Tag: Politics
Cynthia Erivo to Play the Lead in Jesus Christ Superstar Production
Hollywood is poking the bear again, but what’s most interesting about their latest passive-aggressive tantrum is what they’re not doing. It was just announced that Wicked star Cynthia Erivo will play the title role in a production of Jesus Christ Superstar, which will be performed at the Hollywo...
Read MoreDoes a Tom Hanks Saturday Night Live Sketch Insult Trump Supporters?
Saturday Night Live is dominating the online entertainment discussion right now, and as usual nowadays, it’s not for being funny. This year is the long-running late night sketch comedy show’s fiftieth anniversary, and they celebrated this weekend with a three-hour episode that featured former ca...
Read MoreVideo Game Reviewer Will Dock Points Over Gulf of America
Here’s your seemingly daily reminder that games journalism, just like regular journalism, has devolved into little more (oh, who am I kidding – nothing more) than political activism. You’ve probably heard that, upon assuming office, President Donald Trump renamed the Gulf of Mexico the Gulf of...
Read MoreIs Disney Cutting DEI Programs or Just Hiding Them?
Is Disney scrapping its DEI policies? Maybe, maybe not, but it certainly wants people to think it is. In their 2024 SEC filing – as reported by The New York Post – Disney has left out two of its big DEI programs, “Reimagine Tomorrow” and “The Disney Look,” both of which were featured in...
Read MoreTerrifier Director Declares His Films Non-Political
As much as we all want politics out of the arts (at least in the way they’ve been for the past decade or so), we’re in a moment where virtually everything is politically charged, even things making a concerted effort to stay out of politics. One recent instance of this involves the Terrifier fil...
Read MoreAnthony Mackie Tells Moviegoers to Do Better
Anthony Mackie is doing his damnedest to make sure nobody wants to see Captain America: Brave New World. After that snafu where he said Captain America shouldn’t be associated with America (which he “clarified” without actually saying he meant anything different from what it sounded like he me...
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