Posts by Nathan Pine
‘Ride Or Die’ Submitting As Comedy; Hannah Waddingham, Octavia Spencer
After conquering ratings, ranking as No. 1 on Prime Video since its July 15 release, and winning over critics with 98% on Rotten Tomatoes, Prime Video’s Ride or Die is setting sights on awards, starting with the upcoming guild races, the Golden Globes and Critics Choice Awards. The hourlong action series starring Emmy winner Hannah…
Read MoreParamount-WBD Deal Endorsed By Lionsgate CEO Jon Feltheimer: “Uncertainty Is The Worst”
Lionsgate CEO Jon Feltheimer went to bat Thursday for Paramount CEO David Ellison and the company’s hung-up merger with Warner Bros. Discovery. “Uncertainty is the worst thing for our business, and uncertainty and delay is not good for anybody,” the exec said in response to a Wall Street analyst’s question during Lionsgate’s quarterly earnings call.…
Read MorePetrobras profit jumps 80%, tops estimates on Iran war-driven oil rally
This comes as supply disruptions from the Middle East conflict lift prices for crude, petrol and diesel Published Fri, Aug 7, 2026 · 08:08 AM [RIO DE JANEIRO] Brazilian oil producer Petrobras outperformed expectations after supply disruptions stemming from the US-Iran conflict lifted second quarter prices for crude, petrol and diesel. The state-controlled driller’s 93.8…
Read MoreNielsen To Acquire Ad Tech Firm DoubleVerify For $2.5 Billion
Nielsen is paying $2.15 billion to acquire DoubleVerify, a provider of software that measures advertising performance. The all-cash acquisition will deliver shareholders of DoubleVerify $13.60 per share. Shares in the publicly traded company jumped nearly 14% in after-hours trading Thursday on the acquisition news. Nielsen has been privately held since 2022. Nielsen was attracted to…
Read MoreBetty Gilpin Calls ‘Widow’s Bay’ The “Ultimate F*ck You” To Algorithm TV
With 19 Emmy nominations under its belt for its first season, Betty Gilpin sees Widow’s Bay as a beacon of wholly original television. The 4x Emmy nominee, whose latest Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy series nod is for her performance as Sarah Warren in the Apple TV series, praised the show for figuring out…
Read MoreUOB Q2 profit climbs 10% to S$1.48 billion, edging past estimates
[SINGAPORE] UOB’s net profit for its second quarter rose 10 per cent as net fee income rose on record wealth management fees, it said on Friday (Aug 7). Net profit for the three months ended June 30, 2026 stood at S$1.48 billion, compared with S$1.34 billion from the year-ago period. The earnings slightly beat the…
Read MoreBox Office: ‘Spider-Man: Brand New Day’ Is Fastest To Cross $500M U.S.
Sony/Marvel Studios’ Spider-Man: Brand New Day continues to do whatever a Spider-Man movies does, and that’s breaking more box office records. Today, the Destin Daniel Cretton directed movie is becoming the fastest to cross half billion at the domestic box office, pulling this off in a week’s time and beating the eight days that it…
Read MoreJames Gunn Says ‘The Batman: Part II’ Won’t Shoot Back-To-Back With ‘Part III’
As Matt Reeves is hard at work in Gotham City, James Gunn is quelling some overeager fans about the timeline of the Batman trilogy. In his latest Threads session, the DC Studios boss shot down rumors that The Batman: Part II will shoot back-to-back with The Batman: Part III as he answered fan questions about…
Read MoreDanya Jimenez & Hannah McMechan Developing ‘A Really Bad Person’ At FX
In their first stab at TV series development, K-Pop Demon Hunters co-writers Danya Jimenez and Hannah McMechan are writing A Really Bad Person, which is in the works at FX. The crime drama is a co-production between Legendary Entertainment and FX Productions. In A Really Bad Person, which is said to have comedic overtones for…
Read MoreOil settles up US$3 as Iran reviews bill to ban US, Israeli vessels from Hormuz
Published Fri, Aug 7, 2026 · 06:08 AM [HOUSTON] Oil prices settled up by more than US$3 a barrel on Thursday (Aug 6) on news an Iranian parliament committee is reviewing a bill that would ban US and Israeli vessels from the Strait of Hormuz and fine violators up to a fifth of the value of…
Read MoreOil rises on concerns over Strait of Hormuz reopening plans
Analysts said the events that have unfolded this week signalled that the hostilities between Iran and the US are not yet over Published Fri, Aug 7, 2026 · 06:08 AM — Updated Fri, Aug 7, 2026 · 12:05 PM OIL extended gains on Friday (Aug 7) amid further concerns around the opening of the Strait…
Read More‘The Diplomat’s Allison Janney Is Not Your Typical President
In preparing to interview Allison Janney, it is not hard to work yourself into a bit of a tizzy. Almost every role Janney takes on is a woman of extreme authority and conviction, from her career-making turn as press secretary C.J. Cregg on The West Wing, where she kept both the media and the White…
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