Posts by Nathan Pine
Box Office: ‘Verity’ Posts $4.5M Previews, ‘Digger’ $1.2M
Amazon MGM Studio’s Colleen Hoover thriller Verity grossed $4.5M in its overall previews, which is right where it should for arguably the author’s second most popular novel-to-the-screen after It Ends With Us. That figure is lower than the $7M previews of the author’s mega box office hit It Ends With Us ($50M opening) and it’s…
Read MoreG7 to release 100 million barrels of diesel and other reserves as prices surge
A ‘coordinated release through the IEA of 100 million barrels’ is to begin immediately Published Fri, Oct 2, 2026 · 11:28 PM [PARIS] The Group of Seven nations will undertake a coordinated release of 100 million barrels of diesel and other reserves through the International Energy Agency (IEA) to try and stabilise world energy markets,…
Read MoreG7 to release 100 million barrels of diesel and other reserves as prices soar
Published Fri, Oct 2, 2026 · 11:28 PM [LONDON] The world’s wealthiest industrial nations agreed on Friday (Oct 2) to release diesel from their reserve stockpiles, to help ease a growing crisis over record-high prices driven mostly by the war in Iran. Under the plan, the Group of Seven nations – the US, France, Italy,…
Read MoreJosh Hartnett Reveals Why He Couldn’t Walk for 10 Days While Filming Verity
Some of Josh Hartnett‘s days on set ended with some much-needed rest. As the actor reflected on starring as Jeremy Crawford in the new movie Verity, he shared insight into filming the Colleen Hoover adaptation amid a harrowing illness. “It was food poisoning, but it was a terrible food poisoning,” Hartnett said on the Oct.…
Read More‘The Drug In Our Pocket’ Documentary Acquired By Obscured Releasing
EXCLUSIVE: Obscured Releasing has acquired North American distribution rights to The Drug in Our Pocket, a documentary by Anne Sundberg about the pernicious effects on young people of constant smartphone use. The feature produced by Beth Kojima and Anne Sundberg holds its world premiere Saturday at the Hamptons International Film Festival in New York, and…
Read More‘A Different World’ Renewed For Season 2 At Netflix
Netflix has renewed its freshman series A Different World for a second season. From creator/showrunner/executive producer/writer Felicia Pride, A Different World follows Deborah (Maleah Joi Moon), Dwayne Wayne (Kadeem Hardison), and Whitley Gilbert’s (Jasmine Guy) free-spirited, well-intentioned, yet rebellious youngest child during her freshman year at Hillman College alongside a whole new generation of Hillman’s…
Read MoreMichael Douglas Confesses to Affair With Kathleen Turner After Decades of Rumors
Michael Douglas is releasing a decades-long secret. Over forty years after he and Kathleen Turner raised eyebrows with their onscreen chemistry in the 1984 film Romancing the Stone, Douglas—who was separated but still legally married to Diandra Luker at the time—admitted that he and his costar did engage in an affair after denying it for years. Douglas, who…
Read MoreJudge weighs case against Trump, Natalie Harp after Truth Social change
A judge is set to decide whether to issue an injunction temporarily halting Truth Social’s paid Truth API service, which charges subscribers up to $100,000 a month for access to a direct feed of posts from influential accounts, including government officials. The latest update comes after President Donald Trump, his White House aide Natalie Harp,…
Read MoreWarner Bros Film Bosses Michael De Luca, Pam Abdy Out As Paramount Takes Over
The soon to be merged Paramount Warner Bros Motion Picture unit under the freshly labeled Skydance is bound to be run by current Paramount Motion Picture co-chairs, Josh Greenstein and Dana Goldberg, multiple sources say. This comes after a sleepless night for Warner Bros’ Motion Picture Chairs Michael De Luca and Pam Abdy, who we…
Read MoreWall Street opens higher as softer payrolls data, lower yields lift sentiment
Published Fri, Oct 2, 2026 · 10:07 PM WALL Street’s main indexes opened higher on Friday (Oct 2), as a softer-than-expected jobs report deepened prospects of an unchanged US rate this month, leading to a bigger drop in Treasury yields, while lower oil prices also boosted sentiment. At 9.30 am ET, the Dow Jones Industrial…
Read MoreParamount-WBD Will Now Be Called Skydance, David Ellison Reveals
After the expected close of their merger, Paramount and Warner Bros. Discovery will together be known as Skydance. CEO David Ellison revealed the new name Friday in a post on X. The $110 billion merger is projected to be finalized on Tuesday after a year-long pursuit by Ellison and a two-month delay caused by antitrust…
Read MoreFrench riots strengthen Trump’s case
There is an argument that outbreaks of destructive protest are a traditional hallmark of French civilization rather than a contradiction of it. But this week’s high school protests, with fires set at schools across the country and social media videos showing a female police officer chased down by youths and kicked on the ground, a…
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