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Paramount Argues That the States Post a $1.88 Billion Bond to Cover Warner Bros. Bills
Paramount is pressing California, eleven other states and the Writers Guild of America to post a $1.88 billion bond to cover the financial fallout of their lawsuits delaying its $111 billion merger with Warner Bros. Discovery. The studio argues the litigation has already pushed the deal months past its planned late-September closing date, forcing it…
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Paramount Warns CA AG Bonta & WGA Of WBD Merger Fallout & “Financial Consequences If Their Challenge Ultimately Fails”
Paramount Skydance has escalated its legal pressure on California Attorney General Rob Bonta, the Writers Guild of America and 11 other states, warning of severe “financial consequences” if their antitrust challenge to its $111 billion merger with Warner Bros Discovery ultimately fails. In a tense court filing, Paramount is again pushing for the states and…
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Casey Affleck’s ‘Company’ Earns 4.5-Minute Ovation At Venice World Premiere
Casey Affleck’s new film Company received a four-and-a-half-minute standing ovation at its world premiere in Venice’s Sala Grande, though Affleck and the cast departed while the applause was still going. The horror-drama, which Affleck directed and co-wrote with Ron Hansen, marks his return to the festival and continues a run of high-profile Venice premieres this…
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Casey Affleck and Nick Nolte Get Emotional as ‘Company’ Debuts in Venice
Casey Affleck’s gothic thriller “Company” premiered at the Venice Film Festival on Tuesday night to a four-minute standing ovation, with the director and star Nick Nolte visibly moved by the reception. Ben Affleck, who produced the film through his company Artist Equity, attended the screening and applauded warmly as cast members including Indiana Affleck, Emily…
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South Park creators mock Trump’s Lake Ontario rename and company compliance in mock statement
“South Park” co-creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone issued a mock statement satirising Donald Trump’s renaming of Lake Ontario to “Lake America” and the compliance of tech firms and studio bosses with the change. Posted on X, the statement jokily declared that “South Park” itself was being renamed “SOUTH AMERICA”, thanking Apple and Google for…
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Mau y Ricky Reflect on Family, Music & Staying Grounded: Entre Un Momento y Otro | Billboard
This Billboard video feature, produced in partnership with car brand Lincoln, sees Latin pop duo Mau y Ricky discuss how they stay grounded amid the demands of their music careers. The brothers speak candidly about family bonds, childhood upbringing and personal rituals that help them reconnect with themselves, offering fans a more reflective, behind-the-scenes glimpse…
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Sony isn’t phasing out discs quite as quickly as we thought
Sony has clarified that reports of its last remaining disc-manufacturing plant winding down production almost entirely were mistaken, though the company’s plan to end new PlayStation disc production by January 2028 remains unchanged. The Thalgau, Austria plant run by Sony DADC will see only a modest decline in output rather than the near-total collapse initially…
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OpenAI claims to have solved maths problem that stumped humans for decades
OpenAI says it has solved the Navier-Stokes problem, one of the seven unsolved Millennium Prize Problems, using around 10,000 AI agents working simultaneously for 88 hours. The claim has been overshadowed by controversy after mathematician Tristan Buckmaster alleged OpenAI sped up its effort after learning that he and an Anthropic researcher were close to announcing…
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Shroom and Gloom release countdown: Exact date and time
Deck-building roguelike Shroom and Gloom is set to launch worldwide on Thursday 10 September, publisher Devolver Digital has confirmed. The game puts a twist on the traditional deck-builder genre by centring its mechanics around different types of mushrooms, and its release matters for fans of the genre keen to try a fresh take on card-based…