Justine Bateman did what some of Hollywood’s biggest stars refused to do. She spoke out against Cancel Culture and attacks on free speech across Western culture. “Justine Bateman is Over Cancel Culture” @USATODAY by @doliver8 https://t.co/F1nTNdwHtz pic.twitter.com/Ni4jZ4UyOg — Justine Bateman (@JustineBateman) November 14, 2024 Now, she’s making the podcast rounds to expound on her views. …

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Joe Dante’s “Gremlins” isn’t just a seminal work of 1980’s pop cinema but a very-dark horror/comedy set at Christmastime. It’s often funny, occasionally sweet but more often a truly nasty piece of work. I mean that latter quality as a compliment. Billy Peltzer (Zach Galligan) is a kindhearted teen who works at a bank in …

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The corporate media, by and large, learned nothing from President-Elect Donald Trump’s Nov. 5 victory. No major outlet has circled back to the biggest media scandal of our age – a major political party pretended its leader wasn’t diminished by a dementia-like condition. The recent ProPublica scandal proves journalists are still activists first and foremost. …

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It didn’t take a genius to predict “Wicked” fans wouldn’t silently sit through the musical’s big-screen adaptation. They wanted to sing, loud and proud, and it drove some audience members to distraction. It’s bad enough patrons yap through movies like it’s their private man cave. Now, amateur crooners are belting out “Popular” and “Defying Gravity.” …

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