Few stars remain box office attractions into their golden years. Clint Eastwood, 93, rushes to mind, and 61-year-old Tom Cruise may likely join him over the next decade. Harrison Ford, at 81, also draws a crowd but it’s mostly via established franchises like “Star Wars” and “Blade Runner.”
Then there&#8217;s Oscar winner Denzel Washington, whose star has yet to dim. In fact, it may be as bright as ever. 
Washington’s latest film, “The Equalizer 3,” snagged an impressive $42.8 million over Labor Day Weekend, a time of the year when few films rock the box office. The franchise isn’t as big as the “Fast &amp; Furious” saga, nor as heavily hyped as your average superhero chapter.
Washington was the main attraction, again, and that’s all audiences needed to know. The actor wasn’t able to promote the film due to the dueling Hollywood strikes, but when audiences saw his face on the poster, they reacted accordingly.
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Washington’s presence doesn’t guarantee box office success, but his bond with the American movie-going public remains as strong as ever. It’s no accident as to why.
Let’s start with talent.
Washington’s range lets him play rough-and-tumble heroes (“Safe House,” “Man on Fire”) as well as broken souls hungry for redemption (“Flight,” “Fences”). He’s a two-time Oscar winner, and chances are he could snag a third before he calls it a career.
The word gravitas is over-used in Hollywood, but Washington has it in abundance. That face, that steely gaze can say plenty without a screenwriter tapping his or her keyboard.
The Movie Star Era is all but over, but the 68-year-old is one of the few, stubborn holdouts.
Washington stays within his brand, generally playing flawed but fascinating heroes (“Roman J. Israel, Esq.” “Unstoppable” “The Equalizer” franchise). He earned his Best Actor honor for 2001’s “Training Day,” one of the few times he played a deeply corrupt soul. (He previously earned a Best Supporting Actor trophy for 1989’s “Glory.”)
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Many A-list actors work, and work, sometimes starring in multiple films a year. Not Washington.
He takes matters more slowly, choosing his projects with care. That means he’s never over-exposed in the public eye.
He also isn’t a steady presence on social media and steers clear of political in-fighting. That alone sets him apart from his peers, ensuring audiences see him as an actor first and rarely an activist.
That doesn’t mean he’s the strong and silent type.
The star took umbrage with a fake news article suggesting he had switched his support from Hillary Clinton to Donald Trump during the 2016 presidential election cycle. <a href="https://thehill.com/blogs/in-the-know/in-the-know/309142-denzel-washington-blasts-media-for-selling-bs/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">He lashed out at the press</a> for spreading the false information.
<blockquote>“If you don’t read the newspaper, you’re uninformed. If you do read it, you’re misinformed.”</blockquote>
He even took the high road immediately after fellow superstar Will Smith slapped presenter Chris Rock during the 2022 Oscars ceremony. Washington chose to <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2022/04/03/entertainment/denzel-washington-will-smith-oscar-slap/index.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">pray with Smith</a> rather than join those eager to smite the “Fresh Prince” alum.
<blockquote>“Who are we to condemn? I don’t know all the ins and outs of the situation, but I know the only solution was prayer.”</blockquote>
Many Hollywood stars use their celebrity clout to promote Democratic politicians or causes. Washington flexes his fame to promote the Boys and Girls Clubs of America, a relationship that began back in the late 1990s. He leaned on the group as a lad and knows the value the organization brings to the next generation.
He’s also shared his wealth for other worthy causes, including scholarships to medical students, establishing the Denzel Washington Endowed Chair in Theatre at his alma mater, Fordham University and supporting historically black <a href="https://www.essence.com/news/denzel-washington-family-foundation-commits-1-million-to-support-hbcu-in-texas/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Wiley College in Marshall, Texas.</a>
That charity streak, combined with his oft-heroic roles, forged a unique bond between actor and audience.
Washington has risked that relationship with one part of his belief system. The actor is an unabashed Christian and he often evokes God during his interviews. That can be “problematic” in show business circles. It helps that Washington shares his spiritual side with grace and delicacy, never proselytizing when he can uplift those around him.
Still, <a href="https://www.iheart.com/content/2022-04-03-10-times-denzel-washington-was-candid-about-his-christian-faith/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">comments like this</a> could spell trouble for lesser stars.
<blockquote>&#8220;One of the most important lessons in life that you should know is to remember to have an attitude of gratitude, of humility, understand where the gift comes from. It&#8217;s not mine, it&#8217;s been given to me by the grace of God.&#8221;</blockquote>
Not Washington. Even the faith-averse press gives him a pass.
His “Magnificent Seven” co-star, avowed Christian Chris Pratt, isn’t so fortunate. That’s no knock on the “Guardians of the Galaxy” star, but few actors enjoy the goodwill generated by Washington.
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Washington has been both famous and scandal-free for decades. That’s no easy feat given the temptations of fame. He’s even been married to <a href="https://www.bet.com/article/dn2bej/denzel-washington-40th-wedding-anniversary-timeline#:~:text=The%20couple%20first%20met%20in,been%20married%20for%2040%20years.&amp;text=On%20June%2025th%2C%201983%2C%20they,celebrating%2040%20years%20of%20marriage." target="_blank" rel="noopener">the same woman</a>, Pauletta Washington, for 40 years. They have four children, including rising star John David Washington of “Tenet” fame.
Staying married in Hollywood that long is an achievement unto itself. For Washington, it’s just one more reason audiences haven’t tired of his superstar presence.
Christian Toto is an award-winning journalist, movie critic and editor of <a href="http://www.hollywoodintoto.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">HollywoodInToto.com</a>. He previously served as associate editor with Breitbart News’ Big Hollywood. Follow him at <a href="https://twitter.com/HollywoodInToto?lang=en" target="_blank" rel="noopener">@HollywoodInToto</a>.
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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Academy Award-winning actor <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/sean-penn-abandoned-his-car-walking-miles-to-the-polish-border-to-escape-russian-invasion" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Sean Penn</a> revealed in a recent interview what he would have done if he had been president of the United States in the aftermath of the September 11 terrorist attacks.
In the <a href="https://variety.com/2023/film/features/sean-penn-slams-will-smith-slap-ai-oscars-1235720417/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">interview</a>, published this week by entertainment outlet Variety, Penn suggested that he would have hunted down the perpetrators of the devastating attack, no matter what the consequences for himself personally.
&#8220;I’d have let White House counsel know that they are on vacation,&#8221; Penn said. &#8220;I’m not consulting with them. If I have to go to prison, I’ll go, but I’m going to kill them. I’m killing everyone that did this. But only them. And we know where the f*** they are.&#8221;
Penn&#8217;s most recent project – scheduled for a September 18 release – is a documentary on Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky titled &#8220;Superpower.&#8221; And he let it be known in the interview that he was still angry that the Academy <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/sean-penn-threatens-to-smelt-his-own-oscars-if-academy-nixes-zelensky-speech" target="_blank" rel="noopener">refused</a> to allow Zelensky a platform during the 2022 awards show.
&#8220;The Oscars producer thought, &#8216;Oh, he’s not light-hearted enough.&#8217; Well, guess what you got instead? Will Smith!&#8221; Penn said. &#8220;I don’t know Will Smith. I met him once. He seemed very nice when I met him. He was so f***ing good in &#8216;King Richard.&#8217; So why the f*** did you just spit on yourself and everybody else with this stupid f***ing thing? Why did I go to f***ing jail for what you just did? And you’re still sitting there? Why are you guys standing and applauding his worst moment as a person?&#8221;
Penn, who once spent 33 days in the clink for punching someone, spoke from experience – and he said that was when he was truly finished with the Oscars, even his own.
&#8220;I thought, well, f***, you know? I’ll give them to Ukraine. They can be melted down to bullets they can shoot at the Russians,&#8221; he said.
The actor also weighed in on the ongoing strikes – involving both the writers and actors unions — and made a shocking point about the studios&#8217; <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/studios-load-up-on-ai-specialists-as-actors-writers-remain-on-picket-line" target="_blank" rel="noopener">plans to use AI</a> in the future.
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Referring to the entire scenario as &#8220;an indecent proposal,&#8221; Penn explained, &#8220;So you want my scans and voice data and all that. OK, here’s what I think is fair: I want your daughter’s, because I want to create a virtual replica of her and invite my friends over to do whatever we want in a virtual party right now. Would you please look at the camera and tell me you think that’s cool?&#8221;
&#8220;That they would do that and not be taken to task for it is insulting. This is a real exposé on morality — a lack of morality,&#8221; he said.

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A <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/denmark">Danish</a> actor and director reacted with derision when asked about the lack of “<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/diversity-equity-and-inclusion-dei">diversity</a>” in the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/watch/movies">film</a> “The Promised Land,” which was screened at the Venice Film Festival.
Actor Mads Mikkelsen and award-winning filmmaker Nikolaj Arcel were sitting for a panel discussion about the movie when an unnamed journalist posed the question. 
“If it’s not because of artistic reasons, but because of a lack of diversity this film cannot <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/oscars">compete</a> in [the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/oscars">Academy Awards</a>]. Are you worried about that?” the journalist asked, prompting Mikkelsen to quickly say, “Are you?”
“You’re putting us on the spot, so you answer the question,” he continued with a laugh and shake of his head.
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Arcel also defended the casting choices. “First of all, the film takes place in Denmark in the 1750s,” he said. “We do have a big plot line about a girl of color who is being subjected to racism. It was very rare to have people of color in Denmark in the 1700s, almost nobody. She was probably at the time the only one in the entire country of Denmark.”
The director went on to discuss how the new diversity requirements in Hollywood weren’t a consideration during the movie’s development. “It wasn’t a thought in our mind. I think it would be a little weird. It’s just historical and how it was in the 1750s,” Arcel added.
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Per <a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt20561198/">IMDb</a>, “The Promised Land” is about a poor soldier named Ludvig Kahlen (Mikkelsen) who arrives in 1755 in Denmark with the goal of cultivating the land to gain wealth and honor. But Kahlen experiences pushback from landowner Frederik De Schinkel, who believes that the land belongs to him.
The Danish journalist was referring to the new Oscars eligibility requirements set forth by the Academy. They stipulate that beginning in 2024, a film will only qualify for Best Picture if it meets specific diversity criteria in two of four diversity areas. The Academy’s new guidelines cover “on-screen representation, themes and narratives” and “creative leadership and project team,” among other items, as The Daily Wire previously <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/oscars-announce-new-inclusion-standards-for-best-picture-revolving-around-underrepresented-groups">reported</a>. 
Per the guidelines, underrepresented groups would need to be included both on screen in major and minor roles and the storylines must focus on those groups as well.

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Danish Director Scoffs At Reporter Asking About ‘Lack Of Diversity’ In His Film: ‘Takes Place In Denmark In The 1750s’

Danish Director Scoffs At Reporter Asking About 'Lack Of Diversity' In His Film: 'Takes Place In Denmark In The 1750s'

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<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/emma-stone" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Emma Stone</a>’s new movie “Poor Things” is generating <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/oscars" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Oscar</a> buzz despite its unique and controversial subject matter.
The <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/movies" target="_blank" rel="noopener">film</a> debuted at the Telluride Film Festival on Saturday and is the work of Greek filmmaker Yorgos Lanthimos, best known for the Oscar-winning movie “The Favourite.” Some entertainment outlets predict that Lanthimos will again get multiple Academy Award nominations for his latest work.
This sci-fi black comedy is based on Alasdair Gray&#8217;s 1992 novel of the same name. It follows Stone playing Bella, a Victorian woman who dies by suicide but is then brought back to life by a scientist who is also her guardian. Dr. Godwin Baxter (Willem Dafoe) revives her by implanting the brain of her unborn child into her body, which effectively makes her a child with a woman’s body. 
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Things become creepy as Bella discovers a preoccupation with sexual activity despite still having a child’s mind. The story is essentially a retelling of “Frankenstein,” but with a heavy dose of graphic sex scenes.
Lanthimos defended the movie’s raunchiness at a press conference at the Venice Film Festival, saying &#8220;sex was intrinsic to the novel” and essential to demonstrating Bella’s freedom. 
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&#8220;It was very important for me to not make a film that would be prudish, because it would be completely betraying the main character. So we had to be confident Emma had to have no shame about her body, nudity [and] engaging in those scenes and she understood that right away,” he said, per <a href="https://variety.com/2023/film/global/poor-things-venice-emma-stone-sex-scenes-intimacy-coordinator-1235710575/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Variety</a>.
&#8220;The great thing about me and Emma is that we have made four films together; there is a shorthand and we can communicate without having to explain or talk too much about things.” Lanthimos said, “As soon as I started saying something about sex, she would say: &#8216;Yes,&#8217; of course, it&#8217;s Bella. We will do what we need to do.”
“Poor Things” currently has a 100% critic score on Rotten Tomatoes, with reviewers calling it “a unique piece of artistry” and “flamboyant, florid, fantastic, and freakish.” 
Despite critics praising the movie, there were several people who were disturbed by the premise.
&#8220;Warning; Hollywood at it again with Prestige Kiddie Porn,&#8221; one X user <a href="https://twitter.com/KeenanPeachy/status/1698002936646000992" target="_blank" rel="noopener">shared</a>. &#8220;With the body of an adult and the brain of a literal newborn, she does what all newborns do: she becomes a nymphomaniac and prostitute, of course. There are graphic sex scenes between Stone &#8211; playing a baby who can barely talk or walk &#8211; and (ew) Mark Ruffalo, the commie Disney star. I forget: can newborns consent to sex? If they’re smoking hot babes they can!&#8221;
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“Poor Things” will premiere nationwide on December 8.

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Emma Stone's New Movie About Sex-Crazed Woman With A Child's Brain Generates Oscar Buzz

The <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/hollywood" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Primetime Emmy Awards</a> and the Creative Arts ceremony are the latest productions impacted by the dual Writers Guild of America (WGA) and Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (SAG-AFTRA) strikes.
The 75th Emmy Awards has been moved from its usual spot in September to next January and will be held at the newly renamed Peacock Theater at LA Live, according to <a href="https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/emmy-awards-delay-new-date-announced-1235548864/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Hollywood Reporter</a>. It is the first time it has moved since 2001, following the terrorist attacks on September 11 of that year <a href="https://variety.com/2023/tv/news/emmys-move-january-2024-martin-luther-king-jr-day-1235692748/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Variety</a> noted.
The pre-taped Creative Arts ceremonies will also be moved until next year because of the ongoing labor strike with the writers and actors unions and the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP). The shows will take place Saturday, January 6, and Sunday, January 7 at LA Live, with an edited presentation that will air on Saturday, January 13 on FXX.
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Some reportedly hoped that moving the ceremonies until November would be a long enough delay, but others feared it wouldn&#8217;t, noting that negotiations are not going well. The AMPTP has only met once with the writers in the 101 days since the strike began after the collective of studios did not approve a new contract with increased minimum compensation and larger contributions to benefits, THR noted. Things have been even worse between SAG-AFTRA and the trade association that represents the studios, with complete radio silence since the group voted to strike in July.
The move to January for both shows will make for a busy month, with the 2024 Golden Globes currently scheduled for January 7, along with the Critics Choice Awards, which are slated for the 14th, <a href="https://variety.com/2023/tv/news/emmys-move-january-2024-martin-luther-king-jr-day-1235692748/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Variety</a> noted. There is no word yet on the conflict of dates. The Academy Awards are currently still set to take place on March 10, 2024.
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The actor&#8217;s union voted unanimously last month to join the WGA strike, effectively shutting down Hollywood, <a href="https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/sag-aftra-strike-press-conference-livestream-1235535529/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">THR</a> noted. The strike means &#8220;all scripted series&#8221; will shut down, and productions on TV shows and movies must stop until an agreement can be reached, as previously <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/disney-ceo-bob-iger-says-writers-and-actors-are-not-realistic-with-demands-its-very-disturbing-to-me" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>.
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/actors-go-on-strike-heres-what-that-means-for-your-shows-and-movies" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Actors Go On Strike. Here’s What That Means For Your Shows And Movies</a>

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Actor <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/russell-crowe-said-he-almost-quit-gladiator-due-to-absolute-rubbish-script" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Russell Crowe</a> said he’s taken so many questions about the upcoming film “Gladiator 2” that producers should pay him.
Crowe took home the Academy Award for Best Actor for his performance in 2001’s “Gladiator” — but as he <a href="https://variety.com/2023/film/global/russell-crowe-gladiator-2-1235659934/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">informed</a> reporters at the Karlovy Vary Film Festival, the follow-up film does not include him.
“They should be f***ing paying me for the amount of questions I am asked about a film I am not even in,” the actor complained.
“It has nothing to do with me. In that world, I am dead. Six feet under. But I do admit to a certain tinge of jealousy, because it reminds me of when I was younger and what it meant for me, in my life,” he continued.
Crowe went on to say that, while he certainly did not have any specific information to share about the film, he had every reason to believe that director Ridley Scott would deliver another story worth watching.
“I don’t know anything about the cast, I don’t know anything about the plot. I am dead!” He said again, adding, “But I know that if Ridley has decided to do a second part of the story, over 20 years later, he must have had very strong reasons. I can’t think of this movie being anything other than spectacular.”
in addition to discussing his own recent work in films like “The Pope’s Exorcist,” Crowe weighed in on his own future in Hollywood as he approached his 60th birthday.
“You are standing in front of the mirror, and go: ‘Who the f*** is that?’ I am in that period now,” he said. “I will take Ridley Scott as my role model: he is still discovering new things in his work. Or I will just stop and you will never hear from me again. I haven’t decided what it’s going to be. These are two very valid choices.”

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‘They Should Be F***ing Paying Me’: Russell Crowe Says He Gets Too Many Questions About ‘Gladiator 2’

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Actress <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/jameela-jamil-shares-details-of-anal-injury-she-received-from-she-hulk-stunts" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Jameela Jamil</a> slammed the idea of the Oscars eliminating gender categories and warned that doing so would &#8220;completely shut out women.&#8221;
The <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/obey-our-cisgender-ally-overlord-jameela-jamil-gets-attacked-for-misgendering-twitter-user-not-apologizing" target="_blank" rel="noopener">37-year-old</a> took to <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CtmSb6bRNvV/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;ig_rid=6512cc75-37cb-45cc-bd7c-ec7d26266fa6">Instagram</a> over the weekend to respond to reports that the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences was considering scrapping gendered acting awards. She proposed creating a new category for &#8220;non-binary people&#8221; instead.
&#8220;Would it not be better to give non-binary people their own category rather than open the door for Hollywood to completely shut out women given the known disproportionate amount of men vs women winning at award shows?&#8221; Jamil asked.
&#8220;I feel as though we will see a growing ire from women who get shut out of award opportunities&#8230;because we have created only one spot among 10s of thousands of actors in a world that favors men,&#8221; she added.
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&#8220;I don’t think it will help women or NB people to minimize the amount of possible winners,&#8221; Jamil continued. &#8220;We should look to EXPAND the possibilities so that both GNC [gender non-conforming] people and women have a fair shot in an industry that has for a long time struggled to treat others [as] equals to men.&#8221;
The &#8220;Good Place&#8221; star noted that if the &#8220;Athlete of the Year&#8221; award were to be given &#8220;without gender,&#8221; it is highly unlikely that &#8220;anyone other than a cis man is going to win, because they dominate that world.&#8221;
&#8220;They generate the most income for the industry, get the most attention and are the biggest stars/names,&#8221; Jamil wrote. &#8220;And yes, that is frustrating, but as I said in these slides, we cannot bank on utopian changes, we have to work incrementally to create change and visibility. The same exists across most industries in the world.
She also said that she decided to post her thoughts on the issue because many people have sent her messages making it clear that they agree with her sentiments, but are &#8220;too afraid to say it publicly.&#8221;
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The Good Place – Season 4

‘Shut Out Women’: Hollywood Actress Slams Idea Of Oscars Eliminating Gender Categories

Hollywood Actress Slams Idea Of Oscars Eliminating Gender Categories

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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>

2013 MTV Movie Awards – Show

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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.

US-ENTERTAINMENT-FILM-OSCARS-AWARD-ARRIVALS-RED CARPET

From Tom Cruise To Hugh Grant, There’s No Shortage Of Train Wreck Celebrity Interviews

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.

95th Academy Awards – Show

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;
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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

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

<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.

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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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