Posts by Nathan Pine
John Boyega To Feature In BBC Doc Exploring Tragic Death Of Damilola Taylor
EXCLUSIVE: Star Wars star John Boyega will speak for the first time about being one of the last people to see Damilola Taylor alive in a BBC documentary about the tragic death of the 10-year-old. Taylor was fatally stabbed in 2000 in a stairwell in Peckham, South East London, just metres from his home. Boyega,…
Read MoreJames Marsden Teases Cyclops Return In ‘Avengers: Doomsday’ With Comic-Accurate Costume: “To Put This On Felt Very Cool”
James Marsden is set to reprise his role of Cyclops in the upcoming Avengers: Doomsday, and recently teased his appearance in the Marvel film. The Jury Duty actor was a guest on Jimmy Kimmel Live! where he talked about suiting up as the X-Men once again, but this time in the comic-faithful costume design. “The…
Read MoreAs L.A. jury deliberates, another social media lawsuit ends in $375 million verdict
Jurors in New Mexico leapfrogged their California peers Tuesday, handing down a $375 million verdict against Meta for endangering children while a similar lawsuit remains pending in Los Angeles County. The jury in Santa Fe came back with a decision in just hours while the L.A. panel slogged through its eighth day of deliberations over…
Read MoreDisney’s $1B Investment In Open AI DOA As Sam Altman Pulls Sora Plug: “The Deal Is Not Moving Forward”
Disney‘s much heralded $1 billion investment in Open AI is over as the Sam Altman-led tech giant will be shuttering its standalone Sora text-to-video app “The deal is not moving forward,” an insider tells Deadline of the agreement then House of Mouse CEO Bob Iger reached last year with Altman. It is unclear how much…
Read MoreThe Pentagon Is Directing Companies to Censor Iran War Information
The Pentagon is working with private companies to control what we know about Donald Trump’s reckless military campaign in Iran. Leaked U.S. military guidance obtained by independent journalist Ken Klippenstein Tuesday revealed instructions to dozens of commercial satellite operators about how to describe the extent of the damage in Iran. The Pentagon warned against using…
Read More‘Mr Benn’ Film: Harry Potter Producer, Jack Whitehall, Kirk Jones Team
The movie version of Brit kids classic Mr Benn has new impetus with recent BAFTA nominee Kirk Jones (I Swear) joining as writer-director. Behind the new incarnation of the film are Branwen Prestwood Smith (The Mauritanian) and Mike Prestwood Smith for 48 Films, David Barron (the Harry Potter franchise) for BeaglePug Ltd, comedian and actor…
Read More‘Queen Silvia’: A Royal Love Story With ABBA Connections Is To Become A Prime Video Drama, Beta Film Handling Sales
EXCLUSIVE: A chance encounter between a German-Brazilian interpreter and Swedish Crown Prince is the inspiration for Queen Silvia, a glossy drama series for Prime Video. Cameras are rolling on the big-ticket production, about one of Europe’s iconic royal love stories. Prime Video has the show for Germany, Austria, Switzerland and the Nordics. SAT.1 will show…
Read More‘Giant’ Broadway Review: John Lithgow Delivers A Towering Performance
The ferocity of John Lithgow‘s explosive performance as Roald Dahl – the children’s author as reviled by some as he was beloved by others – seems to show itself right from the start of Mark Rosenblatt’s extraordinary play Giant, opening on Broadway tonight. Our first glimpse of Lithgow’s Dahl catches the writer in full curmudgeon…
Read MoreTalent fight intensifies in Hong Kong’s US$1 trillion wealth hub
The hiring landscape is shifting into a fight for talent as regional and mainland Chinese banks aggressively expand [NEW YORK] The competition among global banks for Hong Kong’s US$1 trillion of private wealth is intensifying. Wall Street titans and regional heavyweights such as UBS, Citigroup, BNP Paribas, DBS and China Construction Bank are aggressively expanding…
Read MoreLilias Folan Dead: Longtime PBS Host & “First Lady Of Yoga” Was 90
Lilias Folan, sometimes described as “The First Lady Of Yoga” because of her nearly 30-year-run as host of PBS‘ weekday program Lilias, Yoga and You, died March 9 in an assisted-living facility outside Cincinnati. She was 90. Here death was announced by family. “Known to many as a trailblazer who brought yoga into American homes…
Read MoreJess Weixler, Landon Ashworth, Colin O’Brien Lead ‘Father Son Time’
EXCLUSIVE: Production is underway in the U.S. on indie feature Father Son Time, a character-driven drama starring Landon Ashworth (Go On), Colin O’Brien (The Monkey), and Jess Weixler (Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story). The film centers on Clay, an autistic father who takes his son on a spring break road trip without revealing…
Read MoreWas Trump’s Big Iran Announcement Just a Ploy at Market Manipulation?
President Trump’s supposed five-day postponement of strikes on Iranian power plants may very well be a ploy to manipulate the markets in his favor amid skyrocketing oil prices. “I AM PLEASED TO REPORT THAT THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND THE COUNTRY OF IRAN, HAVE HAD, OVER THE LAST TWO DAYS, VERY GOOD AND PRODUCTIVE…
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