“Shazam!” star Zachary Levi predicted his career would implode if he endorsed Donald Trump for president.Levi did it all the same.Get woke. Go broke. Backpedal. It’s the new Hollywood mantra.So far, he hasn’t been pitchforked out of Tinseltown, but it’s still possible. “Club Random” host Bill Maher warned the actor last week that Hollywood still might punish him for wrong-think during their friendly chat.Now, Levi is getting personally attacked by Variety film critic Peter Debruge for the craziest reason possible. The reviewer listed Levi’s 2024 film “Harold and the Purple Crayon” as one of the year’s worst films.To be fair, neither critics nor crowds were kind to the kiddie flick. Debruge went one step further: "Sony repeats the tired idea — recycled by everything from 'Sonic' to 'The Smurfs' — of bringing cartoon characters into the 'real world,' translating adorable Harold into allergic-to-the-eyes Zachary Levi."Allergic to the eyes? Here’s betting Levi's looks skew more leading man than the critic in question. More importantly, what a nasty thing to say about any actor, let alone one as conventionally handsome as the “Chuck” alum.Think that Trump endorsement had anything to do with that unprofessional quip? Ask Maher or anyone with a functional frontal cortex ...Pixar's trans shiftDid a major studio CEO actually tell us the truth? "Cats and dogs, living together!" as Bill Murray cried in 1984’s “Ghostbusters.”Disney CEO Bob Iger, bludgeoned by bad news on nearly all fronts last year, vowed to "quiet the noise” on the culture war front. Many scoffed at his promise, recalling the Disney employee bragging about her “not so secret gay agenda.”When the Mouse House’s “Inside Out 2” hit theaters over the summer, the lack of progressive propaganda proved rare and refreshing. And the movie earned a whopping $652 million stateside.Hmmm.Now, we’re learning an upcoming Disney+ series just killed a trans storyline. “Win or Lose,” from the Pixar production line, originally featured a trans character as part of the kid-friendly sports saga. Voila! It’s gone, according to the Hollywood Reporter.“When it comes to animated content for a younger audience, we recognize that many parents would prefer to discuss certain subjects with their children on their own terms and timeline,” a Disney rep told THR.Get woke. Go broke. Backpedal. It’s the new Hollywood mantra ...'Wicked' goodEverybody hated the “Joker” musical sequel, but the opposite is true for “Wicked.”The movie smash hit theaters last month and has already racked up $361 million stateside (and counting). That’s despite hiding the fact that the film is the first of a two-part series. It’s not “Wicked: Part I,” it’s just ... “Wicked.”Fooled ya!Now, we’re learning the second and final installment will hit theaters Nov. 2025 and will be called “Wicked: The Good.” Someone in the marketing department is a Red Sox fan, right?Justin's junkWho says God doesn’t have a sense of humor?Justin Timberlake had a front-row seat to the most famous “wardrobe malfunction” ever. He watched as Janet Jackson exposed more than her singing chops at the 2004 Super Bowl halftime show.Jackson’s career took a nose dive while the NSYNC alum’s went in the other direction.Timberlake suffered his own “malfunction” of sorts during a Nashville concert last week. The singer performed with a harness for safety reasons when the equipment tugged his shirt up and exposed his still-covered groin. He tried to pull at his shirt to cover up the bulging problem, but that made the clip even more attractive to social media types.Naturally, the snippet went viral. Call it digital karma ...Sue crewHow many legal notes will it take to keep “The View” on the air?The news media is in full meltdown mode, again, following ABC settling with President-elect Donald Trump for $15 million over its fake news reportage. Network morning anchor George Stephanopoulos repeatedly claimed a court ruled that Trump had raped E. Jean Carroll during a contentious interview with Rep. Nancy Mace.Wrong.“The View,” also part of the ABC network, has been on a “legal notes” binge of late over its potentially libelous banter. One episode of "The View" found the hosts sharing four legal notes in total.Four!Here’s betting “The View” will get a new sponsor before the year ends — Secret deodorant. “Strong enough for a man but made for Sunny Hostin.”

While much post-election analysis has focused on Trump’s gains among minority voters, the former and future president also made inroads with another cohort.Young voters, ages 18-29, shifted 10 points toward Trump, rising from 36% in 2020 to 46% in 2024. The shift was even more pronounced among men: 56% backed Trump compared to 56% for Biden in 2020.Even the renowned Greek poet Hesiod, writing nearly three millennia ago, placed man in the Iron Age, the worst of all ages.Undoubtedly, many reasons contributed to this shift. Like voters of other ages, young voters cite the economy and jobs as their top issue. But there might be more to the story.Teen beatAccording to a recent survey by the Pew Research Center, parents and teens believe being a teenager today is more challenging than it was 20 years ago. The study, titled “Why Many Parents and Teens Think It’s Harder Being a Teen Today,” surveyed 1,453 respondents in the United States and was published on August 27.69% of parents, and a plurality of teens (44%) responded in the affirmative. Conversely, only 15% of parents and 12% of teens thought being a teenager is easier today.Parents and teens who agreed with the first statement were then asked to explain their reasoning. Responses revealed significant generational differences. A plurality of parents (41%) attributed the increased difficulty to social media, with 65% citing various forms of technology as contributing factors.In contrast, teens were less critical of the digital landscape, with only 25% mentioning their online activities as a source of discontent.When I was your age ...Instead, they tended to blame parental “pressure and expectations.” Unsurprisingly, most of the parents had no idea what kids these days are complaining about in this regard.Chalk it up to the tendency of every generation to believe they’ve arrived just as the party is ending — and that they’ll be stuck paying for their predecessors’ fun.Even the renowned Greek poet Hesiod, writing nearly three millennia ago, placed man in the Iron Age, the worst of all ages. Perhaps it is in our nature to forever gaze wistfully into the past.Of course, how people feel influences how they act. The fact that both teens and their parents perceive that life as a teen is harder than ever — for whatever reason — can be a sort of self-fulfilling prophecy.One disturbing indication of this is the rise in suicide rates. A recent Centers for Disease Control study claims that the suicides in adolescents and young adults rose by 62% from 2007 to 2021.Suicide epidemicWhat to make of this? Naturally, the experts have weighed in. For its part, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control notes that feelings of hopelessness were particularly widespread during the COVID pandemic.You don’t say. To think that needlessly disrupting the education and social lives of millions of teens, all while drastically exaggerating the lethality of the virus, would incur a sense of doom.Then comes psychiatrist Bessel van der Kolk, whose best-selling book “The Body Keeps the Score” has greatly promoted the exploration of "trauma" from experiences once viewed as character-building — or at least as part of life's inevitable ups and downs.“Kids today have much less of a vision of being able to make a significant difference,” the octogenarian told CNBC. “Climate change is a gigantic issue and kids know it. We are blowing up the world and very little is being done.”Excellent point. If the Earth is as doomed as they say it is, why not get out while the getting’s good?Privilege killsDon’t forget that America is an irredeemable, racist hellhole. If you're white, you've got blood on your hands. If you’re black, prepare to be executed by roving bands of white supremacists.All this and you still have to figure out whether you were assigned the right gender at birth.Faced with such a dismal picture of reality, you can either succumb to apathy and despair or question whether that picture is correct to begin with.Is it any wonder that first-time voters should prefer the latter option? Why bother voting at all, otherwise?In 2024, only Trump made a compelling case for hope. Underneath Kamala Harris’ strained invocation of “joy,” all she had to offer was the same old decline. That vision of America is no country for young men — or women.

Kash Patel is Donald Trump’s choice to head the FBI, but before he receives the great honor of helping the president-elect lead and protect our great country, he sat down with Alex Stein of “Prime Time with Alex Stein” for an interview. And in that interview, Stein grilled Patel on UFOs, which are now mysteriously flooding the sky across America. “This is a tough question, and I want you to give us the real answer because I think it’s all a bunch of fuddy-duddy bullcrap,” Stein began. “All this UFO stuff, Kash, what’s going on with that?” “I mean, is it another balloon? Is there really a lifeforce from a trillion space miles away, light years away, whatever the mumbo jumbo is, or is that all meant to distract us?” Stein asked. Patel’s answer hinted that he may know something, but what he knows will remain a secret. “When I come back in like 60 days and reveal myself as the biggest mole in CIA history, I will tell you all about the UFO landings and my time at Area 51. But, I’m just saying that as an ‘if’ right now,” Patel joked. “But when I come back, I’ll describe the spaceships in detail and the places that we take all the aliens when we remove them,” Patel continued. “But you know what? They all have a copy of ‘Government Gangsters’ already, so they’re already ahead of the curve.” Want more from Alex Stein?To enjoy more of Alex's culture jamming, comedic monologues, skits, and street segments, subscribe to BlazeTV — the largest multi-platform network of voices who love America, defend the Constitution, and live the American dream.