Posts by Nathan Pine
Liu, Sakamoto, Glenn? Predictions for Olympic women’s figure skating gold
We are so close to the main event of figure skating at the Winter Olympic Games. We’ve seen the ice dancers cause a storm. The pairs are going for the podium on Monday. And the men, well, they put on a chaotic finale that will be talked about for centuries to come. But when it…
Read MoreSouthern California storm could bring flooding, possible tornadoes
A powerful storm system is forecast to bring severe weather to Southern California starting Monday, with the National Weather Service (NWS) warning of potential tornadoes, 60 mph winds, flash flooding, and up to three feet of mountain snow. The agency issued updated forecasts Sunday evening showing the storm has significantly strengthened, deepening nearly 1 millibar…
Read MoreAlibaba leads tech slide after Pentagon briefly shows blacklist
The 1260H list now includes more than 130 entities accused of working with the Chinese military Published Mon, Feb 16, 2026 · 11:33 AM [HONG KONG] Alibaba Group Holding led a Chinese tech-share sell-off after the Pentagon added some of the country’s biggest names to a list of companies aiding the military, only to withdraw…
Read MoreWBD May Engage With Paramount After Ellisons’ Latest Offer As State Of Play Shifts
Warner Bros. Discovery could reveal as early as Tuesday that it will engage with Paramount following the Ellison family’s latest offer, which included some significant concessions, Deadline has learned. WBD has a signed deal with Netflix but Par has been lobbing consecutive unsolicited takeover offers, all rejected outright thus far. The amended bid with a…
Read MoreUSA hockey Olympian admits to seeing ghosts in viral interview
The United States of America men’s hockey team is a rowdy bunch. The Tkachuk brothers are trash-talking opponents and then chest-bumping repeatedly. Jack Eichel is constantly jawing at players. Jack Hughes is under the microscope with his possible romance with pop star Tate McRae. And then there is his older brother, Quinn Hughes, now of…
Read MoreNBA fans sound off on hypothetical tanking cure
The NBA has a tanking problem. For years, struggling teams have embraced the idea of increasing lottery odds in order to land a favorable pick to select some of the league’s biggest risers entering the draft. Despite Adam Silver’s efforts to keep the playoff outsiders competing for an 82-game season, tanking is an issue in…
Read More‘Industry’s Myha’la & Ken Leung Unpack The Shakespearean Rise And Fall Of SternTao
“I will always remember you like this,” Myha’la’s Harper Stern says — voice quivering, her finger accusatorily pointing — to Eric (Ken Leung) when he dissolves SternTao in the latter half of Industry’s latest episode, “Dear Henry.” Doing so by way of a proxy lawyer, the bright-and-fast-burning inverse fund’s evaporation severs not just the duo’s…
Read MoreLaopu Gold, CMOC shares jump on addition to Hang Seng index
The reshuffle is closely watched as a sign of which listed companies have excelled across key metric Published Mon, Feb 16, 2026 · 10:42 AM [HONG KONG] Shares of Chinese jeweller Laopu Gold and miner CMOC Group rallied in Hong Kong, after Hang Seng Indexes added the stocks to Hong Kong’s equity benchmark gauge following…
Read MoreSavannah Guthrie Shares New Video As FBI Recovers DNA Sample From Potential Suspect: “It Is Never Too Late To Do The Right Thing”
It has been two weeks since the disappearance of broadcast journalist Savannah Guthrie‘s mother, Nancy Guthrie, from her home in Tucson, Ariz. In a new video posted today on Instagram, the Today co-anchor reaffirmed her hope in recovering her mom and pleaded for anyone connected to the abduction to come forward. “We still have hope,…
Read More‘The Perfect Neighbor’ Team Compares ICE Detention Centers To Concentration Camps, Talks Importance Of Body Cam Footage In Holding Truth To Power — Independent Spirit Awards
The truth is always more powerful than fiction. The Perfect Neighbor team made up of director Geeta Gandbhir and producers Alisa Payne, Nikon Kwantu and Sam Bisbee took home the award for Best Documentary at the 2026 Independent Spirit Awards on Sunday. Speaking backstage to the press, Gandbhir followed up her rousing political speech onstage,…
Read MoreJutta Leerdam makes surprising admission about Olympic Medal win
After capturing a gold medal in her first event at the Milano Cortina Olympics, Dutch speed skater Jutta Leerdam entered Sunday’s women’s speed skating 500m race looking to capture her second. However, this time, her teammate, Femke Kok of Team Netherlands, set an Olympic record to finish first and win gold. Leerdam was right there…
Read More‘Sinners’ Star Wunmi Mosaku On Not Being Able To Celebrate Oscar Nom Amid U.S. Political Turmoil: “One Feels Beautiful And One Is … Truly Dystopian”
Sinners star Wunmi Mosaku said she’s found it “difficult” to celebrate the personal achievement of receiving a first-time Oscar nomination for her work while the United States is experiencing ongoing crises as a result of ICE killings and crackdowns. Speaking to The Times U.K., the Nigeria-born Brit recalled initially missing the news due to mixing…
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