Posts by Nathan Pine
AOL Returns To Wall Street Spotlight With IPO Of New Corporate Parent Bending Spoons
A quarter-century after it swallowed Time Warner in one of history’s splashiest and most ill-fated mergers, AOL returned to the Wall Street spotlight Wednesday with a new corporate parent, Bending Spoons. The Milan, Italy-based company had its initial public offering on the Nasdaq, with shares rising 40% to finish at $40.50. The IPO raised about…
Read MoreJodie Sweetin Shares Where She Stands With Full House Costars Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen
Jodie Sweetin Shares Where She Stands With ‘Full House’ Costars Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen Jodie Sweetin has a full heart of love for Mary-Kate Olsen and Ashley Olsen. The Full House alum shared that she and her former costars are still friends, despite the twins not returning for the 2016 revival Fuller House. “Everyone’s on…
Read MoreEdinburgh Film Festival: 10 Films To Debut In Competition
This year’s Edinburgh Film Festival will debut 21 feature films, 10 of which will screen in the festival’s official competition strand, which will run from August 13 to 19. Titles competing for the festival’s Sean Connery Prize include Paul Wright’s Mission, starring George MacKay. The film’s official synopsis reads: Mission is a punk exploration of…
Read MoreDonald Trump Reports $2.2B In Personal Revenue During First Year Of Second Presidential Term
Donald Trump personally collected $2.2 billion during the first year of his second presidential term, according to a disclosure form released Tuesday by the U.S. Office Of Government Ethics. The amount of gains largely reflects Trump’s significant stake in the tech industry. Cryptocurrency transactions and dealings with Nvidia, Amazon and other firms are captured in…
Read MoreAs Trump reports $2.2 billion in 2025 income, ethics experts raise alarms
Ethics experts sounded the alarm Wednesday after new financial disclosure reports revealed that President Trump’s income ballooned to $2.2 billion in 2025, with $1.4 billion coming from various new cryptocurrency-related businesses. “It’s bribery. It’s graft. It’s exploitation of public power for private financial gain,” said Kathleen Clark, a law professor at Washington University and an…
Read More‘X-Men ’97’ Creator Beau DeMayo Says Marvel Treated Him Like “DEI Hire”
Nearly two years after suing Marvel, Beau DeMayo has opened up about the alleged treatment he endured leading up to his March 2024 termination. The X-Men ’97 creator, who was ousted from the show ahead of its premiere, claimed he was “very honest” about his OnlyFans work with Marvel Studios Animation, adding that he felt…
Read MoreAlibaba, payment firm will pay US$600 million to resolve US probe
Published Thu, Jul 2, 2026 · 06:54 AM CHINESE tech giant Alibaba Group Holding and its US digital payment processor agreed to pay US$600 million to resolve a federal investigation into whether they failed to prevent the sale and importation of illegal pharmaceuticals and controlled substances, the Justice Department said. Alibaba entered into a non-prosecution…
Read MoreBox Office: ‘Minions & Monsters’ Sees $13.75M Opening Day
EXCLUSIVE: Illumination/Universal‘s Minions & Monsters is posting an estimated $13.75M opening day — that’s without any previews. The Chris Melandandri produced, Pierre Coffin directed animated movie is the seventh title in the Despicable Me and Minions $5.6 billion global grossing franchise, and it’s easily No. 1 for today. There’s a lot of runway left in…
Read MoreAnthropologie’s Viral Icon Juice Glass Is Finally on Sale for Just $3
The moment we’ve all been waiting for is finally here: Anthropologie’s extra 50% off sale. It’s a good day when our favorite (normally pricey) retailer has an undeniably excellent sale—especially when it comes to its home section. Lucky for us Anthro fans, this sale includes the brand’s TikTok-viral Icon Juice Glass, which we simply can’t…
Read MoreOil falls for a third straight day after US-Iran talks conclude in Doha
The discussions produced ‘positive progress’ on issues related to the US-Iran memorandum, says Qatar Published Thu, Jul 2, 2026 · 06:16 AM — Updated Thu, Jul 2, 2026 · 12:06 PM [SINGAPORE] Oil prices dropped about 1 per cent on Thursday (Jul 2), down for a third consecutive day, after Qatar said Iran and the…
Read MoreCurry Barker, Cooper Tomlinson “Stay Scrappy” With ‘Anything But Ghosts’
Following his big breakout with Obsession, Curry Barker is keeping the indie spirit alive with his follow-up at Focus Features and Blumhouse Atomic Monster. Anything But Ghosts‘ Cooper Tomlinson, who produced, co-wrote and starred alongside co-writer/director Barker in the supernatural horror, explained why they wanted to “stay grounded” with the film, which wrapped production shortly…
Read MoreSwagBoyQ-Led Lifetime Microdrama Sets Premiere On Taye Diggs’ Vertical Platform; Trailer Drops
EXCLUSIVE: Lifetime‘s first microdrama, Tides of Temptation, will premiere on July 7 on executive producer Taye Diggs‘ new vertical platform, Microhouse Films. Tides of Temptation will serve as the tentpole title for the platform, which launches on the same day with an additional 6 titles yet to be revealed. The series is the first of…
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