4+ day, 9+ hour ago   (458+ words) Few shows have built their entire identity around skewering whatever’s dominating the news cycle quite like ‘South Park’. Nearly three decades in, Trey Parker and Matt Stone have shown zero signs of softening their approach, repeatedly using the show’s return…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (283+ words) Now George Clooney is stepping into the fray on Ruffalo’s side. Speaking at a press conference, Clooney directly defended Ruffalo’s right to speak out, telling reporters he supports Mark Ruffalo’s ability to speak freely and calling Paramount’s response ridiculous, insisting…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (351+ words) At the center of it all is Mark Ruffalo, who has built a reputation over the years as one of Hollywood’s more outspoken activist voices. That track record made his latest comments about the Paramount-Warner Bros. merger unsurprising in tone,…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (659+ words) Zach Woods is jokingly coming to Mark Ruffalo’s defense after the Marvel star was accused of antisemitism. The “The Office” actor shared a video on Instagram in which he pretended to explain how he personally discovered that Ruffalo was supposedly…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (219+ words) That back-and-forth has now drawn in Oscar-winning filmmaker Kenneth Lonergan, a longtime friend of Ruffalo’s who worked with the actor on ‘You Can Count on Me’. Lonergan sent a letter directly addressing the antisemitism accusations, pushing back forcefully against the…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (238+ words) Now, that dispute has drawn a formal statement of support for Paramount’s position from a prominent Holocaust remembrance organization. Jack Simony, president and director general of the nonprofit Auschwitz Jewish Center Foundation, issued a statement commending the studio’s handling of…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (364+ words) Corporate mergers rarely generate this much public drama, but the fight over Paramount’s proposed acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery has become something closer to a full-blown Hollywood feud. What began as industry pushback over job losses and editorial independence has…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (441+ words) Hollywood’s ongoing tug-of-war over the Paramount-Warner Bros. Discovery merger has produced no shortage of outspoken critics, but few have been as consistently vocal as Mark Ruffalo. The Oscar-nominated actor has spent months publicly opposing the deal, framing it as a…...

3+ week, 20+ hour ago   (307+ words) That opposition escalated significantly this week when the actor turned his attention toward the family bankrolling the deal. Ruffalo’s latest post zeroed in on Larry Ellison, the Oracle founder worth roughly $200 billion, whose fortune serves as a key financial backstop…...