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George Clooney Defends Mark Ruffalo and Takes Aim at Paramount-Warner Bros. Merger

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George Clooney has become the latest major Hollywood celebrity to wade into the increasingly bitter fight over Paramount’s proposed acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery, defending Mark Ruffalo following his controversial comments about the Ellison family while questioning whether the massive merger even makes financial sense. Speaking at the Venice Film Festival, where he was receiving the Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement, Clooney addressed…

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More than 170 Hollywood stars, including George Clooney this week, have come out in support of Mark Ruffalo, the Hulk in the Marvel movies, who was accused of anti-Semitism by Paramount studio. The actor earned the company's wrath by sharply and loudly criticizing Warner Brothers-Discovery's acquisition plans and accusing the Ellison family, which owns Paramount, of selling "seriously scary technologies" to Israel through their other company, Or…

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The star questioned the $111 billion deal and linked the Ellison family to Oracle’s actions in Israel. More than 180 Jewish entertainment personalities signed a letter in their defense and rejected what they consider to be a smear campaign. The Paramount entry accused Mark Ruffalo of anti-Semitism for criticizing the merger with Warner and the industry backed the actor was first published in The Citizen.

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