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  • The world's greatest alligator movie star has passed away

    05/15/2025 1:00:37 PM PDT · by Red Badger · 22 replies
    Not The Bee ^ | May 15, 2025 | Staff
    RIP to one of the greats. You're with Harambe now. NBC News @NBCNews An alligator that appeared in numerous TV shows and films over three decades, most notably the 1996 Adam Sandler comedy “Happy Gilmore,” has died at a gator farm in southern Colorado. Based on his growth rate and tooth loss, Morris the alligator was at least 80 years old when he died, the Colorado Gator Farm said in a Facebook post Sunday. He was nearly 11 feet (3.3 meters) long and weighed 640 pounds (290 kilograms). Here was Morris in his infamous Happy Gilmore role: Video at link.................
  • First look emerges of Nicholas Cage as John Madden (and Chrisian Bale as Al Davis)

    05/15/2025 5:27:22 AM PDT · by silent_jonny · 42 replies
    nbcsports.com ^ | 5-14-25 | Mike Florio
    When word emerged last year that Nicholas Cage will take a break from making a nonstop string of movies to play John Madden in yet another movie, it was a curiosity. We didn’t know then what we know now. Christian Bale appears in the same film, as the legendary Al Davis. Cage has been in some things that, well, aren’t good. Bale’s work rarely lands in that category. The mere mention of Bale’s name gives Madden cachet. Up the ying yang. (If you’re never seen The Prestige, what are you waiting for? If you start now, you will have...
  • Don’t Underestimate Christian Media

    05/15/2025 4:49:42 AM PDT · by Rev M. Bresciani · 4 replies
    New American Prophet ^ | May 15, 2025 | Dr. Jerry Newcombe
    For years, Christian media has often been viewed as a backwater source—like something seen in a Saturday Night Live skit. A source for snickers, but not for sensible information. But, as Dr. Ted Baehr, the publisher of “Movieguide,” likes to say in effect, “The good news is: The bad news is wrong.”
  • Actor Kelsey Grammer reveals ‘lingering regret’ of abortion: ‘It eats at my soul’

    05/14/2025 10:05:39 PM PDT · by Morgana · 16 replies
    Live Action News ^ | May 8, 2025 | Bridget Sielicki
    In his recently-published memoir, “Karen: A Brother Remembers,” actor Kelsey Grammer revealed that two of his preborn children were aborted — experiences that appear to have greatly affected him. While society parrots the idea that abortion is solely a woman’s issue, Grammer’s story of abortion regret underscores the reality that men are also impacted by the killing of their preborn children. “The abortion of my son eats at my soul” According to People, Grammer wrote that in 1974, a former girlfriend aborted their child. Though Grammer said he was “willing” to keep the baby, he “did not plead with her...
  • Fallout Season 2 Teaser [Trailer]

    05/14/2025 1:19:32 PM PDT · by BenLurkin · 13 replies
    yutube ^ | 05/12/2025 | Sgt Kane
    751,300 views May 12, 2025 #fallouttvshow #fallout4 #fallout Full Amazon upfront teaser, including december release date
  • 'Family Guy' Mocks End of Roe with 'Joke' about Baby Conceived by Rape

    05/13/2025 9:52:03 PM PDT · by Morgana · 20 replies
    mrc NewsBusters ^ | May 5, 2025 | Elise Ehrhard
    Last night, Fox's Family Guy made a crude joke about rape and abortion in an episode that was otherwise focused on corruption in China. In the episode "China Doll," Stewie and Brian (Seth MacFarlane) travel to China after Stewie sees a "Made in China" tag on his stuffed animal, Rupert. Due to a misunderstanding, Brian and Stewie end up in a Chinese forced labor camp that is creating solar panels. While there, Stewie criticizes liberals for supporting the use of solar panels manufactured in China. In response, Brian insults conservatives for overturning Roe v. Wade. Stewie: Twenty years in a...
  • ‘Rusty’ Biden napped during debate prep while advisers hoped he’d be ‘game-day performer’: book

    05/13/2025 9:24:57 PM PDT · by Libloather · 12 replies
    NY Post ^ | 5/13/25 | Ryan King
    resident Joe Biden struggled in practice debates ahead of his disastrous showing against Donald Trump last year — leaving his advisers with little option but to cross their fingers and hope he would be a “game-day performer,” a new book about the collapse of the Democratic administration reveals. Biden’s advisers “blocked out substantial time to prep over several days” at the presidential retreat at Camp David in rural Maryland in June 2024. When the president turned up after a trip to Europe to mark the 80th anniversary of D-Day and attend a G7 summit, he was “rusty and exhausted,” according...
  • Sunny Hostin changes tune on Pope Leo XIV after learning of Haitian roots, declares ‘we have a black pope’

    05/13/2025 8:54:49 PM PDT · by Libloather · 35 replies
    Fox News via NY Post ^ | 5/12/25 | Lindsay Kornick
    “The View” co-host Sunny Hostin revealed Monday she now “loves” Pope Leo XIV after discovering his “black” background. Hostin had previously expressed concerns about the new pontiff on Friday after his comments referencing the “homosexual lifestyle” resurfaced. On Monday, she spoke more optimistically about Pope Leo after learning his maternal grandparents were described as “people of color” on documents, with his grandfather’s original birthplace listed as Haiti. “There’s one other thing that’s very interesting to me because President Trump, as you remember, called Haiti a certain type of country,” Hostin said. “As it turns out, our new American pope has...
  • Robert De Niro attacks Trump in Cannes speech: ‘This isn’t just America’s problem’

    05/13/2025 3:48:04 PM PDT · by MinorityRepublican · 65 replies
    The Guardian ^ | Tue 13 May 2025 | Catherine Shoard
    The actor Robert De Niro has – after a brief period of abstention – returned to his robust public critique of Donald Trump, using his Palme d’Or acceptance speech at the Cannes film festival to newly attack the US president. Speaking during the opening ceremony of the 78th film festival in France, De Niro said that the US’s re-elected commander-in-chief posed a global threat. “In my country, we are fighting like hell for the democracy we once took for granted,” he said. “That affects all of us here, because art is the crucible that brings people together, like tonight. Art...
  • Tom Selleck Faces Backlash for Promoting Reverse Mortgage Ad

    05/13/2025 3:31:29 PM PDT · by nickcarraway · 60 replies
    Tom Selleck has recently faced backlash for promoting reverse mortgage scheme. A source spilled to Radaronline.com that the Blue Bloods actor’s fans found his TV ads misleading. “A lot of people who used to look up to Tom think it's despicable he's the spokesperson for a reverse mortgage lender that is seen as preying on the elderly,” said an insider. The source pointed out, “It's all well and good for him to preach – but he still makes huge paychecks and lives on a 63-acre ranch in California, so what would he know about hardship?” “The feeling is that the...
  • Disney Re-Releases Snow White – and it Bombs Even Worse Than the First Time

    05/13/2025 5:20:06 AM PDT · by Red Badger · 44 replies
    Daily Sceptic ^ | May 12, 2025 | Staff
    Not content with the new Snow White bombing in March, Disney decided to release it again in the US last week, only for it to bomb even worse than the first time and take just $252 per screen. The Telegraph‘s Ed Power has more. Hi-ho, it’s back to the cinema for Disney’s flop live-action Snow White. Having originally crashed and burned in March, the movie misfired all over again after the House of Mouse re-released it in the US last week. Talk about putting the ‘grim’ in Grimm Fairy Tale. Disney’s apparent calculation was that that the advent of summer...
  • French Actor Gerard Depardieu Found Guilty in Sexual Assault Trial

    05/13/2025 5:03:47 AM PDT · by Red Badger · 25 replies
    Breitbart ^ | May 13, 2025 | Staff
    French screen legend Gerard Depardieu was found guilty Tuesday on a charge of sexually assaulting two women on a 2021 film set. He was given a suspended jail term of 18 months at the conclusion of a trial in Paris and duly inscribed on the national sex offenders’ register. The actor’s lawyer confirmed an appeal against the conviction is forthcoming.
  • Video may have killed the radio star, but TDS killed late night talk shows…

    05/12/2025 4:57:09 PM PDT · by Red Badger · 48 replies
    Revolver News ^ | May 12, 2025 | Staff
    Here’s a question for ya: is anyone under 40 still watching late-night talk shows? And even more to the point: is anyone under 40 who isn’t a flaming liberal still tuning in to Kimmel, Colbert, or Fallon? We’d bet the answer is probably “NO.” Sure, media is changing. Podcasts are exploding. Legacy formats are fading; just look at how X has exploded. But the real reason late-night is dying is multifaceted, and one big reason is Stage 5 Trump Derangement Syndrome. These shows aren’t just outdated; they’ve become downright insufferable. It’s the same tired punchlines. The same smug sneering. The...
  • Jen Psaki holds mock press briefing trashing 'MAGA spin' on White House questions

    05/12/2025 1:19:08 AM PDT · by Libloather · 40 replies
    Fox News ^ | 5/11/25 | Lindsay Kornick
    MSNBC’s Jen Psaki appeared to mock White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt with her own spin as press secretary for the Trump administration during her show on Friday. "I have noticed the White House briefing room has taken a bit of a bizarro turn lately. And I figured, what the hell, it’s a Friday night. Why not dust off the cobwebs and field a few questions from the White House press briefing room today? Because it’s been a while. Of course, I’m going to answer them without the usual MAGA spin," Psaki said on "The Briefing." The former White House...
  • Dumb Things Everyone Overlooks In Dune

    05/11/2025 5:58:56 PM PDT · by Red Badger · 92 replies
    www.sciencing.com ^ | May 04, 2025 | Mina Nakatani
    Back in 2021, "Dune: Part One" released to no small amount of acclaim. Really, the accolades just kept coming — six wins at the Oscars (of 10 nominations), and a long laundry list of other awards. A few years later, a sequel arrived with a similar level of aplomb — a ton of awards and nominations, in other words. And all of that is aside from the general level of popularity that both movies have won from legions of fans. That's all well and good, and as a movie, it's hard to deny that Denis Villeneuve's works are masterclasses in...
  • WWE is saddened to learn that Terry Brunk, known to wrestling fans as Sabu, has passed away.

    05/11/2025 4:38:07 PM PDT · by Red Badger · 17 replies
    Twitter / X / ^ | May 11, 2025 | Staff
    WWE is saddened to learn that Terry Brunk, known to wrestling fans as Sabu, has passed away. WWE extends its condolences to Sabu’s family, friends and fans.
  • No, David Zucker, you couldn’t make ‘Airplane!’ today — but why would you want to?

    05/11/2025 3:48:15 PM PDT · by DallasBiff · 39 replies
    STL Jewish Light ^ | 10/16/21 | PJ Grisar, Forward
    In a lengthy essay published in the New York Post, we learn that filmmaker David Zucker was recently asked an inane question at an anniversary screening of his 1980 film “Airplane!” “Could you make ‘Airplane!’ today?” an audience member asked. Zucker’s response was, “Of course, we could. Just without the jokes.” Really? Is there a big market right now for films spoofing the genre of airplane-based disaster flicks from the 1970s?
  • RV fireball torches iconic NYC diner from ‘Goodfellas,’ sparking calls for camper crackdown

    05/11/2025 3:13:12 PM PDT · by ChicagoConservative27 · 19 replies
    Nypost ^ | May 11, 2025, | By Kevin Sheehan and Zoe Hussain
    A fireball from a parked RV sparked a fire that tore through an iconic Queens diner from the movie “Goodfellas” – and now one mayoral candidate is calling for a camper crackdown. The fire erupted at 9:30 p.m. Saturday at GoodFellas Diner in Maspeth with 60 firefighters eventually arriving to put out the flames, according to the FDNY. The blaze came seven years after the same diner caught fire. Two civilians were evaluated on the scene and refused medical attention, the department said.
  • MAGA erupts in fury at SNL cast for deeply personal stab at Pete Hegseth: 'This is disgraceful'

    05/11/2025 12:03:10 PM PDT · by DFG · 53 replies
    UK Daily Mail ^ | 05/11/2025 | Noa Halff
    MAGA supporters have erupted in fury over Saturday Night Live's latest political sketch featuring a deeply personal dig at Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth. The controversial segment, which aired this weekend, featured former cast member Cecily Strong returning as Judge Jeanine Pirro alongside Colin Jost portraying Hegseth as her 'drinking buddy.' In the sketch, Strong repeatedly made light of alleged alcohol issues that the real-life Defense Secretary has vehemently denied. 'I love Pete Hegseth. He's my old drinking buddy,' Strong's Pirro said. When Jost then entered the scene as Hegseth, Pirro was so surprised that she sprayed wine all over his...
  • Holy Mess: Anthony Quinn in The Shoes of the Fisherman

    05/11/2025 11:51:39 AM PDT · by Twotone · 8 replies
    SteynonLine ^ | May 10, 2025 | Rick McGinnis
    The news of this week was summed up in a phrase: Habemus papam. The election of a new Pope was major news for the world's 1.4 billion Catholics, of course, but the internal workings of the Vatican hold a strange, almost universal appeal, and even after two millennia the papacy is appreciated as a political institution as much as a religious one. Everybody, Catholic or not, suddenly had an opinion about the candidates and the factions fighting over each ballot behind the locked door of the Sistine Chapel, and the most confident analyses were, as ever, offered by non-Catholics –...