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Warner Bros. Signs First Look Deal With Chris Ferguson’s Oddfellows
The deal with the “Longlegs” producer was spearheaded by WB’s Clockwork
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Christopher Nolan Shocks Jon Stewart Explaining How ‘Oppenheimer’ Helped Him Make ‘The Odyssey’
“You’re asking a lot of the studio,” the Oscar winner tells the “Daily Show” host of prepping his new Homer adaptation
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Paramount Still Plans on Closing WBD Merger by End of September, Despite Legal Fight From 12 States
“This is an antitrust case. To stop a merger, the merger has to be anti-competitive. This merger is pro-competitive,” the company’s lead outside counsel Jeffrey Kessler says
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Joy Behar Says Trump Doesn’t Care About Cyclospora Parasite ‘Because He Never Ate a Salad in His Life’
The co-host of “The View” admits she feels “unsafe” under this current administration
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Hachette, Scott Turow Sue Google for Using Books to Train AI
Publishers claim the tech giant used millions of copyrighted works without permission to build its Gemini artificial intelligence models
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Rachel Maddow Explains Trump’s New York Times Subpoenas as an ‘Obvious Intimidation Effort’
“What they’re trying to do is dry up information to the American people so the American people can’t figure out what’s happening,” attorney Ted Boutrous Jr. tells the MS NOW host
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As ‘Moana’ Whiffs, Is Disney’s Live-Action Remake Strategy Dead?
Also in this week’s Reel to Reel column, why studios want to buy Letterboxd
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Seth Meyers Suggests Banning Politicians From Meme Use After Nancy Mace’s Response to Lindsey Graham’s Death
The NBC host calls the response “almost as bad” as some of Trump’s memes
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‘The Shards’ Trailer: Ryan Murphy’s ’80s Coming-of-Age Series Promises Sex, Drugs and a Kidnapping
The FX thriller is based on Bret Easton Ellis’ 2021 novel of the same name
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Seth Meyers Warns There’s Only One Way He’ll Stop Talking About Explosive Diarrhea Parasite
“I’m going to get real quiet if that happens,” the NBC host says
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‘Ride or Die’ Review: Hannah Waddingham and Octavia Spencer Breathe Life Into Standard Buddy Comedy
Prime Video’s European spy adventure is a fine way to unwind for a few hours
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Paramount-Warner Bros. May Face Devastating Delay With State Antitrust Suit | Analysis
The state attorneys general’s effort lives and dies on whether it gets its request for a preliminary injunction to halt the merger granted
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Pat Oliphant, Pulitzer Prize-Winning Political Cartoonist, Dies at 90
“I think he was the best cartoonist of the last 100 years,” illustrator Edward Sorel says
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Justin Baldoni Asks Judge to Reject or ‘Substantially Reduce’ Blake Lively’s $8 Million Legal Fee Request
“Lively fails to meet her burden to present credible evidence showing that the fees and costs she seeks to recover are reasonable,” the filing states
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Jon Stewart Skewers Aging Congress After Lindsey Graham’s Death, Mitch McConnell’s Hospitalization: ‘This Is Not Right’
“Why are we tolerating this level of national frailty in our lawmaking?” the comedian adds
