Free Republic

It finally happened and not a moment too soon. Conservatives and old-school liberals have been waiting, and waiting, for a Hollywood A-lister to defend free speech. We’ve had comic legends do just that, from John Cleese to Bill Maher. Their comments, and bravery, matter. Others, like legendary author Judy Blume, approached the subject but only to smite a rising GOP star with a limited grasp of the facts. Cutting through the pop culture noise demands something extra – the biggest stars in entertainment blasting the freedom-snuffing woke mindset. Enter Steven Spielberg. The Oscar-winning director not only mocked efforts to revise...

Kate Winslet, 47, floated her opinion Saturday on the infamous “Titanic” door debate using her experience with paddle boarding while appearing on the Happy Sad Confused podcast. The debate — which has been going on for nearly 25 years since the film’s release — first floated to the surface during the climatic scene of James Cameron’s “Titanic,” where Rose (played by Winslet) is laying on a shattered door leaving her love interest Jack ( played by Leo DiCaprio) to freeze in the water. Several people who have watched the 1997 film have argued that if Rose had moved over, both...

KENEDY COUNTY, Texas - Vice President Dick Cheney has finally been cleared of any lingering suspicion in the February 2006 hunting incident that landed 78-year old Texas lawyer Harry Whittington in the hospital and put the eyes of a skeptical nation squarely on America's second-in-command. The Kenedy County sheriff's office, having reexamined the case due to pressure from the citizenry, determined that, contrary to initial reports, Whittington actually shot first in the fracas, endangering Cheney and prompting the retaliatory shot that lodged shotgun pellets in the lawyer's torso, face and neck. Cheney's response was described by the sheriff's office as...