Arnold Schwarze-na​gs fans to take climate 'action'



You first, Ah-nold.

The superstar who once made Hummers cool is now a jacked Greta Thunberg.

Arnold Schwarzenegger demanded we take action during a speech at the Austrian World Summit earlier this week.

“All we care about is action. Talking alone won’t save us — but action will. We all share the same vision of a pollution-free world.”

The “Terminator” star took plenty of action in his salad days. As California governor, he used a private jet for his commute. His Hummer “fleet” was legendary for a spell.

Now? He works in an industry that tries to be green but very often can’t seal that particular deal. And his climate change screeds never target China for its coal plants or environmental atrocities.

Does the Austrian Oak still fly private jets? Does he use his clout to shame fellow eco-hypocrites like Leonardo DiCaprio?

No? In that case, “Hasta la vista, baby.”

Sean Penn mourns past gay payday

Ask a conservative whether there are any uber-liberal stars they refuse to watch, and one name surfaces again and again: Sean Penn.

No one denies the actor’s skill set. His mantel sports two Academy Awards, and he can pivot from Jeff Spicoli to a “Dead Man Walking.” But he’s been an in-your-face activist for so long that it’s left many moviegoers disgusted. And his word-salad op-eds would make Kamala Harris cringe.

Yet the surly celeb took a stand for creative expression this week that we can all cheer. Penn looked back at “Milk,” the 2008 biopic that snagged him his second Oscar, with some regret. He mused that a dyed-in-the-wool hetero like him could never land the role of the gay rights icon today. Them’s the new woke rules, and he is not a fan, according to his chat with the New York Times.

“No. It could not happen in a time like this. ... It’s a time of tremendous overreach. It’s a timid and artless policy toward the human imagination.”

He’s ... right.

Penn is one of a growing number of stars who are speaking out, albeit cautiously, against woke overreach. Dame Judi Dench recently blasted theatrical trigger warnings, for example.

All Penn needs now are some tasty waves, a cool buzz, and artistic freedom.

'Acolyte' star drops dumb 'Discourse' ditty

Osho is no Princess Leia.

The heroine of Disney’s “The Acolyte” is feeling the heat from “Star Wars” nation. The new show is getting pummeled on YouTube and elsewhere for its lesbian witches, anemic storytelling, and anti-canon plot points.

Now, the woman who plays Osha is fighting back with really awful rap lyrics. Amandla Stenberg just released a new song, “Discourse,” targeting her critics.

Need some sample lyrics?

“We so bored, don’t f*** with your discourse.”

“They spinning ‘woke,’ bastardize it and appropriate it. Last I recall, woke was something we created, speak truth to power, keep an eye out for you silly racists.”

“I’m sick and f***ing tired of suppressing my rage. 400 years of taking their bull**** to compartmentalize like my ancestors had to be encaged.”

Stand back, Bob Dylan. There’s a new songsmith in town.

Costner picks up the check

Just how big is Kevin Costner’s wallet these days?

The “Yellowstone” legend is taking the biggest risk of his career this weekend. And this is the guy who once dropped “Waterworld” on an unsuspecting public.

Costner’s “Horizon,” the first of a planned four-part movie series, tackles the Western genre head-on. It’s tracking for a modest theatrical bow, and the star is scrambling to pay for parts three and four. The second film in the saga is already shot and debuts August 16.

It’s an old Hollywood saw that you never use your own money on a film, but the “Bull Durham” alum did it anyway. But how much did he fork over? it depends what day you ask him.

First, Costner said he coughed up $20 million to make “Horizon” happen. Then, he revealed that the true number was $38 million.

Now, with the film days away from release, he says the actual figure stands at $50 million.

If you have that kind of money to throw around, maybe “Horizon” isn’t as risky as we thought.

'Reacher' actor loses role over vaccination status, says Hollywood cancels conservatives but seeks out liberals like Ron Perlman



"Reacher" actor Matthew Marsden believes Hollywood penalizes actors who have conservative politics, but rewards performers who are liberals. Marsden also revealed that he lost a job because he is not vaccinated against COVID-19.

Marsden alleged that conservative actors get canceled by Hollywood.

"Conservatives in Hollywood speak up against tyranny, and we get canceled," Marsden tweeted on Saturday. "The phone stops ringing. That’s all they have to do."

Marsden said liberal actors such as Mark Ruffalo, Ron Pearlman, and Sean Penn benefit by broadcasting their political beliefs.

Marsden wrote, "Ruffalo, Pearlman, and Penn say all kinds of stuff and nothing happens to them. In fact, they will be sought out because of their 'brave stances.'"

Perlman has been extremely vocal about his disdain for conservatives. Perlman launched an expletive-laden rant against Ron DeSantis in March, besmirching the Republican Florida governor as a "Nazi pig" and a piece of s**t." In 2020, Perlman called Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) a "b*tch" and challenged Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) to a wrestling match. The "Hellboy" actor previously proclaimed that blue states should "separate" from red states.

Marsden then stated, "The fact is that conservatives that speak out are not supported by their 'team.' You get canceled it’s on you."

He claimed that leftist Hollywood players all band together to help each other financially, morally, and with public relations.

Marsden declared, "This is why more don’t speak out. We abandon our own. It has to change."

\u201cThe fact is that conservatives that speak out are not supported by their \u201c team\u201d. You get cancelled, it\u2019s on you. You get attacked on the left, and your team rushes to help you. Financially. Morally. With PR. This is why more don\u2019t speak out. We abandon our own. It has to change.\u201d
— Matthew Marsden (@Matthew Marsden) 1670683093

Marsden – who was born in England and is an American citizen – said he lost a job because of a COVID-19 vaccine mandate. The actor noted that he is "aware of the risks involved" with not being vaccinated against COVID-19, but is firmly against COVID-19 vaccine mandates.

He added, "I lost a job last week because I am unvaccinated and I will not lie about it."

Marsden did not reveal what project he lost because of his vaccination status.

Marsden continued, "If more people stood up in Hollywood, or any other profession and said 'no' then these vaccine mandates would have gone away."

"It is the same on Twitter. The trolls know they can push you around. It is never going to end," he tweeted on Thursday. "No one forces you to post politically. Your choice."

Marsden noted that differing political opinions are not a disqualifying factor in a friendship.

He quoted Thomas Jefferson, "I never considered a difference of opinion in politics, in religion, in philosophy, as cause for withdrawing from a friend."

Marsden's Hollywood credits include "Tenet," "Atlas Shrugged," and "Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen."

\u201cIn Hollywood, or any other profession and said \u201c no\u201d then these vaccine mandates would have gone away. It is the same on twitter. The trolls know they can push you around. It is never going to end. No one forces you to post politically. Your choice.\u201d
— Matthew Marsden (@Matthew Marsden) 1670511882


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Actor Sean Penn says men have become too 'feminized,' adds 'cowardly genes' lead men to 'putting on a skirt'



Actor Sean Penn said that American men are becoming more and more like women every day — because of "cowardly genes."

What are the details?

In a recent interview with The Independent, the two-time Academy Award-winning actor and his daughter, Dylan Penn, promoted their upcoming film "Flag Day."

During the interview, the 61-year-old actor said that he believes American males have become "quite feminized."

"I have these very strong women in my life who do not take masculinity as a sign of oppression toward them," he explained. "There are a lot of, I think, cowardly genes that lead to people surrendering their jeans and putting on a skirt."

What else is there to know about this?

Penn's remarks were an echo of these he made earlier in January.

"I am in the club that believes that men in American culture have become wildly feminized," he said at the time. "I don't think that being a brute or having insensitivity or disrespect for women is anything to do with masculinity, or ever did. But I don't think that [in order] to be fair to women, we should become them."

He added that gender roles are too challenged due to an "absence of male behavior."

Penn also hit out at social media, and said that he believes people are willing to compromise their true selves and stuff away their stances on important issues in order to be well-liked and roundly accepted.

“We give too much of a s*** about what we are going to be accused of by people who want to be self-righteous because they can get a quick reward," he said. "And they’re self-righteous hypocritically – they damn this, but don’t worry about why kids are being bombed in Yemen, because it’s not getting them into a club right away.”

He added, “I’m a little frustrated with the world. I’m glad I’m old and won’t be having to deal with where this stuff is going.”

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Oscar winner wants only vaccinated people to see his new movie when it hits theaters



Actor Sean Penn told CNN on Saturday that he held "some areas of a strong belief in the Second Amendment," adding that "not getting vaccinated is like pointing a gun at people" and "everyone should get vaccinated."

"Well, if he believes we should get vaccinated ...," Pat commented on Tuesday's episode of "Pat Gray Unleashed."

Later, Penn expressed why he believed getting vaccinated "should be mandatory like turning your headlights on at night." Pat joked that Penn is "just full of great analogies."

The Oscar winner went on to say that he wanted "only vaccinated audiences" to be allowed to watch his new movie, "Flag Day," when it comes to theaters.

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Far-left actor Sean Penn wants only vaccinated audiences in theaters for his new directorial project; the unvaccinated can stream it later, he says



Far-left actor Sean Penn made headlines recently when he refused to return to the set of "Gaslit" — a political series related to the Watergate break-in — until 100% of the crew is vaccinated against COVID-19.

Now Penn is extending his hard stance on what others do with their bodies by stating he wants only vaccinated theater audiences for his newest directorial project, "Flag Day," Variety reported.

What are the details?

Penn told CNN's Michael Smerconish that "Flag Day" will eventually stream and "that's a better time for the unvaccinated to see it, though I think I'll probably offend them out of that choice," the magazine said.

At the Aug. 11 premiere of "Flag Day," Penn said, "I do request people who are not vaccinated, don't go to the cinemas. Stay home until you are convinced of these very clearly safe vaccines," Variety added.

In addition to saying he believes COVID-19 vaccines should be mandatory for everybody, "like turning your headlights on in the car at night," Penn went on a more far-ranging political rant after being asked what he'd say to those who remain unvaccinated, the magazine said.

"There are those that, once the FDA gives full approval, will go forward with it. And there are those who have become entrenched in a kind of radical libertarianism and an identity of politic that has sort of perversely turned this issue into something that forgets that in the United States of America — in our entire history — it's all based on being independent because we understand interdependency," Penn said, according to Variety. "The entire history of successful things in this country. And if we're gonna continue with successful things — if we're gonna take some of the great lessons that have been learned in the last year, some of the extraordinary movements, George Floyd, all of what's happening societally — if we're gonna take the good parts of that and move it forward, we're gonna do it interdependently. And I think vaccination is the beginning of that, given that it's such a threat now to business, to lifestyle, to life here, and around the world."

Anything else?

Earlier this year Penn tried dunking on evangelical Christians on Twitter but botched his religious references so badly that responders naturally invoked his stoner character, Jeff Spicoli, from the early '80s hit movie "Fast Times at Ridgemont High."

Sean Penn Blasts ‘Soviet’ Cancel Culture For Wrecking Hollywood With ‘Gotcha Moments’

Sean Penn said he thinks he would not be permitted today, by Hollywood's woke standards, to play Harvey Milk in the 2008 film 'Milk,' since he is not gay.

Conan O'Brien, leftist actor Sean Penn slam 'ludicrous' cancel culture as 'very Soviet'



Spawned in part from the progressive political correctness movement, cancel culture has become so broadly disfavored that even left-wing Hollywood elites are taking turns trashing it.

What happened?

During a July 5 episode of the podcast "Conan O'Brien Needs a Friend," former late-night host Conan O'Brien and actor Sean Penn agreed that the practice of collectively ostracizing people and destroying their careers over past politically incorrect statements is worrisome.

"Empathy is a very important word and also forgiveness," O'Brien noted. "This whole concept of cancel culture is ... We found that someone did something in 1979 that is now not appropriate. They're dead to us."

"It's ludicrous," Penn, famous for starring in hit movies such as "Fast Times at Ridgemont High" and "Mystic River," said.

"People can also be forgiven — if they even need forgiving. What happened to that?" O'Brien continued, adding, "It feels very Soviet sometimes."

At that point, Penn made reference to Alexi McCammond, the 27-year-old reporter who was pushed out of her role as editor-in-chief of Teen Vogue earlier this year after staff members unearthed and condemned offensive tweets about Asian people she posted as a teenager.

"When we're destroying careers like that, what are we really achieving?" Penn asked. "Or you look at politicians ... I give a big nod to anyone that's willing to enter the public arena who is doing so because they give a damn."

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What else?

The conversation started with O'Brien heaping praise on Penn for his portrayal of San Francisco politician and gay rights activist Harvey Milk in the 2008 film "Milk." But Penn noted that a straight man portraying a gay character is likely not something that would be permitted in today's society.

"It brings up an interesting point," the actor said. "Another one I think a lot about these days. Today, almost certainly I would not be permitted to be cast in that role. We're living in a time when, if you're playing a gay lead character, you'd have to be a gay man, or a trans character. And there have been these casting issues."

He added: "When you have a period of evolution that certainly may [provide] an opportunity for people who have had less opportunities to move forward, that has to be supported. And yet in this pendulum swing society that we're in, you wonder at some point if only Danish Princes can play Hamlet. It is, I believe, too restrictive. People are looking for gotcha moments and to criticize."

Anything else?

While O'Brien's resistance to cancel culture may not be that surprising — comedians often make a living by telling controversial jokes — Penn's certainly is. The actor was quite literally a friend of communist strongman former Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez.

It's fair to wonder if Penn bristled at O'Brien's description of cancel culture as "Soviet."

The actor also practiced his own version of public shaming not so long ago, when he attempted — but failed — to call out evangelical Christians.