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Paramount Takes $30-Per-Share Cash Offer for Warner Bros. Discovery Directly to Shareholders
David Ellison trashes Netflix and WBD’s “murky” sale process and touts “air-tight financing” in a Wednesday letter
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‘Stranger Things’ and ‘Wicked’ Hold Off ‘Avatar’ and ‘Zootopia’ as Top Titles Audiences Are Most Excited About | Chart
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Warner Bros. Shareholders Are Betting Paramount Will Make a Higher Bid
David Ellison met with shareholders Tuesday and has previously said his all-cash $30-per-share offer is not his “best and final”
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Jimmy Fallon Draws Gasps From Audience With Cutting Trump–Epstein Joke | Video
“Hey, hey, whoa,” the “Tonight Show” host says in response
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Democratic Lawmakers Sound Alarm on Paramount’s Hostile Warner Bros. Takeover Bid Over Middle Eastern Investment
Sam Liccardo and Ayanna Pressley are calling for a review to evaluate the offer’s risks to national security
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Netflix Shares Slide 8% in 5 Days Amid Warner Bros. Discovery Bidding War
WBD stock is up 20% over the same period as David Ellison has brought his all-cash, $30 per share offer directly to shareholders
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Mario Gabelli ‘Highly Likely’ to Tender Warner Bros. Discovery Shares to Paramount
The GAMCO Investors chairman tells TheWrap that while he believes the all-cash, $30 per share offer is “superior” for his clients, the battle with Netflix is still in the “early innings”
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Tarantino in Fortnite Is the Latest Collision of Hollywood and Gaming
The rise of integrated partnerships is proving to be a win for studios, developers, creators and fans
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Megyn Kelly Promises She’ll Never Interview Nick Fuentes After Piers Morgan, Tucker Carlson: ‘I Don’t Really Want to Talk to Crazy’ | Video
“I just think if you don’t like Nick Fuentes, you should ignore Nick Fuentes,” the political commentator adds
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Kevin Mayer Predicts the ‘Price Is Going to Go Higher’ in Paramount-Netflix Bidding War for Warner Bros. Discovery
The Candle Media CEO, who was instrumental in securing Disney’s $71 billion deal for Fox, suspects “we’re in for more fireworks here”
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Disney Names Former Apple COO Jeff Williams to Board of Directors
The executive, who would expand the size of the board to a total of 11 members, will stand election at the media giant’s 2026 annual meeting of shareholders
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‘My Mom Jayne,’ ‘Close-Up’ Among Nominees for Producers Guild Documentary Feature Award
The PGA also released finalists in its Innovation category, which included “The Wizard of Oz at Sphere”
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Russell Crowe Slams ‘Gladiator 2′ for Failing to Understand Maximus’ ‘Moral Core’
The original film’s star called the sequel a “really unfortunate example of even the people in that engine room not actually understanding what made the first one special”
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The Reset: Speaking Hard Truths in an Anti-DEI Age
Silence and fear have permeated for most of the year but at TheWrap’s Power Women Summit direct and candid talk was on the agenda
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Jeremy O. Harris Released From Police Custody Following Drug Arrest in Japan
The “Slave Play” playwright and screenwriter was taken into custody in Okinawa last month after MDMA was found in his carry-on
