Colin Jost and Michael Che were back at the “Weekend Update” desk on Saturday Night Live to take jabs at politics and pop culture.
09.10.2023 - 10:35 / variety.com
K.J. Yossman Netflix’s U.K. production spend rocketed to £8.4 million ($10.2 million) in 2022 but the figure doesn’t represent entirely good news for the British film and TV industry.
The streaming company puts the 11% increase on production spend from the previous year down to inflation in the industry. “Increase in revenue is mainly due to an increase in content expenses,” wrote Emily MacKintosh, director of business and legal affairs at Netflix U.K., in the company’s financial report. As Variety reported last year, a post-pandemic production boom had resulted in skyrocketing costs across the industry in 2022, compounded also by rising costs of food, fuel and energy in the U.K.
more generally. But the increase in production spend does also point to Netflix’s increasing presence in the U.K., where it has produced a number of hit shows including “Sex Education.” “Bridgerton” (and spin-off “Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story”), “Top Boy,” “The Crown” and “Heartstopper,” among other fare. The report for Netflix Productions U.K.
Limited, which provides production and content services to its ultimate parent company, Netflix Inc, was filed alongside the company’s accounts at U.K. business registrar Companies House last week. The documents cover the financial year up to Dec.
2022. They show that in 2021 the company’s turnover was £7.5 million, rising by almost £1 million the following year. The report also stated that content expenses came to £11 million, compared to £10.1 million in 2021.
During the same period the spend on general and administration expenses increased by 8%, from £7.1 million to £7.7 million. The average number of employees at the company also increased, from 18 to 20. “The U.K.
Colin Jost and Michael Che were back at the “Weekend Update” desk on Saturday Night Live to take jabs at politics and pop culture.
Black Mirror creator Charlie Brooker has responded to criticisms that Netflix “ruined” the show.The anthology show was originally launched on Channel 4, where it stayed for two seasons. Brooker recently revealed that the network effectively “cancelled” the series in his new book, Inside Black Mirror, which prompted the move to Netflix for its third season in 2016.
Dolly Parton and Miley Cyrus have teamed up once more. The two have shared a new version of “Wrecking Ball,” which will be featured in Parton’s new record, “Rockstar.” Dolly Parton, Gloria Estefan, Cyndi Lauper, and more join forces on the single ‘Gonna Be You’From Shakira to Jennifer Lopez: All the stars supporting earthquake victims in Syria and TurkeyA post shared by Dolly Parton (@dollyparton)In a video released on her Instagram, Dolly Parton discussed her experience the first time she heard “Wrecking Ball,” comparing it to Whitney Houston’s rendition of “I Will Always Love You,” which Parton wrote. “When I heard ‘Wrecking Ball’ I almost wept in my car.
A cohort of major Hollywood actors, including George Clooney and Scarlett Johansson, have offered to pay $150 million in dues to help end the ongoing SAG-AFTRA strike.
Jon Stewart is leaving late-night, again.
Jennifer Maas TV Business Writer Netflix co-CEO Ted Sarandos says that “part “of the reason the streamer has long been tight-lipped about viewership data — even when it came to disclosing numbers to those creating the TV shows and films for the platform — is because of the talent’s own concerns about feeling “pretty trapped” by ratings and box office performance. “At the time we started creating original programming, our creators felt like they were pretty trapped in this kind of overnight ratings world and weekend box office world defining their success and failures,” Sarandos said during a prerecorded analyst interview that went live Wednesday, following Netflix’s report on its third-quarter financial results.
Netflix said it’s working on modifications to CEO pay policies after a majority of shareholder voting not to approve executive compensation in a non-binding vote at the last annual meeting. The company had said as much earlier this year.
Jennifer Maas TV Business Writer Netflix subscribers grew by 8.76 million in Q3, totaling 247.15 million by the end of the fiscal period Sept. 30.
Dr. Connie Yang is sharing why you shouldn’t sleep with makeup on, even though music legend Dolly Parton does.“Wearing makeup to bed on a regular basis can lead to a variety of skin issues,” Yang, a cosmetic dermatologist at PFrankMD by Dr.
When Netflix announced in April that it’s planning to spend $2.5 billion on Korean content across the next four years, on top of the more than $1 billion already spent since 2016, it made the world sit up and take notice.
By Even if you’re unfamiliar with the name Heather McMahan, you’ll probably recognize her face. That’s because there’s a high likelihood that, at some point, a friend has sent you one of her comedy videos on Instagram—maybe the one about her undying love for or about that (fake) debate you do at dinner before spinach dip—with the message, “omg, this is so us.”McMahan, 36, spent years grinding away trying to make it as a comedian and actor in Hollywood before taking a break following her father’s sudden passing from Home in Atlanta, she started posting quippy musings on life, funny stories, and highly entertaining observations on pop culture to Instagram.She soon attracted a following of mostly millennial women who found, in McMahan, an over-the-top hilarious bestie who always has the right thing to say about the mundane, weird, or most tragic parts of being a woman.
The Fall of the House of Usher snuck into second place on Netflix‘s English-language TV charts during its debut week.
Brian Steinberg Senior TV Editor Like other streamers, Netflix seems eager to get into live sports. But it isn’t quite ready to start paying the massive rights fees that such activity usually requires. So, the streaming giant intends to launch a “Netflix Cup,” a golf tournament that will pit race-car drivers from its popular Formula 1 documentary series “Drive to Survive” against golfers from a similar effort called “Full Swing.” Both sides will tee up in a match play tournament at Wynn Golf Club on the Las Vegas Strip.
Netflix‘s big drama series “The Crown” is coming to an end, with the sixth and final season debuting on November 16 in a Part 1 and Part 2 coming out on December 14. The series focusing on drama within the British royal family is now directly into the final days of Princess Diana along with the tragedy of her death in France and that impact on her children.
Reba McEntire has said that the only way she is able to contact her fellow country music legend Dolly Parton is via fax. The singer recently appeared on Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen, and she revealed that despite having worked with Parton regularly, she still has no other way to communicate with her. “Dolly does not text,” she said.
“Hollywood should be jealous of what Spain is doing and our facilities allow for this,” Netflix Spain and Portugal boss Diego Ávalos proclaimed today.
Dolly Parton has never shied away from being her most authentic self, no matter what anyone — even her family members — had to say. In an interview published with The Guardian
EXCLUSIVE: Reptile co-stars Alicia Silverstone and Karl Glusman have been set to lead The Bird and the Bee, a sexually charged thriller that marks Justin Kelly‘s third film for Yale Productions, on the heels of Welcome the Stranger and gay porn world-set crime drama King Cobra.
As a rising star, Dolly Parton was reluctant to let anybody tell her what she could and couldn’t do – including what clothing was appropriate for her to wear.In a new interview, Parton shares that both her father and grandfather detested her fashion choices. Parton admits that her grandfather, who was a preacher, even physically disciplined her based on the clothing she would wear.“I was willing to pay for it,” Parton, 77, told The Guardian.“I’m very sensitive,” she continued. “I didn’t like being disciplined – it hurt my feelings so bad to be scolded or whipped or whatever.
It’s safe to say that this man needs no introduction. Born and raised in Middleton, Steve Coogan has gone from humble beginnings to being a household name.