Posts by Nathan Pine
Global alarms rise as China’s critical mineral export curbs takes hold
[WASHINGTON] Alarm over China’s stranglehold on critical minerals grew on Tuesday (Jun 3) as global automakers joined their US counterparts to complain that restrictions by China on exports of rare earth alloys, mixtures and magnets could cause production delays and outages without a quick solution. German automakers became the latest to warn that China’s export…
Read MoreEx-Ubisoft executive on trial denies seeing office harassment
[BOBIGNY, France] A former executive at French video game giant Ubisoft, on trial with two others for alleged sexual and psychological harassment of employees, denied on Tuesday witnessing any abuse in the office. Serge Hascoet, the company’s former chief creative officer, said that he had been unaware of incidents that prompted several employees to complain…
Read MoreWarner Bros Moves Legendary’s ‘Animal Friends’ To Summer 2026
Warner Bros. Pictures and Legendary Entertainment’s Animal Friends is heading to May 1, 2026 next year. The movie, which the Burbank, CA lot inherited from Sony, was most recently dated on Oct. 10, 2025. The live-action toon hybrid is from filmmaker Peter Atencio, off a script by Kevin Burrows, Matt Mider Producers are Legendary, Maximum…
Read MoreKyle Ashman Dumped From ‘Love Island UK’ Before Entering The Villa & Ahead Of Season 12 Premiere
Kyla Ashman will not enter the Love Island UK villa hours after ITV2 revealed the cast for the summer 2025 series. Ashman was one of the Islanders confirmed to enter the reality dating series hosted by Maya Jama, but an incident from the past forced producers to ax his appearance. “For personal reasons, Kyle will…
Read MoreWhitney Purvis Shares New Message on “Last Hug” With Son Weston Before Death
Whitney Purvis is mourning the tragic loss of her son. The 16 and Pregnant alum shared a heartbreaking message honoring her late son Weston Gosa Jr.—who she shared with ex Weston Gosa—following the teen’s death on June 2. In the message, Whitney—who appeared on the MTV show in 2009 while she was pregnant with Weston—detailed some of…
Read More‘Good Night, And Good Luck’ Could Tour And “Might” Go To London, George Clooney Tells Seth Meyers
George Clooney dropped by Late Night With Seth Meyers last night to plug this Saturday’s live broadcast of his Broadway play Good Night, And Good Luck when he let slip what might be a bit of good news for the West End: The play might end in London. “There’s going to be a road show…
Read MoreWhy Eminem Is Suing Meta for $109 Million
In October 2018, the American Pie star announced he was one year sober in a celebratory and encouraging Instagram post. “I first tried to get sober over 5 years ago, when the weight of my obsession with booze and drugs became too heavy for me to handle,” he wrote at the time. “Turns out this s–t…
Read MoreEurope: Shares flat amidst inflation data, trade jitters
EUROPE’S benchmark stock index ended little changed on Tuesday, as investors ceded ground under the dual pressure of softening economic indicators and persistent global trade anxieties. The pan-European Stoxx 600 closed flat at 548.42 points. Stocks in Germany rose 0.7 per cent, while those in France gained 0.3 per cent. London’s FTSE edged up 0.1 per…
Read MoreFed’s Bostic wants more progress on inflation, in no rush to cut
[NEW YORK] US Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta president Raphael Bostic said he’s in no rush to move interest rates, adding he wants to see “a lot” more progress on inflation despite recent encouraging price data. “There’s still a ways to go in terms of the progress that we are going to need to see,”…
Read More‘Love Island UK’ Season 12 Gets U.S. Premiere Date On Hulu
The OG dating reality series, Love Island UK, is back for another sizzling summer in Mallorca with 12 new Islanders on a quest for love. Hulu has set Thursday, June 12, as the premiere date for Season 12 of the Maya Jama-hosted series. Viewers can watch the drama unfold in the villa this summer and…
Read MoreJury In Harvey Weinstein Rape Retrial Set To Start Deliberations Wednesday – Update
UPDATED, 2:15 PM: In less than 24 hours, the New York jury in Harvey Weinstein’s rape retrial will begin their deliberations. In all likelihood, the seven-woman, five-man panel could be behind closed doors by mid-morning East Coast time to decide if the once-swaggering, now-addled and much-accused producer will be sitting in a state prison cell for…
Read MoreMariska Hargitay Addresses Family Secret About Her Parents in New Documentary Trailer
The Emmy winner’s voiceover begins the trailer with, “I’ve spent years distancing myself from my mother,” as she goes through old items of her mother’s. Following a clip of Jayne sharing, “I use my pin-up type publicity to get my foot in the door,” Mariska alludes to Jayne’s sex symbol legacy as she explains, “Her…
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