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Ruffalo Criticizes Paramount Merger, Citing Ellison Family Ties

Published 22 August 2026

Actor Mark Ruffalo escalated his public opposition to the proposed $111 billion merger between Paramount and Warner Bros. Discovery on Friday, August 21, 2026, with a social media post that accused the Ellison family, who own Oracle, of complicity in what he termed a "genocide" in Gaza and warned of the merger's danger...

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