Oscar season is back, even if an increasing number of Americans no longer care about the annual ceremony.
The awards gala deserves all the disdain coming its way, but the movie awards season shouldn’t be dismissed so easily. Some of our brightest filmmakers save their best wares for this time of year, and despite the industry’s woke makeover, the season still delivers some stirring work.
And, in between, a few popcorn blockbusters elbow themselves into the conversation.
Will this fall top last year’s mediocre lineup? Just how much will Identity Politics and other progressive lectures infiltrate the so-called best and brightest fare? The following films hold the key.
“Honk for Jesus, Save Your Soul” (September 2, in theaters and Peacock)
Hollywood loves mocking Christianity in any way, shape, or form. It can come via genre fare (“The Purge” franchise) or Oscar-bait films like last year’s “The Eyes of Tammy Faye”).
This year’s entry stars Sterling K. Brown and Regina Hall as fallen televangelists trying to rebuild their spiritual kingdom. Does the film grant its broken characters some humanity? Will the screenplay discern solid Christian souls from those eager to swindle their brethren? We’ll see, but a strong theatrical debut could help its Oscar chances.
“God’s Country” (September 16)
This could be the season’s version of “The Hunt,” deliberately poking the “two Americas” bear, or just another progressive screed against Red State USA. Thandie Newton stars as a black professor who runs afoul of two white hunters.
Newton’s film proves subversive in the best sense of the word, acknowledging stereotypes before upending them. Unfortunately, the early reviews from its Sundance Film Festival run suggest a picture that plays down to our expectations. The film “punches up,” critics say, delivering a “bleep you” to the patriarchy.
“See How They Run” (September 16)
The “They Don’t Make ‘em Like This Anymore” crowd could be in for a treat. Oscar winner Sam Rockwell and future winner Saoirse Ronan (would anyone deny that prediction?) star as detectives in ‘50s era London solving a theatrical murder mystery. The comic romp features a great supporting troupe including David Oyelowo, Adrien Brody, and “The Affair’s” Ruth Wilson.
“Don’t Worry Darling” (September 23)
Olivia Wilde proved her directorial bona fides with 2019’s “Booksmart,” which was both absurdly woke and undeniably fun. This time ‘round, she’s playing in one of Hollywood’s favorite sandboxes, the 1950s, eager to show the decade’s glossy exterior didn’t match reality.
Again.
Harry Styles and Florence Pugh headline this psychological drama, which given the era must leave most of Wilde’s woke tics behind. Right?
“Blonde” (September 28, Netflix)
Let’s hope the hype doesn’t overshadow the movie. We’ve already read far too much about “Blonde,” from the casting of Cuban starlet Ana de Armas as Marilyn Monroe to the buzz about that NC-17 rating. The bigger question is obvious. What’s left to be said about the doomed superstar, one whose iconic beauty has powered countless tributes?
We’ve seen Marilyn Monroe depicted many times already, most recently in the sturdy 2011 drama “My Week with Marilyn,” that there’s seemingly little fresh ground to till. The same could have been said of “Elvis,” but Baz Luhrmann’s summer hit showed a fresh appetite for the rock icon.
“Bros” (September 30)
Comedy is on life support at the theatrical level, at least the bawdy, R-rated romps we once knew and loved. Director Nicholas Stoller of “Forgetting Sarah Marshall” fame tries to revive that genre with “Bros,” a gay rom-com starring far-left comic actor Billy Eichner.
Eichner falls for a muscular singleton (Luke MacFarlane) amidst a sea of LGTBQ+ trappings, according to the disappointing trailer. Dethroned comedy king Judd Apatow is on hand as a producer, but the cultural guardrails around humor in the modern era could keep “Bros” from reaching beyond its target audience.
“Amsterdam” (October 7)
Some of our most talented directors take their sweet time between projects. Think Quentin Tarantino, the late Stanley Kubrick and “Amsterdam” auteur David O. Russell of “American Hustle“ fame. He’s assembled a truly all-star cast (Christian Bale, Margot Robbie, Chris Rock Mike Myers, Robert De Niro, John David Washington and Michael Shannon) for an ensemble drama centered on soldiers caught up in a murder plot.
“Halloween Ends” (October 14 in theaters and Peacock)
Danny McBride and David Gordon Green delivered a mostly satisfying “Halloween” do-over in 2018, and then followed it up with “Halloween Kills,” the kind of brain-dead sequel that’s all too familiar to horror fans.
Here, the Michael Myers saga is supposed to wrap (as if the industry wouldn’t think of bringing The Shape back in some form). Jamie Lee Curtis makes what should be her swan song in the film, overseen by original “Halloween” director John Carpenter.
“Halloween Kills” showed way too much of Michael Myers. Can “Ends” bring back the sense of awe and mystery, or is that impossible in our short attention span times?
“Till” (October 14)
The suffering and death of Emmett Till are the stuff of American nightmares. The 14-year-old’s death at the hands of unabashed racists is made for a theatrical re-enactment, but the subject matter simultaneously demands the utmost restraint.
As is, the horror story needs no embellishment. Will the filmmakers turn Till’s tragedy into a referendum on race circa 2022? The focus here, and rightly so, is on the boy’s mother. She engaged the ‘50s era system seeking justice, and her journey could yield Oscar-worthy results. Danielle Deadwyler gets the plum assignment of bringing Mamie Till-Mobley to life.
“Black Adam” (October 21)  

Dwayne Johnson has played so many super heroic figures it’s a shock he’s never gone the full Superman until now. “Black Adam” arrives with plenty of fanfare along with the sense that the culture is getting a little bored of grown-ups in tights. Can Johnson bring some vitality to the genre, or will “Black Adam” ding the DC comic’s uneven universe? Just know that Johnson’s caped figure isn’t one of the good guys. The “Black” in Black Adam refers to his soul, Johnson <a href="https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2022/08/who-is-black-adam">clarified</a> to Vanity Fair.
“Black Panther: Wakanda Forever” (November 11)
How do you make a “Black Panther” sequel without the titular hero? Director Ryan Coogler stared that question down after the film’s celebrated star Chadwick Boseman died in 2020.
The story behind the sequel, co-written by Coogler, is mostly under wraps. Boseman’s fellow cast mates return, including Letitia Wright, Angela Bassett and Lupita Nyong’o. We’ll also meet Sub Mariner (Tenoch Huerta) and Ironheart (Dominique Thorne), the black female heroine tied to Tony Stark’s iron legacy (and headed for her own Disney+ series).
“She Said” (November 18)
Journalism films have taken on a new, depressing flavor in the modern era. Do we really want to celebrate such a corrupt profession that often slavishly follows the Democratic playbook?
“She Said” can’t fix that problem, but the story follows two journalists who did their jobs so well they helped bring down one of Hollywood’s true supervillains.
Based on the memoir “She Said: Breaking the Sexual Harassment Story That Helped Ignite a Movement,” the film tracks New York Times journalists Megan Twohey (Carey Mulligan) and Jodi Kantor (Zoe Kazan) as they get the goods on producer Harvey Weinstein.
It’s only a movie, but let’s hope “She Said” at least touches on Hollywood’s culpability in Weinstein’s crimes (they knew) and how Hollywood reporters suspected his misconduct but didn’t pursue it.
“The Fabelmans” (November 23)
Steven Spielberg remains the most vital filmmaker of our era with a body of work that speaks for itself. His latest film finds him recalling his formative years, a time that convinced an Arizona lad to pick up a film camera and never let go.
The semi-autobiographical film co-stars Seth Rogen, Michelle Williams, and Judd Hirsch. Young Gabriel LaBelle gets the nod to play young Spielberg, here named Sammy Fabelman.
“Avatar: The Way of Water” (December 16)
It’s finally here. Director James Cameron follows up his 2009 smash with the first of four planned sequels. The first film doubled as an eco-lecture, and there’s little evidence Cameron’s eco-hypocrisy will stop him from wagging his finger at us anew.
Few filmmakers can get away with that brand of storytelling like Cameron, though. With classic films like “The Terminator,” “Aliens,” and “Titanic” under his Oscar-approved belt, can anyone dismiss an “Avatar” sequel out of hand?
Then again, the self-described “King of the World” is due for a mighty fall.
Christian Toto is an award-winning journalist, movie critic and editor of <a href="http://www.hollywoodintoto.com/">HollywoodInToto.com</a>. He previously served as associate editor with Breitbart News&#8217; Big Hollywood. Follow him at <a href="https://twitter.com/HollywoodInToto?lang=en">@HollywoodInToto</a>.
The views expressed in this piece are those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire.

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Filmmaker Judd Apatow said in an interview this week that the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has managed to force Hollywood to self-censor the content it creates by buying off the industry.
Apatow made the remarks during an interview with MSNBC&#8217;s Ari Melber while talking about how the industry censors content to avoid upsetting other nations.
“A lot of these giant corporate entities have business with countries around the world, Saudi Arabia or China, and they’re just not going to criticize them and they’re not going to let their shows criticize them or they’re not going to air documentaries that go deep into truthful areas because they make so much money,” Apatow <a href="https://deadline.com/video/judd-apatow-hollywood-censorship-international-china-saudi-arabia/">said</a>, noting that the censorship “completely shut(s) down critical content” about important issues.
“Instead of us doing business with China and that leading to China being more free, what has happened is that China has bought our silence with their money,” Apatow later added. “What is a result of that is that we never wake up our country or the world, through art or satire, that people are being mistreated in our country or other countries and that’s very dangerous.”
Americans got a taste for Chinese censorship last year when an NBA team manager was forced to delete a tweet that expressed support for Hong Kong protesters because it caused a major issue with China.
“The Houston Rockets suddenly find themselves in the middle of a geopolitical controversy that could put their chief front-office executive’s job in jeopardy,” The Ringer <a href="https://www.theringer.com/platform/amp/nba/2019/10/6/20901828/daryl-morey-hong-kong-china-houston-rockets-tweet-controversy">reported</a>. “After general manager Daryl Morey expressed support in a since-deleted tweet for pro-democracy efforts in Hong Kong, the Chinese government, the Chinese Basketball Association, and various Chinese businesses quickly denounced Morey and moved to sever ties with the Rockets. As a consequence, league sources told The Ringer that Rockets ownership has debated Morey’s employment status and whether to replace him.”
NBA chief communications officer Mike Bass released the following <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/backfire-nba-houston-rockets-cower-to-communist-china-get-blasted-online">statement</a> after the incident:
<blockquote>We recognize that the views expressed by Houston Rockets General Manager Daryl Morey have deeply offended many of our friends and fans in China, which is regrettable. While Daryl has made it clear that his tweet does not represent the Rockets or the NBA, the values of the league support individuals’ educating themselves and sharing their views on matters important to them. We have great respect for the history and culture of China and hope that sports and the NBA can be used as a unifying force to bridge cultural divides and bring people together.</blockquote>
Daryl Morey also apologized for standing up for freedom, tweeting: “I did not intend my tweet to cause any offense to Rockets fans and friends of mine in China. I was merely voicing one thought, based on one interpretation, of one complicated event. I have had a lot of opportunity since that tweet to hear and consider other perspectives. I have always appreciated the significant support our Chinese fans and sponsors have provided and I would hope that those who are upset will know that offending or misunderstanding them was not my intention. My tweets are my own and in no way represent the Rockets or the NBA.”

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Legendary Monty Python comedian, writer and director Terry Gilliam has been busy promoting his new film &#8220;<a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1318517/?ref_=nm_flmg_wr_2">The Man Who Killed Don Quixote</a>&#8221; &#8212; which has been over two decades in the making &#8212; but not too busy to dedicate some time to taking more swipes at politically correct outrage culture in the defense of the profession that made him famous.
Last Summer, Gilliam &#8212; director of &#8220;Time Bandits&#8221; (1981), &#8220;Brazil&#8221; (1985), and &#8220;The Fisher King&#8221; (1991) &#8212; caused a stir when he offered a trolling response to Shane Allen, the controller of BBC Comedy Commissioning, declaring that &#8220;Monty Python&#8217;s Flying Circus&#8221; would never fly today. &#8220;If you&#8217;re going to assemble a team now, it&#8217;s not going to be six Oxbridge white blokes,&#8221; said Allen. &#8220;It&#8217;s going to be a diverse range of people who reflect the modern world.&#8221;
During a press conference at the Karlovy Vary film festival in early July, Giliam, one of those original six &#8220;white blokes,&#8221; said, &#8220;It made me cry: the idea that &#8230; no longer six white Oxbridge men can make a comedy show,&#8221; <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/film/2018/jul/04/terry-gilliam-on-diversity-bbc-monty-python-black-lesbian">The Guardian</a> reported. &#8220;Now we need one of this, one of that, everybody represented,&#8221; he added. &#8220;This is bullsh**. I no longer want to be a white male, I don&#8217;t want to be blamed for everything wrong in the world. I tell the world now I&#8217;m a black lesbian&#8230; My name is Loretta, and I&#8217;m a BLT, a black lesbian in transition. [Allen&#8217;s] statement made me so angry, all of us so angry. Comedy is not assembled, it&#8217;s not like putting together a boy band where you put together one of this, one of that everyone is represented.&#8221;
In an interview about his film (to be released Friday in select theaters in the U.S. and Canada) with <a href="https://www.wsj.com/articles/monty-pythons-terry-gilliam-wishes-comedy-hadnt-changed-11555333940">The Wall Street Journal</a> published Monday, Gilliam added some more thoughts to the defiant defense of political incorrectness he made nine months ago. Asked if he believes there&#8217;s a difference between British and American humor, Gilliam (the lone American among the original six Python greats) offered a succinct response, then struck again at PC outrage culture.
&#8220;I always felt the British are very good at laughing at themselves; the Americans are better at laughing at other people,&#8221; Gilliam told the Journal. &#8220;I still think it&#8217;s pretty true, but it&#8217;s changing because now we can&#8217;t laugh at anybody because it causes offense.&#8221;
At the heart of the perpetual offense phenomenon, he said, is ego. &#8220;There&#8217;s a kind of egotism out there: &#8216;Oh, they were making fun of me,'&#8221; he said. &#8220;Never heard of you. I&#8217;m making fun of an idea.&#8221;
Asked about his &#8220;angry&#8221; response to Allen&#8217;s &#8220;six Oxbridge white blokes&#8221; comment, Gilliam said, &#8220;I wasn&#8217;t particularly angry, I just played angry.&#8221; He then reiterated his criticism of the white guilt narrative. &#8220;The idea is that we&#8217;re already excluded because the world has changed,&#8221; he said. &#8220;I said, I&#8217;m tired of being, as a white male, blamed for everything that&#8217;s wrong in the world. So now I want you to call me Loretta. I&#8217;m a black lesbian in transition.&#8221;
He went on to explain that the reference was to the famous religion-mocking Python film &#8220;Life of Brian&#8221; (1979), in which one of the male characters says he wants to be called Loretta.
&#8220;People now might take offense at that,&#8221; he said. &#8220;And when offense becomes so easy, it takes the fun out of offending!&#8221;
Asked if he could get a movie like &#8220;Life of Brian&#8221; made today, Gilliam said, &#8220;I don&#8217;t know, but you have to try.&#8221; Rather than &#8220;reacting,&#8221; he said, he&#8217;s always believed in trying to push &#8220;to see what we can get away with.&#8221; Now, &#8220;it would be a fight,&#8221; he admitted. (<a href="https://www.theguardian.com/film/2018/jul/04/terry-gilliam-on-diversity-bbc-monty-python-black-lesbian">Read the full interview here</a>.)
Gilliam&#8217;s trolling declaration that he was a &#8220;BLT&#8221; back in July isn&#8217;t the first time he waded into politically incorrect waters. A few months earlier, in March 2018, the director warned against the excesses of the #MeToo movement.
&#8220;It&#8217;s like when mob rule takes over, the mob is out there, they are carrying their torches and they are going to burn down Frankenstein&#8217;s castle,&#8221; he said, as reported by <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/film/2018/mar/17/hollywood-condemns-terry-gilliam-for-metoo-comments-mob-rule-weinstein">The Guardian</a>. &#8220;It&#8217;s crazy how simplified things are becoming.&#8221;
Though he blasted Harvey Weinstein as a &#8220;monster,&#8221; Gilliam also suggested some women agreed to pay the &#8220;price&#8221; for him to open doors professionally. &#8220;Harvey opened the door for a few people, a night with Harvey &#8212; that&#8217;s the price you pay,&#8221; he said. &#8220;I think some people did very well out of meeting with Harvey and others didn&#8217;t. The ones who did, knew what they were doing. These are adults; we are talking about adults with a lot of ambition.&#8221;
Those comments were met with strong rebukes from some of his fellow American comedic stars, including Sarah Silverman and Judd Apatow.

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Hollywood producer Judd Apatow&#8217;s cause of choice this Thanksgiving is America&#8217;s largest abortion provider.
This Friday, the man who brought America Seth Rogen and James Franco invites you to attend the Largo at the Coronet, where celebrity guests like Zach Galifianakis and Janeane Garafolo will implore people to give their money to save the abortion giant from the grips of President Trump.
&#8220;Andrew Bird, Maria Bamford and Zach Galifianakis will also join to help protect our girls and women to make their own decisions about their bodies and minds,&#8221; the Largo at the Coronet announced on Twitter. &#8220;Free them from the whims of the orange monster. Please join us or donate to Planned Parenthood.&#8221;
Judd Apatow is featured prominently in the promotional materials. He also advertises the <a href="https://www.juddapatow.com/tour">event on his site</a>. Tickets go for $50.
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Great new Judd and Friends Largo this Friday!! <a href="https://t.co/RnOE6ZidDL">https://t.co/RnOE6ZidDL</a>
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This Friday at <a href="https://twitter.com/LargoLosAngeles?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@largolosangeles</a> we are doing a benefit with Maria Bamford, Andrew Bird, Janeane Garofalo, Zach Galifanakis And Kyle Dunnigan for <a href="https://twitter.com/PPFA?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@ppfa</a> ! Tickets at <a href="https://t.co/xdfliMLNnv">https://t.co/xdfliMLNnv</a> <a href="https://t.co/WdkfMrmjKu">https://t.co/WdkfMrmjKu</a>
&#8212; Judd Apatow (@JuddApatow) <a href="https://twitter.com/JuddApatow/status/1062440296993087488?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 13, 2018</a></blockquote>
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Celebrities have been fighting tooth and nail to keep Planned Parenthood alive during the Trump administration, though it&#8217;s confusing why they are so afraid, considering that Republicans failed to defund the abortion giant when they had control of Congress and the presidency.
Planned Parenthood held another celebrity fundraiser in 2017, in which the Old Style Guitar Shop in Los Angeles raffled off a guitar <a href="https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/lady-gaga-foo-fighters-100-more-artists-sign-guitar-for-planned-parenthood-raffle-109133/">signed by over 100 musicians</a>. In addition to big names like Lady Gaga, Katy Perry, and John Legend, other celebrities whose names appeared on the guitar were The Foo Fighters, Michael Stipe (formerly of REM), composer Danny Elfman, Ryan Adams, Henry Rollins, Sam Smith, Nancy Sinatra, Mark Ronson, comedian Fred Armisen, Queens of the Stone Age, Charlie Puth, and Gary Clark, Jr.
Planned Parenthood receives over a half billion dollars a year in taxpayer funds, and while they beg for cash, the organization still has enough money to <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/32101/planned-parenthood-spend-record-15-million-sway-paul-bois">bankroll politicians</a>. This past midterm, Planned Parenthood spent a whopping $20 million in just 8 states. From <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2018/03/01/politics/planned-parenthood-midterm-20-million-8-state-plan/index.html">CNN</a>:
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The offensive is set to cost $20 million, an initial mark that the organization&#8217;s officials say is all but certain to be exceeded.
The investment from Planned Parenthood Action Fund and Planned Parenthood Votes, the organization&#8217;s political entities, makes it one of the biggest outside spending forces in Democratic politics headed into a cycle in which the party sees a rare opportunity to pick off GOP seats across the map.
The initial list of targets includes eight states: Arizona, Florida, Michigan, Minnesota, Nevada, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin.
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That $20 million price tag for the midterm elections does not include the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/34546/planned-parenthood-spends-hundreds-thousands-paul-bois">hundreds of thousands of dollars</a> Planned Parenthood spent to sway Sens. Murkowski and Collins from voting &#8220;Yes&#8221; on Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh.
The abortion issue aside, one very real threat that Kavanaugh poses to Planned Parenthood is to their funding, which comes largely from taxpayers. As noted by <a href="http://www.lifenews.com/2018/08/02/supreme-court-may-take-major-case-to-decide-if-states-can-defund-planned-parenthood/">LifeNews</a>, the Supreme Court with Kavanaugh on the bench could be hearing a case soon on whether Title X &#8220;family planning&#8221; funds, and state-based health care dollars, can go to abortion services.
&#8220;Back in 2016, Kansas began withholding state tax dollars from Planned Parenthood in the wake of reports that the organization had been trafficking in human baby body parts,&#8221; reports the outlet. &#8220;In February of this year, the 10th Circuit ruled the State&#8217;s actions unconstitutional. In March, the State of Kansas filed a petition with the US Supreme Court to overturn this terrible ruling.&#8221;

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Noted fan of the VietCong, Jane Fonda, and dedicated leftist &#8220;comedian&#8221; Amy Schumer, will headline an &#8220;online telethon&#8221; next Monday night to encourage young people to &#8220;to pledge to vote in Tuesday&#8217;s congressional midterm elections,&#8221; <a href="https://ca.news.yahoo.com/jane-fonda-amy-schumer-among-stars-appear-u-173228275.html">Yahoo News reports</a>.
In a demonstration certain to be just as effective as their protests against Kavanaugh &#8212; which saw Schumer &#8220;arrested&#8221; by choice, and &#8220;handcuffed&#8221; with zip ties before being led off to a &#8220;holding facility&#8221; &#8212; Fonda and Schumer plan to outline reasons Millennials should forgot their phobia of actually visiting a post office, and cast their ballots in the midterm elections.
The telethon, titled, of course, &#8220;Telethon for America,&#8221; will be will be &#8220;streamed live starting at 9 p.m. ET on Monday on YouTube, Facebook Live and Comedy Central&#8217;s website, organizers said in a statement,&#8221; according to Yahoo.
But Schumer and Fonda won&#8217;t be the only social media leftists to star in the torturous online display. Director Judd Apatow, who regularly tweets hysterical conspiracy theories about President Donald Trump, will join the pair of aging activists, as will noted political expert Chelsea Handler, as will someone named Olga Kay, who is touted as a &#8220;celebrity activist, but has <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olga_Kay">a suspiciously limited IMDB profile</a> that includes credits for playing a circus juggler on &#8220;CSI:NY.&#8221;
A tentative schedule for the telethon reveals that &#8220;more than 50&#8221; celebrities will put on skits, do monologues, and take part in &#8220;musical performances&#8221; designed to encourage young people to take time out of their busy lives of doing nothing to cast a ballot on Tuesday in key states.
They anticipate that the telethon will be a rousing success, perhaps because the program&#8217;s target demographic is simply too young to know who Jane Fonda actually is (aside from her appearance in a mid-1990s romantic comedy alongside Jennifer Lopez).
Make no mistake, the effort is serious; it&#8217;s sponsored by &#8220;When We All Vote,&#8221; a prominent, &#8220;non-partisan&#8221; voter registration and encouragement effort backed by none other than Michelle Obama. Obama helped launch the project back in August, and has made several appearances under the &#8220;When We All Vote&#8221; banner, often alongside more relevant Hollywood A-listers, like Tom Hanks (also a founding member of the effort).
Right now, millennial turnout isn&#8217;t expected to be high. Analysts are predicting that only around 30% of millennials actually plan on voting at the midterms. But if that number holds true, it will be a record turnout for voters aged 18-35, who typically ignore midterm elections, largely out of the belief that congressional contests aren&#8217;t worth the same time and energy as presidential campaigns.
This year, though, Democrats have managed to convince &#8220;woke&#8221; millennials that the midterms make a difference, and that voting for Democratic candidates is part and parcel of opposing the Trump administration&#8217;s agenda. But it&#8217;s not immediately clear if involving Amy Schumer in that effort will help &#8220;get out the vote&#8221; in key states or turn millennials off completely.

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The Trump administration will test out the national alert system, set up by former President Barack Obama, on Thursday by sending a message to all U.S. mobile phones.
Phones will make a loud beeping sound &#8212; similar to the sound from an AMBER alert &#8212; and vibrate, according to the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), which will send the alert. The message, the first to be sent on the new system, will be headlined &#8220;Presidential Alert&#8221; and say &#8220;THIS IS A TEST of the National Wireless Emergency Alert System. No action is needed.&#8221;
Because the system is meant to alert citizens to danger, no one can opt out of the program. What&#8217;s more, the president alone decides when to use the system.
As they do, liberals lost their minds at the news.
&#8220;If the idea of @realDonaldTrump being able to text you isn&#8217;t enough to get you to register and vote then I don&#8217;t know what the fuck to tell you,&#8221; wrote film producer Judd Apatow.
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If the idea of <a href="https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@realDonaldTrump</a> being able to text you isn&#8217;t enough to get you to register and vote then I don&#8217;t know what the fuck to tell you. <a href="https://t.co/fV2jnRNEmk">https://t.co/fV2jnRNEmk</a>
&#8212; Judd Apatow (@JuddApatow) <a href="https://twitter.com/JuddApatow/status/1040827815115911169?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 15, 2018</a></blockquote>
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His Twitter feed caught fire.
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<a href="https://twitter.com/HelpTheLawyers?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@HelpTheLawyers</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/LawyersComm?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@LawyersComm</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/tribelaw?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@tribelaw</a>
Any chance the public can file a class action lawsuit for harassment and/or pain and suffering?
Asking for America?<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/SaturdayThoughts?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#SaturdayThoughts</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/MADA?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#MADA</a> 
Morons Are Destroying America <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/AMJoy?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#AMJoy</a>
&#8212; Stephanie A. Owens (@Stephanie_Habla) <a href="https://twitter.com/Stephanie_Habla/status/1040970863154262017?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 15, 2018</a></blockquote>
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The first message to be texted on this new Presidential Alert System &#8230; <a href="https://t.co/UVSRDPaYMe">pic.twitter.com/UVSRDPaYMe</a>
&#8212; Fozzie.Bear (@FozzieBear88) <a href="https://twitter.com/FozzieBear88/status/1040922295554912256?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 15, 2018</a></blockquote>
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If FEMA needs to relay info for weather safety issues that&#8217;s one thing. Why does it have to be 45?
&#8212; #FreeTheChildren (@SezMsStephanie) <a href="https://twitter.com/SezMsStephanie/status/1040834411090960384?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 15, 2018</a></blockquote>
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I don&#8217;t want his texts on my phone. Simple as that. It&#8217;s like, I dunno&#8230; I get to pick who texts me, because I PAY THE DAMNED PHONE BILL.
&#8212; Ms. M. (@jenandjanstwits) <a href="https://twitter.com/jenandjanstwits/status/1040935901084442625?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 15, 2018</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;Uncle Grumpy&#8221; went further.
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I will block this fucking number!! I already have to listen to this sociopaths lies on an hourly basis on Twitter and in the news. I&#8217;ll be damned if I&#8217;ll let the Mango Mussolini invade my phone with his lies too. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/FuckTrump?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#FuckTrump</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/ImpeachTrumpNow?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#ImpeachTrumpNow</a>!!!!!
&#8212; Uncle Grumpy calls more Bullshit. (@GrumpHatesTrump) <a href="https://twitter.com/GrumpHatesTrump/status/1040967942756884480?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 15, 2018</a></blockquote>
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&#8212; Provocateur (@paidprovocateur) <a href="https://twitter.com/paidprovocateur/status/1040980816925384707?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 15, 2018</a></blockquote>
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Yup, that&#8217;s how much liberals hate America&#8217;s president &#8212; even in the case of a national emergency, they can&#8217;t bear to hear a word from him. But for the record, the emergency alert system for the president was authorized by Congress in 2015 and says the system &#8220;shall not be used to transmit a message that does not relate to a natural disaster, act of terrorism, or other man-made disaster or threat to public safety.&#8221;
So, everyone can calm down. Take a deep breath, stretch a little, go play with your kids. It&#8217;ll all be fine.
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Trump Admin To Text All Americans On Thursday Via Emergency System; Trump-Haters Lose Their Minds

It&#8217;s been one hellacious week for Hollywood&#8217;s formerly favorite director Quentin Tarantino, who finds himself increasingly the target of his peers&#8217; #MeToo-inspired antipathy, including fellow director/producer Judd Apatow and A-list actress Jessica Chastain.
Though Tarantino&#8217;s problems began months ago with the flood of allegations against his long-time business partner Harvey Weinstein, the floodgates really opened this Saturday with the publication of a New York Times <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/03/opinion/sunday/this-is-why-uma-thurman-is-angry.html">article</a> by Maureen Dowd detailing Uma Thurman&#8217;s account of her alleged assault at the hands of Weinstein, about which she informed Tarantino, and the alleged cover-up of a serious accident Thurman suffered on the set of &#8220;Kill Bill&#8221; after the director convinced her to do her own stunt driving. Dowd also mentioned that Tarantino insisted on performing some of the more sadistic shots himself, including choking Thurman with a chain and spitting in her face. Pressure on the director ratcheted up even more with the re-emergence of <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/26792/listen-tarantino-says-polanskis-13-year-old-rape-amanda-prestigiacomo">audio</a> of his 2003 interview with Howard Stern in which Tarantino downplayed Roman Polanski&#8217;s rape of a 13-year-old.
Among the big names that have blasted Tarantino is Apatow, who took to Twitter to level another #MeToo-related accusation against his fellow director and noted that Tarantino is slated to direct a film that features Roman Polanski as a character.
&#8220;Tarantino also ignored Daryl Hannah&#8217;s complaints when she was harassed by Harvey Weinstein. They kicked her off the press tour. Nobody helped her,&#8221; wrote Apatow. &#8220;And now Tarantino is going to make a movie about Polanski. Why is someone financing this? This is why Weinstein wasn&#8217;t stopped.&#8221;
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Tarantino also ignored Daryl Hannah&#8217;s complaints when she was harassed by Harvey Weinstein.They kicked her off the press tour.Nobody helped her. And now Tarantino is going to make a movie about Polanski. Why is someone financing this? This is why Weinstein wasn&#8217;t stopped. $$$$ <a href="https://t.co/WlSVFEoVN4">https://t.co/WlSVFEoVN4</a>
&#8212; Judd Apatow (@JuddApatow) <a href="https://twitter.com/JuddApatow/status/959872971526496256?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 3, 2018</a></blockquote>
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Adding her name to the list of those condemning Tarantino&#8217;s various actions is Jessica Chastain, who has been <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/22096/meryl-streep-not-everybody-knew-about-weinstein-james-barrett">vocal</a> in the #MeToo movement.
&#8220;I keep imagining Tarantino spitting in Uma&#8217;s face and strangling her with a chain for KILL BILL. How many images of women in media do we celebrate that showcase abuse? When did this become normalized &#8216;entertainment&#8217;?&#8221; wrote Chastain, in a series of tweets in response to Dowd&#8217;s article. &#8220;When violence against women is used as a plot device to make the characters stronger then we have a problem. It is not empowering to be beaten and raped, yet so many films make it their &#8216;pheonix&#8217; moment for women. We don&#8217;t need abuse in order to be powerful. We already are. Directors inserting themselves into a scene depicting abuse is crossing a boundary. How can an actor feel safe when your director is strangling you?&#8221;
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I keep imagining Tarantino spitting in Uma&#8217;s face and strangling her with a chain for KILL BILL. How many images of women in media do we celebrate that showcase abuse? When did this become normalized &#8216;entertainment&#8217;?
&#8212; Jessica Chastain (@jes_chastain) <a href="https://twitter.com/jes_chastain/status/959983660005933056?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 4, 2018</a></blockquote>
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When violence against women is used as a plot device to make the characters stronger then we have a problem. It is not empowering to be beaten and raped, yet so many films make it their &#8216;pheonix&#8217; moment for women. We don&#8217;t need abuse in order to be powerful. We already are.
&#8212; Jessica Chastain (@jes_chastain) <a href="https://twitter.com/jes_chastain/status/959997879569059841?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 4, 2018</a></blockquote>
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Directors inserting themselves into a scene depicting abuse is crossing a boundary. How can an actor feel safe when your director is strangling you?
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Another famous name to slam Tarantino is original #MeToo warrior Rose McGowan, one of the accusers of Weinstein, who wrote about his alleged &#8220;<a href="https://www.theguardian.com/books/2018/feb/06/this-may-not-in-time-be-the-best-book-about-the-weinstein-scandal-but-it-will-surely-remain-the-most-visceral-anger-burns-from-every-page">foot fetish</a>&#8221; in her new memoir &#8220;Brave&#8221;:
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Tarantino has a known foot fetish. That means Tarantino paid extra money to jerk off to my young feet and he told me about it loudly, over and over, for years in front of numerous people, as if I should be so thrilled that he donated his solid-motherf***ing-gold semen that is clearly better than all the other semen in the world, and he gave it up for little ol&#8217; me?
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As the <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/film/2018/feb/07/quentin-tarantino-hollywood-baclkash-uma-thurman-roman-polanski">Guardian</a> notes, some industry members have defended Tarantino, including &#8220;Inglourious Basterds&#8221; actress Diane Kruger:
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<a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/Be29JD3lzCC/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">In light of the recent allegations made by Uma Thurman against Harvey Weinstein and her terrifying work experience on &#8220;Kill Bill&#8221;, my name has been mentioned in numerous articles in regards to the choking scene in &#8220;Inglourious Basterds&#8221;. This is an important moment in time and my heart goes out to Uma and anyone who has ever been the victim of sexual assault and abuse. I stand with you. For the record however, I would like to say that my work experience with Quentin Tarantino was pure joy. He treated me with utter respect and never abused his power or forced me to do anything I wasn&#8217;t comfortable with. With love, D xoxo</a>
A post shared by <a href="https://www.instagram.com/dianekruger/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"> Diane Kruger</a> (@dianekruger) on Feb 6, 2018 at 6:31am PST
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Both Tarantino and Thurman have responded to the pushback from the Dowd article. Tarantino provided a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/26791/tarantino-heres-what-really-happened-uma-thurman-james-barrett">detailed account of the accident</a>, which he said he regretted greatly, his response to learning about Weinstein&#8217;s alleged assault of Thurman, and his rationale for performing some of the stunts himself.
After the publication of the Dowd article, Thurman posted a statement on Instagram defending Tarantino and accusing Weinstein of a &#8220;cover-up&#8221;:
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<a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/Be0x6OCFRwQ/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">i post this clip to memorialize it&#8217;s full exposure in the nyt by Maureen Dowd. the circumstances of this event were negligent to the point of criminality. i do not believe though with malicious intent. Quentin Tarantino, was deeply regretful and remains remorseful about this sorry event, and gave me the footage years later so i could expose it and let it see the light of day, regardless of it most likely being an event for which justice will never be possible. he also did so with full knowledge it could cause him personal harm, and i am proud of him for doing the right thing and for his courage. THE COVER UP after the fact is UNFORGIVABLE. for this i hold Lawrence Bender, E. Bennett Walsh, and the notorious Harvey Weinstein solely responsible. they lied, destroyed evidence, and continue to lie about the permanent harm they caused and then chose to suppress. the cover up did have malicious intent, and shame on these three for all eternity. CAA never sent anyone to Mexico. i hope they look after other clients more respectfully if they in fact want to do the job for which they take money with any decency.</a>
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Big Names In Hollywood Turn On Quentin Tarantino

Harvey Weinstein

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Hollywood producer Judd Apatow is on the warpath for anyone defending Woody Allen against allegations that he sexually molested his adopted daughter Dylan Farrow.
Since 1993, Dylan Farrow has <a data-beacon="{&quot;p&quot;:{&quot;lnid&quot;:&quot;stood by her accusation&quot;,&quot;mpid&quot;:3,&quot;plid&quot;:&quot;https://kristof.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/02/01/an-open-letter-from-dylan-farrow/?mtrref=www.google.com&amp;assetType=opinion&quot;}}" data-beacon-parsed="true" data-rapid-parsed="slk" data-rapid_p="3" data-v9y="1" data-ylk="subsec:paragraph;cpos:2" href="https://kristof.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/02/01/an-open-letter-from-dylan-farrow/?mtrref=www.google.com&amp;assetType=opinion">maintained</a> that Woody Allen sexually molested her while he dated actress Mia Farrow. Allen has emphatically denied the accusation, claiming that his former partner Mia coached Dylan as part of a vicious custody dispute. The charges were ultimately dismissed by authorities. Moses Farrow, Dylan&#8217;s brother, <a href="http://people.com/movies/woody-allens-adopted-son-claims-mia-farrow-brainwashed-him-and-was-physically-abusive-report/">has defended Allen&#8217;s innocence</a> while asserting that Mia was the abusive one.
In recent weeks, as the allegations against Allen resurfaced, including a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/25988/watch-dylan-farrow-condemns-adoptive-father-woody-james-barrett">gut-wrenching interview</a> with Dylan on CBS, actors who previously worked with the Oscar-winning director began denouncing their involvement by <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/25938/time-almost-woody-allen-paul-bois">donating their salaries</a> to the &#8220;Time&#8217;s Up&#8221; movement.
Allen has had his few defenders, though, including frequent collaborator Diane Keaton and Alec Baldwin, both of whom assert Allen&#8217;s innocence.
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Woody Allen is my friend and I continue to believe him. It might be of interest to take a look at the 60 Minute interview from 1992 and see what you think. <a href="https://t.co/QVQIUxImB1">https://t.co/QVQIUxImB1</a>
&#8212; Diane Keaton (@Diane_Keaton) <a href="https://twitter.com/Diane_Keaton/status/958070947268804608?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 29, 2018</a></blockquote>
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Baldwin was even more blunt in his defense by comparing Dylan Farrow to Mayella Ewell in &#8220;To Kill A Mockingbird.&#8221;
&#8220;1 of the most effective things Dylan Farrow has in her arsenal is the &#8216;persistence of emotion.&#8217; Like Mayella in TKAM, her tears/exhortations r meant 2 shame u in2 belief in her story. But I need more than that before I destroy some1, regardless of their fame. I need a lot more,&#8221; he tweeted on Sunday. &#8220;To say that @RealDylanFarrow is telling the truth is to say that @MosesFarrow is lying. Which of Mia&#8217;s kids got the honesty gene and which did not?&#8221;
Judd Apatow has hit at both actors for defending Allen, which stands in line with <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/22747/judd-apatow-women-should-run-woody-allen-roles-paul-bois">previous statements</a> he made in October, telling young actresses to &#8220;run&#8221; from Woody Allen roles.
&#8220;I see a man who wanted what he wanted and didn&#8217;t care that he was having an affair with a 19 year old when he was 54 who was also his daughter&#8217;s sister,&#8221; Apatow wrote. &#8220;He also took nude photos of this child who he had known since she was nine and left them out for his family to see. Narcissism.&#8221;
&#8220;Woody Allen was so awful to that family and all of those kids, some of whom were refugees, some with disabilities,&#8221; he added in a follow-up tweet. &#8220;He is so proud of having no relationship with them. Can you imagine being around a family for a decade and not wanting to know any of the children? Heartbreaking.&#8221;
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I see a man who wanted what he wanted and didn&#8217;t care that he was having an affair with a 19 year old when he was 54 who was also his daughter&#8217;s sister.He also took nude photos of this child who he had known since she was nine and left them out for his family to see. Narcissism. <a href="https://t.co/uhiTY5p7bh">https://t.co/uhiTY5p7bh</a>
&#8212; Judd Apatow (@JuddApatow) <a href="https://twitter.com/JuddApatow/status/958237648950185989?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 30, 2018</a></blockquote>
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Woody Allen was so awful to that family and all of those kids, some of whom were refugees, some with disabilities.He is so proud of having no relationship with them. Can you imagine being around a family for a decade and not wanting to know any of the children? Heartbreaking. <a href="https://t.co/e0nweTB2HU">https://t.co/e0nweTB2HU</a>
&#8212; Judd Apatow (@JuddApatow) <a href="https://twitter.com/JuddApatow/status/958241626127704064?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 30, 2018</a></blockquote>
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Apatow is referencing Allen&#8217;s sexual relationship with Mia&#8217;s adopted daughter, Sun-Yi, who was 19 when she began a consensual relationship with the 54-year-old Allen.
On Alec Baldwin, Apatow asserted the actor had been &#8220;playing Trump too long and is losing his sense of where he ends and Trump begins.&#8221;
Apatow has not yet publicly commented on the sexual misconduct allegations made against his frequent collaborator James Franco.

Judd Apatow Blasts Diane Keaton, Alec Baldwin Over Woody Allen Defense

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Warning: Contains Hollywood profanity.
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Boy, Judd Apatow really hates President Trump.
And we all know he&#8217;s a genius. Hey, he wrote &#8220;Happy Gilmore.&#8221; And the classic, &#8220;The 40-Year-Old Virgin.&#8221; And who can forget that incredible Tracy-Hepburn vehicle, &#8220;Knocked Up&#8221;?
So, credentials established: Apatow is a genius.
But he&#8217;s got some anger issues. Some serious anger issues.
It all started when Trump posted on Twitter on Saturday.
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&#8230;.Actually, throughout my life, my two greatest assets have been mental stability and being, like, really smart. Crooked Hillary Clinton also played these cards very hard and, as everyone knows, went down in flames. I went from VERY successful businessman, to top T.V. Star&#8230;..
&#8212; Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) <a href="https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/949618475877765120?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 6, 2018</a></blockquote>
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&#8230;.to President of the United States (on my first try). I think that would qualify as not smart, but genius&#8230;.and a very stable genius at that!
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Apatow lost it.
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Please shut the fuck up!!!! Please for once in your life shut the fuck up!!!!! We all need one moment of peace you spoiled, self involved idiot. Take a nap! Change your sheets! Eat a non poisoned Big Mac &#8211; just take a fucking break for a moment! Give us that gift! <a href="https://t.co/eynvFHD7Cw">https://t.co/eynvFHD7Cw</a>
&#8212; Judd Apatow (@JuddApatow) <a href="https://twitter.com/JuddApatow/status/949654504512806912?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 6, 2018</a></blockquote>
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Then, after another drink (or perhaps some sobering up), Apatow went proactive.
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We all should be filling the offices of our legislators and calling non stop today demanding this mentally ill President be removed. Not doing so puts lives at risk. If we don&#8217;t history will ask why we didn&#8217;t act. <a href="https://t.co/0agiCOGo7S">https://t.co/0agiCOGo7S</a>
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But again, let&#8217;s take Apatow&#8217;s genius as a given. Sure, he said he felt &#8220;raped&#8221; after Trump was elected, but that was before the #metoo hubbub.
And remember, Apatow wrote &#8220;You Don&#8217;t Mess With the Zohan.&#8221;

Genius Director Judd Apatow Goes On Profanity-Laced Tirade Over Trump’s Tweets

Hollywood producer Judd Apatow is on the war path against his industry&#8217;s sexual predators following allegations that movie mogul Harvey Weinstein sexually harassed women for decades throughout his career.
Aside from routinely denouncing Weinstein in the harshest terms, Apatow has openly called for disbanding the entire Weinstein Co. board, and has now set his sights on other alleged Hollywood predators, namely, Woody Allen.
Firing salvos from his Twitter page on Wednesday, Apatow said he felt &#8220;sad&#8221; that actresses do not &#8220;run&#8221; from roles offered by Woody Allen.
Indeed, Allen has enjoyed working with a plethora of A-list actresses ever since he married Mia Farrow&#8217;s adopted daughter (after having a long partnership with Farrow hersef). And Allen has enjoyed a steady stream of Kate Winslets willing to lay their talents before his altar, despite having been accused by his former adopted son, Ron Farrow, of molesting his adoptive daughter.
Since the allegations broke back in 2014, Allen maintained, and still does, that Ronan Farrow and his sister Dylan were both coached into their accusations by their mother, allegations Allen maintains are false.
Whatever the truth in Allen&#8217;s case, few can deny the creepiness inherent in how he met his wife.
And his weirdness is only compounded by the director&#8217;s obsession with stories about older males getting their freak on with younger, sometimes underage, girls in his movies. His upcoming film starring Selena Gomez and Elle Fanning is a “coming of age love story” where a 44-year-old man has sex with a 15-year-old girl.
Apatow takes serious issue that any actress would work with Allen given all of this.
“It is sad that he is obsessed with all these young actresses and none of them run when offered the job,” Apatow posted on Twitter.
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Judd Apatow: Women Should ‘Run’ From Woody Allen Roles

Sexual Misconduct

Famous comedy writer and film director Judd Apatow has been a fierce opponent of Donald Trump since he first threw his hat into the presidential sweepstakes, much like the rest of Hollywood. Over the weekend, the Hillary Clinton-backer performed a stand-up routine in Los Angeles predictably slamming President Trump, likening his presidency to being raped. 
&#8220;I feel like I&#8217;ve just been raped and I just don&#8217;t know if I&#8217;m going to get murdered,&#8221; Apatow <a href="http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2017/02/19/judd-apatow-denounces-trump-in-epic-stand-up-set-i-feel-like-i-ve-just-been-raped.html">told </a>the crowd, speaking of the horrors of living under democratically-elected President Trump.
&#8220;I feel like a person about to get raped, but I didn&#8217;t know how bad it would be,&#8221; he said of life pre-Inauguration Day. 
The co-creator of Lena Dunham&#8217;s HBO series Girls also took on First Lady Melania Trump and their son, 10-year-old Barron. 
Apatow called the First Lady&#8217;s decision to halt her move into the White House until her son finished his school year &#8220;pretty bad.&#8221;
&#8220;I mean, think about it: Hillary Clinton didn&#8217;t move out of the White House and her husband got a b***job in it,&#8221; he said.
&#8220;Every day [Melania&#8217;s] not in the White House is a day she&#8217;s not getting f***ed by Donald Trump,&#8221; the director added. &#8220;Wouldn&#8217;t you stay away?&#8221;
Then came his take on young Barron. 
&#8220;He f***ing gets it,&#8221; said Apatow of Barron. &#8220;You ever see the look on his face when Trump&#8217;s talking?&#8230;People are like, &#8216;Is there something wrong with him?&#8217; No! He knows his dad&#8217;s a f***ing a**hole!&#8221;
The writer also commented on the president&#8217;s alleged unwillingness to laugh unless it&#8217;s at someone by invoking the Special Olympics. 
&#8220;Laughter is how we connect, it&#8217;s how you show people you love them,&#8221; he said. &#8220;He only laughs when he makes someone feel bad. What does he do to laugh, just go on YouTube and watch Special Olympics bloopers?&#8221;
The left is often highly <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2016/08/18/amy-schumer-caught-in-nasty-crossfire-after-comedy-writers-rape-comments/?utm_term=.1f09b9c01f9c">squeamish </a>about any politically incorrect jokes, especially those concerning rape or the disabled, but, oddly enough, Apatow&#8217;s routine has been lauded as &#8220;<a href="http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2017/02/19/judd-apatow-denounces-trump-in-epic-stand-up-set-i-feel-like-i-ve-just-been-raped.html">epic</a>.&#8221;

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