Posts by Nathan Pine
‘Supacell’ Producer Sheila Nortley Behind Supernatural Romance ‘Osoro’
EXCLUSIVE: Supacell producer Sheila Nortley is making feature film Osoro, a supernatural romance set against the backdrop of noughties Black Britain. Osoro originally screened as an award-winning short and is now being developed as a feature with Nortley and My Accomplice. The short starred Supacell’s Nadine Mills, Shingai Shoniwa, who is the lead singer of…
Read MoreSingapore stocks gain more ground on Tuesday as regional indices end mixed
Across the broader market, gainers trail losers 262 to 265, after 1.1 billion securities worth S$1.1 billion change hands [SINGAPORE] Stocks in Singapore ended higher on Tuesday (Dec 9), amid a mixed showing by regional peers. The benchmark Straits Times Index (STI) gained 0.1 per cent or 6.16 points to finish at 4,513.24. Meanwhile, the…
Read MoreGoogle Hit With EU Antitrust Probe Over Whether AI Summaries Are Hurting Publishers
The European Union has launched an antitrust investigation into whether Google is violating competition rules with AI-generated summaries in its search results. In a statement on Tuesday, the European Commission said it would examine whether Google is unfairly rehashing the content of web publishers and YouTube creators in AI-generated search results. Google said the investigation…
Read MoreFirst Look: Russell T Davies’ Queer Channel 4 Drama ‘Tip Toe’ Sees Alan Cumming & David Morrisey Become Deadly Enemies In The Face Of Creeping Prejudice
Russell T Davies‘ first Channel 4 drama since It’s a Sin has dropped first look images of Alan Cumming and David Morrisey as leads. Cumming and Morrisey are Leo and Clive in Tip Toe, two opposites who have lived next door to each other in Manchester for almost 15 years. But just as life should…
Read MoreBreaking Baz: Kate Winslet On Why “Integrity, Grace & Kindness” Mattered On The Set Of Her Directorial Debut, ‘Goodbye June’
EXCLUSIVE: Kate Winslet has made it. Her directorial debut feature, the heart-warming, and heart-breaking, Goodbye June, which the Oscar-, Emmy- and BAFTA Award-winning star shot from a screenplay by her son, Joe Anders, is to be released in select theaters for a limited run Friday and streams on Netflix beginning December 24. Getting the film finished…
Read MoreHow the battle over Warner Bros turned into a blockbuster
Netflix seeks studios and streaming only, while Paramount bids for the entire group [LOS ANGELES] Who ends up with the assets of Warner Bros Discovery, the owner of one of Hollywood’s largest and most venerable film studios, is likely to impact the entertainment industry for decades to come. On Dec 5, the company announced that…
Read More‘MobLand’ Star Joanne Froggatt Closes Production Company To Focus On Acting & Family
EXCLUSIVE: Joanne Froggatt, the Golden Globe-winning actress who shot to fame in Downton Abbey, is closing her production company, Insight Pictures. Froggatt founded Insight in 2020 and two years later signed an exclusive first-look deal with MGM International Television Productions. Under the pact, she set up Love to Tell the Tale, a comedy TV series…
Read MoreWarner Bros fight heats up with US$108 billion hostile bid from Paramount
Acceptance of the bid would trigger a US$2.8 billion breakup fee payable to Netflix [LOS ANGELES] Paramount Skydance on Monday (Dec 9) launched a hostile bid worth US$108.4 billion for Warner Bros Discovery, in a last-ditch effort to outbid Netflix and create a media powerhouse that would challenge the dominance of the streaming giant. Netflix…
Read MoreUS Justice Department accuses two Chinese men of trying to smuggle Nvidia chips
Prosecutors estimate that the scheme had been in operation since at least November 2023, according to court documents [WASHINGTON] Two Chinese men are in custody for allegedly smuggling Nvidia H100 and H200 chips to China, the US Justice Department said on Monday (Dec 8), as US President Donald Trump gave the green light for Nvidia…
Read MoreVietnam’s Vingroup to develop US$3 billion ecosystem in Telangana, strengthens India push
VinFast, despite its ongoing global expansion, continues to report widening losses [HANOI] Vietnam’s largest conglomerate Vingroup on Tuesday (Dec 9) signed a memorandum of understanding with Telangana’s state government for a proposed US$3 billion investment to establish a multi-sector ecosystem in the southern Indian state. The projects would cover smart urban development, electric mobility, healthcare,…
Read MoreChinese clean-energy foreign investment surging, says think tank
CHINESE foreign investment in green power jumped to US$80 billion in the past year as Beijing leveraged its dominance in energy transition technologies, according to Climate Energy Finance (CEF). The funds were pledged in the year to November 2025, the Australian-based think tank said in a report released on Sunday (Dec 7), and compare with…
Read MoreHong Kong asks investment banks to ensure IPO applications maintain standards
More than 300 companies have filed to list in the city, most of them from mainland China [HONG KONG] Investment banks preparing Hong Kong initial public offering (IPO) applications have been asked to make sure their submissions are up to standard, the city’s securities regulator and the stock exchange operator said. Regulators believe that a…
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