Posts by Nathan Pine
Warner Bros. Discovery Breakup Cues Hollywood’s Latest Succession Drama As Two New Companies Take Shape
Monday’s news that Warner Bros. Discovery is splitting into two companies – one consisting of studios and streaming, the other linear TV networks – has cued up Hollywood’s latest succession drama. David Zaslav, having steered WBD as CEO since the 2022 close of the $43 billion merger of Discovery (which he formerly ran) and WarnerMedia,…
Read MoreQuestlove Pays Tribute To Sly Stone: “He Dared To Be Simple In The Most Complex Ways”
Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson directed the Sly Stone documentary Sly Lives! (AKA The Burden of Black Genius that premiered at Sundance this year, and now he has penned a moving tribute to his subject, who died Monday at 82. “Sly was a giant — not just for his groundbreaking work with the Family Stone, but for…
Read MoreSofía Vergara Shares Topless Photo in a Thong Bikini
2024 Emmys: ‘Griselda’ Star Sofía Vergara Says Acting in Comedies is “So Much Easier” Than Dramas Sofía Vergara‘s taking a modern approach to tanning. The Modern Family actress bared her backside in a recent photo, where she wore nothing but thong bikini bottoms while posing on a poolside lounge chair. “Llego el verano!” she captioned the…
Read MoreWWE’s First Crossover With AAA Locks Down 4.1M Viewers In 24 Hours As Company’s First Full In-Ring YouTube Broadcast
The WWE set a new audience record with its first AAA crossover event since acquiring the leading Mexican lucha libre promotion in April. Worlds Collide drew the largest live audience on a YouTube broadcast in WWE history, per the company. The average live viewership wasn’t disclosed, though the company did say that the June 7 event peaked…
Read MoreEmily Mortimer Taps Alison Oliver & Yura Borisov To Lead ‘Dennis,’ Her Feature Directorial Debut For A24 & Fruit Tree
EXCLUSIVE: Alison Oliver (Saltburn) and Anora Oscar nominee Yura Borisov have signed on to star in Dennis, a romance marking the feature debut of BAFTA-nominated actress Emily Mortimer, for A24 and Fruit Tree. Written and directed by Mortimer, the film follows a British student (Oliver) and a Russian poet (Borisov) who fall in love in…
Read MoreThe $9 Hand Cream Our Staff Swears By (It’s Better Than the Luxe Ones!)
The star of the show is the lotion’s ingredients, which include nourishing coconut oil, shea butter, and almond oil. But there’s one ingredient that sets this cream apart from other hand care options: goat milk. Everyone say thank you, goats. This blend creates a silky texture that deeply moisturizes dry hands without feeling greasy. The…
Read MoreNew Zealand finance minister would like RBNZ to return to eight meetings a year
Published Tue, Jun 10, 2025 · 06:53 AM [WELLINGTON] New Zealand’s Finance Minister Nicola Willis said on Tuesday that she would like New Zealand’s central bank monetary policy committee to meet more frequently raising concern about lengthy gap between meetings in summer. “Ultimately, the decision about how often the Monetary Policy Committee meets is a…
Read MoreFrom Grammy Nominated Hip Hop Artist To Indie Filmmaker With ‘Paradise Records’: The Rise Of Logic – Crew Call
On today’s Crew Call we sit down with Logic aka Sir Robert Bryson Hall II (Sir is reportedly part of his birth name) who rose from the hard-scrabbled environs of Gaithersburg, Maryland from a family wrestling with crime and addiction to become a multi-platinum rapper with albums such as 2014’s “Under Pressure” and 2015’s “The…
Read MoreDecker Sisters’ Cause of Death Revealed After Dad Accused of Murder
A cause of death has been determined for three young sisters found dead near a Washington campground. Paityn Decker, 9, Evelyn Decker, 8, and Olivia Decker, 5, died from suffocation, according to June 9 press release from the Chelan County Sheriff’s Office. Their manner of death has been ruled as homicide following an autopsy on…
Read MoreWhy There Is So Much Worry In Public Media That Donald Trump Will Win Fight To Defund NPR, PBS And Local Stations
The House Rules Committee on Tuesday will take up a so-called “rescissions” package that includes clawing back nearly $1.1 billion in funding for NPR, PBS and local public broadcasting stations, a move that has raised alarm bells among public media leaders. There’s ample reason for worry, especially that sentiment has shifted even among those who…
Read MoreUS: Stocks end mostly up as markets eye trade talks
Published Tue, Jun 10, 2025 · 06:11 AM [NEW YORK] Wall Street stocks edged higher on Monday as US and Chinese representatives held high-stakes trade talks and markets looked ahead to key economic data. Trade representatives for the world’s two biggest economies plan a second day of talks on Tuesday following an opening round on Monday. Although there…
Read More‘The Residence’ Composer Mark Mothersbaugh On Using Both The “Scholarly Right-Brain” & “Crazy Left-Brain” Sides Of Creativity
For composer Mark Mothersbaugh, the script for The Residence provided an interesting opportunity. Not only did it involve an interesting tale of a bird-watching detective, but the story beats had a jazz-like structure to the score that allowed Mothersbaugh to flex both the “scholarly” and “crazy” sides of his job. The Residence follows detective Cordelia…
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