Asia & Nears 100 Markets
HBO Max‘s international roll out continued this morning with 12 launches across Europe and Asia. The Warner Bros Discovery-owned streamer has gone live in Albania, Armenia, Cyprus, Estonia, Georgia, Iceland, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta and Tajikistan. This comes after recent launches in Turkey and Australia, and takes it past the 90-territory launch mark. In…
Read MoreAoxin Q&M Dental CEO resigns as whistle-blower report lodged
The company cites ‘differences in views and opinions’ with parent Q&M Dental regarding the direction of the dental business as the reason for Dr Shao Yongxin leaving [SINGAPORE] Catalist-listed Aoxin Q&M Dental announced the resignation of its executive director and CEO Shao Yongxin in a bourse filing on Tuesday (Jul 22). This comes after the…
Read MoreJulius Baer’s first-half profit falls 35% on loan provisions, Brazil unit sale
Published Tue, Jul 22, 2025 · 03:03 PM [BERN] Swiss bank Julius Baer posted a first-half profit of 295 million francs (S$473.5 million) on Tuesday (Jul 22), down 35 per cent year-on-year, pressured by loan loss provisions and a charge related to the sale of its Brazilian wealth management unit. The decline reflected earlier-flagged writedown…
Read MoreNetflix Sued For Sexual Harassment & Discrimination By Fired Labor Relations Exec
A former Netflix labor relations executive is suing the streamer, claiming she was fired for reporting two higher-ups for discrimination and sexual harassment. Nhu-Y Phan was terminated 10 months ago, despite positive employment review, over what she says was “raising legitimate legal concerns” about Ted Sinclair’s discrimination against women of color Jonah Cozien’s “sexual harassment…
Read MoreStephen Colbert Addresses ‘The Late Show’s Financial Losses With Another Dig At Paramount’s $16M Trump Settlement
Stephen Colbert is not shying away from the fact that The Late Show was canceled. Kicking off Monday’s show with a joke about Trump wanting to change the name of the Washington Commanders NFL team (the “Washington Epsteins”, Colbert suggested), he walked into the Ed Sullivan theater to loud cheers and said “This is going…
Read MoreIndonesia plans US$8 billion refineries contract with US firm amid tariffs deal: sources
[JAKARTA] Indonesian sovereign wealth fund Danantara plans to sign a US$8 billion engineering, procurement and construction contract with US engineering firm KBR to build 17 modular refineries, according to two sources familiar with the matter and an official economic ministry presentation seen by Reuters. The contract is part of last week’s trade pact between Indonesia…
Read MoreSarah Paulson Signs With Entertainment 360
EXCLUSIVE: Emmy and Tony winner Sarah Paulson has signed with Entertainment 360 for representation. Regarded as one of the most versatile actors of her generation, Paulson won widespread acclaim—and an Emmy, Golden Globe, SAG, Critics’ Choice, and TCA Award—for her portrayal of Marcia Clark in The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story. She earned…
Read More‘The Cosby Show’s Geoffrey Owens Laments Death Of Malcolm-Jamal Warner: “This Tragedy Has Almost Left Me Speechless”
Following the tragic death of actor Malcolm-Jamal Warner, tributes have poured in from all over Hollywood and beyond, as his loved ones and those he touched with one of his performances remember the man. Warner’s breakout role was playing Theo Huxtable on NBC’s The Cosby Show, which ran for 8 seasons from 1984 to 1992.…
Read MoreTiming of JS-SEZ a lot more promising than some previous attempts: CIMB
[KUALA LUMPUR] The timing of the Johor-Singapore Special Economic Zone (JS-SEZ) is “a lot more conducive” today than some of the previous attempts to do something similar, said Chu Kok Wei, CEO of group wholesale banking at CIMB. Chu said there are not many good global examples of successful cross border special economic zones, “simply…
Read MoreAustralia central bank wary of cutting rates too quickly, prudent to await more data
[SYDNEY] Australia’s central bank judged lowering interest rates for a third time within four meetings was not consistent with its strategy of easing in a cautious and gradual manner, a reason that it shocked markets by holding steady this month. Minutes of its Jul 7 to 8 policy meeting showed the majority of the Reserve…
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