‘SNL’ Tells Brutal Truth About Biden (Finally)
“Saturday Night Live” avoids President Joe Biden at all costs. That’s hard to do when a show lives and dies by political gags. Still, “SNL” modern-day writers know the prime directive. Protect Democrats. It’s a betrayal of the show’s bipartisan past, but it’s how the show operates in the post-Obama age. For three-plus years “SNL” …
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‘Superman’s’ Huge Budget Shows Hollywood Hasn’t Learned Its Lesson
The 2016 “Ghostbusters” reboot cost Sony a reported $70 million, stalling the franchise in the process. The film brought it $128 million stateside and $100 million more overseas. So why all that red ink? The film cost too much, and the box office receipts couldn’t split the difference. The 2021 redo, “Ghostbusters: Afterlife,” earned roughly …
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Norm Dworman Schools Seattle Comedy Club on Free Speech
Give the duo in charge of Seattle’s Capitol Hill Comedy Bar credit. Jes Anderson and Dane Hesseldahl appeared on “Comedy Cellar: Live from the Table” this week to defend their decision to “un-book” four comedians. The show is co-hosted by Noam Dworman, owner of New York’s Comedy Cellar and a staunch free speech advocate. Anderson …
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Media Revive Racism Charges Against Joe Rogan
Joe Rogan withstood every Cancel Culture attack possible over the last few years. He’s alt-Right! He’s spreading misinformation! He platforms hate mongers! And, of course, He’s racist! The latter charge proved the most serious given the post-George Floyd landscape. Rogan’s foes dug through his old podcasts and found instances where he used the N-word. Rogan …
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Michael Rapaport Shreds Hollywood for Silence on Israeli Hostages
You won’t find late-night comics mocking President Joe Biden’s obvious mental decline. Nor will “Saturday Night Live” get too close to that radioactive reality. You have to look to an Italian TV show to see satirists take down the Commander in Chief. This is what Italy thinks of Joe Biden. pic.twitter.com/YnEi3MQx7Y — Ian Miles Cheong …
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Biden’s Late-Night Gotcha on Trump? Fake News
President Joe Biden’s handlers fear he can’t handle softball interviews on Super Bowl Sunday. The 81-year-old dodged the easy Q&A two years in a row. He also refuses to submit to a cognitive test despite growing talk about his serial gaffes. He still can go on a late-night program and muddle his way through what’s …
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‘Dune: Part II’ Delivers More of the Spectacular Same
Director/co-writer Denis Villeneuve has done it again. Literally. Audiences who loved his 2021 take on Frank Herbert’s “Dune” will be doubly pleased with the sequel. If this brand of visually magnificent, narratively sluggish storytelling wasn’t for you the first time, the sequel won’t win you over. It’s that simple. Either way, it’s best to bone …
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Variety (Gently) Waves White Flag on President Biden
Journalists treat late-night television like their personal megaphone. Reporters, who violently lean to the Left, can’t say everything they’d like to say in print and on the web. So they aggressively quote and promote hosts who share the same views. Case in point: Joe Biden takes shots at Donald Trump’s age on ‘Late Night With …
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It’s Official: Rob Reiner’s Anti-Trump ‘God & Country’ Bombs
Christian Nationalists are the new White Supremacists. The former is how the press and the Left, but we repeat ourselves, target right-leaning voters supporting President Donald Trump. The Ruthless Variety Program mocks the press’ efforts in the podcast’s latest episode. The so-called group is the focus of “God & Country,” a new documentary produced by …
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Comedians React to Woke Club Cancelations: ‘Hope It Goes Belly Up’
Cancel Culture’s stranglehold on comedy is slipping. The woke mob tried to silence Dave Chappelle, Roseanne Barr and Shane Gillis in recent years. And, in every case, they failed. Chappelle’s contract with Netflix got renewed after his 2021 streaming special, “The Closer,” enraged far-Left activists. Barr joined the podcast revolution and is playing gigs at …
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