Posts by Nathan Pine
Jana Kramer To Make Directing Debut On ‘Love Song For My Texas Ranger’
EXCLUSIVE: Actress and country singer Jana Kramer (One Tree Hill, Gaslit by My Husband: The Morgan Metzer Story) is set to make her directorial debut on Love Song for My Texas Ranger, an independent, music-driven romantic drama currently in production in Texas. Kramer will also star in the film. She is joined by Ryan Rottman (90210), Tammin Sursok (Pretty Little Liars),…
Read MorePorsche shutters three units as new CEO makes first job cuts
Published Fri, May 8, 2026 · 10:07 PM PORSCHE AG is closing three of its non-car-making units, with chief executive officer Michael Leiters cutting headcount for the first time to counteract slumping sales in China and the cost of reversing its EV strategy. The Volkswagen AG-owned carmaker plans to shut down its Cellforce battery business,…
Read MoreDuncan Sheik Manga Musical ‘Memoirs Of Amorous Gentlemen’ Sets Fall Premiere
Memoirs of Amorous Gentlemen, Duncan Sheik‘s new musical based on the Manga graphic novel, will premiere Off Broadway this fall, producers announced today. The production, featuring music and lyrics by Sheik, will open at a new Chelsea neighborhood venue called The Night Egg, named after a French brothel in the Japanese novel. The venue is…
Read MoreBorneo Rainforest Doc ‘Shinta’ Backed By Former AMPAS Prez & Rai
EXCLUSIVE: Former AMPAS President and The People vs. Larry Flynt producer Janet Yang is among the team behind new environmental doc Shinta, about a young Dayak girl and Indigenous activist Emanuela Shinta on a journey through Borneo’s rainforest. The film is developed, written and produced by Michela Scolari (Paolo Rossi: The Heart Of A Champion) and…
Read MoreTaylor Swift’s Legal Team Slams “Meritless” The Life of a Showgirl Copyright Lawsuit
The opening song on Taylor Swift‘s The Life of a Showgirl references the character Ophelia from William Shakespeare‘s Hamlet, who faces a tragic fate. According to the song’s lyrics, Taylor “might’ve drowned in the melancholy” if she hadn’t been saved by her true love. “I heard you calling / On the megaphone,” Taylor sings. “You…
Read MoreStuck in the 1700s: It’s time to revisit the Constitution | Opinion
The Supreme Court’s recent decision in Louisiana v. Callais has gutted the remnants of the Voting Rights Act through the purported application of the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments, but it is only the latest example of judicially interpreted constitutional rules threatening, rather than protecting, American democracy. The problem is a far larger decision and deserves a commensurate response. It…
Read MoreCheryl Lynch Exiting Sony Pictures Television As International Business Affairs Shifts From L.A. To London
EXCLUSIVE: Sony Pictures Television (SPT) veteran Cheryl Lynch is exiting this summer as the international production group shifts business affairs from L.A. to London. The news comes a few weeks after Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE) boss Ravi Ahuja commenced a months-long layoffs process that will impact a few hundred of its 12,000 global staff. As…
Read MoreInternational Insider: Ted Turner’s Legacy; Cannes Scene Setter; Prime Video India
Welcome back to Insider City, traveller. Jesse Whittock on the keyboard today to walk you through the biggest TV and film news from around the globe. Sign up to the newsletter here. Ted Turner‘s Legacy Getty Images/Warner Discovery “Generational entrepreneur”: The passing of Ted Turner aged 87 marks an historic moment for international television. Without…
Read MoreOzzy Lusth on ‘Survivor’ 50: ‘I Got Lulled Into Complacency’
Twenty years ago, Ozzy Lusth was virtually unstoppable on Survivor. He climbed trees, caught fish, dominated challenges and looked like he was barely trying. He was superhuman, or at least that’s how it felt watching him. Now, on his fifth time playing, something has shifted. The body is still there, but so is something else: a man who has clearly done the work. …
Read More‘Popeye The Slayer Man 2’ Underway With Daniel Baldwin & Avaryana Rose
EXCLUSIVE: Popeye The Slayer Man 2, the sequel to the public domain horror released last year, has begun filming in upstate New York with new cast additions including Daniel Baldwin (Homicide: Life on the Street) and Avaryana Rose (The Caretaker). The film concerns Popeye, the legendary sailor man whose consumption of contaminated spinach in the first film made…
Read MoreLouis Paxton’s ‘The Incomer’ To Open Edinburgh Film Festival
The 2026 Edinburgh International Film Festival will open with The Incomer, the debut feature from Edinburgh-born filmmaker Louis Paxton. Focus and Universal have taken international rights on the title, which debuted at Sundance. The film stars Domhnall Gleeson (Ex Machina, The Paper), Gayle Rankin (House of The Dragon, Glow), and Grant O’Rourke (Outlander). The wider…
Read MoreSony, Nintendo grapple with memory price surge as AI boom constrains supply
Published Fri, May 8, 2026 · 06:59 PM [TOKYO] Nintendo and Sony both flagged the impact from surging memory prices on their games businesses on Friday (May 8), as the artificial intelligence boom constrains chip supply and deepens disruptions across the tech sector. Memory chip prices doubled in the first quarter alone from the previous quarter and…
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