TEST First Take 8/12/26

TEST First Take 8/12/26

Plus: Publishers need live events strategies, Hoult joins "Harry Potter" and more

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1. David Ellison Goes Nuclear With Threat to Move Paramount Out of California — Is It a Stunt?

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2. Why Publishers Need Live Events Strategies to Thrive

Nicholas Hoult (Credit: Amy Sussman/Getty Images for Vanity Fair) and "Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets" (Credit: Warner Bros.)

3. 'Harry Potter' HBO Series Casts Nicholas Hoult as Gilderoy Lockhart

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4. WHCA Meets With Trump Officials After Decoy Flight Raises Press Safety Concerns

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6. David Ellison's Threat to Move Paramount 'Proves the Danger' of Warner Merger, Writers Guild Says

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7. Lionsgate Activist Investor Urges Studio to Embrace AI or Sell Itself

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