Entertainment from Wednesday, December 17th, 2025
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Warner Bros Discovery board rejects rival bid from Paramount
Warner Bros Discovery's board rejected Paramount Skydance's $108.4 billion hostile bid on Wednesday, saying it failed to provide adequate financing assurances.
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Second doctor in Matthew Perry overdose case sentenced to home confinement
A second California doctor has been sentenced on Tuesday to eight months of home confinement for illegally supplying "Friends" star Matthew Perry with ketamine, the powerful sedative that caused the actor's fatal drug overdose in a hot tub in 2023.
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Filmmaker Rob Reiner's son charged with murder in parents' slaying
The younger son of Hollywood filmmaker and political activist Rob Reiner has been formally charged on Tuesday with first-degree murder in the stabbing deaths of his parents, who were found slain in their Los Angeles home over the weekend.
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UAE approves gene replacement therapy to treat spinal muscular atrophyThe UAE has become the second country in the world to approve the use of Itvisma to treat spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) in eligible adults and children aged two years and above.
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Cloudy weather, rain forecast for parts of UAEThe National Centre of Meteorology (NCM) is forecasting partly cloudy to cloudy conditions at times on Saturday, with the chance of convective cloud formation and rainfall in some areas — particularly across the northern and eastern regions.
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Sri Lankan President thanks UAE for flood relief effortsUAE President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan has spoken by phone with Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake, who expressed gratitude for the UAE’s humanitarian support to communities affected by recent floods.
