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Netflix’s new cyber apocalypse film, “Leave the World Behind,” warns that white people should not be trusted if the world faces an apocalypse disaster. The new film was co-produced by Barack and Michelle Obama and stars Julia Roberts and Kevin Bacon. The movie’s plot follows a white family vacationing in a rented house on Long Island. At the beginning of the movie, the vacation home’s owner, G.H. Scott, and his daughter, Ruth, arrive at their home after a major cyber attack occurs across the United States. During one scene, G.H. and his daughter Ruth are seen together about to sleep,...

Former first lady Michelle Obama joined former President Bill Clinton, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and President Biden aboard Air Force One on Tuesday to travel to the funeral of former first lady Rosalynn Carter in Georgia. Michelle Obama, 59, traveled without her husband and Biden’s ex-boss, former President Barack Obama, amid renewed speculation that she could follow in Hillary Clinton’s footsteps and seek the nation’s top job for herself. The 81-year-old Biden faces dismal poll numbers ahead of next year’s expected rematch against former President Donald Trump, who leads in national and swing-state polls despite four pending criminal...

18 May Golan, Minister for the Advancement of the Status of Women of Israel, said Saturday that she had approached former U.S. First Lady Michelle Obama to condemn attacks on Israeli women by Hamas on October 7 — and been met with complete silence. Golan, a member of the ruling Likud party, spoke to host Erel Segal on Israel’s Channel 14, in the course of an interview about the broader failure of women’s rights organizations to condemn allegations of sexual violence against women during the terror attack.

Everyone in life faces disadvantages of one form or another. Almost all children get called an unpleasant name or two in grade school. Some are oppressed by a drunk, abusive, or absent parent. Others may be trapped in horrific schools or extreme poverty. Still others are simply not gifted with high IQs or the ambition to work hard and succeed. The list of reasons why most people don’t go to Ivy League schools and then on to lucrative careers is long, and “oppression” comes in many forms. If you are the first black White House family, oppression takes the shape...

Claim: Oscar-winning actor Tom Hanks once said during a July 2020 interview, "If you can't wear a mask and wash your hands and social distance, I don't understand. I've got no respect for you man." Rating: In September 2023, users on X shared an old video and claimed that it showed Oscar-winning actor Tom Hanks saying he had "no respect" for people who wouldn't wear masks during the COVID-19 pandemic. The most popular post from Sept. 19 earned millions of impressions. The video upload in the post was attributed to a January 2023 post made by the account @healthbyjames, which...

Tom Hanks sparked concern among his fans earlier this month, as he appeared to be struggling to contain the shaking of his arm. The 65-year-old is in the midst of a promotional whirlwind for Baz Luhrmann's biopic of Elvis, in which Hanks stars as the singer's manager. Luhrmann, who was born in Sydney, arranged for an Australian premier to be held in the city of Gold Coast, 50 miles south of Brisbane, where the filming took place. Austin Butler, 30, who stars as The King, was at the June 4 event, along with Hanks. 'There is no better place in...

Why is the Biden "administration" running advertisements for itself on prime time TV? This is a two minute commercial they made and are running with Tom Hanks and UPS talking about how America is great, best economy ever, more jobs created etc...with Dear Leader front and center. It is a campaign ad in his first year. No campaign going on. It is scary 1984 big brother level propaganda, unprecedented as far as I know. The totalitarianism that is happening is real and chilling.

President Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris led official Washington in a second day of tributes for the late Sen. Bob Dole on Friday at Washington National Cathedral, a day after Biden honored his longtime colleague in the Capitol Rotunda. Former President Bill Clinton, who defeated Dole in the 1996 election, and former Vice President Mike Pence were among the prominent attendees, sitting one row apart. Former President Donald Trump, for whom Dole repeatedly expressed support, was not present. Also in attendance was actor Tom Hanks.

Tom Hanks awkwardly put his foot in his mouth as he questioned 'where's the groom?' while crashing a same-sex wedding on Santa Monica beach over the weekend - before quickly realising his error. The guests burst into laughter as the Oscar winner, 65, asked to take a picture with the bride and groom after accidentally walking into their ceremony, only to realise it was a same-sex union. After realising his mistake, Tom shouted 'Oh get out, my stock just exploded!', before putting his arms around the two brides, Diciembre and Tashia Farries, to pose for a photograph. The newlyweds later...

Peter Scolari, who famously starred in the sitcom "Bosom Buddies" alongside Tom Hanks, has died. He was 66. His passing was confirmed by his manager, Ellen Lubin Sanitsky, to Fox News on Friday. The cause of death was cancer after a two-year battle. "He was a wonderful, wonderful, extraordinary actor," she said. "It's heartbreaking."

Few movie stars have been more exalted than Tom Hanks. You'd never expect a guy with his nice-guy branding to get a strong slap in the face in the political arena. But Hanks penned a "guest essay" for The New York Times lecturing on racism, which opened him up for a shaming from the left. On June 4, Hanks boasted about how he bores people at parties with his historical knowledge but lamented growing up in the schools of Oakland and never hearing a word about the Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921. It was "systematically ignored, perhaps because it was...

For many people, Tom Hanks may be the most trusted person in America. The Hollywood star, born in Concord and raised in Oakland, has become more outspoken recently regarding societal issues, imploring Americans to wear masks following his own COVID-19 diagnosis and hosting Joe Biden's inauguration day TV special. Today, he continued that spirit of social engagement with a New York Times op-ed deploring the lack of education surrounding the Tulsa Race Massacre. In the essay, Hanks recounts his upbringing in Oakland, commenting on both the city's diversity and integration, as well as the polarization and division. He notes that...

MICHELLE and Barack Obama enjoyed a swanky dinner with Steven Spielberg, Bruce Springsteen, and other Hollywood elites at Tom Hanks’ $26million mansion. The former US leader and first lady were spotted in Pacific Palisades on Sunday night, where the Secret Service took over the neighborhood to accommodate the A-listers' evening. Located in a cul de sac, Hanks' home was the perfect location for a lowkey but glitzy dinner after Tom and Rita celebrated their 33rd wedding anniversary on Friday. The White House-turned-Tinseltown power couple was spotted sitting in a black car and staring intently at their phones as they left...

Chet Hanks (left) has accused his ex-girlfriend Kiana Parker (right) of carrying out a bloody attack on him with a knife in a newly surfaced video amid a messy legal battle after they split

Chet Hanks, son of the Hollywood actor Tom Hanks, has been criticized for using a “racist” font on his new collection of merchandise which is also controversially called White Boy Summer. His black and white range of clothes, which include hoodies, T-shirts, shorts, tank tops, leggings, caps and bike shorts, has been called out online for its use of a Gothic-style font that is close to the one used by white nationalists. It’s also similar to the Fraktur fonts, which were used in Nazi Germany most prominently on the cover of Hitler’s Mein Kampf book. “Hmm unfortunately the merch looks...

Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) tapped into the rhetoric used by her colleagues, and President Biden himself, and accused GOP lawmakers of taking Georgia “back to Jim Crow” by pursuing election integrity measures. “The Republican who is sitting in Stacey Abrams’ chair just signed a despicable voter suppression bill into law to take Georgia back to Jim Crow,” Warren said Thursday night, demanding her colleagues to pass the “For the People Act,” which would largely federalize U.S. elections moving forward:

A slew of Hollywood celebrities including Tom Hanks, Leonardo DiCaprio, and Chrissy Teigen have added their names to Michelle Obama’s effort to convince the Senate to pass the “For the People Act” — a Democratic bill that would expand vote by mail and ease requirements for voter photo identification. Condemned by Republicans as a potential disaster for the country, the 791-page bill would also restore voting rights to convicted felons and facilitate ballot harvesting. In an open letter , Michelle Obama urges Americans to pressure their senators into voting for the bill, which has already passed the House of Representatives....

iberals celebrate Tom Hanks as the nicest guy in Hollywood. The left celebrated Hanks, even more, when he ridiculed Trump back in 2016. Hanks said that Donald Trump will be president “when spaceships come down filled with dinosaurs in red capes.” Speaking to Sky News on the red carpet at the London premiere of his movie, A Hologram for the King, Hanks also took issue with Trump’s central campaign slogan, “Make America Great Again.” He was and still is a hero for the liberals and even some conservatives call him Mr.Nice Guy. But it seems that he does have a...

Beautifully shot yet muted as a drama, ‘News of the World’ brings the post-Civil War Southwest to life in the unlikely journey of a lost girl and a jaded veteran who helps her find home. Ten years ago, auteur filmmaker brothers Joel and Ethan Coen brought a surprisingly sincere revisionist Western to the big screen over Christmas weekend. Out last weekend in theaters, “News of the World” offers a similar throwback film without quite the edge or mass appeal. The Coens’ 2010 take on “True Grit,” a remake of the John Wayne classic, followed a grizzled U.S. Marshal (Jeff Bridges)...

A new survey conducted by Whitman Insight Strategies and MRC Data in partnership with DISQO measured the intersection of entertainment, influence and politics among 1,103 likely voters. The votes are in, and Tom Hanks, Dwayne Johnson, Oprah Winfrey and LeBron James have the most trusted opinions on political and social issues, according to a new survey of American voters. NBA star James was also cited for doing the most to raise awareness and motivation around voting in the general population and among Gen Z voters, and for having the most trusted opinions among Black voters. Conducted by Whitman Insight Strategies...