Cardi B must have some weird fans.

The singer responsible for the hit we can’t even begin to name here took her turn blasting Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents during a recent concert performance. Yawn.

You will pick a side ... and it better be the one we want.

To her credit, Ms. B took her progressive rhetoric up a notch or three. Even AOC might be proud!

“B***h! If ICE comes in here, we gon’ jump they asses ... I’ve got some bear mace in the back! They ain’t taking my fans, b***h!”

And when Homeland Security mocked her outburst, she broke out the left’s weakest talking point.

“Why y’all don’t wanna talk about the Epstein files?”

Let’s hope she never faces any of the violent criminals caught up in ICE’s net. We’re guessing mace might not be enough to stop them from thanking her for her support ...

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AI A-listers

It’s Brad Pitt versus Tom Cruise in the battle of the 60-something superstars. And it’s all thanks to Seedance 2’s new AI technology.

A viral video of the stars’ digital doppelgangers caused a stir on social media this week. The Chinese AI company’s visuals are impressive, far less awkward than some digital clips we’ve seen.

There’s no blood spilled as the Hollywood heavyweights duke it out. But not everyone was tickled to watch the faux fight. The Motion Picture Association quickly cried foul, calling the China-based company’s video a massive copyright infringement.

The creator of the video, an Irish filmmaker named Ruairi Robinson, said it took all of two lines of text to prompt the video into life. He added a darkly humorous response after the understandable backlash commenced.

“Today’s question is: should i be killed for typing 2 lines and pressing a button.”

Here’s betting some Hollywood suits didn’t find it remotely funny ...

Monkee business

He’s the last Monkee standing.

Micky Dolenz is back on tour this year to honor his band’s 60th anniversary. Yes, the ad seeking "4 insane boys, ages 17 to 21" to star in a Beatles-esque sitcom launched a quartet that has yet to wear out its welcome.

“The Monkees” only lasted two seasons, but the “pre-Fab Four’s” pop gems endure. And Dolenz isn’t ready to pull an ego trip at this stage in his career. If you want the hits, you’ll get ‘em.

"I'd been to some very disappointing shows where the headliner doesn’t do anything except maybe one big hit.”

"If I ever do go back and am asked to sing [the Monkees'] songs, I’m going to make sure I sing every one in their entirety, no medleys and no screwing around.”

He should have said, “no Monkeeing around,” but he might be tired of that pun after six decades ...

Wim and vigor

You will pick a side ... and it better be the one we want. Remember how the press bullied both Taylor Swift and Jimmy Fallon into getting political after years of nonpartisan stances?

That mantra is part and parcel of the Hollywood ecosystem in 2026. ICE? Nazis! Trump? Hitler 2.0! Voter ID laws? Jim Crow 2.0!

And the granddaddy of them all — the endless Israeli/Palestinian conflict? It’s a genocide!

Except Wim Wenders didn’t read the approved talking points. The veteran director got pressed by a journalist at the Berlin Film Festival on that intractable conflict and the festival’s lack of an official position or statement on the subject.

The celebrated director said, and we paraphrase, no dice.

“We are the counterweight of politics. We are the opposite of politics. We have to do the work of people, not the work of politicians. If we make movies that are dedicatedly political, we enter the field of politics. No movie has really changed any politician’s idea, but you can change people’s idea of how they should live.”

How long before Wenders is dubbed Hitler 3.0 by the left or the media (but we repeat ourselves)?

Be like Kevin

Kevin James didn’t bring his new rom-com, “Solo Mio,” to the Berlin Film Festival. He still took a page from the Wenders playbook.

If you want to know who he voted for in the last election, good luck.

“Politically, for me to speak on it, there are experts who know much more than I do,” James says. “I’m just focusing on what I can do, delivering a fun, heartfelt break from the craziness of the world. Everybody carries themselves around all day long with a lot of stress. It’s necessary in some ways, but you also need a break.”

Call him the anti-Mark Ruffalo. Or to be blunt, downright refreshing.

'I wasn't invited to those parties': Kelsey Grammer mocks woke Hollywood hypocrisy

You don't need to be a former prince of Denmark to play Hamlet, actor Kelsey Grammer recently explained.

The "Cheers" and "Frasier" star pushed back against a growing trend in acting — particularly in theater — that insists performers should only play roles that directly reflect their own lived experience. Taken to its logical conclusion, Grammer argued, the idea is both limiting and absurd.

'So, unfortunately, there will be no more acting careers. ... Because you'll just play who you are.'

Grammer was addressing the claim that certain characters — "trans" people, for example — should only be played by actors who share those identities. Speaking on "The Megyn Kelly Show," he questioned where such rules would end.

"How many straight men do we have to have in the theater to allow us to have straight relationships?" Grammer asked.

Make believe

He pointed out the inconsistency of the standard. Theater has always relied on performers playing roles that don't mirror their personal lives: Unmarried actors routinely portray married couples without controversy.

"In the world of the play, a man and a woman are married," he said. "A lot of people doing those roles — that's not the case, but it is acting. We've now entered a world where people say you have to be the person in order to play the person."

"So, unfortunately, there will be no more acting careers," he said. "Because you'll just play who you are."

Grammer reminded his colleagues that acting has always depended on imagination. None of today's performers lived in the 1800s, nor have they been wounded by a poisoned sword — yet actors still line up to play Shakespeare's tragic prince.

"They all want to play Hamlet," he said.

Manufactured outrage

Turning to Hollywood more broadly, the 70-year-old actor also addressed what he sees as the failures of woke ideology in politics and the media.

"The woke thing is really a manufactured outrage that has been used as a lever for political change — when ... it probably doesn't have the teeth for that," Grammer told Kelly.

The movement's lack of credibility, he suggested, ultimately limits its influence. "It probably doesn't have the chops to make it all the way to, 'Oh, we have to define our lives by this,'" Grammer said.

Grammer's disconnect from Hollywood, he added, extends beyond politics.

Party pooper

"I wasn't invited to those parties. Oh, I'm glad I wasn't," he told the host.

While it was not immediately clear what kinds of parties he meant, Kelly allowed him to continue.

"A few years ago, I was on a flight with a fairly famous actor who shared some stuff with me," Grammer said. "And I thought, 'Holy moly — this actually goes on in Hollywood.' And he was a participant and a fairly knowledgeable fellow. And I thought, 'My goodness, I really dodged a bullet there.'"

Kelly interjected to ask whether he meant "sex stuff or drug stuff."

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"Sex ... just all of it. All the stuff," Grammer replied.

Despite being out of step with many of his Hollywood peers, Grammer has long been open about his views. Kelly noted that her production team had uncovered a clip from a 2012 appearance on "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno," in which Grammer described himself to the audience as an "out Republican."

That stance wasn't new. Born in the U.S. Virgin Islands, Grammer had been defending right-leaning views even earlier. In 2011, he defended the Tea Party during a CNN appearance opposite host Piers Morgan. While he said he didn't agree with the movement on everything — describing himself as more libertarian on issues like gay marriage — he added that he found none of its views egregious.

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The real villains aren’t in the movies. They’re looting America’s welfare system.

Somali pirates. Dead people “billing” taxpayers. Foreign terror networks thriving on Medicaid scams. Hackers stealing identities to collect benefits.

That lineup sounds like an over-the-top Hollywood heist movie. Americans now read versions of it on the front page.

Americans should treat this caper as a wake-up call. Elected leaders should treat it as an emergency.

Federal prosecutors charged 78 Somali immigrants with allegedly stealing more than $1 billion from taxpayers. National outlets noticed, including the see-no-immigrant-evil New York Times. Prosecutors also say suspected Medicaid fraud in Minnesota may top $9 billion, with new allegations and evidence surfacing by the day.

Hollywood can’t compete with numbers like that. In “Die Hard,” the crooks chased $640 million. Danny Ocean’s crew in “Ocean’s 11” made off with a mere $160 million. Minnesota’s real-life scammers allegedly went after far more, and they exploited programs meant to help the vulnerable.

Americans should treat this caper as a wake-up call. Elected leaders should treat it as an emergency: Prosecute the thieves, close the loopholes, and change the incentives that let fraudsters treat public benefits like an ATM.

For perspective, the fraud under investigation approaches the size of Somalia’s entire government budget and equals roughly 12% of Somalia’s economy, based on recent estimates. Minnesota’s Somali population equals about 0.5% of Somalia’s population and about 2.5% of the Twin Cities metro. Yet prosecutors say a small number of people allegedly moved sums that rival major industries back home.

Worse, investigators say some stolen money went overseas. In the Feeding Our Future case and related investigations, federal prosecutors have alleged that some proceeds flowed to al-Shabaab, a terrorist group the United States has targeted for years. If those allegations hold, taxpayers didn’t just fund fraud. They helped bankroll an enemy.

Minnesota’s scandal also exposes a national contradiction. Washington wages war abroad, welcomes refugees at home, and writes checks through the same federal programs that criminals can exploit — while the national debt nears $39 trillion.

Minnesota’s political class added its own layer of absurdity. Rep. Ilhan Omar (D) built a profitable career calling America racist. Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey (D) delivered his re-election victory speech in Somali just days before the scope of these cases made headlines. Symbolic gestures came easy. Basic oversight did not.

Gov. Tim Walz (D) still owes voters answers. Did incompetence drive this disaster, or did indifference do the work? Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem argues both played a role. Reports now suggest state employees blew the whistle years ago about lax controls and sloppy management. Voters heard little of it when elections still hung in the balance.

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Walz reportedly knew about major fraud risks as early as 2020. His administration later resumed funding after recipients sued, accusing the state of racism. The Walz administration also handed an “outstanding refugee award” in 2021 to a woman now charged in connection with fraud — facts that undercut today’s alibis.

Federal investigators deserve credit. The Departments of Justice and Treasury have pursued these cases aggressively. House Oversight Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) has opened another congressional probe. Prosecutions matter, but prevention matters more.

A new law President Trump signed this summer aims to make fraud more difficult to pull off. It requires states to recheck eligibility for able-bodied adults on Medicaid every six months instead of annually. For the first time, it also forces states to absorb more of the cost when they let fraud run rampant.

Those reforms should move quickly from paper to practice. States, red and blue, should implement them immediately. Fraudsters thrive on delay, confusion, and political excuses.

Taxpayer fraud deserves full prosecution. Political leaders who enable it deserve accountability too — whether they turned a blind eye, ignored whistleblowers, or refused to enforce the law. Every state in the Union should move now, or Minnesota’s scandal will spread.

Jelly Roll inspires the world: Preaches gospel right to Hollywood’s face

Hollywood celebrities love nothing more than lecturing everyday Americans on morality, politics, and how we should live — but of course, their hypocrisy is hard to ignore.

“We’ve got all the hypocrisy in the world coming from Hollywood. These are not our moral exemplars, and they really don’t have as much influence over our elections as they think they do,” BlazeTV host Allie Beth Stuckey says.

“Thank the Lord. Otherwise, Donald Trump wouldn’t have won in 2016. He wouldn’t have won in 2024. So, we can continue to highlight their hypocrisy just as a good reminder that we shouldn’t be looking to them in any way,” she continues, noting that there are some exceptions — like Jelly Roll’s recent Grammys speech about Jesus Christ.

“There was a time in my life, y’all, that I was broken. That’s why I wrote this album. I didn’t think I had a chance, y’all. There was days that I thought the darkest things. I was a horrible human. There was a moment in my life that all I had was a Bible this big and a radio the same size in a 6-by-8-foot cell,” he said at the Grammys.

“And I believed that those two things could change my life. I believed that music had the power to change my life, and God had the power to change my life. And I want to tell y’all right now, Jesus is for everybody. Jesus is not owned by one political party. Jesus is not owned by no music label. Jesus is Jesus, and anybody can have a relationship with him. I love you, Lord,” he continued.

“Yes and amen,” Stuckey responds. “That is absolutely true. Love people giving glory to God in moments like that instead of saying stupid things about politics.”

“There’s no better news than the news that Jelly Roll just told us of the gospel,” she adds.

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Billie's 'stolen land' shtick falls on deaf ears

Talk about retro!

Pop star Billie Eilish accepted her "Best Song" Grammy Sunday night with a speech guaranteed to slay ... six years ago.

Add Jamie Lee Curtis to the list of liberals who say every Trump move is meant to distract us from the Epstein files.

In 2026? Even Iron Eyes Cody would have cringed at her “we’re living on stolen land” shtick.

Bummer Billie wasn't all gloom and doom, admitting that "I feel really hopeful in this room" and that "our voices really do matter."

We're hopeful, too, young lady!

In a heartening display of unity, middle-of-the-road publications like Newsweek, Parade magazine, and even liberal geek forum ScreenRant joined the usual conservative outlets in skewering Eilish's hypocrisy.

It seems the "Wildflower" singer's $3 million Glendale mansion sits on the Tongva tribe's ancestral land. They made their voices heard too, by the way, offering Eilish a satirical "eviction" notice.

Virtue-signaling sure ain't what it used to be!

View's clues

“The View” may actually be watchable, at least for a week.

The show has avoided adding a real conservative to its panel following Meghan McCain’s 2021 departure. McCain loathed President Donald Trump, but she held her fellow panelists’ feet to the fire. She even did her research, something that can rarely be said about her colleagues.

It’s been a one-sided jamboree ever since, with faux conservative Alyssa Farah Griffin fumbling as the show’s token Republican.

Enter Savannah Chrisley, an openly pro-MAGA pundit. She’ll be filling in for Griffin during the co-host’s maternity leave for one week, starting February 16.

This might be a trial balloon to see if actual debate can exist on the conspiracy-theory-addled show. Or the producers want to see if Joy and Co. can cross-talk Chrisley so aggressively that no Trump-friendly female will follow in her high heels …

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Spitting image

That “Exorcist” reboot proved to be one of 2023’s biggest duds. Whose bright idea was it to take pea soup off the menu anyway?

At least Universal — which paid $400 million for the rights to the iconic IP back in 2021 — appears to have learned from its mistakes. The studio has scrapped plans for a trilogy in favor of a fresh start. A new "Exorcist" film, helmed by horror vet Mike Flanagan (“The Haunting of Hill House,” “Doctor Sleep”), is slated to hit theaters in 2027.

Did we mention it has four Oscar nominees in the cast? Scarlett Johansson. Laurence Fishburne. Chiwetel Ejiofor. Diane Lane. Let's hope that's enough star power to compel audiences to show up — and keep the franchise out of development hell.

File-philes

They must all have the same script in hand. It’s the only explanation.

Add Jamie Lee Curtis to the list of liberals who say every Trump move is meant to distract us from the Epstein files. Because, as we all know, President Joe Biden knew Trump was part of Jeffrey Epstein’s child sex ring but was too polite to share that information.

To quote Dr. Evil, “Riiiiiiiiight.”

The Oscar winner slammed ICE this week, adding the obligatory Epstein reference for good measure.

“It is inhuman the way this administration is treating its citizens and its constituents and people in need. It’s an abhorrence what they’re doing. The ICE situation is out of control. It’s simply a distraction so that we don’t pay attention to the Epstein files.”

So far, there’s nothing in said files to implicate Trump. Maybe the Mueller probe will get to the bottom of this …

Shabusted

Shaboozey is learning one lesson the hard way: You can never, ever be woke enough.

The “Bar Song (Tipsy)” singer joined the anti-ICE chorus at Sunday’s Grammy awards, expecting a flood of positive press. And that’s when the trouble began for him.

“Immigrants built this country,” he said, hoisting his Grammy aloft. “So this is for them, for all children of immigrants.”

Stunningbrave! (Or is it bravestunning?) Not so fast.

A chorus of social media scolds attacked him for leaving black Americans out of his “built this country” shtick. Rather than risk a woke cancellation, he served up a mewling apology on his Instagram account.

“To be clear, I know and believe that we — black people, have also built this country. … My words were never intended to dismiss that truth.”

Who knows? Maybe he’ll write the first country song about being canceled and drowning his sorrows in a double shot of whiskey.

Polyamorous refugee Klingons: New 'Star Trek' writer makes 'three-parent household' a priority

Klingons are no longer proud warriors.

In a recent interview, a co-writer for the newest "Star Trek" television adventure, "Starfleet Academy," revealed just how important it was to include gay lifestyles in the new series.

'There are so many refugees at any given time in the world.'

Noga Landau gave an interview with Polygon about the latest episode of the show, which was positioned as redefining "what it means to be a Klingon warrior."

While the Fandom page for "Star Trek" defines Klingons as a warrior species and a "proud, tradition-bound people who valued honor and combat," Landau has not only blessed Trekkers with strange take on the lore but has completely turned it inside out.

Refugee soldiers

First, Landau remarked on the importance of citing the Klingons as refugees. This is not too far-fetched given that the species has faced extinction, but Landau said it was a key aspect to include in the storyline.

"There are so many refugees at any given time in the world. It is a part of the human condition," she told Polygon. "We feel that on a show like 'Starfleet Academy,'it's important to tell that story."

Photo by Taylor Hill/FilmMagic

In episode four, "Vox in Excelso," Klingon Jay-Den Kraag not only rejects his people's tradition of hunting (he prefers medicine), but he is a pacifist who has a fear of public speaking.

Three-for-all

Landau did not stop there, though, and while Kraag's decisions to reject his culture indeed upset his parents, it has also been revealed that he comes from a polyamorous household: two fathers and one mother.

"There are a lot of folks alive in the world right now, and there always have been, who have three parents," Landau bizarrely claimed. "We put our heads together when we were [writing] the episode, and we said, 'There are going to be people in our audience who've never seen their kind of family before on screen, so why don't we do that?' Klingons are fun. They seem like the sort of people who wouldn't hold back from having a three-parent household."

Final frontiers

As Align previously reported, the Klingon played by actor Karim Diane will reportedly have his sexuality "explored."

"He doesn't like to battle. He wants to love people and heal people and save people," Diane recently said about the character. "He goes to Starfleet Academy, makes a ton of friends, and they help him be OK with who he is."

Fans have also shared screenshots of the Klingon being caressed by a male, human character, who is allegedly "nonbinary."

This is not a fresh angle for "Star Trek" lore, however. In 2022, "Star Trek: Strange New Worlds" reportedly introduced a nonbinary doctor played by Jesse James Keitel, an actor who believes he is female.

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Sydney Sweeney spurns Cosmo girl's desperate 'MAGA Barbie' bait

Feminist glossy "Cosmopolitian" could use a reminder: No means no.

When it comes to the media's attempts to use Sydney Sweeney as a political pawn, the star has made it clear that she does not consent.

'I've never been here to talk about politics.'

From claims that a jeans ad is a product of white supremacy to outrage over her use of a firearm, the 28-year-old is asked by reporters to reveal her politics nearly every time she is put in front of a camera.

And every time, she refuses.

Private parts

That didn't stop a pushy writer from Cosmopolitan — single gal lifestyle mag turned leftist propaganda organ — from doing her best to wear Sweeney down.

After discussing body image and Sweeney's new lingerie line, writer Alexandra Whittaker took an abrupt turn toward politics by bringing up what she called the star's "charged nickname": MAGA Barbie.

"I see it in Instagram comments constantly. How do you understand this label, given that you've been private about your politics?" Whittaker asked.

"I've never been here to talk about politics," Sweeney plainly replied. "I've always been here to make art, so this is just not a conversation I want to be at the forefront of. And I think because of that, people want to take it even further and use me as their own pawn. But it's somebody else assigning something to me, and I can't control that."

Party lines

The reporter then asked why Sweeney would not want to correct any untrue labels.

"Where is the line for you?"

"I haven't figured it out. I'm not a hateful person. If I say, 'That's not true,' they'll come at me like, 'You're just saying that to look better.' There's no winning. There's never any winning. I just have to continue being who I am, because I know who I am. I can't make everyone love me. I know what I stand for."

Trying a different angle, Whittaker — executive director of Cosmopolitan's website — asked Sweeney to define some of her values, "not party affiliations," that she wants people to understand.

Sweeney simply described leading with "love" and being "kind to whoever you meet."

American ogle

Despite Sweeney's clear lack of interest, the reporter kept on pressing, asking Sweeney about not talking about politics and if she ever will.

"You don't speak to your fans directly about your political beliefs. ... Is there a future in which people will get to see what you believe, politically?"

The Spokane, Washington, native completely shut the idea down.

"No. I'm not a political person. I'm in the arts. I'm not here to speak on politics. That's not an area I've ever even imagined getting into. It's not why I became who I am."

Readers will have to check out the full interview to see other attempts to discuss the "culture war" and separate online narratives that Sweeney is asked to answer to.

The actress was consistent in saying she does not have any control over what others print, say, or claim about her for their own gain.

"It's been a weird thing having to navigate and digest, because it's not me. None of it is me. And I'm having to watch it happen. I'm online and I see things, but I'm slowly pulling myself away," she explained.

BOSS BABY: Springsteen hops on anti-ICE bandwagon

We’re still waiting for Bruce Springsteen to write a song about Laken Riley, the nursing student murdered by an illegal immigrant. We didn’t even get a Boss-worthy anthem about Iranians being slaughtered by their government for simply wanting freedom from oppression.

Until then, we’ve got “Streets of Minneapolis” (subtle), yet another anti-ICE screed from yet another celebrity who would prefer rapists, drug dealers, and murderers not be deported.

Coming in 2027, the reboot no one asked for: Jimmy Kimmel stars in 'The Woman Show' featuring the cast of 'The View.'

“There were bloody footprints / Where mercy should have stood / And two dead left to die on snow-filled streets / Alex Pretti and Renee Good.”

The good news? Your average Springsteen concert ticket is so expensive now that most of us will never even have to hear the whole song ...

LA lawless

“Escape from L.A.” was the inferior sequel to “Escape from New York.” In real life, though, both scenarios are shockingly real.

The exodus of Big Apple denizens was well under way before New York elected Zohran Mamdani as its next mayor. Now the Democratic Socialist is promising even higher taxes on the wealthy.

"It's a bold strategy, Mr. Mayor. Let's see if it pays off for you!"

And of course, more stars are leaving the City of Angels as living conditions continue to tank.

Comic actor Dana Carvey admitted as much on Bill Maher’s “Club Random” podcast. Now it’s Joe Manganiello’s turn. The “Magic Mike” alum and his fiancée have fled Los Angeles, citing safety issues.

“The crime in Los Angeles is at an all-time high,” Caitlin O’Connor told Fox News. Adding insult to injury, the actress said since L.A. film and TV production is slip-sliding away, there’s even less reason to call the city home.

It’ll be wild when Hollywood remakes “Escape from L.A.” and shoots the film in Vancouver ...

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Hawke tuah

Ethan Hawke is a great actor. How do we know? He’s been tackling a variety of roles for decades, keeping busy in a hotly competitive field. He just snagged a Best Actor nomination for his 2025 film “Blue Moon.”

Plus he can utter nonsense like the following with a straight face.

“I never felt scared about what I was going to say until the last couple years. Where I feel like, ‘Oh, you have to be careful.' Or, or what? I don’t know, but there’s a kind of fear in the air that I’ve never felt before — and it’s not America.”

He said this to a journalist in a public forum where it will be shared many times over by competing press outlets. Nothing will happen to him beyond free publicity and a few dozen “right-ons” from his progressive peers on the next movie set he visits.

To quote a classic Jon Lovitz character — “Acting!”

Tears of a clown

Get Jimmy some Gatorade, stat!

Jimmy Kimmel delivered the water works again earlier this week. The “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” host decried President Donald Trump and ICE in his latest rant, one bereft of actual comedy, and bawled in the process.

Twice.

Coming in 2027, the reboot no one asked for: Kimmel stars in “The Woman Show” featuring the cast of “The View” ...

Colbert countdown

Speak for yourself, Stephen.

The soon-to-be-unemployed host of “The Late Show” dropped by “Late Night with Seth Meyers” this week. The topic, what else, was Colbert’s exit from late-night TV.

Turns out the propagandist is going to miss making millions for pushing clapter to his CBS audience.

"It feels real now," he said. "I'm not thrilled with it."

He may be sore, but anyone who grew up watching Letterman, Carson, or Leno are counting down the days until Colbert exits stage far, far left ...

Hate it or love it

Talk about an odd couple.

Rap superstar Nicki Minaj is all in on Trump. The two met recently to promote the president’s $1,000 tax-advantaged investment accounts program. The musician promoted President Trump late last year when he brought attention to Christians being slaughtered for their views in Nigeria.

She’s officially on team Trump now.

“The hate, or what people have to say, it does not affect me at all. It actually motivates me to support him more.”

She’s about to get plenty of motivation in short order.

'They can't take us all down': Actor Giancarlo Esposito declares it's 'time for a revolution' in unhinged rant

"Breaking Bad" actor Giancarlo Esposito has a message for old white men: If you want civil war, you might just get it.

The 67-year-old told a reporter at the Sundance Film Festival that it is "time for a revolution" and that the powers that be "don't even know that's what they're starting."

'They'll kill 500, 50 million, however [many], but the rest of us would survive with a new [world].'

Esposito, who has also starred in "The Mandalorian" and "Better Call Saul," elaborated on his theory at the premiere of his latest project on Tuesday in Park City, Utah.

Fring-a-ling

"You know, some very rich old white men are exerting their power to suppress our own people, thus creating a feeling of civil war in the streets, preparing the haters to hate, teaching them how to shoot — they're not even trained right — to kill," he explained. "This is all preparation for a very insidious problem that's happening in our world."

Esposito then told a reporter from Variety that while tens of millions may die from a revolution, the rest would get to live on in the new world.

Collateral damage

"I have to speak out that we will not be ICE'd out," the actor continued. "This is not going to happen. They can't take us all down. If the whole world showed up on Putin's doorstep or on the Iranians' doorstep or in Washington, it would stop [them]. They'll kill 500, 50 million, however [many], but the rest of us would survive with a new [world]."

The TV actor went on to say that the unnamed forces don't know what the revolution is that they are starting, but "we have to be strong enough to know that we can change the world. We have to change it from within."

"Not by deporting immigrants" and "not by killing off brown ... people," the actor stressed.

Photo by Frederick M. Brown/Getty Images

Talk show

This year's Sundance has seen the "premiere" of many celebrity political opinions. Edward Norton, for example, wowed audiences by comparing Immigration and Customs Enforcement to Nazi gestapo.

Not to be upstaged, actress Natalie Portman told Deadline that what the Trump administration is doing is "really the worst of the worst of humanity," while actor Elijah Wood of "Lord of the Rings" fame showed up for a 10-minute demonstration on Main Street to protest ICE with cell phones.

Wood said "folks" had been "unlawfully gunned down in Minnesota" and that the crowd at Sundance is "coming together" and is not divided.

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Ding-dong Colbert's crude ICE joke leaves us cold

It's bad enough that when Stephen Colbert’s “The Late Show" ends in May, democracy will die. But we'll also lose one of our nation's finest joke-smiths.

Case in point? Colbert’s latest riff on ICE agents enforcing the law in Minnesota.

Whenever a woke movie or TV show gets blitzed by fans, the legacy media rushes to blame 'review bombing' as the culprit. It’s never the show’s fault, mind you.

The far-left comic noted the chilly temperatures facing Minneapolis residents this weekend, impacting both protesters and law enforcement agents. That’s a modicum of good news regarding the latter, Colbert crowed.

“This weekend, temperatures in Minneapolis are expected to plunge to around zero degrees, which could hinder the Trump administration's continuing immigration crackdown. ... I mean this with respect: I hope their dongs freeze and snap off. Like a graham cracker.”

Steve Allen. Jack Paar. Johnny Carson. None delivered wit and wisdom quite like Colbert. He will be missed (assuming he stays away for good!).

Hudson's Diamond status

Hollywood has forgiven Kate Hudson for crushing the rom-com apparently.

The star of the awful, terrible, no-good “How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days” (and other forgettable low points of the genre) kept on working after that cinematic train wreck. Meanwhile Oscar voters looked the other way.

Hard. Can you blame them?

That ended this week when Hudson’s performance in “Song Sung Blue” snagged her a Best Actress Oscar nomination. It’s a wonderful, bittersweet story about a Neil Diamond tribute duo falling on hard times. And to be fair to Goldie Hawn’s daughter, she knocks it out of the park in the film.

Few expected Hudson to crack the top-five list of the year’s best performances by an actress, but she defied the odds. Let’s hope she continues to stay far away from Matthew McConaughey.

Potty-mouth Pratt

You kiss your mother with that mouth, Star-Lord?

Chris Pratt isn’t just an A-lister who can do comedy and action. He’s a Christian husband and father who speaks kindly about his faith. And he doesn’t bully those who don’t share his worldview.

Rare. Refreshing. Cool.

Yet the “Mercy” star lost it on the red carpet when actress Tilly Norwood’s name came up. Tilly isn’t real. She’s an AI construct whose very existence threatens flesh-and-blood actors who fear losing their livelihoods in the AI revolution.

That includes Pratt apparently.

“I don’t feel like someone’s going to replace me that’s AI ... I heard this Tilly Norwood thing, I think that’s all bull***t. I’ve never seen her in a movie. I don’t know who this b***h is.”

Guessing he’ll be putting a few dollars in the swear jar.

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No 'bomb' shelter for 'Melania'

Let the review bombing commence!

Whenever a woke movie or TV show gets blitzed by fans, the legacy media rushes to blame “review bombing” as the culprit. It’s never the show’s fault, mind you, just angry bigots who hate seeing diversity on screens large and small.

Yeah, that’s why the uber-diverse “Fast & Furious” series lasted for 10 films ... and counting.

The latest alleged review bombing victim? Paramount Plus’ “Starfleet Academy” series.

So will we see the same media framing for “Melania"? The January 30 documentary takes us behind the scenes of what it means to be FLOTUS in the Trump era. Now given that the vast, vast, vast majority of film critics lean to the left (and hard), will the movie get a fair critical shake?

And if not, will we see cries of “review bombing” from the usual suspects? To paraphrase Bret Easton Ellis’ literary classic, the chances are “less than zero.”

Closet-maxxing on 'SNL'

To be fair, today’s “Saturday Night Live” fan isn’t familiar with actual jokes.

“Stranger Things” alum Finn Wolfhard hosted the most recent “SNL” episode, one featuring a sketch tweaking the Netflix’s show’s “coming out” sequence. The episode in question got drubbed by many as woke on steroids.

So “SNL” created a bit mocking Netflix for trying to extend the show’s brand at all costs. It’s a commentary on how Hollywood can’t stop milking popular IPs for all they’re worth. Did anyone ask for “Welcome to Derry,” the HBO Max prequel series to Stephen King’s “It"?

Except one of the show’s characters, Will, couldn’t be a part of the various spin-offs because his “coming out” monologue is still going on. And on. And on.

Well select fans recoiled at the bit. Here’s a sample:

“SNL making fun of will byers being gay and sexualising max mayfield all in one night,” a fan commented. “Me if i ordered a homophobicburger with a side of misogynyfries.”

Good news for all involved. The show will no doubt resume its regularly scheduled Orange Man Bad theater this weekend.

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