Posts by Nathan Pine
As Americans Celebrate Juneteenth, Donald Trump Complains About Too Many Federal Holidays
As Americans celebrated Juneteenth on Thursday, Donald Trump complained that there are too many federal holidays. Trump wrote on Truth Social, “Too many non-working holidays in America. It is costing our Country $BILLIONS OF DOLLARS to keep all of these businesses closed. The workers don’t want it either! Soon we’ll end up having a holiday…
Read MoreDisney Leads U.S. Box Office With $1.1B Year-To- Date, But Warner Bros Is Billion-Bound Too
As we near the half year point of 2025 for the domestic box office, which is currently running at $3.7 billion (+23% over 2024) for Jan. 1-June 15 frame, Disney Studios is leading all majors with $1.1 billion. That’s not a surprise with a string of mass-appealing movies, i.e. Lilo & Stitch ($371.7M) and Marvel…
Read MoreSingapore’s banking hub has a busy corner where cash is still king
[SINGAPORE] In the heart of Singapore, a financial hub where billions of dollars zip around the world over computer screens in nanoseconds, there’s a crowded building where cash still reigns. Six days a week, hundreds of people line up in a rundown mall at Raffles Place to buy and sell hard currency at one of around…
Read MoreLizzo Admits She Tried Ozempic Amid Weight Loss Transformation
Ozempic is no laughing matter for the comedian. Handler revealed her “anti-aging doctor” prescribed the medication without her realizing what the drug was. “I didn’t even know I was on it,” she said during the Jan. 25, 2023 episode of Call Her Daddy. “She said, ‘If you ever want to drop five pounds, this is good.’” But…
Read More‘We Were Liars’ Author E. Lockhart Teases Moment She Felt She Was “Standing In A Novel” That Inspired Third Book In Universe ‘We Fell Apart’
Those yearning for more of Prime Video’s We Were Liars can immediately find solace in E. Lockhart’s prequel novel Family of Liars, which centers the perspectives of the three Sinclair sisters — Carrie, Penny and Bess played by Mamie Gummer, Caitlin Fitzgerald and Candice King in the show. Come November, though, Lockhart will release a…
Read MoreArcelorMittal drops plans for green steel in Germany due to high energy costs
Published Fri, Jun 20, 2025 · 07:06 AM [BERLIN] ArcelorMittal, the world’s second-largest steelmaker, said on Thursday it had dropped plans to convert two plants in Germany to carbon-neutral production because the country’s energy costs were too high. The decision to turn down 1.3 billion euros (S$1.9 billion) of public subsidies is the latest blow…
Read MoreCinematographer Christopher Ross On Capturing “The Gray Area Of The Human Condition” In ‘The Day Of The Jackal’
For The Day of the Jackal, cinematographer Christopher Ross says the approach to the job was to capture the “world of lies” that both protagonists live in. Every assassination had moments of misdirection, on both sides, which needed to be captured on camera as small clues for the audience to piece together what is really going…
Read MoreCanada will ‘adjust’ counter tariffs on US metals if no deal in 30 days
Published Fri, Jun 20, 2025 · 06:59 AM [OTTAWA] Canada will “adjust” its 25 per cent counter tariffs on US steel and aluminum in response to a doubling of US levies if a bilateral trade deal is not reached within 30 days, Prime Minister Mark Carney said on Thursday. “Canada will adjust its existing counter tariffs…
Read MoreAllan Freeman Dies: Marketing Exec Who Worked On Campaigns For ‘Star Wars’, ‘The Shining’ & Three Best Picture Oscar Winners Was 88
Allan Freeman, a groundbreaking movie marketing executive who worked on campaigns for Star Wars, The Shining, The Omen and Best Picture Oscar winners Rain Man, Dances with Wolves and The Silence of the Lambs among many other films, has died. He was 88. His family said Freeman died June 7 of an undisclosed illness. Born…
Read MoreJack Schlossberg Slams “Grotesque” Ryan Murphy Series About Uncle JFK Jr.
Looks like Jack Schlossberg won't be tuning into American Love Story. The grandson of John F. Kennedy and Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis shared his honest thoughts on the upcoming Ryan Murphy-produced… Source link
Read MoreEurope: Shares dive as Middle East tensions, US involvement fears weigh
EUROPEAN shares skidded to an over one-month low on Thursday as escalating Middle East tensions and fears over potential US involvement rattled investors. The pan-European Stoxx 600 closed down for the third consecutive day with a 0.83 per cent drop to 535.86, its lowest level since May 9. Trading volumes remained thin as US markets were shut…
Read More‘Everything’s Going To Be Great’ Review: Bryan Cranston And Allison Janney Lead Game Cast In Uneven Dramedy About A Family Whose Lives Aren’t In Sync
A spirited rendition of “There’s No Business Like Show Business” during the opening credits gets the oddball dramedy Everything’s Going To Be Great off to a promising start, right in line with its optimistic title. What follows though is the story of a fairly dysfunctional family that takes to the road following patriarch Buddy Smart’s…
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