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Goldman's controversial remarks were made in November 2023, predating any assassination attempt

LA crime 'Headlines' get no laughs from Leno



Have progressives had enough yet?

We’ve already seen several character actors get attacked on the mean streets of New York City, including Steve Buscemi of “The Sopranos” fame. “Saturday Night Live” even made an unfunny bit about it. (Does it make any other kind?)

The City of Angels is no better.

Los Angeles denizens have faced similar woes thanks to the city’s pillow-soft-on-crime rules. Recently, “General Hospital” actor Johnny Wactor died after confronting thieves attempting to steal his car’s catalytic converter.

There’s more.

Fellow actor Jonathan Tucker had to step in during a neighbor’s home invasion nightmare this week in Los Angeles. Luckily, no one was hurt, and Tucker proved heroic when the family in question needed him.

Now, one of the most mainstream, apolitical souls is sounding the alarm over the sorry state of affairs.

Jay Leno blasted L.A. officials for treating catalytic converter thefts like a misdemeanor, helping spark the current crime wave. Elections have consequences. Blind party loyalty does too.

Will Smith's slap-happy slump

Does Hollywood have another summer bummer on its hands?

The industry is still reeling from the under-performing duo of “The Fall Guy” and “Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga.” Who knew a Mad Max movie without Mad Max might struggle at the box office?

Now, Deadline reports the fourth film in the “Bad Boys” series could join them. “Bad Boys: Ride or Die,” once again starring Will Smith and Martin Lawrence, could bring in as little as $30+ million.

That just won’t do for an action-packed sequel that cost $100 million.

This is Smith’s first populist film following “The Slap Heard ‘round the World,” and that will get some of the blame should “Ride or Die” underwhelm.

Maybe.

It could be a movie-going public exhausted by both endless sequels and sanctimonious stars. Or they’re willing to wait until the film hits VOD sooner than later. You can watch “Fall Guy” at home now and “Furiosa” by month’s end.

Jon Stewart's moment of MAGA

Jon Stewart said what a good progressive shouldn’t say. Again.

Remember how much fire he took from fellow liberals when he suggested COVID-19, which began in Wuhan, China, may have been created in a virus research lab in Wuhan, China?

He also got singed after he suggested President Joe Biden wasn’t the second coming of Abe Lincoln during his return to “The Daily Show” faux anchor chair.

Now, he’s committing the ultimate far-left sin: admitting the legal system is rigged against Donald Trump.

Stewart told fellow comedian Tom Segura that the system had to get rid of Trump one way or another.

“Everything other than just have a better idea.”

The 61-year-old retreated to his far-left talking points Monday on “The Daily Show.” Maybe he hoped his base wouldn’t see the Segura interview and miss a rare “truth to power” moment from the fading comic. Those comments still could go viral at the worst possible time for his party.

Let’s hope so.

Lupita Nyong'o's press junket hell

Oscar winners sure have it good. Fame. Fortune. Celebrity. Did we mention fortune?

For Lupita Nyong’o of “12 Years a Slave” fame, there’s a downside, and it’s “a torture technique.”

Waterboarding? Starvation? Watching a Hannah Gadsby special? No, it’s undergoing a day’s worth of interviews from a mostly fawning press. She recently whined about enduring press junkets, events where a star is questioned by dozens of journalists who come in waves from around the country, if not the world.

“Different people are being ferried in … You have to give each one of them attention, focus, and an articulate answer that you just gave to the person before. That’s irritating.”

There’s a grain of truth in what she said. This reporter participated in many press junkets in the early 2000s. Some of the questions posed were dumb. Others proved downright insipid.

Still, complaining about irritating Q&As is like saying the cruise ship’s crème brûlée wasn’t as tart as the one from your favorite French bistro.

Theater apologizes after Richard Dreyfuss takes stage in a dress and allegedly mocks transgenderism at 'Jaws' screening

Theater apologizes after Richard Dreyfuss takes stage in a dress and allegedly mocks transgenderism at 'Jaws' screening



A Massachusetts theater has apologized after fans complained online about an event with actor Richard Dreyfuss where he allegedly made several political and cultural statements that some audience members disagreed with.

The event was called "An Evening with Richard Dreyfuss and Jaws Screening" and took place at the Cabot theater in Beverly, Massachusetts. The screening saw Dreyfuss talk about his book, past projects, and allegedly even the "Me Too" movement and transgenderism.

Outlets like Deadline and the Hollywood Reporter cited a series of Facebook comments by alleged audience members, but no actual quotes from Dreyfuss at the event that could be considered "transphobic" or "sexist."

What can be confirmed, however, is that Dreyfuss came on stage to a song by Taylor Swift, while sporting a cane and a dress. Two stagehands are seen in a video then ripping the dress off of the actor before he put on a blazer and sat down.

'We have to make sure that your kids are not the last generation of Americans.'

According to social media accounts, Dreyfuss spoke about Barbra Streisand (who produced his film "Nuts"), and while he called her a "genius," also noted that the reason the movie "sucked" was because women are "passive."

Another alleged attendee said that the actor commented that people "shouldn't be listening to some 10-year-old who says they want to be a boy instead of a girl."

His remarks were characterized as consistently and purposefully looking to push the envelope, but recollections of his comments do not come close to any form of bigotry, save for in the mind of progressive activists.

Some remarks that were caught on video from the Q&A portion of the event came while Dreyfuss was promoting his 2022 book, "One Thought Scares Me."

"Fifty years ago, without telling anybody, they took civics out of the curriculum at public schools in America. We have no knowledge of who the hell we are, and if we don't get it back soon, we're all gonna die," Dreyfuss said. "We have to make sure that your kids are not the last generation of Americans, and you know exactly what I'm talking about."

The theater issued an apology following the event and said that it was aware of and shares "serious concerns."

"The views expressed by Mr. Dreyfuss do not reflect the values of inclusivity and respect that we uphold as an organization. We deeply regret the distress that this has caused to many of our patrons," the Cabot theater said.

"We regret that an event that was meant to be a conversation to celebrate an iconic movie instead became a platform for political views. We take full responsibility for the oversight in not anticipating the direction of the conversation and for the discomfort it caused to many patrons."

"We are in active dialogue with our patrons about their experience and are committed to learning from this event how to better enact our mission of entertaining, educating, and inspiring our community," they concluded.

Dreyfuss spoke to BlazeTV host Glenn Beck in early 2023 and made similar remarks about the importance of American history.

"There are people who now think that opposing views are un-American. They don't know that opposing views are entwined and threaded through the Constitution, the Bill of Rights, and what we show to the world we believe in," he told Beck.

"I certainly think that when we allow our kids to tell us what is valuable and what is nurturing, we’re going to the wrong people."

Dreyfuss reportedly screened "Jaws" at a different venue in New Hampshire as well. At least one audience member claimed he made offensive remarks at that event, too.

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Gospel singer Dennis Quaid details his journey from drugs to Jesus: 'I lean on God'



Dennis Quaid has long been a familiar face in Hollywood, starring in hits and cult classics such as "Traffic," "Parent Trap," and "Innerspace." While he continues to appear on celluloid, lately he has also been mounting stages to sing God's praises.

Shortly after releasing his gospel record "Fallen" in June 2023 — which landed in the top 15 on Billboard's Top 200 Christian/Gospel chart — Quaid provided BlazeTV's "Relatable with Allie Beth Stuckey" incredible insights into his renewal of faith and road back to an intimate relationship with God.

Quaid, a 69-year-old Houston native, recently expounded on some details of his spiritual revival while promoting a new television special, telling the Christian Post how after a period of disillusionment with his inherited Baptist faith, he "started asking questions that didn't have answers."

The Emmy Award-winning actor apparently looked to the Orient in search of understanding, consulting the Buddhist Dhammapada, the Bhagavad Gita, as well as the Quran. Evidently, he was left unsatisfied.

Quaid revisited the Bible, but he remained spiritually obstinate.

"I read the Bible cover to cover as well, back then, and I got hung up in the Old Testament, how violent it was. God seemed like a punishing God back then to me," Quaid told the Post. "A lot of it just didn't make sense."

Rather than embrace what then appeared to be an omniscient disciplinarian, the actor apparently turned to pleasure and lawlessness, experimenting with drugs. The road well traveled left Quaid addicted to cocaine.

In 2002, the New York Times characterized this period of Quaid's life as his "decade in the Hollywood wilderness."

Quaid hinted at the seed of a return to faith at the time, telling the paper, "Mostly, I was mad at God, you know? Why was I in this predicament? I knew it was all my own fault, but at the same time I wasn't thinking straight. I was caught in a place, living a life that I didn't want to live but couldn't escape."

When speaking last year to Allie Beth Stuckey, Quaid recalled his realization at the time: "I saw myself as either dead or in jail or losing everything I had ... so, I did get myself straight with that, but that still didn't fill the hole that was there — in fact, it was a very deep hole after that."

The actor recently underscored to ChristianHeadlines that to get out of this hole, he had to once again crack open the Bible.

"I got clean in 1990 of cocaine, and I read the Bible again. I'd read it as a kid, and I read it again. And this time, I was really struck by the red words of Jesus," said the actor. "And that's really what started, I think, what I've been looking for all along — and which, you know, my mother told me and other people [told me], but I never really understood, which is having a personal relationship with Jesus. And, of course, that has grown over the years. But I never really understood it until then."

"I lean on God. I talk to Him every day," added Quaid. "I talk to God about problems. ... And gratitude for the blessings that I have."

Quaid made expressly clear that drugs could never satisfy and comfort the way that faith does.

"Everybody has that [void] — they try to fill that with relationships or with drugs or with money or with whatever it is, you know, our heart's desire," said Quaid. "What we're really looking for is to fill that ... God-sized hole."

Quaid told the Post that after reading the Bible through multiple times, he is now particularly fond of the book of Ecclesiastes for its insights into life and morality. The Gospel of John, however, appears to be the actor's favorite biblical text, not least because it underscores Christ is the Logos.

"I think John brings together physics and the Spirit and explains it in a timeless way," said Quaid. "He points to a bigger truth that we have no words for."

Extra to the DVD special for his gospel album, the prayerful actor is set to appear in "Reagan," a feature film about the 40th U.S. president, which will reportedly hit theaters in late August.

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Steven Spielberg, Rob Reiner to co-host Hollywood fundraiser for President Biden at up to $500,000 per ticket

Steven Spielberg, Rob Reiner to co-host Hollywood fundraiser for President Biden at up to $500,000 per ticket



A group of Hollywood elites will host Joe Biden's first star-studded, Tinseltown fundraiser since the president announced his bid for re-election.

While the event is formally hosted by former United States Ambassador to Spain and Andorra James Costos and designer Michael Smith, it will be co-hosted by many others, including iconic filmmaker Steven Spielberg.

Tickets start at $1,000 per person, Deadline reported, but rise to $500,000 for those who wish to be listed as co-chairs of the event.

A ticket for $25,000 or more will provide access to the photo line, which could possibly include first lady Jill Biden, who will reportedly attend the event. Proceeds go to the Biden Victory Fund, a fundraising committee for the Democratic National Committee and Biden's campaign.

Despite Spielberg's obvious interest in politics, supporters of Israel have questioned the director about his lack of comments on the Israel-Palestine conflict.

Spielberg was asked by the president of Holocaust Survivors Foundation USA to speak out against the war, Los Angeles Magazine reported:

"I, along with countless other Survivors, are so heartbroken that, since October 7, 2023, you have not spoken out and publicly taken a stand against terrorism, against Hamas and the millions who celebrate the shedding of Jewish blood," wrote David Schaecter, a 94-year-old Holocaust survivor.

As Hollywood in Toto reported, Spielberg's silence is especially peculiar considering the fact that following his 1993 film "Schindler's List," Spielberg created the USC Shoah Foundation, a group dedicated to telling stories about the Holocaust.

Another co-host of the Biden event is the virulently anti-Trump Rob Reiner.

Reiner recently reaffirmed his disdain for former President Trump when he told MSNBC's Ari Melber on "The Beat" that Trump would likely govern as an "authoritarian," while Biden actually "believes in the Constitution."

"I’m trying to impress upon people as best I can that every time we have a presidential election, they always say, this is the most important election of our lifetime. They’re tired of it. This one actually is," Reiner began.

"You have one candidate in Trump who actually tells you he’s going to govern like an authoritarian. He says it. It’s not a mystery," he claimed. "You have another guy who has been there, knows how to run the government, believes in the Constitution, believes in democracy, the rule of law, and you’ve got to make a choice."

"You have to make a choice. Do we want fascism, or do we want to continue the 248 years of self-rule?" Reiner asked.

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Staggering Disney box office losses total nearly $900 million for recent movies, according to analysis



The Walt Disney Company lost nearly $900 million on recent movies, according to Hollywood analysis.

The Walt Disney Company suffered losses nearing $900 million on its last eight studio releases, according to box office analyst Valliant Renegade.

Disney struggled with staggering losses despite numerous notable movie releases. The financial losses of nearly $1 billion were encountered during the release of the following movies: "Lightyear," "Thor: Love and Thunder," "Strange World," "Black Panther: Wakanda Forever," "Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania," "Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3," "The Little Mermaid," and "Elemental."

According to Valliant Renegade, the eight movies cost $2.75 billion, but only brought in $1.86 billion for Disney, totaling a loss of $890 million.

"Strange World" lost $197 million and "Lightyear" lost $106 million, according to Deadline.

Recent Disney movies have embraced "woke" storylines.

"Strange World" featured a gay romance.

The animated children's "Lightyear" has a lesbian kiss in it.

"Elemental" talks about the evils of xenophobia, and boasts the entertainment company's first non-binary character.

"One of the things that we always talk about here, that is the perfect time to remind everybody, is that Disney consumes all of its own content post-theatrical," Valliant Renegade stated. "Meaning that Disney that used to license their big content out like the entire MCU [Marvel Cinematic Universe] to places like Netflix for years, those were billions of dollars' worth of third-party contracts that have now been taken off the table."

"So not only do we need to consider how much money Disney has lost at the box office, we also need to consider how much money Disney has lost in economic-opportunity costs," the Hollywood analyst said in a YouTube video. "You see, that's how much money they could have made had they actually taken these films and licensed them to Netflix, or Amazon Prime, or even similar to what Universal does with a split Pay 1 window."

Valliant Renegade added, "If Disney had just taken the Universal-type deal with those two major streamers, Disney would have a lot more money in its pocket. But they've chosen to keep it all home to support Disney+."

Bob Iger returned as Disney's CEO last November, replacing Bob Chapek.

In February, Disney announced that the company was undergoing a "strategic restructuring."

Last month, Disney said that it had cut 7,000 jobs.

Variety reported, "The 7,000 layoffs — which represent 3.2% of Disney’s total headcount of about 220,000 worldwide as of Oct. 1, 2022 — are part of Disney’s efforts to achieve about $5.5 billion in cost savings. Of that, $2.5 billion represents 'non-content costs' (including labor costs) and $1 billion of those targeted cost-reductions were already underway in February, Iger said. Disney is aiming for an annualized reduction of $3 billion in non-sports content costs, expected to be realized over the next several years."

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City planning rainbow crosswalk to honor '2SLGBTQIA+ community' disables comments on Twitter post about the project



The City of Guelph in Ontario, Canada, is planning to create a rainbow crosswalk in a show of support for those who identify a "2SLGBTQIA+."

Guelph posted a tweet on Monday soliciting comments from the public about how the city can make people feel safe as well as celebrated — the tweet includes the link to a site where people can share their thoughts. On Tuesday, the city appended another post announcing that comments had been disabled on the tweet.

"We’re installing a rainbow crosswalk this month and we want to hear what you need from us as a City to feel included, safe and celebrated in Guelph. Comments are anonymous. Let us know here by May 14," the city tweeted on Monday, providing a link to the haveyoursay.guelph.ca website. "We have turned off comments on this post to ensure that all those who view it can do so in an environment that is respectful to all," the city added in a tweet on Tuesday.

\u201cWe have turned off comments on this post to ensure that all those who view it can do so in an environment that is respectful to all.\u201d
— City of Guelph (@City of Guelph) 1683568211

The city offers a "Safe Space Comment Box" on the website where people can provide their opinions about how the city can make people feel as though they are "included, safe and celebrated."

"Inspired by similar installations in other cities worldwide, Guelph citizens requested the City consider the installation at a prominent location in close proximity to downtown. Also, a petition in 2021 garnered over 1900 signatures in support of the rainbow crosswalk," the website claims.

The city is soliciting stories and images from the public about what the crosswalk will mean to them. Guelph is also inviting people to explain how they believe the city should celebrate the launch of the crosswalk.

"For inclusion, the design of the crosswalk is based on the progress flag. The main section of the flag includes the traditional Pride coloured stripes representing life, healing, sunlight, nature, harmony/peace, and spirit. The edge of the flag includes blue and pink stripes to represent the trans community, a brown stripe to represent people of colour, and a black stripe to represent those lost during the AIDS crisis. These are in a chevron shape, with arrow points to the right to indicate forward movement, while set on the edge to show progress still needs to be made," according to the website.

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Fetterman’s Racist Voter ID Comments Encapsulate the True Heart of the Left | Ep 565

Fetterman’s Racist Voter ID Comments Encapsulate the True Heart of the Left | Ep 565

Biden’s SMEAR Campaign Against the GOP Exposes His Own Stupidity | Ep 564

Biden’s SMEAR Campaign Against the GOP Exposes His Own Stupidity | Ep 564

'Set phasers to cringe': Leftist GA gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams is president of the United Earth on 'Star Trek' — and viewers head to sick bay



You don't suppose the movers and the shakers connected with "Star Trek: Discovery" care one way or another if left-wing darling Stacey Abrams wins the Georgia gubernatorial race in November, do you?

Because they gave the Democratic candidate some extra attention by casting her in the role of president of the United Earth for Thursday's season four finale.

What are the details?

One clip shows the Federation president greeting Abrams' character and saying she's looking forward to diplomatic discussions getting started. “Nothing to discuss,” Abrams character replies. “United Earth is ready right now to rejoin the Federation, and nothing could make me happier than to say those words."

Her character then engages in a brief chat with other characters, including U.S.S. Discovery Capt. Michael Burnham (Sonequa Martin-Green), after which the clip ends.

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— Jerry Dunleavy (@Jerry Dunleavy) 1647538867

A decidedly starstruck Martin-Green told Deadline that she's "still floored when I think about Stacey gracing us with her presence in our Season 4 finale."

Martin-Green added to the outlet that Abrams "is a legend in the making and a civil hero" and that "it was an honor for me as a black woman to stand with her in the story."

Deadline called Abrams "the woman widely regarded as having saved American democracy," presumably for her work getting Democrats elected in 2020.

How are folks reacting to the clip?

A number of Twitter users who watched the clip of Abrams playing president of the United Earth seem well aware of the political parallels at play — and they almost unanimously slapped their palms against their foreheads:

  • "Campaign ad?" one commenter wondered.
  • "Set phasers to cringe," another user wrote.
  • "What did I just watch? Is this a deepfake?" another commenter asked.
  • "From fake governor to fake president?" another user posed.
  • "If this was an SNL skit it'd be hilarious," another commenter declared.
  • "How to give a politician greater delusions of grandeur," another user offered.

Anything else?

Abrams announced her bid for Georgia governor in December. She lost the 2018 governor's race to Republican Brian Kemp by a small margin, after which Abrams infamously claimed voter suppression and said Kemp's victory was tainted.

"We had this little election back in 2018, and despite the final tally and the inauguration and the situation we find ourselves in, I do have one very affirmative statement to make: We won," Abrams said five months after her defeat.

In early February, Abrams was called out for the hypocritical optics of a photo showing her without a mask in a classroom full of young children forced to wear face masks — and soon the photo was gone from social media.