Posts by Nathan Pine
Suntec Reit posts 24.8% rise in H1 DPU to S$0.03936
[SINGAPORE] The manager of Suntec Real Estate Investment Trust (Reit) on Thursday (Jul 23) posted a distribution per unit (DPU) of S$0.03936 for the first half ended June, up 24.8 per cent from S$0.03155 in the previous corresponding period. Distributable income rose 25.5 per cent to S$116.5 million for H1 FY2026, from S$92.8 million in…
Read MoreRobert Pattinson A24 Movie ‘Primetime’ Sets Early Fall Release
EXCLUSIVE: In the wake of scoring a spot on the Venice Film Festival lineup, the Robert Pattinson starring and produced Primetime will debut in theaters nationwide on Sept. 25. The movie from documentary filmmaker Lance Oppenheim follows Chris Hansen in 2006 as he sets to make TV history with To Catch a Predator. Pattinson plays…
Read MoreMichelle Zhou’s Venice Horizons Title ‘Big Little Things’ Boarded By Moebius Entertainment For Sales
Hong Kong-based Moebius Entertainment has boarded international sales for Michelle Zhou’s Big Little Things, which has been selected to premiere in the Horizons section of this year’s Venice Film Festival. The film follows a woman who returns to her hometown of Harbin after years living in the United States and finds herself caught between two…
Read MorePeacock Adds 2M Subscribers In Q2, Turns First Profit; Studio A Standout As Comcast Plots Next Big Move
NBCUniversal streamer Peacock swung to a $189 million profit for the three months ended in June, its first quarter in the black, and added 2 million paid subscribers to reach 48 million. Streaming, along with wireless and the studio umbers all contributed to parent Comcast‘s quarterly earnings report Thursday, its first since announcing it plans…
Read MoreUkrainian F-16 fighter jet just made history in Russia war
A Ukrainian F-16 fighter jet has shot down a Russian jet in an airborne battle for the first time, according to the U.S.’ top soldier, swinging attention back onto the U.S.-made aircraft that has had a relatively low profile in Ukraine since the first jets arrived in the war-torn country two years ago. “Recently, we…
Read MoreJudge approves Anthropic’s $1.5-billion settlement with authors
Anthropic will pay $1.5 billion to authors whose pirated books it used to train its AI in the largest copyright settlement in U.S. history. Federal Judge Araceli Martinez-Olguin in Oakland granted final approval of the settlement Monday. The record payout was a modest win for copyright holders, setting a precedent as a wave of AI-related…
Read MoreVenice Biennale Head Slams EU For Pulling Funding Over Russia Invite
Venice Biennale Foundation President Pietrangelo Buttafuoco hit out at the European Commission on Thursday for its move to withdraw funding over Russia’s participation in its Art Biennale earlier this year. Speaking in opening remarks of the press conference unveiling the lineup for 83rd edition of the Venice Film Festival, Buttafuoco suggested the European Commission was…
Read More‘Open Water’: BBC Casts Toheeb Jimoh, Dujanna Gift
Emmy-nominated Ted Lasso star Toheeb Jimoh and Snow White’s Dujonna Gift are leading the BBC’s adaptation of Caleb Azumah Nelson’s debut novel Open Water. Jimoh plays Marcus opposite Gift’s Effie. Marcus works in retail while trying to develop a career as a photographer. Effie is studying dance at university in Dublin. From the moment they meet,…
Read MoreAI is shifting cybersecurity from preventing breaches to neutralizing them
Cybersecurity spending keeps rising, yet the definition of effective cyberdefense may be changing faster than many organizations realize. Vulnerability exploitation has become the leading way attackers breach organizations, accounting for 31 percent of incidents for the first time in nearly two decades. At the same time, artificial intelligence is compressing the window between vulnerability discovery…
Read MoreBillkin Putthipong To Star In GDH’s ‘Untitled Snooker Project’, Produced By Team Behind ‘Gohan’ & ‘How To Make Millions Before Grandma Dies’
EXCLUSIVE: Thai studio GDH has announced that Billkin Putthipong Assaratanakul will star in its feature film project, The Untitled Snooker Project, in the role of a professional snooker player. The film, scheduled for theatrical release in late 2027, will be directed by Wattanapong ‘Jack’ Wongwan, whose credits include the hit Netflix series The Believers. It…
Read MoreMotorway group boss Michael Lim charged with evasion of excise duty and GST
The charges relate to around S$15,000 in underpaid GST and excise duty; he faces a maximum fine of around S$300,000 LIM Ah Poh, the founder and owner of the Motorway group of companies, is facing charges relating to around S$15,000 in underpaid goods and services tax and excise duty. More usually known as Michael Lim,…
Read MoreIsabel Davis Appointed Director Of The BFI Filmmaking Fund
Isabel Davis has been appointed Director of the BFI Filmmaking Fund. Davis joins the BFI in October 2026 for a five-year fixed term after eight years as Executive Director of Screen Scotland. Before Screen Scotland, Davis served a lengthy term at the BFI, including as the Head of International. Davis takes over from Mia Bays,…
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