Paramount vs. California, Trump Trolls Spider-Man, Gears Of War Drama - Fandom Pulse Daily Briefing
Some days, I wish I didn’t live in California and have my business here, so it must be even worse at the level of David Ellison. I’d just completely bail if I were him.
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California AG Calls Ellison’s Threat to Relocate Paramount Out of State “Blackmail”
California Attorney General Rob Bonta accused Paramount Skydance CEO David Ellison of trying to blackmail the state Tuesday after reports surfaced that Ellison told senior executives he’s prepared to move Paramount, and eventually Warner Bros. Discovery, out of California entirely if Bonta refuses to negotiate a settlement in the antitrust lawsuit block…
Reclaiming The Shire Part 14: Rings of Power and the Culture War
We started a retrospective on Tolkien’s rise to superstardom, which began with a left-wing movement in the 1970s appropriating his work and has slowly migrated over time to people realizing how right-wing and Christian Lord of the Rings is. Now, we continue.
Terry Matalas Finally Reveals What Star Trek: Legacy Would Have Been, And Fans Still Want It Three Years Later
Terry Matalas, showrunner of Star Trek: Picard’s acclaimed third season, used this weekend’s Star Trek: Las Vegas 60th anniversary convention to reveal exactly what his shelved Star Trek: Legacy spinoff would have covered in its first season: a Klingon Empire unraveling from the inside, with Worf’s estranged son Alexander Rozhenko at the center of the c…
White House Trolls The Left With Spider-Man ICE Meme, And It’s Hilarious
The White House posted a four-image Spider-Man carousel to Instagram on August 6, captioned “Your friendly neighborhood ICE agents,” showing Spider-Man’s webbing snapping around a line of handcuffed detainees under the caption “Criminal Illegal Aliens Will Be Caught and Deported.” The timing wasn’t subtle. Spider-Man: Brand New Day had just crossed $1 b…
Gears of War E-Day’s Beta Is Trending Over Mags Carter Favoritism, Not Gameplay
Gears of War: E-Day’s open beta has spent the better part of a day trending on X, and the traffic has nothing to do with Horde Siege or the returning 4v4 Versus mode. The controversy centers on Mags Carter, one of two new characters The Coalition added to series protagonist Marcus Fenix’s squad for the Emergence Day prequel, and a repeated line of in-ga…