Posts by Nathan Pine
Oscars: Pakistan Picks ‘Hanging By A Wire’ As Best Int’ Feature Entry
Pakistan has selected Mo Naqvi’s nonfiction action thriller Hanging By a Wire as its official entry for Best International Film at the Academy Awards, the first time the country has chosen a documentary for that distinction. The film captures the drama and suspense around a news event that captured the world’s attention in 2023: the…
Read MoreCrystal Jade holding companies in S’pore, Hong Kong placed under receivership
[SINGAPORE] The holding companies of restaurant group Crystal Jade’s operations in Singapore and Hong Kong have been placed under receivership, with advisory firm Kroll reviewing the group’s financial and operational affairs. Receivership generally involves an independent party being appointed to take control of some or all of a company’s assets, typically when it is unable…
Read More‘Big Brother’ Renewed For Seasons 29 & 30 On CBS
Big Brother USA wrapped another season on CBS, and host Julie Chen Moonves announced the network had renewed the competition series for two more seasons. After announcing the winner of Season 28, Moonves confirmed the reality TV competition had been picked up for Seasons 29 and 30. The most current season hit a milestone, becoming…
Read MoreAaron Sorkin “Was Not Asked” To Omit Trump From ‘The Social Reckoning’
Although Facebook has played a big role in recent U.S. politics, Aaron Sorkin didn’t want to make The Social Reckoning a political statement. The Oscar winner noted that although he “was never asked” to omit Trump from his upcoming movie about a young Facebook whistleblower, which premieres Oct. 9, he didn’t want the film to…
Read MoreNBCU’s Donna Langley On Industry Mergers, Taylor Sheridan, And The Road to 2027
Donna Langley, chairman of NBCUniversal Entertainment & Studios, is not a fan of Paramount and Warner Bros. Discovery combining. “I think it is bad. I think it’s bad for everything,” she said bluntly, addressing the feature film market in particular. “What this year has proven is, if you build it, they will come. Right? If…
Read MoreMan charged by US with illegally shipping Nvidia chips to China
He is said to have shipped servers containing restricted chips, without required US licences Published Fri, Oct 2, 2026 · 09:15 AM US FEDERAL prosecutors arrested a California man on Thursday (Oct 1) on charges of smuggling computer servers containing US$300 million worth of Nvidia artificial intelligence chips to China in violation of US export…
Read MoreMiddleburg Film Fest Sets ‘La Bola Negra’, ‘Behemoth!’ & ‘Being Heumann’
Two weeks ahead of the 14th Middleburg Film Festival, additional programming has been announced. On Thursday, the Virginia festival announced Siân Heder’s Being Heumann will serve as the Closing Film for the festival, which runs from Oct. 15-18, with Netflix’s La Bola Negra set as the Friday Spotlight and Tony Gilroy’s Behemoth! has been set…
Read MoreHBO’s Casey Bloys Gets New Challenge At Par-WBD: Scale & Mass Appeal
A survivor of multiple mergers, Casey Bloys, Chairman and CEO of HBO and HBO Max Content, looked unfazed during the year-long saga of HBO parent company Warner Bros. Discovery’s sale and its many twists and turns. First, he had seen this movie before — Bloys was HBO President of Programming when the network’s parent company…
Read MoreParamount-WBD Deal Architect Gerry Cardinale Says Most Of $6B In Expected Cost Savings Will Not Be Layoffs
Gerry Cardinale, Paramount board member and principal architect of the company’s imminent merger with Warner Bros. Discovery, insists that most of the deal’s cost savings will not come from layoffs. The company has promised investors it will deliver $6 billion in cost savings from the $110 billion transaction, but Cardinale maintains that non-labor costs will…
Read MoreOwen Wilson Reveals How Travis Scott Earned Him “Street Cred” With His Kids
Owen Wilson is rolling in good company. In fact, the actor earned some “big time” cool points with son Robert, 15, and Finn, 12, with his role in Rolling Loud: The Movie, which was filmed at the titular music festival with Travis Scott and Sexxy Red in 2024. “My kids were such big fans of Travis…
Read MoreRuby Rose Says She Was Falsely Accused of Murdering Child as a Teen After Playground Accident
Ruby Rose was at the center of a police investigation more than 10 years before her breakout role on Orange Is the New Black. The actress recalled facing “baby killer” accusations as a 15-year-old in her native Australia, where she and a childhood friend were smoking their first cigarette when they stumbled upon a badly…
Read MoreMS NOW And CNN Show Uptick In September Ratings; Fox News Still On Top
Fox News again handily topped the September and third quarter ratings, although as its viewership was down versus the same periods in 2025. MS NOW saw gains in the most recent figures, and CNN also showed uptick in September and in certain dayparts for the quarter. In primetime in September, Fox News averaged 1.72 million…
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