Posts by Nathan Pine
BBC News Closes Social Media Investigations Unit After 13 Years
EXCLUSIVE: BBC News is closing BBC Trending, an investigative journalism team tasked with shedding light on the darker side of social media. Deadline hears that the British national broadcaster is closing four jobs as part of the cost-cutting decision, which has been bemoaned internally amid rising disinformation online. BBC News declined to comment. BBC Trending…
Read More80,000 Keurig coffee pods recalled over urgent issue
Tens of thousands of coffee pods labelled “decaf” have been recalled over fears they may contain caffeine. Why Are The Keurig Coffee Pods Being Recalled More than 80,000 Keurig McCafé Premium Roast Decaf Coffee K‑Cup Pods were voluntarily recalled on December 6 by Keurig DR Pepper, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said. The…
Read MoreMubi Unveils Release Date For Wong Kar Wai’s First TV Series ‘Blossoms Shanghai’
Mubi has unveiled the long-awaited release date for Blossoms Shanghai, the debut TV series from acclaimed Hong Kong filmmaker Wong Kar Wai. Deadline revealed several months back that the landmark 30-part TV series would air via Mubi in Latin America, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, France, Italy, Belgium, the Netherlands, Luxembourg, Turkey and India. There remains no word…
Read MoreIncreased AI automation can worsen gender inequality in the workplace: report
Study by non-profit advocacy group finds that young women are the most vulnerable to being displaced by the tech [SINGAPORE] As artificial intelligence (AI) transforms the economy, women – especially those from Gen Z – are at risk of falling behind in the workplace, raising fears that gender inequalities could deepen. A new Asia-Pacific study…
Read MoreICE To Support U.S. Security Arrangements At Winter Olympics
Officers from the U.S. Immigration and Custom Enforcement (ICE) agency will support U.S. security arrangements at the Winter Olympics in Italy in February, French newswire AFP confirmed in a report on Tuesday. The question of whether ICE agents would be present at the Olympics sparked debate in Italy over the weekend in the wake of…
Read MoreWith Live-Action Series In The Works, ‘Totally Spies!’ Makes FAST Move
Totally Spies! is making a FAST move. Several seasons of the hit animated series are rolling out on Rakuten TV’s FAST and on-demand services. The launch comes with a Will Ferrell-produced live-action Totally Spies! series in the works at Amazon MGM Studios. A new Season of the 2D animated series, which follows globetrotting secret agents…
Read MoreTim Minchin Joins Matt Lucas, Parker Little, Kylie Cantrall & David Wenham In Voice Cast Of Animated Feature ‘Zac Power’
EXCLUSIVE: Australian actor, comedian and musician Tim Minchin (The Artful Dodger) has joined Matt Lucas, Parker Little, Kylie Cantrall and David Wenham in the voice cast of animated feature Zac Power, with Studio 100 handling international sales at the upcoming European Film Market. Based on the popular Australian book series, the kids movie sees a…
Read MoreSylvester Stallone-Backed AI Solutions Provider Largo Acquires E-Poll Market Research
EXCLUSIVE: Largo, the AI-solutions company backed by Sylvester Stallone, has acquired U.S. consumer research and market insights firm E-Poll Market Research. The deal will look to redefine how brands, studios, agencies and advertisers understand and anticipate audience behaviour by leaning on E-Poll’s near three decades of audience intelligence. Largo, which also has backing from Activision…
Read MorePopular BBC Weather Presenter Carol Kirkwood Leaving After Almost Three Decades
One of the UK’s most well-known weather presenters is leaving the BBC after nearly 30 years. Carol Kirkwood has just announced that she will step down from the corporation in April. Kirkwood is one of the most familiar faces on BBC TV. Having received her meteorological training at The Weather Channel, she joined the BBC in…
Read MoreArtist View Entertainment Inks Deal To Sell AI Film ‘The Great Reset’ At EFM
EXCLUSIVE: The Great Reset, an AI-generated film about a tech apocalypse, is heading to the European Film Market. Artist View Entertainment, the distributor that has repped Joan Collins movie A Murder Between Friends and Beau Bridges’ The Neon Highway, will be selling The Great Reset at EFM. Directed by Daniel H. Torrado, the 80-minute film…
Read More‘Sherlock & Daughter’ Creator Penning Timely Geopolitical Thriller ‘Operation: Arctic Fox’ For TV
EXCLUSIVE: Sherlock & Daughter creator Brendan Foley has landed his next project. Foley is returning to the Nordic region to pen a version of Finnish geopolitical thriller Operation: Arctic Fox, a book by journalist and former army officer Helena Immonen. Set against escalating Arctic ambitions by Russia and China, the story follows a Finnish family…
Read MoreRussia spells out “path to peace” for Ukraine
Kremlin negotiator Kirill Dmitriev said Ukraine’s withdrawal from the eastern Donbas region is the “path to peace” that ends Russia’s war in the country, holding firm on Moscow’s central demand amid reports that Kyiv is under increasing pressure from the Trump administration over the territorial issue, which has become the main blocker to an agreement.…
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