Posts by Nathan Pine
Come On In, Guys! We’re Sharing Survivor’s Behind-the-Scenes Secrets
Believe it or not, the first time the show had to evacuate the cast due to a natural disaster wasn’t until a cyclone hit Fiji during Millennials vs. Gen X (season 33 in 2016). And when the game has to be stopped, it really stops. “We made the decision to bring them to base camp so that we…
Read MoreFrench Film & TV Sectors Sound Alarm Over Cuts To State Broadcaster Budget; Say They Are At Odds With Macron’s Lumière Summit Pledges
France’s film and TV sectors are sounding the alarm over a proposed €47M ($53M) cut in public funds for state broadcaster France Télévisions in 2027. In a joint open letter published on Wednesday, independent producers’ guilds, Le SPI, l’USPA and AnimFrance accused the government of engaging in “a brutal social plan” which could cause irreparable…
Read MoreTaylor Swift Unveils Life of a Showgirl: The Encore Featuring 4 New Songs
Drop everything now—Taylor Swift has another surprise for fans. Just one day after the “Opalite” singer revealed her brand-new single “Patient Zero,” out Friday, Sept. 25, she announced The Life of a Showgirl: The Encore, featuring four new songs, will drop the same day. “About a year ago, you guys did a truly unfathomable thing,” Swift wrote…
Read MoreDDA Vet Jack Davidson Exits To Launch Events Management Company JDL
EXCLUSIVE: After a 17-year run at comms agency DDA, Jack Davidson has exited to launch an event management and logistics company, Jack Davidson Logistics and Events (JDL). London-based Davidson most recently served as Senior Vice President at DDA Event Management (DDA EM). DDA EM has recently been acquired by DDA Global (DDA) and merged with…
Read More‘Where’s Wanda’ Season 2: Watch Trailer For Apple TV Series
EXCLUSIVE: Here’s the trailer for Season 2 of Apple TV‘s German dark comedy Where’s Wanda?. The sophomore season starring Heike Makatsch (Love Actually), Axel Stein (The Vault), Lea Drinda (The Gryphon), Leo Simon and and Nikeata Thompson (Späti) debuts globally on October 21, and this is the exclusive trailer ahead of the launch. Episodes will…
Read MoreXi meets Trump after 10 days out of public eye amid health speculation
U.S. President Donald Trump is set to meet with his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping, whose recent public absence has sparked speculation about his health. Xi is due to arrive on Wednesday at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland, outside Washington, D.C., where he is expected to be greeted personally by Trump ahead of a highly anticipated…
Read MoreJesse Eisenberg Talks Writing ‘The Debut’ For Julianne Moore
Jesse Eisenberg heaped praise on Julianne Moore and Paul Giamatti, the co-stars of his latest feature, The Debut, this morning during a press conference at the San Sebastián Film Festival, where the musical comedy is set to make its European debut this week. “We filmed the first two days of the movie in one day,…
Read MoreHong Kong stock exchange to discuss extended stock trading hours
The city is home to one of the few major exchanges – including Singapore – that still keep a lunch hour Published Wed, Sep 23, 2026 · 08:16 PM [HONG KONG] The stock exchange of Hong Kong will consult with stakeholders on a potential extension of stock trading hours that would align the bourse with…
Read More‘Ali G’ Writer Defends Sacha Baron Cohen Over Racial Stereotype Outcry
EXCLUSIVE: As the self-anointed “voice of youth” in the late 1990s, Ali G was a British cultural sensation, parroted in school playgrounds and quoted in Parliament. But nearly 30 years on, Sacha Baron Cohen has been criticized for “microwaving a relic from a generation ago” with his unexpected decision to reboot the suburban rude boy.…
Read MoreJohn Cleese: BBC “Social Engineering” With Mitchell & Webb Cuts
John Cleese is unhappy with the BBC for removing sketches from comedy series That Mitchell and Webb Look. The BBC confirmed earlier this week that jokes featured in David Mitchell and Robert Webb’s show had been cut ahead of it being restored to iPlayer for its 20th anniversary. As many as 11 sketches were removed,…
Read MoreKeppel Reit to divest freehold Grade A office building in Seoul for US$255.8 million
[SINGAPORE] Keppel Real Estate Investment Trust (Reit) on Wednesday (Sep 23) said it has entered an agreement to sell T Tower – a freehold Grade A office building in Seoul – to a real estate fund based in South Korea, valued at 348.8 billion won (US$255.8 million). This price represents a 37.2 per cent premium…
Read MoreStudiocanal Wraps Final Film In German-Language ‘Woodwalkers’ Trilogy
Studiocanal has announced the official wrap of the final instalment in hit German-language trilogy Woodwalkers alongside unveiling a January 28, 2027 theatrical launch date in Germany and a first image. A production between Blue Eyes Fiction and Studiocanal Germany, the trilogy was launched in 2024 as the partners’ most ambitious German-language production to date. The…
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