Barry Diller Jokes About Jack Warner Being “Succeeded By A Stunt Pilot” As He Takes On Paramount WBD Merger At PGA Awards

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• Demille and now Jason Blum.” Watch on Deadline The Chairman and Senior executive of IAC and Expedia Group reminded the Fairmont Century Plaza ballroom full of producers “you also gave this award to Harvey Weinstein and Les Moonves, so there it is.
• There is commonality with the greats.” “DeMille made movies for $15,000, and so did Blum almost 100 years later.
• To say he’s cheap isn’t a characterization, it’s a defining attribute,” continued Diller.
• “Take his approach to air travel, where instead of buying a first-class ticket for an overnight flight, Jason would buy three cheap seats, all together, bring an actual inflatable mattress on board the plane, and then horrify fellow passengers with the loud motor of his electric pump.