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George Clooney arrives in Venice to receive the Golden Lion lifetime achievement award and uses a high-profile press conference to weigh the Paramount-WBD merger, defend Mark Ruffalo’s free speech, warn about AI’s threat to film jobs, discuss journalism’s state, and hint at future projects (including an Ocean’s Eleven sequel) while reflecting on aging and his long career.
Paramount asked a federal court to recuse U.S. District Judge P. Casey Pitts from the states’ antitrust challenge to Paramount-Warner Bros. Discovery, arguing his prior work for the Writers Guild of America creates an appearance of bias. The case may be reassigned to Judge Araceli Martínez-Olguín, as a related consumer suit faces parallel proceedings. A TRO hearing is set for Friday, and Paramount wants a ruling on recusal before that decision.
Paramount Skydance's chief legal counsel Makan Delrahim told the Los Angeles Times that some opponents of the companies’ $111 billion takeover of Warner Bros. Discovery are motivated by antisemitic views, accusing critics of fear-mongering tied to politics. He argued regulators will see through the campaign and defended the merger’s potential to create jobs, citing Paramount’s pledges and broader industry debate amid ongoing antitrust scrutiny.