Posts by Nathan Pine
Sands Film Festival To Open With Carey Mulligan Flick ‘The Ballad of Wallis Island’, Speakers Include Joanna Lumley & Kharmel Cochrane
[ad_1] Scotland’s Sands International Film Festival of St Andrews will open on April 25th with a screening of the indie British comedy The Ballad of Wallis Island starring Carey Mulligan and Sian Clifford (Fleabag). The comedy arrives at Sands after its debut at this year’s Sundance Film Festival. The film follows a lottery winner who…
Read MoreWerner Herzog To Receive Venice Film Festival’s Golden Lion For Lifetime Achievement
[ad_1] The Venice Film Festival will fete German filmmaker Werner Herzog with its honorary Golden Lion at its forthcoming 82nd edition. Accepting the honor, Herzog said: “I feel deeply honored to receive a Lifetime Achievement Honorary Golden Lion by the Venice Biennale. I have always tried to be a Good Soldier of Cinema, and this…
Read MoreJapan debt deals pulled as tariffs hit deals outlook across Asia
[ad_1] [TOKYO] Three Japanese companies have postponed the sale of 100 billion yen (S$916.7 million) worth of yen-denominated bonds in the wake of global financial market volatility induced by US tariff announcements, according to a source and the companies. Japan’s largest beer maker, Asahi, was due to issue 50 billion yen this month, but shelved…
Read MoreWomen Directors Behind ‘Baby Reindeer’, ‘One Day’ & ‘We Are Lady Parts’ Talk Breaking Records & Smashing Glass Ceilings At The BAFTAs
[ad_1] A little-publicized representation record was broken at the BAFTA TV noms this year. For the first time ever, more women than men are nominated in the Best Director: Fiction category, with talented helmers behind One Day, Baby Reindeer and We Are Lady Parts all recognized. Just one man, Wolf Hall: The Mirror and the Light’s Peter…
Read MoreAlibaba chases international AI users with new Qwen upgrades
[ad_1] The expansion, through its Singapore availability zones, shows Alibaba ramping up an aggressive campaign to lure AI users and developers both at home and abroad [BEIJING] Alibaba Group Holding’s cloud division is upgrading its suite of artificial intelligence tools available overseas in a push for more global customers. Alibaba Cloud is expanding its platform-as-a-service…
Read MoreGrammy Winner Janis Ian On Career That Began At Age 14, And Bonds With Janis Joplin, Pete Seeger, Nina Simone & More
[ad_1] Singer-songwriter-musician Janis Ian celebrates her 74th birthday today. For most of those years, 60 of them in fact, she has been famous, having rocketed to fame at age 14 with her precocious debut single “Society’s Child,” a song about what was at the time the very taboo subject of an interracial romance. At she…
Read More‘Mighty Morphin Power Rangers’ Head Writer Laments Racially Insensitive Casting Of Leads: “Such A Mistake”
[ad_1] Mighty Morphin Power Rangers head writer Tony Oliver regrets what he now views as racially insensitive casting for his Black and Asian leads, who played the Black and Yellow Power Rangers, respectively, in the kids’ TV show. Oliver reflected on the series in Investigation Discovery’s newest episode of Hollywood Demons, per Entertainment Weekly, titled…
Read MoreMBC Group Names Former Nine Entertainment Chief Mike Sneesby CEO As Sam Barnett Steps Down
[ad_1] The Middle East’s MBC Group has hired former Nine Network boss Mike Sneesby as CEO, with long-serving incumbent Sam Barnett stepping down. A note posted today announced the news, with Sneesby joining on May 1. He exited his post as Nine CEO after a damaging year after a report into the Australian network’s work…
Read MoreFlorida Gators Win NCAA Men’s Basketball Championship
[ad_1] After two competitive Final Four games — one of which was an instant classic — the Men’s NCAA Basketball Championship was a nail biter as the Florida Gators defeated the Houston Cougars 65-63. Houston led 31-28 at the half. Florida fell behind double digits in the second half, trailing 42-30 with 15:48 to go.…
Read MoreJon Stewart Rips Trump’s Tariffs: “Your Economic Policy Has The Same Tagline As Season 3 Of ‘Squid Game?’”
[ad_1] “Our economy is in the midst of a beautiful metamorphosis, turning from a simple caterpillar into a dead caterpillar” — so went Jon Stewart‘s decidedly literary opening (giving Franz Kafka a run for his money as far as transformations go) during this week’s installment of The Daily Show. The political comic and host naturally…
Read MoreVenture capitalist Finian Tan of US$33.3m duped in alleged nickel scam
[ad_1] [SINGAPORE] Well-known venture capitalist Finian Tan told the High Court on Tuesday (Apr 8) that he was red-faced by the loss to alleged fraudster Ng Yu Zhi. “I am embarrassed by this loss. If you ever lose in this way, it’s not something you would be proud of or want to repeat,” said Dr…
Read MoreClean power offers safety to China investors rattled by tariffs
[ad_1] Investors traditionally turn to utilities during times of market upheaval thanks to their relatively stable revenue sources [NEW YORK] China’s clean power generators are emerging as a safe haven for investors amid trade war turmoil. Wind generator China Longyuan Power Group and hydro-dam operators China Yangtze Power and Huaneng Lancang River Hydropower are three…
Read More