Hollywood liberals love nothing more than embracing the “20” side of 80/20 debates.
The latest example? They’re rallying on behalf of illegal immigrants, some of whom have terrible, awful, no-good rap sheets.
German fans paid exorbitant fees to hear the Boss rant about the Trump administration. ... He wisely opted against playing the Nazi card this time ’round.
The list of stars demanding that President Donald Trump end ICE raids is growing. It may do so again by the time you read this, but for now it includes Eva Longoria, Katy Perry, Demi Lovato, Kim Kardashian, and, of course, the late-night lads.
Jimmy Kimmel didn’t cut onions before a recent telecast, meaning his eyes remained Sahara-dry during his rant against Trump’s ICE-capades. He did manage to do what CNN attempted all week — pretend the riots breaking out in Los Angeles never happened.
“There’s no riot outside. We have more so-called unrest here when one of our teams wins a championship.”
Rumor has it Kimmel’s writing staff initially wrote some “mostly peaceful” gags, but their boss decided to go full Walter Duranty instead ...
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“May the Schwartz be with you.”
The all-powerful Yogurt (Mel Brooks, of course) uttered that line in 1987’s “Spaceballs.” The “Star Wars” spoof never reached the dizzying heights of the master’s “Young Frankenstein,” “The Producers,” or “Blazing Saddles,” but comedy fans still hold the satire in high regard.
Now we’re getting a sequel. Of course.
Brooks himself shared the news on X, and the film will reportedly bring back Rick Moranis, Bill Pullman, and Brooks to reprise their signature roles.
Any new Brooks project is worth celebrating, but let’s pause before popping any champagne bottles open. It isn’t clear if he’ll have any creative role in the sequel — he’s 98 but appears forever young.
Plus, the maestro’s “History of the World, Part II,” an exclusive Hulu miniseries, proved you can’t always go home again. That show proved minimally funny, with plenty of woke asides. Here’s hoping the sequel's more “Top Gun: Maverick” than, gasp, “Caddyshack II" ...
He’ll be back, as long as he doesn’t alienate his Hollywood pals.
Arnold Schwarzenegger’s road back to Hollywood proved bumpy after his stint as California governor. He finally made inroads with Netflix’s “FUBAR,” which just released its second season.
His political instincts roared back this week while talking about the mostly peaceful L.A. ICE protests on “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” The bodybuilding legend and Kimmel spent a few moments gaslighting the audience about the riots.
Nothing to see here. Move along. (And don’t look on X or Facebook!)
Later, Ah-nold said the immigration blame game should be shared equally.
“Both of the parties do not want to go and solve this problem once and for all and create good immigration reform, the way, you know, like Senator Kennedy and John McCain worked it out, and they had a really great, great bill there. But then they didn't go for it.”
That was then, and debatably so. But one party now wants to slam the border shut and vet all new immigrants, while the other left the front door open and baked a cake so everyone within a country mile would come running.
Schwarzenegger may be the ultimate RINO, but this pose makes sense. At 77, he can’t afford to alienate any Hollywood power players ...
Former “Full House” star Candace Cameron Bure says she’s no fan of horror movies. Except she doesn’t stop there. She doesn’t like anyone watching horror movies in her home.
Why?
“Like if you’re watching this, or you’re playing this video game, or whatever, that’s a portal that could let stuff inside our home,” Bure said. “I don’t even want someone watching a scary movie in our house on the TV, because to me, that’s just a portal.”
To be fair, some fellas find Bure’s Hallmark romances downright scary ...
Bruce Springsteen shared his Trump derangement syndrome with a new European country. He broke out his new routine in England last month, ignoring how local police now arrest people for posting the “wrong” social media memes.
This time, German fans paid exorbitant fees to hear the Boss rant about the Trump administration.
Springsteen’s song remains the same, but let’s give the legend his due. He wisely opted against playing the Nazi card this time ’round.
Smart.
Bono is more than just a rich and famous rock star. He's also a rich and famous activist.
The U2 front man has never been afraid to take bold stands — sometimes right in the middle of a song. AIDS? Poverty? He's against them — and he doesn't care who knows it.
Former Paramount CEO and Hollywood legend Barry Diller called 'Popeye' the most 'coked-up film set' he ever saw.
Now he's risking it all to oppose an even bigger scourge of humanity: Donald Trump.
This week the Irish warbler stopped by "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" to swap anti-Orange Man barbs with late night's saddest clown.
Now, Bono isn't one to meddle in American politics. He never said a peep about the Biden administration’s rampant censorship arm, the loss of personal freedoms during COVID-19, or his own homeland’s rising levels of anti-Semitism.
But the 47th president? Drastic times call for drastic measures. Or maybe he's got his eye on a late-night show all his own?
He also sided with Bruce Springsteen in the aging rocker’s war on Trump.
“I think there’s only one Boss in America,” Bono said, the equivalent of a comic saying he’s glad to be back in (insert city) for cheap applause.
It’s not very hard to speak out against anti-Semitism, is it? Bigotry bad.
See?
Tell that to Hollywood A-listers. They’ve been mostly silent over the past year-plus following the October 7 attacks and the shocking rise of anti-Semitism on college campuses. Yes, some signed open letters in the days following October 7 condemning Hamas, but that’s been mostly it.
The exceptions? Patricia Heaton, Debra Messing, singer John Ondrasik, Julianna Margulies, and Mayim Bialik. Those celebrities, along with Dean Cain, signed a new letter decrying the anti-Israel rhetoric which helped fuel the recent slaying of two Jewish people in Washington, D.C.
“Hamas, Iran, and their allies and ideological sympathizers in the West have flooded the world with their hateful lies and anti-Semitic incitement since October 7 — lies designed to demonize Israel, the Jewish people, and their supporters,” the letter reads.
Never forget that the media helped peddle many of said lies.
The 1980 film “Popeye” seemed like a can‘t-miss adaptation.
Rising star Robin Williams played the sailor man, Shelley Duvall looked like the spitting image of Olive Oyl, and famed director Robert Altman worked behind the camera. Yet it missed by a country mile.
Many critics trashed it, and longtime Popeye fans were likely stunned by what they saw. The movie made back its budget, but it wasn’t the blockbuster many anticipated.
Yeah, it was weird.
Now we’re learning one reason why the film didn’t live up to its potential. Former Paramount CEO and Hollywood legend Barry Diller called "Popeye" the most "coked-up film set" he ever saw.
Film cans were used to sneak cocaine onto the set, for starters. It only got crazier from there, apparently.
As Diller recounts, “If you watch 'Popeye,' you’re watching a movie that ... runs at 78 rpm and 33 speed. ... Everyone was stoned.”
Madonna famously dreamed of blowing up the White House after Donald Trump’s stunning 2016 electoral victory. She made that shocking statement during a Women’s March rally at the dawn of Trump 1.0.
She quickly backpedaled, suggesting she didn’t actually mean it. The press took the comments “out of context.”
Sure, Jan.
Still, back in 2017, the left still had a dollop of common sense and a sense of shame. Boy, have the times changed since then.
Broadway legend Patti LuPone just doubled down on Madonna’s line of thinking. And, chances are, she won’t apologize — or be asked to do anything of the kind.
LuPone spoke to the New Yorker magazine for a fawning profile, and this part of the feature seemed to sneak past the editors as something cute, not horrifying.
"She’s even angrier at the rest of the country. She told me, more than once, that the Trumpified Kennedy Center 'should get blown up,'" the profile reads.
When they go low, we Google detonation devices.
We don’t deserve Sydney Sweeney.
Not only is the comely star eager to flaunt her curves sans apology, but she’s also come up with a product that speaks to her tongue-wagging admirers.
Introducing Sydney's Bathwater Bliss. The new soap product, according to manufacturer Dr. Squatch, features a “touch” of the starlet’s bathwater.
“When your fans start asking for your bathwater, you can either ignore it or turn it into a bar of Dr. Squatch soap,” Sweeney said in a release. “It’s weird in the best way, and I love that we created something that’s not just unforgettable; it actually smells incredible and delivers like every other Dr. Squatch product I love.”
Not too long ago, Sweeney's fellow starlet Rachel Zegler told half the country they should “never know peace.”
This feels like a slight improvement on Hollywood’s PR front, no?
George Clooney was shocked when President Joe Biden did not recognize him at a 2024 fundraiser despite Clooney being one of the hosts of the event.
A June 15, 2024, star-studded fundraiser hosted by Clooney, Julia Roberts, and Barack Obama pulled in a whopping $28 million for the Biden campaign. Fans took pictures with the celebrities while late-night host Jimmy Kimmel was set to host Obama and President Biden on stage for a Q and A.
However, just a few weeks later, Clooney did a complete 180 turn and wrote an op-ed in the New York Times calling for the president to step down. In his piece titled "I Love Joe Biden. But We Need a New Nominee," the actor said the Biden he saw at the fundraiser was not the "Biden of 2010. He wasn't even the Joe Biden of 2020."
Clooney added that he and others held their tongue about Biden's obvious decline because they were "all so terrified by the prospect of a second Trump term."
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A new book by CNN's Jake Tapper and Axios' Alex Thompson purportedly revealed the details of Biden and Clooney's interaction that caused the actor to do an about-face on the president's re-election campaign.
'It was like watching someone who was not alive.'
According to an excerpt from the book provided to the New Yorker, Biden hobbled into the fundraising event after flying in from the G7 summit in Apulia, Italy, that morning.
The president allegedly appeared severely diminished as if he'd aged a decade since last seeing Clooney at the White House in 2022, when the actor received recognition from the John F. Kennedy Center. Biden was reportedly taking tiny steps and was seemingly guided by an aide.
"It was like watching someone who was not alive," an unnamed source claimed. "It was startling. And we all looked at each other. It was so awful."
Biden began to pass Clooney and said, "Thank you for being here."
"Hi, Mr. President," Clooney reportedly replied in greeting.
"How are ya?" Biden replied.
Clooney apparently then asked the president how his trip had gone, but it seemed clear by Biden's generic "it was fine" reaction that he did not recognize Clooney, one of the hosts of his own fundraiser who he had met many times before.
The inside source described Clooney as being shaken to his core, although he was not the only person who noticed the president's declined cognitive function. Biden reportedly had obvious brain freezes at the event and what were referred to as clear signs of a mental slide.
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John F. Trent, editor for Fandom Pulse, said the new Biden revelations seemed to be a way for those who were running cover for the president's decline to give penance.
"Anyone who had eyes to see could tell Joe Biden's mental capabilities had completely declined," Trent told Blaze News.
In fact, Tapper and Clooney both congratulated each other for their work on the topic. In an interview on CNN, after Clooney praised the bravery of journalists for "setting a standard," the anchor told Clooney he felt the actor's op-ed asking Biden to step down was "brave."
"I don't know if it was brave," Clooney replied. "It was a civic duty. ... The specific idea of [freedom of speech] is, you can't demand freedom of speech then say, 'You can't say bad things about me.'"
The 64-year-old concluded, "That's the deal. You have to take a stand if you believe in it."
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President Donald Trump recently called out Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-Texas) for being “low-IQ” — and now she’s taken it upon herself to challenge the president to compare the results of their IQ tests.
“When you are literally supposed to be the leader of the free world, and you’re worried about a rising sophomore in the House,” Crockett told Jimmy Kimmel, talking about Donald Trump, on “Jimmy Kimmel Live.”
“He also called you low-IQ; I’m sure you’re aware of that. Would you be willing to take an IQ test publicly, head to head, against the president of the United States?” Kimmel asks.
“Absolutely,” she responded to cheers, before confirming to Kimmel that she still believes Marjorie Taylor Greene is the “dumbest person in Congress.”
Sara Gonzales of “Sara Gonzales Unfiltered” doesn’t believe Crockett is dumb herself, but rather is playing dumb.
“Here’s the thing with Jasmine Crockett,” Gonzales says. “We’ve played videos of her before, where as she was running, the first time she was running for Congress, she was a completely different person. She was well spoken, she seemed to have a brain, whereas now, she doesn’t.”
“Part of it is like, how much of this is an act, and how much of it is real?” she continues, adding, “Before you get upset, I’m not saying she would win in an IQ test versus President Trump. I’m not saying that.”
“In terms of intelligence, you can tell that she can speak in a way that is not indicative of a genuinely low IQ,” BlazeTV contributor John Doyle comments. “She’s probably in that danger zone where it’s like somewhere between a 110 to 125 IQ, where you’re smart enough to realize that you’re smart, but you also hate people who are smarter than you.”
“We call these ‘midwits’ online,” he adds.
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Brother, can you spare $300 million?
Vin Diesel wants to make an 11th “Fast & Furious” movie, but the Universal suits think he’s high on his NOS supply.
'This is very, you know, it’s very white, this movie.'
The blockbuster franchise is running on fumes, creatively and financially. Did you see the ninth installment where they drove into space? Plus, “Fast X” made just $146 million stateside. It performed dramatically better overseas. These films don’t come cheap, and “Fast X” proved to be one of the most expensive films ever made.
That film ended with a cliffhanger, and Diesel went to social media to beg for closure.
“Universal… Please tell the best fans in the world, when the next movie is coming out. Please.” Diesel posted on Instagram.
You shouldn’t treat family this way …
Disney is having trouble making “Star Wars” movies. Yes, the Mouse House scooped the saga up from George Lucas in 2012 for a cool $4 billion, but the studio hasn’t released a “Star Wars” film since 2019’s “The Rise of Skywalker.”
If you’ve seen that film, you can stop rolling your eyes.
Now, we have firm news about a new installment coming our way. The project is called “Star Wars: Starfighter,” and it features Ryan Gosling and director Shawn Levy (“Deadpool & Wolverine").
Imagine having all the resources at Disney’s disposal, and that's the title you settle on? The Force remains weak with this studio …
She. Just. Won’t. Stop.
Molly Ringwald spent the 1980s capturing teen angst, courtesy of great John Hughes films like “Pretty in Pink,” “Sixteen Candles,” and “The Breakfast Club.”
She turned on those films in recent years, blasting them as unwoke and problematic.
The horror, the horror.
She did it again recently when “The Breakfast Club” cast reunited for an emotional moment at the C2E2 pop culture convention in Chicago.
Her castmates reminisced about the movie and their talented director. Ringwald played the woke card again during the appearance, when they were asked about a possible sequel or remake.
I believe in making movies that are inspired by other movies but build on it and represent what’s going on today. This is very, you know, it’s very white, this movie. You don’t see a lot of different ethnicities. We don’t talk about gender. None of that. And I feel like that really doesn’t represent our world today.
Sure, “The Breakfast Club” endures, but imagine a 2025 version where the characters spend detention debating inclusion and gender roles …
So that’s why “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” gave up on comedy.
The show’s far-left host opened up about life under Trump 2.0, revealing a mind that can’t process why voters rejected a party pushing a dementia-addled candidate.
The Rolling Stone chat pulled back the Oz-like curtain behind his ABC talk show and its true purpose.
Laughter didn’t even make the final cut. Says the not-so-funnyman:
A year ago, I would’ve said I’m hoping to show people who aren’t paying attention to the news what’s actually going on and hoping to change things that way. Obviously, that didn’t have enough impact before the election, so now I see myself more as a place to scream.
To be fair, screaming is better than crying, although Kimmel did cry post-Election Day …
“The Simpsons” remains a meme-lover's dream. One favorite? “Stop, he’s already dead,” a phrase uttered to ask someone to stop what they’re doing. The job is already done.
Cue George Clooney.
He’s still doing a victory lap for putting down President Joe Biden’s 2024 presidential campaign. The actor’s oh-so-public letter in the New York Times last year suggested what we all knew at that point. Biden was too mentally compromised to continue his campaign.
“Well, I don’t know if it was brave. … It was a civic duty,” the actor told “journalist” Jake Tapper, who personally helped cover up Biden’s brain fog before co-authoring a tell-all book on the subject.
The truth-to-power Clooney went on.
“When I saw people on my side of the street not telling the truth, I thought that was time,” he said.
Except he didn’t.
Clooney saw Biden’s decline up close at a June fundraiser. He waited until after the June 27 presidential debate and Biden’s crashing poll numbers to crank out that infamous op-ed.
Some civic duty.
Disney and "Star Wars" actor Diego Luna took jabs at President Trump's supporters during an exchange with television host Jimmy Kimmel.
Things immediately got political for Luna during his appearance on "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" when the host asked him about the recent body of water name-change from the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America.
"Are you guys also not calling it the Gulf of America or is that just us?" Kimmel asked the Mexican, who resides in California.
Luna replied, "I mean, who can take that seriously? Come on. That's ridiculous."
About two minutes into the interview, Kimmel, presenting himself as ever-sympathetic, said that things are likely "being taken very seriously back home" in Luna's home country right now.
Luna responded by saying he and his racial subset have a fear of being deported.
"We feel worried and sad. Not just the Mexican community here, but the Latino community and the fear for deportation and family separation. It's just too sad to see what's happening."
Of course, Luna's worries would only be applicable should his community members be in the United States illegally, but the actor immediately began to question the host as to whether he had a part in, or voted for, deportations.
"I didn't mean to lead you to a sad thing, but it's worth saying," Kimmel told his guest.
"But you did," Luna replied. "The voting thing, what did you do?"
"Did I vote?" Kimmel asked. Luna affirmed his question.
"Who do you think I voted for? I might have to come live with you!" Kimmel replied.
'It depends. It depends who you voted for.'
The segment pivoted to "Star Wars" toward the end, as Luna plays Cassian Andor in the Disney+ series "Andor," yet another spinoff from the once-beloved universe.
Kimmel had asked the actor if the Force has the ability to spread through adjacent people or if it is limited to the actor only.
The 45-year-old not-so-jokingly replied, "It depends. It depends who you voted for."
The crowd and Kimmel erupted in joy at the answer.
"Star Wars" actors have had a penchant for insulting their audience in recent years; star John Boyega even lashed out at the series' followers recently for what he believed to be racial preference.
Boyega made his comments in Apple TV+'s "Number One on the Call Sheet: Black Leading Men in Hollywood" documentary.
Per Fandom Pulse, the actor described the films as "a franchise that's so white that a black person existing in [it] was something."
The actor even went so far as to claim that fans are only okay with black actors in supporting roles.
"They're okay with us playing the best friend, but once we touch their heroes, once we lead, once we trailblaze, it's like, 'Oh my God, it's just a bit too much! They're pandering!'"
Boyega's remarks ended up seeming contradictory, given that he complained that when black actors are included in the movies, they are "scattered in" and tokenized.
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Elon Musk’s position in the Trump administration and friendship with the president himself have led to liberals across the country suddenly turning their backs on the climate change cause and not only boycotting Tesla but doxxing the owners of the electric vehicles.
Kamala Harris’ former running mate, Tim Walz, decided it would be a good look to cheer on what is happening to Tesla.
“On the iPhone they’ve got that little stock app; I added Tesla to it to give me a little boost during the day. $225 and dropping,” Walz said to cheers.
“And if you own one, we’re not blaming you; you can take dental floss and pull the Tesla thing off, you know, I’m just telling you,” he added.
Walz also came under fire recently for claiming he “could kick most of their asses,” in reference to Trump supporters.
“First of all, you guys are the ones who made everybody buy a Tesla,” Dave Landau of “Normal World” comments, noting that Walz isn’t the only one cheering Tesla's destruction.
Late-night host Jimmy Kimmel also joked about the destruction of property to a giggling liberal audience.
“Jimmy Kimmel washed off the blackface long enough to co-sign the Tesla vandalism all for the horrible right-wing crime of employing Americans to make environmentally friendly electric cars,” Landau says.
“Elon is looking into the efficiency of the government,” 1/4 Black Garrett chimes in. “Like you’re going so far to burn and destroy other civilians' cars.”
“Yeah, these aren’t billionaires. These are people with jobs who are trying to save money on gas,” Landau adds.
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All of the media narratives shoved down America's throat in 2020 to justify rioting are falling flat this time around — but they're still trying to deceive you.
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