Posts by Nathan Pine
White House removes Tetris-inspired ‘Build the Wall’ game amid legal threat
President Donald Trump’s White House has removed a Tetris-inspired online arcade game, following a copyright threat from The Tetris Company. The White House launched a new online arcade last week that featured games modelled on classic formats and tied to the Trump agenda, including Supply Line, where players sort school lunches to make them healthy,…
Read MoreKarlovy Vary Prizewinner ‘The Guest’ Secures U.S. Distribution
EXCLUSIVE: Danish director Mads Mengel’s debut feature The Guest has been acquired for the U.S. and multiple European territories following its prize-winning world premiere in competition at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival in July. Copenhagen-based LevelK has sold the film to Juno Films for the U.S, while European deals include to France (L’atelier d’Images),…
Read MoreSingapore Airlines to seek tougher terms for any fresh Air India funding
Published Wed, Sep 9, 2026 · 03:38 PM [HONG KONG] Singapore Airlines, backed by state investor Temasek, is expected to seek greater influence over management and stronger governance rights before approving a capital injection into Air India, said two people familiar with the matter. The proposed conditions, which would be negotiated with Air India’s majority…
Read More‘Treasure Island’: First Look At MGM+ & Paramount+ Pirate Series
EXCLUSIVE: Shiver me timbers! Here’s a first look at Paramount+‘s upcoming pirate drama Treasure Island. Above and below you can see seven images from the Playground Entertainment’s six-part adventure series starring Hayley Atwell (Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning) as Bess Hawkins, David Oyelowo (Silo) as Long John Silver, Tom Sweet (Great Expectations) as Jim…
Read MoreTokyo Gap Financing Market Unveils 24 Projects & Partnership With Canada’s Frontières
Tokyo Gap Financing Market (TGFM), which is being held during this year’s TIFFCOM contents market in Tokyo (October 28-30), has announced a line-up of 24 projects from Asia, Europe and the Americas for this year’s edition. Projects include five works selected in partnership with Canada’s Frontières Market, the international genre film co-production market organized by…
Read More2 SIA flights cancelled, 2 diverted after air traffic control glitch at major British airports
Airline says it gave affected passengers assistance such as hotel accommodation and ground transport [SINGAPORE] Two Singapore Airlines (SIA) flights were diverted and another two were cancelled on Tuesday (Sep 8) due to a technical glitch affecting air traffic control services at major airports in Britain. In a statement on Wednesday, SIA said flights SQ308 and…
Read MoreAnthropic researcher quits, warns AI could kill everyone
AI researcher Jacob Coxon has resigned from the AI company Anthropic (makers of ChatGPT rival Claude, with a notoriously high focus on safety and alignment), warning that the race to develop increasingly powerful AI systems could pose an existential threat to humanity. In a series of posts published on X late Tuesday night, Coxon, who…
Read MoreSingdollar hits 10-month high against MYR; analysts still bullish on ringgit
[SINGAPORE] The Singapore dollar rose to a 10-month high against the ringgit on Wednesday (Sep 9) as rising US Treasury yields and risk-off sentiment drove investors towards the city-state’s currency as a regional safe haven. The exchange rate climbed to RM3.2204, the highest level since November 2025, according to Bloomberg data. The divergence underscores contrasting…
Read MoreJeff Lowell Dies: ‘John Tucker Must Die’ Writer & ‘The Crew’ Creator
Veteran film and TV comedy writer Jeff Lowell died on August 24 in Virginia after a brief illness. He was 52. Lowell started his career as a sitcom writer in the mid 1990s, working on such series as The George Carlin Show, Bless This House and The Drew Carey Show. He went on to serve…
Read MoreJon Stewart Likens Donald Trump Aide Natalie Harp To Elizabeth Holmes In Viral ‘You Can See Everything’ Trailer
Jon Stewart returned for an all-new episode of The Daily Show following a month-long hiatus. The comedian and Comedy Central host didn’t waste any time trolling Donald Trump and the chaos he’s caused over the last few weeks, like renaming Lake Ontario to Lake America. Toward the end of his opening monologue, he likened Trump…
Read More‘Big fat tickets: China IPO frenzy nets lucky individuals six months’ pay in one day
2026 has had an unusually large crop of listings that deliver over 100,000 yuan (US$14,900) from one winning allocation SIX MONTHS’ salary in a single day. That is the kind of payoff China’s boom in initial public offerings is handing to a lucky few. Seven new listings in 2026 have generated profits of more than…
Read MoreFederal Film & TV Tax Credits Not A Done Deal But Close, Adam Schiff Says
EXCLUSIVE The elusive goal is in sight but the finish line is still a way off in the race to get a federal film and TV tax incentive bill passed and signed into law by Donald Trump, California’s junior senator says. “Over the past two years, Senator Adam Schiff has been working to build bipartisan…
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