Jack Whitehall: Comedian’s fortune swells after Netflix special September 22, 2025 The fortune amassed by comedian Jack Whitehall jumped by more than £1m in 2024, new documents have revealed. Through his company Jackpot Productions, the comic’s wealth grew from £11.4m to £12.7m during the firm’s latest financial year. The latest figure has been published in new accounts filed with Companies House. Jackpot Productions was set up [...]
Netflix reveals Crawford-Canelo drew fewer viewers than Taylor-Serrano September 16, 2025 Netflix says 41.4m viewers watched Terence Crawford beat Canelo Alvarez at the weekend, a smaller audience than the streamer pulled for a Katie Taylor fight last year. Underdog Crawford’s unanimous points victory over Canelo, for the undisputed super middleweight title, drew an estimated average minute audience of 36.6m watching live, rising to 41.4m when accounting [...]
Erin Doherty on surviving Adolescence, queer storytelling and hating her phone September 15, 2025 Erin Doherty rose to fame as the young Princess Anne in The Crown, but this year has found new success working alongside Stephen Graham on two projects, A Thousand Blows and Adolescence. She tells Adam Bloodworth how playing a child psychologist in the latter ‘consumed’ her, the type of queer stories she’d like to tell [...]
Premier League still facing legal threat to financial rules despite Man City deal September 10, 2025 The Premier League is still facing another legal challenge to its financial regulations despite settling a long-running dispute with Manchester City over associated party transactions this week. Legal action remains pending from the Professional Footballers’ Association over the Premier League’s plans to introduce new squad cost ratio (SCR) rules next season, which would limit clubs [...]
Baby Reindeer maker falls to a loss after Netflix smash hit wears off August 8, 2025 The production company behind Baby Reindeer has fallen into the red as its earnings were slashed in the aftermath of the Netflix smash hit. Clerkenwell Films has posted a pre-tax loss of £1.5m for the year to 31 March, 2025, down from a pre-tax profit of £2.7m in the prior 12 months. New accounts filed [...]
Netflix rakes in record UK profits as cost conscious Brits choose adverts August 8, 2025 A rise in Brits choosing Netflix’s advertising tier helped the streaming giant rake in record profits as its UK revenue jumped towards the £2bn mark, it has been revealed. The UK arm of the US giant has reported a pre-tax profit of £63m for 2024, up from the £60.6m it achieved in 2023 – the [...]
Jimmy Carr handed whopping tax bill after tour brings in £3m August 4, 2025 Jimmy Carr has been handed a huge tax bill after his wealth surged by more than £3m thanks to launching his International stand-up tour and the success of his Netflix special. The comedian took his Laughs Funny show across the UK, Ireland, Europe, Australia, New Zealand and North America and also released his fourth Netflix [...]
‘Let’s make it happen’: Zharnel Hughes keen on Hudson-Smith 300m duel August 1, 2025 Sprinters Zharnel Hughes and Matt Hudson-Smith will be taking on the best of British at this weekend’s UK Athletics Championships, but if they had their way they’d be going head to head. Hughes, Britain’s fastest man over 100m and 200m, and European 400m champion Hudson-Smith, have regularly traded friendly fire on social media about who [...]
Actor Micheal Ward: Football made me depressed, so I tried acting July 27, 2025 Micheal Ward talks about how acting helped him overcome a football career that almost took hold
Paramount bags South Park in $1.5bn deal after fierce bidding war July 24, 2025 Paramount has inked a $1.5bn (£1.1bn) deal with South Park creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone, bringing the long-running animated satire exclusively to its streaming platform Paramount+ after a drawn-out bidding war with rivals including HBO Max and Netflix. The five-year agreement grants Paramount+ streaming rights to all 26 previous seasons of the Emmy-winning show [...]