Adam Sandler, Rob Schneider, and other comedians defended the jokes <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/chris-rock" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Chris Rock</a> made about <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/will-smith" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Will Smith</a> and Jada Pinkett Smith in his latest Netflix comedy special.
Sandler, 56, came to Rock&#8217;s defense during interviews on the red carpet Sunday before receiving the 2023 Mark Twain Prize for American Humor in Washington, D.C., <a href="https://people.com/movies/adam-sandler-reacts-to-chris-rocks-will-and-jada-pinkett-smith-jokes-he-was-real-to-himself/?hid=4f90b78dc31e627328d98338e1fa49d03b364abc&amp;did=8634243-20230321&amp;utm_source=ppl&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=people-news_newsletter&amp;utm_content=032123&amp;lctg=4f90b78dc31e627328d98338e1fa49d03b364abc" target="_blank" rel="noopener">People</a> magazine reported. He said at no time in his life did he ever feel that Rock went too far with his jokes, including in his latest &#8220;<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/netflix-edits-out-botched-chris-rock-joke-about-will-smith-during-selective-outrage-special" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Selective Outrage</a>&#8221; show.
&#8220;I thought he was unbelievably relaxed, funny, thoughtful,&#8221; Sandler said. &#8220;Crushed it and was real to himself.&#8221;
&#8220;And it was as exciting to watch as when the Super Bowl is on,&#8221; he added. &#8220;I thought about it all weekend. &#8216;All right, Rock is doing his thing tonight!&#8217; Saturday, watched it in my kitchen, laughed my ass off, immediately watched it right after. It was one of the best experiences. I thought it was amazing.&#8221;
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Former &#8220;Saturday Night Live&#8221; star Schneider said that Rock &#8220;really does set the bar&#8221; and was just as good as ever.
&#8220;He&#8217;s able to take really complex societal ideas and make them hilarious and bring us on board to some place of sanity, some place of reason,&#8221; said Schneider. &#8220;He&#8217;s so hilariously reasonable. He subverts us to his point of view, and that&#8217;s his genius. And modern comedy changed after Chris Rock, truthfully, 25 years ago.&#8221;
Actor and comedian Dana Carvey went even further in his defense of Rock&#8217;s material.
&#8220;There&#8217;s a million opinions so there&#8217;s kind of no such thing as too far because it&#8217;s called, &#8216;I don&#8217;t like it, me turn off, you know?'&#8221; Carvey said.
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&#8220;If it was government order that you had to watch it then you would be allowed to be offended,&#8221; Carvey added on the red carpet. &#8220;That was just pure unadulterated Chris Rock brilliance, the entire thing. He was on point and that&#8217;s really difficult, what we did, and whether there was real emotion and comedy mixed at the end, that&#8217;s for anyone else to observe but it was quite an achievement.&#8221;
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/megyn-kelly-has-one-word-response-to-learning-will-smith-was-hurt-and-embarrassed-after-chris-rock-special">Megyn Kelly Has One-Word Response To Learning Will Smith Was &#8216;Hurt&#8217; And &#8216;Embarrassed&#8217; After Chris Rock Special</a>

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The celebrity interview can be yawn-inducing … or worse.
We’re inundated with these chats, from fawning magazine profiles to late-night schmooze-fests. Every once in a while, though, things don’t go according to plan.
Take Hugh Grant’s red-carpet interview prior to the 95th Academy Awards telecast. No one expected a Woodward and Bernstein-style interrogation, but Ashley Graham’s questions caused the “Love, Actually” star to show his <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/oscars-2023-hugh-grant-ashley-graham-red-carpet-interview-viral/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">disdain in real time.</a>
Was Grant excited about any of the potential Oscar winners? &#8220;Nope,&#8221; he said. 
Who was the British star wearing, the cliched fashion query asked at many red carpet affairs. 
“Just my suit.”
Unbowed, Graham carried on. Was it enjoyable to shoot “Glass Onion,” the Oscar-nominated film that features a blink and you miss it Grant cameo?
&#8220;I&#8217;m barely in it. I&#8217;m in it for three seconds.&#8221;
Was it a fun experience? 
“Almost.”
Graham later brushed the Q&amp;A off, but it’s hardly the first time a celebrity chat went off the rails.
Robert Downey Jr. is known to millions as Iron Man, but not long ago he endured crippling addictions that sent him to the hoosegow for a year. An interviewer <a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-32429934" target="_blank" rel="noopener">brought up his troubling past</a> during a 2015 chat tied to “Avengers: Age of Ultron.”
Interviewer Krishnan Guru-Murthy brought up his drug woes, prison stint, and complicated ties to his father, the late director Robert Downey. The Avenger fled the Q&amp;A as fast as his alter ego.
&#8220;It&#8217;s getting a bit Diane Sawyer and you&#8217;re a bit of a schmuck.&#8221;
The superstar quickly saw himself out.
The same reporter got an earful from iconic director Quentin Tarantino during their fractured interview. The “Django Unchained” maestro, when pressed about the violence in both his latest film and previous efforts, eventually <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=269&amp;v=GrsJDy8VjZk&amp;embeds_euri=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cosmopolitan.com%2F&amp;source_ve_path=MjM4NTE&amp;feature=emb_title" target="_blank" rel="noopener">melted down over the questions</a>. 
“I’m shutting your butt down.”
Drew Barrymore’s career has run the gamut from child star, teen drug abuser, and now, daytime TV diva. Back in 1995, though, her appearance on “Late Night with David Letterman” caused a kerfuffle.
She didn’t say anything outrageous. Instead, she jumped on the host’s desk and lifted up her top to give Letterman a deeply “personal” birthday gift.
Any interview of screen icon Mel Gibson might brush up against the star’s anti-Semitic past. Gibson’s career cratered following a 2006 arrest during which he claimed the Jews were responsible for all the wars in the world.
Gibson has tried to defend and dismiss his troubled past in subsequent interviews, but a 2010 chat with L.A.-based journalist Sam Rubin took a contentious turn. Rubin rightly pressed the actor on his ugly past during a chat to promote his comeback vehicle, “Edge of Darkness.” That’s when Gibson lobbed a <a href="https://jewishjournal.com/culture/arts/hollywood/hollywood_jew/75959/gibson-jewish-reporter-spar/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">contentious counter-question his way</a>.
“Some people will welcome you back, some people will say you should never come back.”
“I gather you have a dog in this fight? Do you have a dog in this fight? Or are you impartial?”
Rubin is Jewish, but he was able to stay composed and finish the interview in a professional manner.
Jim Carrey can be counted on for high-energy laughs during an interview, but in 2017 he went in a dramatically different direction. The “Ace Ventura” star appeared on the red carpet during New York Fashion Week, and that’s where E! News&#8217; Catt Sadler tried to squeeze an amusing anecdote from the comedy icon.
It didn’t go as planned.
&#8220;There&#8217;s no meaning to any of this … so I wanted to find the most meaningless thing that I could come to and join and here I am.&#8221;
Sadler tried a different approach, noting the party’s theme of the night – icons.
&#8220;I don&#8217;t believe in icons.”
He wasn’t finished deconstructing the affair.
&#8220;I don&#8217;t believe in personalities. I believe that peace lies beyond personalities, beyond invention and disguise, beyond the red &#8216;S&#8217; you wear on your chest, that makes bullets bounce off.&#8221;
Grant would be proud.
Sometimes a celebrity interview causes a kerfuffle after the fact. Action hero John Cena found out the hard way that actors aren’t allowed to say anything the Chinese government might take the wrong way.
So when Cena referenced Taiwan being a separate country in an innocuous 2021 Taiwanese interview tied to “F9,” he had to do some speedy damage control. His mea culpa, one of the more cringe-worthy moments in modern pop culture lore, found him <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/25/world/asia/john-cena-taiwan-apology.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">apologizing in Mandarin</a> over and again lest his film suffer any box office blowback in the Middle Kingdom.
The most infamous celebrity interview involves a star many dub the “Last Movie Star.” Tom Cruise chatted <a href="https://ew.com/article/2014/05/20/tom-cruise-oprah-couch/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">with Oprah Winfrey back in 2005</a>, and at the time he was flush with love for his new flame, actress Katie Holmes.
Cruise, never one to hide his enthusiasm, literally jumped for joy over the relationship – atop Winfrey’s TV couch.
The moment proved embarrassing for the “Top Gun” star, sparking endless jokes that finally faded after he began keeping his private life private. It took years for the incident to fade from memory.
Now, Cruise is best known for his gratitude and hard work behind the scenes to make the best popcorn movies possible. No more couch-jumping antics going forward.
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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Just 10 years ago, the annual <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/oscars" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Academy Awards</a> show drew 40.3 million viewers.
Since then, it&#8217;s been plunging nearly every year: 34.4 million in 2016, 23.6 million in 2020; and now, in 2023, 18.7 <a href="https://deadline.com/2023/03/2023-oscar-viewership-ratings-academy-awards-abc-everything-everywhere-all-at-once-1235298046/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">million</a>.
That was a 12% jump from 2022, when the show drew 16.6 million. Apparently everyone was tuning in to see if Meryl Streep would slap Dame Judy Dench.
That, and that alone, would have given the show some pep. But instead, the show dragged on and on, nearly four hours (3:40), led by the drabbiest of all possible hosts, Jimmy Kimmel (the show no longer seems able to pull an A-list host).
With that, two things are clear: Few people in America want to watch the Oscars &#8212; and the limousine liberals in Hollywood couldn&#8217;t care less. In fact, it seems as if the tone-deaf celebrities in Tinseltown are actually trying to drive away viewers as they laud each other for their little-watched movies.
Kimmel had an entire year to write some funny jokes about &#8220;The Slap Heard &#8216;Round The World.&#8221; Just last week, comedian Chris Rock closed out his live Netflix special with a fiery blast of actor Will Smith.
Here&#8217;s what Kimmel came up with: &#8220;We want you to have fun. We want you to feel safe. Most importantly, we want me to feel safe,&#8221; he told the star-studded audience.
&#8220;So we have strict policies in place: If anyone in this theater commits an act of violence at any point during the show, you will be awarded the Oscar for best actor, and permitted to give a 19-minute long speech,&#8221; he said.
Not exactly Rock-level material. In fact, you&#8217;d be more likely to hear that caliber of comedy at the local Chuckle Hut.
The opening was also beyond safe &#8212; nothing like what Ricky Gervais has done at the Golden Globes. In those classic shows, the British comedian takes down the Hollywood elite, mocking them for their oversized egos.
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Instead, Kimmel just went around the room naming celebrities and delivering a lame joke that drew little laughter (some bombed outright). &#8220;You know a show is too long when even James Cameron can&#8217;t sit through it.&#8221; Oof.
Kimmel noted that the show would feature &#8220;diversity and inclusion.&#8221; That&#8217;s something every viewer wants &#8212; don&#8217;t give us the best movies of the year, just make sure some people who wouldn&#8217;t normally get a nomination get chosen.
&#8220;There will be no nonsense tonight, we have no time for shenanigans,&#8221; Kimmel said. &#8220;This is a celebration of everyone here. You told us you wanted all the categories back in, and we listened. They&#8217;re all back in.&#8221;
That&#8217;s 23 categories. Twenty-three! Half of them are movies you&#8217;ve not only never seen, but never heard of &#8212; and almost completely unavailable to watch.
&#8220;We put all the categories back in because the movie community wanted it, almost as much as the television community didn&#8217;t want it,&#8221; Kimmel said. &#8220;So no complaining about how long the show is.&#8221;
And there you have it. The Academy could not care less if you watch the awards or even see the winning movies. The show is all about them, and they&#8217;re artists, so you&#8217;ll never understand.
In five years, it&#8217;ll be the 100th Oscars. And by then, the show might have just 187 viewers. But Hollywood doesn&#8217;t care a whit.
The views expressed in this piece are the author’s own and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire.
Joseph Curl has covered politics for 35 years, including 12 years as White House correspondent for a national newspaper. He was also the a.m. editor of the Drudge Report for four years. Send tips to josephcurl@dailywire.com and follow him on Twitter @josephcurl.

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It’s Clear Now: The Oscars Don’t Even Want Us To Watch The Awards

 It's Clear Now: The Oscars Don't Even Want Us To Watch The Awards

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Daily Wire&#8217;s Editor Emeritus <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/author/ben-shapiro">Ben Shapiro</a> lit up social media over his smackdown of the Oscar-winning movie, &#8220;Everything Everywhere All At Once.&#8221;
Many of Shapiro&#8217;s 5.5 million followers seemed delighted with his take, which has gone viral with 3 million views and counting.
&#8220;In five years, nobody will watch &#8216;Everything Everywhere All At Once,'&#8221; the podcast host <a href="https://twitter.com/benshapiro/status/1635280687464062976?s=20">tweeted</a>.
&#8220;The movie is meh,&#8221; he added. &#8220;It is overlong (2 hrs 19 min!), confused, and generally bizarre. In fact, nobody has watched a single best picture winner five years later since 2007&#8217;s &#8216;No Country For Old Men.'&#8221;
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In five years, nobody will watch &quot;Everything Everywhere All At Once.&quot; The movie is meh. It is overlong (2 hrs 19 min!), confused, and generally bizarre. In fact, nobody has watched a single best picture winner five years later since 2007&#39;s &quot;No Country For Old Men.&quot;
&mdash; Ben Shapiro (@benshapiro) <a href="https://twitter.com/benshapiro/status/1635280687464062976?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 13, 2023</a></blockquote>
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One user wrote, &#8220;Agree. I did enjoy it although it was hard work at times. But I&#8217;ve had the chance to watch it again multiple times and I haven&#8217;t wanted to. I can quote you every line of dialogue from &#8216;No Country,&#8217; that gets rewatched at least annually.&#8221;
Another account tweeted, &#8220;I went to that movie with high expectations, but walked out 20 minutes later. The intellectual part of my mind couldn&#8217;t convince the rest of my mind that it was worth staying.&#8221;
While another user wrote, &#8220;I agree the big winner was at best… an odd piece of work. Personally I can&#8217;t even watch it. But I loved &#8216;No Country&#8217; it was strangely engaging which I cannot say for &#8216;Everything Everywhere.'&#8221;
&#8220;I&#8217;m sorry.. this movie was a solid 6 out 10,&#8221; one account posted. &#8220;I thought the story was creative but hard to follow and acting was good…. But honestly… the editing was complete crap.. sure it was only 2 hours and 19 minutes… but it felt like 3 hours because they kept showing the same scenes…..&#8221;
Another tweeted, &#8220;Agreed. It was entertaining but also not groundbreaking or spectacular. &#8216;Top Gun&#8217; was actually closer to being just generally good, broke some serious ground in terms of realism and special effects, had a strong story, and should have been rewarded as such. But here we are. Woke.&#8221;
Shapiro later doubled down on his comments during &#8220;<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O9nxPVRVeb8">The Ben Shapiro Show</a>.&#8221;
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&#8220;In five years hence, we will look at the numbers and see how many people are still watching &#8216;Everywhere Everything All at Once&#8217; forever for all time,&#8221; the DW host said. &#8220;I think the answer&#8217;s going to be nil.&#8221;
&#8220;In fact, let me name for you the films that have won best picture in the last fifteen years, and you tell me if you have ever rewatched any of them,&#8221; he added before listing films like &#8220;CODA,&#8221; &#8220;Nomadland,&#8221; &#8220;Parasite,&#8221; &#8220;Green Book,&#8221; &#8220;The Shape of Water,&#8221; and more.
&#8220;You want to know why the Oscars are failing, guys,&#8221; Shapiro continued. &#8220;Because you won&#8217;t nominate films that people like to watch. That people enjoy watching and don&#8217;t feel obligated to watch.&#8221;

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Social Media Erupts Over Ben Shapiro’s Smackdown Of Oscar-Winning Movie

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<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/celebrities">Jamie Lee Curtis</a> announced that she’s referring to her new Oscars trophy as “they/them” in honor of her 27-year-old child, who identifies as <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/transgender">transgender</a>.
The actress recently nabbed the Best Supporting Actress <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/oscars">Academy Award</a> for her role in “Everything Everywhere All At Once.” Curtis appeared on “Today” and was asked by host Savannah Guthrie if she had named her golden statue.
“I’m in support of my daughter Ruby. I’m having them be a they/them,” Curtis said while getting emotional, per <a href="https://variety.com/2023/film/news/jamie-lee-curtis-oscar-they-them-pronouns-daughter-ruby-1235553851/">Variety</a>. “I’m going to just call them ‘them.’ They/them, and they are doing great, they’re settling in, and I just, in my life, I never saw it in a million years that I’d have this couple days, and I’m very moved by the whole thing.”
Ruby Guest is one of two children Curtis has with her husband, Christopher Guest. The couple also has a 36-year-old daughter named Annie.
The “Halloween” actress spoke with <a href="https://people.com/movies/jamie-lee-curtis-and-daughter-ruby-on-journey-coming-out-as-trans/">People</a> in 2021 about Ruby identifying as transgender.
“It’s speaking a new language,” Curtis told the publication at the time. “It’s learning new terminology and words. I am new at it. I am not someone who is pretending to know much about it. And I’m going to blow it, I’m going to make mistakes. I would like to try to avoid making big mistakes. … You slow your speech down a little. You become a little more mindful about what you’re saying. How you’re saying it. You still mess up, I’ve messed up today twice. We’re human.”
“But if one person reads this, sees a picture of Ruby and me and says, ‘I feel free to say this is who I am,’ then it’s worth it,” the actress concluded.
Curtis also said there was “no room for argument” when it came to transgender rights. She shared a screenshot of Pedro Pascal’s Instagram post on March 5 and wrote in the <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CpbM_6LvS2-/">caption</a>, &#8220;It is absolutely F***ED witnessing the ongoing normalization of eliminationist transphobia.”
“The right&#8217;s war on queer people, most specifically trans people, is both bizarre and abhorrent,” she continued. “There is no debate to argue here. Trans people have been here forever and aren&#8217;t going anywhere. There is no ideology here. It&#8217;s simple. Trans rights are human rights. Anything stating the contrary is wrong.&#8221;
Curtis was at the center of a scandal earlier this year after she posted a photo that included a piece of artwork featuring a naked child submerged in a plastic bin full of water. The piece is called “The Tub” (2003) and is attributed to artist Betsy Schneider.
The actress later deleted the photo and apologized for posting it. “It’s a picture of a child, taken by her mother, of her playing in their backyard in a tub of water. Nothing more, nothing less. I took down the post because I didn’t want to keep something up that upset anyone,” she <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/jamie-lee-curtis-responds-to-photo-of-naked-child-in-a-box-heres-the-truth">wrote in part</a> as an explanation.

95th Annual Academy Awards – Press Room

Jamie Lee Curtis Declares She’s Using They/Them Pronouns For Oscar Statue In Honor Of Her Trans-Identifying Child

Jamie Lee Curtis Declares She's Using They/Them Pronouns For Oscar Statue In Honor Of Her Trans-Identifying Child

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Dove beauty brand accused actor <a href="https://dailywire.com/news/visual-effects-lead-righteous-dude-brendan-fraser-fought-for-artists-when-studio-refused-to-pay-up/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Brendan Fraser&#8217;s</a> makeup artists of fat appropriation after &#8220;The Whale&#8221; won an Oscar for best hair and makeup, criticizing the film for profiting from the prominent use of a fat suit on actor Brendan Fraser.
The conversation began with someone who complained on Twitter that Hollywood studios were appropriating the identities of people who would not have needed such makeup to perform the role, arguing that they should cast only fat actors to play the roles of fat characters.
&#8220;So disappointing that &#8216;The Whale&#8217; won the Oscar for best hair and makeup. Fat suits are harmful — they are not your opportunity to win awards. Our identity is not your costume. Cast fat actors to play fat characters. #TheWhale #fatphobia #fatsuit #Oscars,&#8221; @KBHeylen tweeted.
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Stop giving fat suits awards ‼️ We want better representation in Hollywood. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/LetsChangeBeauty?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#LetsChangeBeauty</a>
&mdash; Dove (@Dove) <a href="https://twitter.com/Dove/status/1635401854678073345?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 13, 2023</a></blockquote>
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Dove responded with an affirmation, calling on Hollywood to &#8220;Stop giving fat suits awards!!&#8221; and adding, &#8220;We want better representation in Hollywood. #LetsChangeBeauty.&#8221;
Some responded to Dove&#8217;s tweet by pointing out the fact that the weight being portrayed in the film was not just unhealthy — it was proving to be lethal for Fraser&#8217;s character.
&#8220;Maybe because being 600lb is massively dangerous, and film studios would rather use prosthetics and makeup than an actor who might not even survive the film?&#8221; the Critical Drinker replied.
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Maybe because being 600lb is massively dangerous, and film studios would rather use prosthetics and makeup than an actor who might not even survive the film? <a href="https://t.co/kSFkd6DF7C">https://t.co/kSFkd6DF7C</a>
&mdash; The Critical Drinker (@TheCriticalDri2) <a href="https://twitter.com/TheCriticalDri2/status/1635528262116945920?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 14, 2023</a></blockquote>
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A number of critics quickly called out the company, telling them to stick to making soap (or complaining about the quality of the soap they already make).
But The Daily Wire&#8217;s co-CEO Jeremy Boreing offered an alternative for those who didn&#8217;t like Dove&#8217;s products — or didn&#8217;t like the trail of woke residue they left behind.
&#8220;Many people are unaware of our expanding product line at Jeremy’s Razors. Our soap is exceptional. Our shampoo and conditioner are sublime. Body wash, moisturizer, cleanser, beard oil …&#8221; Boreing tweeted in response. &#8220;We’re building alternatives.&#8221;
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Many people are unaware of our expanding product line at Jeremy’s Razors. Our soap is exceptional. Our shampoo and conditioner are sublime. Body wash, moisturizer, cleanser, beard oil…
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&mdash; Jeremy Boreing (@JeremyDBoreing) <a href="https://twitter.com/JeremyDBoreing/status/1635557778688466945?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 14, 2023</a></blockquote>
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As for Fraser — who gained a fair amount of weight for the role in addition to donning the &#8220;fat suit&#8221; — and director Darren Aronofsky, the intent was never to trivialize obesity and make it &#8220;a costume.&#8221;
WATCH:
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&#39;The Whale&#39; star Brendan Fraser and director Darren Aronofsky spoke to Newsweek about fat suit critics at the UK premiere of their movie. <a href="https://t.co/ffToAoWZG2">pic.twitter.com/ffToAoWZG2</a>
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&#8220;I&#8217;m not a small man,&#8221; Fraser said at the film&#8217;s U.K. premiere. &#8220;And I don&#8217;t know what the metric is to qualify to play the role. I only know that I had to give as honest a performance as I can.&#8221;
&#8220;There&#8217;s no way you can cast someone to play this job so we had to create and we had to use makeup to get there,&#8221; Aronofsky added, suggesting that many of the people who were criticizing their use of makeup had not even seen the film. &#8220;The film is about bringing empathy to two characters that you don&#8217;t expect to feel for.&#8221;
&#8220;The Whale&#8221; took home <a href="https://dailywire.com/news/and-the-oscar-goes-to-live-updates-from-the-95th-academy-awards/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">two Academy Awards</a>: one for best makeup and hair, and the other to Fraser for best actor in a leading role.

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Dove Soap Accuses Brendan Fraser's Makeup Artists Of Fat Appropriation After Oscars Win

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“<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/television">The Last of Us</a>” season finale aired Sunday night at the same time as the 95th <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/oscars">Academy Awards</a>, but that competition did nothing to affect its viewership.
The popular <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/hbo-max">HBO Max</a> drama attracted an audience of 8.2 million <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/ratings">viewers</a> for its season 1 finale on March 12, a record high for the series. Warner Brothers Discovery reported that the first six episodes are now averaging 30.4 million viewers, including initial views and streaming over time. 
“The Last of Us” has become the most-watched HBO Max series in the network’s history in Europe, per <a href="https://variety.com/2023/tv/news/the-last-of-us-season-1-finale-ratings-viewers-1235551465/">Variety</a>. It’s still outranked by “House of the Dragon” in the United States.
Meanwhile, the Academy Awards boasted its highest viewership since 2020 but still failed to get anywhere close to pre-pandemic numbers. The ABC broadcast earned an average of 18.7 million viewers for the evening.
This isn’t the first time the series competed with a major awards show for views. Episode 4, “Please Hold to My Hand,” earned 7.5 million viewers while airing at the same time as the Grammys on February 5, a record at the time. 
HBO Max did not attempt to compete with the Super Bowl on February 12, opting to release that week’s new episode two days early.
“The Last of Us” was already renewed for a second season, and there are rumors of a third. The zombie apocalypse show is based on the video game of the same name, and series creators Craig Mazin and Neil Druckmann have already hinted that the events of the second part of the game could merit two seasons to explore. 
Like season 1, the next installment of “The Last of Us” will rely heavily on the game’s narrative for content but will also divert from gameplay at the creators’ discretion.
Mazin said during a virtual press conference this week that season 2 &#8220;will be different&#8221; from Part II of the game. 
&#8220;It will be different just as this season was different [from the first game],&#8221; he said, per <a href="https://ew.com/tv/the-last-of-us-season-2-bella-ramsey-time-jump/">Entertainment Weekly</a>. &#8220;Sometimes it will be different radically, and sometimes it will be [barely] different at all. But it&#8217;s going to be different and it will be its own thing. It won&#8217;t be exactly like the game. It will be the show that Neil and I want to make.”

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'The Last Of Us' Finale Draws 8.2 Million Viewers, A Series High, Despite Oscars Competition

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Actor Brendan Fraser just won his first Academy Award (Best Actor in a Leading Role, &#8220;The Whale&#8221;) — but according to visual effects artist Dave Rand, the &#8220;Encino Man&#8221; star was a &#8220;righteous dude&#8221; long before he picked up that little gold statuette.
Rand told the story in a lengthy tweet, explaining that Fraser had been the one to step up when a studio bankruptcy resulted in his entire visual effects team getting stiffed for three weeks of work on a major film — to the tune of $1.3 million.
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<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/BrendanFraser?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#BrendanFraser</a> is a righteous dude.
In November 2007 our paychecks stopped. I was the FX lead on <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/JourneyToTheCenterOfTheEarth?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#JourneyToTheCenterOfTheEarth</a> for Meteor Studios in Montreal and was asked to convince my crew to stay and finish the picture with a guarantee we&#39;d all get paid with overtime. We had… <a href="https://t.co/DmQUIEAkMQ">https://t.co/DmQUIEAkMQ</a> <a href="https://t.co/1jegFlWECd">pic.twitter.com/1jegFlWECd</a>
&mdash; Dave Rand (@daverandla) <a href="https://twitter.com/daverandla/status/1635127342019346432?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 13, 2023</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;#BrendanFraser is a righteous dude,&#8221; Rand began. &#8220;In November 2007 our paychecks stopped. I was the FX lead on #JourneyToTheCenterOfTheEarth for Meteor Studios in Montreal and was asked to convince my crew to stay and finish the picture with a guarantee we&#8217;d all get paid with overtime.&#8221; 
&#8220;We had a handful of shots left. As soon as we delivered the last shot, we were escorted out. It was two weeks before Christmas and we&#8217;d soon learn there was no money. Meteor was declaring bankruptcy. They owed us 1.3 million dollars,&#8221; Rand continued — and he said that he immediately contacted the press.
Variety talked to a number of Rand&#8217;s crew but ultimately passed on the story, explaining in an email to Rand, &#8220;The paper has decided that another visual effects company going bankrupt, however sad, is really not news worthy at this time.&#8221;
Rand shopped the story to a number of other outlets in Hollywood, getting similar results every time — and he began to believe that it was coordinated. &#8220;My guess was the studio had put pressure on them to bury it,&#8221; he said.
So he put out a press release himself, which he said only sparked a threatening email and call from Variety and a warning from the labor department, telling him that going to the press could ruin any case they had.
He said that he tried to reach Fraser — the star and producer of the movie — through his people, but failed to make contact.
But then he got a call from entertainment gossip site Page Six, and he jumped at the chance to get the story a <a href="https://pagesix.com/2008/08/01/a-journey-in-search-of-pay/?_ga=1.128297740.1084022795.1394818778" target="_blank" rel="noopener">broader reach</a>. The story went live on August 1, 2008.
&#8220;My phone rang as I was reading the piece, a 212 area code,&#8221; Rand continued, saying that he assumed it was the Page Six reporter who had published the piece. &#8220;I answered to thank the girl, but a man answered and he said, &#8216;Is this Dave Rand?&#8217; I said, &#8216;Yes.&#8217; &#8216;This is Brendan Fraser, what the f*** is going on?&#8217; He had no idea that artists were not paid on his movie. He listened intently, asked a lot of questions and promised he would call me regularly until this was solved.&#8221;
Two days later, Page Six posted an update with a <a href="https://pagesix.com/2008/08/03/to-the-rescue-2/?_ga=1.85880601.1084022795.1394818778" target="_blank" rel="noopener">statement</a> from Fraser&#8217;s representative, who said, &#8220;Brendan just heard about this for the first time. He’s on it. He thinks what happened is awful, and he’s extremely upset.&#8221;
&#8220;We finally got 80% of our money almost 2 years later,&#8221; Rand concluded. &#8220;To quote the great Steve Hulett: &#8216;What runs the world isn&#8217;t what&#8217;s right, or who&#8217;s the richest, it&#8217;s leverage, and who has it.&#8217; We&#8217;d had none, but Mr. Fraser gave us wings. He&#8217;s a righteous dude.&#8221;

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Visual Effects Lead: 'Righteous Dude' Brendan Fraser Fought For Artists When Studio Refused To Pay Up

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The 2023 <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/oscars">Oscars</a> show got its first bump in the ratings since the 2020 broadcast of the annual event, but it still failed to get anywhere close to the numbers the show had before the COVID-19 pandemic.
Fans tuned in to see what would happen when the 95th Academy Awards were broadcast from Los Angeles on Sunday, with the ABC show scoring an average of 18.7 million viewers, according to Nielsen data, the <a href="https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/business/story/2023-03-13/audience-for-abcs-telecast-of-the-oscars-is-largest-since-2020">Los Angeles Times</a> reported.
The ratings for the star-studded event held at the Dolby Theater are up 12% over the the numbers from the year before. It was the best showing for tinseltown&#8217;s biggest night since 2020, when the show brought in an audience of 23.6 million.
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TV Ratings: Oscars Rise to Three-Year High <a href="https://t.co/kOXKKwA9DU">https://t.co/kOXKKwA9DU</a>
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To put Sunday&#8217;s numbers into context, the 2022 Oscars averaged 16.7 million viewers, going up 58% over the telecast&#8217;s all-time low in 2021 of 10.5 million viewers.
The 94th Academy Awards ratings explosion was most likely aided by images and reports that surfaced on social media of <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/will-smith">Will Smith</a> walking up on stage and slapping <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/chris-rock">Chris Rock</a> in the face, as previously <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/will-smith-struck-chris-rock-in-the-face-at-oscars-after-he-cracked-a-joke-about-jada-pinkett-smiths-hair-loss">reported</a>.
However, Sunday&#8217;s numbers for ABC are still dismal compared to the show pre-pandemic in 2019 which had nearly 30 million people tune in to watch their favorite stars and see which films would win.
The outlet noted that the 2023 Oscars seemed more upbeat than the annual awards show since the pandemic shut down Hollywood and the world.
&#8220;Indiana Jones&#8221; star <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/indiana-jones-actor-ke-huy-quan-gets-emotional-during-golden-globes-acceptance-speech">Ke Huy Quan</a> scored an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role in the sci-fi movie &#8220;Everything Everywhere All At Once.&#8221; After being named winner, the actor gave an inspirational acceptance speech about the American Dream, as previously <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/oscar-winner-ke-huy-quan-gets-emotional-about-the-american-dream">reported</a>.
&#8220;My mom is 84 years old and she’s at home watching,&#8221; Quan told the room full of stars Sunday night. &#8220;Mom, I just won an Oscar!&#8221;
&#8220;My journey started on a boat,&#8221;  the Vietnam-born actor added. &#8220;I spent a year in a refugee camp, and somehow, I ended up here, on Hollywood&#8217;s biggest stage. They say stories like this only happen in the movies. I cannot believe it&#8217;s happening to me. This … this is the American Dream!&#8221;
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/indiana-jones-actor-ke-huy-quan-gets-emotional-during-golden-globes-acceptance-speech">&#8216;Indiana Jones&#8217; Actor Ke Huy Quan Gets Emotional During Golden Globes Acceptance Speech</a>

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<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/hollywood">Hollywood</a> once again showed its hypocrisy over the weekend when it erected huge walls with armed security to keep the stars free of the crime in Los Angeles for the 2023 <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/oscars">Oscars</a>.
In pictures that could be seen on various photo websites, ten-foot high fences and barricades of all kinds can be seen lining Hollywood Boulevard around the Dolby Theater in an attempt to keep the celebrities-attending the 95th Academy Awards free of fans or those that possibly wished them harm.
The blockades went down one block of the famous boulevard between Highland Ave. and North Orange Dr. across the street from the El Capitan Theater, <a href="https://www.breitbart.com/entertainment/2023/03/12/oscars-hollywood-builds-walls-to-keep-celebrities-safe-during-academy-awards/">Breitbart.com</a> reported.
Some of the images below show the giant metal fences and armed security stationed throughout the area.
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One description read, &#8220;Fans are gathered behind the barriers take a chance to see celebrities ahead of 95th Oscars on Hollywood Blvd in Los Angeles, California, United States on March 12, 2023.&#8221;
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Another description, &#8220;Giant barriers are seen on Hollywood Blvd ahead of 95th Oscars in Los Angeles, California, United States on March 12, 2023.&#8221;
In the photo below, the armed security is clearly visible in the area walled off.
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In 2019, <a href="https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/oscars-security-heightened-dolby-theatre-1188824/">The Hollywood Reporter</a> noted the security steps the city was taking for the annual awards show.
&#8220;We will deploy enough officers to ensure the safety of all the citizens and Oscar attendees,&#8221; a Los Angeles Police Department spokesperson told the outlet at the time. &#8220;We hope for the best and are prepared for the worst.&#8221;
During former President Donald Trump&#8217;s presidency, many celebrities were very vocal in opposition of his plans to build a wall along the southern border. But given the kind of security we see brought out each year, the stars seem to be fine with walls being put up in order to ensure their safety.
In 2019, actor Javier Bardem used his time as presenter to voice such criticism.
&#8220;There are no borders or walls that can restrain ingenuity and talent,&#8221; <a href="https://www.insider.com/oscars-2019-javier-bardem-slams-trump-border-wall-in-spanish-speech-2019-2">Bardem</a> said in Spanish before giving out the award for Best Foreign Language Film, Breitbart noted.
And celebrities hypocrisy when it comes to gun rights in America have also been well noted by such people as the Daily Wire&#8217;s <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/author/andrew-klavan">Andrew Klavan.</a> His comments can be seen in a video clip <a href="https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=1861329764162846">here</a>.
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/hollywood-is-not-america-why-so-many-celebrities-are-leaving-los-angeles">&#8216;Hollywood Is Not America.&#8217; Why So Many Celebrities Are Leaving Los Angeles</a>

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The 95th Annual Academy Awards was bound to be less dramatic than last year’s show no matter what happened.
The Academy caught heat for failing to react quickly enough when Will Smith strode onstage and assaulted show host Chris Rock last year, making it so they played things extra safe in 2023. Some say the Oscars were a little too cautious, or to phrase it another way, even more boring than usual. That meant cutting down on the political rhetoric that’s become so predictable at every awards show.
But despite host Jimmy Kimmel attempting to make non-offensive jokes, there were still moments during the Oscars which fully displayed the ingrained leftist leanings of the Hollywood community. Did conservatives expect anything else?
<h2>1. “Everything Everywhere All At Once” director defends drag queens</h2>
The night’s big winner was the sci-fi indie flick “Everything Everywhere All At Once,” a totally out-of-the-box project about a Chinese-American immigrant (Michelle Yeoh) who must connect with parallel universe versions of herself to prevent the destruction of the multiverse. The film won seven Oscars including Best Picture.
The movie’s co-director Daniel Scheinert used his Oscars acceptance speech to defend people who dress in drag, including kids. “We want to dedicate this to the mommies, all the mommies in the world, to our moms,” Scheinert said.
“Specifically my mom and dad … thank you for not squashing my creativity when I was making really disturbing horror films, or really perverted comedy films, or dressing in drag as a kid, which is a threat to nobody!” he said, likely referencing recent legislation some states introduced that would prohibit sexually explicit drag performances in front of children.
<h2>2. &#8220;Top Gun: Maverick” snubbed</h2>
No one expected the enormously successful sequel “Top Gun: Maverick” to win an Academy Award, which probably explains why Tom Cruise decided to skip the ceremony completely. Fans marveled that this pro-America, pro-masculinity movie was even nominated in the first place.
MSNBC opinion writer and editor Zeeshan Aleem summed up the feelings of most leftists about “Top Gun” as part of a weekend column. In it, the writer called this blockbuster film’s message “insidious,” “poisonous,” and “literal propaganda.” 
“I hope it tanks at the Oscars,” Aleem concluded. “It’s possible to make thrilling action without so brazenly priming the public for warfare.”
“Maverick” didn’t win any awards despite being adored by fans and raking in more than $1.4 billion worldwide. Even Kimmel made a few jokes about how the movie “saved” Hollywood by getting people to go back to movie theaters again.
The film won for “Best Sound” but lost in all the other six categories it was nominated in.
<h2>3. Jimmy Kimmel adds a January 6 dig</h2>
Considering how liberals can’t go more than 15 minutes without discussing January 6, it should come as no surprise that the evening’s host couldn’t restrain himself from making a joke about it.
While introducing the film editing category, Kimmel added a joke about Fox News host Tucker Carlson.
&#8220;Anyone who’s ever received a text message from their father knows how important editing is,” the late-night host joked. “Editors do amazing things,” he continued. “Edits can turn 44,000 hours of violent insurrection footage into a respectful sight-seeing tour of the Capitol.”
<h2>4. Feminism gets a shout out during a “Women Talking” speech</h2>
In a blink-and-you’ll-miss-it moment, “Women Talking” director Sarah Polley added a little dig to her acceptance speech for “Best Adapted Screenplay.” 
&#8220;First of all, I just want to thank the Academy for not being mortally offended by the words &#8216;women&#8217; and &#8216;talking&#8217; put so close together like that,&#8221; Polley said. She ended her speech by addressing her children, saying, “Your story will be different from ours.&#8221;
Polley adapted “Women Talking” from the 2018 novel by the same name. The story, which was written by Miriam Toews, is about a group of Mennonite women who must decide whether to stay in or leave their community following widespread sexual assault. 
<h2>5. Kimmel jokes about Hunter Biden</h2>
At least leftists aren’t calling the laptop story fake anymore.
During his opening monologue, Kimmel quipped that “The Fabelmans” director Steven Spielberg and actor Seth Rogen were the “Joe and Hunter Biden of Hollywood.” That joke got a huge round of applause from the star-studded audience.
<h2>6. George Santos becomes the butt of a joke</h2>
Another political joke of the evening was at the expense of Congressman George Santos (R-NY), who became a public disgrace after admitting to being a “terrible liar.” It was revealed that he lied about being Jewish plus his education, employment, charity work, and that his mother died on 9/11.
“Did you know … the last directing team to win an Oscar was Congressman George Santos?” Kimmel quipped at one point in the evening.
<h2>Bonus: Michelle Yeoh takes a dig at Don Lemon</h2>
Oscar Award winner Michelle Yeoh, who took home the night’s top prize for Best Actress, made a not-so-subtle reference to notorious left-leaning CNN host Don Lemon’s comment about presidential hopeful Nikki Haley (R) being “past her prime.”
Yeoh made history as the first Asian person to win an Academy Award.
“For all the little boys and girls who look like me watching tonight, this is a beacon of hope and possibilities,” the 60-year-old star said.
“This is proof that dreams, dream big, and dreams do come true. And ladies, don’t ever let anyone tell you you are ever past your prime. Never give up!”

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The film that saved &#8220;<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/you-saved-hollywoods-a-spielberg-praises-cruise-for-top-gun-maverick" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Hollywood&#8217;s a**</a>&#8221; was rewarded for its heroism with a paltry Oscar for Best Sound at <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/hollywood" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The 95th Academy Awards</a> Sunday night.
So why did &#8220;<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/top-gun" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Top Gun: Maverick</a>&#8221; get burnt by The Academy despite its high-flying success? Well, Hollywood bigwigs cannot openly give too much credit to the highest-grossing film of 2022 for its success; Doing so would admit that their anti-American and woke crusade has been an abject failure that has hurt their bottom dollar.
Ultimately, leftists can never admit they were wrong about a topic because doing so would weaken their power — whether that be cultural or political. The reality is that the audience does not want to go to movies for a lecture and forced diversity — they want to be enthralled by the magic of film and a cinematic experience.
&#8220;Maverick&#8221; hauled in <a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2023/01/10/top-gun-maverick-disney-top-box-office-2022.html#:~:text=%E2%80%9CTop%20Gun%3A%20Maverick%E2%80%9D%20was%20the%20highest%20grossing%20theatrical%20release,of%20the%20domestic%20box%20office." target="_blank" rel="noopener">$719 million</a> at the box office last year. The instant classic received rave reviews, including from the legendary producer/director Steven Spielberg, who recently told Tom Cruise at the 2023 Oscar Luncheon, “You saved Hollywood’s a**, and you might have saved theatrical distribution.”
“Seriously, &#8216;Maverick’ might have saved the entire theatrical industry,&#8221; he emphasized.
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TOM CRUISE SAVED the entire movie industry with Top Gun Maverick, according to Steven Spielberg. 
&quot;You Saved Hollywood&#39;s A**&quot;
Spielberg told Cruise at the Oscar luncheon, Top Gun 2 saved the theatrical distribution business, likely because he produced a traditional film that… <a href="https://t.co/QI8jYaF18Z">https://t.co/QI8jYaF18Z</a> <a href="https://t.co/opvwooB76q">pic.twitter.com/opvwooB76q</a>
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So why didn&#8217;t a film like that experience more success Sunday night?
Its critics would say that the film is too pro-America, too anti-Chinese, and too pro-military. All things that Hollywood — Hollyweird as some people like to call it — despise.
To admit that a masculine movie of that caliber is popular — unifying even — would be to admit that the American people do not welcome their message — no matter how hard they try.
Detractors would say that the film is simply Pentagon propaganda. Maybe so. But that&#8217;s still more fun than the woke propaganda we typically get out of Tinseltown.
Better yet, everybody going into the movie understood what they were getting — an entertaining experience displaying good ol&#8217; U-S-of-A bravado. That is a better sell than the usual mental rot of diversity, equity, and inclusion snuck into movies, if not the central plot device.
Again, that lesson can never be outright admitted in Hollywood; Dissent is never tolerated by the Left. As documented in numerous instances, if you dissent and offer even a semi-conservative viewpoint, then you are treated like an outcast.
Yet thanks to the near-universal praise of &#8220;Maverick&#8221; from outside leftist circles, Hollywood execs were reminded that &#8220;there’s money on the table&#8221; for movies such as &#8220;Maverick,&#8221; The Federalist&#8217;s Emily Jashinsky <a href="https://thefederalist.com/2023/03/13/the-top-gun-oscars-too-little-too-late/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">observed</a>. As she put it, Hollywood was reminded of the &#8220;monocultural magic&#8221; films can hold and their ability to attract customers.
As a result, the Oscars show was relatively scant on politics. The entire gambit, Jashisnky concluded, might be too late to save the industry.
Whether that is true remains to be seen.
Yet, one thing that is evident is that, like so many industries <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/not-a-chance-atlantic-writer-begs-for-pandemic-amnesty-forgiveness-for-pandemic-tyranny" target="_blank" rel="noopener">infected by leftist politics</a>, Hollywood cannot humble itself to admit that it has failed because of its ideology. For now, it seems that if wokeness is going to end in Hollywood, it will go out not with a bang, but with a whimper.
The views expressed in this piece are the author’s own and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire.

LONDON, ENGLAND – MAY 19: Tom Cruise attends the Royal Film Performance and UK Premiere of “Top Gun: Maverick” at Leicester Square on May 19, 2022 in London, England.

Why The Oscars Can’t Give ‘Top Gun’ Too Much Credit For ‘Saving Hollywood’s A**’

Why The Oscars Can't Give 'Top Gun' Too Much Credit For 'Saving Hollywood's A**'

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