Posts by Nathan Pine
Asia: Hong Kong stocks lifted by Nvidia rally
[HONG KONG] Tech firms led another rally in Hong Kong stocks Wednesday after US titan Nvidia said it would resume exports of key chips to China after Washington pledged to remove licensing curbs. However, other Asian markets were mixed as they weighed Indonesia’s trade deal with Washington and a spike in US inflation that saw…
Read MoreSuspect Arrested In Killing Of ‘American Idol’ Veteran Robin Kaye & Her Husband, LAPD Says
Los Angeles police have arrested a suspect in connection with the killing of longtime American Idol music supervisor Robin Kaye and her husband Thomas Deluca, who were found Monday shot to death in their Encino home. LAPD identified the suspect as Raymond Boodarian, 22, of Encino. West Valley Division officers earlier in the day had…
Read More‘Real Housewives Of Atlanta’ Alum Kandi Burruss To Receive The Wifetime Achievement Award At BravoCon 2025
Kandi Burruss has been set to be the next recipient of the Wifetime Achievement Award at The Bravos, scheduled to be awarded at BravoCon 2025. During an appearance on Watch What Happens Live, host Andy Cohen revealed that the Real Housewives of Atlanta would receive the honor this year. “During our BravoCon shows in Las…
Read MoreShangri-La Asia appoints Robert Kuok’s daughter Kuok Hui Kwong as new CEO
She is the daughter of Shangri-La founder Robert Kuok, who is Malaysia’s richest man [SINGAPORE] Shangri-La Asia announced the appointment of Kuok Hui Kwong as its new chief executive officer on Wednesday (Jul 16). Kuok, 47, will start her new role on Aug 1. She has been the hospitality company’s executive director since June 2016…
Read MoreSesame Workshop Condemns “Abhorrent” Antisemitic & Racist Content From Elmo’s Hacked X Account
Sesame Workshop is addressing Elmo‘s hacked X account that shared “abhorrent” messages that were antisemitic and racist. “On Sunday, Elmo’s X account was briefly hacked by an outside party, in spite of the security measures in place,” read the statement on X, the microblogging platform owned by Elon Musk and formerly known as Twitter. “We…
Read MoreWhy Are Nicki Minaj and SZA Feuding? Breaking Down the Beef
It looks like SZA and Nicki Minaj‘s good days might be behind them. After the “Super Bass” rapper dissed the “Snooze” singer in a series of eyebrow-raising messages, SZA fired back with her own scathing reaction. But that’s not where the beef started. In fact, Nicki originally called out rapper Punch—who is also signed to…
Read More‘The Penguin’ Emmy Nominee Colin Farrell On Whether He’s Read ‘Batman II’ Yet: “I’m Very Close To It”
Colin Farrell, have you or have you not read Matt Reeves’ new screenplay for The Batman II? “Not yet,” beamed the actor, who is celebrating his first Emmy nomination for HBO and DC Studios’ Batman spinoff series The Penguin. “But I’m very close to it. I can’t wait. I’m going to have to block out…
Read MoreEuropean asset manager Amundi, Endowus launch low-cost index fund tracking STI
[SINGAPORE] European asset manager Amundi and wealth adviser and investment platform Endowus on Wednesday (Jul 16) launched the Amundi Singapore Straits Times Index (STI) Fund. This marks the first unit-trust-based index fund tracking the STI by a global asset manager in Singapore. It will be available exclusively on the Endowus platform, at an all-in-one fee…
Read MoreApple’s Matt Cherniss On ‘Severance’ & ‘The Studio’ Emmy Success, ‘Pachinko’s Future & ‘Ted Lasso’s Return
Apple TV+ has the most nominated program at the 2025 Emmy Awards in drama Severance, with 27 noms for its second season, and most nominated comedy series in The Studio (23), which broke the record of another Apple series, Ted Lasso, for most nominations a freshman comedy has gotten while tying The Bear‘s record for…
Read MoreSenate Votes To Advance Trump’s Effort To Rescind Funding For PBS, NPR And Public Media
The Senate voted on Tuesday evening to advance a package that would roll back $1.1 billion in funding to PBS, NPR and public media that had already been allocated over the next two years. Vice President JD Vance had to break a tie, 51-50, to move the rescissions package to the floor. Three Republicans —…
Read MoreSmall but rising Japanese opposition party warns against near-term BOJ rate hike
[TOKYO] The Bank of Japan should hold off raising interest rates until the economy achieves a stronger recovery, Sohei Kamiya, head of the small opposition party Sanseito said ahead of an upper house election, warning against a premature hike in borrowing costs. “Corporate bankruptcy cases aren’t declining and real wages aren’t necessarily rising yet. The…
Read MoreVeteran Sitcom Director James Burrows Lands His 28th Emmy Nomination For Directing For ‘Mid-Century Modern’
Over a 50+-year career, legendary sitcom director James Burrows has been honored with 28 Emmy nominations for Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series, winning five. At age 84, his most recent nomination came Tuesday for Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series for Hulu’s Mid-Century Modern for the episode “Here’s To You, Mrs. Schneiderman.” It is…
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