<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/no-brainer-hbo-renews-bill-mahers-real-time-for-2-more-years" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Bill Maher</a> slammed recent “Death to America” chants by protesters at an Islamic rally in Dearborn, Michigan, and said “we’ve passed the rubicon.”
The host of HBO&#8217;s “Real Time with Bill Maher” went viral after he posted a <a href="https://x.com/billmaher/status/1780344726647964017">clip</a> on Tuesday from his recent &#8220;Overtime&#8221; segment on YouTube in which he called out protestors at the International Al-Quds Day event &#8212; a day that exists to remind the Islamic world of their opposition to Israel and the U.S.
The chants of “Death to America&#8221; and “Death to Israel&#8221; began while the organizer, anti-Israel activist Takek Bazzi, was attacking the “rottenest” country he and the other protestors live in, as previously <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/protesters-at-islamic-event-in-americas-jihad-capital-chant-death-to-america">reported</a>.
“Now can I talk about American propaganda? Because there was a rally in Dearborn, Michigan &#8212; it&#8217;s a large Muslim population, [there were] chants of ‘Death to America.’ I feel like we&#8217;ve passed something here,&#8221; Maher said.
&#8220;The Left has gotten mad at me for many years for talking about Islam,” he added. “I try not to do it too much because I know it makes them go crazy, and I&#8217;ve made my point. But it needs to be talked about now, when you start chanting ‘Death to America’ in America.&#8221;
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We&#8217;ve passed the Rubicon with chants of &#8220;death to America&#8221; on American soil. <a href="https://t.co/oXV5FARaD5">pic.twitter.com/oXV5FARaD5</a>
— Bill Maher (@billmaher) <a href="https://twitter.com/billmaher/status/1780344726647964017?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 16, 2024</a></blockquote>
Maher then read what Bazzi told the crowd who said, “This is why [former Iranian leader <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/world/ayatollahs-favorite-news-source-declares-horror-fear-iran-military-campaign-against-us-allies">Ayatollah</a>] Imam Khomeini, who declared the International Al-Quds Day, this is why he would say to pour all of your chants and all of your shouts upon the head of America.”
The talk show host said he recalls hearing things like this said, but never on U.S. soil.
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“But … now it&#8217;s coming from inside America? Sorry. Got to talk about this again,&#8221; Maher replied.
&#8220;This is America, for crying out loud,” he added. “And there are people who will see me [and say], &#8216;Oh, he&#8217;s a conservative now.’ I have not changed. I have always liked America and thought death to it what was bad.”
<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/bill-maher-warns-canada-is-a-cautionary-tale-for-u-s-were-diving-off-a-cliff">Maher</a> recently made headlines when he warned that Canada was a “cautionary tale” for those Americans pushing “extreme wokeness.”
“If Canada was an apartment, the lead feature might be America adjacent. And if America was a rental car, Canada would be America or similar,” Maher said. “And again, honestly, Canada, I’m not saying any of this because I enjoy it. I don’t because I’ve always enjoyed you, but I need to cite you as a cautionary tale to help my country.”
“And the moral of that tale is, &#8216;Yes, you can move too far Left, and when you do, you wind up pushing the people in the middle to the right,’” he added. &#8220;At its worst, Canada is what American voters think happens when there’s no one putting a check on extreme wokeness.”
“And this is why people vote for [former President Donald] Trump,” Maher <a href="https://x.com/billmaher/status/1778989085362987082" target="_blank" rel="noopener">continued</a>. “They say in politics, liberals are the gas pedal and conservatives are the brakes. And I’m generally with the gas pedal. But not if we’re driving off a cliff.”

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Comedian <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/bill-maher" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Bill Maher</a> is launching his own podcast network and has reportedly hired conservative Sage Steele, a former ESPN anchor, to be his first host.
Maher, who is known for hosting HBO&#8217;s &#8220;Real Time,&#8221; <a href="https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/digital/bill-maher-podcast-sage-steele-host-1235860156/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told</a> The Hollywood Reporter that he is building his network on the foundation of &#8220;freedom of expression.&#8221;
&#8220;I am looking for people who are not talking-point people,&#8221; Maher said. &#8220;I’m looking for people who don’t, before they speak, say, ‘What’s the right answer here?'&#8221;
Steele parted ways with ESPN last year after settling a lawsuit with the company in which she alleged that the network — whose hosts have routinely engaged in promoting left-wing politics — retaliated against her for remarks that she made about vaccine mandates and that her free speech had been violated.
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Maher told THR that Steele was &#8220;the perfect choice to be our first new host because, like me, she pissed off Disney.&#8221;
“These are not rookies, these are grown-ass adult, mature, fun, unafraid people,” Maher says. “So I don’t worry about them, and I certainly wouldn’t dream of micromanagement. I mean, they are their own people. And that’s what we want.”
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The publication said that Steele is focused on having “conversations, not interviews” with notable figures ranging from athletes, executives, actors, comedians, to politicians.
“What I’ve always tried to dig out during my career is the ‘why’ behind people and get that human interest story,” Steele told the publication. “You realize that by sharing your story, others can benefit as well. I’ve gotten thousands of emails over the last couple of years since I kind of became controversial and started getting canceled, from people saying, ‘Oh my gosh, thank you for sharing,’ ‘Oh my gosh, I’m afraid too,’ and ‘Oh my gosh, please don’t be quiet, you’re speaking for me.’ So that’s where this came from. I’ve always had that curiosity, but now I know firsthand what it’s like when you open up and are vulnerable and share.”
“It’s not even about me or Bill, this is about the big picture, and what I believe and Bill believes is missing in this country, which is true conversation and listening. I mean, since my controversies began — and long before that, actually — people who know me knew my biggest priority is diversity of thought, and if we don’t have that we have nothing,&#8221; she continued. “Bill, by saying, ‘You’re gonna be my first hire for my new podcast network,’ he is living that, he’s practicing what he preaches because you look at just the basic issues, right? He thinks marriage is a joke, and kids are annoying. And he’s an atheist. I was married for 20 years. I have three kids and I am a strong Christian Catholic.&#8221;
&#8220;We could not be more different in many, many, many important ways. But we also think the same on some of the core issues that are dividing this country right now, like the craziness at the border with immigration laws, with what happened with the vaccine mandates — not the vaccine, the vaccine mandates — with the transgender sports issue. We’re on the same page with that, and we were able to find that out through that conversation on his podcast last fall,&#8221; she added.

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&#8220;Curb Your Enthusiasm&#8221; executive producer Jeff Schaffer talked about the greatness of the late <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/richard-lewis">Richard Lewis</a> and revealed that he would appear in two more episodes in the series&#8217; final season.
Speaking to The Hollywood Reporter, Shaffer said Lewis, who died last month at the age of 76, had previously filmed scenes with co-creator Larry David that will appear in Season 12.
&#8220;The thing about Richard is that everyone knows how funny he was,&#8221; Schaffer said. &#8220;But I want people to know also that he was the sweetest, kindest man. Everyone loved him. He loved being on the show. He will be missed.&#8221;
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&#8220;Three weeks to the day before he passed, we shot with him,&#8221; Schaffer said. &#8220;He looked great. He was moving around way better than he was when we were shooting the rest of the season.&#8221;
&#8220;He was just excited and it was great,&#8221; he added. &#8220;It was a bit of a shock. I&#8217;d say his body may have betrayed him, but his wit never wavered the entire time.&#8221;
&#8220;He said he wasn&#8217;t going to do standup again or tour anymore, obviously due to health reasons,&#8221; Schaffer continued. &#8220;But he never stopped coming up with jokes. He was funny every minute he was on set.&#8221;
Schaffer said Lewis, who was honored in an opening title card in the March 3 episode, would appear in the eighth episode and the series finale.
&#8220;No one has seen the last of Richard Lewis,&#8221; Schaffer explained.
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Last April, Lewis announced that he was retiring from standup comedy and had been diagnosed with <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/curb-your-enthusiasm-star-richard-lewis-reveals-he-has-parkinsons-disease">Parkinson&#8217;s disease</a>.
On February 28, <a href="https://variety.com/2024/tv/news/richard-lewis-dead-comedian-curb-your-enthusiasm-1235925744/">Variety</a> magazine confirmed Lewis&#8217; death following a <a href="https://x.com/BetteMidler/status/1762937842991530132?s=20">post</a> on X from actress Bette Midler, who wrote, &#8220;On a sad note, the great Richard Lewis has died.&#8221;
Shortly after the outlet&#8217;s report, <a href="https://people.com/comedian-curb-your-enthusiasm-star-richard-lewis-dead-at-76-7502596?hid=4f90b78dc31e627328d98338e1fa49d03b364abc&amp;did=12114411-20240228&amp;utm_campaign=ppl-breakingnews_relationship-builder&amp;utm_source=ppl&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_content=022824&amp;lctg=4f90b78dc31e627328d98338e1fa49d03b364abc">People magazine</a> shared a statement from Lewis&#8217; rep, Jeff Abraham, saying: &#8220;Comedian/Actor Richard Lewis passed away peacefully at his home in Los Angeles last night after suffering a heart attack.&#8221;

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HBO announced that &#8220;Real Time with Bill Maher&#8221; has been renewed through its 24th season in 2026.
&#8220;Two more years in the dream job of a lifetime, on the network so many dream of being on — I think that&#8217;s what we call a no-brainer,&#8221; <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/bill-maher-destroys-preachy-man-hating-barbie-film">Maher</a> said in a statement.
The show, which was previously set to conclude at the end of this year, debuted on HBO in 2003 and became one of the premium channel&#8217;s longest-running series, coming in only second to &#8220;Real Sports with Bryant Gumble,&#8221; The <a href="https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/real-time-with-bill-maher-renewed-through-2026-hbo-1235851545/">Hollywood Reporter</a> noted.
&#8220;For 22 seasons and counting, Bill Maher remains a uniquely powerful voice in politics and culture,&#8221; said Nina Rosenstein, executive vice president of HBO programming, late night, and specials. 
&#8220;&#8216;Real Time&#8217; is the rare place where people can both disagree and find common ground, which is more vital than ever,&#8221; she added. &#8220;We&#8217;re thrilled to continue working with Bill and his incredibly talented team for two more seasons.&#8221;
Maher faced some <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/bill-mahers-show-will-return-despite-ongoing-strike">controversy</a> in September after announcing that his late-night talk show would return amid the ongoing Hollywood writers strike.
&#8220;&#8216;Real Time&#8217; is coming back, unfortunately, sans writers or writing,&#8221; Maher said at the time. &#8220;It has been five months, and it is time to bring people back to work. The writers have important issues that I sympathize with, and hope they are addressed to their satisfaction, but they are not the only people with issues, problems, and concerns.&#8221;
&#8220;Despite some assistance from me, much of the staff is struggling mightily,&#8221; he added. &#8220;We all were hopeful this would come to an end after Labor Day, but that day has come and gone, and there still seems to be nothing happening. I love my writers, I am one of them, but I&#8217;m not prepared to lose an entire year and see so many below-the-line people suffer so much.&#8221;
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&#8220;I will honor the spirit of the strike by not doing a monologue, desk piece, New Rules or editorial, the written pieces that I am so proud of on &#8216;Real Time,'&#8221; Maher continued. &#8220;And I’ll say it upfront to the audience: the show I will be doing without my writers will not be as good as our normal show, full stop. But the heart of the show is an off-the-cuff panel discussion that aims to cut through the bulls*** and predictable partisanship, and that will continue. The show will not disappoint.&#8221;
A short time later, he reversed course, and then his show resumed two days after the Writers Guild of America strike ended in September.

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“<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/television">True Detective</a>” creator Nic Pizzolatto created a place for fans and critics to vent about season 4 of the show, which has received mixed reviews.
“True Detective: Night Country” just wrapped on February 18. This season of the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/hbo-max">HBO</a> series starring Jodie Foster and Kali Reis marked the first time that Pizzolatto did not write the episodes. The <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/entertainment">showrunner</a> seemed to agree that this latest season, which has Issa López as showrunner, was subpar. He posted angry fan comments to social media and indicated that he agreed.
In a now-deleted Instagram post, Pizzolatto called the season 4 connections to season 1 “so stupid.” He responded to one fan who expressed similar feelings, saying, “I certainly did not have any input on this story or anything else. Can’t blame me.”
He previously reposted fan reviews in his stories, which dubbed the newest season a “hot mess” with “lazy, nonsensical” plot resolutions, per <a href="https://variety.com/2024/tv/news/nic-pizzolatto-true-detective-rant-season-4-backlash-1235918264/">Variety</a>.
Pizzolatto got fed up with fans posting their feedback on his unrelated Instagram posts, so he decided to create a place dedicated to discussing the latest “True Detective” season.
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“TRUE DETECTIVE AGGREGATE POST – this here is the place for all your trolling/support/infighting around ‘True Detective’ and the absolute moral degeneracy and misogyny of anyone who did not think it was good,” the series creator wrote. “Let’s move these screeds off my posts about my wife, true love, and my father’s death, kay?”
“I’d say ‘stay civil’ but of course civility has no place when criticism of a television show indicates some form of Hitlerian evil that must be stamped out,” Pizzolatto added. “So roll on, tide. Satire is welcome, and do try to have a nice day.”
López responded to Pizzolatto’s critical posts during a conversation with <a href="https://www.vulture.com/2024/01/true-detective-night-country-nic-pizzolatto-issa-lopez.html">Vulture</a> in late January. 
“I believe that every storyteller has a very specific, peculiar and unique relation to the stories they create. Whatever his reactions are, he’s entitled to them. That’s his prerogative,” she said.
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“I wrote this with profound love for the work he made and love for the people that loved it,” the “Night Country” writer added. “And it is a reinvention, and it is different, and it’s done with the idea of sitting down around the fire, and [let’s] have some fun and have some feelings and have some thoughts. And anybody that wants to join is welcome.”
“Night Country” has a 92% critic’s rating and 59% audience score on <a href="https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/true_detective/s04">Rotten Tomatoes</a>. It is the most-watched season of “True Detective” with 12.7 million average viewers per episode. This season was also the first to premiere on the MAX streaming service, which likely helped boost those numbers.

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HBO late-night talk show host John Oliver offered to pay Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas a million dollars per year and give him a loaded tour bus if he retires from the nation&#8217;s highest court.
The leftist comedian, who was <a href="https://twitter.com/Arightside/status/1759898331445096712">accused</a> online of trying to &#8220;bribe&#8221; Thomas, made the offer on Sunday night: &#8220;One million dollars a year for the rest of your life, if you simply agree to leave the Supreme Court immediately and never come back.&#8221;
&#8220;Clarence Thomas is arguably the most consequential justice on the court right now, and he’s never really seemed to like the job. He said, ‘It’s not worth doing for the grief.’ So, what if he can keep the luxury perks he clearly enjoys without having to endure all of that grief,&#8221; Oliver continued. &#8220;If you watch our show, you know jokes aren’t really our thing. This is real. A million dollars a year until you or I die.&#8221;
Oliver said that Thomas deserved a &#8220;break&#8221; from &#8220;the meanness of Washington so you can be surrounded by the regular folks whose lives you made demonstrably worse for decades.&#8221;
&#8220;The good news is, I think we can help you with that because since your favorite mode of travel might be in need of an upgrade, we are excited to offer you this brand new top-of-the-line cray boat marathon motor coach!&#8221; Oliver said of a multimillion-dollar tour bus that offered to give Thomas.
&#8220;So that’s the offer. $1 million a year, Clarence,&#8221; he continued. &#8220;And a brand new condo on wheels. And all you have to do to return is sign the contract and get the f*** off the Supreme Court. Talk it over with your totally best friend in the whole world. Because the clock starts now. Thirty days, Clarence. Let’s do this!”
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Carrie Severino, president of the Judicial Crisis Network, posted a clip to X of remarks that Thomas made roughly a year and a half ago where he addressed his critics in left-wing media.
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“One of the things I&#8217;d say in response to the media … especially early on, about the way I did my job, I said, ‘I will absolutely leave the court when I do my job as poorly as you do yours — and that was meant as a compliment, really,” Thomas laughed. “It really is getting to be mean.”
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Justice Thomas to his critics in the media:
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TV’s crankiest character is kvetching for the last time.
Larry David’s “Curb Your Enthusiasm” kicks off its 12th and final season on Feb. 4, ending a remarkable run that changed TV comedy for the better.
Or, rather, the show’s lack of change gave us hope in the Age of Woke.
David’s ability to spoof his image remains a wonderful bit of performance art. He wasn’t a household name prior to the HBO series’ debut in 2000. It didn’t take long for him to go from “the guy who co-created ‘Seinfeld’” to “Curb’s” signature jerk.
He might be the least likable main character since “All in the Family’s” Archie Bunker. Each episode gave us a new reason to boo him and his selfish ways. Like actor Carroll O’Connor of “Family” fame, David made his Larry doppelgänger oddly lovable, flaws and all.
“Curb’s” improv-heavy style delivered a different brand of sitcom, stripped of canned laughter and stale setups. Like “Seinfeld,” “Curb” often introduced several plotlines that came together in the show’s waning moments.
And we never saw it coming.
Of course, “Curb” was and remains hilarious, thanks to a deep cast including Richard Lewis, Ted Danson, Cheryl Hines, Jeff Garlin, and, most of all, J.B. Smoove. The latter’s introduction in season six gave Larry the ultimate on-screen partner.
<div id="attachment_690129" style="width: 874px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><img aria-describedby="caption-attachment-690129" decoding="async" loading="lazy" class="size-large wp-image-690129" src="https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2024/02/GettyImages-1974493864-864x576.jpg" alt="LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - JANUARY 30: (L-R) Jeff Garlin, Cheryl Hines, Larry David, Susie Essman, and J.B. Smoove attend the Curb Your Enthusiasm Season 12 premiere at DGA Theater Complex on January 30, 2024 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Jeff Kravitz/FilmMagic for HBO)" width="864" height="576" srcset="https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2024/02/GettyImages-1974493864-864x576.jpg 864w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2024/02/GettyImages-1974493864-300x200.jpg 300w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2024/02/GettyImages-1974493864-768x512.jpg 768w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2024/02/GettyImages-1974493864.jpg 1024w" sizes="(max-width: 864px) 100vw, 864px" />Jeff Kravitz/FilmMagic for HBO</div>
The show’s protracted run could have been “problematic” for David and fans alike. The show started at a time when “safe spaces,” “trigger warnings” and Cancel Culture weren’t part of the vernacular.
David and co. had nearly free reign in the early years. No one could “cancel” a “Curb” installment for bruising their feelings.
Would David’s “Curb” bow down to the woke mob? Could his on-screen character be less monstrous and more of an “ally?” The show would crumble as a result, of course, but we’ve seen more than a few comedy institutions decay under the weight of our woke age.
“Live from New York, it’s Saturday Night!”
Not “Curb Your Enthusiasm.”
Even the Left-leaning Guardian applauded David’s showcase for not bowing to modern sensibilities – <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2017/oct/03/curb-your-enthusiasm-review-if-it-aint-woke-dont-fix-it" target="_blank" rel="noopener">“If It Ain’t Woke, Don’t Fix It,”</a> read one headline.
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Signature episodes showed David’s fearless approach to comedy. A 2011 episode dubbed “Palestinian Chicken” found Larry torn between his fellow Jews and a delicious new restaurant. Larry ends up siding with a beguiling Palestinian woman named Shara (Anne Bedian) who ran a restaurant teeming with anti-Semites.
She even called him an “occupier” as they make love. David recently dubbed it his <a href="https://twitter.com/Variety/status/1752523735842566307" target="_blank" rel="noopener">favorite “Curb” episode</a>.
The show’s complicated politics shouldn’t be over-examined. David’s approach is nuanced and absurd, his willingness to be true to the character triumphs in the end.
David’s character came of age when other antiheroes ruled the small screen. Think Tony Soprano and Walter White, to name just two. The on-screen Larry wasn’t whacking mobsters or cooking meth. He went through life being offended by everyone crossing his path.
And, more often than not, he selfishly used his money and fame to keep the world at arm’s length.
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“Curb” rarely dabbles in modern politics, but when it does Larry and co. aren’t crashing any Libertarian dinners. And it wouldn’t be authentic if the on-screen Larry, a product of the Hollywood ecosystem, rocked a MAGA hat sans irony.
“Curb’s” antihero was liberal to the core, but the show dedicated an episode to Larry using that red Trump hat to his advantage. He realized strangers would flee from the sight of any MAGA hat wearer, so he proudly wore it to fend off strangers.
Pure “Curb.”
How did David keep “Curb” honest? Like his on-screen persona, he doesn&#8217;t dwell on <a href="https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/curb-your-enthusiasm-boss-larry-davids-willingness-offend-1276219/">what other people think of him</a>, according to the show’s executive producer Jeff Schaffer.
“Here’s the thing for us: Nothing is really off limits. I think it’s just how you do it. Any subject is totally fair game; it’s how you execute it. Larry is willing to address issues other people just might not want to touch at all, and I think there’s a very good reason for that, and that’s that he doesn’t care if you watch.”
Some media outlets decried a <a href="https://observer.com/2020/02/larry-david-hbo-curb-your-enthusiasm-metoo-happy-new-year/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">“Curb” MeToo plotline as “clumsy,”</a> a commentary that didn’t impact David or the show. Wokesters sensed David and co. didn’t have time for such complaints, so they rarely rose up to attack him or the series.
Even when Garlin, a fixture on “Curb” as Larry’s best bud, got booted from his other gig at ABC’s “The Goldbergs” for <a href="https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2023/03/jeff-garlins-exit-from-the-goldbergs-was-a-long-time-coming-says-wendy-mclendon-covey#:~:text=The%20Goldbergs%20have%20been%20through,was%20a%20long%20time%20coming.%E2%80%9D">allegedly coarse comments and “unwanted hugs”</a> David professionally stood by him.
“Curb” delivered a quasi-“Seinfeld” reunion in season seven, one served up on the show’s unique terms. The sitcom’s main characters joined Larry David for a “new” episode, but we saw it all go down behind the scenes.
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Plus, Larry used the plot to reunite with his ex-wife, played by Hines, lowering expectations for “Seinfeld” fans demanding a perfect reunion moment.
Like “Seinfeld,” “Curb” is leaving at the top of its game with no regrets or talk of “jumping the shark,” the phrase used for shows that outlast their welcome.
Not that there’s anything wrong with that.
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Christian Toto is an award-winning journalist, movie critic and editor of <a href="http://www.hollywoodintoto.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">HollywoodInToto.com</a>. He previously served as associate editor with Breitbart News’ Big Hollywood. Follow him at <a href="https://twitter.com/HollywoodInToto?lang=en" target="_blank" rel="noopener">@HollywoodInToto</a>.
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Daily Wire&#8217;s <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/introducing-bentkey-a-new-adventure-in-kids-entertainment" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Bentkey</a> has landed on the Parents Television Council&#8217;s (PTC&#8217;s) annual Nice list, while HBO and Meta are on the group&#8217;s Naughty list for &#8220;targeting youth&#8221; with content that is often overtly and explicitly sexual and graphic.
&#8220;In a screen saturated world, children, teens, and their parents have a lot to navigate,&#8221; Melissa Henson, PTC vice president told <a href="https://tvnewscheck.com/programming/article/meta-hbo-make-ptcs-naughty-list-appletv-bentkey-on-nice-list/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">TVNewsCheck</a>. &#8220;Meta and HBO aren&#8217;t making this any easier for families by targeting youth with explicit sexual and other harmful content.&#8221;
&#8220;Our Naughty &amp; Nice List seeks to highlight some of the companies that prioritize children and families, and those who prioritize profit over child safety,&#8221; she added. &#8220;We are grateful to highlight AppleTV+ and Bentkey for offering more family entertainment. These companies serve as models that the entertainment business can emulate.&#8221;
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The Daily Wire launched <a href="https://www.bentkey.com/launch/?utm_campaign=bentkey&amp;utm_medium=paid&amp;utm_source=googlesearch&amp;utm_content=na_subscriptions&amp;gclid=CjwKCAiAmsurBhBvEiwA6e-WPCGlBVVkbo8NacgZ_zwvz42eLyQ8Iv22mJqNzBwMS86J8qdsgD4CyxoCVEgQAvD_BwE" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Bentkey</a> earlier this year which offers children programming free of woke indoctrination, sexual content, politics and more. It follows companies like Angel Studios, Pure Flix, and the Great American Family network to offer faith-based and family-friendly programming, something that is getting harder and harder for families to find.
In the PTC &#8220;Families Need Not Subscribe&#8221; 2023 <a href="https://www.parentstv.org/resources/Families-Need-Not-Subcribe-2023-OTT-Report-Final.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">report</a>, the group said &#8220;every major streaming platform has substantially failed to deliver content for families – the one audience segment that would most guarantee their success.&#8221;
The group analyzed the popular streaming services to see which ones offered the &#8220;best opportunity for family viewing&#8221; and found AppleTV+ offered &#8220;the largest number of TV-G rated original programming. Surveys indicate families want to watch TV together, and AppleTV+ is giving families more options than most streaming platforms, which heavily produce and distribute TV-MA-rated programming,&#8221; the report noted.
However HBO &#8220;led the charge towards marketing explicit, adult content to children and teens, introducing the sexually explicit &#8216;The Idol&#8217; to viewers this past summer, quietly adding &#8216;Naked Attraction&#8217; featuring uncensored fully naked contestants, and extending teen-targeted &#8216;Euphoria&#8217; for another season of drugs and depravity,&#8221; the report added
&#8220;PTC research has found that HBO&#8217;s streaming platform Max has mediocre parental controls, enabling children to access to the aforementioned programs and more of the most explicit streaming content on the market,&#8221; the report continued.
Meta — the parent company of Instagram and Facebook — also made the report because, according to the FTC, the social media group &#8220;continues to be revealed by media outlets, whistleblowers and lawsuits as fueling child sexual exploitation, providing a platform for pedophiles, and enabling sexually explicit and other harmful content that targets teens, especially teen girls.&#8221;
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HBO&#8217;s &#8220;Real Time with Bill Maher&#8221; host admitted he hoped the reports about the new &#8220;<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/barbie-delivers-feminism-with-a-man-hating-sledgehammer" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Barbie</a>&#8221; movie being a &#8220;man-hating&#8221; film was a lie — but said after finally seeing the movie it was that and more, slamming the director for ignoring the world we currently live in.
The <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/you-can-say-the-craziest-thing-bill-maher-says-no-one-is-canceled-for-being-too-woke" target="_blank" rel="noopener">67-year-old</a> comedian/TV host took to <a href="https://twitter.com/billmaher/status/1688648703660404736" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Twitter</a> on Monday and wrote to his 10.8 million followers that the Greta Gerwig-directed movie about the famed Mattel doll was a &#8220;ZombieLie,&#8221; along with being &#8220;preachy&#8221; and out of touch with reality.
<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/matt-walsh-answers-bill-mahers-question-about-origin-of-woke-mind-virus" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Maher</a> said the term &#8220;ZombieLie&#8221; means it&#8217;s either &#8220;something that never was true, but certain people refuse to stop saying it&#8221; or &#8220;something that USED to be true but no longer is, but certain people pretend it&#8217;s still true. &#8216;Barbie&#8217; is this kind of #ZombieLie.&#8221;
&#8220;Spoiler alert, Barbie fights the Patriarchy,&#8221; the HBO host wrote in his lengthy post. &#8220;Right up to the Mattel board who created her, consisting of 12 white men! The Patriarchy! Except there&#8217;s a Mattel board in real life, and it&#8217;s 7 men and 5 women. OK, not perfect even-steven, but not the way the board IN THE MOVIE — which takes place in 2023 — is portrayed.&#8221;
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OK, &quot;Barbie&quot;: I was hoping it wouldn&#39;t be preachy, man-hating, and a <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/ZombieLie?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#ZombieLie</a> &#8211; alas, it was all three. What is a Zombie Lie? Something that never was true, but certain people refuse to stop saying it (tax cuts for the rich increase revenues, e.g.); OR something that USED to be…
&mdash; Bill Maher (@billmaher) <a href="https://twitter.com/billmaher/status/1688648703660404736?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 7, 2023</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;And not really any longer deserving of the word &#8216;patriarchy,'&#8221; he added. &#8220;Yes, there was one, and remnants of it remain — but this movie is so 2000 —LATE. At one point the Barbies have to win over the Kens, and they are told to do it by pretending to act helpless and not know how to do stuff. Helen Gurley Brown called, she wants her premise back.&#8221;
Maher admitted yes, at one point in history this &#8220;was a thing&#8221; but said he knows from at least one woman in her 30s this is simply not true and she told him, &#8220;I don&#8217;t know a single woman of any age who would act like that today.&#8221;
And when it comes to critics who will say the TV personality couldn&#8217;t know a thing about the patriarchy cause he&#8217;s a man, he blasted the argument as &#8220;so old and so silly.&#8221; He said he might not know what others go through in life, but can clearly see &#8220;the world around me, and I can read data.&#8221;
&#8220;The real Mattel board is a pretty close mirror of the country, where 45% of the 449 board seats filled last year in Fortune 500 companies were women,&#8221; Maher added. &#8220;Truth is, I&#8217;m not the one who&#8217;s out of step — I&#8217;m living in the year we&#8217;re living in.&#8221;
&#8220;Barbie is fun, I enjoyed it — but it IS a #ZombieLie,&#8221; the talk show host concluded. &#8220;And people who don&#8217;t go along with zombie lies did not take some red pill — just staying true to CURRENT reality. Let&#8217;s live in the year we&#8217;re living in! Hi Ken!!!&#8221;
Maher&#8217;s comments echoed that of Daily Wire Editor Emeritus <a href="https://twitter.com/benshapiro/status/1683168362107490304" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Ben Shapiro&#8217;s</a>, who&#8217;s made it clear he&#8217;s not a &#8220;Barbie&#8221; movie fan, other than for the look of the sets, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/ben-shapiro-and-brett-cooper-debate-merits-of-barbie-movie" target="_blank" rel="noopener">calling</a> the &#8220;production and set designs&#8221; great.
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My producers dragged me to see ‘Barbie’ and it was one of the most woke movies I have ever seen. My full review of this flaming garbage heap of a film will be out on my YouTube channel tomorrow at 10am ET. <a href="https://t.co/Lptha0p3qx">pic.twitter.com/Lptha0p3qx</a>
&mdash; Ben Shapiro (@benshapiro) <a href="https://twitter.com/benshapiro/status/1682468998607171584?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 21, 2023</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;Euphoria&#8221; star Angus Cloud has died at the age of 25, just days after returning to the United States from Ireland — where he buried his father.
According to a <a href="https://www.tmz.com/2023/07/31/euphoria-star-angus-cloud-dead-dies/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">report</a> published Tuesday by entertainment site TMZ, police and firefighters in Oakland, California, responded late Monday morning to a 911 call placed by Cloud&#8217;s mother. She informed authorities that she suspected an overdose, and told them that her son did not have a pulse.
He was later pronounced dead at the scene, and his family released a statement to TMZ.
&#8220;It is with the heaviest heart that we had to say goodbye to an incredible human today. As an artist, a friend, a brother and a son, Angus was special to all of us in so many ways. Last week he buried his father and intensely struggled with this loss,&#8221; the statement read. &#8220;The only comfort we have is knowing Angus is now reunited with his dad, who was his best friend. Angus was open about his battle with mental health and we hope that his passing can be a reminder to others that they are not alone and should not fight this on their own in silence.&#8221;
&#8220;We hope the world remembers him for his humor, laughter and love for everyone. We ask for privacy at this time as we are still processing this devastating loss,&#8221; the statement concluded.
Cloud, who was best known for his portrayal of Fezco on popular HBO Max series, also appeared in the films &#8220;North Hollywood” and “The Line.&#8221;
The official Twitter account for &#8220;Euphoria&#8221; responded to the loss, saying, &#8220;We are incredibly saddened to learn of the passing of Angus Cloud. He was immensely talented and a beloved part of the HBO and Euphoria family. We extend our deepest condolences to his friends and family during this difficult time.&#8221;
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We are incredibly saddened to learn of the passing of Angus Cloud. He was immensely talented and a beloved part of the HBO and Euphoria family. We extend our deepest condolences to his friends and family during this difficult time. <a href="https://t.co/PLqkz5Rshc">pic.twitter.com/PLqkz5Rshc</a>
&mdash; euphoria (@euphoriaHBO) <a href="https://twitter.com/euphoriaHBO/status/1686137982003126273?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 31, 2023</a></blockquote>
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No cause of death has yet been reported, but a source told TMZ that the actor had been battling suicidal thoughts since the recent loss of his father and had been staying with family while he attempted to navigate his grief.
&#8220;Conor Angus Cloud Hickey was an extremely talented actor and a very sweet young man. He told me he had a lot of family in Ireland. Offaly and Balbriggan I believe. He wanted to go back there,&#8221; actor and director Jason O&#8217;Mara <a href="https://twitter.com/jason_omara/status/1686146056822874112" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a>. &#8220;I am devastated to hear this news. Sending love to his family and friends.&#8221;
Cloud had <a href="https://www.etonline.com/angus-cloud-dead-at-25-how-he-got-cast-in-euphoria-without-acting-experience-208966" target="_blank" rel="noopener">no acting experience</a> when he landed the role on &#8220;Euphoria&#8221; — a casting rep. had literally approached him on the street in New York City, asking him to come in and read lines from what would eventually be the show&#8217;s first episode.
&#8220;I was confused and I didn&#8217;t want to give her my phone number,&#8221; Cloud said in GQ <a href="https://www.gq.com/story/angus-cloud-euphoria-spotlight" target="_blank" rel="noopener">interview</a> in 2019. &#8220;I thought it was a scam &#8230; I had to change it a little bit to make it sound real, like how I would say it.&#8221;
He had previously attended the Oakland School for the Arts – but rather than acting, had spent his time there building sets and working behind the scenes. So when the time came for him to shoot the pilot episode, he opted not to change who he was to become more of what he thought an actor should be.
&#8220;I wasn&#8217;t trying to learn how to act on the plane over there,&#8221; he told GQ at the time. &#8220;Imma just show up and do what they want and then be done.&#8221;
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&#8220;Succession&#8221; star <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/succession-star-brian-cox-defends-j-k-rowlings-trans-stance-again-calls-her-critics-high-and-mighty" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Brian Cox</a> blasted &#8220;woke culture&#8221; and millennials who he said happen to be the current arbiters online that are &#8220;shaming&#8221; people and trying to cancel those with who don&#8217;t agree with them.
During the 77-year-old actor&#8217;s appearance on Tuesday&#8217;s &#8220;<a href="https://www.mediaite.com/entertainment/succession-star-brian-cox-bashes-woke-culture-who-are-the-arbiters-its-usually-a-bunch-of-millennials/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Piers Morgan Uncensored</a>,&#8221; the legendary Scottish actor talked about his career and agreed with the host that the current state of the world is upsetting.
&#8220;Are things worse now, or is our perception of life worse because of things like social media, inflaming everything?&#8221; Morgan asked.
Cox said, &#8220;social media&#8221; doesn&#8217;t help and said it &#8220;hinders rather than helps.&#8221;
&#8220;And I think it points up two readily inadequacies that we can actually — and the whole woke culture, I think is truly awful,&#8221; the HBO star added.
<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/a-slap-in-the-face-to-actual-women-piers-morgan-unloads-on-trans-marketing-trend" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Morgan</a> and Cox agreed on how awful the &#8220;shaming culture&#8221; is, as the host noted the &#8220;incessant need to shame and bury people.&#8221;
&#8220;I don&#8217;t know where it comes from? the &#8220;Braveheart&#8221; star replied. &#8220;Who are the arbiters of these — this shaming. And it&#8217;s very hard to pin them down. And it turns out it&#8217;s usually a bunch of millennials.&#8221;
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&quot;Succession&quot; star Brian Cox: &quot;The whole woke culture is truly awful.&quot;
Piers Morgan: &quot;And the shaming culture.&quot;
Cox: &quot;I don&#39;t know where it comes from. Who are the arbiters of this shaming? &#8230; It turns out it&#39;s usually a bunch of millennials.&quot; <a href="https://t.co/4r4jUtplxh">pic.twitter.com/4r4jUtplxh</a>
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&#8220;I suppose in a way they&#8217;re probably saying, &#8216;Well, you&#8217;ve all screwed it up, so we may as well do something about it,'&#8221; Cox continued. &#8220;But it&#8217;s from the wrong principle. It&#8217;s the wrong — comes from the wrong place.&#8221;
The host replied, &#8220;And who gave them the halos?&#8221;
The &#8220;Troy&#8221; star previously <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/succession-star-brian-cox-defends-j-k-rowlings-trans-stance-again-calls-her-critics-high-and-mighty" target="_blank" rel="noopener">defended</a> famed &#8220;Harry Potter&#8221; author <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/j-k-rowling-goes-viral-with-message-to-those-pushing-people-to-use-cis-after-musk-labels-it-a-slur" target="_blank" rel="noopener">J.K. Rowling</a> from those he called her &#8220;high-and-mighty&#8221; critics over her support of biological women.
&#8220;I don&#8217;t like the way she&#8217;s been treated, actually,&#8221; the Emmy award winner said. &#8220;I think she&#8217;s entitled to her opinion; she&#8217;s entitled to say what she feels. As a woman, she&#8217;s very much entitled to say what she feels about her own body, and there&#8217;s nobody better to say that, as a woman.&#8221;
&#8220;So, I do feel that people have been a bit high-and-mighty about their own attitude towards J.K. Rowling, quite frankly,&#8221; he added.
He&#8217;s also previously slammed the <a href="https://twitter.com/TimesRadio/status/1627285493967900677?s=20" target="_blank" rel="noopener">censorship</a> by the woke culture of things like Roald Dahl&#8217;s novels, calling it &#8220;disgraceful&#8221; and more.
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&quot;We can&#39;t start rewriting works of literature because it suits our so called moral code.&quot;
It is &quot;disgraceful&quot; to rewrite Roald Dahl&#39;s books, says actor Brian Cox. <a href="https://twitter.com/adamboultonTABB?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@AdamBoultonTABB</a> | <a href="https://twitter.com/KateEMcCann?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@KateEMcCann</a> <a href="https://t.co/hqVgOfcQUw">pic.twitter.com/hqVgOfcQUw</a>
&mdash; Times Radio (@TimesRadio) <a href="https://twitter.com/TimesRadio/status/1627285493967900677?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 19, 2023</a></blockquote>
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‘Succession’ Star Brian Cox Blasts ‘Woke Culture’

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