Netflix announces price increase for plans in US, UK and France

Bodies starring Stephen Graham has topped the Netflix UK charts this week.On Thursday (November 2), the crime thriller series was the most popular TV show on the streaming service in the UK. Based on the DC graphic novel, it follows four detectives across four different time periods as they attempt to solve a murder.The second most popular is Get Gotti, a documentary series which follows the FBI’s battle to bring down infamous mob moss John Gotti.Other shows in the top ten include Beckham, Mike Flanagan’s The Fall Of The House Of Usher and BBC documentary series Conviction.

Manchester United are one of three English sides to have sent scouts to watch Brøndby midfielder Nicolai Vallys, according to reports in Denmark.

Richard Hawley has announced a UK and Ireland tour in support of his recent career-spanning compilation album – find all the details below.The Sheffield singer-songwriter released ‘Now Then: The Very Best Of Richard Hawley’ earlier this month. Today (October 30), it’s been confirmed that he’ll head out on the road for a string of headline shows next summer.Hawley is due to kick off the tour in Dublin on May 24 before making stop-offs in Glasgow, Edinburgh, Leicester, Bristol, London, Brighton, Manchester, Liverpool and other locations throughout June.Tickets go on general sale at 10am GMT this Friday (November 3) – you’ll be able to buy yours here.MAY:24 – 3Olympia Theatre, DublinJUNE02 – Barrowland Ballroom, Glasgow 03 – Usher Hall, Edinburgh 05 – De Montfort Hall, Leicester06 – Bristol Beacon, Bristol 08 – Eventim Apollo, London 09 – Brighton Dome, Brighton 11 – Wulfrun at Halls, Wolverhampton 12 – O2 Apollo, Manchester 13 – Glasshouse, Gateshead 15 – Liverpool Olympia, Liverpool 16 – U.E.A (University Of East Anglia), Norwich 18 – Portsmouth Guildhall, Portsmouth 20 – Scarborough Spa, Scarborough ✨2024 Tour Dates announced!✨Following the release of ‘Now Then’, the Very Best of Richard Hawley, we’re very pleased to announce Richard’s tour dates for next year.Tickets go on sale Friday 3rd November at 10 am at https://t.co/5NNEXLc3qk pic.twitter.com/DbFOef61F3— richardhawley (@RichardHawley) October 30, 2023Last week saw Hawley perform an intimate live set at The Grapes in Sheffield to celebrate the release of ‘Now Then…’.

Andrew Cuomo is blaming cancel culture for his 2021 political downfall.

Valerie Wu Intern The 2023 annual Newport Beach Film Festival (NBFF), hosted from Oct. 12 to Oct. 19, has announced its slate of awards winners.

EXCLUSIVE: Array Releasing, the distribution arm of Ava DuVernay’s Peabody Award-winning narrative change collective Array, has picked up rights to the PJ Raval doc Who We Become for the U.S., Canada, New Zealand, Australia and Ireland. The film will debut exclusively on Netflix on Friday, December 1.

The transformation of Disneyland‘s Paradise Pier Hotel into a Pixar-themed hotel will be completed and open for business on Jan. 30, 2024, Disney announced today.

UPDATED, 8 AM: “Attention all players. It is now time for the next game.” So begins the new trailer for Squid Game: The Challenge, dropped today by Netflix ahead of the reality series’ November 22 premiere. It’s an extended look at the competition series inspired by the hit Korean dystopian drama series, with some of the contestants showing surprise when they are “fake shot”, “Oh s**t” says one of the contestants when she takes an air bullet to the chest. There’s also surprise when contestants are told they need to eliminate two of their own. Check out the new trailer above.

Kurt Vile has announced a new EP called ‘Back To Moon Beach’ along with a 2024 North American tour.The new project’s first single, ‘Another good year for the roses’, is out now, with the full EP due for release on November 17 via Verve. Pre-order it here.Alongside news of the EP, the US singer-songwriter has announced a string of 2024 North American tour dates, following his UK and European run this summer.The artist will kick off at The Ottobar in Baltimore, Maryland on March 17, 2024, with stops planned for Tennessee, Arkansas, New Orleans and more, before it finishes up at the 40 Watt Club in Athens, Georgia on March 29.Support will come from King Kong and Weak Signal on select dates, and tickets go on sale this Friday, October 27 at 10am local time from Vile’s website.Listen to ‘Another good year for the roses’ and watch the video – featuring actors Michael Shannon, Kevin Corrigan, and David Wilke portraying their real-life band Big Daddy in the Sky – below.In a statement shared to social media, Vile noted that the new release is “longer than an ep”, and that he now calls it a now “KV comp”.“The first 6 tracks — which are the ones that fit on a single LP — are new to the world, with one foot in the not-too-distant past and the other with one tiny toe pointing toward the future.

Oscar-nominated director Matthew Heineman and late filmmaker Nancy Buirski will be honored at the Hamptons Doc Fest in New York next month.

A Married at First Sight UK star has revealed they nearly went on a date with fellow cast member Ella before the show started. While Ella was coupled up with Nathanial on the show, their relationship failed to develop after the groom admitted he wasn't sure if he fancied her. The series got even more dramatic when Ella confessed she has feelings for JJ, despite him tying the knot with Bianca.

Zack Sharf Digital News Director Taylor Swift‘s concert movie blockbuster “The Eras Tour” got a shout out from none other than Christopher Nolan during a recent City University of New York event in which the director and his producer and wife Emma Thomas were interviewed by author Kai Bird. It was Bird’s book “American Prometheus” that Nolan adapted into “Oppenheimer,” which is the highest-grossing biopic in film history with $942 million at the worldwide box office. The CUNY discussion took place Oct.

BreAnna Bell “Sweet Magnolias” has been renewed for a fourth season, Netflix announced on Thursday. Based on the popular series of novels by author Sherryl Woods, the series “follows lifelong best friends Maddie (JoAnna Garcia Swisher), Dana Sue (Brooke Elliott), and Helen (Heather Headley) as they juggle relationships, family, and careers in the charming small town of Serenity, SC,” according to the official logline, per Netflix. Chris Klein, Jamie Lynn Spears, Justin Bruening, Carson Rowland, Logan Allen, Chris Medlin, Anneliese Judge, Brandon Quinn and Dion Johnstone join Garcia Swisher, Elliott, and Headley among the cast.

Jennifer Maas TV Business Writer Netflix is increasing the price of both its basic and premium plans in the U.S., as well as in France and the U.K. Prices for the ads and standard tiers remain the same.

Netflix said today it’s raising prices on some of its plans in the U.S., U.K and France with the Premium subscription Stateside now set at $22.99 a month, up from $19.99. The Basic plan (which is being phased out and is no longer available to new members) will now cost $11.99 from $9.99

Negotiations between the studios and the striking actors guild may have come to a sudden halt last week, but according to Netflix today everyone is still talking – even when they aren’t.

Lise Pedersen Lyon’s impressive Roman-style auditorium, normally used by the city’s symphonic orchestra, was sold out as U.S. writer and director Wes Anderson took to the stage as guest of honor of the Lumière Film Festival.

K.J. Yossman Cyril Metzger and Manon Clavel are set to star in Netflix‘s upcoming hotel period drama “Winter Palace.” Metzger (“Happening”) will play André Morel while Clavel (“The Truth”) is set to star as Rose. Together they portray a wealthy married couple who are guests at the hotel at the centre of the show.

Like lots of children across the UK this week, Prince George, Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis have left the classroom behind them to enjoy their school half-term holiday. And there’s another familiar scenario playing out too as their parents, the Prince and Princess of Wales, juggle the young royals’ very different focuses.

The Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) Max streamer will launch in 22 European countries in spring 2024 and France and Belgium later next year, the media outfit revealed today.