Actress Julianne Moore says she’s about done doing movies that have any major action elements or conflict, because the world is just too scary.
The 65-year-old “Hannibal” star made the revelation during a Kering Women in Motion Talk at Cannes on Saturday, as Variety <a href="https://variety.com/2026/film/festivals/julianne-moore-rejects-movies-guns-explosions-1236750786/">reported</a>.
“I’m less and less interested in tragedy, I would say,” she said while accepting Kering’s Women in Motion Award. “Particularly now at a time when things are rough globally, it’s hard for me to invest in a story that I think is pretend, where I feel like the depth of the emotion doesn’t measure up to what’s happening in the world.”
“I don’t like someone being murdered,” Moore added. “I don’t like explosions and guns. I don’t like histrionics. I don’t like things that raise the stakes without real feeling underneath. I mean, that actually bothers me because that’s like noise. I don’t know how to play it. I don’t want to watch it.”
Fans were quick to mock Moore not just for her stance, but for making her career on these exact types of films she now claims to despise. 
“I’ve lost count how many movies she’s done with guns,” one commenter wrote. 
“Funny how artists forget their own catalog until it’s time to virtue signal,” another agreed. 
A third person wrote, “That’s great! Now playback all the degenerate, violent entertainment Julianne has happily participated in throughout her career.”
At the same time, Moore said she is disappointed by a reported lack of representation of women in films and behind the scenes in the movie-making business and beyond, saying it’s “not endemic just to the film industry, it’s global.”
“I mean, there’s not representation in C-suites, there’s not representation in media, there’s not representation in higher education. There are lots of places where we don’t have the representation we deserve. So I feel like it’s a bigger problem,” Moore said of lead roles for females reportedly dropping by to 37% in the top-grossing movies of 2025, down 10% from 2024. 
She advocated for more women telling female-centric stories in Hollywood. 
“It’s like, we are the ones who have each other’s backs, we are the ones who hire each other, we are the ones that write stories about ourselves,” Moore said at Cannes. “And that actually goes back to point of view, too. Like, who is telling that story? Whose point of view is it? Is it a female point of view?”

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Hollywood director and producer Adam McKay was very upset with “white liberals” during a recent podcast appearance, a demographic that he would arguably fall into himself.
The “Don’t Look Up” director made the comments during a recent episode of the “Urgent Futures” podcast released earlier this week.
“We are being hit with the high-grade marketing and no group is worse than white liberals,&#8221; McKay said. &#8220;I mean, they are the worst. I’ve tried to talk to them about the climate. They are so smug and captured. And it boils down to privilege. I mean, when you talk to white moneyed liberals, they’re getting a lot from this broken system.” 
The Hollywood mainstay said he can’t believe anyone is still supporting Democrats, who he deemed too permissive and not radical enough for his taste.
“It’s incredible to watch people this far down the road still saying, ‘You gotta stand behind the Democratic Party,’&#8221; he added. &#8220;The same party that wouldn’t convict Trump of a crime after he told a crowd, ‘Go to the Capitol’ [and] the same party where the previous presidential candidate, Hillary Clinton, literally funded Trump’s campaign.” 
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“At some point, I realized these are bad-faith arguments and conversations,” McKay went on before saying Republicans and Democrats were essentially the same.
“Once you kind of flip that switch and realize white liberals are full-on right-wingers and the Republicans are extreme right-wingers, by any international definition of right/left wing, you can’t support a party that doesn’t want universal health care. The Democrats don’t have that in their party platform. Kamala, Hillary never brought it up,” he ranted.
“The level of damage those creeps [Bill Clinton and Barack Obama] have done to our country, white liberals don’t even want to hear about it, because it’s inconvenient and unpleasant. So yeah, I almost can say I despise American white liberals. They are the grossest of the gross,” McKay said.
McKay, whose credits include “Anchorman” and “Vice,” once considered himself a Democrat. But he announced in November 2024 that he was considering leaving the party after Trump was re-elected. He said he was thinking about joining the Green Party or the Working Families Party, per <a href="https://variety.com/2024/film/news/adam-mckay-time-to-abandon-democratic-party-trump-victory-1236202362/">Variety</a>.

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Rapper Nicki Minaj is finally discussing what led her to reveal herself as a proud Trump supporter, a stance she claims to have held long before publicly backing the president.
The 43-year-old recording artist went into detail about her journey to MAGA town during an <a href="https://time.com/article/2026/05/14/nicki-minaj-trump/">interview</a> with Time published Wednesday.
“I felt that way already about him, just that I didn’t dare act like that publicly,” Minaj told the outlet, saying she feared backlash both from the Left-leaning music industry and from fans. “It’s been ingrained in everyone’s brain in the music business that we are supposed to be a Democratic family. I just knew they would not like me supporting Trump.”
The “Super Bass” singer said she wasn’t happy with former president Barack Obama because of comments he made about black men being uncomfortable with a female president while campaigning for Kamala Harris in 2024.
&#8220;I just saw so many videos of black men saying that they didn’t like the way they felt about that speech that Obama gave,” she added. “They felt like they weren’t being listened to.”
Minaj mentioned that Obama’s association with rapper Jay-Z didn’t help matters, for her and for her peers. &#8220;I think Jay-Z ended up costing Obama a lot, whether he knows it or not,&#8221; she said. &#8220;Lots of rappers don’t like Jay-Z and were afraid to say it.”
The singer said a series of “swatting” attacks in 2022 and 2023 also steered her away from Democrats and further into the Trump camp. Swatting refers to individuals calling in fake emergencies and sending law enforcement to someone’s location.
Minaj said she reached out to California Democratic Governor Gavin Newsom for help, but he never got back to her.
“He just completely ignored me, with all the money I spent in taxes,&#8221; she told Time.
Then in 2025, Minaj was swatted again, and Florida Republican Congresswoman Anna Paulina Luna put her in touch with federal law enforcement and a private security team.
“I was shocked,” she said of Luna&#8217;s response. &#8220;I&#8217;d never seen anyone in politics treat me that way.&#8221;
It was also a turning point, Minaj said, adding, &#8220;That&#8217;s what made me say that I don&#8217;t care to keep this a secret anymore.&#8221; 
Despite massive backlash after calling herself “the president’s number one fan” and making several appearances at White House events in support of his administration, Minaj told the outlet she’s “never felt happier.&#8221;
&#8220;I’ve never felt better. When you can be yourself, you’re happier,” she concluded.

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Actress Margaret Cho said she turned down a role in the popular gay hockey drama “Heated Rivalry” because it was filming in Canada and she was afraid of being “detained at the border.”
The 57-year-old comedian and outspoken Trump critic made the comments during a recent appearance on the “I Never Liked You” podcast.
“Last year, I got a pilot script for a show that I really loved, but it shot in Canada. I was, like, so scared because I’m so vocal about hating ICE and hating this administration,” she said. “I was like, I will get detained at the border and I will be put in ICE detention if I go. And I was like struggling over it, and I had to talk to all these people about it, and I was super upset, and I said no. And it was ‘Heated Rivalry.’”
“Like, it kills me,” Cho added. “And it’s all because of Trump.”
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She further stated that she asked showrunners about being involved in season two, which is currently in development. “I asked them, we’ll see,” Cho said.
The stand-up comedian <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/disney-actress-says-its-time-for-a-trans-disney-prince-princess">made headlines</a> in 2023 for advocating for trans characters in Disney projects. Cho said as much after playing an LGBTQ guidance counselor in the made-for-TV Disney+ movie, “Prom Pact.”
“I would love to see them everywhere,” Cho said of “queer characters” in kids&#8217; films. “I would love to see trans characters and different types of people in roles of, like, Disney princess, Disney prince, and Disney everything.”
“I think this would be really important and it’s a move towards the future,” she added. “It’s a move towards who we are. I think it’s really admirable and really exciting.”
“Heated Rivalry,” which became a breakout hit in 2025, follows two closeted hockey players who engage in a romantic relationship. It’s been criticized for featuring graphic sexual content. Despite that, it has been especially popular with heterosexual women.
Former first lady Jill Biden was fully prepared to shell out $35,000 for a chance to appear in an upcoming season of the show after <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/jill-biden-paid-how-much-for-a-chance-to-appear-in-gay-hockey-show">bidding on the prize</a> during an LGBT charity auction last month.

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Trump-Hating Actress Rejects Role In Gay Hockey Drama Over Fears Of ICE

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The hosts of “The View” pushed back on actor Billy Bob Thornton’s argument that celebrities should keep quiet about politics. 
They were reacting to comments Thornton made on the &#8220;Howie Mandel Does Stuff&#8221; podcast last week, where the “Landman” star paraphrased comedian Ricky Gervais and said celebrities should, &#8220;Get your little award and f*** off.&#8221;
“I don’t know anything about politics. I have no idea,&#8221; Thornton added. &#8220;And the stuff that I believe about it, I don’t want to force it down somebody else’s throat ’cause I’m not an expert on that.”
Thornton also said trusting celebrities is a mistake.
“The fact that people put so much gravitas [into] this group of people that pretends things,” he added. “Just because you played a doctor doesn’t mean you are a doctor, just because you played a hero doesn’t make you a hero. And the people that listen to you, no matter how much we talk, they don’t know us. It’s such a small circle of people that know you, know you enough to trust you in your opinion.”
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On Monday&#8217;s episode of “The View,” co-host Joy Behar was furious with this concept, saying, &#8220;Imagine bragging about how uninformed you are.&#8221; 
Behar went on to praise celebrities like Bruce Springsteen and Robert De Niro, among the most radical leftist stars around, for always getting political. 
Co-host Sunny Hostin chimed in, saying, &#8220;We are at a crisis point in this country. I think democracy is participatory. I think when you have a platform, that means you have an outsized voice and when you have a platform, I think that you have a responsibility to speak up about what’s going on in this country and my view silence is complicity. We need every single ally to speak out.&#8221;
Co-host Alyssa Farah Griffin offered a different perspective, saying, &#8220;A, Billy Bob Thornton is one of my favorite actors. I’m never going to say a bad word about him, starting with that. But B, a lot of this table criticized George Clooney when he wrote his Biden op-ed.&#8221;
&#8220;That is a celebrity using his voice, saying what he believes, it can&#8217;t just be when they agree with your position,&#8221; Griffin added.
&#8220;He can say it and I can criticize it, that’s called free speech,&#8221; Behar shot back.
Griffin added that celebrities shouldn’t be “bullied” into speaking out, and that their participation by just posting on social media is more accurately described as “slacktivism.”
The panel continued to argue over whether celebs should voice political opinions, or whether, as Thornton suggested, their influence is often misplaced.

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“Nashville” actress Hayden Panettiere recalled a disturbing encounter from her late teens in which she says a trusted friend led her into what felt like a trap involving a “very famous” naked man.
Panettiere, now 36, shared the story during Monday&#8217;s episode of Jay Shetty&#8217;s &#8220;On Purpose&#8221; podcast while discussing her upcoming memoir, “This Is Me: A Reckoning.” She said the incident happened when she was 18 years old.
“You write about a moment in your career where a friend of yours takes you onto a boat,” Shetty said during the podcast. “You’re led to a room which has an older man in it and then basically told to perform sexual acts.”
Reflecting on the experience, Panettiere said she was young and naive at the time, despite believing otherwise.
“The fact that I was 18, even though I’d lived such a huge life and I thought I was oh so mature at 18 … scientifically, our frontal lobes don’t develop until we’re what, 25, 26?” Panettiere replied. “So even though I felt like I could make healthy decisions, safe decisions, I wasn’t capable of being fully aware of what was going on around me.”
&#8220;It wasn&#8217;t until I found myself in predicaments that I realized — my perspective completely shifted, and I realized that I was in danger,&#8221; she went on. &#8220;But by the time I&#8217;d realized I was in danger, I was quite literally out to sea.&#8221;
Panettiere described feeling shocked and betrayed by the person who brought her there.
“It took me by surprise,&#8221; she said. &#8220;It was somebody led by somebody that I had grown to trust and see as a protector and somebody who had my back. To be walked down the stairs, it was presented as though it was a surprise.”
&#8220;It was a very small room, and she physically put me in the bed next to this undressed man who was very famous,&#8221; Panettiere added, saying it seemed like “an average day for him and this is something that happens all the time.&#8221;
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&#8220;I became ferocious,&#8221; she recalled. &#8220;I was like, &#8216;This is not happening.&#8217; But I had nowhere to hide. I bolted and I hid wherever I could think of on a boat… There was no jumping off and swimming away,&#8221; she said. &#8220;There was nobody who was going to be empathetic to my situation. This was nothing new to them.&#8221;
She said it was “disappointing” to be let down by someone she trusted. 
&#8220;When you really find somebody that you trust, you hold on to them for dear life and you feel so lucky,” the “Heroes” star added. &#8220;So to be betrayed like that is just an awful feeling.&#8221;
Panettiere&#8217;s memoir, “This Is Me: A Reckoning,” is set to be released May 19.

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‘Nashville’ Star Says She Was Lured Into Dangerous Situation With ‘Very Famous’ Naked Man

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Is pop star Britney Spears back on the right track?
Freshly returned from rehab following DUI charges, the 44-year-old singer posted an update to her Instagram account. But instead of another near-naked dance video with knives, Spears shared a photo of a yellow and white snake that she insists is a good omen.
“Snakes are symbolic of good health, higher consciousness, and pure luck,” she wrote in the image caption, mentioning how she saw the snake while visiting the pet store with her sons. “I’m so damn thankful to my friends and so many new beautiful people I have met through my spiritual journey… all a blessing in disguise.”
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“I still have to learn how to be kind to myself and the way I speak to myself,” Spears continued. “It’s a never ending journey and sometimes I just stop, look up and say wow God I think that was you and smile on!!!!”
This update comes after Spears took a deal on May 4, pleading guilty to violating California’s “wet reckless” law. This is a lesser charge offered at the county prosecutor’s discretion. She will serve 12 months of probation, enroll in a three-month substance abuse program, and pay a fine of $571, as The Daily Wire previously <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/britney-spears-enters-wet-reckless-plea-after-arrest?author=Jacob+Wheeler&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=undefined&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;title=Britney+Spears+Enters+%E2%80%98Wet+Reckless%E2%80%99+Plea+After+Arrest">reported</a>.
On March 4, the California Highway Patrol arrested Spears on suspicion of DUI after officers observed her driving erratically and at a high rate of speed near Thousand Oaks. Spears was the “solo occupant” of the BMW and “showed signs of impairment and submitted to a series of field sobriety tests.”
Her representative released a statement at the time, calling it an “unfortunate incident” and saying that it was “completely inexcusable.”
“Britney is going to take the right steps and comply with the law, and hopefully this can be the first step in a long-overdue change that needs to occur in Britney’s life. Hopefully, she can get the help and support she needs during this difficult time,” the statement said. “Her boys are going to be spending time with her. Her loved ones are going to come up with an overdue needed plan to set her up for success for well-being.”
Spears checked herself into rehab in April.
The singer was charged with a misdemeanor hit-and-run in 2007, though the case was later dismissed. The following year, Spears was hospitalized for a psychiatric evaluation and placed under a conservatorship largely overseen by her father. The arrangement lasted 13 years, ending in November 2021 when a judge terminated it amid the fervent “Free Britney” movement.

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The Justin Baldoni-Blake Lively legal drama has come to an end without the spectacle of a trial, and legal experts are saying both sides spent “an obscene amount” of money in the process.
The former co-stars settled the matter two weeks before the trial was scheduled to kick off in New York, after filing multiple lawsuits and counter suits against each other. New York-based attorney Richard Schoenstein, who does not represent either party, <a href="https://people.com/how-much-did-blake-lively-and-justin-baldoni-s-it-ends-with-us-dispute-cost-exclusive-11967317">discussed</a> the likely financial fallout with People. 
“The combined legal expense is in the multiple millions. There are around 1,500 docket entries, countless lawyers on both sides, and these are high-priced firms billing well over $1,000 an hour,” Schoenstein said, which fellow NY-based attorney Megan Thomas agreed with. She said the two parties spent “an obscene amount” over the past two years. 
“I can&#8217;t give a number, but both sides had multiple lawyers,” Thomas added.
Schoenstein added that mounting costs likely had a lot to do with Lively and Baldoni reaching a settlement. Plus, with both sides having their claims dismissed or reduced, it ended up not being worth the hassle.
“I think they settled because the case wasn&#8217;t worth it at this point for either of them,” Schoenstein told the outlet. “The case had been reduced — his counterclaims were dismissed, and her claims were substantially narrowed. There wasn&#8217;t enough to gain from going to trial given the cost, which would have been extremely high, in the millions.”
The legal drama between the former costars started in December 2024 when Lively filed a lawsuit against Baldoni, accusing him of sexual harassment, retaliation, and attempting to “destroy” her reputation. This came after she starred opposite Baldoni in “It Ends With Us,” a film he also directed.
Baldoni fervently denied the claims, responding with a countersuit against his co-star and her husband, actor Ryan Reynolds. He also sued The New York Times for $250 million in a defamation claim for an article about the situation, which he says is “rife with inaccuracies, misrepresentations, and omissions.” The countersuit was dismissed by the judge in June 2025.
A federal judge in New York ruled in early April to dismiss 10 of Blake Lively’s 13 claims against Baldoni, including those related to harassment, defamation, and conspiracy. 
As both cases fell apart and attorney fees kept climbing, the former co-stars finally came to a confidential settlement on Monday, May 4. It is rumored that the only ones who got paid in the end were the lawyers. 
&#8220;The end product — the movie ‘It Ends With Us’ — is a source of pride to all of us who worked to bring it to life. Raising awareness, and making a meaningful impact in the lives of domestic violence survivors — and all survivors — is a goal that we stand behind,&#8221; a statement from Baldoni and Lively provided to Fox News Digital <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/blake-lively-justin-baldoni-settlement-reportedly-ends-no-money-expert-calls-complete-disaster">said</a>.
&#8220;We acknowledge the process presented challenges and recognize concerns raised by Ms. Lively deserved to be heard,&#8221; the statement continued. &#8220;We remain firmly committed to workplaces free of improprieties and unproductive environments. It is our sincere hope that this brings closure and allows all involved to move forward constructively and in peace, including a respectful environment online.&#8221;

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Recording artist Kid Cudi has dropped rapper M.I.A. from his tour due to “offensive” statements she made about immigrants.
M.I.A. was dropped following an incident on May 2 at the Dallas stop of Cudi’s Rebel Ragers Tour. Some audience members were enraged by the comments M.I.A. made during her opening act, which included her saying, “I’ve been canceled for many reasons. I never thought I would be canceled for being a brown Republican voter.”
She also discussed not performing one of her songs, saying, “I can’t do ‘Illegal,’ though some of you could be in the audience.”
Left-leaning Reddit commenters went into a spiral over her remarks, which they <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/KidCudi/comments/1t2dgz7/did_anyone_catch_all_that_wildly_racist_shit_mia/?rdt=40922">called</a> “wildly racist.”
“Her entire set left a bad taste in my mouth,” one person complained.
Cudi told fans that M.I.A. was out via an Instagram post shared yesterday. 
“TOUR UPDATE: M.I.A is no longer on this tour. I told my management to send a notice to her team before we started tour that I didn’t want anything offensive at my shows, cuz I already knew what time it was, and I was assured things were understood. After the last couple shows, I’ve been flooded with messages from fans that were upset by her rants. This, to me, is very disappointing, and I wont have someone on my tour making offensive remarks that upsets my fanbase. Thank you for understanding. Rager.”
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M.I.A. responded on X later that same day. 
“I WROTE ILLYGAL [sic throughout] ON THE MAYA LP A SONG FROM 2010. I STARTED THIS INTRO TO THE SONG WITH THE STATEMENT SAYING I’M ILLYGAL, AND I SAID MY TEAM HASN’T GOTTEN VISAS YET. THEN PLAYED A SONG THAT HAD LYRICS SAYING &#8216;FU&amp;% THE LAW,&#8217; WHICH I STILL BELIEVE, IF THE LAW IS UNJUST F@%&amp; IT. DO NOT GASLIGHT MY WORDS,” her response said. 
“THAT IS THE WORK OF SATAN. I WROTE BORDERS AND ILLYGAL AND PAPER PLANES BEFORE YOU THOUGHT IMMIGRANT RIGHTS WERE COOL. I’VE HAD THSES BATTLES BY MYSELF WITHOUT THE HELP OF MILLIONS OF FANS BACKING ME . I DON’T NEED THIS VIRTUE SIGNAL ERA TO ALL OF A SUDDEN ERASE AN ENTIRE LIFE I’VE LED.”
The post added, “JESUS WAS AN IMMIGRANT AND A REBEL. I HAVE NO APPOLGY [sic] FOR THE JUDGEMENTAL THE WICKED AND THE IGNORENT [sic], FOR THOSE ARE SPIRITS THAT WE MUST OVER COME IN OUR LIVES AND IN THIS WORLD. JESUS RETURNS TO LEAD THE WORLD JUSTLY BECAUSE THERE IS INJUSTICE IN THIS WORLD. IM PROUD OF THOSE WHO FIGHT FOR IT EVERYDAY. GOD BLESS YOU.”
In a follow-up, M.I.A. noted that she’s British and doesn’t vote anyway, and claimed the backlash is an overreaction.
“DON&#8217;T BE AN AGENT OF DIVISION, I CAN&#8217;T VOTE IN THE US, AND 48% OF LATIN COMMUNITY VOTED TRUMP. SO ARE YOU GOING TO HATE THEM ALL?” she <a href="https://x.com/MIAuniverse/status/2051354178195206386">posted</a>.
“WE MUST UNITE TO MAKE THIS COUNTRY, THAT EVERYONE WANTS TO LIVE IN A BETTER PLACE. IF YOU ARE EASYLY LED BY RUMOUR THEN YOU DON&#8217;T SEE THE LIGHT FOR YOURSELF. I PRAY FOR YOUR AWAKENING,” she went on.
Mathangi &#8220;Maya&#8221; Arulpragasam, or M.I.A. as she&#8217;s known, is a British-born Sri Lankan performer who began expressing Right-wing views following the COVID-19 pandemic. She became a Christian in 2022 and has since incorporated religious themes into her music and public statements.

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The Met Gala is always a ridiculous spectacle, but this year may have taken the cake as the absolute worst of the worst.
The theme this year was “Costume Art,” and the dress code was “Fashion is Art.”
Observers noted that one red carpet attendee was being touted with a title that sounded like a “South Park” parody, but instead was 100% real. Aariana Rose Philip arrived and was described as “a black transgender disabled model with quadriplegic cerebral palsy.”
“When people see my mannequin, I want them to see a beautiful, sexy lady,” Philip <a href="https://www.vogue.com/article/aariana-rose-philip-2026-met-gala">told</a> Vogue ahead of the event. “I want them to see a supermodel and a legend. I want them to see that disabled and black trans people matter always, and that we should’ve been in these spaces for a long time.”
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Actress Sarah Paulson is also being criticized for her $1 bill mask, which is supposed to be a criticism of “the 1%.” Her stunt was seen as especially hypocritical considering Paulson’s <a href="https://www.celebritynetworth.com/richest-celebrities/actors/sarah-paulson-net-worth/">estimated</a> $12 million net worth.
Even the libs were annoyed by the “American Horror Story” actress’s stunt, with many noting how it cost about $75,000 just to attend the fundraiser for the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Gown designer Matières Fécales <a href="https://www.cosmopolitan.com/uk/reports/a71216914/sarah-paulson-met-gala-tone-deaf/">said</a> of the look: “Fashion is Art and at its most daring, Political. [Paulson] is wearing the ‘Blinded by Money’ leather mask and the Destroyed Tulle Debutante Ballgown. The collection was a reflection of the greed and corruption that comes with extreme power.”
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The outfit was compared to the infamous “Tax the Rich” dress that Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) wore to the Met Gala in 2021. 
Meanwhile, MTV touted Hunter Schafer, a man who identifies as a woman, as the “Pretttiestt girl in the whole world!”
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“Snow White” actress Rachel Zegler was also at the event, causing a spectacle. She wore a white dress and a blindfold inspired by the painting &#8220;The Execution of Lady Jane Grey&#8221; by Paul Delaroche. Viewers pointed out her strange mannerisms while walking the red carpet, including opening and closing her mouth without making any sounds, which was thought to be symbolic of crying for help.
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Leftists were annoyed that the Met Gala was sponsored by billionaire Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sanchez, but many pointed out that the richest celebrities in the world had no right to call out Bezos for his massive wealth. 
Hundreds of “piss bottles” filled with fake urine were distributed throughout the Met by the British political activist group Everyone Hates Elon. The move sought to highlight allegations that Amazon employees don’t receive adequate bathroom breaks.
“Jeff Bezos’s company Amazon is literally being sued for forcing workers to urinate in bottles,” the group <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/DX1iP3CCLL-/?img_index=1">shared</a> on Instagram. “Amazon avoids MILLIONS in tax and Bezos is one of the world&#8217;s richest men. The Met Museum is taking the PISS by having Jeff honoured as their Gala host. When they celebrate Trump’s billionaires, let’s ridicule them instead.”

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Avowed leftist George Clooney doesn’t see anything wrong with what Jimmy Kimmel said about Melania Trump being an “expectant widow.”
The big-time Democrat donor and Hollywood A-lister said as much during a gala event Monday night, even going so far as comparing Kimmel’s joke about the president dying with Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt using a popular idiom recently. 
“Jimmy’s a comedian, and I would argue that Karoline Leavitt didn’t mean shots should be fired,” Clooney <a href="https://variety.com/2026/scene/news/george-clooney-trump-jimmy-kimmel-fired-1236731720/">told</a> Variety. “She was making a joke. Fair enough. I look at that side and go, &#8216;Well, jokes are jokes.&#8217; But the rhetoric is a little dangerous. And we’ve seen it a lot lately.”
Clooney was referring to Leavitt telling Fox News “there will be some shots fired tonight in the room,” before heading into the White House Correspondents&#8217; Dinner.
The “Ocean’s 11” actor said he doesn’t believe that you should have “a good relationship with government” and that there should be a “free and fair press.”
Clooney tried to place blame on conservatives, saying the rhetoric “can be toned down.”
“When one side is calling anyone they disagree with traitors to the country, which is a charge that’s punishable by death, just because they don’t agree with someone, I think the rhetoric is a little too heated,” he went on.
Kimmel has been put on blast for a parody he did during which he said, “Our First Lady, Melania, is here. Look at Melania, so beautiful. Mrs. Trump, you have a glow like an expectant widow.”
The clip aired Thursday night, two days before a crazed gunman gained access to the White House Correspondents&#8217; Dinner with the intention of not only killing the president, but taking out everyone in the room if necessary.
The first lady did not take the “joke” lightly. She wrote a scathing X post Monday morning, urging ABC to reprimand the late-night comedian.
“Kimmel’s hateful and violent rhetoric is intended to divide our country,” she wrote. “His monologue about my family isn’t comedy- his words are corrosive and deepens the political sickness within America. People like Kimmel shouldn’t have the opportunity to enter our homes each evening to spread hate.”
“A coward, Kimmel hides behind ABC because he knows the network will keep running cover to protect him. Enough is enough.  It is time for ABC to take a stand,” the first lady added. “How many times will ABC’s leadership enable Kimmel’s atrocious behavior at the expense of our community.”
Kimmel responded to the backlash on Monday night, doubling down and claiming that everyone was overreacting to his bit. 
“&#8230;Obviously, [it] was a joke about their age difference and the look of joy we see on her face every time they’re together. It was a very light roast joke about the fact that he’s almost 80 and she’s younger than I am. It was not by any stretch of the definition a call to assassination,” Kimmel insisted.

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Actor and director Patrick Muldoon, best known for appearances on &#8220;Melrose Place&#8221; and long-running soap opera “Days of Our Lives,” died of a heart attack on Sunday at the age of 57.
The actor was also known for his role in the movie “Starship Troopers,” among other projects in the late 1990s and early 2000s, per <a href="https://deadline.com/2026/04/patrick-muldoon-dead-days-of-our-lives-melrose-place-1236865474/">Deadline</a>. He played a villain, Richard Hart, on “Melrose Place” from seasons 3 through 5. He also scored a role on “Saved by the Bell” in 1991. 
Muldoon has been working consistently in Hollywood for decades, with direct-to-video releases put out consistently over the years, followed by work as a producer more recently. 
His latest movie, a crime thriller called “Dirty Hands,” has a scheduled release later this year, the outlet noted. Muldoon also posted about an upcoming project on Instagram a few days before his untimely death. 
“So excited to be a part of this amazing project KOCKROACH directed by Matt Ross starring Chris Hemsworth, Taron Egerton, Zazie Beetz And Alec Baldwin. Filming now in Australia,” he <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/DXPlPaWjyXC/?hl=en-gb">wrote</a> in the caption alongside a photo of a Deadline article about the new work in progress, which he also noted he’d be producing. 
The comments were flooded with fans expressing their shock over Muldoon’s unexpected death. 
“I am so sad! He was just the best ever! Biggest heart and so kind to his fans. He will forever be missed! My thoughts and prayers are with his family,” one person wrote, echoing what so many others were saying.
Actor Jake Getman shared his thoughts about his former co-star on Instagram and included a picture of the pair on the red carpet together.  
“RIP Patrick Muldoon,” the 18-year-old actor wrote. “Worked with him when I was 8 on Little Dead Rotting Hood — a great guy and always kept the energy light,” he <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/DXWMwJmkss-/?igsh=dzdibjI5NnJ0ano2">posted</a> alongside the hashtag “gonetoosoon.”
&#8220;Days of Our Lives&#8221; costar Alison Sweeney offered a heartfelt tribute as well, saying, &#8220;This is such heartbreaking news. Pat was a rare kind of person — brilliantly talented, endlessly kind, and generous in spirit. I was so lucky to have worked with him when I first started at Days, he made me feel at ease right away. He brought his unique charm and humor to work every day. A truly gifted guy, and one who will be profoundly missed.&#8221;
Muldoon graduated from the University of Southern California, where he played tight end on the USC Trojans football team. Between projects as an actor, he also dabbled in music. He is survived by his partner, Miriam Rothbart, and his parents Deanna and Patrick Muldoon, Sr., plus a sister and her husband and children.

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