Posts by Nathan Pine
‘Bluey’: First Audiobook Collection Coming From Penguin & BBC Studios
BBC Studios and Penguin Random House are building on their existing publishing partnership with a first Bluey audiobook collection: Bluey: The Beach and Other Stories. The audiobook will feature eight stories narrated by Australian actress Miranda Tapsell (Sapphires), who voices Dougie’s mum in the uber popular kids franchise. The collection, which is due to publish…
Read MoreWatch The Trailer For ‘Super Nature,’ Doc Shot Entirely On Super 8
EXCLUSIVE: Super Nature, a new documentary about the natural world directed by Ed Sayers, is truly a vintage piece of filmmaking. Sayers and his collaborators – 40 filmmakers across the globe – shot the feature entirely on Super 8, “the original home movie format.” The “home” in this case is planet Earth and its multitudinous…
Read MoreSky Chief Dana Strong Says ITV Will Remain “Deeply British”
Dana Strong, the chief executive of Sky, has said that ITV will remain a “deeply British” business after her company agreed a £1.6 billion ($2.1 billion) takeover of a crown jewel of UK broadcasting. Sky’s acquisition of ITV’s television and streaming unit, which was announced early on Monday, will effectively put two UK public service…
Read MoreTrump just gave FIFA the VAR check it deserves
President Donald Trump didn’t need to sit in a VAR booth to review FIFA’s decision about Folarin Balogun, America’s ironically not-very-American star forward. He just heard the anger and called his friend at the top, Gianni Infantino. It was a VAR check of VAR, resulting in a second change to an original decision, one that…
Read MoreUEFA Rips FIFA’s Decision To Suspend USMNT’s Folarin Balogun Red Card As “Unprecedented, Incomprehensible And Unjustifiable”
European soccer body UEFA is the latest to weigh in on FIFA‘s controversial decision to overturn U.S. soccer star Folarin Balogun’s red card suspension. In a remarkable message just posted to its site, UEFA tore into world soccer body FIFA, saying it had ‘crossed a red line’ and described the move as “unprecedented, incomprehensible and…
Read MoreThales strikes deal for controlling stake in sea drone maker Exail
Thales and Exail see anti-submarine warfare addressable market increasing almost tenfold to over 700 billion euros in 2030 Published Mon, Jul 6, 2026 · 06:28 PM [BRUSSELS] Europe’s largest defence technology group Thales said on Monday (Jul 6) it had struck a deal to take a controlling stake in drone technology company Exail as it…
Read MoreNetflix Sets Out Why It’s Challenging French Funding Obligations & Wants A Cap On Investment Rules; Prime Video Also Lodges Appeal
Netflix has published an op-ed — which you can read below — in which it lays out why it is challenging proposed new spending obligations on the streamer in France and why it wants to introduce an investment cap on streamer obligations in the territory. First published in French national paper Le Monde, the op-ed…
Read MoreSingapore stocks rise amid mixed regional trading; STI up 0.3%
Thai Beverage leads the blue-chip gainers with a 2.3% or S$0.01 increase to S$0.45 Published Mon, Jul 6, 2026 · 06:06 PM [SINGAPORE] Singapore shares ended higher on Monday (Jul 6) amid mixed trading in the region. The benchmark Straits Times Index (STI) gained 0.3 per cent or 15.52 points to finish at 5,259.81. Thai…
Read More‘Satluj’ Starring Diljit Dosanjh Pulled From Streaming In India
Satluj, Honey Trehan’s human rights drama starring Diljit Dosanjh, has been pulled days after its launch in India. The film has been at the center of a censorship battle and tells the story of human rights activist Jaswant Singh Khalra. It launched on the Zee5 streaming service on July 3. It was taken down two…
Read MoreChina’s biggest ETF is now a US$13 billion gold fund as state stock market support fades
The reshuffling of country’s largest ETFs offers a picture of where investors are putting their money Published Mon, Jul 6, 2026 · 05:37 PM [BEIJING] A China spot gold ETF has overtaken the Huatai-PineBridge CSI 300 ETF to become the country’s largest exchange-traded fund, highlighting the extent to which state-backed support for the stock market…
Read MoreVenice Film Festival To Fete George Clooney With Lifetime Achievement Award
The Venice Film Festival is to celebrate George Clooney with a Golden Lion for lifetime achievement. Clooney, who has close ties to Italy and the festival, has been on the Lido with multiple films over the years, including most recently, Netflix’s Jay Kelly. “I’ve had so many extraordinary moments in Venice. This festival is without…
Read MoreTrump reignites feud with Italy’s Meloni: ‘Restraining order needed’
President Donald Trump has seemingly reignited his public feud with Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni by sharing a meme on Truth Social depicting the two leaders, weeks after a diplomatic row over his claim that she had “begged” him for a photograph. The image, posted Sunday, showed Trump alongside Meloni, who is looking up at…
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