Posts by Nathan Pine
Boyzone Live Concert Coming To Sky From Curious Films
EXCLUSIVE: A Toxic Love Story producer Curious Films is moving into the live space with a new Boyzone concert film following the smash success of its Sky doc. Last year, Boyzone: No Matter What became Sky’s most-watched unscripted series of all time and was the catalyst for the Irish superstars getting back together. Curious Films…
Read MoreGreenback near two-month high as US-Iran stalemate bolsters oil, Fed rate hike bets
Published Mon, Sep 28, 2026 · 08:39 PM [LONDON] The US dollar was steady near a two-month high on Monday (Sep 28) as the US-Iran standoff pushed up oil prices and Treasury yields, while investors looked ahead to a data-packed week for further clues about the path of central bank policy. The dollar index, which…
Read MoreWhat The Heck Is Going On With The BBC’s Funding?
If you pay any attention to the BBC, you will know Britain’s national broadcaster is on the horns of a funding crisis. We know this because the BBC keeps telling us. Director-general Matt Brittin has told staff that the “cupboard is bare.” He has told Parliament that the BBC’s current funding model, the licence fee,…
Read MoreDave Grohl, Wife Jordyn Blum Have Date Night at VMAs 2026 2 Years After Cheating Scandal
David Grohl, Wife Jordyn Blum Step Out for VMA 2026 Date Night 2 Years After Cheating Scandal Dave Grohl and Jordyn Blum have learned to fly. Two years after the Foo Fighters frontman admitted to fathering a baby outside of his marriage, he and Blum stepped out for a rocking date night at the 2026 MTV Video…
Read More‘Inbetweeners’ James Buckley & Joe Thomas Making C4 Doc On Growing Up
EXCLUSIVE: Hit British comedy The Inbetweeners has re-entered the zeitgeist lately with the unveiling of a new Netflix movie. Stars Joe Thomas and James Buckley are taking advantage with a Channel 4 documentary dealing with the show’s favorite topic, adulting. Thomas and Buckley, who can both be seen in the new movie, are fronting Joe…
Read MoreVMI Worldwide Boards Survival Thriller ‘Snow Predator’
EXCLUSIVE: Empire Studios, Rascal Entertainment, Green 13 Films and VMI Worldwide have partnered on Snow Predator, a survival thriller directed by Coz Greenop. The film has been written by Charley McDougall and is currently shooting at Shinfield Studios in the UK. The film stars Daniel Stisen, Eloise Lovell Anderson, Jason Flemyng, Genevieve Chenneour, Jack McEvoy,…
Read MoreBBC’s ‘Ludwig’ Is Most-Watched UK Drama Of The Year So Far
BBC and BritBox comedy-drama Ludwig has gone from strength to strength as it becomes the UK’s most-watched scripted launch of the year so far. The first ep of Season 2, which wrapped last week, has now been watched by an audience of 9.1 million, according to Barb data from overnights.tv. The BBC was celebrating the…
Read MoreNew Senate bill seeks birthright citizenship shake-up
A new Senate bill would create a legal presumption that some pregnant applicants for U.S. visitor visas are traveling to the country to obtain American citizenship for their children, under the Republican effort to crack down on “birth tourism.” The Birth Tourism Elimination Act, introduced by Republican Senator Tim Scott of South Carolina, would amend…
Read MoreSocial Security payments arriving this week – who gets paid?
Millions of Americans will receive their monthly Social Security payments from the Social Security Administration (SSA) this week, with the amount they’re due to receive depending on their earnings history, the year they retire, and the age at which they started claiming benefits. Who Gets Paid This Week? According to the SSA’s official 2026 payment…
Read MoreSingapore remains Asia’s private-markets hub, but regional rivals are catching up: panellists
Expertise is no longer limited to the Republic and is increasingly spreading across the region, they say [SINGAPORE] Singapore remains the regional headquarters for many funds and startups, but other markets are catching up, with competition intensifying in Asia, said panellists at private-markets conference SuperReturn Asia on Monday (Sep 28). While key investment functions remain…
Read MoreHLD Talent Signs Content Creator Heather Bowling
EXCLUSIVE: GK Barry agency HLD Talent has signed content creator and By Babes co-founder Heather Bowling. The social media star, business owner and neurodiversity advocate is joining up with the likes of Barry, Mariam Musa and Shakira Khan at the London-based HLD, which is lead by creators agent Hannah Holland. She is known as a…
Read MoreJames Talarico gets boost from Trump voters in new poll
Democratic Texas Senate hopeful James Talarico has the support of a significantly higher proportion of 2024 Donald Trump voters than his Republican opponent, Attorney General Ken Paxton, does from 2024 Kamala Harris voters, according to a new Big Data Poll. Democrats are hoping to flip the Senate and the House at the November midterms, either…
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