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No Doubt’s Las Vegas Residency and Industry Mergers
Bassist Tony Kanal of No Doubt shared his emotions before their residency at Las Vegas’ Sphere. Meanwhile, there is opposition to the $111 billion merger between Paramount and Warner Bros., with concerns over its impact on Hollywood.
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Variety
There’s a lot of sound and fury against David Ellison’s pending $111 billion megamerger with Warner Bros. Discovery. But what changes to the current terms of the pact will it signify — if any? Mark Ruffalo claimed in a New York Times op-ed this week Hollywood stars are afraid of signing
2026-05-08 21:14 UTC
Variety
It was mere hours before No Doubt kicked off their residency at Las Vegas’ Sphere when the emotional weight of the moment struck bassist Tony Kanal. “I had a good cry at soundcheck,” he tells Variety of their Wednesday night performance, the first of 18 shows at the state-of-the-ar
2026-05-08 21:14 UTC
Deadline
As Paramount prepares to take over Warner Bros., the likely merger of HBO Max and Paramount+ would dominate the unscripted television market, new research has found. Paramount CEO David Ellison revealed in March that he plans to merge the two streaming services giving a combined platform over 200M s
2026-05-08 21:17 UTC