On Sunday’s edition of “Last Week Tonight,” John Oliver aimed his ire at President Trump’s Department of Justice that has, under former Attorney General Pam Bondi, designate Attorney General Todd Blanche (Trump’s personal lawyer who’d defended him for concealing hush-money payments to porn star Stormy Daniels) and attorney for the District of Columbia Jeanine Pirro,
Warner Bros. has teamed with the AI dog podcast “DogPack” to promote its upcoming sci-fi action film “The End of Oak Street.” The 90-second podcast clip, hosted by an AI golden retriever named Goldie and an AI French bulldog named Frenchie, features an interview with Starbuck, who plays Anne Hathaway and Ewan McGregor’s dog in
Paramount Skydance’s proposed acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery has hit a roadblock after a judge temporarily halted the deal in response to a lawsuit filed by a coalition of 12 state attorneys general who argue the merger would harm competition. U.S. District Judge Araceli Martínez-Olguín issued a 14-day pause Monday after hearing arguments from both
A coalition of 12 state attorneys general is suing to block the merger of Paramount Skydance and Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD), alleging the deal would harm movie theaters, basic cable distributors and audiences. The coalition, led by California Attorney General Rob Bonta, maintains that the acquisition violates the Clayton Act, which prohibits mergers that could
As part of an ongoing legal dispute with three Hollywood studios, AI startup Midjourney is seeking to force those studios to disclose how they themselves use AI. Disney and Universal sued Midjourney for alleged copyright infringement last year, pointing out that the startup’s imaging models could create images of characters, such as Bart Simpson and
