Northern Ireland striker Dion Charles insisted he should have been awarded a penalty before Hungary got the winner in Tuesday's 1-0 friendly defeat at Windsor Park.
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Todd Spangler NY Digital EditorNetflix will raise rates for all streaming plans in the U.K. and Ireland, marking the company’s second price hike in the region in less than 18 months.The price increases come after Netflix similarly raised subscription fees in the U.S. and Canada in January, amid a tide of new competitors and its continued spending.The streamer’s Standard plan (with two HD streams) is rising in the U.K.
by £1 to £10.99/month and in Ireland it’s going up by €2 to €14.99/month. Netflix’s Basic package (one non-HD stream) is also going up by £1 to £6.99/month in the U.K. and by €1 to €8.99 in Ireland — the first increase to that tier.
Meanwhile, the Premium service (four streams in up to 4K HD) will go up £2 in the UK to £15.99 and €3 in Ireland, to €20.99/month. “Our updated prices reflect the investment we have made in our service and catalog and will allow us to continue making the series, documentaries and films our members love as well as investing in talent and the creative industry,” Netflix said in a statement. “We offer a range of plans so members can choose a price that works best for them.”Netflix has about 14 million subscribers in the U.K.
Northern Ireland striker Dion Charles insisted he should have been awarded a penalty before Hungary got the winner in Tuesday's 1-0 friendly defeat at Windsor Park.
Angel Olsen has announced her new album ‘Big Time’ and shared its lead single ‘All The Good Times’ – you can find tickets to her newly announced UK and Ireland tour dates below.‘Big Time’, the follow-up to 2020’s ‘Whole New Mess’ (which featured a host of reworkings of tracks from Olsen’s 2019 LP ‘All Mirrors’), is set for release on June 3 via Jagjaguwar.A press release notes that ‘Big Time’ “is about the expansive power of new love, written during the time she was coming out as queer, and having her first experience of queer love and heartbreak”.The new LP was also recorded following the death of Olsen’s parents, who the US artist came out to during the making of ‘Big Time’.“Some experiences just make you feel as though you’re five years old, no matter how wise or adult you think you are”, she wrote of that “tearful but relieving conversation” with her parents. “Finally, at the ripe age of 34, I was free to be me.”Olsen has previewed ‘Big Time’ today (March 29) with the single ‘All The Good Times’, the video for which stars Olsen and her partner and was directed by Kimberly Stuckwisch.“Angel’s story is a gift,” Stuckwisch said about the clip. “It allowed me to visually explore the universal themes of love, loss, and most importantly what holds us back from realising our true selves.”You can see the tracklist for Angel Olsen’s ‘Big Time’ below.1. ‘All The Good Times’2. ‘Big Time’3. ‘Dream Thing’4. ‘Ghost On’5. ‘All The Flowers’6. ‘Right Now’7. ‘This Is How It Works’8. ‘Go Home’9. ‘Through The Fires’10. ‘Chasing The Sun’ Olsen will head out on a UK and Ireland tour in support of ‘Big Time’ in October.
Self Esteem has announced details of her 2023 UK and Ireland tour, ‘I Tour This All The Time’ – you’ll be able to buy tickets here when they go on sale later this week.The artist, real name Rebecca Lucy Taylor, will continue touring early next year in support of her acclaimed October 2021 album ‘Prioritise Pleasure’.‘I Tour This All The Time’ will see Self Esteem touring in Cambridge, Hull, Nottingham, Dublin and Belfast in February 2023.The tour will then continue in Manchester, Birmingham, Gateshead, Brighton and Cardiff in March 2023, before wrapping up with a date at London’s Hammersmith Apollo on March 11, 2023.I TOUR THIS ALL THE TIME. BACK IN THE HABIT NEXT YEAR.Sign up before 7am Wednesday to access presale tickets from 9am tomorrow.
Action Bronson, Earl Sweatshirt and The Alchemist have announced a new set of live dates in the UK and Ireland for May and June – you can buy tickets here when they go on sale later this week.The trio will continue their ‘ÑBA Leather World Tour’ with the gigs, which will come as part of a wider European tour.Bronson and The Alchemist will perform in Dublin on May 24 (Sweatshirt is not on the bill), while the three artists will then perform live at shows in Manchester, London and Birmingham from May 30-June 1.You can see details of the trio’s upcoming UK, Ireland and European tour dates in the below post.A post shared by Action Bronson (@bambambaklava)Tickets for the London and Birmingham dates will go on general sale on Friday (April 1) at 10am from here.Sweatshirt is touring in support of his January album ‘Sick!’, while Bronson’s most recent album, ‘Only For Dolphins’, was released in September 2020. Last month, ‘Continuance’, a collaborative album by The Alchemist and Curren$y, was released.
Conor McGregor was arrested in Dublin, Ireland on Tuesday for alleged dangerous driving and traffic violations.Karen Kessler, a spokesperson for the 33-year-old UFC star, told ET in a statement on Wednesday, «Mr. McGregor was driving to the gym when he was stopped by Gardai for alleged road traffic violations.»Kessler added that McGregor «passed the drug and alcohol tests taken at the station.»According to the , who was the first to report the arrest, McGregor was driving his Bentley Continental GT, valued at approximately $185,000, when detained by Gardai, which are the national police service of Ireland.
From Bridgerton to Pam & Tommy, streaming services have changed the way we watch some of the biggest films and TV shows. But as popular as they may be, after Netflix announced its recent price hike, the on-demand video service industry doesn’t come cheap. In fact, subscribing to Netflix, Disney+, Now, Apple TV+, Amazon Prime Video and Britbox could cost upwards of £43 a month – and that’s without any upgrades or deluxe packages.
J.J. Abrams made waves when he signed a big lucrative development deal worth $500 million at WarnerMedia that would see future Bad Robot projects get developed at various divisions of the entertainment company.
U2 may be getting its own television series from Bad Robot.
A new show about U2 is in development at Netflix!
Netflix is in early development on a scripted series inspired by the rock band U2, sources close to the project confirmed to Deadline. It hails from J.J. Abrams and his Bad Robot Productions, and Warner Bros. TV, where Bad Robot is under a deal. Oscar-nominated screenwriter Anthony McCarten (Bohemian Rhapsody) is attached to pen the series.
Gap made headlines in the UK back in July last year after they announced they was closing all of their 81 British stores down.The US retailer first opened their doors in the UK in 1987, after launching in California in 1969, and soon became a household favourite with their bright logos and comfy sweatshirts. Gap went on to totally dominate the 90s, with their own brand denim becoming a great alternative to Levis, with every young professional knowing it was the coolest place to buy the basics.
CMAT takes this week’s Number 1 album in Ireland with her debut album If My Wife New I’d Be Dead.
Manchester City goalkeeper Gavin Bazunu will maintain the number one shirt for the Republic of Ireland this month, despite the Carabao Cup heroics of Liverpool back-up stopper Caoimhin Kelleher.
Netflix is upping the cost of its subscription plans in the UK and Ireland with its standard package increasing in by £1 ($1.31) to £10.99 ($14.46) in the UK and by €2 ($2.20) to €14.99 ($16.54) in Ireland.
Vikings: Valhalla has swung its sword to the top of Netflix’s weekly ratings chart as the streamer has revealed how its 24-episode order will be split up.
Matt Donnelly Senior Film WriterParamount Pictures is calling home its speciality label Paramount Players, folding the lower-budget and genre operation under the stewardship of the studio’s larger motion picture group. As a result of the decision, current Paramount Players chief Jeremy Kramer is exiting his post.Paramount motion picture group co-heads Daria Cercek and Michael Ireland will run point on the unit moving forward.
Paramount Players is getting merged under Paramount Motion Picture Group Co-Heads Mike Ireland and Daria Cercek.