{"id":1048719,"date":"2021-11-23T15:14:28","date_gmt":"2021-11-23T20:14:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1048719"},"modified":"2021-11-23T15:14:35","modified_gmt":"2021-11-23T20:14:35","slug":"the-three-biggest-entertainment-stories-of-the-last-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-three-biggest-entertainment-stories-of-the-last-week\/","title":{"rendered":"The Three Biggest Entertainment Stories Of The Last Week"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fthe-three-biggest-entertainment-stories-of-the-last-week%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1048719&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>From stars ranting about the Kyle Rittenhouse case to Gina Carano\u2019s latest movie announcement, here are the biggest entertainment stories you may have missed in the past week.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Celebrities Sound off On Rittenhouse Verdict<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>After deliberating for nearly four days, a jury acquitted teenager Kyle Rittenhouse of all charges related to his Kenosha, Wisconsin shootings, and Hollywood was not happy to see justice served. The following are just a few of the many, <em>many<\/em> famous folks upset over the verdict.<\/p>\n<p>Mark Ruffalo, Marvel\u2019s favorite big green superhero, posted a series of lengthy <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MarkRuffalo\/status\/1461807232505548801?s=20\">tweets<\/a> about the decision. \u201cAfter all we have seen and heard about these weapons of war, these killing machines, there is no doubt that people who faced this young man were more afraid of him than he was of them,\u201d he said in one, adding \u201cHe was the one with a weapon of war, loaded and ready to be used on people. Justice weeps bitterly today.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Actress and Sports Illustrated cover girl Brooklyn Decker <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BrooklynDecker\/status\/1461771752997019656\">tweeted<\/a>, \u201cWhat a disaster. The precedent is terrifying. The injustice is hard to stomach.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Immediately following the jury\u2019s pronouncements of \u201cnot guilty,\u201d LeVar Burton <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/levarburton\/status\/1461763082653343749?s=20\">wrote<\/a>, \u201cTell me again there are not two kinds justice in America!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Actor Josh Gad, best known for the live action \u201cBeauty and the Beast\u201d and voicing snow man Olaf in \u201cFrozen,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/joshgad\/status\/1461763215835254794?s=20\">tweeted<\/a>, \u201cIt has now been put it out there that vigilantes can just go and kill people protesting issues like racial equality whenever they want and get away with it. Think about that for a second.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Director Ava Duvernay was similarly incensed, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ava\/status\/1461773030087004164?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1461773030087004164%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_c10&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.dailywire.com%2Fnews%2Factor-josh-gad-says-verdict-of-fer-kyle-rittenhouse-a-go-ahead-for-vigilantes-to-kill-protesters-seemingly-calls-critics-incels\">calling<\/a> Rittenhouse a \u201cmurderer\u201d and quoting the parents of one of the rioters he shot, saying, \u201cThe verdict \u2018sends the unacceptable message that armed civilians can show up in any town, incite violence, and then use the danger they have created to justify shooting people in the street.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Pop star Lizzo <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/lizzo\/status\/1461818116757807105?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1461818116757807105%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_c10&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fetcanada.com%2Fnews%2F839387%2Fkyle-rittenhouse-cleared-of-all-charges-in-kenosha-shootings%2F\">said<\/a>, \u201cThe system is not broken. It works. In the favor of white supremacy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Rachel Zegler, who is set to star as Maria in Steven Spielberg\u2019s upcoming remake of \u201cWest Side Story,\u201d indulged in open America-bashing, saying, \u201cKyle Rittenhouse being acquitted on all charges after such heinous heinous crimes is the epitome of white privilege and exactly what is wrong with this godforsaken country.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Billie Eilish\u2019s brother and collaborator Finneas <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/finneas\/status\/1461763319551905797?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1461763319551905797%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_c10&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fetcanada.com%2Fnews%2F839387%2Fkyle-rittenhouse-cleared-of-all-charges-in-kenosha-shootings%2F\">tweeted<\/a>, \u201cThe verdict has shown that it remains legal to murder while white.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Bravo host Andy Cohen <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Andy\/status\/1461765039858372622\">fumed<\/a>, \u201c\u201dWhat in the actual F\u2013K!? #KyleRittenhouse\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Late-night host Samantha Bee&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FullFrontalSamB\/status\/1461776619744415749\">posted<\/a>, \u201cAcquitting Kyle Rittenhouse sends a message to future Kyle Rittenhouses that they\u2019re free to incite violence and then claim self-defense. This is not justice.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Scandal\u2019s Kerry Washington implied the Kenosha rioters who threatened Rittenhouse\u2019s life were merely exorcising their \u201cfree speech\u201d rights. \u201cElections matter. The lives of Joseph Rosenbaum &amp; Anthony Huber mattered,\u201d she <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/kerrywashington\/status\/1461777518071988224?s=20\">tweeted<\/a>, adding, \u201cThey should be alive today. Our 1st amendment right to free speech should not cost any of us our lives.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Broadway legend Pattie Lupone <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PattiLuPone\/status\/1461767944124387337?s=20\">claimed<\/a>, \u201cThe Rittenhouse verdict gives them permission to kill,\u201d though she didn\u2019t specify who exactly \u201cthem\u201d was.<\/p>\n<p>Finally, horror master Stephen King wrote, \u201cSo\u2026the white guy goes free. Is that the message?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>But again, that\u2019s just a sampling. If I were to list them all, we\u2019d be here all day.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Gina Carano Joins Hunter Biden Biopic<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>As if the artist previously known as Cara Dune hadn\u2019t made her independent status clear enough by partnering with The Daily Wire to make original feature films, this week, Gina Carano announced she is joining a project sure to put her on mainstream Hollywood\u2019s bad side.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy Son Hunter,\u201d which recounts the headaches Hunter Biden\u2019s hard-partying and shady business dealings have caused President Joe Biden\u2019s administration, is already shooting in Serbia. Carano will play a \u201cworld-weary\u201d secret service agent who was on-hand to witness Hunter Biden\u2019s most notorious scandals.<\/p>\n<p>Producer Phelim McAleer told Deadline Carano\u2019s character \u201cprovides a voice of truth and sardonic comedy over the absurd dealings of the Biden family and various Chinese, Russian, and Ukrainian oligarchs.\u201c He further revealed, \u201cShe is present throughout the film \u2013 commenting and sometimes narrating the absurd life and party lifestyle of Hunter Biden and the dodgy dealings of his father.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The team behind \u201cMy Son Hunter\u201d is shaping up to be a powerhouse of entertainment industry iconoclasts and rebels. Along with Carano, the film also stars critically acclaimed British actor, Laurence Fox. A graduate of the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, one of the oldest drama schools in the world, Fox came to fame in such highbrow television series as \u201cFoyle\u2019s War\u201d and \u201cA Room with a View\u201d and Oscar-winning films like \u201cGosford Park\u201d and \u201cElizabeth: The Golden Age.\u201d More recently, he has starred in indie productions like Mel Gibson\u2019s \u201cThe Professor and the Madman\u201d and the hit PBS series \u201cVictoria.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>But in the last few years, Fox has made as many headlines for his off-screen political incorrectness.<\/p>\n<p>In January 2020, he insisted during an<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From stars ranting about the Kyle Rittenhouse case to Gina Carano\u2019s latest movie announcement, here are the biggest entertainment stories you may have missed in the past week.Celebrities Sound off On Rittenhouse VerdictAfter deliberating for nearly four days, a jury acquitted teenager Kyle Rittenhouse of all charges related to his Kenosha, Wisconsin shootings, and Hollywood was not happy to see justice served. The following are just a few of the many, many famous folks upset over the verdict.Mark Ruffalo, Marvel\u2019s favorite big green superhero, posted a series of lengthy tweets about the decision. \u201cAfter all we have seen and heard about these weapons of war, these killing machines, there is no doubt that people who faced this young man were more afraid of him than he was of them,\u201d he said in one, adding \u201cHe was the one with a weapon of war, loaded and ready to be used on people. Justice weeps bitterly today.\u201dActress and Sports Illustrated cover girl Brooklyn Decker tweeted, \u201cWhat a disaster. The precedent is terrifying. The injustice is hard to stomach.\u201dImmediately following the jury\u2019s pronouncements of \u201cnot guilty,\u201d LeVar Burton wrote, \u201cTell me again there are not two kinds justice in America!\u201dActor Josh Gad, best known for the live action \u201cBeauty and the Beast\u201d and voicing snow man Olaf in \u201cFrozen,\u201d tweeted, \u201cIt has now been put it out there that vigilantes can just go and kill people protesting issues like racial equality whenever they want and get away with it. Think about that for a second.\u201dDirector Ava Duvernay was similarly incensed, calling Rittenhouse a \u201cmurderer\u201d and quoting the parents of one of the rioters he shot, saying, \u201cThe verdict \u2018sends the unacceptable message that armed civilians can show up in any town, incite violence, and then use the danger they have created to justify shooting people in the street.\u2019\u201dPop star Lizzo said, \u201cThe system is not broken. It works. In the favor of white supremacy.\u201dRachel Zegler, who is set to star as Maria in Steven Spielberg\u2019s upcoming remake of \u201cWest Side Story,\u201d indulged in open America-bashing, saying, \u201cKyle Rittenhouse being acquitted on all charges after such heinous heinous crimes is the epitome of white privilege and exactly what is wrong with this godforsaken country.\u201dBillie Eilish\u2019s brother and collaborator Finneas tweeted, \u201cThe verdict has shown that it remains legal to murder while white.\u201dBravo host Andy Cohen fumed, \u201c\u201dWhat in the actual F\u2013K!? #KyleRittenhouse\u201dLate-night host Samantha Bee\u00a0posted, \u201cAcquitting Kyle Rittenhouse sends a message to future Kyle Rittenhouses that they\u2019re free to incite violence and then claim self-defense. This is not justice.\u201dScandal\u2019s Kerry Washington implied the Kenosha rioters who threatened Rittenhouse\u2019s life were merely exorcising their \u201cfree speech\u201d rights. \u201cElections matter. The lives of Joseph Rosenbaum &#038; Anthony Huber mattered,\u201d she tweeted, adding, \u201cThey should be alive today. Our 1st amendment right to free speech should not cost any of us our lives.\u201dBroadway legend Pattie Lupone claimed, \u201cThe Rittenhouse verdict gives them permission to kill,\u201d though she didn\u2019t specify who exactly \u201cthem\u201d was.Finally, horror master Stephen King wrote, \u201cSo\u2026the white guy goes free. Is that the message?\u201dBut again, that\u2019s just a sampling. If I were to list them all, we\u2019d be here all day.Gina Carano Joins Hunter Biden BiopicAs if the artist previously known as Cara Dune hadn\u2019t made her independent status clear enough by partnering with The Daily Wire to make original feature films, this week, Gina Carano announced she is joining a project sure to put her on mainstream Hollywood\u2019s bad side.\u201cMy Son Hunter,\u201d which recounts the headaches Hunter Biden\u2019s hard-partying and shady business dealings have caused President Joe Biden\u2019s administration, is already shooting in Serbia. Carano will play a \u201cworld-weary\u201d secret service agent who was on-hand to witness Hunter Biden\u2019s most notorious scandals.Producer Phelim McAleer told Deadline Carano\u2019s character \u201cprovides a voice of truth and sardonic comedy over the absurd dealings of the Biden family and various Chinese, Russian, and Ukrainian oligarchs.\u201c He further revealed, \u201cShe is present throughout the film \u2013 commenting and sometimes narrating the absurd life and party lifestyle of Hunter Biden and the dodgy dealings of his father.\u201dThe team behind \u201cMy Son Hunter\u201d is shaping up to be a powerhouse of entertainment industry iconoclasts and rebels. Along with Carano, the film also stars critically acclaimed British actor, Laurence Fox. A graduate of the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, one of the oldest drama schools in the world, Fox came to fame in such highbrow television series as \u201cFoyle\u2019s War\u201d and \u201cA Room with a View\u201d and Oscar-winning films like \u201cGosford Park\u201d and \u201cElizabeth: The Golden Age.\u201d More recently, he has starred in indie productions like Mel Gibson\u2019s \u201cThe Professor and the Madman\u201d and the hit PBS series \u201cVictoria.\u201dBut in the last few years, Fox has made as many headlines for his off-screen political incorrectness.In January 2020, he insisted during an appearance on the BBC\u2019s political debate show \u201cQuestion Time\u201d that Meghan Markle is not a victim of racism. When an audience member accused him of \u201cwhite privilege,\u201d Fox argued that terms like that, in fact, are racist. \u00a0He also spoke out against the U.K.\u2019s strict Covid lockdown measures last year, encouraging fans to ignore social distancing and quarantine orders.Behind the lens, director Robert Davi, who came to fame in films like \u201cDie Hard\u201d and \u201cLicense to Kill,\u201d has also shown no shyness when it comes to bucking Hollywood\u2019s lockstep leftism. He frequently speaks at conservative conventions and conferences and endorsed Donald Trump in both 2016 and 2020.Oscar Race Heats Up With Surprisingly Politics-Lite LineupEveryone in the entertainment media (your friendly Daily Wire entertainment reporter included) knows that late fall means Oscar bait. Therefore, it usually also means the release of the most preachy, agenda-driven storytelling of Hollywood\u2019s calendar year. Last year, for example, brought us laughable American history revision (\u201cTrial of the Chicago Seven\u201d), a tedious screed against patriarchy (\u201cPromising Young Woman\u201d) and a pitiful attempt to paint Jesus as a communist (\u201cMank\u201d).Surprisingly though, the films vying for the top prize of 2021 are so far comparatively free of politics.All five of Variety\u2019s top contenders for Best Picture right now shockingly have little-to-nothing to do with modern American partisanship.Kenneth Branagh\u2019s semi-autobiographical \u201cBelfast\u201d focuses not on U.S. policy, but on Ireland\u2019s, exploring the violent conflicts in the Northern Irish capital city at the height of The Troubles.The Benedict Cumberbatch vehicle \u201cThe Power of the Dog,\u201d boasts some serious prestige with critical darling Jane Campion in the director\u2019s chair. But while the film does brush up against themes of homosexuality and implies manliness can be toxic, the story of a sadistic Montana rancher who torments his brother\u2019s wife doesn\u2019t have any overtly political messages to push.Given that Will Smith\u2019s biopic \u201cKing Richard\u201d centers on the father of tennis champs Venus and Serena Williams, you might expect it to spend plenty of time virtue signaling about racial barriers. But it\u2019s far too smart for that and wisely stays focused on the complex figure at the center.Sci-fi fans around the world breathed a sigh of relief when it became clear that director Denis Villeneuve wasn\u2019t going to follow the path of Marvel or Star Wars and inject jarring contemporary ideology into the beloved story of \u201cDune.\u201d All the politics in the space epic are organic to the world author Frank Herbert created.Say what you want about Lin-Manuel Miranda\u2019s occasional leftist political comments, the man\u2019s body of work makes it clear he loves the American dream. \u201cTICK, TICK \u2026 BOOM!\u201d tells the story of yet another dreamer trying to make it in the tough game of Broadway.Of course, it\u2019s still early days in awards season, so insufferable agenda-grinding could yet arrive. But so far, even Hollywood appears to have tired of politics masquerading as art.The views expressed in this opinion piece are the author\u2019s own and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire.The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. 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