'The Abandons' Season 2: Everything We Know Here's what we know about the future of the Netflix western starring Gillian Anderson and Lena Headey. Marie Claire · Dec 8, 2025
Jared Kushner suddenly emerges in the Warner brawl between Paramount and Netflix, backed by Saudi billions and fresh off brokering another megadeal Trump’s son-in-law is emerging as a central conduit for Gulf money moving into American media, and they’re backing the Ellisons and Paramount. Fortune · Dec 8, 2025
Paramount Skydance Rallies On Hostile Bid, Netflix Tumbles: What's Moving Markets Monday? U.S. stocks kicked off the week in a mixed pattern, with sentiment turning cautious as traders consider a Fed rate cut all but fully baked into current valuations. CME FedWatch tool currently assigns a 90% likelihood to a quarter-point reduction at the Dec. 10 meeting. Benzinga · Dec 8, 2025
Even After Netflix Landed Dibs, Paramount's Bosses Are Making A New Move To Try And Buy Warner Bros. Paramount hasn't given up on taking over Warner Bros. just yet. Cinemablend · Dec 8, 2025
Trump son-in-law Jared Kushner is investor in Paramount’s hostile takeover bid of Warner Bros Jared Kushner’s Affinity Capital, along with the sovereign wealth funds from Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Abu Dhabi, have ‘agreed to forgo any governance rights – including board representation – associated with their non-voting equity investments,’ according to Monday’s regulatory filing. The Independent UK · Dec 8, 2025
I Have One Specific Gripe With Stranger Things In Its Final Season That I Can't Let Slide As Someone From Indiana I was born in a small town. Cinemablend · Dec 8, 2025
'HBO Max will stay' even after Netflix deal says Warner Bros. CEO David Zaslav Move over Mark Twain, this time its HBO Max whose death may have been greatly exaggerated – according to Warner Bros. Discovery chief David Zaslav. TechRadar · Dec 8, 2025
Meghan Markle has been dubbed a ‘holiday hypocrite’ – there’s a good reason for that COMMENT: In her Netflix special, ‘With Love, Meghan: Holiday Celebration’, the Duchess of Sussex manages to ignore the reality of her own family estrangement with her “perfect” Christmas. No wonder she’s been named on a ‘holiday’ villain list, says Charlotte Cripps. The Independent UK · Dec 8, 2025
FTSE 100 dips as Unilever falls amid Magnum split The ice cream maker rose 1.8% in Amsterdam. Evening Standard · Dec 8, 2025
“Stranger Things is a phenomenon, right? But it’s ending. I hope I reach the point where, when the time comes, we step away gracefully”: Robb Flynn wants Machine Head’s retirement to be like a hit Netflix finale The Oakland thrashers aren’t bowing out yet, but when they do, their frontman wants it to put a bold exclamation point on their career Metal Hammer · Dec 8, 2025
6 of the best new shows and movies streaming this week on Netflix, Disney Plus, Prime Video, and more (December 8–December 14) Benoit Blanc is back... Total Film · Dec 8, 2025
New On Netflix, Disney+, And More: 5 Streaming Shows And Movies To Watch This Week (December 8 - 14) Benoit Blanc returns to Netflix. Cinemablend · Dec 8, 2025
Netflix Stock Tumbles: What's Going On? Shares of Netflix, Inc. (NASDAQ:NFLX) are falling Monday after Paramount challenged the streaming service’s winning bid for parts of Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc. Benzinga · Dec 8, 2025
Total Film · Dec 8, 2025 The 25 Best TV Shows of 2025 The votes have been cast and counted, and here are the GamesRadar+ picks for the very best TV shows of 2025
PC Gamer · Dec 8, 2025 Paramount, backed by Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund, launches hostile takeover bid for Warner Bros. Discovery, one day after US president Donald Trump says the Netflix deal 'could be a problem' The Paramount bid is also supported by Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner, so that's probably not great for Netflix's ambitions.
The Guardian - US · Dec 8, 2025 Netflix buying Warner Bros is bad news for cinema and those of us who love it The proposed acquisition would see yet more of Hollywood controlled by a tech company and one that doesn’t seem to care about the theatrical experience
We Got This Covered · Dec 8, 2025 Donald Trump admits that $83 billion Netflix-Warner Bros. merger ‘could be a problem’ but his preferred solution is just as bad Donald Trump claims he's concerned about the market threshold but he may have an ulterior motive.
What Hi-Fi? · Dec 8, 2025 Netflix wants to buy Warner Bros – and it could spell trouble for 4K Blu-ray This could be the biggest nail in the coffin yet...
Fortune · Dec 8, 2025 Netflix's 'throne is secured,' BofA said just before Paramount mounted one last streaming war, hoping to keep Superman off the super app Warner Bros.' "crown-jewel IP portfolio" is suddenly everything that everyone in Hollywood wants—except Comcast.
International Business Times UK · Dec 8, 2025 Diddy Backstabbed His Lawyer On Camera: Secret Tapes Breached Privilege Fresh allegations claim Sean 'Diddy' Combs secretly recorded conversations with his own lawyer, sparking concern that the tapes may have breached attorney–client privilege. Legal experts say the claims could deepen the music mogul's ongoing troubles.
Fortune · Dec 8, 2025 Comcast pulls out of WBD bidding war, president says: 'We roll on with a lot of focus. But I think we're better for having taken a look' Mike Cavanagh, who was a rower in his undergraduate days at Yale, said the NBCUniversal empire is keeping its "eyes in our own boat."
The Independent UK · Dec 8, 2025 MTG on 60 Minutes sends Trump into tailspin rant against ‘No Better’ CBS-Paramount as he demands apology The president’s screed against Paramount’s ownership — which he had previously praised incessantly — came at the same time the media giant launched a hostile takeover bid of Warner Bros. Discovery that was joined by Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner.
MarketBeat · Dec 8, 2025 Netflix Wins the Streaming Wars: The $82B Warner Bros. Deal Netflix cements its status as the global entertainment leader by acquiring the legendary Warner Bros studio and its vast library of iconic franchises.
Barchart · Dec 8, 2025 2 Reasons to Hit Pause on Netflix Stock Now Netflix’s recently announced deal to acquire Warner Bros. introduces regulatory risk and execution challenges.