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In Entertainment: South Park Lawsuit, 'Percy Jackson' Trailer & Oscars With Kimmel 

A New York judge has handed Paramount global a partial win in its ongoing lawsuit with Warner Brothers. Discovery at the heart of the dispute are the streaming rights to the series. South Park. Warner Brothers discovered filed against Paramount claiming it's violated the state's consumer protection laws by airing South Park specials on its platform. In 2019, Warner Brothers said five paid, excuse me. Warner Brothers paid $500 million to Paramount for the rights to South Park in order to stream it on Max. Well, on Tuesday justice Margaret Chan sided with Paramount ruling, no consumer protection laws were broken. Warner Brothers also alleges breach of contract and unjust enrichment which the judge has yet to rule on. Disney released a new trailer for the upcoming Percy Jackson and the Olympians series. The show follows 12 year old Percy as he discovers he is half man, half God and has to come to terms with his new powers all while going on a mission to return Zeus's stolen lightning bolt to Olympus. Take a look, Percy, you are special when you're ready to hear what the gods have in store for you, they'll tell you Percy the stories I have told you about great gods and monsters. They are real. This is crazy. You are a half blood and half blunts are not safe in the world. Everything has been training for what's still ahead of you. Percy Jackson and the Olympians hits Disney Plus. On December 20th, the 2024 Oscars have found their host. It's Jimmy Kimmel. The 96th Annual Academy Awards will be Kimmel's fourth time as host after previous outings in 2017, 2018 and 2023. If you recall 2017 was the year of the best picture. Mix up with this four time at Bat Kimmel is joining a special club of four time hosts. That club includes Whoopi Goldberg and Jack Lemmon. The only people to host more than that are Billy Crystal Bob Hope and Johnny Carson. The 96 Oscars is set to take place on March 10th 2024. It will air live on ABC youtube is testing A I generated music in the style of some of your favorite artists. Nine artists they include Demi Lovato John Legend and SIA have signed up for platforms, new feature dream tracks for youtube shorts. The way the future works is you can put in a prompt, asking have a 32nd musical clip generated in the voice of one of these nine artists. The platforms released an example where the prompt was to write a quote, a ballad about how opposites attract upbeat acoustic with Charlie Put's voice. Well, take a listen to how it turned out. We've got nothing in common but I know that I, what you've been wanting for so long sounds just like in the new features only available for select creators at this moment.