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- Paramount accused Mark Ruffalo of invoking "antisemitic tropes" in his criticism of the proposed Warner Bros. Discovery merger, calling his use of "genocide" and "apartheid" to describe a corporate transaction "a bridge too far."
- Paramount said it "doesn't tolerate prejudice of any kind, against anyone" and preferred to "lower the temperature, not raise it," while reaffirming its commitment to "no blacklists, no exceptions, for anyone."
- Mark Ruffalo posted a years-old clip of Paramount board member Safra Catz discussing Oracle's "really profoundly scary technologies" used to assist the Israeli military after Oct. 7, and called Larry Ellison a "classic Oligarch."
- Ruffalo was among the earliest Hollywood figures to publicly oppose the Paramount-Warner Bros. Discovery merger, with industry sources expressing concern about his conflating the deal with anti-Israel sentiments.
- The Oct. 7 attacks referenced in the post saw Hamas and other Palestinian militant groups kill 1,195 Israelis and foreign nationals and abduct 251 people, according to the article.
Why it matters: For Hollywood, the Paramount-Ruffalo clash turns a merger dispute into a flashpoint in the broader Israel debate, with Paramount's statement framing its defense around 'acceptance' and 'no blacklists' to inoculate itself against criticism of the Ellison-owned enterprise. The episode underscores how quickly corporate dealmaking becomes a proxy for geopolitical arguments.
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