{
  "id": 2459536,
  "title": "Paramount Slams Mark Ruffalo Merger Attack as ‘Antisemitic,’ Says Company Does Not ‘Tolerate Prejudice of Any Kind’",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/22/paramount-slams-mark-ruffalo-merger-attack-as-antisemitic-says",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-08-22T00:01:32.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Variety",
    "slug": "variety",
    "url": "https://variety.com/2026/film/news/paramount-responds-mark-ruffalo-merger-attack-israel-1236840552/"
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  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "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 […]",
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    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "TheWrap",
        "title": "Mark Ruffalo Eviscerates Ellisons’ Paramount Merger, Citing Family’s Ties to Gaza ‘Genocide’",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/21/mark-ruffalo-eviscerates-ellisons-paramount-merger-citing-familys",
        "published": "2026-08-21T20:03:19.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Deadline",
        "title": "Mark Ruffalo Slams Ellisons’ Ties To Oracle Amid Paramount-WBD Merger: “Really Profoundly Scary People”",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/21/mark-ruffalo-slams-ellisons-ties-to-oracle-amid-paramount-wbd-merger",
        "published": "2026-08-21T22:41:13.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Hollywood Reporter",
        "title": "Mark Ruffalo Links Paramount to Oracle’s Israeli Military Ties. The Studio Calls Remarks “Antisemitic”",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/22/mark-ruffalo-links-paramount-to-oracles-israeli-military-ties-the",
        "published": "2026-08-22T00:31:10.000Z"
      }
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}