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The nature of being an actor is the need to be able to stay free and open and vulnerable, says the 57-year-old

With its mix of larger-than-life faux rage in the ring and genuine connection with fans, it’s not hard to understand the huge popularity of WWE – and it means big business, too, for Netflix

The glory days of streaming are over, but TV has never been more unpredictable

Television: Lavish adaptation of Gabriel García Márquez’s 1967 novel is both meditative and steamy, sometimes to the point of hilarity

Television: LA suburbia-set series is just too miserable to make viewers laugh. It’s like the grimmest ever season of Location, Location, Location

Industry-first analysis of the streamer’s own data confirms preschool titles originating on YouTube dominate its list of best performers

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It’s a cliffhanger moment for the Irish screen industry. Will producers here be boosted by the kind of levy on streamers now commonly found across the EU?

Planet Business: Words of the year, Intel’s interim arrangement and the Death Clock app that claims to predict your likely date of death

Television: There’s an awful lot going on in Joe Barton’s espionage romp – a surprise cameo from Galway band The Stunning’s Steve Wall, for one thing

Hot Frosty, Netflix’s latest reboot of The Snowman, at last brings some ‘hubba-hubba, vroom-vroom, arooooga!’ to Raymond Briggs’s family favourite

Including Star Wars: Skeleton Crew, Squid Game season two, Beast Games, Harry Potter: Wizards of Baking and One Hundred Years of Solitude

Ho ho ho, it’s a dull-witted, soundstage-bound romance with festive trimmings and a clockwork plot

Election 2024: Sinn Féin remembers Coimisiún na Meán and other things gleaned from the parties’ media policies

Because of the timing, the depth of what Taylor achieved here may not have fully registered as a genuinely great moment for Irish sport

Irish boxer booed by crowd after head clash during controversial bout in Texas

Mike Tyson and Jake Paul top the bill in a voyeuristic contest whose appeal may have been overestimated

Despite his absurd persona and obscene wealth, would-be boxer’s support of female fighters is worthy of note

Tyson is set to earn $20 million for fighting Jake Paul in live-streamed event that also features Katie Taylor-Amanda Serrano rematch

Dubious bill in Texas topped by the clash of Jake Paul and Mike Tyson akin to one of those 19th century carnival sideshows

Television: Beautiful Dublin shines again in series two of Apple’s comic thriller

World super lightweight champion faces Amanda Serrano in Texas on Friday night

The marketing communications group grew its net profit to more than €4m last year and has expanded again in 2024

Planet Business: Royal private estate income, data-hungry air fryers and the companies keen for it to be Christmas already

Love Actually actor talks about running away as a teenager, begging in Paris and breaking into acting

Including Bad Sisters season two, Say Nothing, Senna, Countdown: Paul vs Tyson and more

Plus: What was the only Netflix title among this year’s Oscar nominees for best picture?

There’s a good reason why the Guinness World Records team has banned attempts to stay awake

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The streaming market leader missed a trick by not having Rivals on its platform, but it does like to make the odd pop at its actual rivals

Streaming service has added more than 60m users since cracking down on passwords

Debate around dramatisation of dark family crime takes place within society populated by guns, privilege and versions of the truth

Inside Politics podcast with Hugh Linehan

Ecommerce group attempting to win over more brands as it steps up push into ad-funded streaming services in 2025

Including Disclaimer, Rivals, The Last Days of the Space Age, La Máquina and Citadel: Diana

US ruling allows woman accused of stalking Richard Gadd to pursue defamation case against Netflix

Television: Romcom starring Kristen Bell and Adam Brody is full of zinging gags but lacks a heart

Road trip documentary could be seen as the anti-Top Gear special. Nicer, warmer, militantly tolerant

With so many services, nobody can absorb this much comedy, drama, reality, documentary, news, sport and movies – or even grasp what’s available

The company has staged a remarkable recovery since the ‘great correction’ of 2022 and now has the edge over Hollywood rivals