Posts by Nathan Pine
‘Red Sonja’ Reboot Gets UK Deal & Is Planned For Release “Later This Year”
[ad_1] EXCLUSIVE: The long-gestating Red Sonja reboot has been sold to the UK, where it is due for release “later this year” after two years in post. Signature Entertainment has picked up UK and Irish rights to the action fantasy film from Millennium Media, which has previously sold the movie in multiple international markets but…
Read MoreGlobal Entertainment Awards Names Regional Winners With Accolades For Creative Work On ‘Mufasa: The Lion King’, ‘Squid Game’, ‘Wicked’
[ad_1] EXCLUSIVE: The Global Entertainment Awards has unveiled its regional winners with work on a raft of big-ticket series, movies and games getting recognition. The GEAs lauds the marketing and promo teams that work on projects, with categories covering trailers, behind the scenes material, key art and social media campaigns. It is in its fourth…
Read MoreHKIFF Industry Adds Animation & Indonesian Sections To 2025 Line-Up
[ad_1] HKIFF Industry Project Market has completed this year’s line-up with the addition of a new animation section and a tie-up with Jakarta Film Week in Indonesia. According to the event organisers, there has been a 60% surge in animation submissions since last year reflecting the industry’s rapid growth in the region. Chinese feature-length animation…
Read More‘SNL 50’: Tom Hanks Delivers “In Memoriam” Semi-Tribute To “Characters And Sketches That Have Aged Horribly”
[ad_1] On its 50th anniversary special, Saturday Night Live wanted to have its nostalgic cake and eat it, too, owning up to the stereotypes it has perpetuated while also coaxing laughs out of the passage of time. In a send-up of awards-show “in memoriam” segments, a tuxedoed Tom Hanks soberly took the darkly lit stage…
Read MoreBain Capital ends acquisition battle with KKR for Fuji Soft
[ad_1] US private equity firm Bain Capital said on Monday (Feb 17) it will not launch a tender offer for Fuji Soft, formally ending a takeover battle with rival KKR for the Japanese IT company. Bain had said last week it might withdraw its proposal for Fuji Soft, after KKR raised its offer above Bain’s…
Read More‘SNL50’: Decades Of Political Satire & POTUS Mocking Noticeably Absent From Anniversary Special
[ad_1] (Updated with video) Saturday Night Live has had a lot of POTUS mocking over the decades, but you wouldn’t have known it from Sunday’s SNL50: The Anniversary Special. Tonight’s live show had Alec Baldwin, Will Ferrell, Jay Pharoah, Tina Fey, Jason Sudeikis, Maya Rudolph and Amy Poehler in attendance but there was nothing of…
Read More‘SNL50’: EP Lorne Michaels Gets Shout-Out As He Joins Curtain Call Alongside Original Cast Members
[ad_1] While SNL50: The Anniversary Special was not a regular episode, it ended the way every Saturday Night Live show for the last 50 years has, with a curtain call. This time, it was supersized, with the stage of Studio 8H packed by representatives of five decades of SNL casts, hosts and musical guests. Former…
Read MoreEvergrande, HNA units ordered to liquidate by Hong Kong judge
[ad_1] UNITS of two high-profile Chinese companies received Hong Kong court orders to liquidate, the latest in a string of wind-up decisions in the city as creditors ramp up their legal efforts to recover funds. Tianji Holding became the second key unit of defaulted builder China Evergrande Group to receive a wind-up order this year,…
Read More‘SNL50’: Eddie Murphy Joins Kenan Thompson And Will Ferrell In Crazy “Scared Straight” Sketch
[ad_1] Eddie Murphy returned for another sketch on the SNL50: The Anniversary Show, this time as one of three prisoners trying to try to scare a trio of young male shoplifters “straight.” The sketch was a spoof of the documentary Scared Straight, the program in which prisoners scream and yell at teens in an effort…
Read More‘SNL50’: Debbie Downer Is Back, Gets Choked By Robert De Niro
[ad_1] A little counterintuitive for a joyous celebration, the SNL50 anniversary special brought back Rachel Dratch‘s Debbie Downer. While Debbie could bring down the mood anywhere she goes with her grim remarks, she also is one of Saturday Night Live characters that have taken on a life of their own, with Debbie Downer now widely…
Read MoreMike Myers’ Linda Richman Surprises Amy Poehler & Maya Rudolph’s ‘Bronx Beat With Betty And Jodi’ On ‘SNL50′, Talkin’ About Her “Zorch”
[ad_1] When the sketch for Amy Poehler and Maya Rudolph‘s Bronx Beat With Betty and Jodi dropped on tonight’s SNL50: The Anniversary Special, it felt like a certain someone was missing, even though that certain someone wasn’t a staple to the sketch. And then Mike Myers‘ Linda Richman showed up before the three-minute mark in…
Read MoreSNL 50: Jack Nicholson Makes Rare Public Appearance to Introduce Adam Sandler – E! Online
[ad_1] Watch: SNL 50: Tina Fey Teases “Thrilling” Reunion With ‘Saturday Night Live’ Cast Members Yes, SNL 50‘s guest list is truly as good as it gets. In fact, Jack Nicholson—who has made few public outings in recent years—traveled to New York City for Saturday Night Live‘s milestone occasion. (See every star at SNL 50:…
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