Mark Ruffalo accused of antisemitism by Hollywood insiders over Paramount merger remarks

Hollywood producers Haim Saban, Lawrence Bender and Teddy Schwarzman accused actor Mark Ruffalo of "simple antisemitism" in an online statement issued by a group of nearly 1,000 industry insiders on Tuesday, arguing that the actor invoked tropes about Jewish wealth and power while attacking Paramount leadership and its proposed $111 billion merger with Warner Bros. Discovery. "This is not commentary on a merger. It is not a criticism of a government. It is simple antisemitism, where Jewish execu