Posts by Nathan Pine
How Russia and China are countering US alliance’s missile threat
[ad_1] Russia and China recently conducted a joint anti-missile exercise, which an expert told Newsweek signaled a growing level of trust, with the two sides able to mutually benefit amid the proliferation of long-range precision weapons in Europe and Asia. In a short statement released on Saturday, China‘s Defense Ministry said the war game, held…
Read MoreBOJ’s Ueda says Japan is getting closer to sustainable inflation
[ad_1] Markets bet the central bank will lift rates to 0.75%, the highest since 1995, on Dec 19 [TOKYO] Bank of Japan (BOJ) governor Kazuo Ueda said the central bank is getting closer to attaining its inflation target, adding to signals that the BOJ may raise its interest rate at a policy meeting next week.…
Read MoreChannel 4 Expected To Name New CEO Imminently
[ad_1] EXCLUSIVE: It’s been nearly eight months since Alex Mahon resigned as the CEO of Channel 4, but the UK network is finally closing in on its next boss. Deadline hears that Mahon’s successor could be unveiled as early as this week after staff were told to expect an announcement before Christmas. Two frontrunners have…
Read MoreRed Sea Film Festival Locks Down As Torrential Rain Hits Jeddah
[ad_1] Saudi Arabia’s Red Sea Film Festival locked down its market and festival areas on Tuesday as a lightning storm and torrential rain hit the port city of Jeddah where it is taking place. Participants received a message at 13.45 pm local time informing them that the Souk market area and the Culture Square screening…
Read MoreZooey Deschanel Reveals Her Kids’ Surprising Reaction to Elf
[ad_1] Zooey Deschanel hasn’t been able to take her family through the seven levels of the Candy Cane forest, past the sea of twirly-swirly gum drops. Especially because her kids Elsie, 10, and Charlie, 8—who she shares with ex-husband Jacob Pechenik—aren’t exactly the biggest fans of their mom’s 2003 hit film Elf. “They’ve seen part…
Read MoreBiopic Of Jair Bolsonaro In Works Starring Jim Caviezel As Incarcerated Ex-Brazilian President
[ad_1] Jim Caviezel, who famously starred as Jesus in Mel Gibson’s The Passion of the Christ, is playing ex-Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro in a biopic written by his former Culture Secretary. The movie, Dark Horse, appears to be painting a positive portrait of one of Brazi’s most controversial political figures of all time. Bolsonaro’s son…
Read More‘Supacell’ Producer Sheila Nortley Behind Supernatural Romance ‘Osoro’
[ad_1] 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…
Read MoreGoogle Hit With EU Antitrust Probe Over Whether AI Summaries Are Hurting Publishers
[ad_1] 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…
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
[ad_1] 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 playing 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…
Read MoreEU launches antitrust probe into Google’s use of online content for AI purposes
[ad_1] It wants to know whether Google is distorting competition by imposing unfair terms and conditions on publishers and content creators [BRUSSELS] The European Commission has opened an antitrust probe to assess whether Google is breaching EU competition rules in its use of online content from web publishers and Youtube for artificial intelligence purposes, it…
Read MoreBreaking Baz: Kate Winslet On Why “Integrity, Grace & Kindness” Mattered On The Set Of Her Directorial Debut, ‘Goodbye June’
[ad_1] 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…
Read MoreWarner Bros fight heats up with US$108 billion hostile bid from Paramount
[ad_1] 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.…
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