Posts by Nathan Pine
WTFilms Boards Italian Alps-Set Comedy-Thriller ‘The Dregs’ With Maddie Phillips & Stephen Lang – AFM
EXCLUSIVE: Genre specialist WTFilms has boarded comedy-thriller The Dregs, about a group of friends whose trip to the Italian Alps takes a terrifying turn after they drink a cursed bottle of Grappa, for an AFM sales launch. The movie brings together a buzzy cast, announced by Deadline earlier this year, featuring Stephen Lang (Don’t Breathe)…
Read MoreTinto Brass Dies: Italian ‘Caligula’ Director Was 93
Italian film director Tinto Brass, whose filmmaking spanned many genres but came to be associated internationally with his erotic films of the 1970s, has died in Rome. He was 93 years old. His wife Caterina Varzi and children Bonifacio and Beatrice Brass announced the news of Brass’ death on Wednesday to Italian press agency Ansa.…
Read MoreOutback Steakhouse’s largest US franchisee files for bankruptcy
A franchisee of the Australian-themed restaurant chain Outback Steakhouse has filed for bankruptcy in Delaware, meaning dozens of its restaurants could soon change ownership. On Monday, Out West Restaurant Group filed for bankruptcy protection in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware. Both assets and liabilities were in an estimated range of $10…
Read MoreSky-ITV: Lisa Nandy Says Ofcom & CMA Can Probe Competition Concerns
The UK Culture Secretary has taken her examination of the £1.6B ($2.2B) Sky–ITV acquisition to the next stage by asking competition bodies Ofcom and the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) to formally scrutinize the deal. Lisa Nandy said she was “minded to intervene” last month and has now told Ofcom and the CMA to report…
Read MoreGreenback slips as Democratic victories in US midterms stoke AI jitters
Published Wed, Nov 4, 2026 · 09:08 PM [SHANGHAI/SINGAPORE/BENGALURU] A sweeping victory by Democrats in the US midterm elections sent the greenback lower on Wednesday (Nov 4), as investors weighed the prospect of tighter artificial intelligence regulation and its potential drag on economic growth. Several major currencies gained versus the dollar, with the euro and…
Read MorePierfrancesco Favino First Look In Marco Bellocchio’s Sergio Marchionne Bio-Pic ‘Falcon’ Unveiled – AFM
A first look image of Pierfrancesco Favino (Il Traditore, Maria, Rush) in the role of late audacious Fiat-Chrysler automobile exec Sergio Marchionne in Marco Bellocchio’s biopic Falcon has been unveiled. Rai Cinema International Distribution, which announced it had boarded sales on the picture last month, has posted a first look image as it gears up…
Read MoreKATSEYE Apologizes After Cancelling Concert 30 Minutes Before Showtime
Tonight KATSEYE might need to take a break. Fans of the girl group—consisting of members Daniela Avanzini, Yoonchae, Lara Raj and Megan Skiendiel, as well as Manon Bannerman and Sophia Laforteza, who are currently on hiatus—were disappointed when the “Tonight I Might” group’s Nov. 3 concert in Detroit was called off just half an hour before…
Read More‘Molly Vs The Machines’ Producer Snowstorm Hires Vice’s Joe Ingham
EXCLUSIVE: Snowstorm, the production company co-founded by J.K. Rowling’s agent Neil Blair and Cow producer Kat Mansoor, has turned to Vice Studios to bolster its team. Snowstorm has hired Joe Ingham, former head of development and executive producer at Vice Studios, as an executive producer. His credits include Ross Kemp: Lost Boys, Deadly Men (Crime…
Read More‘Harry Potter’ Oxford Street Store Opening Disrupted By Trans Protest
Harry Potter fans lining up to enter the franchise’s new Oxford Street store in London were greeted by trans rights protesters chanting that J.K. Rowling has “blood on her hands.” A group of around a dozen protesters stood to the side of the flagship store, wielding megaphones and placards with messages that included: “Trans kids…
Read MoreHow markets reacted to Democrats’ win in US midterms: Stocks U-turn, gold gains
Opportunities are opening up in different parts of the market that saw recent sell-offs Published Wed, Nov 4, 2026 · 08:01 PM [DUBAI] Global stock markets erased a sell-off sparked by a Democratic sweep of the US Congress, as uncertainty surrounding the midterms faded and dip-buyers rushed back into a bruised market. Equities reversed earlier…
Read MoreJean-Claude Van Damme Returning To Martial Arts Roots In ‘Katana’
EXCLUSIVE: Action icon Jean-Claude Van Damme is returning to his martial arts roots in Japan-set Yakuza movie Katana, which is being launched for sales by The Veterans ahead of the AFM. Jeremy Zag, the French producer, writer and director best known for creating the hit Miraculous franchise, is behind the film, which will return Van…
Read MoreStates split on regulating AI in medicine
As artificial intelligence takes on increasingly sophisticated roles in health care, hospitals should prepare for different states to impose different rules on how the technology can be used, a leading health AI expert has warned. “Folks need to honestly be prepared for a patchwork set of regulatory frameworks that are going to be the reality…
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