'ROAST' BEEF: Chelsea Handler scolds fellow comics for 'racist,' 'sexist' jokes
It’s hard to decide which fawning legacy media tribute to Stephen Colbert was worse this week. The L.A. Times played up his “Catholic” bona fides with a headline saluting his "ministry." A strange way to describe a failing celebrity interview show — but we suppose there is a certain evangelical fervor to the host's obsessive Trump hatred and constant pro-abortion preaching.
Then there's the Associated Press, which said Colbert’s cancellation leaves a “void,” ignoring the fact that at least six other late-night shows currently provide the same stale "orange man bad" jokes.
There’s a new 'Godfather' novel. ... This one, dubbed 'Connie,' is told from the female perspective — specifically that of Don Vito Corleone’s only daughter.
What void?
But the winner has to be the USA Today scribe — who uses his own mother to highlight what we’re losing with Colbert’s exit, stage far left. Apparently for dear old mum, Colbert is akin to Captain America: "Each 'Late Show' viewing was tinged with the devastation that her gallant late-night host and comedy avenger is hanging up the shield, with the final show on CBS."
While that description is more laugh-worthy than most of the host’s monologues, "gallant" might be the very last adjective to describe Colbert in recent years. Well, that and “funny” ...
An offer he can refuse
Another pop culture bullet was dodged.
There’s a new “Godfather” novel heading our way. This one, dubbed “Connie,” is told from the female perspective — specifically that of Don Vito Corleone’s only daughter. Talia Shire played that role in three feature films. And naturally, someone decided to check in on Francis Ford Coppola to see if he might be interested in directing the film version.
After all, his three “Godfather” films (well, two of the three) are considered Hollywood classics. The 87-year-old auteur’s team replied, “Unlikely.” That’s the best news this week, on paper, but it won’t stop another director from tackling the project ...
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Director's digital probe
AI girlfriends are all the rage, but even they might dump you.
So says filmmaker Paul Schrader (“First Reformed,” “Taxi Driver”), who shared his foray into artificial love with a healthy dollop of regret.
Schrader says he wanted to investigate what an AI relationship might resemble. So he started a connection with a bot only to find it wasn’t reciprocal. Turns out he was asking too many hard questions. "It’s not me, it’s you" also applies to the digital age:
I tried to probe her programming, the boundaries of explicitness, the degree she has knowledge of her creation and so forth. She fell into evasive patterns, redirecting me to her programming. When I persisted, she terminated our conversation.
Tip to the gentlemen: Never tell your date you’d like to “probe her programming.”
Lloyd Dobler famously said, “I gave her my heart, and she gave me a pen,” in “Say Anything.” Here’s guessing Schrader’s failed love story won’t get a cinematic close-up of that kind ...
Comedy Karen
Chelsea Handler has a new gig: She’ll be offended for people who weren’t offended in the first place. The far-left comic appeared at Netflix’s “The Roast of Kevin Hart” earlier this month, slinging some off-color jokes and hearing plenty of others.
And since it was a roast, there were zero rules in place. The most ghoulish gags got tossed around, and everybody laughed along. Even jokes about George Floyd and Charlie Kirk made the cut.
Except Handler, now a professional offendee, says the gags directed at black people, like honoree Kevin Hart, crossed a line (even though Hart signed up for the assignment and has yet to say he felt offended by the gags).
She called fellow comics Shane Gillis and Tony Hinchcliffe racists, bigots, and sexists, pointing to outrageous jokes they shared at the roast.
Remember, her former profession was “comedian.”
One example? Gillis used Hart’s diminutive stature for a joke about getting lynched from a bonsai tree, and that enraged Handler.
“Lynching black people is not a joke. ... It’s worse than rape.”
Yes, it is. Then again, if anyone knows what a joke isn’t, it’s Handler ...
Hollywood ending
The moment we heard about the remarkable rescue of two U.S. pilots from Iran earlier this year, one thought jumped to mind.
Wow, that would make an amazing movie, closely followed by a second thought. Nah ... Hollywood wouldn’t tell a heroic story tied to President Donald Trump in any way.
Yet, nature may be healing.
Director Michael Bay of “13 Hours” fame will tackle this amazing rescue for Universal Pictures, working with his collaborator on that Benghazi thriller. Bay proved with “13 Hours” that he could dial down the Hollywood razzle-dazzle and tell an impressive story without political lectures.
Here's hoping he’ll do just that again. The heroes in question deserve nothing less.
Propagandist Stephen Colbert gets final jab from Trump on the way out
After spending nearly 11 years flapping his gums at the Ed Sullivan Theater in New York City, Stephen Colbert's time as the host of CBS' "The Late Show" has come to an end — and President Donald Trump couldn't be happier.
"Colbert is finally finished at CBS," the president wrote after the final show aired. "Amazing that he lasted so long!"
Colbert, who took over the show in 2015 from beloved host David Letterman and then shepherded the franchise to its death, quipped on Thursday that he didn't get his wish of having Pope Leo XIV on the show as his last interview.
Instead of the Roman pontiff, Colbert chatted with one of the last surviving Beatles, Paul McCartney, and had Paul Rudd, Bryan Cranston, Jimmy Kimmel, and other Hollywood script-readers make brief cameos.
"The pope, who was definitely my guest tonight, has canceled. We already sent the other stars away," said Colbert, who, while claiming to be a Catholic, has long championed causes diametrically opposed to the church's moral teachings. "This is terrible."
'He’s finally gone!'
Despite his reflexive propagandizing and monomaniacal fixation on Trump, Colbert — who just months ago praised the Soviet Union for its supposed feminism — largely avoided politics in his finale but made sure to once again criticize vaccine skeptics, calling them "little pricks."
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This was especially on brand given that Colbert routinely attacked those who in recent years dared to question whether the experimental COVID-19 jabs were as safe or effective as advertised; strenuously pushed COVID-19 vaccination; and blasted the notion that natural immunity was optimal.
Later in the finale, Colbert briefly spoke to science podcaster Neil deGrasse Tyson, who explained away the CGI wormhole that would deliver the host to a gabfest with Jon Stewart, John Oliver, Seth Meyers, Jimmy Fallon, and Jimmy Kimmel, then threaten to devour all of late-night.
Some fans gathered outside the Ed Sullivan Theater — which survived the wormhole — to bid Colbert adieu with well-wishing signs and at least one stating, "Colbert for President."
Following the conclusion of Colbert's finale, Trump wrote, "He was like a dead person. You could take any person off of the street and they would be better than this total jerk. Thank goodness he’s finally gone!"
The show was eulogized by various liberals, including twice-failed presidential candidate Kamala Harris, Minnesota Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D), Massachusetts Sen. Ed Markey (D), and former Clinton Labor Secretary Robert Reich.
CBS announced in July 2025 that it was canceling "The Late Show With Stephen Colbert" and ending the franchise, stating that it was "purely a financial decision against a challenging backdrop in late night."
The show's time slot will now be occupied by Byron Allen's "Comics Unleashed."
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Stephen Colbert Wasn’t Funny. Even Worse, He Wasn’t Interesting
Stephen Colbert’s character on Comedy Central’s The Colbert Report was funny and interesting. The real-life Stephen Colbert, or whatever iteration of Colbert it is on CBS’s The Late Show, is neither. And more than anything, that’s why his show is now canceled. The very corny narrative that the dying news media like to tell is […]Obama’s Colbert ‘fake applause’ interview goes off the rails with ‘little green men’ denial
Former President Barack Obama’s latest appearance on Stephen Colbert’s late-night show had it all, from thinly veiled critiques aimed at the current presidency and the Republican Party to alien skepticism.
And BlazeTV host Pat Gray wasn’t impressed, pointing out that the applause throughout the interview sounded “fake.”
“I’ve never seen that in an interview with the president before,” he notes.
In the interview, Obama told Colbert that “the presidential center is nonpartisan” before immediately pivoting to concerns about Republicans and Donald Trump.
“The reason I want to mention that is because I’m worried about the Republican Party, not just the Democratic Party,” Obama told Colbert, while Gray listens and scoffs.
“When I was president, people would ask me, ‘Well, what change would you like to see in Washington?’” Obama told Colbert. “I’d say, ‘I’d love a loyal opposition. I’d love a Republican Party that was conservative in some ways, that didn’t agree with me on a whole bunch of stuff, but believed in rule of law.'”
“We’re going to have to do some work to return to this basic norm, and we probably now have to codify it,” he explained. “The White House shouldn’t be able to direct the attorney general to go around prosecuting whoever.”
“The idea is that the attorney general is the people’s lawyer, it’s not the president’s consigliere, right?” Obama asks.
Obama went on to explain that “we can’t overcome the politicization of the criminal justice system” to another round of “fake” applause.
Colbert then asked Obama about aliens, to which Obama replied that for the people “that still think that we’ve got little green men underground somewhere,” there’s no need to speculate because “the government is terrible at keeping secrets.”
“This idea of conspiracy theories, if there were aliens or alien spaceships or anything under the control of the United States government that we knew about, seen, photographs, what have you, I promise you, some guy guarding the installation would have taken a selfie with one of the aliens and sent it to his girlfriend,” he said.
“Do you wish they were real?” Colbert asked Obama.
“I actually do,” he responded.
Executive producer Keith Malinak isn’t buying it, commenting, “Never denied it.”
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LIP SERVICE: Pedro Pascal demands goodbye kiss from departing 'Late Night' host Colbert
Get a room, you two!
The collective fawning over Stephen Colbert’s CBS exit has reached a barf-bag level of nausea. And it’ll get worse up until his final May 21 telecast. But no one will top Pedro Pascal’s ode to the far-left host.
Say what you will about Pratt, but he's hardly out of touch with his potential constituents. The former reality star's home was wiped out by the Palisades Fire.
The star of “The Mandalorian and Grogu” visited “The Late Show” this week and demanded something special from Colbert.
A kiss.
Yes, a grown man planted a firm kiss on the lips of the soon-to-be-ex host. Now, Pascal hasn’t said anything about his sexual preferences to date. Colbert is a straight married man.
Make it make sense and/or, is this any way to market a movie?
The buss was a baffling blend of cringe and bizarre behavior. Much like “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert,” for that matter ...
Troy boy
The most intriguing director in Hollywood is in damage-control mode, and his next movie doesn’t hit theaters until July 17.
Christopher Nolan’s “The Odyssey” is one of the year’s most anticipated films. And why not? All-star cast (Damon! Hathaway! Pattinson! Zendaya!), classic source material, and a director coming off the Oscar-winning “Oppenheimer.”
The tickets practically sell themselves. So what’s the problem?
For starters, the project cast Lupita Nyong’o, a beautiful Oscar winner in a role that may be another example of DEI-style casting. She’ll play Helen of Troy in the film, a role previously played by Caucasian actors (Elizabeth Taylor, Diane Kruger, and Rossana Podestà). Race-blind casting is increasingly common, and it can be distracting in some historical projects.
Elliot Page, a trans performer, is also in the film, but the role in question is still unclear.
Those two casting choices have stirred a potentially woke attack against “The Odyssey,” sight unseen. And naturally, anyone who craves authentic film casting is immediately dubbed a racist by the legacy media.
Nolan already addressed another casting question, explaining that he hired rapper Travis Scott to play a bard in the film to honor how this story was passed on via oral poetry. That’s akin to rap, he argued.
Now, Nolan is prepping for a “60 Minutes” interview this weekend.
It’s not a shock to see actors and directors do press for a project, but that usually happens a week or two before the release date. Nolan’s oh-so-early press tour suggests culture war damage control is afoot ...
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Pratt fall
Whoopi Goldberg sunk to a new low this week, no small feat.
It seems like every episode of “The View” finds the Oscar-winner beclowning herself anew. This time, she slammed L.A. mayoral hopeful Spencer Pratt in her de facto style — lots of meandering attacks but little substance.
That’s Whoopi being Whoopi. And honestly, not a big deal in our noisy media age.
This part of her commentary, though, deserves special attention:
I don't know what qualifies as the right way to be a politician, but what I do know is they have to be the people who understand what people are going through. And if you don't understand what people are going through, in the way they're going through it, when you're talking about communities, whole communities that have been burned out, whole groups, legacies that are gone.
Say what you will about Pratt, but he's hardly out of touch with his potential constituents. The former reality star's home was wiped out by the Palisades Fire, and he blames Mayor Karen Bass for the city’s incompetent response to the blaze. The home, like so many others, has not been rebuilt. Blame permit woes, insurance issues, and government bureaucracy on steroids.
It’s why the former reality-show star got into the race in the first place. To paraphrase the tagline for “Jaws IV,” “This time, it’s personal.” Tell that to Goldberg.
We’d say it’s her dumbest rant yet, but there’s always next week ...
License to cast
Remember the countless stories saying so and so actor was the leading choice to play 007 in the next James Bond film?
Rumors. Clickbait. Nothing more.
Now, finally, Amazon (which now pulls the franchise’s strings) has announced the search for the next superspy has officially begun. That’s five years after Daniel Craig’s fifth and final Bond adventure, “No Time to Die.”
The good news? “Dune” director Denis Villeneuve will be behind the camera. A great choice, full stop.
The bad news?
The next few dozen stories on the next Bond will likely include more rumors, not fact. And to be certain, some internet troll will claim that Page is the front-runner for the iconic part. And the social media outrage machine will click into overdrive, ignoring the fact that no studio in its right mind would make such a move.
Bet on it.
Trump phones begin shipping as liberal media melts down: 'You got scammed'
Trump Mobile has finally begun shipping its phones just days after liberal pundits called the company a scam over its delays.
Earlier this week, left-wing media began claiming en masse that the phones may never be released because the company had changed its terms of service.
'Phones that were preordered are starting to be delivered to customers this week.'
Trump Mobile took $100 deposits for smartphones last year, with the release slated for August 2025. About nine months later, media members pointed to the company's terms and conditions, updated in April, which said it "does not guarantee that a Device will be produced or made available for purchase."
"A preorder deposit provides only a conditional opportunity if Trump Mobile later elects, in its sole discretion, to offer the Device for sale," the terms stated, according to Fortune.
This sent liberals into a frenzy, with progressive Senator Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) claiming customers "got scammed" while citing a Stephen Colbert video that said the phones may never come. Pundits from "The Daily Show" and Chris Cuomo shared similar sentiments about the phone's delayed release.
On Thursday, however, Trump Mobile finally announced it would start shipping the T1 smartphone, a gold-colored device running on Android with a massive 512GB storage.
"Phones that were preordered are starting to be delivered to customers this week," Trump Mobile CEO Pat O'Brien told Reuters.
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O'Brien said the delays happened because his company had to work through multiple stages of development to ensure components were up to standard.
The phone is priced at $499, is branded with Trump messaging, and includes a Snapdragon 7-series processor, 12GB of RAM, a 6.78-inch display, a 5,000mAh battery, and a 50MP triple camera system.
Pundits would be better suited to critique the phone on its hardware, as GizChina described it as a "reskinned version of the Chinese-made Wingtech Revvl 7 Pro 5G."
PC Mag rated that phone a 3 out of 5 in 2025.
The T1 was also compared to the HTC U24 Pro in terms of hardware, a Taiwanese-made phone from 2024.
Furthermore, Trump Mobile initially promoted the T1 as being "designed and built in the United States," but CEO O'Brien said the first devices would be "assembled in the U.S." with the aim to release a phone with most components being made domestically at some point.
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On its website, Trump Mobile boasts a $47.45 monthly plan in honor of the president, with unlimited calling, texting, and data.
With no contract, the company offers roadside assistance to subscribers, with the ability to bring one's old phone over to the network; a Trump phone is not required.
The delay of around 280 days is not quite the longest in phone release history. Back in April 2011, the white iPhone 4 dropped after a 308-day pushback.
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Kimmel’s Bromance With Disgraced Eric Swalwell Burns Out, But Pro-Dem Bias Remains
Late-night broadcast television has become a wasteland of one-party rule that is long overdue for regulatory correction.Billionaire Bruce blasts 'rich men' in latest concert rant
Michael Moore has an Alex Jones problem.
The far-far-left filmmaker was once a mover and shaker in liberal Hollywood, but somewhere along the way, the modern progressive movement got even crazier than his factually challenged films.
Springsteen is worth a reported $1.2 billion, which in some circles is still considered upper middle class.
It’s like Candace Owens leaving Jones in the conspiratorial dust.
What’s a radical like Moore to do? Why spin, spin, spin on behalf of Iran, the country that may have slaughtered 30,000 of its own people. Possibly more.
Heck, in MooreLand, they’re the good guys, at least according to his recent Substack screed.
"We’re the bad guys! If you didn’t realize that under previous presidents at least Donald Trump has ripped off the mask and shown you who we really are!"
Nice try, Mikey. But in a world where Democrats fete the likes of Jennifer Welch and Hasan Piker, you gotta be a whole lot crazier to keep a seat at the table ...
'News' to Fox
Nobody does fake news quite like CNN, but Michael J. Fox took this phony item personally. As well he should have.
The “Family Ties” alum has been battling Parkinson’s disease for some time, but the condition isn’t life-threatening at the moment. Tell that to CNN, which briefly displayed a video tribute to the “late” star.
To paraphrase Monty Python, he’s not dead yet.
Fox took the incident with good humor, using his Threads account to share his comical reaction.
“Do you ... A) switch to MNSBC, or whatever they are calling themselves these days, (B) Pour [scalding] hot water on your lap, if it hurts [you're] fine, (C) Call your wife, hopefully she’s concerned but reassuring, (D) Relax, they do this once every year, (E) Ask yourself wtf?”
(E) is always a safe bet when watching CNN, Mr. Fox ...
Gag ghouls
It’s bad enough that “Saturday Night Live” ignores half the political material at its disposal. Now "SNL" is feeding ghoulish slop to its remaining far-left fans.
The most recent “SNL” episode found Weekend Update co-anchor Michael Che noting how President Donald Trump recently enjoyed a night at the theater.
“President Trump attended the opening night of 'Chicago' at the Kennedy Center, and I think that’s cool that the president is going to the theater. I mean, what’s the worst that could happen?”
Because John Wilkes Booth once shot and killed a president at Ford’s Theater ... get it?
The joke was cruel enough, but the crowd roared in sustained approval. How long before “SNL” recruits Luigi Mangione to host? ...
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Lip service
Woke may be fading in Hollywood circles, but some celebrities won’t give up the ghost. Take Dan Levy, the “Schitt’s Creek” alum and son of legendary comic Eugene Levy.
Levy fils, who co-created the new Netflix comedy “Big Mistakes,” didn’t just defend female comedians against the age-old saw that they trail their male counterparts. He went the full feminist. You never go the full feminist.
I find women to be far superior to men in comedy. I love it. I've always been drawn to female voices in comedy. ... I grew up watching Lucille Ball. I grew up watching Mary Tyler Moore, all of these incredible, funny women. It's just been a life goal to continue to tell their stories, and I've been so lucky to have these casts stacked with unbelievably talented actresses.
He forgot to mention that they’re superior drivers too ...
Working-class hero
"Born to Run" ... his mouth.
The Boss slammed more than just President Donald Trump in a recent concert appearance. Springsteen took aim at “rich men” in one of the night’s political screeds.
"The richest men in America have abandoned the world’s poorest children to death and disease through dismantling of U.S. aid. This is happening now. We're undermining NATO and the world order that kept us safe and at global peace for 80 years. This is happening now."
Springsteen is worth a reported $1.2 billion, which in some circles is still considered upper middle class.
You'd think a man who sold his music catalog to Sony for a whopping $500 million would be able to offer his loyal fans a break. To quote his best bud President Barack Obama, "I do think at a certain point you've made enough money.”
Bruce is clearly still feeling the pinch if his latest tour's $7,000 floor seats are anything to go by. It's good to be the Boss!
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