Posts by Nathan Pine
Social Security update as payments of up to $5,181 arriving this week
Certain Social Security recipients up and down the country will receive their August payment this week. More than 75.7 million Americans received either Social Security, Supplemental Security Income (SSI), or both in July, according to the SSA’s latest monthly data. Around 71.3 million received Social Security benefits, including retirement, survivor and spousal benefits. But not…
Read MoreWoody Allen To Start Shooting Next Project In Spain In October
Woody Allen will begin production on his next feature project in Spain in October. We’re told the project, which is estimated to have a budget of around $14M, will be largely English-language and feature a high-profile cast that is still coming together. Madrid-based Wanda Vision and Allen’s banner, Gravier Production, are producing the title alongside…
Read MoreSingapore stocks end lower on Monday; STI down 0.1%
Published Mon, Aug 24, 2026 · 06:43 PM [SINGAPORE] Singapore stocks ended lower on Monday (Aug 24). The benchmark Straits Times Index (STI) lost 0.1 per cent or 8.50 points to finish at 5,680.46. Wilmar International led the gainers on Singapore’s blue-chip index, rising 1.3 per cent or S$0.05 to S$3.76. The worst performer among…
Read MoreSan Sebastián Adds Brad Pitt’s ‘Heart Of The Beast’ To Lineup
David Ayer’s latest, Heart of the Beast, starring Brad Pitt, has been added to the official lineup at this year’s San Sebastián Film Festival. Heart of the Beast will screen out of competition, with both Ayer and Pitt in attendance. The film, from Paramount, follows Pitt as a Special Forces officer who, accompanied by his…
Read MoreAn $80 idea changed travel forever
In 2007, Brian Chesky and Joe Gebbia had a problem. Rent on their San Francisco apartment had just gone up, and neither of them had the cash to cover it. A design conference was coming to San Francisco, and every hotel in the city was booked. Chesky and Gebbia set up air mattresses in their…
Read MoreNetflix, Disney+ & Amazon Rein In Price Rises – Ampere
Streamer price hikes are taking consumers nearer to the limit of what they’re willing to spend, according to Ampere Analysis. As such, Netflix, Disney+ and Prime Video owner Amazon have been reducing the size of average price increases from 24% per subscription in 2023/24 to 14% in 2025/26. In dollar terms, the average has increased,…
Read MoreStéphane Brizé’s A Good Little Soldier Sells For Gaumont – Venice/TIFF
EXCLUSIVE: Stéphane Brizé’s A Good Little Soldier, starring Alba Rohrwacher as a high-powered exec confronted with a case of toxic management, has sold to a number of key territories ahead of its world premiere in competition in Venice and North American debut in Toronto. Gaumont has sealed deals for Australia (Palace Films), Switzerland (Xenix), Spain…
Read MoreVenice Adds Palestine-Israel Film From ‘No Other Land’ Directors
The Venice Film Festival has added a hot-button documentary to its Competition lineup. The synopsis for new film Naza reads: “Shot at night on the rooftops of Tel Aviv, the film reveals in detail the systems behind Israel’s calculated mass killing of Palestinian civilians in Gaza”. The film heralds from Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor,…
Read MoreIran’s rial slump sets stage for Donald Trump’s economic “D-Day”
Iran’s rial fell to a record 2.02 million to the dollar on Monday, setting the stage for President Donald Trump’s so-called “economic D-Day” against the regime in Tehran—his latest gambit to bring the months-long conflict to a conclusion. Trump has said his two main priorities in a war-ending deal with Iran are ensuring it never…
Read More‘Jeevan Bheema Yojana’ Moves Release Dates Back A Week
EXCLUSIVE: Hindi crime comedy Jeevan Bheema Yojana has moved its worldwide theatrical release date back a week to September 4. The Arshad Warsi starrer was previously set for this Friday (August 28), but has now pushed back and locked the early September date. This is due to a final leg of the film’s marketing campaign…
Read MoreCalifornia AG Bonta Cancels Settlement Meeting With Paramount
There will be no settlement talks meeting Monday between Paramount and a coalition of state Attorneys General after all. California AG Rob Bonta cancelled the scheduled sit-down late Sunday after reports of an August 21 meeting with the David Ellison-led company oozed out. “Not only did Paramount leak the alleged substance of settlement discussions, but…
Read MoreTemasek’s Azalea raises over US$1 billion despite ‘challenging’ environment for private equity
[SINGAPORE] Azalea Investment Management on Monday (Aug 24) announced it has raised more than US$1 billion in new capital commitments across three private equity (PE) offerings. These include US$526 million from the final close of the Altrium Private Equity Fund III and US$210 million from the first close of the Altrium Co-Invest Fund II. More…
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