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20 years ago, David Ellison’s flop as an actor stressed him out so much he went to the hospital. Now he’s set to own Paramount and Warner

Entertainment attorney Tre Lovell said “What Skydance has done over the past two decades has not been accomplished by any other media company in history.”

By Matt Sedensky and The Associated PressFebruary 28, 2026
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Warner/Paramount sets up Hollywood to shrink from Big 5 to Big 4, a decade after Disney took out number 6
By Lindsey Bahr and The Associated PressFebruary 28, 2026
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3 things we will never know after Netflix pulled out of the Warner Bros. bidding, handing it to Paramount
By Nick LichtenbergFebruary 28, 2026
The battle over WBD left three big winners on Wall Street—while the thousands who lost out will remain behind the scenes
By Geoff ColvinFebruary 27, 2026
Dolly Parton’s philanthropy inspiration is her father who couldn’t read or write: ‘I saw how crippling that could be’
By Sydney LakeFebruary 27, 2026
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Middle EastIsrael, U.S. stiff-arm U.N. during emergency Security Council meeting
By Edith M. Lederer, Farnoush Amiri and The Associated PressFebruary 28, 2026
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PoliticsThomas Massie among few Republicans to criticize Trump over war powers: ‘This is not ‘America First”
By Lisa Mascaro and The Associated PressFebruary 28, 2026
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Middle EastA month before Iran strikes, Trump told Iranian protesters help was on the way amid a government crackdown
By Aamer Madhani, Josh Boak and The Associated PressFebruary 28, 2026
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PoliticsMarjorie Taylor Greene rips Iran strikes as Trump betraying America First: ‘It’s always a lie and it’s always America Last’
By Steven Sloan and The Associated PressFebruary 28, 2026
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Middle EastRussia accuses America of ‘pre-planned and unprovoked act of armed aggression’ against Iran
By Claudia Ciobanu, Sam McNeil, Sam Metz and The Associated PressFebruary 28, 2026
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Middle EastAmerican, Israeli strike on Iran came 2 days after latest talks, as theocracy struggled with nationwide protests
By Brian Melley and The Associated PressFebruary 28, 2026
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Middle EastIranian Supreme Leader Khamenei dies after major attack by Israel and the U.S., Iranian state media confirms
By Jon Gambrell, Melanie Lidman, Josh Boak, Eric Tucker and The Associated PressFebruary 28, 2026
Middle EastTrump says U.S. will bomb Iran uninterrupted ‘as long as necessary’ to achieve peace in Mideast and the world after confirming Khamenei’s death
By Jason MaFebruary 28, 2026
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Arts & EntertainmentHallmark’s catalog of 300+ Christmas movies watched by millions all started with the world’s first written-for-TV opera in 1951
By Molly Liebergall and Morning BrewDecember 22, 2025
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Big TechBillionaire Larry Ellison comes to his son’s rescue, agreeing to personally guarantee over $40 billion to finance Paramount’s bid for Warner Bros.
By Dave SmithDecember 22, 2025
PoliticsNicki Minaj calls Trump and Vance ‘role models’ for young men in surprise appearance at Turning Point USA event
By Adriana Gomez Licon and The Associated PressDecember 21, 2025
Arts & EntertainmentJames Cameron’s third ‘Avatar’ movie has big opening, but the weeks that follow could determine if parts 4 and 5 are ever made
By Jake Coyle and The Associated PressDecember 21, 2025
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Arts & EntertainmentTom Freston, the beat-poet exec who made MTV cool for 20 years, sees ‘really nothing in it for the consumer’ from Netflix, Warner, or his old company
By Nick LichtenbergDecember 21, 2025
AINatasha Lyonne says AI has an ethics problem because right now it’s ‘super kosher copacetic to rob freely under the auspices of acceleration’
By Marco Quiroz-GutierrezDecember 20, 2025
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PoliticsThe Kennedy Center is now the Trump Kennedy Center, White House says
By Nick Lichtenberg, Darlene Superville and The Associated PressDecember 18, 2025
Personal FinanceWhen is a personal loan a good idea?
By Joseph HostetlerDecember 18, 2025
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SuccessHer two Gen Z children have starred in her films, but Oscar award-winning actress Kate Winslet says nepo baby allegations are ‘silly’
By Emma BurleighDecember 18, 2025
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Politics‘I think he wants to go back to his show’: Dan Bongino retreats from FBI back to conspiracy podcasting
By Eric Tucker and The Associated PressDecember 17, 2025
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Arts & EntertainmentYouTube is giving the Oscars the lifeline it desperately needs
By Dave SmithDecember 17, 2025
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SuccessJames Cameron is now a billionaire. The boomer college dropout worked odd jobs like truck driving before making his big break with films like Avatar
By Preston ForeDecember 17, 2025
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LawKushner’s Affinity withdraws from Warner Bros. takeover battle
By Matthew Monks, Lucas Shaw, Michelle F. Davis and BloombergDecember 16, 2025
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Arts & EntertainmentReese Witherspoon says, ‘I don’t think my career would be possible’ in the age of AI and social media: ‘It’s a different world’
By Sydney LakeDecember 16, 2025
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LawIn 1987, she photographed Donald Trump for ‘The Art of the Deal.’ 2 years later, she met Rob Reiner on the set of ‘When Harry Met Sally…’
By The Associated PressDecember 15, 2025
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PoliticsTrump may have hit a new low as he blames Rob Reiner’s death on ‘Trump derangement syndrome’
By Michelle L. Price and The Associated PressDecember 15, 2025
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LawNetflix CEOs seek to reassure staff about Warner Bros. deal
By Rose Henderson and BloombergDecember 15, 2025
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LawRob Reiner’s 32-year-old son in jail after fatal stabbing at Los Angeles home
By Christopher Weber, Michael Balsamo and The Associated PressDecember 15, 2025
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Arts & EntertainmentItalian cuisine, and even the rituals surrounding it, get an official UNESCO world heritage designation
By Paolo Santalucia, Silvia Stellacci, Nicole Winfield and The Associated PressDecember 15, 2025
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Arts & EntertainmentRob Reiner, comedy legend who directed ‘When Harry Met Sally’ and ‘Spinal Tap,’ dead at 78
By Jake Coyle and The Associated PressDecember 15, 2025
Arts & EntertainmentConnecticut cashes in on Hallmark Movie status to drive kitschy Christmas tourism boom
By Susan Haigh and The Associated PressDecember 14, 2025
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Arts & EntertainmentPeter Greene, ‘Pulp Fiction’ actor famous for ‘Zed’s dead’ line, dies at 60
By The Associated PressDecember 14, 2025
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Arts & Entertainment‘A hundred years is not enough’: Dick Van Dyke celebrates 100th birthday, hungry for more
By The Associated PressDecember 14, 2025
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Arts & EntertainmentIt’s a sequel, it’s a remake, it’s a reboot: Lawyers grow wistful for old corporate rumbles as Paramount, Netflix fight for Warner
By Nick LichtenbergDecember 13, 2025
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CommentaryNetflix, Warner, Paramount and antitrust: Entertainment megadeal’s outcome must follow the evidence, not politics or fear of integration
By Satya MararDecember 12, 2025
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Arts & Entertainment‘We’re not just going to want to be fed AI slop for 16 hours a day’: Analyst sees Disney/OpenAI deal as a dividing line in entertainment history
By Nick LichtenbergDecember 11, 2025
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AI‘Creativity is the new productivity’: Bob Iger on why Disney chose to be ‘aggressive,’ adding OpenAI as a $1 billion partner
By Nick LichtenbergDecember 11, 2025
Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI, speaks to the media as he arrives at the Sun Valley Lodge for the Allen & Company Sun Valley Conference on July 11, 2023 in Sun Valley, Idaho.
AIOpenAI and Disney just ended the ‘war’ between AI and Hollywood with their $1 billion Sora deal—and OpenAI made itself ‘indispensable,’ expert says
By Eva RoytburgDecember 11, 2025
AIBob Iger says Disney’s $1 billion deal with OpenAI is an ‘opportunity, not a threat’: ‘We’d rather participate than be disrupted by it’
By Marco Quiroz-GutierrezDecember 11, 2025
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CommentaryNetflix’s takeover of Warner Brothers is a nightmare for consumers
By Ike BrannonDecember 11, 2025
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