Posts by Nathan Pine
‘The Basics Of Philosophy’ Review: Jack Huston In Paul Schrader’s Latest
In an endlessly impressive filmography either as a screenwriter for Martin Scorsese-directed classics like Taxi Driver, The Last Temptation of Christ and Raging Bull, to his own prodigious output as a director-writer of about 30 movies including Hardcore, American Gigolo, Affliction, Mishima: A Life In Four Chapters and all the way up to more recent…
Read MoreAbigail Breslin, Yasmin Kassim, Booboo Stewart Lead ‘Pipe Cleaner Boy’
EXCLUSIVE: Oscar nominee Abigail Breslin (Little Miss Sunshine), Yasmin Kassim (You, Always) and Booboo Stewart (Twilight) are set to star in Pipe Cleaner Boy, a female-led road comedy written and directed by Anna Rose Moore. Plot details are being kept under wraps but we understand the story follows “a young woman suddenly unsure if she’s been climbing the right career ladder”. A shoot date…
Read MorePayPal adds another round of layoffs
PayPal, the digital payments company, is laying off 251 employees at its San José headquarters in another round of layoffs, according to a recent government filing. The cuts are a part of a multiyear restructuring plan led by CEO Enrique Lores to turn around the company’s performance and cut costs while investing more in AI…
Read MoreGlee’s Kevin McHale Reveals On-Set Moment That “Shocked” the Crew
Just like in the hallways of McKinley High, the Glee set featured a lot of flirtation and relationships between its young stars. (And even before the show, as Lea Michele revealed in her 2014 memoir Brunette Ambition that she and Matthew Morrison “actually dated back in for the day for a Broadway beat.”) Michele and…
Read MoreBox Office: ‘The Odyssey’ Crosses $1 Billion at International Box Office
EXCLUSIVE: There’s absolutely no need other get these moviegoers out of here. For Universal, they’re doing perfectly well, sitting in cinemas and watching Christopher Nolan‘s The Odyssey. The director’s highest grossing movie ever at $1.59 billion worldwide has crossed another milestone, and that’s that it has become the 17th movie to surpass $1 billion at…
Read MoreHilary Duff’s 5-Year-Old Daughter Mae Transforming Into Lizzie McGuire Is What Dreams Are Made Of
Hilary Duff’s daughter has a style that’s so yesterday—in the best possible way. The Lizzie McGuire alum and Matthew Koma’s daughter Mae proved she’s her mom’s literal mini-me while sporting an all too familiar hairstyle. In an Instagram Story Koma shared Sept. 3, Mae smiled proudly while sporting Lizzie McGuire’s signature space buns while eating…
Read MoreHow ‘The Invite’, An Indie Comedy, Became A Summer Box Office Hit
As the curtain closes on an upbeat summer box office, the team behind The Invite has reason to cheer. The indie comedy is a breakout, grossing over $55 million worldwide as of last weekend amid behemoths like The Odyssey and Spider-Man: Brand New Day. Unusually, it’s a pretty even split between U.S. and international coin.…
Read MoreMaria Bartiromo’s Fox Exit “Self-Inflicted Wound”; Trump Praise
EXCLUSIVE: The coup de grâce that caused Fox to announce this week that Maria Bartiromo was “no longer be with” the conservative outlet was a case of “very bad judgement,” and a long time in the making, sources say. The assertions come today despite Bartiromo’s Hollywood attorney insisting the vet Wall Street anchor is still…
Read MorePaige DeSorbo Uses This “Fast-Absorbing” Hair Growth Serum Every Day—It’s on Sale Now
Formulated with proprietary ashwagandha exosomes, Paige raves that this powerful serum “thickens and reduces hair breakage,” in addition to reducing hair shedding, healing the scalp’s microbiome, and delivering crucial hydration. Her favorite part? “You don’t have to wash it out after, you can just go. It’s fast-absorbing.” That’s not the only Paige-approved Nutrafol product that’s on…
Read MoreBeyoncé Selling Empty Beekeeper Crate—And the $948 Price Tag Really Stings
Unsurprisingly, fans had many thoughts about the expensive collector’s item. After the “Texas Hold ‘Em” singer—mom to daughter Blue Ivy, 14, and 9-year-old twins Rumi and Sir with husband Jay-Z—debuted the crate on Instagram with an ad-like video, social media users weighed in on its high price tag, sharing hilarious remarks in the comments section. As one user wrote,…
Read MoreBox Office: ‘Spider-Man: Brand New Day’ 2nd Film to Cross $900M U.S.
It’s finally happening, and nobody, I mean nobody saw this coming: Sony/Marvel’s Spider-Man: Brand New Day is hitting $900 million at the domestic box office today, not only the second movie to ever cross that threshold after Disney/Lucasfilm’s 2015 title Star Wars: Force Awakens, but the fastest as well. All this, just as summer’s final…
Read MoreOscars: Iraq Submits ‘No Paradise If You Are Killed By A Woman’
Iraq has selected Norwegian-Kurdish director Halkawt Mustafa’s drama No Paradise If You Are Killed By A Woman as its Best International Feature Film entry to the 99th Academy Awards. News of the choice came ahead of the film’s world premiere Out of Competition at the Venice Film Festival early next week. Avan Jamal stars as…
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