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Paramount to Resolve Antitrust Lawsuit, Clearing the Way for Warner Bros. Acquisition

The deal would remove the last significant hurdle the media mogul David Ellison faced to create a news and entertainment empire, home to movie studios, HBO, CBS and CNN.

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Paramount said the deal was necessary, in part, to create a counterweight to increasingly powerful tech companies like Netflix that were muscling in on Hollywood.

Paramount to Resolve Antitrust Lawsuit, Clearing the Way for Warner Bros. Acquisition

The deal would remove the last significant hurdle the media mogul David Ellison faced to create a news and entertainment empire, home to movie studios, HBO, CBS and CNN.

© Jae C. Hong/Associated Press

Paramount said the deal was necessary, in part, to create a counterweight to increasingly powerful tech companies like Netflix that were muscling in on Hollywood.

At 92, the Bard of Bollywood Is Still Writing About Love

The poet and lyricist Gulzar has profoundly shaped the idea of tender romance in India through his verse and songs in more than 150 musicals.

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Gulzar at his home in Mumbai in July. He maintains the wonder that has fueled his work.

5 Takeaways From Ari Emanuel’s Memoir

“Roll the Calls,” the new book by the Hollywood mogul, is an entertaining and expletive-filled read that surprisingly pulls some punches.

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Despite becoming an entertainment and sports mogul, Ari Emanuel writes in his new memoir that “the highs never last.”

Once Home to Batman, This Faded Mansion Is Now Plagued by Real Bats

Officials in England are alarmed at the state of Mentmore Towers, the 19th century estate that served as Wayne Manor in the 2005 film “Batman Begins.”

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Mentmore Towers in Buckinghamshire, in the English countryside, in 1977.

Paramount Weighs Some Concessions in Bid to Finalize Warner Bros. Merger

Seeking to settle a lawsuit with 12 states, Paramount has discussed measures to protect the editorial independence of CNN and the divestiture of Comedy Central.

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The Warner Bros. Studio in Burbank, California.
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