Katherine Maher’s tenure as head of far-Left NPR is off to a rocky start. Maher ascended to the position last month, but two recent events have caused her considerable headaches. And one is all her fault. NPR's senior business editor Uri Berliner details how the newsroom was overtaken by Trump Derangement Syndrome after 2016. pic.twitter.com/qwUnBsTBXr — Citizen Free Press (@CitizenFreePres) April 9, 2024 Last week, a veteran NPR editor exposed the outlet’s extreme liberal bias for all to see. Uri Berliner took to the cyber-pages of The Free Press to lament NPR’s inability to do its job. The ..read more

Bill Maher doesn’t want comedians canceled for telling the “wrong” joke. He’s made that clear on both his “Club Random” podcast and HBO’s “Real Time with Bill Maher.” Few entertainers, Left or Right, have been as relentless in attacking the woke mindset, the rocket fuel behind Cancel Culture. Maher makes a living by telling jokes that make us think, laugh and sometimes squirm. And while he understands some show biz types deserved permanent cancellation, like incarcerated movie mogul Harvey Weinstein, others deserve leniency. Maher mentioned two of the industry’s biggest stars who deserve a sec ..read more

Confession: This critic loves movies where innocents scramble in the woods while something or someone hunts them down. Think of thrillers like “Backcountry” or the sublime “Alone” as prime examples. The plots are simple but effective. And who can’t relate to a person thrust into a life-or-death challenge? It’s like “Squid Games” in Mother Nature. Yet “Prey,” a German thriller now streaming on Netflix, might be among the worst of this guilty pleasure sub-genre.  We follow five allegedly close friends on a different kind of bachelor party. They don’t need strippers or booze, just a little ..read more

Actor Alan Ritchson is having a moment. It’s a rare and magical thing in Hollywood when a star’s docket brims with exciting new projects. The media, as if on cue, fawns over his or her every syllable. That’s where Ritchson stands today. Not only does he headline Amazon Prime’s “Reacher,” he also has a buzzy new action film heading our way soon – “The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare” (April 19).  Ritchson, who most recently starred in “Ordinary Angels,” opened up to The Hollywood Reporter about, well, everything. Trump. Christianity. Fame. Sexual Abuse. Now, Ritchson is acknowledging ..read more

John Cleese is the master of both silly walks and sublime comedy takes. The Monty Python veteran is as feisty as ever at 84, slashing those attempting to crush comedy that breaks any kind of so-called rule. Cleese opened up to FIRE’s Greg Lukianoff about free speech, “The Life of Brian” and much more in a revealing chat. FIRE stands for the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression, a group that often does what the ACLU once did – stands up for free speech. The comic legend recalled the reaction his 1979 film “The Life of Brian” and today’s Cancel Culture movement.  The former exp ..read more

There’s a good reason movie studios can’t stop making sequels to popular films. Return on Investment. Or, at the very least, they’re less risky than original stories. Just ask the minds behind 2023’s well-regarded thriller “The Creator” how that works. That explains the flood of new movie projects announced this week. Sequels. Prequels. Reboots. It’s actually more like a cinematic tsunami. The news comes courtesy of this week’s CinemaCon, a star-studded event meant to showcase the titles coming to theaters over the next few years. Let’s start with the least necessary of them all. The “Scary Mo ..read more

It’s increasingly clear we’re not allowed to share select thoughts in public. We saw that with Hunter Biden’s laptop and contrarian views about the pandemic. The Twitter Files exposed how both topics got censored beyond a reasonable doubt. RFK Jr arguing that Biden is a bigger threat to Democracy than Trump Look no further than the Twitter Files or vaccine mandates. "37 hours after taking office he was censoring me." Biden preventing RFK Jr. from receiving Secret Service is a presidential threat to RFK . Very… pic.twitter.com/7xvxIL1kWv — Eric Abbenante (@EricAbbenante) April 2, 2024 Twitte ..read more

Brad Skistimas, AKA Five Times August, is a musician growing a niche fan base with songs including “God Help Us All,” “I Will Not Be Leaving Quietly,” and “Silent War.” His latest release is “Ain’t No Rock ‘n Roll” with Baste Records, a label celebrating its one-year anniversary this month. Conservative musicians often find it hard to snag record deals while watching leftist singers catapulted by stardom-creating labels. This obstacle is surmountable, however, not through curated popularity but on sheer conviction shared between audience and musician. Five Times August nails what free people ..read more

Director Larry Fessenden pumped new life into Frankenstein’s monster with 2019’s “Depraved.” The genre veteran’s attempt to reimagine the werewolf genre, alas, deserves a swift silver bullet. “Blackout” is sluggish from start to finish and marinates in stale progressive talking points. The creature itself is the ultimate let down. When a horror film’s budget is this low, you’re better off showing less, not more. That worked for Steven Spielberg and the malfunctioning robot shark in “Jaws,” no? Not here. It’s hardly the only flaw in this bargain-basement dud. A nasty prologue hearkens back to ..read more

Late-night television changed forever after Donald Trump descended that escalator in 2015. The left-leaning format abandoned all pretense of objectivity, turning their hosts into DNC shills. Fox News’ “Gutfeld!’ remains a sobering exception. When President Trump left office in January 2021 that mission creep stayed in place. Now, with the Biden-Trump rematch heading our way, some of late-night TV’s biggest stars are getting nervous. Some might say panicky. Why? The polls suggest the former President might just beat the current President come November. We’re a long way from November, but at t ..read more