Gunn's half-cocked comments can't sink 'Superman'
"Superman" scored big last weekend — thrilling fans, Warner Bros., and an industry desperate for a hero.
All this despite director James Gunn's last-minute attempt to turn himself into box-office kryptonite.
To be fair, being forced to banter with Goldberg, Joy Behar, and Sunny Hostin is the closest thing to waterboarding we've ever seen on daytime TV.
Days before the film’s July 11 opening, Gunn made sure everybody knew that "Superman" is really a pro-immigrant story. If you disagree, “screw” you.
You kiss your mother with that mouth? Brother Sean Gunn, who has a blink-and-you-miss-it cameo in the film, cosigned his brother's incendiary opinion with a statement of his own. If you don’t approve of Biden-era open border policies, you’re un-American.
Somewhere, Rachel Zegler is ordering a third pint and smiling through the beer’s foam ...
Hackish
Jimmy Kimmel takes each summer off from his DNC-approved talk show. That leaves it up to guest hosts to maintain the sophisticated level of satire Kimmel is known for. Like calling Trump a racist. Or calling Trump a Nazi.
"Kangaroo Jack" star Anthony Anderson went Kimmel one better — he did both:
Trump’s media company has just made their streaming platform, Truth+, available worldwide. They also announced that Truth+ will be the first streaming network to call BET+ the N-word ...
In all fairness, I looked it up, and they do have some great shows on Truth+ like "The Amazing Racist," "Friday Night Whites," "Third Reich from the Sun," "Illegal Alien vs. Predator," "The Search for OJ’s Gold," "Dog the Bounty Hunter’s Roadkill Kitchen," "RuPaul’s Normal Guys Dressed in Khakis Race," "Dumb[Bleep] Dynasty," and "White-ish."
The left's Trump jokes tend to be stale — but these gags expired circa 2017. Sounds like Anderson's auditioning for a show of his own: "Hackish."
Rich girls
Adam Carolla has a recurring routine where he finds the craziest things to complain about. It’s meant to be funny and tax the comic’s gift for improv. “What Can’t Adam Complain About?”
Michelle Obama can’t stop stealing the bit, but she’s serious about her caterwauling. The latest example? On the former first lady's flailing podcast, she and Julia Louis-Dreyfus bemoaned how hard it is to be a woman.
"I think it’s important for all guys listening, especially men raising daughters, to realize that difference. And that thing that inadvertently, as you are loving and raising these beautiful girls, there are so many rules that make us small.”
(Here's hoping the Obamas' 28-acre Martha's Vineyard estate gives Michelle some much-deserved elbow room this summer!)
Louis-Dreyfus, who overcame her billionaire father's oppressive love and support to build a career as an actress, agreed that the obstacles in women’s way are “baked” into American society.
Victimhood sure does pay the rent ...
'The View'-lag Archipelago
Poor Whoopi Goldberg and Alyssa Farah Griffin. On paper, “The View” co-hosts get paid better than most people for spouting conspiracy theories and giving the show’s legal counsel fits.
Not a bad gig if you can keep it, right?
Right?
Yet, Goldberg recently whined that showing up on set can “feel like hell” after getting a warm reception from the show’s seals, er, rather live audience members.
“Thank you for that because sometimes this gig can feel like ... HELL! And sometimes you feel like people are just angry at you all the time. And so to get a welcome like this this morning, we really appreciate it.”
The faux conservative Farah Griffin later confided she routinely cries at work. She just finds different spots in the building to shed those tears. Why? She often disagrees with her fellow panelists.
“This is a very hard job to do, and I oftentimes have the only opinion that's different at a table of five people.”
To be fair, being forced to banter with Goldberg, Joy Behar, and Sunny Hostin is the closest thing to waterboarding we've ever seen on daytime TV.
'Morning' has broken
Apple TV+’s “The Morning Show” is going to tackle the President Biden dementia cover-up? The new trailer for the increasingly partisan drama finds stars Jennifer Aniston and Reese Witherspoon sharing key themes from the new season.
The show is set within the fictional world of a morning news program, where ratings rule and behind-the-scenes angst takes center stage.
“We have to question everything that we see, and we hear now more than ever,” Aniston’s Alex Levy says in the teaser.
“There was a cover-up,” Witherspoon’s Bradley Jackson adds.
The show often reflects reality, like previous episodes dealing with the COVID-19 fallout. So the Biden scandal would be perfect for the series. Maybe super journo Jake “I Missed the Biggest Story of the Decade” Tapper can play himself.
Except “The Morning Show” is increasingly woke and pushes progressive talking points. Expect just about any other subject to be the focus of the new season besides the meandering ex-president.
Corn Pop will be so disappointed.
Whoopi's warped I-rant leaves 'The View' co-hosts speechless
“The View” co-hosts Sara Haines and Alyssa Farah Griffin now know how the rest of us feel.
Audiences have endured an endless string of fake news stories, crazed conspiracies, and more from the toxic ABC News product.
The scariest part for tomorrow’s filmmakers? 'A Better Tomorrow' required just 30 people to complete.
We roll our eyes, laugh, and stare agape, wondering why the top brass isn’t ashamed to put the network’s name on the product.
Haines and Griffin must be numb to it all, enduring it five days a week while the paychecks keep clearing. Last week, however, Whoopi Goldberg’s commentary proved too much for even them.
The trouble began with the panel debating the latest Israeli attacks on Iran and the prospect of the U.S. entering the fray. That led to this bewildering exchange between Goldberg and Griffin.
Griffin began by explaining how the human rights abuses in Iran are far worse than what citizens face in the U.S. It’s a “the sky is blue” comment, except uber-patriot Goldberg disagreed.
GOLDBERG: We've been known in this country to tie gay folks to the car!
FARAH GRIFFIN: I’m sorry, but where the Iranian regime is today is nothing compared to the United States!
GOLDBERG: Listen, I'm sorry! They used to just keep hanging black people!
FARAH GRIFFIN: It’s not even the same! I couldn’t step foot wearing this outfit in Iran right now ... I think it's very different to live in the United States in 2025 than it is in Iran.
GOLDBERG: Not if you're black!
HOSTIN: Not for everybody!
GOLDBERG: Not if you're black!
Haines jumped in, trying to bring sanity to the discussion, but Goldberg wouldn’t budge.
This really happened on a major television network, not a YouTube channel with 25 indifferent subscribers ...
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China's 'Better' AI bet
U.S.-based film studios are treading carefully vis-à-vis AI. Very carefully.
They don’t want to be seen as pushing digital creativity over human inspiration, and the recent industry strikes offered limited protections for cast and crew against the AI revolution.
China has no such compunctions.
In fact, the China Film Foundation recently announced two new AI-driven projects: the restoration of 100 martial arts films and the first completely AI-produced animated film: “A Better Tomorrow: Cyber Border.”
The scariest part for tomorrow’s filmmakers? “A Better Tomorrow” required just 30 people to complete. Now, recall watching any MCU film and seeing the waves of names floating by during the end credits.
It’s no wonder Hollywood is very, very nervous ...
'Mega' millions
Find a spouse who will love you as much as Francis Ford Coppola loves “Megalopolis.” The auteur’s 2024 film earned rough reviews and an even worse commercial drubbing. It’s still Coppola’s baby, despite it costing him tens of millions.
Literally.
With a box office tally of only $14 million, the Mega-flop didn't come close to making back its estimated $120 million budget — most of which came from the “Apocalypse Now” director's own pockets. That’s commitment, and his relationship with the film is far from over.
Coppola has yanked “Megalopolis” from its brief VOD platform run and refuses to let the movie be shown on streaming platforms or Blu-ray. Instead, he’s about to start a limited U.S. tour where he’ll screen the film and provide post-movie commentary.
We’ll know it’s true love if he announces a sequel during the tour ...
Lane's gay panic
Thoughts and prayers go out to Nathan Lane. He just caught a severe case of Trump derangement syndrome.
The TV/film/Broadway actor is currently appearing in “Mid-Century Modern,” Hulu’s new gay sitcom. Lane is proud of the show but fears it could come to a crashing halt at any point. Is he worried about low ratings or disinterested Hulu executives? Perhaps the show’s budget is too expensive for the streamer?
No. He thinks Orange Man Bad might make it disappear.
“Is it going to change any minds? I don’t know about that. Trump, if he knew we were on the air, would probably try to shut it down, come after Hulu. But I think it’s a great thing to have right now, in the midst of books being banned and, ‘Don’t say this and don’t say gay and don’t do that.’ I think it’s a perfect time for a show like this.”
Maybe Lane should press Scott Bessent about his fears. Bessent is Trump’s treasury secretary, an openly gay man. He seems quite happy to be where is he today. Can Lane say the same?
Bill Maher warns Dems to do something about 'The View' after Whoopi Goldberg compares Iran to US; GOP rep blasts her response
Bill Maher advised Democrats to "do something" about "The View" after co-host Whoopi Goldberg made a controversial remark that compared Iran to the United States of America. Meanwhile, a GOP representative blasted Goldberg for attempting to compare life in the United States with life in Iran.
Last week, Goldberg stirred the pot by claiming that living under the brutal Iranian theocratic regime isn't much different from black people living in the United States.
'"The View" isn’t a talk show, it’s a weekly tantrum from the far-left padded room.'
The eyebrow-raising comment was made during a discussion about the conflict in Iran, when co-host Alyssa Farah Griffin pointed out that the oppressive Iranian regime has regularly violated human rights.
“Let’s just remember, too, the Iranians literally throw gay people off of buildings. They don’t adhere to basic human rights,” Griffin declared during the episode that aired last Wednesday.
The remark irritated Goldberg, who responded by saying, "Let’s not do that, because if we start with that, we have been known in this country to tie gay folks to the car. I’m sorry, they used to just keep hanging black people."
Griffin responded while Whoopi continued to talk over her.
"I'm sorry, but where the Iranian regime is today in 2025 is nothing compared to the United States," Griffin replied. "It is not even the same."
Goldberg argued, "It is the same." Then Whoopi told Griffin, "That's not what you mean to say."
Griffin countered, "The year 2025 in the United States is nothing like if I stepped foot wearing this outfit in Tehran right now."
Griffin noted that women cannot wear leg-revealing skirts or have their hair showing in Iran.
It is mandatory for women to wear a hijab to cover their hair in public spaces, and failing to do so is punishable by up to 15 years in prison, according to the United Nations.
"I think it’s very different to live in the United States in 2025 than it is to live in Iran in 2025," Griffin stated.
Goldberg interjected, "Not if you’re black."
"The View" co-host Sunny Hostin agreed, saying, "Not for everybody."
Griffin advised, "Uh, guys, don’t go to Tehran. Do not. No one at this table can go to Tehran.”
Whoopi admitted that the United States is "the greatest country in the world," but contended that black Americans face issues every day.
Goldberg said, "But every day, we are worried. Do we have to be worried about our kids? Are their kids going to get shot because they’re running through somebody’s neighborhood?”
Co-host Sara Haines added of females in Iran, "And they are not doing well there. They are not doing well in Iran. They are not educated. They can’t own property.”
Haines noted, “They can’t go out of their houses.”
Griffin conceded that there are "very real problems" in the United States, but there are "much darker" places in the world.
"Nobody wants to diminish the very real problems we have in this country," Griffin stated. "That is no one’s intent, but I think it’s important we remember there are places much darker than this country, and people who deserve rights …"
Goldberg butted in and said, "Listen, not everybody feels that way. Not everybody feels that way. Listen, I’m sorry, you know, when you think about the fact that we got the vote in 1965 …"
Griffin interrupted, "They don’t have free and fair elections in Iran. It’s not even the same universe."
Goldberg dropped out of the tense debate by saying, "There's no way I can make you understand."
Maher ridiculed "The View" for attempting to equate life in the authoritarian Islamic Republic of Iran with being a black American in the United States.
During the latest episode of "Real Time with Bill Maher," the liberal talk show host applauded Democrats for taking a step "back to sanity" after the New York Times shifted toward a more "sensible liberal, not crazy woke” position on transgender issues.
However, Maher noted that the Democrats have an issue with the progressive talking points spouted on "The View" and that "something" needs to be done about it.
Maher said it was a "great first step toward giving Democrats back some sanity." He added, "A second good step would be: We gotta do something about 'The View.' I really believe that."
'Honestly? Don’t cancel "The View." Add more cameras. More microphones. Maybe even a laugh track. Once you realize it’s basically an "SNL" skit of a left-wing meltdown, it becomes the greatest MAGA campaign ad on TV.'
Maher asked guest Rep. Wesley Hunt (R-Texas) for his opinion on Goldberg's remarks that black Americans have just as many issues as people in Iran.
Hunt reacted with a hearty laugh before stating, "My district in the great state of Texas is actually a white-majority district that President Trump would have won by 25 points."
"As I said, I’m a direct descendant of a slave, my great-great-grandfather, who was born on Rosedown Plantation," Hunt continued. "I am literally being judged not by the color of my skin but by the content of my character."
Hunt added, "That’s the progress, because, like, a lot of white people had to vote for me — a lot. So I don’t ever want to hear Whoopi Goldberg’s conversation about how it’s worse to be black in America right now. That's a bit far."
Hunt explained that his father grew up under Jim Crow but is now the father of a Republican U.S. congressman in a white-majority district.
"That is America," Hunt proclaimed. "So let's celebrate that."
Fellow guest Paul Begala, a Democratic political consultant and commentator, argued that we have the holiday of Juneteenth to celebrate the freedom of black Americans, but asserted that President Donald Trump “doesn’t want to honor” the occasion.
Hunt fired back, “I don’t want it. I don’t want Black History Month. I don’t want all these days to make everybody feel special. I’m an ’80s baby. Everybody’s too sensitive anyway. We’re all Americans anyway.”
Hunt continued to bash "The View" host even after his Friday appearance on "Real Time with Bill Maher."
Hunt wrote on the X social media platform on Monday, "Hey Whoopi, if America is so bad, why are you still cashing multi-million dollar checks from a country that made you rich, famous, and free? You claim it’s worse to be Black in America than a woman in Iran? Really?"
"Try hosting The View in Tehran and see how that goes. Spoiler alert: there won’t be a studio audience — there’ll be a firing squad," the Texas congressman stated.
"The truth is, you’ve become a professional victim in a nation that gave you everything. The View isn’t a talk show, it’s a weekly tantrum from the far-left padded room," Hunt declared. "Let her talk. Let her rant. Every time she opens her mouth, she reminds America why we’re winning."
Hunt stated that he doesn't want "The View" canceled. In fact, Hunt wants to bring more exposure to the left-wing talk show.
"Honestly? Don’t cancel The View. Add more cameras. More microphones. Maybe even a laugh track," Hunt said. "Once you realize it’s basically an SNL skit of a leftwing meltdown, it becomes the greatest MAGA campaign ad on TV."
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Arnold Schwarzenegger goes full patriot on ‘The View,’ derails Joy Behar’s anti-ICE ambush
On June 17, Arnold Schwarzenegger braved the coven that is ABC’s “The View.” Joy Behar tried to snare him with a question about ICE raids, but it didn’t go in the America-hating direction she hoped it would. In fact, it went in the completely opposite direction.
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“You're an immigrant in this country. Did you have a visceral reaction to what [ICE is] doing?” Behar asked.
“I'm so proud and happy that I was embraced by the American people,” Schwarzenegger responded. “I came over here at the age of 21 with absolutely nothing. And then to create a career like that — I mean, in no other country in the world could you do that.”
“My bodybuilding career … my acting career, becoming governor, the beautiful family that I have created — all of this is because of America,” he continued. “This is the greatest country in the world, and it is the land of opportunity.”
Schwarzenegger then announced that he will be giving the keynote speech at Mount Vernon on July 4 to celebrate the 250th anniversary of America. The event will include a naturalization ceremony — a formal rite of passage in which legal immigrants who have met the requirements to become U.S. citizens take the Oath of Allegiance, officially granting them U.S. citizenship. During the ceremony, these new citizens pledge loyalty to the United States, renounce allegiance to foreign governments, and agree to uphold the Constitution.
Schwarzenegger made it crystal clear that he loves this ceremony. “It's really a great, great celebration, and this is what this is all about — to celebrate people becoming Americans and coming to America,” he said.
All this while, the panel was politely nodding along, occasionally adding a “that’s true” or a “that’s great.” But then Schwarzenegger said something that caused their countenances to visibly sour.
“But the key thing also is at the same time, we got to do things legal,” he said. “Those people that are doing illegal things in America and the foreigners, they are not smart.”
“When you come to America, you’re a guest, and you have to behave like a guest. Like when I go to someone’s house and I’m a guest, then I will do everything I can to keep things clean … and do everything that is the right thing to do rather than committing a crime or being abusive,” he continued.
That’s when Sunny Hostin placed her manicured, heavily ringed hand on his arm as if to say, “All right, honey, don’t go there.”
But he would not be deterred. “The important thing is when you become an immigrant to think about: Okay, I go to America because I want to use America for the great opportunities that America has in education, in jobs, creating a family. … Then I have to give something back,” he said, arguing that immigrants “have a responsibility … to give back to America.”
They “didn't expect conservative Arnold from 30 years ago”; they wanted “‘screw your freedom’ from five years ago,” says Pat.
To see the footage of Arnold Schwarzenegger’s patriotic speech that left “The View’s” hosts deeply uncomfortable, watch the video above.
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Black Americans destroy Whoopi Goldberg’s claim that life for blacks is ‘the same’ as for Iranians
The women of “The View,” who lead arguably some of the most privileged lives in the world, got into a heated debate this week when co-host Alyssa Farah Griffin elaborated on the many human rights violations perpetrated under the Ayatollah’s regime in Iran.
Those include executions of gay people and the imprisonment of women who dare to venture outside without their hair covered.
“Iranians literally throw gay people off of buildings,” Griffin said, before Goldberg laid into her.
"Let’s not do that, because if we start with that, we have been known in this country to tie gay folks to the car. Listen, I'm sorry, they used to just keep hanging black people," Goldberg said.
"In the year 2025 in the United States, it is nothing like if I step foot wearing this outfit into Iran right now," Griffin said.
"It is the same," Goldberg responded, and when Griffin attempted to argue, Goldberg responded, “Not if you’re black.”
BlazeTV host Jason Whitlock of "Jason Whitlock Harmony" couldn’t be less surprised that Goldberg holds such a view, and neither can his panel.
“Delusion is a stronghold, and oftentimes when you are too well fed for too long, you forget what actual hunger feels like,” BlazeTV contributor Delano Squires comments.
“My initial thought, and it’s not my strongest, but why is this on TV? Who is funding this? This is a level of delusion and a conversation so far removed from reality. Why is this on television, and why are corporations and advertisers supporting this?” Whitlock chimes in.
“It just frustrates me because it is allowed to be on TV when it’s so far-fetched and ridiculous. I don’t, as a black person, walk around every day feeling like I even compare to these women or people in these other countries, and Whoopi knows this, and she understands this, but yet she’s allowed to push this type of rhetoric,” Shemeka Michelle agrees.
“So for Whoopi to be able to push this narrative on national TV, ABC should be ashamed of themselves,” she adds.
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