Is AI The Magic Sauce That Will Unlock Value In Media Mega-Mergers?

Is AI The Magic Sauce That Will Unlock Value In Media Mega-Mergers?

Welcome to Rendering, a Deadline column reporting at the intersection of AI and showbiz. Rendering examines how artificial intelligence is disrupting the entertainment industry, taking you inside key battlegrounds and spotlighting change makers wielding the technology for good and ill. Got a story about AI? Rendering wants to hear from you: jk*****@******ne.com. It’s been a big week for media M&A fans.…

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Video: How Trump Decided to Go to War

Video: How Trump Decided to Go to War

President Trump’s embrace of military action in Iran was set off by the determination of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel to end diplomatic negotiations. Our investigative reporter Mark Mazzetti describes how few of Mr. Trump’s advisers voiced opposition. By Mark Mazzetti, Leila Medina, Sutton Raphael, Joey Sendaydiego, Jon Hazell, Rafaela Balster and Whitney Shefte…

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Jane Fonda & W. Kamau Bell Set For SXSW 2026 Keynote Session; Other Speakers To Include Andy Cohen, Bob Odenkirk, Demi Moore, Gavin Newsom, More

Jane Fonda & W. Kamau Bell Set For SXSW 2026 Keynote Session; Other Speakers To Include Andy Cohen, Bob Odenkirk, Demi Moore, Gavin Newsom, More

Jane Fonda and W. Kamau Bell will be featured in a SXSW keynote session focusing on the First Amendment and freedom of speech, the festival announced today, with other sessions and speakers to include Bob Odenkirk, Keke Palmer, Demi Moore, Riz Ahmed, Matt Strauss and Andy Cohen, Gavin Newsom, Alanis Morissete and Bill Burr. See…

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Dan Crenshaw defeated by Cruz-backed state lawmaker in Texas GOP primary, boosting MAGA clout

Dan Crenshaw defeated by Cruz-backed state lawmaker in Texas GOP primary, boosting MAGA clout

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Four-term Rep. Dan Crenshaw, R-Texas, lost his Republican primary battle on Tuesday to Steve Toth, a state representative and businessman, following years of turmoil between Crenshaw and the MAGA faction of the Republican Party that questioned Crenshaw’s loyalty to Trump. The 2nd Congressional District primary that ended…

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Christina Elmore Joins Damon Wayans Jr. In NBC Pilot ‘Puzzled’

Christina Elmore Joins Damon Wayans Jr. In NBC Pilot ‘Puzzled’

EXCLUSIVE: Christina Elmore (The Girls On the Bus) is set as a lead opposite Damon Wayans Jr. in the NBC drama pilot Puzzled, from writer Joey Falco and Universal Television. In Puzzled, based on the Danielle Trussoni novel The Puzzle Master, after barely escaping a tragic fire, once promising college athlete Mike Brink (Wayans Jr.)…

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Justin Hartley On The Maturation Of ‘Tracker’ As Season 3 Flips The Script & Sends Colter On The Run: “It’s Just A Complete Upside Down”

Justin Hartley On The Maturation Of ‘Tracker’ As Season 3 Flips The Script & Sends Colter On The Run: “It’s Just A Complete Upside Down”

SPOILER ALERT! This post contains spoilers from the midseason premiere of CBS‘ Tracker. Colter Shaw is on the run. Tracker returned to CBS on Sunday, putting Colter on the opposite end of the chase this time. Instead of hunting down a missing person, he’s doing everything he can to avoid being caught himself after he’s…

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