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So much has been said of Marvel Studios being punked by their masters at Disney to make everything as "woke" as possible to force 'political correctness' down everyones throats whether they like it or not. The jury's in from 2023 and it said the profits from such projects took a severe hit BECAUSE of film companies wimping out from threats from some super-minorities with official-seeming stationary. EXACTLY like how Anheiser-Busch, Target and others ended up wondering where all the money went they were assured they'd get from going along with those overly-vocal minorities' demands. I started watching "Loki" with a...

John Edward Szeles, the standup comic and magician who delighted in shocking audiences for decades as “The Amazing Johnathan,” died at his Las Vegas home Tuesday after a long battle with heart disease. The self-described “Freddy Krueger of comedy” was 63. “Johnathan Szeles (Amazing Johnathan ) has passed away at around 11:30 pm 2/22/22,” fellow standup comic Penny Wiggins, 60, posted on Facebook. “My heart is broken. One of my best friends, one of the funniest humans I’ve ever met. I loved him so very much and will never forget this wonderful, amazing, kind, funny, great person.” The Detroit native’s...

Johnathan reminds of his great success in Las Vegas, highlighted by a 13-year run at Golden Nugget, a gig he resisted initially. “When they said Golden Nugget, I was like, ‘Eeeeh, really?’ But I sold out every night for two years, 500 seats a night. Every single night.” And over the years, he says, “The greatest time of my life was spent here. I made millions of dollars, I have two beautiful houses, and everything came crashing … ” And swiftly, the air seems to leave the room. There is a long pause, timed at seven seconds but seeming an...