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Cynthia Erivo has been cast to play Jesus Christ at the Hollywood Bowl’s production of the infamous Andrew Lloyd Webber musical. Erivo is an outspoken member of the LGBT community. “As I stand here in front of you: Black, bald-headed, pierced, and queer, I can say I know a thing or two about being the other,” she said last year at a gala for the Los Angeles LGBT Center.

During Saturday Night Live’s 50th anniversary episode, leftist Hollywood actor Tom Hanks crossed the line with a cruel mockery of Trump supporters, sparking outrage across conservative circles. In the skit, Hanks gleefully ridiculed hardworking Americans who support the president, painting them as out-of-touch, foolish, racist idiots. The sketch, which many are calling despicable, adds fuel to the growing animosity from Hollywood elites toward everyday citizens who hold conservative views. For many, Hanks’ participation in this blatant attack is yet another example of the left’s relentless disdain for those who don't share their progressive agenda.AdvertisementHanks first portrayed a controversial character named...

It’s the Christmas season, and with it comes new Christmas movies. One of those supposedly kid-friendly films is called “Dear Santa” — which stars Jack Black as Satan. And the latter should come as no surprise, as Jack Black has been incredibly outspoken over the past few years regarding his progressive politics and support for Kamala Harris. In the film, his character is summoned by a dyslexic 6th-grader named Liam who had accidentally written “Satan” instead of “Santa” on a letter. Satan then attempts to get Liam to sell his soul for a few granted wishes. Liam then mistakes Satan...

A British online retailer has pulled a line of LGBTQ merch mocking Christians after receiving a wave of complaints and backlash. Former brick-and-mortar mainstay and now online-only retailer Debenhams decided to carry a line of merchandise from Grindcore, an alternative clothing brand. Late last week, one of their shirts went viral online, drawing enough complaints from Christian and conservative groups that the retailer pulled the shirt from its digital shelves. The purple shirt, which retailed for around $50, had the caption “A Gay in a Manger’ and featured LGBTQ-themed rainbow lights emitting from baby Jesus, suggesting the Lord was queer...

CV NEWS FEED // Michigan’s bishops and other Catholics are crying foul after Democratic Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer posted a video mocking Holy Communion on social media. In the video, Whitmer stands wearing a Harris-Walz campaign hat and places a Doritos chip on the tongue of a kneeling pro-abortion writer. The song “Dilemma” by Nelly ft. Kelly Rowland plays in the video as the governor places the mock communion on the tongue of left-wing Canadian columnist and content creator Liz Plank. Plank, who has written for MSNBC and was behind an initiative called “Hotties for Harris,” has repeatedly expressed pro-abortion...

She’s still unburdened by what has been. Vice President Kamala Harris dropped one of her word-salad catchphrases during a campaign stop in Pittsburgh, Pa. — despite facing widespread mockery over the meme-worthy soundbite. The Democratic presidential candidate, 59, ignited social media after slipping her “unburdened” rallying cry into her speech to union workers on Monday night. “We have dreams. We can see what is possible, unburdened by what has been,” Harris said. Critics were quick to seize on the moment on social media, with some noting the “word salad extraordinaire is at it again.” “Kamala gets flustered, defaults to her...

Hillary Clinton was among a string of famous guests who attended the White House state dinner for Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and his wife Yuko Kishida on Wednesday. The former U.S. Secretary of State was joined by her husband, former President Bill Clinton. For the event, Hillary fashioned a flowing purple and pink caftan. The fabric draped over the former Secretary of State with ease, featuring billowing sleeves and an ornately patterned design. Gold details were featured throughout the ensemble, blending the plum and pink hues together in seamless fashion. Hillary completed the look with pointed-toe shoes and accessorized...

On Easter, as the Mission District’s pious donned their Sunday best and filed into the Basilica, an altogether different congregation was gathering in Dolores Park, orchestrated by a colorful, sacrilegious clergy.

New York City Mayor Eric Adams was baptized at notorious Rikers Island jail on Good Friday. Adams was baptized by civil rights campaigner Rev. Al Sharpton, alongside a group of male prisoners. The ceremony came as part of a visit to the jail, which has seen reports of violent crime and inmate deaths, where Adams met with detainees over Easter weekend. Adams was seen joining Sharpton in prayer, being baptized and having his feet washed by the reverend. 'Having been arrested and then elected mayor, I reminded these young men that where you are is not who you are,' Adams...

The quickest way to defang any totalitarian regime is to paint it with the emasculating brush of contemptuous ridicule. Every once in a while, Big Government globalists inadvertently tell the truth. It’s usually not because they’re dumb, but because they’re so entombed inside their own dystopian cocoons that they forget how crazy they might sound to reasonable, well adjusted people. The World Economic Forum is filled with giddy zealots who have no idea how insane their plans for global domination sound to the wider population because the WEF’s psychopathic members are universally eager to depopulate the planet; cage the survivors;...

Students tabling at a Catholic university in Washington, D.C., drew butts on their foreheads and invited people to join them in celebrating “A** Wednesday,” an allusion to the first day of Lent, which is known as “Ash Wednesday.”Georgetown University is considered one of the oldest Catholic and Jesuit schools in the nation. According to its webpage, the university provides “students with a world-class learning experience focused on educating the whole person through exposure to different faiths, cultures and beliefs.” On Wednesday, America First Policy Institute’s Chief Engagement Officer Ashley Hayek shared a photo on X of multiple Georgetown students standing...

Joe Biden has spent approximately 40% of presidency on vacation, and apparently he’s not the only one in the White House who likes to be missing in action. According to a recent exposé from the Los Angeles Times, Kamala Harris is spending more time at her home in California than she has previously. Why? Well, she wants to get away from the “scorn and criticism” that’s coming at her from both sides of the aisle. For Harris, the impulse to escape Washington — where she faces Republican scorn and criticism within her own party — for downtime at home has...

President Biden received a fact-check and a large dose of social media ridicule after getting a major point of his climate policy wrong in a recent post on the X platform (formerly Twitter). In a post touting the Inflation Reduction Act, the administration’s key economic and climate legislation that was passed last year, Biden’s official account got the target date wrong for when the United States power grid would be powered by 81% clean energy. The post received an official X "Community Notes" message noting the error and backlash from critics for the obvious blunder, and took heat from others...

Though the Court has ruled that the Biden Administration's "partnership" with social media to censor freedom of speech is unconstitutional, New York Attorney General Letitia James, along with the attorneys general of 20 other states, is asking the US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit to overrule this decision and allow the Biden administration to continue to instruct social media companies on impermissible content. "The risk to health and welfare from allowing erroneous ideas to poison the minds of the people is of sufficient magnitude to outweigh a misguided belief that a so-called individual right to freedom should prevent...

Progressive Rep. Greg Casar, D-Texas, a new member of the "The Squad," faced waves of mockery on Twitter about his "thirst strike" protest lasting less than 10 hours. "Yesterday was incredible. I was honored to be joined at my thirst strike by workers in Texas and across the nation - and by lots of colleagues pushing for federal heat safety protections," the congressman tweeted Wednesday. "9 hours without water or food, but I’m more energized than ever to get this done." Many commentators across Twitter saw the demonstration as far less of an achievement, with some claiming the premise of...

Academic researchers condemned students’ irreverent and offensive responses to an LGBTQ survey, claiming the pushback indicates "fascist ideologues" are "living ‘inside the house’ of engineering and computer science." In an article for the Bulletin of Applied Transgender Studies, academics from Oregon State University wrote about their shock at receiving sarcasm and mockery in response to their research into undergraduate LGBTQ students studying in STEM fields. The team claimed 50 of 349 responses to their questionnaire on the topic contained "slurs, hate speech, or direct targeting of the research team." Labeling them "malicious respondents," they adapted their project to examine how...

(The Hill) – The phrase “Let’s Go Brandon” started off as a dig at President Biden that spread quickly online and became a political slogan adopted by the president’s critics on the right, including former President Trump. The phrase became popular among Trump’s base after a reporter interviewing NASCAR driver Brandon Brown mistakenly interpreted the crowd’s background chanting of “f— Joe Biden” as “Let’s Go Brandon.” But recently, the use of the phrase has shown signs of shifting. The precursors to the “Dark Brandon” meme first started to make the rounds online shortly after Biden was elected, when a Chinese...

On one occasion, comedian and film director Mel Brooks said, “The only weapon I’ve got is comedy…if I can make this guy [Adolf Hitler] ludicrous, if I can make you laugh at him, then it’s a victory of sorts. You can’t get on the soapbox with these orators…but if you can make them look ridiculous, you can win over the people.” As Thomas More observed of Satan, “the proud spirit cannot endure to be mocked.” If we consult the dark history of totalitarianism, we will see that any ideological and authoritarian system abhors humor. State-appointed writers, tasked with the grave...

‘Gutfeld!’ guests react to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention raising the monkeypox alert to level two after its handling of coronavirus.

The Biden administration has hired the first non-binary person to a federal government leadership position, according to Sam Brinton, who will now serve as deputy assistant secretary of spent fuel and waste disposition in the office of nuclear energy for the Department of Energy. Brinton, who uses the pronouns they/them, said in a post on LinkedIn that they believe they will be the 'first gender fluid person in federal government leadership.' 'In this role I’ll be doing what I always dreamed of doing, leading the effort to solve the nation’s nuclear waste challenges,' Brinton said. 'I’ll do all I can...