Posts by Nathan Pine
Randy Orton breaks silence on missing John Cena’s final match
Randy Orton has publicly addressed his absence from John Cena’s final WWE match, sharing a heartfelt tribute to his longtime rival and friend. Cena’s historic career concluded this past weekend at “Saturday Night’s Main Event” in Washington, D.C., where he was defeated by Gunther in a highly emotional retirement bout. While many WWE legends and…
Read MoreRowan Woods Stepping Down From Edinburgh TV Festival After Two Years
Rowan Woods is stepping down as Creative Director of the Edinburgh TV Festival after two years. The news comes a few weeks after the fest launched a bidding process that could see it move away from its Edinburgh home for the first time in 50 years. Woods said: “After two successful years reshaping the curatorial…
Read MoreAmazon European hub in Luxembourg braces for record job cuts
[PARIS] Amazon.com’s decision earlier this year to axe 14,000 employees around the globe is reverberating at the company’s European headquarters in Luxembourg. In the coming weeks, Amazon is expected to fire 370 people, or about 8.5 per cent of the 4,370 employees there. The terminations are the tiny nation’s largest in at least two decades…
Read MoreRotterdam 2026 Lineup: Charlotte Glynn’s ‘The Gymnast’; Ana Urushadze’s ‘Supporting Role’ & Tiago Melo’s ‘Yellow Cake’ Set For Competition
The International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR) has unveiled its full lineup including for its main Tiger Competition. The Tiger contenders include U.S. director Charlotte Glynn’s The Gymnast, Georgian director Ana Urushadze’s Supporting Role and Yellow Cake by Brazilian filmmaker Tiago Melo, who is best known internationally as a producer, with credits including Kleber Mendonça Filho’s…
Read MoreSequel To Hit Dementia Documentary ‘Human Forever’ In Production: ‘Human II Forever’ Set For 2026 Release
EXCLUSIVE: A sequel to hit feature documentary Human Forever is in production. Human II Forever will be released in 2026. Human Forever became the most-watched human interest documentary in Dutch cinema history. Produced and directed by Jonathan de Jong, it zeroed in on humanitarian activist Teun Toebes’ three-year journey around the world as he sought…
Read MoreAirline Caterer Gategroup said to pick banks for Zurich IPO
[ZURICH] The world’s biggest in-flight caterer Gategroup Holding has selected banks for an initial public offering, which could take place as soon as the second half of next year, people familiar with the matter said. Bank of America, Morgan Stanley and UBS Group have been picked to help with the preparations for the potential listing…
Read MoreBreaking Baz: ‘Wicked’ Stars Ariana Grande & Jonathan Bailey Eye Reteam For ‘Sunday In The Park With George’ At London’s Barbican In 2027
EXCLUSIVE: Wicked’s Ariana Grande and Jonathan Bailey are in early planning stages to reunite in a revival of Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine’s Pulitzer Prize-winning musical Sunday in the Park With George, to be directed by multiple Tony Award and Olivier Award recipient Marianne Elliott in London in 2027, Deadline has learned. There are many moving parts, some bigger…
Read MoreBBC Charter Review Launched: Government Opens Door To More Commercial Funding & Board Duties On Workplace Misconduct
The UK government has fired the starting gun on BBC charter renewal, a once-in-a-decade review of the broadcaster’s funding and operating agreement. Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy will today publish a “green paper” setting out potential reforms of the BBC, which will form the backbone of a public consultation. The paper was not made available to…
Read MoreMUFG’s next CEO Hanzawa seeks growth to close gap with global rivals
While widely seen as a safe choice, whether he can further elevate the group with 400 trillion yen in assets will be closely watched [TOKYO] Junichi Hanzawa, the next chief executive officer of Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG), will take the reins of Japan’s largest bank as it rakes in record profits. His challenge will…
Read MoreTotalEnergies wins 21-year deal to power Google data centres in Malaysia
The power supply contract is expected to take effect in the first quarter of next year [KUALA LUMPUR] France’s TotalEnergies said on Tuesday (Dec 16) it had signed a 21-year power supply deal with Alphabet’s Google, pledging to supply one terawatt hour of renewable energy to support its data centres in Malaysia. The French energy…
Read MoreAhmed al Ahmed breaks silence from hospital bed after Bondi Beach heroism
Ahmed al Ahmed, the man who risked his life to disarm one of the gunmen during a deadly shooting rampage at Sydney’s Bondi Beach, has spoken out from his hospital bed. “I appreciate the efforts of everyone,” he said, according to a translation of his remarks posted by Turkish news agency TRT World. In the…
Read MoreThai central bank is ‘taking action’ on baht, worried by rapid rise
[BANGKOK] Thailand’s central bank has taken action to tackle the appreciation of the baht, governor Vitai Ratanakorn said on Tuesday (Dec 16). It is worried about the currency’s rapid rise and is tightening gold-related transactions, he said in a statement. The strong baht is driven by a weak dollar and fund inflows, he added. The…
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