Netflix Seems To Be Winning the Warner Bros. Bidding War

Judging by Paramount throwing a tantrum via letter, it’s starting to sound a lot like Netflix will be the one to swallow up Warner Bros. by the end of the year. (THR)

UPDATE: Well, that moved quickly! Dustin has the update on how South Park reportedly played a role in WB rejecting Paramount’s offer.

Zoë Saldaña and the women of Avatar: Fire & Ash are keeping the franchise afloat, unlike Sam Worthington. (Lainey Gossip)

Finally found my spirit animal. (Celebitchy)

So, it wasn’t Marjorie Taylor Greene? Did not see that coming. (Wonkette)

Kayleigh wrote about Tim Burton’s Sweeney Todd and why Hollywood struggles to adapt Sondheim musicals. (Crooked Marquee)

Vin Diesel is writing and starring in a Rock ‘Em Sock ‘Em Robots movie even though we have a perfectly good Real Steel at home. (The Wrap)

Amazon is ready to bail on the U.S. postal service. (The Verge)

Tim Meadows is clear-eyed about The Ladies Man’s popularity. (A.V. Club)

From Jen: Pantene’s Color of the Year for 2026 is a choice. (CNN)

Who is even asking for more Men In Black movies? (Gizmodo)

If anyone had front row seats for how not to parent, it’s Lindsay Lohan. (Page Six)

Hanukkah is coming and BlackRaven has a book recommendation for a gift for the whole family: The Book of Candles, Eight Poems for Hanukkah by Laurel Snyder and Leanne Hatch. “Snyder shows the when and why of lighting the candles, how ordinary life gets in the way…We are seeing the humanness of the holiday as well as the religious elements.” Are there books you read every year with your family during the holidays? (Cannonball Read 17)

From Andrew: Let it be known that Mr. Bean is a regular man who does not hold the secrets of the universe:

I’m alive

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— Nick Lutsko (@nicklutsko.bsky.social) December 3, 2025 at 1:02 PM