Posts by Nathan Pine
‘Godzilla Minus One’ Maker Toho Setting Up European HQ In UK & Buying Anime Limited
Toho, the Japanese anime company behind Godzilla Minus One, is setting up a regional European headquarters in the UK for its overseas business division, Toho Global. At the same time, Toho has reached an agreement to acquire all shares in Glasgow-based Anime Limited from Germany’s Plaion Pictures and make it a subsidiary of the new…
Read MoreNidec founder and chairman Nagamori quits board after spate of accounting issues
The 81-year-old has voluntarily resigned his post, the world’s largest maker of mini-motors says [TOKYO] Nidec said its founder Shigenobu Nagamori will step down from his position as chairman of the board, following the discovery of a series of accounting issues dating back years. The 81-year-old has voluntarily resigned his post, the world’s largest maker…
Read MoreThe best film of 2025, according to Rotten Tomatoes
The best film of 2025 has been revealed by the review-aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes. First launched back in August 1998 by University of California, Berkeley students Senh Duong, Patrick Y. Lee, and Stephen Wang, the idea for Rotten Tomatoes was inspired by the trio’s shared love of Jackie Chan. Duong had been inspired to create…
Read More‘Sinners’ Delroy Lindo Talks to Denzel Washington; Reflects On Early Career, Eating Struggle Meals & Working With Ryan Coogler; “He’s An Incredibly Collaborative Spirit”
The devil works hard but Delroy Lindo and Denzel Washington work harder. Washington, who famously stays off the grid when it comes to the latest pop culture moments, hosted his first ever movie screening for Ryan Coogler’s cultural phenomenon Sinners at the Harmony Gold theater on Thursday night. So what compelled him to rise to…
Read More‘Avatar: Fire And Ash’ Lights Up $12M In Thursday Previews – Box Office
EXCLUSIVE: 20th Century Studios’ Avatar: Fire and Ash lit the wick on its weekend with an estimated $12 million in previews from showtimes that began at 2PM today. While that’s $5M lighter than the previews for 2022’s Avatar: The Way of Water, which made $17M on its way to a $53.2M Friday and $134.1M 3-day,…
Read MorePaul King To Direct ‘Labubu’ Movie For Sony
Paul King has been brought on to develop Sony Pictures and Pop Mart’s live-action Labubu film. The film is in early development, King is set to direct and is producing with Department M and Wenxin She. Labubu originated 10 years ago in a picture book series, giving it a rich, narrative-driven foundation long before its toy and…
Read MoreZooey Deschanel Recalls Losing ‘Elf’ Role To Katie Holmes At First: “It Was Kind Of Great”
Although Zooey Deschanel broke through with her romantic leading role in 2003’s Elf, she originally lost the part to another big name. The 2x Golden Globe nominee recently revealed that the role of cynical department store employee Jovie went to Katie Holmes at first, before “some scheduling conflict” took her out of the Will Ferrell-led…
Read MoreTikTok Awards 2025 Winners List: Paris Hilton & ‘Love Island USA’s Jeremiah Brown Take Trophies; Keith Lee Named Creator Of The Year
La La Anthony hosted the 2025 TikTok Awards from the Hollywood Palladium, celebrating the best content creators in the digital space. The fan-voted award show has fourteen categories that recognize creators on the social media app. Categories include Storyteller of the Year, My Show is On award, and TikTok Live Creator of the Year. Some…
Read MoreEddie Sotto Dies: Former SVP Of Concept Design At Disney Imagineering Was 67
Eddie Sotto, the former Senior Vice President of Concept Design at Walt Disney Imagineering who worked on key parts of Disneyland Paris and Tokyo Disneyland, died Wednesday afternoon, according to his son, Brian. He was 67. According to the Walt Disney Family Museum, his portfolio at Disney consisted of about $500M in built projects. Those…
Read MoreIndiana linked to 9,000-yard transfer portal QB to replace Fernando Mendoza
The TCU Horned Frogs are a little under two weeks away from playing the USC Trojans in the Alamo Bowl, but the team got some pretty hard-to-hear news on Thursday. According to multiple reports, starting quarterback Josh Hoover is planning to skip the team’s bowl and enter the transfer portal. He has one more year…
Read MoreBOJ raises interest rates to 30-year high, signals more hikes
It offers a slightly more upbeat view on the economy than at its previous meeting in October [TOKYO] The Bank of Japan (BOJ) raised interest rates on Friday (Dec 19) to levels unseen in three decades and signalled its readiness for further hikes, taking another landmark step in ending decades of huge monetary support and…
Read More‘Ghosts’ Showrunners On Sam’s Christmas Visit From Carol, What’s Still To Come In Season 5 & Their ‘Eternally Yours’ Vampire Sitcom Pilot
SPOILER ALERT! This post contains details from the two-part midseason finale of CBS‘ Ghosts. There was yet another Christmas possession inside Woodstone Mansion this year, but Sam (Rose McIver) came out the other side of this one feeling a little more irritable than usual. After years of dealing with the antics of the spirits inside…
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