News: Entertainment & TV

Obsession has overtaken Blair Witch as the biggest festival pickup ever with $286.5m global gross. Inde Navarrette is 2/1 for a 2027 Oscar, with sequel and $500m box-office specials also live.

Billie Piper is 4/6 to be the next Doctor Who following her stunning regeneration cliffhanger, with 2029 or later now 6/4 favourite to be the year the show returns post-BBC tender.

Love Island 2026 is in full swing and Betfred have priced up the Top Female and Top Male markets. Lola Deal and Sean Fitzgerald lead both books at 5/2 in wide-open fields.

Grand Theft Auto VI is a 1/3 favourite for Game of the Year at The Game Awards 2026 ahead of its 19 November launch, with Resident Evil Requiem 4/1 leading the chase.

Margaret Qualley has stormed into the Next Bond Girl market as the new 6/4 favourite, leapfrogging Anya Taylor-Joy, Sydney Sweeney and Florence Pugh in a rapidly shifting entertainment special.

Cillian Murphy leads the next Bond villain odds at 2/1, but the story is Idris Elba's 4/1 presence weeks after he publicly ruled himself out of playing Bond himself.

Tommy Fury has confirmed he'll reveal his and Molly-Mae's baby boy's name when he steps into the ring against Eddie Hall this weekend, and Midas leads the betting at 6/4.

Strictly Come Dancing has confirmed its new presenting trio of Emma Willis, Johannes Radebe and Josh Widdicombe, and the celebrity contestant odds are already open with Dani Dyer the dominant 1/3 favourite.

Bad Bunny leads the People Sexiest Man Alive 2026 odds at 6/4, but it is New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani's 5/1 presence that makes this year's market genuinely extraordinary.

Variety has confirmed that British stage actor Tom Francis has auditioned for the role of James Bond, and he has immediately entered the betting market at a compelling 10/3.