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Paramount, led by CEO David Ellison, has launched a hostile takeover bid for Warner Bros. after it agreed to sell its film and television studio properties to Netflix.

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Not so fast, Netflix. Paramount launches hostile bid for Warner Bros. Discovery

Paramount has launched a hostile bid for the company that's home to Casablanca, Batman and CNN. Just Friday, Netflix and Warner Brothers executives were celebrating a deal they had struck. 

December 08, 2025
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  • David Folkenflik
A visitor walks past portraits of DC Comics superheroes as she enters the "Action and Magic Made Here" interactive experience at the Warner Bros. Studio Tour Hollywood media preview on June 24, 2021, in Burbank, Calif.

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  • Media

Netflix will buy Warner Bros' studio and streaming businesses for $72 billion

The merger, announced Friday, would bring two of the industry's biggest players in film and TV under one roof. Beyond its television and motion picture division, Warner owns HBO Max and DC Studios.

December 05, 2025
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  • The Associated Press
Mark Ruffalo and Alison Oliver star in <em>Task</em>, a new crime drama from <em>Mare of Easttown </em>creator Brad Ingelsby.

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  • TV Reviews

'Task' is a new, compelling crime drama from the creator of 'Mare of Easttown'

Mark Ruffalo stars as a former priest turned FBI agent in Brad Ingelsby's new HBO miniseries. Set in small-town Pennsylvania, Task is packed with action and conflict, but it also has a lot of heart.

September 04, 2025
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  • David Bianculli
Billy Joel in 1973.

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  • TV Reviews

HBO's new Billy Joel documentary is revelatory — even if it pulls some punches

The new two-part documentary, which premieres Friday on HBO, is a good example of the tension between access and objectivity that filmmakers face in making documentaries on celebrities.

July 14, 2025
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  • Eric Deggans
The new HBO documentary <em>My Mom Jayne </em>is an effective, empathetic study of love and family.

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  • Movie Reviews

Mariska Hargitay walks a fine line in 'My Mom Jayne'

It's natural to feel some skepticism when a celebrity makes a documentary about their own family. But Law & Order star Mariska Hargitay' tells a story that is both effective and empathetic.

July 05, 2025
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  • Linda Holmes
Mariska Hargitay has only the vaguest memories of her mother, Jayne Mansfield, who died in a 1967 car crash when Hargitay was 3.

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  • Movie Reviews

'Law & Order' star investigates her own family's tragic car crash in 'My Mom Jayne'

Mariska Hargitay has only the vaguest memories of her mother, Jayne Mansfield, the sex-symbol movie star who died in the 1967 crash. Now, Hargitay examines her family history in a new documentary.

June 25, 2025
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  • David Bianculli
Cory Michael Smith, left, Steve Carell, Ramy Youssef and Jason Schwartzman star in HBO's <em>Mountainhead.</em>

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  • Movie Reviews

'Mountainhead' skewers the tech elite — and it's very satisfying

Four super-rich tech leaders gather for a poker weekend in a mountain mansion while AI technology leads to global chaos in the new HBO film from Succession creator Jesse Armstrong.

May 31, 2025
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  • Linda Holmes
<em>Mountainhead</em> actors (l-r) Ramy Youssef, Cory Michael Smith, Steve Carell and Jason Schwartzman

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  • Movies

'Succession' creator's new moguls are tech gods gazing down from 'Mountainhead'

Following his HBO series Succession, Jesse Armstrong's latest project, Mountainhead, is a film about four tech billionaires whose mountain retreat is disrupted by a global catastrophe.

May 30, 2025
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  • Phil Harrell and
  • A Martínez
Bella Ramsey as Ellie in the Season 2 finale of <em>The Last of Us. </em>

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  • TV Reviews

'The Last of Us' finale ends after a season's worth of table-setting

HBO's hit zombie drama spent much of its second season maneuvering Ellie and Abby together. Critic Eric Deggans says it has a pacing issue that many streaming shows share.

May 25, 2025
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  • Eric Deggans
Paul Reubens as Pee-wee Herman.

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  • TV Reviews

'Pee-wee as Himself' gives unprecedented access to an eccentric comedy legend

Also on TV this week, a new season of Nine Perfect Strangers premieres on Hulu, and new episodes of Couples Therapy debut on Paramount+ with Showtime.

May 21, 2025
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  • Eric Deggans
Warner Bros. Discovery says the streaming platform Max will rebrand to HBO Max — the name it had until 2023.

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  • Business

Max will once again be HBO Max. Yes, it's aware of the irony

Max will become HBO Max again this summer, Warner Bros. Discovery said this week — two years after the name change that hasn't stuck. Here's what to know about the rebrand (and some others of note).

May 15, 2025
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  • Rachel Treisman
NPR TV critic Eric Deggans picks his favorite performances of 2025 so far, including, clockwise from top left, Catherine O'Hara in <em>The Last of Us</em> and <em>The Studio</em>, Noah Wyle in <em>The Pitt,</em> Uzo Aduba in <em>The Residence, </em>Carrie Coon in <em>The White Lotus, </em>Tramell Tillman in <em>Severance </em>and Owen Cooper in <em>Adolescence</em>.

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  • Television

The best 6 TV performances I've seen so far this year

NPR TV critic Eric Deggans picks his favorite performances of 2025 thus far, including Noah Wyle in The Pitt, Catherine O'Hara in The Last of Us and The Studio, and Carrie Coon in The White Lotus.

May 05, 2025
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  • Eric Deggans
Bella Ramsey in Season 2 of <em>The Last of Us. </em>

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  • TV Reviews

Lies and consequences lend new weight to 'The Last of Us' Season 2

The second season of HBO's hit zombie series takes what works the first season and turns it upside down, mining new drama from the uncertainty.

April 13, 2025
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  • Eric Deggans
<em>Murder in Boston</em> is a three-part docuseries about the 1989 murder of Carol Stuart by her husband Charles Stuart. But it wisely focuses not on the murder itself, but on the police investigation — both its origins and the deep scars it left.

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  • TV Reviews

'Murder in Boston' is what a docuseries should look like

In 1989 Charles Stuart killed his wife in what he claimed was a carjacking by a Black man. A series about that murder and the police investigation that followed is more than another true-crime story.

December 09, 2023
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  • Linda Holmes
Jonathan Sadowski, left, and Mike Vogel in Netflix's softcore hit <em>Sex/Life</em>.

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  • Arts & Life

You're not seeing things —'nudity creep' in streaming TV reveals more of its stars

Naked Attraction and Sex/Life are among the shows on streaming television using uncensored nudity, including men seen full-frontal, to create buzz and attract subscribers.

October 20, 2023
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  • Neda Ulaby
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