BBC chief reveals plan for two-tier licence fee with choice between ‘basics’ package or ‘premium’

A two-tier licence fee that allows viewers to chose to upgrade to ‘premium’ television could be introduced as part of plans by new BBC boss Tim Davie, reports suggest. Hit shows such as Bodyguard, Normal People and Strictly Come Dancing could be among the series to be moved onto the premium rate. Meanwhile, staple BBC … Read more

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle pull the plug on glittering Invictus Games fundraiser

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle pull the plug on glittering Invictus Games fundraiser for wounded soldiers due to be shown on Amazon after signing £112million deal with rivals Netflix The music and comedy show was set to be held in California next summer  Organisers hoped event would raise £1 million for Invictus Games Foundation Officials were … Read more

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s £112m Netflix deal ‘could include a documentary on Princess Diana’

By Sarah Sands for the Mail on Sunday Give them their due, Meghan and Harry appear to have played a blinder with their Netflix deal. We have wondered about the valuation they place on their celebrity: it turns out to be about £100 million, if reports are to be believed. No wonder they bet the … Read more

Grade I-listed Belvoir Castle has lost starring role in Netflix series The Crown in row over money 

The Queen’s moving home! Grade I-listed Belvoir Castle has lost its starring role in Netflix series The Crown in a row over money By Jo Macfarlane and Amy Oliver for The Mail on Sunday Published: 22:54 BST, 5 September 2020 | Updated: 23:08 BST, 5 September 2020 It has already lost £2.5 million after being … Read more

SARAH SANDS says: Never mind Netflix, there’s a vital role the Duke could be playing 

Give them their due, Meghan and Harry appear to have played a blinder with their Netflix deal. We have wondered about the valuation they place on their celebrity: it turns out to be about £100 million, if reports are to be believed. No wonder they bet the £11 million, nine-bedroom, 17-bathroom Californian house on it. … Read more

Will Meghan Markle scoop the Oscar she’s dreamt of since she was seven?

Will Meghan Markle scoop the Oscar she’s dreamt of since she was seven? Former Suits actress hopes her Netflix deal with land her an Academy Award Meghan has dreamt of winning an Oscar for 30 years, since she was a young girl  She now hopes the new Netflix deal will land her dream of an … Read more

David Fincher breathes new life into old Hollywood and Orson Welles in first images from Mank

FIRST LOOK: Netflix shares images of upcoming David Fincher movie Mank about the making of Citizen Kane By Glenn Garner For Dailymail.com Published: 21:31 BST, 5 September 2020 | Updated: 21:37 BST, 5 September 2020 David Fincher last graced the big screen with his critically-acclaimed 2014 feature adaptation of Gone Girl. And the Golden Globe … Read more

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle were ‘held back by hierachy’ in the royal family, biographer claims 

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex are ‘operating’ in a way they have been ‘desperate to for some time’ after being ‘held back by tradition and hierarchy’ in the royal family, their biographer has claimed. Earlier this week, Prince Harry, 35, and Meghan Markle, 39, who are currently living in their $14 million mansion in Santa … Read more

Tiger King’s Carole Baskin dresses in cat print for Dancing With The Stars rehearsals

Tiger King’s Carole Baskin takes a walk on the wild side as she dresses in cat print for her second day of Dancing With The Stars rehearsals By Connie Rusk For Mailonline Published: 08:58 BST, 5 September 2020 | Updated: 08:58 BST, 5 September 2020 She was announced as part of the Dancing With The … Read more

EDEN CONFIDENTIAL: After showbiz, is it politics for Prince Harry and Meghan Markle?

EDEN CONFIDENTIAL: After showbiz, is it politics for Prince Harry and Meghan Markle? Sussexes apply to trademark name of their ‘sustainable travel’ project to lobby governments By Richard Eden for The Daily Mail Published: 22:00 BST, 4 September 2020 | Updated: 22:29 BST, 4 September 2020 Not content with being TV producers paid an estimated … Read more