Jay Dyer and Jonathan Pageau discuss intelligence agencies’ influence on entertainment, military recruitment, and Hollywood’s changing villains.
From James Bond to contemporary blockbusters, they explore how films can shape political beliefs while presenting themselves as ordinary entertainment. Here’s more from The Jay Dyer Archive.
The Film Noirchives dives deep into arguably the most debated topic in film: “Is Film Noir merely a ‘Style’? Or is it a GENRE.”
Here’s more from The Rageaholic.
It’s happening! Paramount and Warner Bros Discovery are merging, and California just settled with the Ellisons.
There are a handful of provisions, but they don’t have to sell any networks. And they likely won’t be moving out of state to Texas or Tennessee.
And it’s probably going to close QUICK. Mark Ruffalo and BlueSky are NOT taking it well… Here’s more from Clownfish TV.
Jimmy Kimmel, the most arrogant and obnoxious of the late-night TV show hosts, is finally getting his ass gored. Even the holdout leftists at ABC are finally biting the bullet and preparing to give Kimmel his walking orders.
It’s not clear yet exactly when the show will end, but speculation is building that ABC could pull the plug this year, possibly early in 2027. Kimmel’s current contract calls for the show to run through May 2027.
Here’s more from David Nino Rodriguez, focusing on president Donald Trump’s campaign to get rid of Kimmel. Rodriguez speculates about other TV and media figures would could feel the Trump wrath soon, most of them in Hollywood and New York.
How did obesity become so acceptable? Americans weren’t always fatter than a pile of lard.
But beginning right after the year 200o, food manufacturers began marketing campaigns around the concept “healthy at any size.” And leftists like the genderqueer nutritionist Lindo Bacon published the book Health At Every Size.
Here, Jay Dyer discusses Fat Acceptance, feminization of men and masculinity in movies with Jonathan Hogwood from the YouTube channel Modern Life Dating.
Trump is pushing for federal tax incentives to keep Hollywood from collapsing, and BlueSky hates it.
Between this and the Ellisons potentially owning half of Tinseltown, it’s gonna get really interesting.
Will Hollywood celebrities happily take the Trump Bucks, or will they starve? Here’s more from Clownfish TV.
Paramount is already eying up studio space in Austin, Texas. So David Ellison is serious about moving the studio out of Hollywood, California.
California Gov. Gavin Newsom wants Attorney General Rob Bonta to settle, and talks are beginning next week.
Meanwhile, Hollywood actor Mark Ruffalo says some anti-Israeli stuff about the Ellisons, and they clap back. Hard.
And Buc-ees won’t open shop in Blue States because of taxes. Here’s more from Clownfish TV.
David Ellison, chairman and chief executive officer of Paramount, says the only reason leftists in California and elsewhere are giving him pushback over the proposed Warner Brothers merger is because CNN is involved.
The Commies fear CNN might be directed to do some honest reporting as opposed to just more leftist broadsides. Maybe CNN could even be downsized or spung off — sold for peanuts on the dollar. Here’s more from Clownfish TV.
Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey has come under fire from historians and online critics for one unforgivable historical inaccuracy: Turning the famous large wooden rabbit into a horse.
Viewers and scholars are demanding answers. Why replace the historically accurate Trojan Rabbit with a horse? Is this Hollywood revisionism? Artistic license gone too far? Or just another case of studios refusing to respect ancient source material? Here’s more from The Babylon Bee.
