Posts by Nathan Pine
‘Hacks’ Season 4 Finale: Creators Talk Series Endgame, Potential For Jimmy-Kayla Spin-Off, & HBO Series ‘Kansas City Star’ In Development
[ad_1] SPOILER ALERT: The following story contains details from Hacks‘ Season 4 finale. Deborah Vance (Jean Smart) goes to hell and back in the Season 4 finale of Hacks, which aired on HBO Max tonight. After blowing up her late-night dreams, she finds herself under a network non-compete in Episode 10, “Heaven,” which states that…
Read MoreJardine Matheson Holdings names Lincoln Pan as CEO-designate ahead of group managing director John Witt’s retirement
[ad_1] [SINGAPORE] Hong Kong-based conglomerate Jardine Matheson Holdings on Thursday (May 29) announced the appointment of Lincoln Pan as chief executive-designate, as group managing director John Witt will retire from the company in late-November. Pan is a partner, co-head of private equity and member of the group executive committee at alternative investment business PAG. He…
Read MoreCBS Gains ‘Jeopardy!’ & ‘Wheel Of Fortune’ Distribution Rights At Least Until Legal Battle With Sony Is Over – Update
[ad_1] UPDATED, 2:35 PM: Sony and CBS spun the wheel one more time this month over who controls Jeopardy! and Wheel of Fortune, and the still Shari Redstone-owned company hit the game show jackpot. Solidifying what a three-judge panel from the Second Appellate District temporarily put in place last month, that same panel has now ruled…
Read MoreUS asks judge to dismiss criminal charge over Boeing 737 Max crashes
[ad_1] Published Fri, May 30, 2025 · 08:40 AM THE US Justice Department asked a federal judge in Texas to dismiss its criminal case against Boeing over two fatal crashes of its 737 Max jets more than six years ago, despite objections of family members of some crash victims. The move disclosed on Thursday in a court…
Read MoreChase Chrisley Reveals Todd and Julie Chrisley’s Tearful Reaction to Seeing Each Other After Prison
[ad_1] Faye Chrisley—a.k.a. “Nanny”—is Todd’s mom. “I am blessed beyond measure that God chose you to be my mother,” he wrote on Instagram for Mother’s Day in 2021. “I love you more than you will ever know and you fill my heart with love, hope, faith and confidence.” Born in September 1944, Nanny grew up…
Read MoreWhy Steve Madden’s Candid Interview About Prison Is Going Viral
[ad_1] Steve Madden isn’t walking away from tough questions. The footwear designer struck a chord with the internet thanks to his blunt delivery during a recent interview, where he reflected on his epic highs and lows throughout his life—including a 2.5-year prison sentence on fraud and money laundering charges. “It was as awful as you…
Read MoreCan The Emmys Ever Fix Its Late-Night Problem?
[ad_1] Late-night television and the Emmys have had a symbiotic, yet complicated, relationship over the years. Yes, Jimmy Kimmel, Stephen Colbert, Michael Che, Colin Jost and Kenan Thompson have hosted the awards show over the last ten years, but no, the TV Academy doesn’t really know what to do with their shows, according to many…
Read MoreStand-Alone Starz CEO Jeff Hirsch Sees A Future Of Owned Shows, Lower Costs & Deals With Networks “Marooned” In Linear Limbo
[ad_1] Starz CEO Jeff Hirsch, in his first solo outing as head of a newly stand-alone publicly traded company, sketched out an era of lower costs, ownership of shows, more bundling and deals with networks that are stuck in the linear space. Starz, over its years with Lionsgate, has transitioned to a primarily digital, subscription-based…
Read MoreBryan Cranston Teases ‘Malcolm in the Middle’ Physical Comedy: “I’m, Of Course, Naked Again”
[ad_1] With Bryan Cranston reprising his lovable goofball patriarch Hal in the Malcolm in the Middle reboot, he’s flexing some old acting muscles. After reminding fans of his physical comedy chops in the Season 1 finale of The Studio, the Oscar nominee teased more slapstick laughs to come in the upcoming revival of his Fox…
Read MoreTrump told Fed Chair he was ‘making a mistake’ not cutting rates: White House
[ad_1] Published Fri, May 30, 2025 · 07:20 AM [WASHINGTON] US President Donald Trump on Thursday stepped up pressure on Jerome Powell to cut interest rates, the White House said, describing his first sit-down with the chairman of the Federal Reserve since his return to office. Trump said “he believes the Fed chair is making…
Read MoreJonathan Tropper Extends Apple Overall Deal As His ‘Your Friends And Neighbors’ Sets Premiere Record
[ad_1] EXCLUSIVE: Apple TV+ has renewed its exclusive overall deal with Jonathan Tropper, who has emerged as the streamer’s most prolific writer-creator across both TV and film with two on-air series, Your Friends and Neighbors and the upcoming Lucky, and two movies, The Corsair Code and Matchbox. This is the third consecutive overall deal at…
Read MoreNathan Fielder Calls FAA “Very Dumb” Over Response To ‘The Rehearsal’
[ad_1] With Season 2 of HBO‘s The Rehearsal taking aim at commercial airline safety, Nathan Fielder isn’t mincing words about the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). After he pointed out communication issues between co-pilots on the docu-comedy series, the Emmy nominee said the FAA “revealed themselves to be very dumb” with their response to his findings.…
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