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Did the Oscars Finally Get the Message?

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“Top Gun: Maverick” earned just one Oscar Sunday night, but the blockbuster still ruled the evening. The apolitical 2022 sequel, and gracious star Tom Cruise, set the tone for a shocking Academy Awards reversal. The 95th annual gala focused on charm, glamour and gratitude, mostly eschewing the hard-Left politics that made the ceremony unwatchable in recent years.

PEN America Honors Newly Woke Tina Fey, Ignores Her Comedy Betrayal

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Had the group done so a few years back the award would make more sense. Fey smart, witty and prolific, and she regularly rejected the emerging woke revolution. She once flatly rejected a Cancel Culture-style attack on her work by saying she makes it a policy not to explain her jokes. Since then, she’s done a 180 on free speech and comedy and pledged allegiance to the new woke order.

Here’s Why “SNL” and Late Night Won’t Touch Biden, Kamala and Mayor Pete

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Their hard Left audience, along with the journalists who fawn over their monologues, would abandon them. The comedians wouldn’t lose their heads. Instead, their contracts wouldn’t get renewed. There’s another reason Colbert and Co. won’t go near Democrats, no matter how ripe the material may be. It might cause the politicians’ poll numbers to slump.

Russell Brand Shreds “Nepo Baby” Pelosi Propaganda Documentary

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Imagine the reaction to a documentary about President Donald Trump directed by … Don Jr. It’s exactly what HBO bought with “Pelosi in the House,” which was directed by her daughter. Comedian and rabble-rouser Russell Brand has some thoughts on the subject. Brand, whose six million YouTube flock has made him a powerful pop culture voice, excoriated the very idea of a Pelosi-on-Pelosi documentary.

Netflix Rejects Woke and Stages Stunning Comeback

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Team Netflix tightened its belt and, more importantly, took a stand for creative freedom. Actions included: embraced Dave Chappelle despite a relentless Cancel Culture attack for his trans jokes; told woke employees to find work elsewhere if its content offended them; and quit on woke content like Meghan Markle’s “Pearl” series and “Antiracist Baby.”

Why “Gutfeld!” Matters Even More Than Conservatives Think

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“Gutfeld!” offers something other late-night shows don’t – jokes aimed at Team Biden and the progressive agenda. And, given President Joe Biden’s rickety approval ratings, that matters. It’s clear other networks could have served up their own “Gutfeld!”-like show but refused to engage with Red State USA. They left money on the table and continue to do so by failing to clone the “Gutfeld!” model.