Netflix Posts Record U.K. Revenues of $2.2 Billion for 2023, Amounting to 57% Profit Increase

Aramide Tinubu Two decades after their debut together in “Y Tu Mamá También” and more than a decade since “Casa de Mi Padre,” lifelong friends Diego Luna and Gael García Bernal (who both serve as executive producers) have reunited on screen again for Hulu’s first Spanish-language series, “La Máquina.” A stirring and engaging drama, despite its manic, campy scenes, the limited series follows acclaimed boxer Esteban “La Máquina” Osuna (Bernal), desperately trying to define his legacy. When Esteban hits a major stumble in the boxing ring, his best friend and manager, the bewildering and Botox-loving Andy (an unrecognizable Luna), decides to take matters into his own hands. However, his solution to extending the boxer’s career unearths long-held secrets between the friends.

John Lennon’s 84th birthday, a box set has been shared containing “meditation mixes” of his 1973 song ‘Mind Games’.Details of the box set were first shared back in August, when the late musician’s son Sean Ono Lennon announced the project. Initially, the mindful remixes of the hit were shared on the app Lumeate, before being confirmed as being given both a digital and limited-edition physical release.Today’s release of the digital version (October 9) coincides with both John’s and Sean’s birthdays.

Secrets & Lies and Vera Drake, recently directed his latest film Hard Truths, which aired at the New York Film Festival at the weekend.The film follows the character Pansy (Marianne Jean-Baptiste), a woman of Jamaican heritage who is so miserable that her pain and anger leak out on anyone unlucky enough to be near her, from her hapless husband (David Webber) and son (Tuwaine Barrett) to people in a store queue or on the street.When asked about potential plans for retirement, the British filmmaker told IndieWire: “I’m only 81. It’s a challenge physically.

Emiliana Betancourt “Wicked,” one of Broadway’s most popular modern-day classics, is coming to the big screen, with a soundtrack arriving in tandem with the film’s release. “Wicked: The Soundtrack” is slated to be released alongside the movie’s box office debut on Nov. 22, with a pre-order launching today.

Katcy Stephan Shh! The upcoming video game “A Quiet Place: The Road Ahead” has crafted a new way to immerse players in its universe through a real-life sound detection component. The single-player horror game, inspired by Paramount Pictures’ critically acclaimed franchise “A Quiet Place,” will include an optional microphone feature that allows the series’ deadly creatures to pick up on any noise made by gamers. The title from Saber Interactive and developer Stormind Games follows Alex, a young college student suffering from asthma and struggling to survive the end of the world alongside her boyfriend, Martin.

giallo film gone grade-Z psychedelic. The story is so threadbare it would have been sent back for a rewrite by Roger Corman, yet that’s part of the film’s aesthetic, because it allows “Suspiria” to be a movie that’s all style, all psychotic-Italian-horror-movie frosting: the sets that still dazzle with their Satan-gone-Liberace decor, the 14-note evil-music-box theme by Goblin that can play in your head for decades.

K.J. Yossman Documentary filmmaker Dan Reed, whose work includes Michael Jackson doc “Leaving Neverland” and HBO’s recent “The Truth vs Alex Jones,” has found his calling in getting people to relive “the worst day in their life,” as he describes it.

Joe Otterson TV Reporter The Amazon Prime Video dark comedy series “The Sticky” has set its premiere date, Variety has learned exclusively. The six-episode half-hour series will debut on Dec. 6.

Daniel Kaluuya discussed the early days of his career in a Screen Talk on the opening day of the BFI London Film Festival on Wednesday. Speaking to fellow actor and close friend Ashley Walters (“Top Boy,” “Bulletproof,” “Get Rich of Die Tryin'”), the Oscar-winner took time to salute his Screen Talk host, someone he said had provided a major inspiration when he was just starting out in the mid-2000s.

Rebecca Rubin Senior Film and Media Reporter Jonathan Groff, a recent Tony winner for “Merrily We Roll Along,” is returning to Broadway. He’s set to star in “Just In Time,” a new musical about the life and times of singer Bobby Darin.

The Office director Paul Feig has spoken about how Steve Carell managed to save the show from being axed.According to the director, the first season was struggling in the ratings because Carell’s character Michael Scott was “such a bore and so mean” which was an issue because, unlike the UK version of the show, if viewers don’t like the character, “they’ll tune it out” and “just won’t watch it”.“So Steve was this huge star all of a sudden, and they had this huge star in the show that they thought wasn’t working and it wasn’t working in the ratings,” Feig, was brought in to direct the second series, told Jesse Tyler Ferguson’s podcast, Dinner’s On Me.He claimed that a scene in the episode Office Olympics changed the course of Scott’s development forever.“It was the scene we were shooting when everybody was supposed to be working and they’re screwing off doing this thing. And in order to not get in trouble with Michael, they’re going to give him a gold medal,” Feig explained.He continued: “But we’re shooting it and Steve gets emotional.

Lisa Marie Presley’s memoir has shared details about her relationship with Michael Jackson, and claimed that he was “still a virgin” when they began dating.The claims were first shared in her posthumous memoir, From Here To The Great Unknown, which was shared yesterday (October 8) and recalls her time in Graceland as a child, her battle with opioid addiction, the loss of her son Benjamin and more.Lisa Marie – who is the only daughter of Elvis and Priscilla Presley – began working on the book before her death in January 2023. It was completed by her daughter Riley Keough (Daisy Jones & The Six), who listened to tapes of memories left behind by her mother.One part of the memoir sees Lisa Marie open up about her relationship with Michael Jackson, who she began dating in 1994 and married later that year.The two met when they were young and got together romantically after Jackson declared his love for her in Las Vegas – leading her to divorce her then-husband Danny Keough.“Michael said, ‘I don’t know if you’ve noticed, but I’m completely in love with you.

Matt Damon is in talks to star in the lead role for Christopher Nolan‘s next movie.Damon portrayed General Leslie Groves in Nolan’s most recent film, Oppenheimer, alongside Cillian Murphy.Now, according to Variety, Nolan is returning to Universal for his next movie – and Damon looks set to be the lead star.The as-yet-untitled film is expected to be released in July 2026. Plot details for the project remain under wraps.Before Oppenheimer all of Nolan’s films including Inception, The Dark Knight and Dunkirk, were made under Warner Bros.Oppenheimer was the biggest winner at the Oscars and the BAFTAs this year.It also became Nolan’s biggest Box Office hit overseas with the film garnering over $960million (£757million) worldwide.The film remains Nolan’s third-biggest hit globally, behind The Dark Knight and The Dark Knight Rises – both of which have grossed over a billion each.In a five-star review of the film, NME shared: “Not just the definitive account of the man behind the atom bomb, Oppenheimer is a monumental achievement in grown-up filmmaking.

The Mighty Boosh, check out exclusive photos by Dave Brown on NME below.Behind The Boosh 20 was first exhibited in Australia last summer and will be coming to Behind The Gallery at 2 Hoxton Street from October 10-13 – providing a peak behind the curtain of the seminal and zeitgeist-capturing surreal comedy about failing musicians turned zoo-keepers and later shop-owners, Howard Moon and Vince Noir.The photos were taken by cast member Dave Brown – who played Bollo the ape in the show – who captured candid moments of the comedy troupe backstage and on st.“I’m in total denial that it’s been 20 years since I donned a fake mullet and sprayed on the fake tan to play Joey Moose in ‘Killeroo’, the first episode of season 1 back in 2004,” Brown said in a press release.

Sum 41, has denied accusations of sexual abuse put forward by the band’s frontman Deryck Whibley.The allegations arose as the singer yesterday (October 8) shared his first memoir, Walking Disaster, and also opened up to the LA Times about some of the more serious subject matter in the book.In the memoir, Whibley accused Nori, who is also the frontman for fellow pop-punk group Treble Charger, of grooming him, as well as sexually and verbally abusing him for years.Speaking to The Globe And Mail on Monday evening, Nori said that he had not seen the book or heard the allegations and added: “These are false allegations”. Nori also said that he had retained a defamation lawyer.According to the allegations put forward, the frontman claimed the abuse began when Whibley was 16 and Nori was 34.

Jay-Z and Beyoncé during an interview.The moment took place earlier this week, when singer Jaguar Wright appeared on Morgan’s Uncensored show and spoke about the recent arrest of Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs.During the discussion – which has since gone viral – Wright used the platform to put forward accusations against Jay-Z and Beyoncé as well, alleging that the two of them both have “hundreds of victims”.“For four years I’ve been screaming not just Diddy, but Diddy and Jay-Z are monsters,” she added.Now, Morgan has explained to viewers that he had been contacted by Jay-Z and Beyoncé’s lawyers, and apologised for broadcasting the statements made by his guest.“The thing about platforms, the reality of the modern world is that pretty much everyone has a platform as long as they have something to say that other people want to hear,” Morgan said in yesterday’s episode (October 8). “That’s why we invited [Wright] on to be interviewed.

Apple TV+’s Slow Horses coming to an end, when can fans expect to see season five? Read on for all the info.Episodes of the new season have been premiering on a weekly basis on the streaming service since September 4, with the sixth and final one arriving on Wednesday (October 9).The show is based on the Slough House series of novels by Mick Herron and revolves around a group of British intelligence officers who have been demoted after having made significant mistakes. Gary Oldman stars as Jackson Lamb, the head of Slough House, alongside Kristin Scott Thomas, Jack Lowden and Jonathan Pryce.The new season has been roundly praised as the “best season yet”, sitting on an imperious 100% score on reviews aggregator Rotten Tomatoes.The third season of the show, meanwhile, picked up the Emmy for Best Writing For A Drama Series last month.In a five-star review of season three, NME wrote: “The sad thing about Slow Horses is how few people are watching it on Apple TV+ in the UK.

MF DOOM fans have been reacting to a new Gladiator II popcorn bucket that resembles the late rapper’s mask.The bucket, which you can view below, was revealed yesterday (October 8) and immediately fans started comparing the two in the comments section.“That’s MF DOOM!!” one fan wrote alongside a Leonardo DiCaprio GIF from Once Upon A Time… In Hollywood. Another added: “omg that’s mf doom,” while another joked: “MF Doom’s estate should get a cut of this.”That’s MF DOOM!! pic.twitter.com/DyJ3ylLakg—

Billie Eilish has vowed to never talk about her sexuality and love life publicly “ever again”.During a new cover interview with Vogue, the ‘Hit Me Hard And Soft’ pop star reflected on a conversation with Variety last year, in which she revealed that she was attracted to women.Later, a reporter asked Eilish whether she meant to come out. “I didn’t,” she responded, “but I kinda thought, wasn’t it obvious? I didn’t realise people didn’t know.” The singer-songwriter then hit out at Variety for “outing” her, adding: “I like boys and girls leave me alone about it please literally who cares.”However, Eilish admitted earlier this year that she had “overreacted” to the incident but said “nobody should be pressured into being one thing or the other”.Vogue broached the topic in its new interview after noting that ‘Guess’ – Eilish’s recent collaboration with Charli XCX – “feels like a furthering of something” she had started on ‘Hit Me Hard And Soft’.“Charli likes boys, but she knows I’d hit it,” Eilish sings on the remix.She told the publication: “I wish no one knew anything about my sexuality or anything about my dating life.

Gavin And Stacey has officially been completed, the BBC has confirmed.News of the upcoming finale was first reported on in February this year, with co-writers James Corden and Ruth Jones later confirming the last episode in May. “See you on Christmas Day,” they wrote at the time.They officially started filming the finale in September with the cast sharing snaps from the set.Now, in a post on X, the BBC wrote: “And that’s a wrap… for the last time ever.

Huw Edwards has reportedly put his family's £4.75 million London home on the market.