Mark Ruffalo isn’t giving up his fight against Paramount Skydance’s takeover of Warner Bros. Discovery, even with the deal days from closing. On Sept. 30, U.S. District Judge Araceli Martínez-Olguín approved Paramount’s settlement with 12 state attorneys general. That cleared the last legal obstacle to the roughly $111 billion merger. Hours later, Ruffalo took to
Mark Ruffalo is speaking out against the Paramount-Warner Bros. Merger once again, this time following the news on Wednesday that the deal has been approved and is tentatively set to close next week. “This merger will stifle creativity, weaken free speech, and cost people their jobs — it is a bad deal for this country
Mark Ruffalo is encouraging California attorney general Rob Bonta and his coalition of 11 other state AGs not to settle their lawsuit against Paramount Skydance and keep David Ellison from acquiring Warner Bros. Discovery. “Don’t you dare, [Rob Bonta], do not cave,” Ruffalo wrote on X. “5,670 filmmakers put their necks on the line for
Two prominent Jewish advocacy groups have called out Mark Ruffalo for spreading “antisemitic tropes.” “Words matter, and so does the willingness to draw a line when legitimate debate gives way to antisemitic tropes,” said Jim Berk, CEO of the Simon Wiesenthal Center. “We commend Paramount for speaking clearly and refusing to allow prejudice to masquerade
Mark Ruffalo has fired back at Paramount after the company slammed the actor as “antisemitic” for accusing David and Larry Ellison of “powering some of the most destructive and inhuman forces in the world.” “The accusation that I am antisemitic is appalling and fundamentally dishonest,” Ruffalo wrote on X Saturday morning. “Criticizing the actions of
Paramount has come out swinging against a Friday screed from Mark Ruffalo, in which the award-winning actor accused moguls David and Larry Ellison of “powering some of the most destructive and inhuman forces in the world.” A spokesperson for the David Ellison-run enterprise said the company is “troubled when antisemitic tropes are invoked in purported
