Simon Wiesenthal Center CEO Calls Out Mark Ruffalo’s Paramount Remarks: “Obsession and Demonization”

Jim Berk, CEO of the Simon Wiesenthal Center, is defending Paramount after the studio called Mark Ruffalo’s anti-merger comments “antisemitic.” “Words matter, and so does the willingness to draw a line when legitimate debate gives way to antisemitic tropes,” Berk wrote. “We commend Paramount for speaking clearly and refusing to allow prejudice to masquerade as political…

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Mark Ruffalo Rejects Paramount’s Claim His Anti-Merger Comments Were “Antisemitic”: “My Views Should Never Be Interpreted as Hostility Toward Jewish People”

Mark Ruffalo is rejecting Paramount‘s claim that his recent comments highlighting the role Larry Ellison’s Oracle played in the Israel-Gaza war were “antisemitic.” “The accusation that I am antisemitic is appalling and fundamentally dishonest,” Ruffalo wrote on X Saturday morning. “Criticizing the actions of the Israeli prime minister, a military technology contract or the executives…

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‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ Renewed for Season 19 at MTV

She’s back, back, back again! MTV has renewed RuPaul’s Drag Race for its upcoming 19th season, while Paramount+ has additionally greenlit new seasons of the All Stars spinoff. The renewals come after the mainstay series celebrated its 18th season, where Myki Meeks was crowned America’s Next Drag Superstar. RuPaul’s Drag Race also recently received 11…

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U.K. Competition Watchdog Approves Paramount-Warner Bros. Discovery Mega-Deal

U.K. Competition Watchdog Approves Paramount-Warner Bros. Discovery Mega-Deal

Britain’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has approved David Ellison-led Paramount Skydance’s planned $111 billion takeover of Warner Bros. Discovery. The merger watchdog, considering the merger on theatrical film distribution grounds, concluded although “the parties compete closely, they do not appear closer to each other than to Universal, Disney, or Sony. While the merged entity…

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What David Ellison Is Really Up to

What David Ellison Is Really Up to

At first it just seemed like a happy coincidence — a Hollywood agency mogul supporting a Hollywood corporate merger. Ari Emanuel published an op-ed in The Wall Street Journal last Tuesday saying David Ellison buying Warner Bros. was a good idea and that those 12 Democratic AG’s who have sued to stop the deal were on the wrong warpath.  “The attorneys…

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Benedict Cumberbatch, Alan Cumming, Benedict Wong Pen Op-Ed Urging U.K. to Block “Dangerous” Paramount-Warner Bros. Merger

Benedict Cumberbatch, Alan Cumming, Benedict Wong Pen Op-Ed Urging U.K. to Block “Dangerous” Paramount-Warner Bros. Merger

Actors Benedict Cumberbatch, Alan Cumming and Benedict Wong have penned an op-ed in The Guardian calling for the U.K. to block the Paramount–Warner Bros. merger, arguing that the deal threatens to inflict “immense harm on the British public.” The U.K. culture secretary Lisa Nandy — who has remained in her post amid a cabinet reshuffle with new…

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Paramount-Warner Bros. Merger Pause Extended

Paramount-Warner Bros. Merger Pause Extended

Paramount won’t be able to close its $111 billion takeover of Warner Bros. Discovery until Aug. 18 at the earliest, with the court extending the temporary restraining order another 14 days. U.S. District Judge Araceli Martínez-Olguín issued the extension to allow lawyers for the studio and the states looking to block the deal to come…

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