Welcome back to What I’m Hearing+, your extra Tuesday dose of Puck’s private email devoted to the entertainment industry. I’m still processing the news that Ben and J.Lo—sorry, Paramount and Skydance—are back on again, weeks after they called it splitsville despite a fully negotiated merger. The “preliminary agreement” is now New York Times official, but given the constantly shifting whims of Shari Redstone and the apparent inability of David Ellison to quit her, that means this will probably all fall apart and reemerge a few more times, maybe before the holiday weekend ends. Happy Fourth!

In the meantime, our labor expert, Jonathan Handel, has a take on the new IATSE crew workers deal that prevented a summer strike, and Eriq Gardner has a smart analysis of Hollywood’s silence on the TikTok ban. Take it away, guys…

• Redstone vs. retirees: Shari Redstone’s apparent decision today to sell National Amusements to David Ellison, giving his Skydance Media control of Paramount, adds intrigue to an under-the-radar yet high-stakes...