The Oscars have a new stage on YouTube. The audience may have other plans.

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Adrien Brody won the 2025 Best Actor Oscar for his role in "The Brutalist" — a movie with lots of acclaim and a pretty modest box office.

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Watch live: Netflix and Paramount fight over Warner Bros. Discovery

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Paramount CEO David Ellison wants to buy Warner Bros. Discovery — but has had his offers rejected multiple times.

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Netflix is bringing 3 Barstool video podcasts to the platform in an exclusive deal

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Boston, MA - June 21: Barstool Sports CEO Dave Portnoy celebrates the Boston Celtics during a duck boat parade to celebrate the 18th Boston Celtics NBA championship. (Photo by Kayla Bartkowski/The Boston Globe via Getty Images)
Barstool Sports' founder Dave Portnoy. Three of the company's video podcasts are coming to Netflix.

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How much the bankers are getting paid as Netflix and Paramount fight to buy Warner Bros. Discovery

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David Zaslav is pursuing a potential sale of Warner Bros. Discovery.

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Why WBD's CEO never responded to David Ellison's text during the bidding war

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Warner Bros. Discovery CEO David Zaslav ignored Paramount Skydance CEO David Ellison's text before announcing the company's Netflix deal.

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Middle Eastern money raised questions about Paramount's WBD bid — but that's not why Netflix won

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Paramount CEO David Ellison wanted to use $24 billion of funding from Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Abu Dhabi to help fund his bid for Warner Bros. Discovery.

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Here's what Netflix's co-CEOs are saying after WBD rejected Paramount's hostile bid

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Netflix co-CEO Ted Sarandos at the "Black Rabbit" event.

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Warner Bros. Discovery rejects Paramount's bid and says shareholders should go with Netflix

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Warner Bros. Discovery CEO David Zaslav didn't choose the offer from Paramount Skydance and CEO David Ellison.

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Netflix has done its second big podcast deal as it prepares to launch a slate of shows in early 2026

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NEW YORK, NEW YORK - DECEMBER 09: Charlamagne tha God speaks onstage during Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery Fan Screening at Paris Theater on December 09, 2025 in New York City. (Photo by Jason Mendez/Getty Images for Netflix)
Coming soon to Netflix: Charlamagne Tha God's video podcast and other iHeartMedia shows.

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Netflix's bid to buy Warner Bros. hinges on a key question: Who does it actually compete with?

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"Stranger Things" maker Netflix could face regulatory scrutiny as it looks to buy Warner Bros.

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