Michael Rapaport forged a career from slipping in and out of different people’s skins.
He’s played a Southern mobster on “<a href="https://www.hollywoodintoto.com/5-reasons-miss-justified-raylan-givens-fx-season-6/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Justified</a>,” a boorish man-child in “Beautiful Girls” and the father of an autistic teen in “<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atypical" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Atypical</a>.”
His latest role? <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/23/sports/michael-rapaport-podcast.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Political pundit.</a>
The part isn’t always a snug fit. He’s been belligerent at times, doling out dubious hot takes on the latest headlines. For example, he celebrated Mother’s Day by <a href="https://www.breitbart.com/entertainment/2020/05/10/michael-rapaport-uses-mothers-day-to-attack-trump-family/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">savaging First Mother Melania Trump. </a>
He <a class="broken_link" href="https://www.newsweek.com/who-michael-rapaport-actor-slammed-ariana-grandes-appearance-1266057" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">critiqued Ariana Grande’s looks</a>, earning the ire of the Woke Police.
Rapaport is a loud and proud member of the Hollywood Resistance, slamming President Donald Trump at every possible turn.
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This week, the actor took a page out of Trump’s playbook.
The president dedicated part of his <a href="https://www.hollywoodintoto.com/trump-cancel-culture-mt-rushmore-hollywood/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Mt. Rushmore speech to Cancel Culture</a>, what he called a scourge on western culture. Part of Cancel Culture is making actors turn down roles that could otherwise go to marginalized groups, a vague explanation with considerable side effects.
For example, Scarlett Johansson accepted and then turned down the chance to play a trans character in the fact-based film <a href="https://www.hollywoodintoto.com/scarlett-johansson-casting-woke/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">“Rub and Tug.”</a> The superstar’s decision effectively sank the project.
More recently, Halle Berry flirted with a gig playing a trans character, but after Social Justice Warriors rose up on social media <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/halle-berry-apologizes-backs-out-of-transgender-role-after-backlash" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">she backpedaled.</a>
<blockquote>“As a cisgender woman, I now understand that I should not have considered this role and that the transgender community should undeniably have the opportunity to tell their own stories.”
“I am grateful for the guidance and critical conversation over the past few days and I will continue to listen, educate and learn from this mistake,” added Berry. “I vow to be an ally in using my voice to promote better representation on-screen, both in front of and behind the camera.”</blockquote>
Rapaport thinks she made the wrong decision, and he shared why on Twitter:
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We need REAL GANGSTERS in MOB films. Real Boxers in Boxing films. 
Fuck Denzel,DeNiro &amp; all actor’s&#8230;. get real people to ACT in films. 
Dummies
— MichaelRapaport (@MichaelRapaport) <a href="https://twitter.com/MichaelRapaport/status/1280279693615230977?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 6, 2020</a></blockquote>
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More from Christian Toto: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/toto-shouldnt-hamilton-get-canceled-next">Shouldn’t ‘Hamilton’ Get Canceled Next?</a>
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‘Resistance’ Actor Channels Trump, Swipes At Halle Berry For Caving To Cancel Culture

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If you trust the corporate press you’d think Americans have all but given up on the whole patriotism thing.
Night after night we see rioters tear down statues, hear major news channels reduce the Founding Fathers to “slave owners” and watch pundits say it’s time to shake America like an Etch-A-Sketch and start anew. Mt. Rushmore? That’s the next statue to be toppled if <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/nyt-lays-out-the-case-against-mount-rushmore-critics-remind-paper-of-its-own-problematic-past">The New York Times</a> has any say on the matter.
The media narrative couldn’t be more obvious, but is it real?
We’re seeing three examples from the pop culture world suggesting just the opposite.
Last week the military saga “The Outpost” hit VOD services. The film, co-starring Scott Eastwood (son of Clint), scored the top slot on iTunes’ American movie list. The film also gave its company, Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment Inc., its largest opening day in company history.
The film also snared the top spot on FandangoNow’s movie streaming service, topping “Trolls World Tour,” “The King of Staten Island” and Jon Stewart’s “Irresistible.”
Director Rod Lurie’s fact-based film, co-starring Orlando Bloom and Caleb Landry Jones, follows a small unit of U.S. soldiers battling a massive Taliban force in a coordinated assault.
The <a href="https://www.militarytimes.com/off-duty/military-culture/2020/05/21/watch-the-first-trailer-for-the-battle-of-kamdesh-film-the-outpost/">numbers from the Battle of Kamdesh are staggering</a> – “a 13-hour assault by nearly 400 Taliban forces on a detachment of only 50 American soldiers at Combat Outpost Keating.”
While Hollywood routinely cranks out films critical of the U.S. Military, particularly true during the Iraq War, “The Outpost” takes a different path. Like “American Sniper” before it, “The Outpost” treats soldiers with respect and honor. These aren’t oppressors or imperialists. They’re men and women fighting valiantly for their country.
The film even features three soldiers who fought in the battle in question, including Medal of Honor recipient Ty Carter (played by Jones in the film).
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The folks behind “The Outpost’s” press division didn’t downplay the film’s patriotic bona fides. It leaned into them.
“We are excited to release The Outpost and are very honored to bring this true story of American heroism and valor to U.S. audiences on the Fourth of July weekend,” David Fannon, president of Screen Media Ventures said in a press statement.
Hardly sounds like a must-watch movie for the Antifa crowd … or Don Lemon.
Another pro-America film is enjoying healthy returns over at Netflix.
“Patriots Day,” an underrated homage to the Americans who caught the Boston Marathon bombers, recently joined the streaming platform. It didn’t take long for it to jump to the number one title on the service.
Earlier today “Patriots Day” slumped to number five, a still-impressive showing for a four-year-old movie that hardly caused a commotion in theaters. The film’s weak box office tally &#8211; $33 million despite the combined star power of Mark Wahlberg, Kevin Bacon and John Goodman.
And then there’s “Hamilton.”
Lin-Manuel Miranda’s blockbuster musical made its small screen debut July 3 on Disney Plus. Any attempt to portray the Founding Fathers as heroes could draw the PC Police to the scene. Right on cue, #CancelHamilton began trending on Twitter shortly after its debut.
The film adaptation of the Tony winner <a href="https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/hamilton-drives-disney-plus-app-122613753.html">still drew a crowd</a>, above and beyond the lavish press coverage afforded the event. The platform’s app got a 74 percent download boost over the weekend.
From Friday through Sunday, the Disney Plus app was downloaded 752,451 times globally, including 458,796 times in the U.S., according to analytics firm Apptopia.
Perhaps American consumers who watched “The Outpost,” “Patriots Day” or “Hamilton” came away with a better appreciation for their homeland … at least until a news outlet tells them differently.
More from Christian Toto: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/meet-the-few-the-proud-the-free-speech-heroes-of-hollywood">Meet The Few, The Proud, The Free Speech Heroes of Hollywood</a>
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TOTO: Pro-American Military Film ‘The Outpost’ Crushes The Competition

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Hollywood certainly doesn’t have a reputation for being harmless. The amount of child actors who have walked away from an acting career untouched by the social pressures are few and far between. But even more scarce are those that lead a life as “put together” on the inside as they appear to be on the outside. 
Kirk Cameron, one of such men, would be the first to admit that he’s far from perfect, but he is also quick to remind people that his faith in God is the leading reason why he enjoys the life he does. 
In a December 2019 “Sunday Special” interview with Daily Wire’s Editor-in-Chief Ben Shapiro, actor and producer, Kirk Cameron, shared how his faith impacted his career in the entertainment industry and how it has proved to be the foundation of a purposeful and successful life, both in Hollywood and at home. 
Cameron’s acting career launched when he was 9 years old. Only 5 years later, he found himself starring as Mike Seaver on ABC’s hit show “Growing Pains.” It was at that point Cameron knew he was meant to be an entertainer.  
The “Growing Pains” cast was like a family, said Cameron. And his experience was an overall positive one. 
“But being a teenager in Hollywood is a pretty dicey road to take,” Cameron admitted to Shapiro. “And I think that’s where faith in God kicked in and pointed me in a different direction — I took the road less-traveled, so to speak.” 
His journey of faith started at 17 when he was “captivated by the message of the Gospel” during a Sunday church message. Cameron said it helped him answer questions, existential and philosophical, that he was wrestling with at the time. 
From that point on, Cameron worked to navigate a lifestyle of reconciling his new faith with his career in Hollywood. 
“I was trying to figure out ‘how do I do this’ — I didn’t grow up like this. ‘How do I honor God in an industry that doesn’t always look to accomplish the same goal?’”
The changes in his behavior were subtle, indicated Cameron. “I just wasn’t dropping as many F-bombs, you know. I wasn&#8217;t going to the same parties, and I wasn&#8217;t interested in some of the same stuff my friends were interested in.”
The outside response to Cameron’s conversion was about as expected, considering the track record of teen celebrities.
“I would say there were some people who had a healthy concern,” Cameron explained. “You know when you hear of teen celebrities, child actors, often things enter into their life that makes them go wrong. And you know that can be very concerning.” 
Despite those concerns, Cameron is confident that he picked the best path. And he attributes his faith for keeping him on track.
Looking back, Cameron stated, “Wow, I’m really blessed to have this life and I want to really live it in a way that honors the One who gave it to me.’ And I think that kept me on track more than anything.” 
Forging the same career path but with a new identity was not as difficult for Cameron as one might expect. Cameron said doors began to open after high school, “and the doors that were opening were lining up with things that were happening to me on the inside.” 
Not everything stayed the same — but for Cameron that was ok. 
“There may have been some parts that I had to pass on because of content or conscience issues,” admitted Cameron. However, “It wasn&#8217;t like I felt like people&#8217;s disagreements with my faith or my values was inhibiting my career.” 
Rather, Cameron has had the opportunity to pursue entertainment he’s passionate about through films including “Fireproof” and the documentary “Monumental: In Search of America&#8217;s National Treasure.” 
“I want to be about things that promote faith, I want to be about things that promote family, and marriage,” Cameron told Shapiro. “And I think it’s really helping people,” he added. 
Now, as a husband to his once-girlfriend on and off screen, Chelsea Noble, and father of six children, four of whom are adopted, Cameron seeks to live out the same values that he promotes in his films. He is convinced that, “when the family crumbles, the nation crumbles.” 
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In addition to his film work, Cameron and his wife lead marriage conferences across the country.
Cameron said all families begin with an expectation of success. “Nobody goes to the altar thinking, ‘Hey, if this whole thing blows up, I’m ok with that,’” he told Shapiro. Rather, he believes “people want and appreciate things that help them to live life in a way that causes people to flourish, families to flourish, and the nation to flourish.” 
With marital commitment in Hollywood today being a rare phenomena, Cameron joked during the discussion, “I’ve been married for 29 years, which is like 290 in Hollywood years.”
Parenting is also a full-time job for Cameron. He told Shapiro that there are three key principles he and his wife refer back to. The first is to be the person you want your kids to become. The second is prioritizing the relationships with your children and making sure your house doesn’t become a “correctional center,” as Cameron put it. 
Finally, “point them to truth,” urged Cameron.
“You know the kids get inundated with so much error,” he remarked, “with so much, you know, right is wrong, wrong is right.”
“For me, I go to God’s Word — those principles, those ancient truths that I can always go to,” he explained. “I want my kids to learn those things and know that truth is not relative when it comes to morality and things like that. Truth is something they can build their life on.”
Cameron is fully aware of the secularization in today’s society and is persuaded that culture is the key to bringing about change. 
“Politics is downstream of culture,” argued Cameron. “I think that the hearts and minds of young people are being formed, and they vote accordingly.” 
Cameron said one of the solutions is more people of faith in Hollywood.
Understandably, there are objections to joining such an industry. Cameron acknowledged the complaints that Hollywood can be “dark” and “dirty.” But just like politics, Cameron stated, “If you don’t like it, change it.”
While there is a strong but inarticulate demand for faith-based entertainment, fear of producing or even participating in such films is a big roadblock. Contrary to popular opinion, he suggested, there are in fact people of faith in the entertainment industry. 
Cameron said that “there are more people of faith than you would think” in Hollywood, but “many of them are very cautious about expressing that faith.” 
The actor is optimistic that we will be witnessing more people of faith “coming out of the closet,” both in Hollywood but also “all around the country and the world.” 
Practically speaking, “people are making projects where faith is at the center because it does well at the box office,” he noted.
“Many people think that what I have done, like talking about my faith, would be suicide for a career,” he told Shapiro.
To those debating whether or not they should vocalize their faith or conservative values in their professional setting, Cameron said, “Go with your convictions.” 
For him it was a matter of not wanting “to look back” in regret for not making the courageous choice. You won’t want to reflect back and say, “‘I wish I could do that over again. You know, I wish I had some courage and I wish I didn’t care so much about what other people thought.’”
“I care about people,” Cameron concluded. Ultimately that is why he wants to try to “speak the truth and live the truth in a compassionate way.”
“If I don&#8217;t do that I&#8217;m really not loving people,” he said. “I&#8217;m really just protecting myself and my career, which is selfish.”
At the end of the day, acting upon your convictions is of far greater value. 
“You only live once,” said Cameron. “Do what you believe you’re here to do.” 
<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/episode/ep-82-kirk-cameron">Watch Cameron&#8217;s full interview with Shapiro</a>

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Kirk Cameron Discusses Finding Faith Amid Fame

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Actor Robert Redford endorsed Joe Biden on Wednesday after blaming much of the country&#8217;s turmoil on President Donald Trump and warning that his re-election would dip the United States into &#8220;autocracy.&#8221;
In an op-ed for <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2020/07/07/opinions/trump-biden-presidential-election-robert-redford/index.html">CNN</a>, the 83-year-old Redford remembered his childhood during the presidency of Franklin D. Roosevelt, whose leadership he contrasted with the current president. &#8220;For me, the power of FDR&#8217;s example is what it says about the kind of leadership America needs — and can have again, if we choose it,&#8221; Redford wrote. &#8220;But one thing is clear: Instead of a moral compass in the Oval Office, there&#8217;s a moral vacuum.&#8221;
Redford continued, &#8220;Instead of a president who says we&#8217;re all in it together, we have a president who&#8217;s in it for himself. Instead of words that uplift and unite, we hear words that inflame and divide.&#8221; He went on to cite reasons he believes Trump &#8220;sacrifices — again and again — any claim to moral authority.&#8221;
&#8220;Another four years of this would degrade our country beyond repair,&#8221; Redford warned, adding, &#8220;The toll it&#8217;s taking is almost biblical: fires and floods, a literal plague upon the land, an eruption of hatred that&#8217;s being summoned and harnessed, by a leader with no conscience or shame.&#8221;
He further predicted another Trump term would &#8220;accelerate our slide toward autocracy,&#8221; as well as &#8220;bring untold damage to our planet&#8221; because of his administration&#8217;s environmental policies. Conceding the president is not responsible for every division in American culture, Redford nevertheless said Trump &#8220;found every fault line in America and wrenched them wide open.&#8221;
Redford offered up presumptive Democratic nominee Joe Biden as a solution to the quasi-apocalyptic problems he claims Trump presents, writing that, with Biden, &#8220;unity and empathy are on the ballot. Experience and intelligence are on the ballot.&#8221; He concluded by extolling Biden for his &#8220;fierce compassion&#8221; and likened his qualities to the &#8220;empathy and ethics&#8221; of FDR.
Redford has repeatedly criticized Trump throughout his presidency. During the impeachment hearings last November, Redford alleged &#8220;a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/robert-redford-attacks-trump-for-launching-dictator-like-attack-on-what-america-stands-for">dictator-like attack</a> by President Donald Trump on everything this country stands for,&#8221; which he characterized as &#8220;monarchy in disguise.&#8221;
In April, Redford and his son, James Redford, co-wrote an op-ed for <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/think/opinion/trump-s-coronavirus-failures-offer-warnings-lessons-about-future-climate-ncna1195931">NBC</a> blasting Trump for his response to the coronavirus and climate change. &#8220;As the pandemic began its global march, President Donald Trump failed to act quickly and decisively, likely increasing its toll and worsening our pain and suffering,&#8221; they wrote. &#8220;As he has done with climate change, Trump failed early on to embrace or even understand sound scientific consensus about what must be done to protect this nation and its people.&#8221;
A quote from Redford adorned the back cover of Trump&#8217;s 2015 book &#8220;Crippled America,&#8221; in which the actor said he was &#8220;glad&#8221; Trump had entered the 2016 race. A representative for Redford later denied to <a href="https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/robert-redford-donald-trump-endorsement-820933">The Hollywood Reporter</a> that his quote was intended as an endorsement.
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Wow! Such nice words from Robert Redford on my running for President. Thank you, Robert. <a href="http://t.co/TpV3w18BW6">pic.twitter.com/TpV3w18BW6</a>
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) <a href="https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/641277106052300800?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 8, 2015</a></blockquote>
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Robert Redford Laments ‘Almost Biblical’ Toll Of Trump, Endorses Biden

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Entertainers bow in near-unison to Cancel Culture dictates. We see it everywhere, from white actresses quitting voice roles for biracial characters to celebrities denouncing their white privilege in cringe-worthy videos.
When the most popular movie of all time, “Gone with the Wind,” got temporarily pulled from HBO Max, no prominent star spoke in its defense.
No Spielberg, Coppola or Tarantino rose up to say, “enough is enough.”
The atmosphere in La La Land couldn’t be more tense following the rise of Black Lives Matter and the fallout from George Floyd’s death at the hands of a white police officer. Stars probably fear a “problematic” tweet from their past, one long since forgotten, could resurface to wreck both their present and future.
Their concern is justified given the ferocity of the speech police, but it’s hardly the portrait of bravery we often hear from the glitterati, like when Charlize Theron <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2018/may/07/charlize-theron-is-being-called-brave-for-gaining-weight-for-a-role-heres-why-thats-a-problem">“bravely” gained weight</a> for a film role.
The following figures deserve to be called “brave” … and then some.
Terry Crews
The muscle-bound star of “Brooklyn Nine-Nine” and “Idiocracy” is no culture warrior. Or, at least he didn’t start out that way.
Crews simply got dragged into current events – twice. Following Harvey Weinstein’s precipitous downfall, Crews revealed a man had <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/watch-terry-crews-details-sickening-incident-when-paul-bois">sexually groped him</a> years earlier, and he finally felt comfortable speaking about it.
More recently, Crews dared to suggest BLM’s rhetoric may not be as unassailable as the press insists. The far-left group, he suggested, “<a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/pop-culture/celebrity/terry-crews-slammed-suggesting-black-lives-matter-could-morph-black-n1232549">must ensure #blacklivesmatter doesn’t morph into #blacklivesbetter</a>.”
That caused a media firestorm, with most outlets presuming Crews had uttered classic “wrongthink.”
The former football star could have apologized and/or cut a large check to BLM to atone for his sins.
He did neither.
Instead, he correctly noted a frightening number of <a href="https://m.washingtontimes.com/news/2020/jul/6/terry-crews-declares-all-black-lives-matter-after-/">black children have died</a> in the wake of BLM’s ascendance. He also acknowledged the cultural forces lined up against him, and gently told them <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/terry-crews-doubles-down-on-desire-to-unite-people-despite-leftist-outrage-i-decide-to-die-on-this-hill">to pound sand</a>.
“Are all white people bad? No. Are all black people good? No. Knowing this reality – I stand on my decision to unite with good people, no matter the race, creed or ideology. Given the number of threats against this decision – I also decide to die on this hill.”
He offered nuance, positive thoughts and, most of all, didn’t immediately beg for forgiveness like 99 percent of his peers might have done.
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J.K. Rowling
The mind behind the Harry Potter realm may be the toughest person on this list. Why? Cancel Culture, and the media, have done everything they can to punish her for speaking her mind.
Rowling is both an ardent liberal and full-throated supporter of trans individuals. Still, she stepped off the LGBTQ reservation when she spoke against <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/threats-to-cancel-j-k-rowling-grow-amid-transgender-controversy">erasing the concept of sex</a> and questioned elements of the far-left’s platform on trans issues.
For that she was assaulted in the press, mocked by peers like <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/stephen-king-swipes-jk-rowling-trans-women-are-women">Stephen King</a> and denounced by the very stars she made famous, including Harry Potter himself, Daniel Radcliffe.
This week she doubled down on her views via a lengthy series of Tweets. She’s not backing down, even after news outlets reach out to her publisher and film studio contacts to see if they’ll be canceling her officially next.
It’s a not too subtle pressure campaign, but so far it’s not working.
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Adam Carolla
Carolla and Jimmy Kimmel bonded years ago and, by all accounts, remain the best of chums. Kimmel followed a more traditional path and found fame via “Jimmy Kimmel Live.” Carolla, in turn, failed to duplicate Howard Stern’s radio fame and found himself out of a terrestrial radio gig in 2009 following a format flip.
Then Carolla channeled his inner entrepreneur.
He created “The Adam Carolla Show” podcast and blazed his own trail. In the process he created what he calls his “pirate ship,” a company immune to the PC Police or, later, Cancel Culture.
Only Carolla can fire himself.
The Libertarian-leaning comic essentially gave that crowd the finger via this summer’s “I’m Your Emotional Support Animal: Navigating Our All Woke, No Joke” culture. The hilarious book starts with a disclaimer-slash-promise. No apologizing for jokes. Ever.
Cancel Culture knows not to knock on his door.
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Ricky Gervais
The British comic’s take-no-prisoners approach isn’t new. He’s been slaying and flaying his targets for some time, but he’s grown bolder in recent years.
We all know why. He takes extra pleasure angering the PC scolds, and it’s infectious.
Earlier this year he torched woke Hollywood at the Golden Globes, and he’s regularly rejecting calls to censor his stand-up. He broke down why Cancel Culture exists and <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/gervais-says-the-woke-mob-wants-to-shut-you-up">its true purpose.</a> during an illuminating podcast chat.
He also refused to budge during a woke Hollywood Reporter roundtable most recently, when far-left comic Kumail Nunjani worried his comedy would <a href="https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/news/kumail-nanjiani-ricky-gervais-comedy-harmful-actor-roundtable-a9599156.html">embolden hate</a>.
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Anthony Cumia/Dave Landau 
The duo’s very existence on a platform Cumia created warrants their inclusion on this list. It doesn’t end there, though.
Cumia, repeatedly fired from terrestrial and satellite radio for his brash antics, finally had enough in 2014. He created his own “pirate ship,” to paraphrase Carolla, letting his fans directly access his material sans middle men on what he later dubbed Compound Media.
The result? The kind of unexpurgated comedy that once was the norm. Anything goes, with Cumia and Landau embracing the notion that jokes are just that – jokes. The duo treats “The Anthony Cumia Show” like a comedy workshop, riffing through ideas that are often as funny as they are tasteless.
Don’t like that brand of humor? No one is forcing you to sign up. Ain’t that America?
Their uncensored commentary on the relentless riots, in particularly, offer a tonic to those aghast at the corporate media’s gaslighting on the matter.
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Dean Cain
The erstwhile Superman uses social media to share uplifting messages, chat with fans and, occasionally, share his right-of-center views.
He did more than that recently. During a Fox News appearance Cain slammed Cancel Culture and worried he wouldn’t be able to say, “Truth, justice and the American way” if he played the Man of Steel now.
He’s right, of course. The 2006 film “Superman Returns” <a href="https://www.hollywoodintoto.com/dean-cain-superman-american-way/">stripped “American way” out of that iconic phrase 14 years ago.</a>
Honorable Mention: Actors Nick Searcy and James Woods routinely stand up to the PC police no matter the cultural conditions.
More from Christian Toto: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/toto-shouldnt-hamilton-get-canceled-next">Shouldn’t ‘Hamilton’ Get Canceled Next?</a>
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Music icon Justin Timberlake weighed into the current national debate on racial justice in a social media post Monday, arguing for the removal of Confederate monuments and providing his theory on why protests of racism in America are interpreted as &#8220;protesting America itself.&#8221;
On Monday, the world-famous singer shared a post from the ACLU about former Confederate General Nathan Bedford Forrest in which he called for the removal of all Confederate monuments.
&#8220;When we protest racism in America, people think we are protesting America itself. Why is that the reaction? Because America was built by men who believed in and benefitted from racism. Plain and simple. If we plan to move forward, these confederate monuments must come down,&#8221; he tweeted.
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When we protest racism in America, people think we are protesting America itself. Why is that the reaction? Because America was built by men who believed in and benefitted from racism. Plain and simple. 
If we plan to move forward, these confederate monuments must come down. <a href="https://t.co/j2IgZ8Nr7D">https://t.co/j2IgZ8Nr7D</a>
&mdash; Justin Timberlake (@jtimberlake) <a href="https://twitter.com/jtimberlake/status/1280252496288636929?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 6, 2020</a></blockquote>
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Timberlake&#8217;s post on American white supremacy comes several weeks after he <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/justin-timberlake-black-people-in-america-are-not-safe">declared</a> that &#8220;black people in America are not safe.&#8221;
“The system needs to change… it has repeatedly shown us that Black people in America are not safe. I’ll follow up with more resources and ways to help. Continue to SAY THEIR NAMES. [Black Lives Matter],” said Timberlake.
The characterization of America as a fundamentally white supremacist nation has become a popular talking point since the Black Lives Matter protests took root nationwide.
On July 4, former 49ers quarterback and Black Lives Matter activist Colin Kaepernick <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/celebration-of-white-supremacy-colin-kaepernicks-july-4-posts-compared-to-his-pre-anthem-protest-july-4-post">even said</a> that Independence Day was a &#8220;celebration of white supremacy.&#8221;
“Black [people] have been dehumanized, brutalized, criminalized [and] terrorized by America for centuries, [and] are expected to join your commemoration of ‘independence,’ while you enslaved our ancestors,” Kaepernick tweeted. “We reject your celebration of white supremacy [and] look forward to liberation for all.”
Last week, actor Danny Glover said that the police are the guardians of white supremacy.
“We see the actual violence because the police is what it is. It’s the last line of defense for white supremacy. That’s what the police represents. They don’t protect African Americans,” <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/danny-glover-police-are-the-last-line-of-defense-for-white-supremacy">he said</a>. “You can make an argument that the institutional violence has its roots in so many different ways. The violence that we see now that is acted out on the physical body of George Floyd has been the kind of violence that is engrained within the American idea of its culture, in its own subtlety, since the first Africans were brought here. So it’s 400 years of violence. It’s not just now!”
Jon Stewart, former host of &#8220;The Daily Show,&#8221; <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/jon-stewart-the-police-enforce-segregation">said last month</a> that police effectively serve as the &#8220;border patrol&#8221; of a segregated society.
“The police are, in some respects, a border patrol, and they patrol the border between the two Americas. We have that so that the rest of us don’t have to deal with it. Then that situation erupts, and we express our shock and indignation,” Stewart said. “There’s always this begrudging sense that black people are being granted something, when it’s white people’s lack of being able to live up to the defining words of the birth of the country that is the problem. There’s a lack of recognition of the difference in our system.”
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Alfred Dunhill Links Championship &#8211; Day One

Justin Timberlake: ‘America Built By Men Who Believed In And Benefited From Racism’

Black Lives Matter

Colin Kaepernick

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Race

Actress Halle Berry apologized and backed out of potentially playing a transgender character in a film after she received fierce backlash online for considering the role as a &#8220;cis-gender&#8221; woman.
According to <a href="https://www.harpersbazaar.com/uk/celebrities/news/a33231383/halle-berry-apologises-transgender-character/">Harper&#8217;s Bazaar</a>, Berry told fans via Instagram Live that she was up for consideration to play a transgender man in an upcoming film until she received a flood of criticism scolding her for &#8220;taking&#8221; a role from someone who identifies as transgender. The magazine also noted that Berry &#8220;misgendered&#8221; the character while speaking of the role.
&#8220;I&#8217;m thinking of [playing] a character where the woman is a trans character, so she&#8217;s a woman that transitioned into a man,&#8221; Berry said via Instagram Live. &#8220;She&#8217;s a character in a project I love that I might be doing.&#8221;
&#8220;I want to experience that world, understand that world. I want to deep dive in that in the way I did &#8216;Bruised,'&#8221; she continued. &#8220;Who this woman was is so interesting to me, and that will probably be my next project, and that will require me cutting all of my hair off.&#8221;
The 53-year-old quickly caved to pressures, issuing an apology via Twitter that announced she was stepping down from consideration for the role.
&#8220;Over the weekend I had the opportunity to discuss my consideration of an upcoming role as a transgender man and I&#8217;d like to apologise for those remarks,&#8221; the statement read. &#8220;As a cisgender woman, I now understand that I should not have considered this role and that the transgender community should undeniably have the opportunity to tell their own stories.&#8221;
&#8220;I am grateful for the guidance and critical conversation over the past few days and I will continue to listen, educate and learn from this mistake,&#8221; added Berry. &#8220;I vow to be an ally in using my voice to promote better representation on-screen, both in front of and behind the camera.&#8221;
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Back in 2018, actress Scarlett Johansson similarly backed out of a transgender role following backlash over taking on the part despite being &#8220;cisgender.&#8221;
&#8220;After backlash from transgender activists over a &#8216;cisgender&#8217; actor playing a transgender role, Johansson announced last week that she would pull out of playing Dante &#8216;Tex&#8217; Gill, a female massage parlor owner during the ’70s and ’80s who &#8216;prefer[red] to be known as a man,'&#8221; <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/transgender-film-scarlett-johansson-shamed-pulling-james-barrett">The Daily Wire</a> noted at the time.
&#8220;Johansson initially defended her decision to take on the role, arguing that playing a transgender character was no different than transgender actors playing cisgender roles. That prompted even more forceful backlash from activists, which ultimately convinced Johansson to reverse her decision,&#8221; the report added.
The &#8220;woke&#8221; trend is not limited to transgender roles, either. Last month, for example, actress Jenny Slate <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/citing-white-privilege-jenny-slate-gives-up-voiceover-role-of-mixed-animated-character-after-discussion-with-shows-black-collaborators">stepped down</a> from her voiceover gig as a mixed-race animated cartoon character on Netflix’s “Big Mouth,” maintaining that “Black characters on an animated show should be played by Black people.”
The animated character is half-Jewish and half-black. Slate is Jewish.
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“At the start of the show, I reasoned with myself that it was permissible for me to play ‘Missy’ because her mom is Jewish and White — as am I,” the actress said in a lengthy statement. “But ‘Missy’ is also Black, and Black characters on an animated show should be played by Black people.”
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Slate contended that “ending” her “portrayal of ‘Missy’ is one step in a life-long process of uncovering the racism in my actions.”
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/citing-white-privilege-jenny-slate-gives-up-voiceover-role-of-mixed-animated-character-after-discussion-with-shows-black-collaborators">Citing ‘White Privilege,’ Jenny Slate Gives Up Voiceover Role Of Mixed Animated Character After Discussion With Show’s Black Collaborators</a>
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Halle Berry Apologizes, Backs Out Of Transgender Role After Backlash

The Twitter mob has targetted actor Shia LaBeouf for playing a gangster in the upcoming David Ayer-directed crime drama &#8220;The Tax Collector,&#8221; alleging he will be performing in &#8220;brownface.&#8221; Just one problem: the character LaBeouf will be playing is a whiteboy, not a Latino.
According to <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/shia-labeouf-brownface-movie-role-david-ayer-responds">Fox News</a>, LaBeouf will be making an interesting career turn as a crime boss who swindles &#8220;taxes&#8221; from Los Angeles street gangs. Given that LaBeouf is a Jewish guy acting in a movie with predominantly black and Latino actors, people on Twitter believed the role was some kind of &#8220;brownface&#8221; after the trailer dropped online. Take a look:
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New trailer for David Ayer&#39;s &#39;The Tax Collector&#39; starring Shia LaBeouf and Bobby Soto <a href="https://t.co/XnBh9d6cqu">pic.twitter.com/XnBh9d6cqu</a>
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The Twitter outrage mob was both fast and furious in its condemnation of LaBeouf&#8217;s undeniably electric performance.
&#8220;Oh hey, another movie w/ Latinos and Blacks in glorified gang culture on steroids that reinforces stereotypes &amp; fears for white folks &amp; promotes the cop mentality that &#8216;it’s a battlefield out there.&#8217; Sigh&#8230;..Hollywood, come on. We don’t need this right now,&#8221; tweeted one user.
“It’s so sad we don’t have enough Chicano actors who were in the gang life for roles like this. Thank God for that little white boy stepping in and saving the day,” tweeted another user.
&#8220;Shia Labouf in a new movie and I’m really hoping he’s not playing brownface,&#8221; tweeted another.
Director David Ayer (&#8220;End of Watch&#8221;) immediately responded to the backlash by clarifying that Shia LaBeouf will not be playing a Latino gangster in &#8220;The Tax Collector&#8221; but rather a white gangster who grew up in the hood. Ayer said the role was evocative of his own life experience as a white man who grew up in the hood.
“Really important answer &#8211; Shia is playing a whiteboy who grew up in the hood. This is a Jewish dude playing a white character. Also the only white dude in the movie,” Ayer tweeted.
“I grew up hood and I’m a whiteboy. Chicano culture is inclusive &#8211; I’ve seen whiteys, Asians, Blacks, Filipinos all putting in work for the hood. It’s part of street culture,” he added.
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Really important answer &#8211; Shia is playing a whiteboy who grew up in the hood. This is a Jewish dude playing a white character. Also the only white dude in the movie 💁‍♂️ <a href="https://t.co/PS6foJwQXV">https://t.co/PS6foJwQXV</a>
&mdash; David Ayer (@DavidAyerMovies) <a href="https://twitter.com/DavidAyerMovies/status/1278419491009904640?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 1, 2020</a></blockquote>
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I grew up hood and I’m a whiteboy. Chicano culture is inclusive &#8211; I’ve seen whiteys, Asians, Blacks, Filipinos all putting in work for the hood. It’s part of street culture. <a href="https://t.co/PS6foJwQXV">https://t.co/PS6foJwQXV</a>
&mdash; David Ayer (@DavidAyerMovies) <a href="https://twitter.com/DavidAyerMovies/status/1278419916547166209?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 1, 2020</a></blockquote>
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Ayer praised the actor for his extensive research into the role, going the extra mile to get the culture right. When one social justice warrior accused Ayer of making another cop movie, the director shot back, &#8220;It ain’t a cop movie. And Shia is playing something very specific. Not brown face.&#8221;
LaBeouf apparently<a href="https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/shia-labeouf-tattooed-chest-tax-collector-david-ayer"> dedicated himself so strongly</a> to his role in &#8220;The Tax Collector&#8221; that he even tattooed his whole chest.
&#8220;He’s one of the best actors I’ve worked with, and he’s the most committed to body and soul,&#8221; David Ayer told Slash Film. &#8220;He had a tooth pulled on &#8216;Fury,&#8217; and then on &#8216;Tax Collector,&#8217; he got his whole chest tattooed. So, he kind of goes all in, and I’ve never known anyone that committed.&#8221;
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2020 Film Independent Spirit Awards  &#8211; Arrivals

Shia LaBeouf Accused Of ‘Brownface’ In Latest Movie Role. Director Responds.

Shia LaBeouf

Few would deny the modern “Star Trek” universe is hopelessly woke.
The team pulling the “Star Trek” strings today <a href="https://www.startrek.com/videos/we-support-black-lives-matter">quickly bowed down to Black Lives Matter</a>. That’s above and beyond the new “Trek’s” overt progressive agenda, from re-imagining Sulu as a gay man to episodes appealing to social justice scolds.
As <a href="https://decider.com/2018/02/22/star-trek-discovery-is-woke-af/">Decider</a> puts it, &#8220;Discovery has a lot to say about The Way We Live Now. It’s the most on-message TV show this side of Black-ish or Broad City. They might as well call it Star Trek: The Woke Generation.&#8221;
Sir Patrick Stewart, Mr. “Make It So” himself, described his “Picard” series as a response to both <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/patrick-stewart-star-trek-picard-a-response-to-the-fed-world-of-brexit-trump">President Donald Trump’s existence and Brexit.</a>
Most cultural observers say the original “Star Trek” series was uniformly progressive, too. They have many solid points, from episodes about race relations to the concept of a UN-style body “boldly going where no man had gone before.” (That patriarchal phrase got the heave ho in recent years.)
The series famously featured TV’s first interracial kiss between William Shatner and Nichelle Nichols. That’s real progress, the opposite of virtue signaling.
It’s comical that “Star Trek” creator Gene Roddenberry’s vision of a multi-race crew living in harmony suddenly clashes with the modern Left’s identity politics.
Still, the show’s progressive roots are considered canon … like furry Tribbles and Montgomery Scott’s dramatic time estimates.
Look closer.
A number of classic “Trek” episodes spotlight conservative themes and concepts above and beyond ‘60s era platitudes. In fact, some of the stories wouldn’t pass muster today if a “Trek” scribe sent them to the powers that be for approval.
1. “Charlie X” (Ep. 2, Season 1)
What happens when a young man (Robert Walker), dizzy from hormones and zero family ties, can literally make anything he wishes a reality? His emotions take over, with disaster and death the natural byproduct.
Enter Captain James T. Kirk (Shatner), the Alpha Male figure poor Charlie needs.
Kirk can’t fully control Charlie, but he commands the lad’s respect and buys the crew time to deal with his god-like powers. The unchecked Charlie has no one to explain life to him, let alone place vital boundaries in his path. Without a father figure he revolts, not unlike what we’re seeing nationwide as the spoiled children who make up the Antifa crowd drag statues to the ground.
Kirk’s uber-masculine guidance can’t prevent a sad ending for Charlie, but the captain ensures no more Starfleet personnel will die by Charlie’s hands.
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2. “The City on the Edge of Forever” (Ep. 28, Season 1)
Kirk falls in love, hard, during this time travel episode considered the series’ zenith. His crush is a budding pacifist (Joan Collins) who delays the U.S. from entering the second World War after Dr. McCoy (DeForest Kelley) saves her from a life-threatening accident.
Now, Kirk and Spock must make sure that doesn’t happen again … or the Germans will develop the atomic bomb first and change the course of history.
“Star Trek’s” level-headed approach to war, when to wage it and under what terms, can be both admirable and deeply conservative.
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3. “Balance of Terror” (Ep. 14, Season 1)
Spock is no war monger, but he takes a neo-con-like stand in this tense episode. Some enemies, like the Romulans threatening war along the Neutral Zone, cannot be talked out of combat. They must be defeated at all costs.
A battle between two shrewd captains ensues, leaving just enough time for a lecture on bigotry. The takeaway? Sometimes a good offense is the best defense.
4. “Space Seed” (Ep. 22, Season 1)
The episode that set the stage for “Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan” introduced us to a swaggering, super-human Ricardo Montalban. The episode has aged as well as the 1982 film, but a deeper look into the story reveals something else.
Khan represented a misguided attempt to perfect humanity, granting some with extra strength and intelligence. Khan and his ilk felt they knew better than everyone else, and therefore must lead by any means necessary. One wonders what Fidel Castro thought of this episode… Another problematic element for a feminist audience: the female lead (Madlyn Rhue) initially finds herself swept away by Khan&#8217;s masculine appeal.
<div id="attachment_125960" style="width: 810px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><img aria-describedby="caption-attachment-125960" class="wp-image-125960" src="https://editorial.dailywire.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Khan-945x576.jpg" alt="Madlyn Rhue as Lt. Maria McGivers (the ship's historian), Ricardo Montalban as Khan Noonien Singh (a genetically engineered human from the 20th century) and William Shatner as Captain James T. Kirk in the Star Trek: The Original Series episode, &quot;Space Seed.&quot; Original air date February 16, 1967. Image is a frame grab. (Photo by CBS via Getty Images)" width="800" height="488" srcset="https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2020/07/Khan-945x576.jpg 945w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2020/07/Khan-300x183.jpg 300w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2020/07/Khan-768x468.jpg 768w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2020/07/Khan.jpg 1024w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" />CBS via Getty Images</div>
5. “The Enemy Within” (Ep. 5, Season 1)
Modern progressives would recoil at the core of this potboiler. Kirk is split into two distinct selves, a calm, compassionate soul and a raging Id. The latter causes chaos on the ship, including a tough to watch assault on Yeoman Rand (Grace Lee Whitney). Still, we learn that Kirk isn’t the strong, capable leader we’ve come to know without a dose of “toxic masculinity.”
Removing that element would cripple the Enterprise and turn Kirk into just another, lesser captain.
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6. “Dagger of the Mind” (Ep. 9, Season 1)
The unmissable message of this anti-progressive episode: “Curing” mankind of our sinful behavior and errant thoughts through science and forced rehabilitation is not just futile. It’s inhumane.
7. “Mudd’s Women” (Ep. 6, Season 1)
Gloria Steinem must loathe this episode.
Women want to feel beautiful, or at least have a man who views them that way.  The cartoonish Harry Mudd (Roger C. Carmel) knows this all too well, and he exploits it to keep himself one step ahead of the law.
The episode assumes distinct gender roles in male-female relationships while acknowledging how men’s visual senses can be overloaded by beauty and grace. And, shockingly, that isn’t deemed disastrous by the episode’s ending.
Speaking of gender themes, another classic episode the title of which alone would get it canceled by today&#8217;s politically correct crowd: &#8220;What Little Girls Are Made Of&#8221; (Ep. 7, Season 1).
<div id="attachment_125967" style="width: 810px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><img aria-describedby="caption-attachment-125967" class="wp-image-125967" src="https://editorial.dailywire.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/What-Are-Little-Girls-Made-Of-850x576.jpg" alt="Michael Strong as Dr. Roger Korby, Majel Barrett as Nurse Christine Chapel, Sherry Jackson as Andrea and William Shatner as Captain James T. Kirk in the STAR TREK: THE ORIGINAL SERIES episode, &quot;What Are Little Girls Made Of?&quot; Season 1, episode 7. Original air date, October 20, 1966. Image is a frame grab. (Photo by CBS via Getty Images)" width="800" height="542" srcset="https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2020/07/What-Are-Little-Girls-Made-Of-850x576.jpg 850w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2020/07/What-Are-Little-Girls-Made-Of-300x203.jpg 300w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2020/07/What-Are-Little-Girls-Made-Of-768x521.jpg 768w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2020/07/What-Are-Little-Girls-Made-Of.jpg 1024w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" />CBS via Getty Images</div>
8. “The Return of the Archons” (Ep. 21, Season 1)
The first of several “Trek” tales where people are considered part of one “body” — a la the Borg — and stripped of their individuality to create a more harmonious society. Kirk talks the machinery behind this “perfect order” into destroying itself, reminding it why free will matters.
It’s a similar story with “The Apple” (Ep. 5. Season 2). Once again Kirk realizes the folly of living in an Edenic state and wrecks the gadgetry that makes it all possible.
9. “Arena” (Ep. 18, Season 1)
Kirk must battle a lizard creature with great strength and lousy mobility in this essential “Trek” tale. The Kirk/Gorn battle is epic by “Trek” standards, but the intriguing element arrives when we learn why Gorn’s comrades attacked Kirk’s landing team. Starfleet encroached on their territory, and they viewed the incursion as an unprovoked attack.
The un-woke lesson: People have a right to defend their territory, be it via a man-made wall or military means.
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10. “Amok Time” (Ep. 1, Season 2)
It’s mating season for Leonard Nimoy’s pointy-eared hero, Mr. Spock, and it couldn’t come at a worse time for Kirk and company.
It leads to a wild fight between the show’s main players, after which Spock echoes a philosophy with a whiff of social conservatism.
&#8220;Having is not so pleasing a thing after all as wanting,” Spock notes.
11. “This Side of Paradise” (Ep. 24, Season 1)
Kirk and the landing party encounter a settlement teeming with contentment. There’s a catch, of course. Their bliss is provided by alien spores which keep them healthy and devoid of negative emotions.
It’s utopia — and it’s antithetical to the human condition. The society’s leader learns that the hard way after waking from his spore-driven stupor.
“Three years, no accomplishments,” he mutters.
The episode’s portrait of a biologist (Jill Ireland) who just isn’t complete without Spock by her side might drive feminists up a wall. Let’s not forget the drab, gray uniforms the settlers where, right out of the Communist Gift Guide.
Later, Kirk muses on the trouble with so-called paradise.
“Maybe we weren’t meant for paradise. Maybe we were meant to fight our way through, struggle, claw our way up, scratch for every inch of the way. Maybe we can’t stroll to the music of the lute. We must march to the sound of drums.”
Not a bad definition of capitalism.
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Pity the modern screenwriter.
He or she opens a laptop, fires up a new Word document and takes a long, slow breath.
“How do I write a story that doesn’t trigger a Cancel Culture attack? What if my characters aren’t woke enough? Am I addressing systemic racism in my narrative? Will I ever work again if I anger the wrong people?”
Sound dramatic? Think again.
The scribes behind “Brooklyn Nine-Nine” admit <a href="https://www.cbr.com/brooklyn-nine-nine-scraps-season-8-scripts-will-start-over/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">they scrapped existing scripts</a> because they didn’t fit into the Black Lives Matter world. “We have to start over. Right now we don’t know which direction it’s going to go in,” said show co-star Terry Crews, himself <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/media/ben-carson-defends-terry-crews-black-lives-matter" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">attacked for being critical of BLM</a>.
Time Magazine ran an article suggesting superhero films <a href="https://boundingintocomics.com/2020/07/01/time-magazine-declares-superheroes-a-problem-because-they-star-straight-white-men/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">can no longer feature white heroes</a> ignoring racial injustice.
The co-creator of “It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia” admits he has a <a href="https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/features/kenya-barris-greg-daniels-comedy-showrunner-roundtable-1300305" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">staff of young, presumably woke Millennials</a> overseeing story creation to “show me what’s not only funny but what’s relevant, what’s changing, how is it changing, and how can we continue to be on the cutting edge …” Remember how well that worked for <a href="https://www.hollywoodintoto.com/how-feminism-crushed-neighbors-2/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">“Neighbors 2?”</a>
These are three anecdotes. Think bigger.
We’re already told Hollywood should think twice about telling more police stories. Stories that show heroic cops, a staple of TV and films for decades, are now problematic, or worse. Heck, “Paw Patrol” <a href="https://decider.com/2020/06/11/is-paw-patrol-being-cancelled-protests/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">narrowly escaped cultural cancellation.</a>
Delicate satire, the kind that might feature characters <a href="https://thehill.com/homenews/media/505086-hulu-removes-golden-girls-mud-mask-episode-prompts-pushback-what-the-hell" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">covered in mud masks</a>, is no longer permissible. Can you imagine a comedian whose name isn’t “Chappelle” telling hard but funny truths about race in a Netflix special? Even Dave himself might get cancelled if he yukked it up about Black Lives Matter in a way that clashes with the hard-left narrative.
The timing, alas, simply couldn’t be worse.
For starters, the movie-going experience is on a delayed pause due to the pandemic. Who knows when it will return to full strength?
Crowds may flock to see James Bond and Black Widow again, but not every film boasts a must-see component.
Audiences are <a href="https://www.hollywoodintoto.com/woke-broke-movies-2019/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">preternaturally opposed to woke storytelling</a>, witness sizable flops like “Charlie’s Angels,” “Ghostbusters” and “Late Night.” Doubling down on Guilt Cinema is a recipe for financial ruin.
More importantly, we’ve been awash in a golden age of TV content. Theatrical releases remain inconsistent, with a heavy emphasis on loud, IP-driven fare. Last year proved a notable difference, given a crush of quality stories including “<a href="https://www.hollywoodintoto.com/critic-v-critic-joker/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Joker</a>,” “Once Upon a Time … in Hollywood” and “Jojo Rabbit.”
It’s on the small screen where the greatest creative progress has been made. For now.
To list all the superlative shows streaming into our homes is too tall a task. What’s more remarkable is the eclectic platforms providing them. HBO. Netflix. Hulu. Syfy. Showtime. AMC. Amazon Prime. Paramount Network. You could spend every waking hour watching the best new shows around and still not keep up with the dynamic flow.
Will that change moving forward? Productions remain mostly on hold due to the pandemic, but screenwriters are working feverishly to prepare for the grand re-opening.
What stories will they tell? What narratives will they be permitted to share?
Even the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences threatens to upend the organic storytelling process. The Academy is finalizing new rules mean to address<a href="https://www.npr.org/sections/live-updates-protests-for-racial-justice/2020/06/12/876481972/oscars-future-films-must-meet-diversity-and-inclusion-rules" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"> diversity issues for Oscar-bait films</a>. Think that won’t have an impact on the stories to be told?
There is an upside to the current cultural revolution. We will get to know artists, primarily people of color, who might otherwise have gone unnoticed. Hollywood has had a diversity problem for some time, one not miraculously solved by sharing black squares on Instagram.
Perhaps another Jordan Peele, Issa Rae or Donald Glover will emerge &#8212; young, exciting talents whose work both challenges and entertains.
That’s wonderful.
What a shame the downsides could greatly overshadow that progress.
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Despite playing a police officer four times in arguably the most popular buddy cop movie franchise in history, actor Danny Glover (Roger Murtaugh in &#8220;Lethal Weapon&#8221;) said that police are the &#8220;last line of defense for white supremacy.&#8221;
Speaking with <a href="https://variety.com/2020/film/news/danny-glover-george-floyd-lethal-weapon-louverture-films-1234696644/">Variety</a>, the notably far-left actor spoke on a variety of topics, from the Black Lives Matter movement to the protests against police, an American organization he said is about defending white supremacy.
&#8220;The violence that we see – whether it’s the toxic places where they (black people) live; the inadequacy of health care for them; whether it’s the lack of affordable housing; the absence of jobs at living wages; all those things – that’s basically going unseen,&#8221; he said. &#8220;We see the actual violence because the police is what it is. It’s the last line of defense for white supremacy. That’s what the police represents.&#8221;
&#8220;They don’t protect African Americans,&#8221; he continued. &#8220;You can make an argument that the institutional violence has its roots in so many different ways. The violence that we see now that is acted out on the physical body of George Floyd has been the kind of violence that is engrained within the American idea of its culture, in its own subtlety, since the first Africans were brought here. So it’s 400 years of violence. It’s not just now!&#8221;
Despite his clear disdain for the American police, Glover said that he still may reprise his famous role as Roger Murtaugh in yet another installment in the &#8220;Lethal Weapon&#8221; franchise alongside Mel Gibson.
&#8220;I don’t want to give away the plot on the script that I read, but I found the plot had very strong relevance to some of things that are happening today. I can say that. But that was in January. History changes so fast…But yes, there’s been talk about it. There is something of a plan,&#8221; he said.
&#8220;I can only tell you, if it does happen, there is something extraordinary in it,&#8221; he continued. &#8220;If &#8216;Lethal Weapon&#8217; gives us some sort of contribution to understanding a little bit more…It would be interesting to do. It would be interesting to see how we take this within the political framework we are in; the economic framework that we are in.&#8221;
Danny Glover testified before Congress in 2019 calling for slavery reparations, citing his great grandmother, an emancipated slave.
“A national reparations policy is a moral, democratic, and economic imperative,” <a href="https://twitter.com/CBSNews/status/1141363764589223937?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1141363764589223937%7Ctwgr%5E&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.breitbart.com%2Fentertainment%2F2019%2F06%2F19%2Fdanny-glover-tells-congress-slavery-reparations-a-moral-imperative%2F">he said</a>. “I sit here as a great-grandson of a former slave, Mary Brown, who was freed by the Emancipation Proclamation of January 1st, 1863. I had the fortune of meeting her as a small child.”
&#8220;Despite much progress over the last centuries, this hearing is yet another important step in the long and heroic struggle of African Americans to cure the damages inflicted by enslavement, post-emancipation, and forced racial exclusionary policies,&#8221; he continued.
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Earlier this year, comedian Ricky Gervais delivered a seismic opening monologue at the Golden Globes in which he roasted liberal Hollywood for posturing woke while allegedly being total degenerates in their private lives, from friendships with pedophile Jeffrey Epstein to shady business deals with communist China.
“If you do win an award tonight, don’t use it as a political platform to make a political speech,” Gervais famously told the crowd. “You’re in no position to lecture the public about anything, you know nothing about the real world. Most of you spent less time in school than Greta Thunberg. So, if you win, come up, accept your little award, thank your agent and your God — and f*** off, okay?”
Gervais simultaneously roasted corporations like Apple and Amazon for producing supposedly “woke” creative content while doing business in authoritarian countries like China.
“Apple roared into the TV game with ‘The Morning Show,’ a superb drama about the importance of dignity and doing the right thing — made by a company that runs sweatshops in China,” Gervais said. “Well, you say you’re woke but the companies you work for in China — unbelievable. Apple, Amazon, Disney. If ISIS started a streaming service you’d call your agent, wouldn’t you?”
Looking back on that iconic moment that shook the internet and triggered hardcore do-gooder liberals everywhere, Gervais told <a href="https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/ricky-gervais-golden-globes-speech-people-tired-of-hypocrisy-140059250.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Yahoo Entertainment</a> that the moment became so &#8220;zeitgeisty&#8221; because people were sick of seeing the hypocrisy.
“It was quite zeitgeisty,” he said, as reported by <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/ricky-gervais-reflects-golden-globe-speech">Fox News</a>. “I suppose because people were tired of being lectured by multimillionaires telling them to recycle when they’re flying around in private jets. So I think people were tired of the hypocrisy.”
Gervais added that he did not necessarily believe everything he said in his speech, and only said it to make the best joke possible.
“I’ll often take a complete opposite stance to what I actually believe if it makes the joke better. I’ll pretend to be right-wing, left-wing or no-wing! It depends on the joke,” he said.
During his iconic speech, the internet went aflame with actor Tom Hanks&#8217; viral reaction to a joke Gervais made about Felicity Huffman&#8217;s involvement in the college admission scandal. On that, the comedian did not believe Hanks was upset by anything he said.
“I don’t think he was anti what I was saying,” he said. “I think he sort of thought, ‘Oh, this is a bit hot. Is this OK?’ But the flip side of it, when I teased Leonardo [DiCaprio], and he really laughed, people loved that! People love a celebrity going, ‘You got me.’ That’s all you have to do.&#8221;
Segments of the American media <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/media-trashes-ricky-gervais-for-telling-hollywood-to-f-off">did not exactly embrace</a> everything Gervais had to say that night. Indeed, Gervais was immediately blasted for cruelly repeating “right-wing talking points” to score cheap laughs.
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Masks are de rigueur nowadays, and some municipalities are mandating the wearing of face coverings whenever people are out in public in order to prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus.
West Hollywood has gone one step further: Don&#8217;t wear a mask, get fined. A lot.
&#8220;The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department West Hollywood Station said Wednesday it would start citing people for not wearing face coverings,&#8221; effective immediately, <a href="https://losangeles.cbslocal.com/2020/07/01/west-hollywood-sheriffs-station-to-start-citing-people-not-wearing-face-coverings/">CBS-LA</a> reported. &#8220;The department said it took the step after receiving a number of complaints about people not wearing face coverings in West Hollywood.&#8221;
The fines start out low but soar for repeat offenders. For a first offense, there&#8217;s a $250 fine plus $50 processing fee, the sheriff&#8217;s department said in a statement. The second offense brings a $1,000 fine, the third a $2,000 fine &#8212; and for a fourth offense, a whopping $5,000 fine.
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Update: The fine is $250 and a fee of $50 for a total of $300 for the first offense. <a href="https://t.co/o6QE3fkucu">pic.twitter.com/o6QE3fkucu</a>
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The sheriff&#8217;s department said they simply had no other choice but to implement fines. “Our last option was to conduct enforcement by issuing an Administrative Citation, but the risk to community health is too great,” the statement said.
The West Hollywood station polices the city, plus the nearby communities of Franklin Canyon, Universal City, which includes Universal Theme Park, Studios, and Citywalk.
The new fines were applauded by social media users.
&#8220;[E]very deputy who issues a ticket will be sued, every fine dropped!! U didnt enforce it at march of city hall political cronies, u cant enforce it against everyone else, thats an abuse of power and a VIOLATION OF PEOPLES RIGHTS!&#8221; wrote one person on Twitter.
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every deputy who issues a ticket will be sued, every fine dropped!! U didnt enforce it at march of city hall political cronies, u cant enforce it against everyone else, thats an abuse of power and a VIOLATION OF PEOPLES RIGHTS!
&mdash; Trixy Wh (@trixywh) <a href="https://twitter.com/trixywh/status/1278534044062547968?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 2, 2020</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;What a rotten way to raise taxes on people! I wonder how many days before someone gets killed or severely hurt by cops for not wearing a mask,&#8221; said another.
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What a rotten way to raise taxes on people! I wonder how many days before someone gets killed or severely hurt by cops for not wearing a mask.
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&#8220;I just hope this applies to the protestors as well. since they got a free pass for everything else in recent days/months.. they also need to be fined. Not fair to everyone else. Fine one, fine all &#8230; Only fair. County doesn&#8217;t fine the protestors then they can&#8217;t find the public,&#8221; said yet another.
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I just hope this applies to the protestors as well. since they got a free pass for everything else in recent days / months.. they also need to be fined. Not fair to everyone else. Fine one, fine all .. Only fair. County doesnt fine the protestors then they can&#39;t find the public.
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But <a href="https://ktla.com/news/local-news/you-can-now-face-a-300-fine-for-not-wearing-a-mask-in-west-hollywood/#:~:text=Sheriff's%20deputies%20in%20West%20Hollywood,station%20said%20in%20a%20tweet.">KTLA-5</a> said &#8220;Local jurisdictions have been given leeway to decide how — or if — they’ll enforce the statewide mask mandate issued June 18. The order allows for fines and other penalties, including possible misdemeanor charges.&#8221;
<blockquote>Face coverings have also been required in Los Angeles County since May 14.
The orders have largely gone unenforced with punitive measures. The West Hollywood station is the only in the county Sheriff’s Department to institute a citation, and L.A. Police Department Chief Michel Moore previously said he didn’t plan to issue fines.
Some people are exempt from the mask orders, including children aged 2 and under, those who are hard of hearing or need to communicate with those who are, and people who have medical, mental health or developmental disabilities that prevent them from wearing face coverings.</blockquote>
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Popular AMC period-drama “Mad Men” will be returning to streaming thanks to a deal with Amazon. Given the current race riots in America, the show’s episode containing a character appearing in blackface would quickly come under fire, so production company Lionsgate jumped ahead of the eventual backlash by stating it would provide a content warning about the episode but would not edit out the scene.
The scene in question involves Roger Sterling (John Slattery) appearing in blackface, but it will not be edited out because Lionsgate wants to show “how commonplace racism was in America in 1963.”
“This episode contains disturbing images related to race in America. One of the characters is shown in blackface as part of an episode that shows how commonplace racism was in America in 1963. In its reliance on historical authenticity, the series producers are committed to exposing the injustices and inequities within our society that continue to this day so we can examine even the most painful parts of our history in order to reflect on who we are today and who we want to become. We are therefore presenting the original episode in its entirety,” Lionsgate said in <a href="https://deadline.com/2020/07/mad-men-adds-disclaimer-blackface-episode-ahead-streaming-launch-1202975214/">a statement</a> to Deadline.
Fox News <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/mad-men-blackface-wont-cut-content-warning-streaming">reported</a> that “Mad Men” was acclaimed “for its period-appropriate look and writing, often portraying overt acts of sexism and racism that were not considered problematic in the 1960s.” The decision by Lionsgate to keep the scene is in keeping with this theme.
The outlet further reported that the Lionsgate announcement comes as other TV shows have removed episodes containing characters in blackface.
“Tina Fey requested that NBCUniversal <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/nbcuniversal-removing-30-rock-episodes-blackface-tina-fey-report">remove an episode</a> of her show ‘30 Rock’ that featured a character in blackface. Meanwhile, <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/hulu-golden-girls-episode-blackface-joke-removed">Hulu announced</a> it’s removing an episode of the ‘Golden Girls’ while an episode of ‘The Office’ has been <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/the-office-blackface-scene-edited-out">edited for all streaming platforms</a> and syndication to remove a joke containing a character in blackface,” Fox reported.
As The Daily Wire’s Joe Curl previously <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/30-rock-blackface-episodes-yanked-tina-fey-apologizes">reported</a>, Fey apologized for the episodes after she asked they be removed.
“As we strive to do the work and do better in regards to race in America, we believe that these episodes featuring actors in race-changing makeup are best taken out of circulation,” she wrote in a letter to streaming services and those that sold the show. “I understand now that ‘intent’ is not a free pass for white people to use these images. I apologize for pain they have caused. Going forward, no comedy-loving kid needs to stumble on these tropes and be stung by their ugliness. I thank NBCUniversal for honoring this request.”
In addition to TV shows coming under fire for past blackface indiscretions, late-night host Jimmy Kimmel apologized after a backlash over an old sketch where he wore blackface.
“We hired makeup artists to make me look as much like Karl Malone as possible. I never considered that this might be seen as anything other than an imitation of a fellow human being, one that had no more to do with Karl’s skin color than it did his bulging muscles and bald head. I’ve done dozens of impressions of famous people, including Snoop Dogg, Oprah, Eminem, Dick Vitale, Rosie, and many others. In each case, I thought of them as impersonations of celebrities and nothing more,” Kimmel wrote in a statement of apology.
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‘Mad Men’ Episode With Blackface Scene Will Have Content Warning

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On Wednesday, representation for actress Jada Pinkett Smith said it was &#8220;<a href="https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/news/jada-pinkett-smith-will-smith-affair-august-alsina-statement-a9596266.html">absolutely not true</a>&#8221; that the &#8220;Red Table Talk&#8221; host was given the blessing of her husband, fellow actor Will Smith, to have an affair with 27-year-old singer August Alsina.
During a &#8220;Breakfast Club&#8221; <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q91Z1gW_iHw&amp;feature=emb_title">interview</a> that dropped Tuesday, Alsina spoke about the alleged affair and Smith allegedly sanctioning their relations.
“I actually sat down with Will and had a conversation due to the transformation from their marriage to life partnership … he gave me his blessing,&#8221; Alsina told host Angela Yee, according to <a href="https://pagesix.com/2020/06/30/august-alsina-talks-allegedly-will-smith-approved-jada-pinkett-smith-affair/">Page Six</a>.
Alsina was apparently introduced to Pinkett Smith back in 2015 by her son Jaden.
“I totally gave myself to that relationship for years of my life, and I truly and really, really deeply love and have a ton of love for her. I devoted myself to it, I gave my full self to it — so much so to the point that I can die right now and be okay with knowing that I truly gave myself to somebody,&#8221; the singer said of Pinkett Smith.
“And I really loved a person, I experienced that, and I know what that feels like — and some people never get that in this lifetime,” he continued. “I know that I am completely blessed and this conversation is difficult because it is so much, that it would be hard for people to understand but — once it starts to affect me and my livelihood — I have to speak up about my truth.”
“Contrary to what people may believe,&#8221; Alsina asserted, &#8220;I am not a troublemaker. I don’t like drama. Drama actually makes me nauseous.&#8221;
“And I also don’t think that it is ever important for people to know what I do, who I sleep with, who I date … but in this instance it is very different because as I said, there are so many people that are side-eyeing me, looking at me questionable [sic],&#8221; he added. “I have lost money, friendships, relationships behind it, and I think it is because people don’t necessarily know the truth. But I have never done anything wrong.”
The singer called the Smith family &#8220;beautiful people.&#8221;
“I love those people literally like my family,&#8221; he said. &#8220;I don’t have a bad thing to say about them. They are beautiful people.”
The famous couple have long been rumored to have an &#8220;open relationship,&#8221; according to <a href="https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/jada-pinkett-smith-open-marriage_n_7510392?ri18n=true&amp;guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS8&amp;guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAIFU9laQCXzFUKN7zEmQPvzioSvtz5vl00PlLjNH1360ACBrIfgoOMR5i_euLr6Rcq014bA0c1CcZcN4_OEgwnpiBUFptM_6FRiEtT2ykPvE0ZqFD9u46ANlJXp67jxVpBBRfm7KpF7zLUrjGnHyA4kYbQ3aSYbWKHoLOnfc4DBZ&amp;guccounter=2">The Huffington Post</a>.
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Back in 2015, Pinkett Smith told host Howard Stern that she is not her husband&#8217;s &#8220;watcher.&#8221;
&#8220;Here&#8217;s the deal with that, Howard, you&#8217;ve got to trust who you&#8217;re with. And at the end of the day, I&#8217;m not here to be anybody&#8217;s watcher,&#8221; she <a href="https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/jada-pinkett-smith-open-marriage_n_7510392?ri18n=true&amp;guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS8&amp;guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAIFU9laQCXzFUKN7zEmQPvzioSvtz5vl00PlLjNH1360ACBrIfgoOMR5i_euLr6Rcq014bA0c1CcZcN4_OEgwnpiBUFptM_6FRiEtT2ykPvE0ZqFD9u46ANlJXp67jxVpBBRfm7KpF7zLUrjGnHyA4kYbQ3aSYbWKHoLOnfc4DBZ&amp;guccounter=2">explained</a>. &#8220;I&#8217;m not his watcher. He&#8217;s a grown man. Here&#8217;s what I trust – I trust that the man that Will is, is the man of integrity. So, he&#8217;s got all the freedom in the world. As long as Will can look himself in the mirror and be okay, I&#8217;m good.&#8221;
Pinkett Smith added that she understands Smith is attracted to other woman.
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&#8220;Here is what’s real – I&#8217;m not the kind of woman that believes a man is not going to be attracted to other women,&#8221; she told Stern. &#8220;I&#8217;m just not that girl. It&#8217;s just not realistic. And just because your man is attracted to another woman does not mean he doesn&#8217;t love you. That&#8217;s not what it means. And it doesn&#8217;t mean he&#8217;s going to act on it. If your man can&#8217;t really see another woman&#8217;s beauty, how the hell is he going to see yours?&#8221;
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Jada Pinkett Smith Denies Rumors Husband Gave Blessing For Alleged Affair With Singer

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The newest celebrity accessory isn’t a killer handbag or shiny watch. It’s telling everyone to shut up rather than discuss the toughest issue of the day. Race.
It’s hard to have a national conversation on the subject when folks like Lena Dunham, Kevin Bacon and Simon Pegg keep telling us to zip it, Morton Downey, Jr. style.
White progressive stars claiming they have nothing valuable to say on racism is the new virtue signal, but there’s a practical side to it.
Kevin Bacon brought out the “shut up, he said” mantra on race relations first. The “Tremors” star told the press he’s <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/kevin-bacon-old-white-guys-need-to-shut-up-and-listen-racial-tensions">ready and willing to shut his own yap</a>.
&#8220;It&#8217;s incredible to experience this and to go through this historically, not just the COVID-19, but clearly seeing the protests and what&#8217;s going on,&#8221; noted the 61-year-old actor. &#8220;For an old guy like me, I was born in 1958, and to witness the passion of the young people across the world for social justice – it leaves me speechless, which is probably a good idea because I think it&#8217;s a good time for old white guys like me to just shut up and listen.&#8221;
Yes, Bacon is white and can’t speak to the black experience. He’s also a 61-year-old man who has lived through quite a bit. He may have memories to share about racial exchanges on the set. Or, perhaps he fears what giving unchecked power to a neo-<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/black-lives-matter-leader-if-this-country-doesnt-give-us-what-we-want-then-we-will-burn-down-the-system">Marxist organization like Black Lives Matters</a> could mean to the country he calls home.
You can’t actually say that in Hollywood, but you can still think it. We think.
More seriously, perhaps we need a 60-something star’s ability to empathize with other people. Heck, that’s the biggest tool in an actor’s kit, to get under the skin of a character and see what makes him or her tick.
Saying nothing puts that skill set on a shelf, unused.
Bacon shouldn’t necessarily lead the conversation, of course. But why can’t he have a speaking part?
“Star Trek” alum Simon Pegg <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2020/jun/28/simon-pegg-lost-transmissions-mental-health-blm-film-industry-mission-impossible-7">took a similar path</a> in a recent interview.
“Anyone that’s complaining about it should just shut the f*** up because it’s time,” he says. “The film industry would be such a healthier, more interesting place if there were more voices, different stories, different experiences. It’s so dominated by one particular voice and colour of face, it just perpetuates a bland mono-voiced cultural landscape.”
The core members of Pegg’s <a href="https://stolenpicture.com/">Stolen Picture production company</a> look rather monochromatic, for what it’s worth.
He isn’t done self-flagellating. He’s aware that he could be seen as part of that landscape, but wants Stolen Picture to be a hub for any and all creative people.
“Do you know that Lost Transmissions was the first feature I’ve been in that’s directed by a woman?” he says. “In 20 years of film-making! How alarming is that?”
Pegg has had industry-wide clout for some time. Couldn’t he have addressed this gender issue earlier?
And then there’s Lena Dunham. The mistress of hot takes has a few more, but this time on race and “white privilege.”
First, <a href="https://www.breitbart.com/entertainment/2020/06/30/lena-dunham-give-reparations-widely-defund-the-police-rinse-repeat/">the obligatory apology</a> for her own success.
“The Hollywood system is rigged in favor of white people,” she said in a recent social media post, adding that “my career took off at a young age with relative ease, ease I wasn’t able to recognize because I also didn’t know what privilege was&#8230;”
“The lesson now? Sit down. Shut up, unless it’s to advocate for change for Black people. Listen. Make art in private for awhile- no one needs your book right now lady. Give reparations widely. Defund the police. Rinse &amp; repeat.”
Is Dunham giving some of her own wealth away, <a href="https://www.cheatsheet.com/entertainment/lena-dunham-how-much-is-the-actress-worth-and-whats-next-for-her.html/">reportedly $12 million</a>, to kick things off?
What do these stars all have in common besides an ability to grovel?
Fame. Wealth. Prestige. Connections.
They’ve all navigated the Hollywood ecosystem for years, if not decades, and have the bank accounts to prove it. They can brag about stepping aside to give actors of color a chance. They may have noble intentions, and diversity problems still plague the industry, but these stars have been warriors for change for all of five minutes.
The other reason they’re voluntarily shutting up is for self-preservation. If they say the wrong thing — by “wrong” we mean not 100 percent in lockstep with the authoritarian Left — they could be canceled next.
Remember the heat Matt Damon took for saying something so obvious, so ordinary, during a previous cultural panic? Shortly after Harvey Weinstein’s precipitous fall Damon <a href="https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/matt-damons-on-hollywood-sexual-misconduct-scandals-theres-a-spectrum-120883/">noted the difference</a> between what the movie mogul allegedly did and what some accused then-Sen. Al Franken of doing.
“I think it’s wonderful that women are feeling empowered to tell their stories and it’s totally necessary,” he said. “I do believe there’s a spectrum of behavior. … You know, there’s a difference between, you know, patting someone on the butt and rape or child molestation, right? Both of those behaviors need to be confronted and eradicated without question, but they shouldn’t be conflated.”
It&#8217;s a fair and valid point, one made with all the necessary qualifiers. He was shouted down by his peers and press all the same.
Vox shouted, “<a href="https://www.vox.com/culture/2017/12/20/16797400/why-wont-matt-damon-stop-talking-sexual-harassment">Why Won’t Matt Damon Stop Talking</a>?”
<a href="https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/matt-damon-apologizes-spectrum-behavior-sexual-misconduct-remarks-1075007">His response</a>?
&#8220;I should get in the back seat and close my mouth for a while.&#8221;
Pegg, Bacon and Dunham have similarly shut themselves up just in case they say something that would turn the woke mob against them.
More from Christian Toto: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/toto-uncle-tom-film-allows-people-to-hear-from-black-americans-freed-from-the-democrats-playbook">‘Uncle Tom’ Film Allows People To Hear From Black Americans Freed From The Democrats’ Playbook</a>

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Before singer Katy Perry and actor Orlando Bloom were engaged and pregnant with a child, the famed &#8220;California Girl&#8221; singer says she contemplated suicide following the couple&#8217;s 2017 breakup.
&#8220;My career was on this trajectory when it was going up, up, and up, and then I had the smallest shift, not that huge from an outside perspective. But for me it was seismic,&#8221; Perry told SiriusXM&#8217;s <a title="(opens new window)" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5mhN4u0p7CA&amp;feature=emb_title" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" aria-describedby="external-disclaimer" data-analytics-module="body_link" data-analytics-post-depth="40">CBC Radio One</a>, referring to her album &#8220;Witness.&#8221;
&#8220;I had broken up with my boyfriend, who is now my baby-daddy-to-be, and then I was excited about flying high off the next record,&#8221; Perry continued. &#8220;But the validation did not make me high, and so I just crashed.&#8221;
Perry said the thing that &#8220;saved&#8221; her &#8220;life&#8221; was being able to find &#8220;gratitude,&#8221; following the hurtful breakup.
&#8220;Gratitude is probably the thing that saved my life because if I did not find that, I would have wallowed in my own sadness and probably just jumped,&#8221; the 35-year-old explained. &#8220;But I found the ways to be grateful. If it gets really, really hard I walk around and say, &#8216;I am grateful, I am grateful!&#8217; even though I am in a s*** mood.&#8221;
In March, Perry announced the pregnancy of her baby girl with Bloom.
&#8220;Katy Perry shocked fans this week when the music video for her new single, &#8216;Never Worn White&#8217; showed her rocking a bump,&#8221; <a href="https://www.mother.ly/news/pregnant-celebrities-2020/leighton-meester-adam-brody-are-having-baby-no-2">Motherly</a> reported at the time. The singer captioned the pregnancy post: &#8220;Let&#8217;s just say it&#8217;s gonna be a jam packed summer&#8230;.&#8221;
&#8220;OMG, so glad I don&#8217;t have to suck it in anymore, or carry around a big purse,&#8221; she later tweeted.
&#8220;I am excited,&#8221; Perry said on a livestream. &#8220;We&#8217;re excited and happy and it&#8217;s probably the longest secret I&#8217;ve ever had to keep. Not only will I be giving birth, literally, but also figuratively to something you guys have been waiting for. So let&#8217;s just call it a double whammy. It&#8217;s a two-for.&#8221;
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Back in 2016, Perry dropped $10,000 to abortion mill Planned Parenthood and encouraged fans to similarly donate, <a href="https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop/7573554/katy-perry-planned-parenthood-donation-10k-letter-fans">Billboard</a> reported.
&#8220;It&#8217;s time to turn words into action,&#8221; she wrote via social media,  screen-capping the donation.
&#8220;I am making a public donation to Planned Parenthood for the teenage me who made several visits to first a clinic in Santa Barbara and then Los Angeles, CA to educate myself on my sexual health,&#8221; she continued, &#8220;a subject I had little to no information on because of my sheltered upbringing. I had no idea how things worked down there, and had no idea how to make a plan for them.&#8221;
&#8220;Planned Parenthood educated me on my body and my reproductive health, so that I could focus on my dreams and using my voice until I knew the timing was right for me to make a plan to have a family,&#8221; the singer wrote. &#8220;Since then, I have been able to focus wholeheartedly on bringing messages of strength and becoming a voice for others. Without this education, I may have had a different life path.&#8221;
&#8220;I am grateful for and stand in support of Planned Parenthood for giving Katheryn Hudson the knowledge to plan, and for continuing to be a haven for women to learn all options for their future,&#8221; added Perry. &#8220;Now, more than ever, we all need to protect and create safe places for each other. I hope I can help inspire you to make a gift as well, and become a member and an ally.&#8221;
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Actor Anthony Mackie, who plays the superhero Falcon in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU), scolded the franchise for essentially segregating the movie &#8220;Black Panther&#8221; to be the only movie with a primarily black crew.
Speaking with actor Daveed Diggs on Variety&#8217;s &#8220;Actors on Actors&#8221; issue, the &#8220;Captain America: Winter Soldier&#8221; star expressed frustration with the lack of diversity behind the camera in the MCU for movies that are not &#8220;Black Panther.&#8221;
“What are the ways that you find yourself interacting with the moment?” Diggs asked Mackie. “I find a lot of my interactions are just trying to make things better in the gigs I have in front of me — how can I affect different kinds of representation? What is the thing you feel compelled to do? What is your participation in this moment?”
Mackie, who will be starring in the Disney Plus series &#8220;Falcon and the Winter Soldier,&#8221; said that Marvel&#8217;s lack of diversity beyond &#8220;Black Panther&#8221; bothered him, noting it was weird to see only white people on the other sets.
“When ‘The Falcon and the Winter Soldier’ comes out, I’m the lead,” Mackie <a href="https://variety.com/t/falcon-and-the-winter-soldier/">said</a>. “When ‘Snowpiercer’ came out, you’re the lead. We have the power and the ability to ask those questions. It really bothered me that I’ve done seven Marvel movies where every producer, every director, every stunt person, every costume designer, every PA, every single person has been white.”
“We’ve had one Black producer; his name was Nate Moore,” Mackie continued. “He produced ‘Black Panther.’ But then when you do ‘Black Panther,’ you have a Black director, Black producer, a Black costume designer, a Black stunt choreographer. And I’m like, that’s more racist than anything else. Because if you only can hire the Black people for the Black movie, are you saying they’re not good enough when you have a mostly white cast?”
Going forward, Mackie said he&#8217;d like to see Marvel hire the best people for the job regardless of the outcome.
“My big push with Marvel is hire the best person for the job,” Mackie said. “Even if it means we’re going to get the best two women, we’re going to get the best two men. Fine. I’m cool with those numbers for the next 10 years. Because it starts to build a new generation of people who can put something on their résumé to get them other jobs. If we’ve got to divvy out as a percentage, divvy it out. And that’s something as leading men that we can go in and push for.”
In 2015, two years before the release of &#8220;Black Panther,&#8221; Mackie sparked controversy when he said that the movie did not need a black director.
“I don’t think it’s important at all,” <a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2015/10/22/anthony-mackie-talks-marvel-dictators-and-how-republicans-suppress-the-vote.html">he told</a> The Daily Beast. “As a director your job is to tell a story. You know, they didn’t get a horse to direct Seabiscuit! The thing is I don’t think the race of the director has to do with their ability to tell a story. I think it’s all about the director’s ability to be able to relate to that story and do it justice. I think men can direct women, and two of my greatest work experiences were with female directors. So I think it all depends. May the best man — or woman — win.”
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Academy Award-nominated actress Florence Pugh (&#8220;Little Women&#8221;) responded to the current woke wave by apologizing for all her past offenses of cultural appropriation, in which she braided her hair into cornrows and painted henna on her hands.
In a lengthy Instagram post, Pugh explains her evolution of thought from when she was a 17-year-old girl braiding her hair into cornrows to her newfound sense of white fragility.
&#8220;Like many, I&#8217;ve read, listened, signed, donated, read again, sssh’d my white fragility and really wanted to trace instances in my life where I have been guilty,&#8221; she wrote in her post. &#8220;Whether big actions or small, we have to look at ourselves and see how we were adding to this problem. One part I have identified in my own actions is cultural appropriation, which came to my attention when a fan last year pointed out a picture of me I had posted back when I was 17.&#8221;
The picture of Florence featured her hair in cornrows at the age of 17. She recalled the first time she heard the phrase &#8220;cultural appropriation&#8221; from a friend who informed her how black culture is being exploited.
&#8220;I first heard the term cultural appropriation when I was 18. I met my friend Holly who is a photographer for a photoshoot in London,&#8221; she explained. &#8220;We finished up by having a pint when I proudly pointed to my newly braided cornrows. That summer, red carpets were full of famous, white women with either one side of their hair shaved or braided. I remember in every magazine there was a ‘How To Do It Yourself!’ version. I asked Holly if she liked them, she paused and said, &#8216;Erm&#8230;in my school you&#8217;re not allowed to get them anymore.'&#8221;
When Florence asked her friend Holly why her school had banned cornrows, Holly replied, &#8220;It&#8217;s cultural appropriation. The school felt it necessary to ban them.&#8221;
&#8220;She began to explain to me what cultural appropriation was, the history and heartbreak over how when black girls do it they&#8217;re mocked and judged, but when white girls do it,  it&#8217;s only then perceived as cool,&#8221; added Florence. &#8220;It was true. I could see how black culture was being so obviously exploited. I was defensive and confused, white fragility coming out plain and simple. I didn&#8217;t want to upset anyone and was perplexed as to how I hadn&#8217;t heard this term before.&#8221;
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The cornrows were Florence Pugh&#8217;s first culturally insensitive offense. Beyond that, she began donning aspects of Hindu culture after befriending an Indian shopkeeper in her neighborhood.
&#8220;And here&#8217;s the problem: I actually wasn&#8217;t being respectful in how I was using it. I wore this culture on my terms only, to parties, at dinner. I too was disrespecting the beauty of the religion that had been taught to me those years ago,&#8221; she said.
Following the appropriation of Hindu culture, Pugh then dove into Rastafarian culture.
&#8220;I braided my hair and painted a beanie with the Jamaican flag colours and went to a friend&#8217;s house, proud of my Rastafarian creation. I then posted about it the next day with a caption that paraphrased the lyrics to Shaggy&#8217;s song &#8216;Boombastic,'&#8221; she said. &#8220;I am ashamed of so many things in those few sentences.&#8221;
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“Uncle Tom: An Oral History of the American Black Conservative,” wallows in victimhood for all of a minute.
Yes, we hear a crush of black voices describe being called you know what in the film’s opening moments, some of it framed in near comic fashion. Actvisit and YouTube star Candace Owens giggles at the notion she’s a “Black White Supremacist,” as some of her critics allege.
The black conservatives at the heart of the documentary refuse to be silenced by mere words. They have work to do, barriers to smash, and they’re grateful for the flawed but majestic land that made it all possible.
It’s a rare chance for pop culture to sit down and listen, really listen, to black Americans freed from the Democrats’ playbook. It’s both refreshing and enlightening, told by those whom the Left fears most — independent black Americans seeking their own solutions.
“Uncle Tom” doesn’t shove racism aside, nor does it suggest bigotry went away when Barack Obama took the oath of office. We see plenty of vile images, including the ubiquitous “white and colored” water fountains that littered the land for far too long.
The film does argue, though, that the black community in some ways prospered more during the nation’s toxic Jim Crow era than post-1960. Blacks in the first half of the 20th century, we’re told, married more often and enjoyed professional opportunities once denied to them.
The black family unit partially collapsed while civil rights rose to the fore. What changed? The Welfare state, the film argues.
“Uncle Tom” reminds us fathers matter, particularly within the modern black community. The assembled voices all had dads who taught them about dignity, hard work and treating women with respect. It wasn’t always easy to hear those lessons, they say, but each is grateful for those experiences now.
It might seem self-serving to have some “Uncle Tom” subjects praise talk show host Larry Elder, who executive produced the film, for the influence he’s had on their lives. There’s a critical point to be made, though. The media work in lockstep with Democrats to either ignore or demean prominent black conservatives like Elder.
Why?
They change hearts and minds, just like Elder has done so effectively. Just ask Dave Rubin, who recalls how <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Dont-Burn-This-Book-Thinking/dp/0593084292/ref=sr_1_1?crid=3GY2H664Y5B1D&amp;dchild=1&amp;keywords=don%27t+burn+this+book&amp;qid=1593018217&amp;sprefix=don%27t+burn+th%2Caps%2C182&amp;sr=8-1">Elder helped him evolve</a> from a generic liberal to a classical one in “Don’t Burn This Book.”
That’s never more clear than while watching black late-night host Trevor Noah mock Dr. Ben Carson, the brilliant black neurosurgeon. Dr. Carson’s life story should be a beacon of hope to black America. Instead, Noah wonders if Carson could “pass the black test,” mocking his elegant speech patterns in the process. Carson’s true crime? He’s a Republican and part of the Trump administration, so he cannot serve as a role model in Noah’s eyes.
And the comic is far from alone.
The film also recalls the blowback Carson endured after linking immigrants to slaves in a speech. It’s a comparison that could, indeed, open someone up to ridicule … except we then see President Obama make a similar comparison without anyone crying foul.
Elder notes Obama did so roughly 11 times.
Again, the Carson critics didn’t say a word when Obama compared the two groups.
Hmm.
Director Justin Malone dials down the flash in “Uncle Tom,” eschewing even basic title cards to show who’s who in any given interview. Of course we recognize Lt. Col. Allen West, Dr. Carson and Owens. Others aren’t as familiar, but they speak with one urgent voice.
We can choose the political ideology we wish, thank you.
The film pulls no punches in swatting the Republican Party and its inability to woo more black voters. The black community, we’re told, is “low-hanging fruit” for the GOP. And too often the party leaves it there.
Sure, Republicans preach the power of vouchers to improve the educational lives of black Americans. They still must do more, much more, to ensure their message reaches black voters.
President Donald Trump is an exciting, and notable, exception, to this maxim.
“Uncle Tom” wouldn’t exist without the liberating power of both talk radio and the Internet.
Elder used his clout, and savvy, to bring a documentary celebrating black conservatives to the masses. He bypassed the usual distribution channels to form <a href="https://uncletom.com/">UncleTom.com</a>, a web site where anyone could order up the film should they wish.
And they should.
But can you imagine the reaction if Elder attempted to bring “Uncle Tom” to Robert Redford’s Sundance Film Festival? Or Robert De Niro’s Tribeca soiree? That’s yet another reason to watch “Uncle Tom” from start to finish.

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