Posts by Nathan Pine
Indonesia antitrust agency finds risk of monopoly from TikTok’s Tokopedia takeover
[ad_1] The agency says it found rising market concentration and warned of possible post-acquisition price hikes due to increased dominance Published Wed, May 28, 2025 · 08:17 PM [JAKARTA] Indonesia’s antitrust agency on Wednesday (May 28) said last year’s takeover of the country’s biggest e-commerce platform Tokopedia by TikTok carried a risk of monopoly. TikTok,…
Read More‘Strangelove’ Creator Jorge Xolalpa Signs With Posh Talent Agency
[ad_1] EXCLUSIVE: Strangelove creator Jorge Xolalpa has signed with Posh Talent Agency for commercial and theatrical representation. The Mexican-American filmmaker is known as the creator of Prime Video queer Latino comedy-drama series Strangelove, which has been dubbed by critics as “The Latinx Sex and the City” thanks to its sharp wit, unapologetic exploration of love and identity,…
Read MoreHugh Jackman’s Ex Deborra-Lee Furness Breaks Silence on “Betrayal” Amid Divorce Filing
[ad_1] Deborra-Lee Furness knows she is not alone. Just days after filing for divorce from estranged husband Hugh Jackman on May 23, Furness has broken her silence on the decision to legally separate from the person with whom she shared an almost three-decade marriage. “’My heart and compassion goes out to everyone who has traversed…
Read MoreU.S.-Based Shadowbox To Oversee Jordan’s Olivewood Studios Under New Partnership
[ad_1] EXCLUSIVE: Shadowbox has partnered with Jordan’s Olivewood Studios and will manage the film studio’s operations. Shadowbox Studios owns the Shadowbox Atlanta site and the sizeable Shinfield Studios facility in the UK. Under new COO Mike Mosallam it is branching out further and offering its expertise to third parties – helping them to either establish…
Read MoreMohammed Lakhdar-Hamina Dies: Algerian Cannes Palme d’Or Winner Was 91
[ad_1] Algerian director Mohammed Lakhdar-Hamina, whose 1975 drama Chronicles of the Years of Fire remains Africa’s only Cannes Palme d’Or to this day, has died at the age of 91. Lakhdar-Hamina’s family said the producer and director died at his home in the Algerian capital of Algers on May 23. In quirk of fate, the…
Read MoreCDL, MCL Land marketing Piccadilly Galleria retail podium for sale at lower price of S$67.5m
[ad_1] [SINGAPORE] Piccadilly Grand’s retail podium is up for sale for S$67.5 million, at a lower price after an earlier expression of interest exercise closed in November 2024. The ground-floor retail podium, known as Piccadilly Galleria, is part of a 99-year leasehold integrated development developed by City Developments Ltd (CDL) and MCL Land. The project…
Read MoreBreaking Baz: As ‘Mamma Mia!’ Returns To Broadway, Sabrina Carpenter Eyed For Third Movie & TV Version Might Be Coming, Producer Judy Craymer Reveals
[ad_1] EXCLUSIVE: Judy Craymer is the (dancing) queen, ruler of all things related to the Mamma Mia! stage musical and its movie iterations. Her default position is to remain tight-lipped about a third film, but tantalizing snippets emerge over lunch in Mayfair, London. There’s mention, for instance, of global phenomenon Sabrina Carpenter being sought for a role in the…
Read MoreNissan offers buyouts to US workers, halts global pay rises, internal emails show
[ad_1] [TOKYO] Japan’s Nissan has started offering buyouts to US workers and has suspended merit-based wage increases worldwide, internal emails reviewed by Reuters showed, as the automaker expands cost cuts amid weak performance in key markets. CEO Ivan Espinosa announced a new round of cost cuts this month that include closing seven production sites globally…
Read MoreNetflix Behind Jimmy Carr Comedy Podcast; Champion’s League Soccer Breaks Records On Amazon; Prime Video ‘Stolen’ Trailer – Global Briefs
[ad_1] Netflix Behind Jimmy Carr Comedy Podcast About Obscure Genres Netflix is tapping into its thousands and thousands of niche sub-genres with a podcast in which comedians pitch movie ideas to host Jimmy Carr. In The Big Pitch with Jimmy Carr, guests will come up with ideas to fit one of Netflix’s most 27,000 obscure…
Read MoreVeteran Independent Talent Agent Sara Puro-Steele Joins Portugal’s Hit Management As Managing Director
[ad_1] EXCLUSIVE: Portuguese-based talent agency Hit Management has hired Sara Puro-Steele in the newly created role of Managing Director. Puro-Steele joins Hit Management after 17 years at the London-based Independent Talent Group. Puro-Steele is a dual Spanish-British national and fluent in Spanish, Portuguese, and English. She has represented actors such as Ariane Labed (September Says),…
Read MoreUK’s Thames Water fined £122.7 million over sewage and dividend breaches
[ad_1] [LONDON] Britain’s Thames Water, on the brink of financial collapse, will have to pay a record £122.7 million (S$213.3 million) fine for breaching its legal obligations over sewage treatment and dividend payments, regulator Ofwat said on Wednesday (May 28). The watchdog, which had previously issued a £104.5-million-penalty, added an additional £18.2 million to the…
Read MoreRichard Linklater’s ‘Nouvelle Vague’ Draws Raft Of International Buyers For Goodfellas – Cannes
[ad_1] EXCLUSIVE: Richard Linklater’s love letter to the New Wave Nouvelle Vague has sold to more than 20 theatrical distributors worldwide for Goodfellas following its buzzy Cannes premiere, as one of four French majority productions in Competition this year. They join Paris-based distributor ARP Sélection which will release the film in cinemas in France on October 8 on…
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