Posts by Nathan Pine
‘Wicked’ & ‘Wicked: For Good’ Live-To-Film Concerts Set For 2027
EXCLUSIVE: A series of live-to-film concerts of Wicked and Wicked: For Good, with film screenings accompanied by a live symphony orchestra, will officially premiere at Radio City Music Hall on January 23, 2027, with a special preview set for January 16 in San Francisco. The first event will be Wicked: Part One In Concert. The…
Read MoreChannel 4 Confirms Plans To Cut 340 Jobs
Channel 4 has announced the deepest round of layoffs in its 43-year history. The British network, home to shows including The Great British Bake Off and Taskmaster, is planning to cut 340 jobs by the end of 2026, meaning its workforce will shrink by more than a quarter. Channel 4 CEO Priya Dogra announced the…
Read MoreWhat is a Dive-LD submarine? The US craft Iran claims to have captured
The U.S. Navy sea drone that Iran has boasted about capturing in the Strait of Hormuz can operate underwater for up to 10 days and at depths of up to six kilometers. Iran’s IRGC (Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps) captured the American uncrewed underwater vehicle (UUV) Anduril Dive-LD on Tuesday, according to the semiofficial Tasnim news…
Read MoreSingapore’s blue-chip index down 0.7% on Wednesday as oil hits US$100 a barrel
Across the broader market, losers beat gainers 297 to 235, as 1.1b securities worth S$1.9b change hands [SINGAPORE] Singapore stocks ended lower on Wednesday (Sep 9), as mounting tensions in the US-Iran conflict sent the Brent crude oil price over US$100 a barrel. The benchmark Straits Times Index (STI) lost 0.7 per cent or 37.82…
Read MoreNetflix SA Slate Includes Latest ‘How To Ruin’ Edition
Netflix‘s How to Ruin, Seriously Single and Disaster Holiday franchises are getting new editions as part of the streamer’s latest South African slate. Following the launch of Blood Legacy Season 2 on September 25, Netflix will debut Seriously Single Too, Another Disaster Holiday later this year, with Tuiskoms Season 2, Marked Season 2 and Meet…
Read MoreBBC Boss Matt Brittin Asked News Unit To Examine Jason Arday Coverage
EXCLUSIVE: The BBC‘s new director general ordered the UK broadcaster’s news division to assess its coverage of Jason Arday after the academic died by suicide last month. The University of Cambridge professor was subjected to intense press scrutiny for days amid a spiralling plagiarism row. He was found dead at his home in August, prompting…
Read MoreTexas Latinos are turning against Republican Party
Latino voters in three competitive Texas House districts favor Democrats by 56 percent to 36 percent, according to a new Hart Research/TelevisaUnivision poll. That movement could affect control of Congress as closely divided battlegrounds can be decided by relatively small changes among major voting blocs. Republicans entered the 2026 cycle hoping President Donald Trump’s improved…
Read MoreJohn Malkovich Cancels 2027 Tel Aviv Show
John Malkovich has canceled a planned performance in Israel next year over what he described as the publication of an unauthorized press release to announce the show. Malkovich was scheduled to perform The Music Critic in Tel Aviv next year. A press release was published last week quoting Malkovich saying he was “thrilled to return…
Read MoreDamilola Orimogunje On Making Venice History With ‘Dear Ajayi’
Damilola Orimogunje is set to make a small piece of African cinema history this week in Venice, where he will become the first Nigerian filmmaker to debut a feature in the Giornate degli Autori competition with his sophomore directorial effort, Dear Ajayi. “I’m absolutely thrilled,” Orimogunje says of his historic Venice selection, speaking with Deadline…
Read MoreCOE premiums up across the board; Cat A price hits all-time high of S$133,009
[SINGAPORE] The Category A certificate of entitlement (COE) premium hit an all-time high of S$133,009 in the Wednesday (Sep 9) tender exercise, even as the prices rose across all the other categories. Meant for smaller, less powerful cars and electric vehicles (EVs), the latest Category A COE price was 3.5 per cent higher than the S$128,501 posted at the…
Read MoreAs a favor for his Taliban hosts, bin Laden had their rival assassinated
In this series, Newsweek maps the road to 9/11 as it happened 25 years ago, day by day. Yesterday: “The match is about to begin,” said one of the communications. The NSA didn’t translate them into English or disseminate them. September 9, 2001: Ahmad Shah Massoud, leader of the so-called Northern Alliance, was assassinated September…
Read MoreUK flights resume after major air traffic outage
Published Wed, Sep 9, 2026 · 04:30 PM [LONDON] Flights from British airports resumed early on Wednesday (Sep 9) after a major air traffic control failure, but hubs warned that it would take time for operations to return to normal and questions mounted about the reliability of Britain’s aviation systems. The hours-long shutdown on Tuesday,…
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