Posts by Nathan Pine
Mohammed Lakhdar-Hamina Dies: Algerian Cannes Palme d’Or Winner Was 91
Algerian director Mohammed Lakhdar-Hamina, whose 1975 drama Chronicles of the Years of Fire remains Africa’s only Cannes Palme d’Or to this day, has died at the age of 91. Lakhdar-Hamina’s family said the producer and director died at his home in the Algerian capital of Algers on May 23. In quirk of fate, the Cannes…
Read MoreCDL, MCL Land marketing Piccadilly Galleria retail podium for sale at lower price of S$67.5m
[SINGAPORE] Piccadilly Grand’s retail podium is up for sale for S$67.5 million, at a lower price after an earlier expression of interest exercise closed in November 2024. The ground-floor retail podium, known as Piccadilly Galleria, is part of a 99-year leasehold integrated development developed by City Developments Ltd (CDL) and MCL Land. The project is…
Read MoreBreaking Baz: As ‘Mamma Mia!’ Returns To Broadway, Sabrina Carpenter Eyed For Third Movie & TV Version Might Be Coming, Producer Judy Craymer Reveals
EXCLUSIVE: Judy Craymer is the (dancing) queen, ruler of all things related to the Mamma Mia! stage musical and its movie iterations. Her default position is to remain tight-lipped about a third film, but tantalizing snippets emerge over lunch in Mayfair, London. There’s mention, for instance, of global phenomenon Sabrina Carpenter being sought for a role in the next…
Read MoreNissan offers buyouts to US workers, halts global pay rises, internal emails show
[TOKYO] Japan’s Nissan has started offering buyouts to US workers and has suspended merit-based wage increases worldwide, internal emails reviewed by Reuters showed, as the automaker expands cost cuts amid weak performance in key markets. CEO Ivan Espinosa announced a new round of cost cuts this month that include closing seven production sites globally and…
Read MoreNetflix Behind Jimmy Carr Comedy Podcast; Champion’s League Soccer Breaks Records On Amazon; Prime Video ‘Stolen’ Trailer – Global Briefs
Netflix Behind Jimmy Carr Comedy Podcast About Obscure Genres Netflix is tapping into its thousands and thousands of niche sub-genres with a podcast in which comedians pitch movie ideas to host Jimmy Carr. In The Big Pitch with Jimmy Carr, guests will come up with ideas to fit one of Netflix’s most 27,000 obscure sub-genres,…
Read MoreVeteran Independent Talent Agent Sara Puro-Steele Joins Portugal’s Hit Management As Managing Director
EXCLUSIVE: Portuguese-based talent agency Hit Management has hired Sara Puro-Steele in the newly created role of Managing Director. Puro-Steele joins Hit Management after 17 years at the London-based Independent Talent Group. Puro-Steele is a dual Spanish-British national and fluent in Spanish, Portuguese, and English. She has represented actors such as Ariane Labed (September Says), Olga…
Read MoreUK’s Thames Water fined £122.7 million over sewage and dividend breaches
[LONDON] Britain’s Thames Water, on the brink of financial collapse, will have to pay a record £122.7 million (S$213.3 million) fine for breaching its legal obligations over sewage treatment and dividend payments, regulator Ofwat said on Wednesday (May 28). The watchdog, which had previously issued a £104.5-million-penalty, added an additional £18.2 million to the fine…
Read MoreRichard Linklater’s ‘Nouvelle Vague’ Draws Raft Of International Buyers For Goodfellas – Cannes
EXCLUSIVE: Richard Linklater’s love letter to the New Wave Nouvelle Vague has sold to more than 20 theatrical distributors worldwide for Goodfellas following its buzzy Cannes premiere, as one of four French majority productions in Competition this year. They join Paris-based distributor ARP Sélection which will release the film in cinemas in France on October 8 on 500…
Read MoreChina’s answer to World Bank plans to open Singapore, HK offices
[BEIJING] The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank is looking to open new offices in Hong Kong and Singapore, according to people familiar with the matter, in a plan that would mark its biggest expansion since beginning operations in Beijing almost a decade ago. The multilateral lender, which had more than US$57 billion in assets at the…
Read MoreShaboozey Defends Megan Moroney After “Hateful Comments” Following AMA’s Side-Eye: “Let’s Not Twist The Message”
Shaboozey is clarifying his viral reaction at the 2025 American Music Awards and noting it had nothing to do with his co-presenter Megan Moroney. The country star presented the Favorite Country Duo or Group category at the AMAs in Las Vegas on Monday night alongside Moroney. Reading off the teleprompter, Moroney said the award they…
Read MoreNissan plans one trillion yen funding with backing from UK government
[TOKYO] Nissan Motor, facing a huge loan repayment wall next year, is seeking to raise more than one trillion yen (S$7 billion) from debt and asset sales to keep operations on track, according to documents seen by Bloomberg News. The struggling Japanese automaker plans to issue as much as 630 billion yen in convertible securities…
Read MoreTemu-owner PDD Holdings profit dives as it faces challenges at home and abroad
[SHANGHAI] Chinese e-commerce firm PDD Holdings saw first-quarter net profit fall 47 per cent to 14.7 billion yuan (S$2.6 billion) as its domestic platform suffered from intense local competition and its international business was hit by global trade uncertainty. US-listed shares of the company fell more than 17 per cent. “[PDD’s] massive bottom line miss…
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