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Paramount-WBD Deal on Pause: States Land the First Blow
A federal judge found the attorneys general’s antitrust case strong enough to indicate the mega-merger could break the law
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Ethan Smith Joins Ankler Media as News & Features Editor
He previously was at ‘The Wall Street Journal’ for two decades
Latest The Ankler stories
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The ‘Never-Ending’ Reboot Nightmare: ‘This Isn’t About Being Lazy’
Agents, execs and producers on the the rash of Gen X movie remakes tearing an industry apart
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🎧 Paramount: New Boss, Same Problems
David Ellison inherits the same legacy issues that even happy talk can’t solve
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Transcript: Paramount: New Boss, Same Problems
David Ellison inherits the same legacy issues that even happy talk can’t solve
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Flash Sale! 25% off The Ankler
Plus: 15 must-reads to help navigate what’s next as Hollywood hits a tumultuous year’s halftime
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Barry Diller: I’m No Longer Supporting Biden
He answers ‘no’ when asked if he and Diane von Fürstenberg will continue to support the embattled president
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Jeffrey Katzenberg Agewashed Biden. Hollywood is Fuming
He wanted to be a ‘kingmaker’ since he was 14. And now, says James Carville, he’s been caught ‘pissing up a rope’
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Barry Diller: ‘I Never Said Legacy Studios Couldn’t Thrive in the Future’
The mogul responds when asked about his 40 years of trash-talking Hollywood and the movies as he enters the fray for his one-time home: Paramount
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L.A. Private Schoolers’ Appetite for Ozempic
Dr. Allie Melendez has made the rounds of elite private schools asking high school seniors about weight-loss drugs — and couldn’t believe what she learned
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Can the ‘Grand Theft Auto’ Guy Fix Hollywood’s IP Problem?
Dan Houser created video games too valuable to be made into movies. Now he’s building a new kind of IP factory
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Transcript: Greenlight Like It’s 1985
‘Spaceballs’? ‘St. Elmo’s Fire’? Eyes roll as Hollywood falls for reboots drawn from a certain decade
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🎧 Greenlight Like It’s 1985
‘Spaceballs’? ‘St. Elmo’s Fire’? Eyes roll as Hollywood falls for reboots drawn from a certain decade











