Posts by Nathan Pine
Donald Trump gives Thanksgiving message to Americans
President Donald Trump provided a Thanksgiving proclamation to Americans on Thursday. The proclamation read: “BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA A PROCLAMATION In 1789, just years after America’s triumph over tyranny in the Revolutionary War, President George Washington established the first National Day of Thanksgiving, declaring “the duty of all Nations to…
Read MoreNFL Thrives On Close Games, Parity & Expanded Metrics In Drive Toward Ratings Paydirt. Could Thanksgiving Day Be A Record-Breaker?
To borrow a football metaphor, the NFL has effectively been kicking with a “k-ball” this season, adding out-of-home and streaming viewership to its linear ratings. Even so, the league continues to split the uprights, extending its decades of dominance. Heading into a blockbuster four-game stretch over Thanksgiving and Black Friday, average viewership is up 6%…
Read MoreKei Ishikawa On Adapting Kazuo Ishiguro’s ‘A Pale View Of Hills’
Japanese film A Pale View of Hills will have a theatrical rollout in the UK from March 13 next year, after a busy festival run from Cannes, to Toronto, London, Shanghai and Taipei, among others. The film will also open in Taiwan’s theaters from December 5 this year. Director Kei Ishikawa sits down with Deadline…
Read MoreBoy Meets World Star Ben Savage’s Wife Tessa Angermeier Gives Birth, Welcomes First Baby Girl
Ben Savage and Tessa Angermeier’s baby girl is ready to meet the world. Indeed, the Boy Meets World alum announced Nov. 26 that his wife had given birth, noting their baby girl had arrived with a sweet message in an Instagram post captioned, “Welcome little one.” The 45-year-old—who tied the knot with his wife in…
Read More‘Dancing With The Stars’ Season 34 Winner Robert Irwin Says He’s Still “In An Absolute State Of Shock” After Taking Home The Mirrorball Trophy
For Robert Irwin, Dancing with the Stars was one big full circle moment. The wildlife conservationist first stepped into the ballroom a decade ago at just 11 years old, when his sister Bindi competed on and won Season 21 with Derek Hough. Fast forward to Tuesday night, and he and pro Witney Carson the one…
Read More‘SNL’s Marcello Hernández & ‘Superman’s Skyler Gisondo Join ‘Shrek 5’ As Shrek & Fiona’s Sons
Some special news this Thanksgiving morning and that’s that Saturday Night Live‘s Marcello Hernández and Superman‘s Skyler Gisondo have joined the voice cast of Shrek 5 as Shrek and Fiona’s sons, Fergus and Farkle. They join the franchise cast of Mike Myers, Eddie Murphy, Cameron Diaz, who are back in their respective roles as Shrek,…
Read MoreThese My Girl Secrets Feel Like Sunshine on a Cloudy Day
And as much as we all still feel traumatized by that swarm of bees who—three-decade-old spoiler alert!—killed Thomas J. and crushed our childhood spirits, we’re here to deliver another blow: Culkin was not so into kissing his girl. Well, we guess you’d say, what could make him feel this way? Puberty, apparently. “I did not want…
Read MoreChina’s tech giants move AI model training overseas to access Nvidia chips: report
Alibaba and ByteDance are among the tech firms training their newest large language models in South-east Asian data centres [BEIJING] Top Chinese firms are training their artificial intelligence models abroad to access Nvidia’s chips and avoid US measures aimed at curbing their progress in advanced technology, Financial Times reported on Thursday (Nov 27). Alibaba and…
Read More‘Kokuho’ Becomes Japan’s Highest-Grossing Local Live-Action Movie Ever In Market; Kabuki Drama Is Country’s Oscar Submission
Lee Sang-il’s kabuki drama Kokuho has set a new record in Japan, becoming the highest-grossing Japanese live-action film ever in the market with over $111M at the local box office. The Ken Watanabe-starrer is Japan’s entry for the International Feature Oscar and was released for one-week qualifying runs by GKids in the U.S. on November…
Read MoreBreaking Baz: Why Ian McKellen Was Right When He Told David Shields, Star Of James Graham’s ‘Punch,’ He Should Have His Name Up In Lights
EXCLUSIVE: The actor David Shields (Masters of the Air, Black Mirror) gives a word-perfect impersonation of Ian McKellen. The theatrical knight saw Shields backstage following a performance of James Graham’s compelling show Punch when it was playing off-West End at the Young Vic. Mimicking the McKellen, Shields recalls The Lord of the Rings star bellowing at him…
Read MoreUK Indie Shogun Teams With Trinity Content For Microdrama ‘Swipe!’ Starring Nick Moran
EXCLUSIVE: British indie Shogun Films and local distributor Trinity Content Partners are the latest to enter the microdrama arena with the pair teaming up on crime story Swipe! Lock Stock and Harry Potter actor Nick Moran is set to play the villain in the project, which heralds from writer-director Paul Knight (24 Hours In London)…
Read MoreKate Middleton Puts Her New Blonde Hair on Display in Latest Royal Outing
“You put on a sort of brave face, stoicism through treatment,” Kate explained during a visit to Colchester Hospital in Essex July 2, per People. “Treatment’s done, then it’s like, ‘I can crack on, get back to normal,’ but actually, the phase afterwards is really, really difficult.” Indeed, Kate emphasized at the time that mental…
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