Posts by Nathan Pine
Warner Bros Discovery Strikes Turkish Scripted Deal With Dogus Media
Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) and Doğuş Media Group are teaming to supercharge Turkish scripted shows. A new strategic partnership will see them co-finance and co-broadcast shows, with the upcoming romantic comedy-drama series Tuzlu Kahve (Salted Love) the first to come through the pact. The Poll Films-produced show will premiere on free-to-air network Star TV before joining HBO Max…
Read MoreDolly Parton’s Cousin Details Singer’s “Very Small” Burial
Dolly Parton had always felt she was rich in life. It’s why in death, the beloved singer didn’t seek fanfare or pomp in her sendoff. Instead, as her first cousin Richie Owens revealed, Parton had always expressed her desire that her funeral should be a small, family affair. “She wanted to keep it very quiet,” Owens…
Read MorePayPal cuts 220 India jobs as part of previously announced restructuring plan
Published Thu, Sep 3, 2026 · 11:28 PM [MUMBAI] PayPal has cut roughly 220 jobs in India as part of the payments firm’s broader, multi-year turnaround plan laid out earlier this year, a person familiar with the matter told Reuters on Thursday (Sep 3). “The recent staffing changes are part of our previously announced multi-year…
Read More‘Better Than The Movies’ Movie Casts Deacon Phillippe, Judy Greer
EXCLUSIVE: Deacon Phillippe (Motorheads), Nicole Bruner (High Potential), Luke Kirby (The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel) and Judy Greer (In Memoriam) are part of a group of eight newcomers to Better Than the Movies, Netflix‘s film adaptation of the #1 New York Times bestseller by Lynn Painter that commenced production in Chicago today. Others newly set include Claire Coffee…
Read More‘Bucking Fastard’ Review: Werner Herzog’s Eccentric Comedy Is A Bittersweet Tale Of Unrequited Lovers – Venice Film Festival
Werner Herzog’s latest film begins with a dedication to David Lynch, and though it becomes more and more unmoored from reality as time goes by, the film it most resembles is perhaps Lynch’s most traditional, The Straight Story. While it is anything but straight in its trajectory, just as it takes massive liberties with the…
Read MoreOscar Winner Michel Hazanavicius Wraps ‘The Third Hand’ With Goodfellas Launching Sales At TIFF + First Image
EXCLUSIVE: Goodfellas has boarded sales on Academy Award-winning French director Michel Hazanavicius’ upcoming film The Third Hand for a TIFF launch as the production wraps and revealed a first image (see below) Billed as a “fantastique”, silent film in color, the movie sees Hazanavicius return to the silent genre for a second time after black and white film The Artist, set against…
Read MoreNvidia to buy Hugging Face for US$13 billion in big bet on open AI models
Published Thu, Sep 3, 2026 · 10:33 PM [SANTA CLARA, California] Nvidia will buy popular developer platform Hugging Face for US$12.93 billion, betting that support for open AI models will drive future demand even as its biggest customers develop their own chips to reduce reliance on the semiconductor giant. Shares of the company were up…
Read MoreTaylor Frankie Paul Reveals She Accepted Marriage Proposal on The Bachelorette—and What Happened After
September 2024: Taylor Frankie Paul Speaks Out About 2023 Arrest Paul admitted in an interview with E! News that the altercation with Mortensen was their “rock bottom for sure.” “He stood by me with that because he knew everything going on behind closed doors,” she said. “That was a horrible night and I’m full of…
Read MoreChris Langham Dead: BAFTA-Winning Actor & Child Sex Offender Was 77
Chris Langham, the BAFTA-winning actor whose career was effectively ended after he was found guilty of downloading child abuse images, has died. He was 77. Langham’s death was announced in an obituary in The Times of London. The newspaper reported that the actor, who is survived by five children, died in June of pancreatic cancer.…
Read MoreWorldwide population hits “tipping point” earlier than expected
People aged 65 and older outnumbered children aged 5 and under worldwide for the first time in recorded history, marking a demographic “tipping point” that arrived earlier than experts anticipated, a new U.S. Census Bureau report said. The milestone was reached in 2023, years earlier than many demographers anticipated, as falling birth rates and longer…
Read MoreWall St opens higher after Fed’s Waller signals patience on rate policy
Published Thu, Sep 3, 2026 · 09:50 PM [NEW YORK] Wall Street’s main indexes opened higher on Thursday (Sep 3) after Federal Reserve governor Christopher Waller said he was open to leaving interest rates unchanged this month if data confirms inflation pressures are cooling off. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 247.2 points, or 0.47%,…
Read MoreRebecca Ferguson & Greta Lee Confirmed For Romance ‘Honeymoon/Funeral’
Rebecca Ferguson and Greta Lee are confirmed for romantic-comedy Honeymoon / Funeral, we can reveal. The project has been filming in London in recent weeks sparking media speculation. MRC is financing and overseeing production on the movie from director Nahnatchka Khan and screenwriter Julia Bicknell. FilmNation is launching sales ahead of the TIFF market. Ferguson…
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