Posts by Nathan Pine
Simba parent Tuas full-year profit surges to S$26 million on subscriber growth
[SINGAPORE] Tuas, the Australian-listed parent company of Simba Telecom, saw its full-year net profit more than treble on the back of more subscribers and more plans with a greater amount of inclusions that broadened its target customer segment. Net profit stood at about S$26 million for the full year ended Jul 31, up 277 per…
Read MoreParamount-WBD Hearing Date Set For Proposed AGs Settlement
A federal judge has set a hearing for Thursday on the proposed settlement between state attorneys general and Paramount-Warner Bros Discovery. U.S. District Judge Araceli Martinez-Olguin set the hearing for 11 a.m. PT via Zoom. She wrote in an order Tuesday that the hearing would be to “address certain outstanding questions regarding the factual and…
Read MoreNY Mayor Zohran Mamdani Blasts Paramount-WBD Deal As “Shameful Monument To Corruption”
New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani, a day after continuing his congenial dealings with President Donald Trump, blasted the “federal leaders” supporting the Paramount-Warner Bros. Discovery merger. “America is free only when the media is competitive, independent, and accountable to the people,” Mamdani posted on X Tuesday. “This merger strikes a chilling blow against that freedom…
Read MoreTop Reps Talk Creator Economy As New Entertainment Business Model
It’s no secret that Hollywood is rapidly changing, and one of several driving forces is the arrival of the creator economy. Some of the industry’s top minds gathered at PMC’s Los Angeles headquarters last week for Deadline’s inaugural LA Law Summit to discuss how technology that allows anyone the ability to establish a completely unmitigated…
Read MoreTraffic sign on 405 hacked to display pro-Iran website
A temporary traffic sign perched on the 405 Freeway in Los Angeles appears to have been hacked earlier this month to display a link to a pro-Iran website. Real estate broker Payam Shirazi said he spotted the sign by the Santa Monica Boulevard exit while driving north from his home in Irvine to L.A. for…
Read MoreMahershala Ali On Kevin Feige’s ‘Blade’ Failure: “He Should Feel That Way”
Mahershala Ali says he still doesn’t know why the long-aborning reboot of Marvel‘s Blade franchise never happened. “That’s a Kevin Feige question,” the actor told GQ in a recent interview of why the film fell apart. “I don’t know why it did to this day. I don’t know why it didn’t happen. I just know…
Read MoreKate Middleton Dazzles in Rarely Seen Royal Jewels at Movie Premiere With Tom Cruise
Kate Middleton is digging into the royal archives for fashion. For the first time ever, the Princess of Wales wore the Queen Mother’s amethyst sautoir—a 103-year-old necklace featuring a heart-shaped pendant framed in diamonds hanging from strands of pearls—at the London premiere of Tom Cruise‘s new movie Digger on Sept. 22. Joined by her husband…
Read MoreDancing With the Stars’ Jackson Olson Explains Why All His Teeth Are Fake
Savannah Bananas’ Jackson Olson Addresses His “Unfair Advantage” Ahead of Dancing With the Stars Jackson Olson’s dancing shoes aren’t his only accessory shining on the ballroom floor. A week after making his Dancing With the Stars debut on season 35 alongside professional partner Emma Slater, the baseball player addressed fan questions about his pearly white…
Read MoreTrump DOJ Official Minimizes State AGs’ Paramount-WBD Settlement
A top Justice Department official is minimizing the concessions state attorneys general received in the settlement of their antitrust lawsuit to block the Paramount-Warner Bros Discovery merger. Stanley Woodward, associate attorney general, said in a statement Tuesday, “After a thorough review of the Paramount/WarnerBros deal, DOJ concluded that market dynamics create the necessary incentives to…
Read MoreMeta testing a ‘human concierge’ for its new personal AI agent, Muse
Published Wed, Sep 23, 2026 · 06:22 AM [NEW YORK] Meta has been testing a “human concierge” for its new personal AI assistant, Muse, which entails having human contractors quietly handle some of the phone calls placed via the digital agent, according to internal company posts seen by Reuters. The Facebook and Instagram owner told…
Read MoreAnne Wilson Film To Star Aliza Kate Barlow, Gavin Casalegno & More
EXCLUSIVE: A new film inspired by Anne Wilson’s hit song My Jesus is gearing up to begin production next month, with Aliza Kate Barlow making her feature debut starring as the Christian Country singer. My Jesus, which hails from Lionsgate and Kingdom Story Company (I Can Only Imagine, Jesus Revolution), also stars Gavin Casalegno (The…
Read MoreWATCH: ‘Power’ Creator Courtney A. Kemp Video Interview On IP Challenges & More
“I think those of us who are writers probably don’t understand how much we need to protect the chain of custody or chain of evidence of us coming up with an original idea,” said Courtney A. Kemp of the most misunderstood aspect of intellectual property confronting most creators in the entertainment industry today. Speaking a…
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