Posts by Nathan Pine
Easterseals DARCYs Honor ‘The Pitt’, Geri Jewell & More
The inaugural Easterseals Disability Arts & Culture Awards (DARCYS) celebrated its first competitive class of winners Saturday, marking a new chapter for an awards program formerly known as the Media Access Awards, established in 1979. Co-produced by Easterseals Southern California and Film Independent, the ceremony recognized achievements in authentic disability representation across film, television and…
Read MoreBFI & Chanel Filmmaker Award: Imran Perretta Among 2026 Winners
The BFI has announced the winners of its fifth annual Filmmaker Awards, hosted in partnership with French fashion house Chanel. The 2026 winners are director-producer-cinematographer Rich Felgate (We, The Hated); director-writer Olive Nwosu (Lady); director-co-writer-composer Imran Perretta (Ish); and director-writer Rachel Taparjan (Something Familiar). The award comes with a £20,000 prize and was presented yesterday…
Read MoreInfluencer Jennifer Burnham Shares Death of 4-Year-Old Son Baxter
Jennifer Burnham is mourning a devastating loss. The lifestyle influencer shared that her and husband Bryce Burnham‘s 4-year-old son Baxter died on Oct. 5 as she penned an emotional message to their little boy. “Baxter, from the moment you were born, you have always been our dream come true,” she captioned the Oct. 12 Instagram…
Read MorePrince Charles Cinema Secures Future With New Long-Term Lease
The Prince Charles Cinema (PCC) in London’s West End has signed a new long-term lease with its landlord, securing the popular venue’s future and ending an almost two-year public campaign to save the cinema. The cinema’s management team have signed a new 25-year lease with landlord Zedwell LSQ Ltd. The lease includes a no-break clause.…
Read MoreMap shows California regions facing power shut down this week
Communities across Northern and Central California are facing power shut-offs this week, with utility Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) issuing public safety shut-off warnings or watches as weather conditions heighten the risk of wildfires. As of Thursday morning, the warnings cover dozens of California counties through Saturday. PG&E said that some 88,000 customers could…
Read MoreSky-ITV: UK Culture Secretary “Minded To Intervene” Over $Merger
The UK culture secretary is “minded to intervene” on the £1.6B Sky–ITV deal. Lisa Nandy is intervening over “public interest considerations” as she cites “the need for free expression of opinion in news media,” “The need for aa sufficient plurality of views in news media in each market” and “The need for the availability throughout…
Read MoreRussell Brand Trial: Woman Alleges She Was Raped By Star In Hotel Room
Editor’s note: This story contains details of alleged sexual offenses that some readers may find distressing. Russell Brand allegedly raped a woman in her hotel room after he asked her to take photographs of him in his underwear, a court has heard. On day four of Brand’s rape trial at London’s Southwark Crown Court, the…
Read MoreLondon TV Screenings Unveils 2027 Edition With Banijay, ITV, Fremantle
The first London TV Screenings to feature the newly-merged Banijay-All3Media sales arm has unveiled its schedule. There is one less founding organizer of the screenings now that Big Brother seller Banijay and The Traitors owner All3Media have become one, and the new group will bring its 265,000-hour catalog to the UK capital on Wednesday February…
Read More‘Lupin’ Star Omar Sy Voices Support For French High School Protests
French star Omar Sy has voiced his support for high school student protests sweeping France and decried the authoritarian crackdown which has seen one teenager lose their hand and more than 6,000 youngsters taken into temporary police custody. The protests have been building since late September, sparked by complaints of staff shortages and dilapidated schools.…
Read MoreDHS accused of deporting green card holder’s husband without court order
A Mexican national who lived in the United States for nearly two decades is asking a federal judge to facilitate his return. He says that immigration authorities deported him without a valid removal order and despite his repeated refusal to leave. Ernesto Zuniga Hilario says that Immigration and Customs Enforcement detained him in Texas in…
Read MoreRadial Entertainment Orders ‘Making A Serial Killer’ Season 3
EXCLUSIVE: Radial Entertainment has had a busy week on the Croisette and just finished it off with another order. The global distribution biz has greenlit a third season of its original series Making a Serial Killer, the true-crime series that looks at what shaped the world’s most notorious serial killers. It unravels the chilling backstories…
Read MoreHealthcare efficiency must not come at the expense of patients
One in three patients will receive the wrong diagnosis firsthand, according to the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ). Research cited by the agency suggests that 79 percent of diagnostic errors are related to the patient-clinician encounter, with up to 56 percent associated with miscommunication during that encounter. Research has also found that patients…
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