While on vacation in Italy, superstar Selena Gomez posted a video to TikTok on Wednesday showing her in a swimsuit mouthing the words &#8220;real stomachs is coming the f*** back.&#8221;
The 30-year-old pop singer and actress appeared to be sending a message to anyone who has thoughts about her wearing nothing more than a purple floral one-piece swimsuit while lounging on a boat.
<a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@selenagomez/video/7127664635766983978?is_copy_url=1&amp;is_from_webapp=v1&amp;lang=en">At the start of the clip</a>, we hear someone saying &#8220;Suck it In.&#8221;
&#8220;I&#8217;m not sucking s*** in,&#8221; Gomez lip-synched over the words. &#8220;Real stomachs is coming the f*** back, okay?&#8221;
The popular audio comes from YouTuber LaTasha Kebe, known as Tasha K, <a href="https://people.com/style/selena-gomez-shares-body-positivity-message-while-rocking-one-piece-swimsuit-from-lamariette-collaboration/">People</a> magazine noted.
The &#8220;Ice Cream&#8221; hitmaker has definitely had a love-hate relationship with social media. In April, the former Disney Channel star <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/happiest-ive-ever-been-selena-gomez-explains-why-ditching-social-media-for-4-5-years-made-her-feel-normal">said</a> she&#8217;s never been happier after ditching the internet several years ago.
&#8220;I haven&#8217;t been on the internet in four and a half years,” the actress shared during her appearance on &#8220;<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kSXyvyUGuM4">Good Morning America</a>.&#8221; &#8220;It has changed my life completely. I am happier, I am more present, I connect more with people. It makes me feel normal.&#8221;
Gomez previously <a href="https://www.glamour.com/story/selena-gomez-revealed-shes-bipolar-during-an-instagram-live-with-miley-cyrus">discussed</a> her bipolar diagnosis and how it changed her life.
&#8220;After years of going through a lot of different things, I realized that I was bipolar and so when I go to know more information, it actually helps me,&#8221; Gomez told Miley Cyrus during an Instagram Live discussion. &#8220;It doesn’t scare me once I know it. I think people get scared of that, right?&#8221;
&#8220;When I finally said what I was gonna say, I wanted to know everything about it and it took the fear away,&#8221; she added. &#8220;When I was younger, I was scared of thunderstorms, and my mom bought me all these different books on thunderstorms, [saying], &#8216;The more that you educate yourself on this, the more that you&#8217;re not gonna be afraid.&#8217; And it completely worked.&#8221;
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<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/demi-lovato">Demi Lovato</a> sparked confusion and more Tuesday after reports surfaced about the singer explaining why she’s decided to go back to using &#8220;she/her&#8221; <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/gender-pronouns">pronouns</a> after previously announcing that she was &#8220;non-binary&#8221; and identifying as &#8220;they/them.&#8221;
During the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/demi-lovato">29-year-old</a> singer/actress&#8217; recent appearance on the &#8220;<a href="https://embed.sounder.fm/play/450178">Spout Podcast</a>,&#8221; Lovato talked about the decision to go back to identifying as &#8220;she/her,&#8221; and said it was because lately she&#8217;d been feeling more of the feminine vibe, as <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/nobodys-perfect-disney-star-demi-lovato-explains-why-shes-going-back-to-she-her-pronouns">The Daily Wire</a> reported. In May, fans noticed Lovato had suddenly added &#8220;she/her pronouns&#8221; to her Instagram page, as previously <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/demi-lovato-adds-she-her-pronouns-to-instagram-bio-plus-debuts-new-tattoos">reported</a>, but never explained the move. One year earlier, the pop star came out as non-binary and announced &#8220;they/them&#8221; pronouns.
Piers Morgan was one of the first to react on Twitter to the news, sharing a headline that read, &#8220;Demi Lovato makes pronoun change — goes back to she/her,&#8221; from the <a href="https://mobile.twitter.com/nypost/status/1554547189485010944">New York Post</a>.
&#8220;FFS. Can she/her/they/them please make up her/their bloody mind?&#8221; the host of &#8220;Piers Morgan Uncensored&#8221; <a href="https://twitter.com/piersmorgan/status/1554555384492429316?s=20&amp;t=MBB78ET83GGs5h24-m-9jA">tweeted</a> to his 7.9 million followers.
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FFS. Can she/her/they/them please make up her/their bloody mind? <a href="https://t.co/CCSrlVyl6R">https://t.co/CCSrlVyl6R</a>
&mdash; Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan) <a href="https://twitter.com/piersmorgan/status/1554555384492429316?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 2, 2022</a></blockquote>
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Podcast host Katie Herzog said Daily Mail online got it wrong in their headline that read, &#8220;Demi Lovato admits she is no longer using &#8216;they/them&#8217; as reverts back to &#8216;she/her.’”
&#8220;This text isn&#8217;t quite right—she&#8217;s now she/her/they/them—but I&#8217;ve seen a few cases like this recently and I suspect we&#8217;ll see more soon,&#8221; Herzog <a href="https://twitter.com/kittypurrzog/status/1554539804594843648?s=20&amp;t=MBB78ET83GGs5h24-m-9jA">tweeted</a>.
&#8220;There&#8217;s a popular queer influencer who recently announced that he&#8217;s going back to he/him but instead of being like &#8216;whoops, I was wrong,&#8217; he&#8217;s spinning it as &#8216;I&#8217;m being even more expansive with my gender journey,’” she <a href="https://twitter.com/kittypurrzog/status/1554540446713409536?s=20&amp;t=MBB78ET83GGs5h24-m-9jA">added</a>.
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This text isn&#39;t quite right—she&#39;s now she/her/they/them—but I&#39;ve seen a few cases like this recently and I suspect we&#39;ll see more soon <a href="https://t.co/ruFbGgLYud">https://t.co/ruFbGgLYud</a>
&mdash; Katie Herzog (@kittypurrzog) <a href="https://twitter.com/kittypurrzog/status/1554539804594843648?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 2, 2022</a></blockquote>
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Is she also going back to “you” or is she staying with “y’all?”
‘Nobody’s Perfect’: Disney Star Demi Lovato Explains Why She’s Going Back To ‘She/Her’ Pronouns | The Daily Wire <a href="https://t.co/lhWFlgmwNL">https://t.co/lhWFlgmwNL</a>
&mdash; Nick Searcy, INSURRECTIONAL FILM &amp; TELEVISION STAR (@yesnicksearcy) <a href="https://twitter.com/yesnicksearcy/status/1554581178027544578?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 2, 2022</a></blockquote>
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Demi Lovato, a grown adult, switches her &quot;gender identity&quot; every 12 seconds. Meanwhile children are drugged and surgically mutilated &#8212; their bodies permanently altered &#8212; based on their own &quot;gender identity&quot; declarations, which are even more fickle and subject to change.
&mdash; Matt Walsh (@MattWalshBlog) <a href="https://twitter.com/MattWalshBlog/status/1554823003275464704?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 3, 2022</a></blockquote>
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Totally not a cult. <a href="https://t.co/dcHsMiUx9x">pic.twitter.com/dcHsMiUx9x</a>
&mdash; Greg Price (@greg_price11) <a href="https://twitter.com/greg_price11/status/1554526340300300288?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 2, 2022</a></blockquote>
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They weren&#8217;t the only ones who seemed unsure exactly what the former Disney star meant when she said on the podcast, &#8220;Yeah, so, they/them is, um, I&#8217;ve actually adopted the pronouns of she/her again with me.&#8221;
&#8220;So for me, I&#8217;m such a fluid person that I don&#8217;t really … I don&#8217;t find that I am … I felt like, especially last year, my energy was balanced and my masculine and feminine energy, so that when I was faced with the choice of walking into a bathroom and it said ‘women’ and ‘men,’ I didn&#8217;t feel like there was a bathroom for me because I didn&#8217;t feel necessarily like a woman,&#8221; Lovato shared. &#8220;I didn’t feel like a man.&#8221;
&#8220;I just felt like a human,&#8221; she added. &#8220;And that&#8217;s what they/them is about for me. It&#8217;s just about like feeling human at your core. Recently, I’ve been feeling more feminine, and so I&#8217;ve adopted she/her again,&#8221; the singer continued. &#8220;But I think what&#8217;s important is, like, nobody&#8217;s perfect. Everyone messes up pronouns at some point, and especially when people are learning, it&#8217;s just all about respect.&#8221;
Headlines from various news outlets and entertainment sites were all over the place with the language used to try and decode what the star meant.
<a href="https://twitter.com/billboard/status/1554560246751830016?s=20&amp;t=MBB78ET83GGs5h24-m-9jA">Billboard magazine&#8217;s</a> read, &#8220;Demi Lovato opened up about why they ‘adopted she/her’ pronouns again.&#8221;
However, <a href="https://twitter.com/people/status/1554548629003816961?s=20&amp;t=MBB78ET83GGs5h24-m-9jA">People magazine&#8217;s</a> headline that was tweeted read, &#8220;Demi Lovato Says She&#8217;s Using &#8216;She/Her&#8217; Pronouns Again: &#8216;I&#8217;m Such a Fluid Person’”
It was clear that the comments by Lovato left a lot of confusion, as TV Host Tamara Dhia said the reports got it wrong and that Lovato wasn&#8217;t &#8220;abandoning&#8221; those &#8220;they/them&#8221; pronouns.
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For the record: Demi Lovato did NOT say she is abandoning they/them as her pronouns, she simply said she is adding she/her. Please listen to the entire clip. Media friends, it’s important to get this right.
&mdash; Tamara Dhia (@tamaradhia) <a href="https://twitter.com/tamaradhia/status/1554559871151878144?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 2, 2022</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;For the record: Demi Lovato did NOT say she is abandoning they/them as her pronouns, she simply said she is adding she/her,&#8221; Dhia <a href="https://twitter.com/tamaradhia/status/1554559871151878144?s=20&amp;t=MBB78ET83GGs5h24-m-9jA">tweeted</a> to her 15,000 followers. &#8220;Please listen to the entire clip. Media friends, it&#8217;s important to get this right.&#8221;
As of this publication, Demi&#8217;s <a href="https://www.instagram.com/ddlovato/?hl=en">Instagram page</a> still shows &#8220;they/them/she/her&#8221; as pronouns in her bio, despite her comments on the show, so it&#8217;s unclear if she&#8217;s completely abandoning the &#8220;they/them&#8221; pronouns, or now going by those in addition to “she/her.”

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Some fans are claiming that a new Star Wars book hints that one of its most iconic characters is bisexual.
&#8220;Padawan,&#8221; the latest Star Wars novel, features a teenage Obi-Wan Kenobi in a discussion that has been celebrated by some readers as showing that the Jedi might be interested in kissing both men and women.
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// Padawan book spoilers !!! 
Here is the part where Obi-Wan questions his sexuality and talks about being aromantic/bi !! :,) <a href="https://t.co/XFZE5P2B5E">pic.twitter.com/XFZE5P2B5E</a>
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“Not many choices around here. I don’t think love is in my future, either, and I’m fine with that,&#8221; a character named Casul says in the section. &#8220;As long as I have the Power to keep my family safe, that’s enough for me. Though I will admit I’ve been curious about kissing and why Audj and Zae-Brii enjoy it so much. So if you’re ever curious, too, let me know.&#8221;
The exchange continues, “Obi-Wan blushed. ‘I will. Let you know, I mean. Not that I will do that, right now, with you. Or anyone.’&#8221;
“Would he ever get to a point where kissing someone felt like anything less than a betrayal of himself and the Jedi? And if he did get to that point, who would he want to kiss? The Lenahrans were confident and charismatic, which was attractive,&#8221; the passage reads.
“But he couldn’t imagine just … kissing any of them. Maybe he didn’t want to be with any of them but rather to be more like each of them. Or maybe he wanted to kiss all of them,” the excerpt continues.
Other &#8220;queer kids&#8221; in Kenobi&#8217;s story, according to the Twitter account Star Wars Queers Watch, include lesbian character Audj, a non-binary shapeshifter named Zae-Brii, potentially bisexual Casul, and non-sexual female Mem.
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Among the queer kids Obi meets: &#8211; their leader, Audj &#8211; her nonbinary shapeshifting partner, Zae-Brii &#8211; Audj&#39; brother Casul, who&#39;s down to experiment with Obi &#8211; and Mem, a girl who&#39;s not down for romance or attraction at all
Queerness in this book feels very casual and I love it.
&mdash; Star Wars Queers Watch (@QueerSWatch) <a href="https://twitter.com/QueerSWatch/status/1550518076185387008?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 22, 2022</a></blockquote>
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The novel, released July 26, is published by Disney Lucasfilm Press. The description of the book does not directly mention the discussion of Kenobi&#8217;s sexuality. It instead <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Star-Wars-Padawan-Kiersten-White/dp/1368023495" target="_blank" rel="noopener">claims</a>, &#8220;It&#8217;s the star of the Obi-Wan Kenobi Disney+ limited series as you’ve never seen him before.&#8221;
The longer description also reaches beyond traditional adventures of Jedi battles and delves into deeper issues.
&#8220;On a mysterious planet he encounters a pack of feral, Force-wielding teens who seem to be the planet&#8217;s only inhabitants. As he experiences wild freedom with them and wonders if this isn&#8217;t the life he was meant for, Obi-Wan can&#8217;t escape the nagging sense that something is wrong with the Force there. Romantic complications, startling revelations…&#8221; it describes.
Kenobi previously had a romantic connection with a female character set in the &#8220;Clone Wars&#8221; series developed by Dave Filoni. The new novel has some on the Left rejoicing over a  possibly more LGBTQ-inclusive version of the traditional Jedi leader.
&#8220;Obi-Wan canonically confirmed as bi/ace is a win for the history books,&#8221; according to one fan account.
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OBI-WAN CANONICALLY CONFIRMED AS BI/ACE IS A WIN FOR THE HISTORY BOOKS! <a href="https://t.co/z8A4Qku8P0">pic.twitter.com/z8A4Qku8P0</a>
&mdash; 💭 (@obiwanthinker) <a href="https://twitter.com/obiwanthinker/status/1550713274550738944?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 23, 2022</a></blockquote>
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The novel, suggested for ages 12 and up, adds to a growing list of changes to Disney franchises. In addition to Kenobi, the latest Marvel film from Disney, &#8220;Thor: Love &amp; Thunder,&#8221; was <a href="https://www.queerty.com/thor-love-thunder-marvels-gayest-movie-yet-not-just-thors-bare-butt-20220706" target="_blank" rel="noopener">referred to</a> as &#8220;Marvel&#8217;s gayest movie yet&#8221; by a popular gay news and entertainment website.
In 2019, the most recent Star Wars film &#8220;The Rise of Skywalker&#8221; also included a <a href="https://nypost.com/2019/12/19/star-wars-the-rise-of-skywalker-has-a-same-sex-kiss-but-not-the-one-fans-hoped-for/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">same-sex kiss</a> between two women in the closing moments of the film.
(Disclosure: The Daily Wire has <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/videos/introducing-dw-kids">announced plans</a> for kids entertainment content.)

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<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/disney">Disney</a>-backed streaming service <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/hulu">Hulu</a> caved this week to Democrats&#8217; <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/hulu-has-no-right-democrats-furious-after-hulu-rejects-their-ads">public whining</a> about the company&#8217;s ban on controversial political issue ads on the platform.
Earlier this week, Democrats took to <a href="https://twitter.com/fred_guttenberg/status/1551874584214913026">social</a> and <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/07/25/disney-hulu-democrats-ads/">legacy</a> media to threaten boycotts and complain about Hulu blocking ads from Democrats on <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/abortion">abortion</a>, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/gun-control">guns</a>, and other hot-button issues. Disney <a href="https://www.axios.com/2022/07/27/disney-hulu-political-ads-democrats-abortion-guns">confirmed</a> Wednesday to Axios that they have reversed course, telling the outlet such political ads are now permitted, effective immediately.
&#8220;After a thorough review of ad policies across its linear networks and streaming platforms over the last few months, Disney is now aligning Hulu’s political advertising policies to be consistent with the Company’s general entertainment and sports cable networks and ESPN+,&#8221; Disney said in a statement, per Axios.
&#8220;Hulu will now accept candidate and issue advertisements covering a wide spectrum of policy positions, but reserves the right to request edits or alternative creative, in alignment with industry standards,&#8221; the statement continued.
Disney has become increasingly political. Earlier this year, the company sided against a GOP-backed parental rights bill in Florida. In response, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/report-florida-ending-disneys-special-privileges-has-other-woke-ceos-scared">stripped</a> the company of its special privileges in the state.
The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, and Democratic Governors Association ripped the streaming service for rejecting ads on Hulu.
“Hulu’s censorship of the truth is outrageous, offensive, and another step down a dangerous path for our country,” the executive directors of the three committees <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/07/25/disney-hulu-democrats-ads/">told</a> The Washington Post. “Voters have the right to know the facts about MAGA Republicans’ agenda on issues like abortion — and Hulu is doing a huge disservice to the American people by blocking voters from learning the truth about the GOP record or denying these issues from even being discussed.”
Online, the activism was in overdrive, too.
&#8220;BREAKING: Hulu is REJECTING our ads calling out GOP attacks on abortion access and gun safety. Their shady policies amount to outrageous political censorship. Americans deserve to know the truth about these issues, and Hulu has no right to block it,&#8221; the Senate Democrats <a href="https://twitter.com/dscc/status/1551565045858975745?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1551565045858975745%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Feditorial.dailywire.com%2Fwp-admin%2Fpost.php%3Fpost%3D415637action%3Dedit">announced</a> Monday.
&#8220;As long as Hulu is blocking political ads on January 6, gun safety, and reproductive rights, I will be blocking Hulu. Unsubscribe and delete,&#8221; lawyer Tristan Snell posted. &#8220;By the way, Hulu — do you really think shows like A Handmaid&#8217;s Tale will be allowed to air if the radical right gains control of America? You&#8217;re picking a side — and it&#8217;s not the side that&#8217;s in your own interest as a business.&#8221;
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By the way, Hulu &#8212; do you really think shows like A Handmaid&#39;s Tale will be allowed to air if the radical right gains control of America? 
You&#39;re picking a side &#8212; and it&#39;s not the side that&#39;s in your own interest as a business.
&mdash; Tristan Snell (@TristanSnell) <a href="https://twitter.com/TristanSnell/status/1551710225807310849?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 25, 2022</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;Hulu just blocked two Democrat ads from being played on their streaming site. One ad called out the GOP for banning abortion access. And the other ad was to promote gun safety. Hulu sides with the radical Fascist Republicans,&#8221; said actor and activist Dash Dobrofsky. &#8220;I just cancelled my Hulu subscription. You should too.&#8221;
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Hulu just blocked two Democrat ads from being played on their streaming site. One ad called out the GOP for banning abortion access. And the other ad was to promote gun safety. Hulu sides with the radical Fascist Republicans. I just cancelled my Hulu subscription. You should too.
&mdash; Dash Dobrofsky (@DashDobrofsky) <a href="https://twitter.com/DashDobrofsky/status/1552025044557082624?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 26, 2022</a></blockquote>
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Editor&#8217;s note: A previous version of this article incorrectly stated that the ad policy Hulu rescinded was new. This claim has been removed. 
Disclosure: The Daily Wire has announced plans to develop children&#8217;s entertainment content. 
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/netflix-loses-nearly-1-million-subscriptions-largest-drop-in-company-history">Netflix Loses Nearly 1 Million Subscriptions, Largest Drop In Company History</a>

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Democrats are furious after the streaming service Hulu refused to run ads highlighting their core campaign issues.
The <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/07/25/disney-hulu-democrats-ads/">Washington Post</a> reported Monday that the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, and Democratic Governors Association attempted to purchase joint ads on core issues like abortion, gun control, and the January 6 investigation, to air on several platforms, including Hulu. While the ads aired in other places, Hulu never ran the ads, prompting outrage from Democratic leaders.
The executive directors of the three Democratic campaign arms blasted the decision, accusing the streaming platform of &#8220;censorship&#8221; and covering for so-called &#8220;MAGA Republicans.&#8221;
“Hulu’s censorship of the truth is outrageous, offensive, and another step down a dangerous path for our country,” the DSCC&#8217;s Christie Roberts, DCCC&#8217;s Tim Persico, and DGA&#8217;s Noam Lee fumed in a joint statement provided to the Washington Post on Monday. “Voters have the right to know the facts about MAGA Republicans’ agenda on issues like abortion — and Hulu is doing a huge disservice to the American people by blocking voters from learning the truth about the GOP record or denying these issues from even being discussed.”
Unlike <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/broadcasters-air-political-ads-even-if-they-contain-misinformation/">broadcast TV stations</a>, which are bound by the Communications Act of 1934 to give equal access to politicians, digital platforms are <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-07-22/hulu-rejects-campaign-ads-as-politics-collide-with-streaming-tv?sref=LfZwdw4Z">not bound</a> by the law.
According to The Post, an anonymous source &#8220;familiar with Hulu’s policies&#8221; said that, while the company does not publicly disclose its ad guidelines, Hulu prohibits ads that take a position on a controversial issue. The ads themselves are reviewed on a case-by-case basis; the advertising team occasionally sends recommendations for edits back to the advertisers. The source also said that the issues themselves were not the reason the ads were rejected. “We do accept candidate ads that reference those topics,” the source said about abortion and gun violence in particular. “It needs to be in context.”
All three committees reacted to the news on Twitter. &#8220;@Hulu’s censorship of the truth is outrageous and offensive,&#8221; the <a href="https://twitter.com/dccc/status/1551583551715479552">DCCC</a> tweeted Monday, linking to the Washington Post article. &#8220;Voters have the right to know the facts about MAGA Republicans’ extreme agenda on abortion – Hulu is doing a huge disservice to the American people.&#8221;
&#8220;@Hulu is REJECTING our ads calling out GOP attacks on abortion access and gun safety,&#8221; the <a href="https://twitter.com/dscc/status/1551565045858975745">DSCC</a> tweeted. &#8220;Their shady policies amount to outrageous political censorship. Americans deserve to know the truth about these issues, and Hulu has no right to block it.&#8221;
&#8220;Voters have the right to know the facts about Republicans’ actions on issues like abortion,&#8221; The DGA tweeted. &#8220;@Hulu is doing a disservice to the American people by blocking voters from learning the truth about the GOP — or denying these issues from even being discussed.&#8221; The DGA followed their tweet with several of the <a href="https://twitter.com/DemGovs/status/1551607197020340224?s=20&amp;t=OQ2XbpY9QJadSl9bFvtBmw">rejected</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/DemGovs/status/1551615405650841600?s=20&amp;t=-9fAq8Txz-A4zHtmHmnjSQ">ads</a>.
Disney, which has a majority ownership stake in Hulu, has already said it will reject ads that promote alcohol and political content from its new ad-supported <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/disney-wont-accept-ads-for-alcohol-or-politics-report">Disney+</a> streaming service coming later this year..
Disclosure: The Daily Wire has announced plans to develop childrens&#8217; entertainment content.

Hulu Raises Price Of Its Live-TV Service By $10

‘Hulu Has No Right’: Democrats Furious After Hulu Rejects Their Ads

Democrats Furious After Hulu Rejects Their Ads On Its Platform

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<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/disney">Disney</a> theme parks have made a subtle new change to the name of traditional cast members in the woke entertainment giant&#8217;s never-ending quest to cater to left-wing extremists. 
The Bibbidi Bobbidi Boutique at Magic Kingdom Park in Florida and the Disneyland Resort in California will reopen on August 25 after being shuttered during the pandemic. Park employees in the boutique used to be referred to as “Fairy Godmothers in Training” but will now be called “Fairy Godmother’s Apprentices.”
Per the park <a href="https://disneyworld.disney.go.com/shops/magic-kingdom/bibbidi-bobbidi-boutique-park/">website</a>, this makeover experience caters to young guests ages 3 &#8211; 12, helping them transform either princesses or knights. 
“With the wave of a magic wand—plus a few hands-on tricks of the trade—our Fairy Godmother’s Apprentices will pamper and primp your child until they look storybook stunning,” the page reads. “Children can choose a hairstyle then add makeup, nail polish and accessories—even a Disney costume.”
The Disney-themed <a href="https://streamingthemagic.com/no-more-fairy-godmothers-at-bibbidi-bobbidi-boutique/">blog</a> Streaming the Magic described the name change by saying, “This way, cast members that might not identify as female can still be part of the process to dress up &amp; style the children without having to refer to themselves as a female Disney character.”
Twitter users strongly reacted to the change, while others insisted it wasn’t a big deal.
“No big deal to change it to Fairy Godmothers Apprentices. Everyone can calm down,” one person shared with an eye roll emoji.
“Fairy God Birthing Persons,” someone else <a href="https://twitter.com/knight_uf/status/1549866364508200960">quipped</a>.
“So you eliminated Ladies and gentleman, boys and girls&#8230;.even though ladies and gentleman boys and girls can identify as the opposite&#8230;..so who are you eliminating the phrase for? Ponies?” someone else said, referring to another change Disney parks made recently.
“Is it really a problem to say welcome everyone versus welcome ladies and gentlemen? It&#8217;s amazing how some people just go out of their way to find an issue with something,” another Twitter user <a href="https://twitter.com/Jonat2Go/status/1549961833926254592">argued</a>.
Disney has been under scrutiny lately after leaked footage from an internal meeting leaked, revealing one executive producer&#8217;s self-described “not-at-all secret gay agenda,” The Daily Wire previously <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/not-at-all-secret-gay-agenda-disney-employees-break-down-adding-queerness-to-shows-and-degenderizing-theme-parks">reported</a>. 
Disney diversity and inclusion manager Vivian Ware bragged about how the company eliminated mentions of &#8220;ladies,&#8221; &#8220;gentlemen,&#8221; &#8220;boys,&#8221; and &#8220;girls&#8221; in its theme parks to create &#8220;that magical moment&#8221; for children and adults who do not identify with traditional gender roles.
“We&#8217;ve trained, we provided training for all of our cast members in relationship to that. So now they know it’s ‘Hello, everyone,’ or ‘Hello, friends,&#8217;” Ware explained.
“We don’t want to just assume because someone might be, in our interpretation, may be presenting as female, that they may not want to be called ‘princess,’” she continued. “So let’s think differently about how do we really engage with our guests in a meaningful and inclusive way that makes it magical and memorable for everyone.” 
(Disclosure: The Daily Wire has <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/videos/introducing-dw-kids">announced plans</a> for kids&#8217; entertainment content)

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Disney Parks Replace ‘Fairy Godmother In Training’ Role With A Gender-Neutral Alternative

Disney Parks Replace 'Fairy Godmother In Training' Role With A Gender-Neutral Alternative

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Fans have been speculating that <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/chris-pratt">Chris Pratt</a> could step in as Indiana Jones in the newest iteration, but the 43-year-old star just laid those rumors to rest for good.
The “Jurassic World” star addressed the idea while appearing on an episode of the “Happy Sad Confused” podcast, according to <a href="https://variety.com/2022/film/news/chris-pratt-indiana-jones-harrison-ford-scared-him-1235317700/">Variety</a>.
“I don’t even know who Steven Spielberg is. Who? Steven Who?” Pratt joked about the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/movies">franchise</a>. 
“No, aren’t they doing ‘Indiana Jones’ with <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/harrison-ford">Harrison Ford</a>? All I know is I once saw a quote from Harrison Ford and I don’t even know if it was really him but it was enough to scare me, that was like, ‘When I die, Indiana Jones dies.’ And I’m like, am I gonna get haunted by the ghost of Harrison Ford one day when he dies if I play…?” the actor continued.
Apparently, the quote is real and comes from a 2019 interview Ford did with “Today.”
“Don’t you get it? I’m Indiana Jones. When I’m gone, he’s gone. It’s easy,” the 80-year-old action star explained.
The publication noted that Ford is planning to reprise the iconic role of Indiana Jones for the fifth time. This newest franchise installment is scheduled to be released in June 2023 and will be the first directed by James Mangold instead of franchise co-creator Steven Spielberg. 
Co-star Antonio Banderas described what it was like joining the cast of the fifth “Indiana Jones” film.
“So unbelievable,” he said of encountering Ford on set, per <a href="https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/movies/2022/06/16/antonio-banderas-interview-official-competition-zorro-puss-boots/7635059001/">USA Today</a>. 
“The first day I arrived, I was in the makeup trailer, and I turned around and there he was in the full Indiana costume with the hat and the whip. Phoebe Waller-Bridge was there with him, too, and it was so cool,” he continued.
Banderas got nostalgic, saying, “I still remember the first time I saw Indiana Jones in a theater and the crowd was crazy about it. I thought, ‘This is like going back to the old adventure (movies) in a completely different way.’ What I can tell you about my character is he&#8217;s not a bad guy. He&#8217;s a friend of Indiana. He&#8217;s not the biggest character in the movie, but I don&#8217;t care. I just like to be part of that.”
The first “Indiana Jones” movie, “Raiders of the Lost Ark,” was released in 1981. Follow-ups in the franchise debuted in 1984, 1989, and 2008. Disney owns the intellectual property rights since acquiring Lucasfilm in 2012.

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Chris Pratt Confirms He Won’t Play ‘Indiana Jones’ Because He’s Scared Of Harrison Ford

Chris Pratt Confirms He Won't Play 'Indiana Jones' Because He's Scared Of Harrison Ford

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Baby Yoda and Gizmo from “<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/movies">Gremlins</a>” are the same in that they’re both fan-favorite characters with big eyes and even bigger powers, but Gizmo’s creator is convinced that his idea was ripped off.
“I think the longevity of [the films] is really key to this one character [Gizmo], who is essentially like a baby,” director Joe Dante told the <a href="https://datebook.sfchronicle.com/movies-tv/gremlins-director-says-baby-yoda-is-completely-stolen-from-classic-film/amp">San Francisco Chronicle</a>. “Which brings me, of course, to the subject of Baby Yoda, who is completely stolen and is just out-and-out copied. Shamelessly, I would think.”
Baby Yoda’s real name is Grogu (he’s also called “The Child”) on the smash hit <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/disney">Disney</a> series “<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/the-mandalorian">The Mandalorian</a>.” Meanwhile, Gizmo is featured in the “Gremlins” franchise, which premiered in 1984. Fans of the movie will recall how Gizmo is a mogwai, which spawn when coming in contact with water or if they are fed after midnight.
&#8220;Mandalorian&#8221; show-runner Jon Favreau told <a href="https://deadline.com/2020/08/the-mandalorian-jon-favreau-dave-filoni-baby-yoda-interview-ludwig-goransson-contenders-tv-watch-1203012666/">Deadline</a> in 2021 that he used another iconic 80s character as inspiration for the cute and cuddly character everyone fell in love with, the publication reported.
“Dave [Filoni] had done a sketch of kind of a Michelangelo/E.T. moment, and that was a source of inspiration,” Favreau said of Grogu’s first appearance. That image depicted The Child’s cradle floating along with his hand reaching up to touch fingers with Mando. The sketch combines Michelangelo’s “The Creation of Adam” along with the famous scene from Steven Spielberg’s classic sci-fi film.
&#8220;Then Doug Chiang and the whole art department started generating drawings of it, and the Legacy [Effects] people built it,” Favreau continued. “We got lots and lots of drawings. Some of them were too cute, some of them were too ugly, some of them were the wrong proportions.”
“Finally there was one image that Chris Alzmann did that had him wrapped up in what looked like a piece of a flight jacket,” the “Mandalorian” director continued. “His eyes were a little weird, and he looked a little out of it, there was something a little off with it. But we found it charming, and that became the rallying image that we said, ‘This is good.’ And it developed from there.”
The perceived ripoff came up in conversation as HBO Max gets ready to debut an animated series this fall called “Gremlins: Secrets of the Mogwai.” Dante is a consultant on the series. He’s also looking forward to screening the original films this weekend in San Francisco at the Castro Theatre.

Gremlins

‘Gremlins’ Director Says Baby Yoda Character Was ‘Completely Stolen’ From His Idea

'Gremlins' Director Says Baby Yoda Character Was 'Completely Stolen' From His Idea

Hollywood

The Mandalorian

Due to <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/lgbtq">LGBT</a> messaging, Marvel&#8217;s &#8220;<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/new-thor-love-and-thunder-trailer-has-fans-predicting-marvel-superhero-is-gay">Thor: Love and Thunder</a>&#8221; will likely suffer the &#8220;same fate&#8221; as the Disney/Pixar &#8220;Toy Story&#8221; underwhelming spinoff, &#8220;<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/gay-kiss-included-woke-toy-story-spinoff-lightyear-struggles-at-box-office">Lightyear</a>,&#8221; insiders say.
<a href="https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/thor-love-and-thunder-china-lgbtq-censorship-1235177951/">According</a> to sources at The Hollywood Reporter, China&#8217;s film regulators have yet to grant a release date for the &#8220;Thor&#8221; sequel, and likely never will.
&#8220;Sources at two major cinema chains in China tell The Hollywood Reporter that they expect Thor 4 will face the same fate as Pixar’s Lightyear: denied censorship approval because of fleeting moments in the movie involving LGBTQ characters,&#8221; the report said.
The latest &#8220;Thor&#8221; sequel has been praised by actress <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/i-love-that-natalie-portman-boasts-new-thor-film-is-the-gayest-marvel-movie-yet">Natalie Portman</a> as Marvel Cinematic Universe’s (MCU) “gayest” film to date. A character named Valkyrie, played by Tessa Thompson, is bisexual and a character called Korg, played by director Taika Waititi, is gay.
Portman earlier this month <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/i-love-that-natalie-portman-boasts-new-thor-film-is-the-gayest-marvel-movie-yet">gushed</a> with film critic Andrew Freund about &#8220;how gay&#8221; the flick is, too.
“I love that reading of it. Yes, I love that,&#8221; the actress said when Freund asked if the sequel was &#8220;the gayest movie ever made in the MCU.&#8221;
“I mean, you’re flying on rainbows, or am I imagining it?” Freund asked.
“That is the core of the comics,” Portman agreed. “I feel like that’s where it all started. It’s very true to the source material, I think.”
Freund later said he “thought the movie was awesome,” adding, “and I loved how gay it was!”
The addition of the LGBT characters was forced, though, at least according to film critic David Rooney, who said the injection felt like &#8220;pandering representation.&#8221;
“Even the inclusion of queer characters — Valkyrie pines for the love of her lost warrior sister; Korg reveals that his species mates with other males to make baby rock monsters — seems more like pandering representation than anything vitally grounded in the storytelling,” Rooney wrote in a rather rough <a href="https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-reviews/thor-love-and-thunder-1235175416/">review</a> at The Hollywood Reporter.
&#8220;Lightyear&#8221; reportedly hit roadblocks in China over a same-sex kiss between two female characters. China has largely banned LGBTQ storytelling from its screens, though its censorship procedures remain somewhat under wraps.
While &#8220;Thor&#8221; is looking at an indefinite block in China, the Marvel film is still unsurprisingly bringing in big numbers. Deadline <a href="https://deadline.com/2022/07/box-office-thor-love-and-thunder-1235060300/">reported</a> Sunday that &#8220;Thor: Love and Thunder&#8221; grossed a $143 million opening in North America, and pulled $302 million worldwide.
(Disclosure: The Daily Wire has <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/videos/introducing-dw-kids">announced</a> plans for kids’ entertainment content.)
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/i-love-that-natalie-portman-boasts-new-thor-film-is-the-gayest-marvel-movie-yet">‘I Love That’: Natalie Portman Boasts New ‘Thor’ Film Is The ‘Gayest’ Marvel Movie Yet</a>

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‘Same Fate’ As ‘Lightyear’: China Yet To Set Release Date For ‘Gayest’ Thor Sequel Yet

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Marvel

Disney has a reputation for pushing woke ideology on American families through its iron grip on the entertainment industry. Yet the conglomerate often manages to stifle and ostracize its own employees in the process.
Jeremiah Daws started working for Disney in 2015 and was, until last year, a content producer. He had spent years in Hollywood staying quiet about his views as a pro-life, conservative Christian. But as American culture was upended by COVID and a resurgence of social justice activism, Daws finally decided to “live not by lies.”
In an interview with The Daily Wire, Daws recounts how he left Disney — and reveals whether he thinks there remains any hope for the iconic company.
Disney did not respond to The Daily Wire&#8217;s request for comment.
<h4>‘The Last Straw’</h4>
Daws began his time at Disney as a video editor and producer for the company’s social media teams. He eventually landed a position with Yellow Shoes — an internal marketing group that promotes Disney’s parks and resorts.
Earlier in his career, Daws was warned to keep his viewpoints under wraps.
“When I first arrived in Los Angeles in the late 2000s, I was still vocal about my conservative beliefs. My brother and I were attending a screenwriting workshop that met weekly,” he recounted. “The man who ran the workshop noticed some conservative posts on my social media and invited us to breakfast to let us know we would be blacklisted in Hollywood if people knew we held those beliefs.”
Though Daws initially “balked” at the idea, he agreed to “go underground” with the intention of gaining influence in the industry. “Eventually I would be so successful that when I did share my true Christian and conservative beliefs, Hollywood wouldn’t be able to stop me,” he said.
His intentions changed when COVID lockdowns and the 2020 riots gripped the United States. Disney <a href="https://christopherrufo.com/the-wokest-place-on-earth/">reportedly compelled</a> its employees to attend various training sessions, where Daws recounts that he was told, “as a white, straight, male, I should be quiet and listen.” Even more so, he says he was told that “promotions would be on hold for the white men on the team” and to “start casting non-binary children for our photo and video shoots.”
“That was the last straw,” he said.
Daws had been reading the book <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Live-Not-Lies-Christian-Dissidents/dp/0593087399">Live Not By Lies</a>, in which author Rod Dreher highlights the stories of Christians who resisted totalitarianism in the Soviet Union. Daws felt like he was “living every day promoting a company, a belief system, and even COVID hysteria, that I didn’t agree with.”
“I was living by lies, putting on this false exterior,” Daws said. Particularly convicted by a quote from Russian author Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn — “Let the lie come into the world, let it even triumph. But not through me.&#8221; — Daws left Disney in early 2021.
“I just couldn’t lie anymore,” he said. “I would remove myself from the equation. Living in that kind of environment is soul-crushing. I wanted to be free to express myself without fear of losing my job. I wanted to be in an environment where I could make friends who would accept me as I am, not as they demand me to be.”
Daws spent the past year and a half attending trade school and preparing to open his own machine shop. Yet he still had not announced his true reason for leaving Disney.
“I had hope in the back of my mind that if Disney ever got back to just making magic, maybe I could go back,” he said. “But the lie was still out there. There were 10 years&#8217; worth of friends and coworkers that still believed I was one of them.”
As he listened to an episode of his brother’s podcast, <a href="https://open.spotify.com/show/6OCi3kXhr3hRK9LI9YGOGS">The Great Awokening</a> with Josh Daws, he heard the concept of redefining the month of June as “Coming out Conservative” month. “It was time to end the lies once and for all. I wanted my next phase of life to be open and truthful. Wherever I worked next, everything would be out on the table.”
Daws’ sentiment was compounded by the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/united-states-supreme-court-overturns-roe-v-wade-leaves-abortion-restrictions-to-states">Supreme Court overturning Roe v. Wade</a>. Disney was among <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/here-are-the-woke-businesses-vowing-to-cover-travel-costs-for-employees-abortion-tourism">several leading companies</a> that vowed to pay for employees’ interstate travel to obtain abortions.
“People have prayed for this day for 50 years,” Daws said of the Court’s decision. “We are now on the path to righting this horrible wrong. This was a day to celebrate. I had a small platform among my liberal friends to be a different voice.”
<h4>‘A Lot Of Negativity’</h4>
Daws revealed his true beliefs on June 24 — the day that the Supreme Court released its decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization and officially overturned Roe — through a <a href="https://twitter.com/JeremiahDaws/status/1540400080292806657">Twitter thread</a> that gained a small degree of virality. In response, he says, he received “a lot of negativity” from his progressive friends.
“I was celebrating and basically owning up to the fact that I had always been a pro-life Christian conservative,” he explained. “The abortion issue is a very emotional topic so naturally it sparked a lot of emotional responses. Both sides feel we have the moral high ground. People took it very personally that I was attacking women, their freedoms, their health… I understand their viewpoint but I also believe their arguments are based on lies and half truths and just ignoring basic scientific facts.”
Daws did not reveal his beliefs to “stir the pot.” Rather, he wanted his friends and coworkers to “be faced with the truth that pro-life men are not mustache-twirling rapists celebrating the subjugation of women.”
Despite the opposition he faced, a handful of friends quietly confirmed to Daws that they respect him and his right to hold a differing opinion. “Some even say they are alarmed by how the Left has become zealots and will allow no room for anyone who challenges their views,” Daws said. “It’s become a religion in its own way.”
<h4>‘Nobody Ever Spoke Up’</h4>
Daws further recounted that Disney was by no means friendly to ideological dissidents.
“The assumption was that everyone is a liberal. Everyone believes the same thing. That came down from the top,” Daws said. “Leadership from the company and from the team I was on was always promoting the same liberal agenda. Diversity and inclusion — but only for some.”
“It used to be that politics and religion were not discussed at the dinner table. It wasn’t polite because inevitably someone would get offended. I didn’t know why a company like Disney would want to alienate huge portions of their base by getting involved in politics,” he continued. “But now after the revelations of the last year, it’s clear. There is an agenda that is being pushed. And anyone who isn’t on board with that agenda has to shut up and stay quiet.”
Indeed, Disney has been <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/not-at-all-secret-gay-agenda-disney-employees-break-down-adding-queerness-to-shows-and-degenderizing-theme-parks">vocal in its opposition</a> to parental rights laws in Florida, while one producer recently admitted in leaked footage she was pushing a “not-at-all secret gay agenda.”
Daws said that he never personally witnessed anyone getting blacklisted “because nobody ever spoke up.” When other conservatives or Christians found each other, they talked in “hushed tones.”
“Very few are pushing back,” he said. “I wish I could go back and come out as conservative while I was still at the company and see what would happen. But all the stories I hear of people doing that seem to end in them getting fired for an unrelated issue. It can’t be traced back to their conservative or religious beliefs.”
Several Disney employees reached out to Daws following his social media post. After Disney opposed the Florida legislation, conservative employees <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/they-call-their-fellow-employees-bigots-conservatives-at-disney-issue-open-statement-detailing-hostile-work-environment">issued an open letter</a> confirming that they are not comfortable at an employer where executives denounce their beliefs.
“Disney should take note,” Daws said. “They have an entire group of people who are afraid of losing their jobs for voicing an opinion. That is so wrong.”
Is there a future in which Disney and the broader entertainment industry will embrace diversity of thought? “Maybe,” Daws answered.
“If more company leadership like those at Netflix and SpaceX take a stand and decide to leave politics out of the workplace, things might get better out there,” he explained. “I don’t have a lot of hope for Disney though. It’s probably too far gone. Too many people in very important places who are actively pushing the agenda.”
“There are still conservatives there, hiding in plain sight. So maybe there is hope. I pray it does turn around and get back to just making magical entertainment for all to enjoy.”
(Disclosure: The Daily Wire has <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/videos/introducing-dw-kids">announced</a> plans for kids’ entertainment content.)

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‘I Just Couldn’t Lie Anymore’: Conservative Disney Producer Explains Why He Finally Left The Ultra-Woke Company

Readers Pass

Tim Allen is both the exception and rule when it comes to being conservative in Hollywood.
Allen’s mega-fame began with 1991’s “Home Improvement,” one of the decade’s biggest sitcoms. His right-leaning views couldn’t stop his career ascent. He bounced from a beloved Christmas movie franchise to a second, openly conservative sitcom that ran for nine years. And his work voicing a beloved children’s toy helped change the face of movie animation.
The comic’s ideology, though, may have cost him even more fame and fortune over the years. Industry observers suspect it negatively impacted two career pivots.
Allen seemed an unlikely choice to even have a Hollywood career in the first place. The Denver native got arrested in 1978 for cocaine possession and <a href="https://www.yahoo.com/video/tim-allen-recalls-serving-time-prison-cocaine-charges-201655802.html">spent two years in a Federal Correctional Institution</a> for drug trafficking. After doing time, Allen started hitting stand-up stages, making a name for himself with his uber-masculine shtick. Those appearances, under his real name Tim Dick, pointed to a more creative future. And, certainly, a more lucrative one.
Allen forged his own Hollywood ticket by snagging a <a href="https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000741/awards">CableACE Award</a> for his appearance in the “Just for Laughs International Comedy Festival.” His 1990 Showtime special, “<a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0259057/">Men Are Pigs,</a>” continued his career ascent. Seen today, Allen’s pro-male shtick would be considered problematic for acknowledging gender differences. At the time, however, both male and female fans howled at his observations. They certainly caught Disney’s attention.
The Mouse House figured Allen’s act was a perfect fit for the small screen. The vehicle in question? A sweet, sincere sitcom called “Home Improvement.” The series, and its show-within-a-show (“Tool Time”), made Allen a star.
The actor may have been a conservative at the time, but most celebrities kept their political views private back then. Allen more or less did the same.
He deepened his Disney ties with 1994’s “The Santa Clause,” a sleeper hit casting him as a dad who stumbles into a new side hustle — delivering toys the world over as ol’ St. Nick. The next year found him voicing a plastic astronaut figure in “Toy Story,” the <a href="https://www.pixar.com/our-story-pixar#:~:text=1995,in%20theaters%20on%20November%2022">debut</a> feature for the CGI animation company called Pixar. Allen’s boastful Buzz Lightyear, sweetened by his bond with fellow toys like Woody (voiced by Tom Hanks) and Mr. Potato Head (voiced by Don Rickles), connected with crowds and critics alike.
Allen had yet another franchise on his hands, voicing Buzz in three more “Toy Story” smashes. Those family-friendly hits made him a bona fide movie star, and he spent the next decade-plus headlining a string of screen comedies.
“Galaxy Quest” (1999) didn’t wow audiences at the time of its release, but it quickly found cult status for its “Star Trek”-style parody. Movies like “Jungle 2 Jungle” (1997) and “Christmas with the Kranks” (2004) left critics cold but scored with Allen’s core audience.
Lesser fare, like “For Richer or Poorer” (1997) and “Joe Somebody” (2001) showed the superstar’s fame had its limits.
He remained a popular presence on large and small screens. By 2011, ABC cast him as an openly conservative father and grandfather in a female-dominated home in “Last Man Standing.” The show leaned on who Allen was in his private life, a conservative dad raising girls.
Allen started vocalizing his right-leaning views, mirroring elements from his fictional Mike Baxter character. The public soon realized he was one of the rare Hollywood conservatives, but his fame made any pre-cancel culture efforts futile.
He was too big to fail … until ABC unexpectedly canceled “Last Man Standing,” despite its ratings success on a night known for smaller crowds. According to <a href="https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/why-last-man-standing-was-canceled-tim-allen-responds-1004414/">The Hollywood Reporter</a>: 
<blockquote>&#8220;For the uninitiated, Fridays are typically earmarked for programming with reduced viewership expectations, where a comedy like ”Last Man Standing” and its 1.7 rating among adults 18-49 and 8.3 million viewers is seen as impressive.&#8221;</blockquote>
The shocking move made many wonder if the show’s conservative leanings, and that of its star, made it ripe for cancellation. Allen had recently quipped that being a conservative in Hollywood was like <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/film/2017/mar/21/tim-allen-urged-to-apologise-for-comparing-hollywood-to-1930s-nazi-germany-jimmy-kimmel">being Jewish in 1930s Germany</a>. That comment generated sizable heat in the media, even though <a href="https://www.hollywoodintoto.com/hollywood-trump-hitler-label/">nastier Nazi comparisons</a> were ignored by the same outraged souls … or praised.
ABC said otherwise, but even the veteran performer <a href="https://twitter.com/ofctimallen/status/864514490804523009?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E864514490804523009%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.hollywoodreporter.com%2Ftv%2Ftv-news%2Fwhy-last-man-standing-was-canceled-tim-allen-responds-1004414%2F">couldn’t hold back his anger</a> at the move, <a href="https://twitter.com/ofctimallen/status/864514490804523009?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E864514490804523009%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.hollywoodreporter.com%2Ftv%2Ftv-news%2Fwhy-last-man-standing-was-canceled-tim-allen-responds-1004414%2F">tweeting</a>:“Stunned and blindsided by the network I called home for the last six years.”
Allen had the last laugh, though.
Fox swooped in and added “Last Man Standing” to its existing lineup. The show thrived for three more seasons.
Allen remains steadily employed despite his right-leaning views. And, to be fair, he’s far less vocal, and political, than hard-left peers like <a href="https://deadline.com/2016/03/sean-penn-louis-ck-bill-maher-donald-trump-1201715202/">Sean Penn</a>, <a href="https://www.newsweek.com/alyssa-milano-gets-slammed-saying-shes-fighting-all-americans-rights-1457443">Alyssa Milano</a>, <a href="https://www.ccn.com/why-did-mark-ruffalo-bring-politics-into-emmy/">Mark Ruffalo</a> and <a href="https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/samuel-l-jackson-blasts-trump-republicans-over-same-old-dirty-voter-suppression-tricks-4074500/">Samuel L. Jackson</a>.
He explained his approach to Marc Maron during a <a href="http://www.wtfpod.com/podcast/episode-1205-tim-allen">podcast interview</a> in 2021, stating:
<blockquote>“I literally don’t preach anything. What I’ve done is just not joined into — as I call it — the ‘we culture.’ I’m not telling anybody else how to live. I don’t like that. ‘We should do this,’ ‘We should do that.’”</blockquote>
He’s willing to put his celebrity cachet on the line when it counts, though. Allen shared his free speech support via “No Safe Spaces,” the 2019 docudrama detailing the First Amendment’s assault on college campuses.
He recently wrapped production on Disney+’s “The Santa Clause,” a small-screen extension of the popular film series debuting in late 2022.
Yet Disney, which has a long-standing and fruitful relationship with Allen, snubbed the star with its summer 2022 tentpole film. Pixar, now owned by Disney, created a “Toy Story” spin-off dubbed “Lightyear” but neglected to hire Allen to voice the character again.
The studio <a href="https://www.thewrap.com/why-tim-allen-doesnt-voice-buzz-in-lightyear/">explained</a> that the “Lightyear” character in question was from a movie that inspired the “Toy Story” figurine, and so another actor’s voice made more sense. That meta explanation <a href="https://consequence.net/2022/06/tim-allen-chris-evans-buzz-lightyear-movie/">didn’t appease</a> Allen’s fans, who once again suspected it was a political decision.
The new voice of Buzz Lightyear, actor Chris Evans, is one of Hollywood’s most vocal progressives. Ditching Allen for Evans made little sense and reminded many of the “Last Man Standing” debacle. Allen didn’t cry foul over the casting switch, perhaps not wanting to rock the Disney boat while a possible “Santa Clause” extension loomed before him.
Still, Allen came out on top once again.
“Lightyear” proved a box office disappointment with Evans in command, and Allen’s star continues to shine.
Christian Toto is an award-winning journalist, movie critic and editor of <a href="http://www.hollywoodintoto.com/">HollywoodInToto.com</a>. He previously served as associate editor with Breitbart News&#8217; Big Hollywood. Follow him at <a href="https://twitter.com/HollywoodInToto?lang=en">@HollywoodInToto</a>. 
The views expressed in this piece are those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire.

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Tom Hanks admitted he didn&#8217;t &#8220;understand&#8221; why Disney/Pixar replaced Tim Allen with Chris Evans as the voice of Buzz Lightyear for the new animated film &#8220;Lightyear.&#8221;
During the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/beyond-that-now-tom-hanks-says-fans-wouldnt-accept-him-playing-gay-man-in-philadelphia-now">65-year-old</a> actor&#8217;s appearance on <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CfPPwz9Jj7n/">CinemaBlend</a>, the &#8220;Castaway&#8221; star was asked if it was going to be weird being in theaters across from a Buzz Lightyear film, the <a href="https://www.cinemablend.com/interviews/tom-hanks-reacts-to-lightyear-replacing-tim-allen-and-the-toy-story-spinoff-competing-with-elvis">outlet</a> noted. Hanks is currently in theaters in the &#8220;Elvis&#8221; movie where he plays Elvis&#8217; manager, Colonel Tom Parker.
Hanks said he was looking forward to going &#8220;head-to-head&#8221; with his former co-star from the &#8220;Toy Story&#8221; franchise, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/tim-allen">Allen</a>. In the animated films, Hanks was the voice of the cowboy toy Woody, and his best friend is Buzz Lightyear, a role voiced by the &#8220;Home Improvement&#8221; star.
&#8220;How &#8217;bout that?&#8221; Hanks explained. &#8220;Why it&#8217;s not&#8230;actually I wanted to go head-to-head with Tim Allen, and then they didn&#8217;t let Tim Allen do it. I don&#8217;t understand that.&#8221;
When pressed by the interviewer about <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/heres-why-tim-allen-wasnt-picked-to-voice-buzz-lightyear-in-lightyear-movie">Allen</a> being replaced by the &#8220;Avengers: Endgame&#8221; star, Hanks said, &#8220;Yeah, yeah, I know.&#8221;
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&#8220;But here&#8217;s the thing, just as long as people come back to the motion picture theater,&#8221; Hanks said. &#8220;I want to go back in the theater with a bunch of strangers and leave with something in common.&#8221;
&#8220;That&#8217;s what I want to do,&#8221; he added. &#8220;And going to see a movie with him, I&#8217;m looking forward to that.&#8221;
Allen recently broke his silence on Evans voicing the iconic spaceman in the origin-based film. He said there’s &#8220;no connection&#8221; to his famed character in the &#8220;Toy Story&#8221; franchise, though he wished there was, as <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/tim-allen-finally-weighs-in-on-lightyear-says-theres-no-relationship-to-buzz-and-famed-character">The Daily Wire</a> previously reported.
&#8220;The short answer is I&#8217;ve stayed out of this because it has nothing to do [with my character],&#8221; the &#8220;Last Man Standing&#8221; star shared. &#8220;This is a whole new team that really had nothing to do with the first movies.&#8221;
&#8220;It&#8217;s a wonderful story,&#8221; he added of the new movie. &#8220;It just doesn&#8217;t seem to have any connection to the toy, and it&#8217;s a little … I don&#8217;t know. It just has no relationship to Buzz. It&#8217;s just no connection. I wish there was a better connection to this.&#8221;
Allen said that any &#8220;Toy Story&#8221; movie about Buzz must include Hanks&#8217; character. &#8220;There&#8217;s really no &#8216;Toy Story&#8217; Buzz without Woody.&#8221;
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