WE know pop sensation Rita Ora’s love life was on song last year as she married movie director Taika Waititi – but it would seem she’s also laughing all the way to the bank.
I can reveal that the Hot Right Now hitmaker raked in almost £12million in superstar earnings.
Ora, who wed the New Zealand filmmaker in a low-key ceremony in London in the summer, published accounts for her two companies, Ora Multi Services Ltd and Ora Live Ltd, which cover her music, performances and TV work
And they show she pulled in a whopping £11,879,350.
She had assets of £7,298,316 in Ora Multi Services Ltd, which she set up in May 2009, for the period up to April 2022.
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Ora Live Ltd, established five years later, has assets of £4,581,034, giving a combined total of £11,879,350.
Despite paying a combined fee of £4,075,189 in tax and other costs between both firms, Ora, who boasts 16.1million Instagram followers, still had a cool £7,804,161 left in her businesses for the year.
As well as currently being on screen as a judge in the fourth series of ITV’s The Masked Singer, hard-grafting Rita has rebuilt her career after the embarrassment over her rule-breaking 2020 lockdown birthday party (which we no longer talk about).
And following the launch of her own fitness range last autumn, she’s now preparing to release new music, announcing a surprise single, You Only Love Me, last week.
In October, Rita — who shared these sexy Instagram snaps on a beach holiday — revealed she’d completed her third album after considering whether to give up singing altogether.
She said: “I’ve felt like quitting. I was like, ‘Is this worth it? What am I doing?’
“As I got more famous, I understood that people look up to you. You become a role model and sometimes you are not ready because you only wanted to make music.
“Now you are being followed by millions of people. So psychologically it is really intense. You have to stay true to your friends who you have known for years.”
Asked what she was working on while visiting her family’s native Albania, she said: “A new album. It’s going to be great. More music and a film. My dream is to show everybody that you can do more than one thing.
“You can be a musician, actor, dancer, mother, aunt all at the same time. I want to try to do everything.
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“Now I am over 30, it’s time to get this ball rolling.”
You go Shine Ya Light, girl.
Eyeful tower Sasha
SASHA ATTWOOD poses at the Eiffel Tower – and is more of a sight than the Paris landmark.
The girlfriend of Man City and England ace Jack Grealish played a blinder in hot-pink feathers and silver boots.
She pitched up in France not long after returning from Qatar where she saw the Three Lions knocked out of the World Cup quarter finals by . . . the French.
She clearly did not let any hard feelings get in the way of a glam jaunt.
A pal tells me: “Sasha adores fashion and loves going to Paris.
She thinks it’s one of the most beautiful cities in the world.”
Move over, Emily In Paris star Lily Collins.
Robbie's pyramid passion
ROBBIE WILLIAMS promises he’d kill it at Glasto this year, if only given the chance.
The ex-Take That star, who is angling for the Legends slot on the Pyramid Stage, has played the Somerset festival just once – in 1998, early in his solo career
He said of this year’s event: “I’ve not been asked yet. I know I’d slaughter it. It’s one of those times and places, and a reimagination of what Robbie Williams is.
“When you do Glastonbury, perception changes more than any other festival. Diana Ross could play any festival and not get any traction, but she plays Glastonbury and everybody is talking about it, like Barry Gibb.”
Speaking on the Robbie Williams Rewind podcast, he added of Glasto: “A lot of people there have an oblique perception of what I am. But if they saw me do it, I would take their heads off.
“I look forward to doing it if I get the opportunity.”
Go on, Glasto.
Anne's in lost car chase
THE Chase star Anne Hegerty was involved in a real-life car pursuit last week.
The brainbox’s car was misplaced and she ended up on a cross-country mission to look for it.
It started when Anne’s silver Honda Jazz was picked up by the RAC on Wednesday after she broke down.
But when Anne – The Governess on the hit ITV quiz show – went to a depot in Watford several days later, as instructed, no one knew where her car was.
A source said: “Everyone was scratching their heads wondering where the motor was.
“Anne initially thought it had been nicked, but was given several leads and set off in her hire car to find it.”
She eventually discovered the vehicle in Milton Keynes after a roadside mix-up.
Anne’s certainly no stranger to coming out on top when it comes to a chase.
What a knit, Justin
MAYBE Justin Bieber struggled to get out of bed – as he looks to have taken it with him.
The singer was snapped cosying up in a crocheted blanket . . . in a Los Angeles car park.
He completed the bizarre look with padded patchwork trousers and a bucket hat.
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JOE SWASH is enjoying a new career as a bestselling cookery writer – but once almost poisoned his family at Christmas.
Former EastEnders actor Joe revealed: “A couple of years ago I did the whole shebang, and then I got a pan out of the dishwasher to make the gravy and didn’t realise the dishwasher was still going and the tablet was in the pan.
“I made the gravy and everyone put it over their food. They had dishwasher gravy. It sort of ruined it.”
But the error has not ruined his love of Christmas.
Joe, who is expecting another baby with his Loose Women panellist wife Stacey Solomon, said: “Family come over and I enjoy it. I love it and I get quite protective. I love the whole providing for the family thing.”
Maybe he should stick to washing up.
Diane's no Kim clone
MOTHERLAND’s Diane Morgan avoids Botox or fillers as she’s fed up of seeing Kim Kardashian clones on her telly. I don’t blame her.
The actress, who stars as single mum Liz on the BBC comedy, said: “The problem is that people tend to look the same as everyone else. Now everyone looks like Kim Kardashian . . . let’s not all look like her.
“I love looking ugly for a character, the uglier the better. You want to see someone looking grotesque.
“I love seeing people looking characterful on TV. I hate that everyone looks like an egg. I want to see some interesting faces.”
But Diane, who has so far avoided the needle, hasn’t ruled out a facelift when she’s older.
She said: “I watch myself on TV and sometimes I think I’ve got a misery mouth. I might do something one day, it depends how bad it gets.”
Penn can't shake it
POPULAR Netflix drama You is returning for a fourth season next month – but its star, Penn Badgley, has been left red-faced by one of the show’s solo sex scenes.
The American actor admits: “I’m now famous for masturbating, thanks to You.
“It was very intense. I was being very principled and I was very uncomfortable.”
It’s all right, Penn, I’ll always remember you for being the hot nerd in Gossip Girl.
Threatened with arrest
THE 1975 frontman Matt Healy has revealed he is still unable to perform in Dubai.
It comes after he was threatened with arrest when engaged in a consensual kiss with a male fan during a 2019 concert.
Homosexual acts are illegal under United Arab Emirates law and can incur a jail term.
He shared on social media last week: “I’m still banned.”
Adele seats in a sky-fall
WHEN Adele's highly anticipated rescheduled Las Vegas residency show opened two months ago, tickets on resale websites were being sold for more than £40,000.
But now seat prices near the front of the stage have dropped more than 90 per cent to £3,452.64 on official site Vivid seats.
It comes as insiders at the Colosseum, in Caesars Palace, reveal that “seat fillers” are used during emptier shows to give the appearance that the venue is full.
A source said: “Adele’s performances have been magnificent, but oddly the early demand to see her sing has waned – and that is reflected in the price of tickets.
“There is also talk of people picking up front row seating spots for a few hundred bucks minutes before the performance. And the expectation is that prices will keep sinking as she nears the end of her run in March.”
My mole added: “The great news for Adele is that she has been paid for the residency up front.”
Given that the show has been met with rave reviews and she’s worth an estimated £200 million, I’m sure she’s not too worried.
