Piers Morgan will be targeting the woke in his new talk show.
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Mario Cantone says cancel culture has everyone on their toes.
The comedian appeared on the “Allison Interviews Podcast” to talk about his career, being a gay man in Hollywood, and the way cancel culture has changed the new generation.
“You can’t say s**t anymore. You can’t say anything. They come after you. I wouldn’t want that job. I would never do it,” Cantone shared. “Joy [Behar] has stuck her foot in her mouth. Whoopi [Goldberg] is one of my closest friends. I adore her, and Joy is too.”
Goldberg was suspended from “The View” recently after controversial comments about the Holocaust.
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“Let’s be truthful about it because Holocaust isn’t about race. It’s not about race. It’s not about race. It’s about man’s inhumanity to man,” Goldberg said on the Jan. 31 episode of the show.
She’s currently suspended for two weeks for her “wrong and hurtful comments” a memo read.
“I didn’t see what Whoopi said, but I know she’s not an anti-semite. Period. She has a heart of gold. She stands up for everything,” he said of his friend. “This cancel culture has ruined entertainment, the world, and comedy. I don’t understand this world anymore, and that is why I don’t really want to do standup anymore.”
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Cantone cited his friend Judy Gold who said it’s impossible for comedians to predict whether content they joke about could trigger someone’s trauma. He agreed with her point and suggested the attitude of the new generation could be a result of Donald Trump’s time in the office.
“You know what I want to say to these kids? Toughen the f**k up.
Piers Morgan will be targeting the woke in his new talk show.
Piers Morgan vows to “cancel cancel culture” with his new TV talkshow and “take those ultra woke lunatics head on.”
“Aziz Ansari is an incredible talent and, with this script, he brings a singular combination of insightful humor and pathos,” Searchlight presidents David Greenbaum and Matthew Greenfield said in a statement. “We’re thrilled to be partnering with him on his feature directorial debut which is long overdue, and of course working with the genius Bill Murray once again.”Taylor Friedman and Cameron Chidsey are overseeing the project for Searchlight Pictures.
Aziz Ansari (Master of None, Parks and Recreation) is making his feature directorial debut with an untitled dramedy for Searchlight, based on the 2014 non-fiction book Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End by surgeon Atul Gawande, in which he’ll star alongside Oscar nominee Bill Murray (The French Dispatch, Lost in Translation), Deadline has confirmed.
John Barrowman has blasted cancel culture and said he’s ready to “move on” after being accused of inappropriate on-set behaviour. The 54-year-old was accused of exposing himself on set of Doctor Who and its spin off show, Torchwood.
K.J. Yossman As BBC Studios gears up for its annual showcase, where it introduces its upcoming hot projects to international buyers, U.K.-based Jonathan Blyth, BBC Studios’ director of comedy, and Kelly Miller, BBC Studios’ Los Angeles-based senior VP of scripted strategy, sat down with Variety to discuss what’s on their comedy slate, working with streamers and the biggest challenges they’re currently facing.What do you look for in a comedy?Kelly Miller (KM): It’s all about authentic storytelling, that lived-in experience, a talent who has something to say. Those are the comedies and the shows that are most resonant with audiences around the world, but particularly here in the U.S.Jonathan Blyth (JB): Talent is very much at the heart — front and centre.
Black Mirror film Bandersnatch was originally going to be more complex.The Netflix one-off originally dropped during the 2018 festive period, and follows a young video game programmer (Fionn Whitehead) as viewers guide his decisions with a series of interactive choices.Reflecting on how Bandersnatch turned out, Brooker admitted to The Guardian in a new interview: “From a technical point of view, I was satisfied.”However, the writer revealed that he initially wanted an escape room feel, which included a puzzle that viewers would solve by repeatedly failing, with each failed turn giving another digit in a phone number, before it was scrapped.“The problem was, and this is a damning indictment of humankind, people couldn’t remember a five-digit number for more than five seconds,” Brooker admitted. “So we had to take that out.
Shannen Doherty is sharing her thoughts on “cancel culture” in a lengthy new Instagram post.
Murray Bartlett is looking back at THAT moment from the season one finale of The White Lotus!
The soap star took to social media to say cancel culture, the phenomenon of ostracising people or companies that are offensive, is "the lamest of the lame".
Allison Kugel on her podcast “Allison Interviews.”“I was booked on [‘The Tonight Show’ with] Johnny Carson in October of 1986 by the show’s talent coordinator,” the “Sex and the City” star began. “When he saw me, he said, ‘Oh my God, you’re amazing! We are going to shape six minutes for you.’ Then he looked at the video again, because he filmed it that night, and he said, ‘You know what? Your comedy has a gay edge to it and I think it’s going to make Johnny nervous, so I’m going to cancel you,’ ” Cantone continued. Elsewhere in the interview, the Massachusetts native also discussed the loss of his onscreen husband and pal, Willie Garson.
ever “canceled” celebrity after notoriously getting suspended and reinstated from the A&E hunting show in 2013 over alleged homophobic comments. Now, nearly 10 years on, the “uncancelable” 75-year-old reality TV star says he doesn’t regret the remarks, and claims he wishes cancel culture “sinners” would quit “accusing each other.”Robertson dropped the feather-ruffling remarks while hyping the Tuesday release of his new book, “Uncanceled: Finding Meaning and Peace in a Culture of Accusations, Shame, and Condemnation,” which argues how Christianity is the perfect antidote to cancel culture.“We’re all guilty of sin.
One of Joe Rogan’s biggest critics, India Arie, said that she doesn’t believe in cancel culture and isn't asking for the podcaster to be censored, despite taking her music off of Spotify’s platform. Rogan is one of the streaming service's biggest stars, with a contract that could earn him more than $100 million. However, Arie joined artists like Neil Young and Joni Mitchell in asking that their music be removed from the platform due to its inclusion of "The Joe Rogan Experience" podcast.
Mario Cantone is opening up about how he learned about Willie Garson‘s cancer diagnosis.
Mario Cantone will never forget the moment his co-star and on-screen husband Willie Garson told him he had terminal cancer.
A royal expert has claimed that Prince Harry is currently 'laying low' in a bid to avoid causing 'any more upset'. The Duke of Sussex, 38, has opened up about life as a royal on several occasions over the past year, after stepping down from his position as a senior member of The Firm in January 2020. Prince Harry and Meghan's infamous tell-all interview with Oprah Winfrey sent shockwaves through the royal family, and Harry has also taken part in several podcasts following the interview.
. His hilarious character, Anthony Marentino, is newly single on the reboot, and everyone's favorite outspoken baker could find love again.«The thing about Anthony is, and [show runner] Michael Patrick King told me, that he has evolved,» 62-year-old Cantone tells ET's Rachel Smith of his character.