Rosie O'Donnell has returned ... and she didn't bring her freshest material.
You would think her years-long sabbatical from the spotlight would have given her the time to come up with some choice zingers for her archnemesis, Donald Trump.
Jagger is 83 and looks in remarkably good shape. His rock peers? Not so much.
Instead, the best she could do was this moldy oldie: "Orange Voldemort."
To be fair, the Queen of Not-So-Nice is also well past her sell-by date. The "A League of Her Own" star hasn’t been hot since Avril Lavigne ruled the charts. And it got even cooler last year when she fled to Ireland in mortal fear of President Donald Trump 2.0.
It’s hard to land acting gigs when you’re living thousands of miles away from La La Land.
Now, she’s back. Sort of. O’Donnell had a brief Broadway run with a one-woman show, and she’s been hosting “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” all week.
She used the ABC perch to mock President Trump, suggesting she was getting under his skin. Yes, Trump is the president of the greatest country in the world again, and O’Donnell had to leave her home fearing some make-believe threat he poses.
You know what they say, Rosie: If you can't say something funny, don't say nothing at all.
A director synonymous with New York is having a hard time making films there now.
Woody Allen’s 51st feature is set to start shooting this October in Madrid. The Oscar winner hasn’t shared much about the project, but we know that local officials are helping defray the film’s $12 million budget.
So why not the Big Apple? It’s complicated. First, Hollywood unofficially cut bait with Allen during the #MeToo movement. Suddenly, the industry took the disturbing allegations against the filmmaker seriously. He had previously been accused of molesting his daughter Dylan Farrow, but Hollywood looked the other way until it became uncomfortable to do so.
Plus, U.S. investors aren’t as keen on backing his low-budget, low-ROI stories anymore, let alone support a star with a murky past.
Then again, maybe the Jewish filmmaker is better off in Madrid, not the Big Apple. Does he really want to shoot a movie in Zohran Mamdani’s New York?
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Another day, another celebrity plays the race card. But does this actor have a point?
Yahya Abdul-Mateen II snagged an Emmy nomination for playing the obscure Marvel Comics hero Wonder Man in the Disney+ show of the same name. The series earned a quick second season greenlight before the Mouse House said, “Psych!” and canceled it.
Now the actor is suggesting to Vanity Fair that Marvel has a racism problem. Maybe. Sort of. Hey, he’s just asking questions.
His proof? He brought up not just his show, which co-starred Ben Kingsley and race-swapped his character from the comics, but another doomed MCU affair.
Remember the multiyear effort to reboot the “Blade” franchise, formerly featuring Wesley Snipes? The studio hired the uber-talented Mahershala Ali as the titular vampire before multiple attempts to launch the film failed. Says Abdul-Mateen:
I think the optics are obvious. If I’m a big business, if I’m Disney, if I’m Marvel, I don’t want to be attached to these optics. So it should be a priority to change that narrative and to do what it takes to responsibly change that narrative with quality stories, with quality resources.
It never hurts to play the race card in Hollywood, and you don’t have to have an open-and-shut case for it. The star ignores the hyper-successful “Black Panther” series, which will get a third installment soon. It also downplays Marvel’s attempt to have Anthony Mackie, who is black, take over for Chris Evans as Captain America.
That film, “Captain America: Brave New World,” didn’t make as much as most big MCU projects.
If this were the peak woke era, “Wonder Man” might be suddenly “uncanceled” after his comments. As is, Abdul-Mateen’s best chance for revenge is holding an Emmy trophy high on Sept. 14 ...
Mick Jagger famously sang, “What a drag it is getting old,” on “Mother’s Little Helper.”
The irony? Jagger is 83 and looks in remarkably good shape. His rock peers? Not so much. Rod Stewart, 81, just pulled the plug on his troubled 2026 tour after receiving a coronary stent.
Lionel Richie couldn’t dance on a ceiling, or elsewhere, in the early stages of his current tour. Health issues have plagued the veteran star, now 77. And then there’s poor Frank Beard. The drummer for legendary ZZ Top just passed away at 77.
Dolly Parton is still with us, but the 80-year-old legend just took a step back from the spotlight after feeling a little “swimmy-headed.” Don’t do this to us, 2026. We’re warning you.
When the vultures came for comedian Tony Hinchcliffe, they thought there was a lot of meat on the bone.
Circling from above, media watchdogs and political operatives thought they had him, and Trump, dead to rights.
'We'll change the narrative.'
But they forgot something.
It was October 27, 2024, when Hinchcliffe appeared at Donald Trump's campaign rally at Madison Square Garden. Jokes about Puerto Rico being a floating pile of garbage were deemed racist and insulting.
For weeks, the joke police wanted voters to believe that Hinchcliffe is a monster whose ethos is a direct descendent to Trump and his then-possibly incoming administration.
Fast-forward two years and Hinchcliffe was in the crosshairs again for his roast jokes, this time at a literal roast. Jokes about George Floyd during the roast of Kevin Hart were deemed as "not even a joke" by Wanda Sykes, while Floyd's foundation labeled Hinchcliffe a "racist comedian" in a series of insulting statements.
There's a problem with these accusations though. There was a lot of footage they forgot to erase.
Despite constant backlash in the media, Hinchcliffe has always refused to back down, punch after punch, year after year. Perhaps the reason is because Hinchcliffe knows he has the tapes to back himself up.
December 10, 2016, 10:00 p.m.: The "Snoop Dogg Smokeout" airs, ironically, a month before Trump takes office for the first time.
Snoop Dogg, Mike Epps, Terry Crews, LL Cool J, and ... Tony Hinchcliffe.
In front of what Snoop described as an "all-black crowd," Tony did what Tony does.
"Hello everybody, you're all under arrest," Hinchcliffe began.
Soon, the then-32-year-old told comedian Luenell she looks like she needed "two seats on the Underground Railroad."
This was followed by Hinchcliffe saying comedian Michael Blackson had his makeup done with a "charcoal briquette" and that Snoop's estranged kids would love to smoke weed with him if they ever met.
No one was offended; in fact, other comedians were literally falling out of their chairs as audience members waved towels and screamed.
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Snoop was the most impressed. Within the year, he had Hinchcliffe on his own podcast to reveal what today would be highly controversial news: The allegedly racist comedian was writing a movie for one of the most iconic rappers of all time.
In more forgotten footage, Snoop spoke more about his friendship with the Ohio comedian years later on "The Joe Rogan Experience."
"He's the s**t," Snoop said about Hinchcliffe.
Airing just four months before the MSG debacle, host Joe Rogan said he was ready to go all-out in support of Hinchcliffe's career. Snoop and Rogan went back and forth praising Tony, declaring him to be one of the best roast comedians of all time.
Snoop then directly addressed Hinchcliffe's racial comedy at his own roast, saying, "I seen him at an all-black [show] with an all-black crowd steal the f**king show."
Rogan said he had "all his chips in" on Hinchcliffe as the two contemplated how to make him a star. Spitballing ideas, the duo came up with show ideas for Hinchcliffe, with Snoop himself saying that a roast battle format mixed with musical performances could force a monumental shift in pop culture.
"It would make the sensitive people, to comedy, be nonsensitive because now you have two comedians talking s**t about each other."
The audience couldn't possibly be sensitive to jokes after seeing that, Snoop asserted.
"We'll change the narrative," Snoop said. "That's my guy."
The media illusion isn't strong enough to convince most audience members or comedians that Tony is racist. That includes Kevin Hart, who was the butt of many of the allegedly harmful jokes months ago.
Hart has explained that he was never actually offended by the roast jokes, saying he is always going to "appreciate humor," even when the humor is about him being "on a slave ship in a bottle."
Even through-and-through Democrat supporter Jon Stewart defended Hinchcliffe through the ordeal.
It's not likely that anyone short of Chelsea Handler will think of Hinchcliffe as a "racist comedian," when in proximity of him, it's actually difficult to do so.
Hinchcliffe's wildly popular "Kill Tony" show features an all-Mexican horn section, a Mexican drummer, a blind black guitarist, and a black keyboardist. A lot of the show's most popular regulars are definitively not white, so are some of his closest comedian friends.
If these associations still aren't enough to convince progressives, Hinchcliffe's answer is simple:
"I apologize to absolutely nobody. Not to the Puerto Ricans, not to the whites, not to the blacks, not to the Palestinians, not to the Jews, and not to my own mother, who I made fun of during the set."
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Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts ordered Friday that the Trump administration could restart construction on the White House ballroom.
The National Trust for Historic Preservation had filed the lawsuit to stop the ballroom on the basis that it violated environmental laws and other restrictions on construction at the nation's capital.
'They are trying to stop one that is vital to our National Security, and the Safety of all Presidents of the United States, both current and future, their families, staff, and Cabinet members.'
Construction had been blocked by an injunction from the D.C. District Court, but Roberts issued a temporary administrative stay of the injunction, allowing construction to continue, "pending further order of the Chief Justice or of the Court."
However, the chief justice did not opine on the legality of the construction.
President Donald Trump has argued that the construction of the ballroom is necessary for security reasons after the assassination attempt in April at the White House Correspondents' Dinner.
Solicitor General D. John Sauer wrote in his petition to the justices that the ballroom was "vitally required by national security" and called the injunction "extraordinary and unlawful."
He went on to call for an end to the injunction "for the sake of the president's safety, the continuity of government, and the separation of powers."
Originally the administration said the $400 million price tag for the ballroom addition would be completely privately funded, but it has since asked for public funds after the cost ballooned to at least $600 million.
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About $352 million in taxpayer dollars was funneled to the project through Trump's One Big Beautiful Bill Act.
The president had blasted the members of the National Trust for Historic Preservation in a post on Truth Social a week ago after they were able to obtain the injunction.
"They are very bad for our Country. They stop many projects that are worthy, and hurt many others. In this case, they are trying to stop one that is vital to our National Security, and the Safety of all Presidents of the United States, both current and future, their families, staff, and Cabinet members."
He also called them "TREASONISTS" for filing a lawsuit against the military complex.
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Singer Ariana Grande is probably tired of repeating herself.
On one hand, the singer has every right to do what she's doing, but her added commentary in recent days is sure to puzzle a lot of people, even her fans.
'Your truth is false.'
After having a spat with the Trump administration in June over the use of her music, the 33-year-old singer is back on the offensive over a post on Team Trump's massive TikTok page that has 14 million followers.
A nine-second video of President Trump shows him taking the stage at a rally with Grande's 2024 song "we can't be friends" playing in the background.
In response, Grande took to the comment section and wrote, "Never use my music again."
The fair point resulted in the audio on the clip being muted, but it was Grande's response to the text on the video that showed her obscure stance on one issue.
The words on-screen read the following: "Me and my truth we sit in silence… Men can't have babies and should never compete in women's sports."
"Me and my truth we sit in silence" are lyrics from Grande's song.
Grande apparently didn't agree with the video's caption, either, which stated, "This shouldn't be controversial."
In her comment, the singer stated, "Also, your truth is false."
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Grande's apparent position is actually at odds with the overwhelming majority of Americans, who, in poll after poll, state they are not okay with men being in women's sports, even when they identify as women.
Pew Research's most recent number is 73%, while Napolitan News Services' responses were 63% "no."
The National News Desk had an unscientific poll in August with 96% of more than 30,000 votes choosing "no."
As well, a New York Times poll from early 2025 had the number at 79%, and a Center Square Voters' Voice Poll had 67% in 2023.
There's also no telling how many people are replying "yes" on these polls out of a desire to see what happens if a male basketball player is allowed to play in the WNBA, for example.
Grande will continue to be at odds with the executive office so long as the administration uses her music, but she has been taking these opportunities to voice her political opinions at the same time.
In June, Grande flexed her immigration acumen when her 2024 song "bye" was used in a White House social media video promoting arrests being made by Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
"Please do not ever use my music in relation to this barbaric, inhumane, heinous nonsense. f**k ice," she wrote.
Grande sported an "ICE OUT" pin at an event months earlier, too.
The White House responded at the time. "We'll say this one last time: What's actually barbaric, inhumane, and heinous are the criminal illegal aliens who have injured and murdered innocent American citizens," spokeswoman Abigail Jackson said.
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Earlier this month, Kamala Harris made an appearance on Stacey Abrams' podcast “Assembly Required,” where they discussed the Democratic Party’s future, redistricting in the South, voter ID debates, and opposing what they framed as Trump’s authoritarian agenda.
In their conversation about citizenship and who counts as a “legitimate” American, Harris deployed a predictable Nazi analogy.
“Part of the pain of this moment, Stacey, is these so-called leaders who are pushing this kind of narrative about who is a legitimate American citizen among American citizens. This blood-and-soil narrative that’s being pushed at the highest levels of our government to suggest that, you know, once again to hearken back to times when it was explicit that there was a hierarchy among Americans and who was superior and who was inferior — all citizens,” the failed 2024 nominee said.
“That’s what’s happening right now,” she added.
“I follow politics quite a bit, and I've not heard anyone talking about blood-and-soil Americans,” says BlazeTV host Pat Gray.
“I have heard the guy that used to be her boss talk about the blood of liberty,” adds co-host Jeffy, referring to Joe Biden’s dismissal of Thomas Jefferson’s line about the tree of liberty being watered with the blood of patriots as “a bunch of crap.”
Pat believes Harris must “babble about something” because “she’s getting no love from Democrats right now.”
“I don't know why, with such, you know, insightful thoughts like that,” laughs Jeffy.
To hear more of the panel’s commentary and see Harris’ clip, watch the episode above.
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