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Victoria Beckham’s company makes its first profit after 18 years
Victoria Beckham’s fashion and beauty company has posted its first operating profit since she founded it in 2008, with Victoria Beckham Holdings Ltd reporting £7.3m in profit for 2025 after nearly two decades of losses. Lady Beckham said the brand is now growing “at a sensible pace” and is no longer seen as a celebrity…
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The Ringer’s Sean Fennessey Criticizes His Parent Company’s Partnership With Netflix: ‘There’s an Inherent Conflict’ and ‘It Wasn’t My Decision’
Sean Fennessey, head of content at Bill Simmons’ The Ringer and host of “The Big Picture” podcast, has publicly criticised his parent company’s licensing arrangement with Netflix. Speaking on the “Talk Easy With Sam Fragoso” podcast on 30 August, he said there was “an inherent conflict” in Spotify licensing Ringer shows to Netflix on a…
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‘Outlander: Blood of My Blood’ Returns — and Reunions Don’t Last Long
The trailer for season two of “Outlander: Blood of My Blood” reveals that the show’s central couples will be separated again as the Jacobite rising of 1715 approaches, continuing the prequel’s pattern of hard-won reunions being quickly undone. The Starz series returns for a 10-episode second season on 18 September, opening by resolving whether Julia,…
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Zach Top Honors Dolly Parton With Back-to-Back Tributes to Two of Her Most Beloved Songs
Country singer Zach Top paid tribute to Dolly Parton following her death by performing two of her best-known songs during recent live shows, opting to honour her through music rather than words alone. Parton’s death prompted an outpouring of tributes from across the entertainment industry, reflecting her enormous influence on country music and beyond, and…
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Ryan Breslow is raising up to $27M in pay-to-play bridge funding to save Bolt
Bolt, the checkout-processing startup, is raising a bridge round of up to $27 million as it attempts to steady its finances under founder Ryan Breslow, who returned as chief executive last year following legal disputes and investor clashes. The company’s valuation has collapsed from $11 billion in early 2022 to around $300 million, and although…
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Onimusha: Way of the Sword Revives Capcom’s Samurai Franchise with Demanding, Philosophy-Driven Combat
Polygon’s review of Onimusha: Way of the Sword confirms Capcom’s samurai series has been reworked as a near-total reboot rather than a direct sequel. Gone is the fixed-camera, Resident Evil-style exploration of the original four PS2-era games (2001–2006); in its place is a modern action RPG blending influences from Dark Souls, Star Wars Jedi and…
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The Blood of Dawnwalker Reviews: Rebel Wolves’ Vampire RPG Praised for Narrative, Divided on Combat
Reviews of Rebel Wolves’ debut RPG The Blood of Dawnwalker have converged into an overwhelmingly positive critical picture, with at least one prominent review going further than earlier “praised for narrative, divided on combat” coverage to praise the game’s combat, story, characters and setting alike, calling it a genuine contender for game of the year.…
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Furious finale reveals FBI agent Alice Black killed Jay Easton
The Season 1 finale of Hulu’s “Furious”, titled “Hart Island”, reveals that FBI agent Alice Black (Emmy Rossum) killed Jeffrey Epstein-inspired predator Jay Easton (Peter McRobbie) herself. The episode also exposes corrupt colleague Ed George for helping cover up Easton’s crimes for years alongside Easton’s daughter Emma (Hope Davis), while imprisoned serial killer Catherine (Lola…
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We disagee with Dan Orlovsky. Matthew Stafford is great, but not that great.
Fox Sports’ Outkick pushes back on ESPN’s Dan Orlovsky, who argued that a second Super Bowl win this season would place Los Angeles Rams quarterback Matthew Stafford among the five to seven greatest quarterbacks in NFL history. The piece matters because it highlights a wider debate over how much team success versus individual sustained excellence…
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Dolly Parton’s ‘Jolene’ & ‘I Will Always Love You’ Recordings Become Top 40 Hot 100 Hits for the First Time
Two of Dolly Parton’s original recordings, “Jolene” and “I Will Always Love You,” have reached the top 40 of the Billboard Hot 100 for the first time, driven by a surge in listening following her death on 25 August in Nashville at the age of 80. On the chart dated 5 September, “Jolene” re-enters at…