Entertainment
AI-Generated Spencer Pratt Ad Mocks Gavin Newsom, Karen Bass
Conservative lawmakers are calling an AI-generated advertisement created in support of Los Angeles mayoral candidate Spencer Pratt “maybe the best political ad of the year.”
AI filmmaker Charles Curran shared the Batman-inspired ad Tuesday, depicting a version of Los Angeles resembling Gotham City and ruled by holier-than-thou aristocrats in 16th-century wigs. The video showed Gov. Gavin Newsom eating cake, former Vice President Kamala Harris chugging a bottle of liquor and Mayor Karen Bass wearing Joker-inspired makeup.
Clearly inspired by Christopher Nolan’s “The Dark Knight Rises,” the ad shows Angelenos dragged into a grand ballroom, à la the mob-rule trial scenes, pleading with the leadership trio to help address homelessness and rebuild their homes after the fires. (One of the AI-generated citizens looked eerily similar to Hugh Jackman.)

“If you were a transgender migrant, I could get you a free p-ssy,” an animated Newsom said in response to a citizen’s ask to prevent homelessness presence in school zones.
“Bass already solved crime. I endorse her,” Harris said in the ad, while chugging vodka. The former vice president endorsed the incumbent for reelection Monday.
The ad also depicted Pratt’s competitor, City Councilmember Nithya Raman, as a puppet saying, “let’s move the drug addicts closer.”
Pratt then arrives as a Batman-inspired hero to save the city. He is accompanied by a little boy who throws the first tomato at incumbent Mayor Karen Bass. The ballroom subsequently erupts into a food fight set to Calvin Harris’ EDM hit “Feel So Close.”
Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush said the AI-generated 99-second video was “maybe the best political ad of the year” in an X post.. Walter Kirn, an editor-at-large for County Highway and author of Up in the Air, said the video is the future of political ads, “ready or not.” He also noted that he hopes Pratt wins.
Watch the initial ad, and an additional AI one posted here:
LA is worth saving. Vote Spencer Pratt. pic.twitter.com/GpQpnfsuJe
— Charles Curran (@charliebcurran) May 5, 2026
Another viral Spencer Pratt political ad has hit the timeline. Mayor Karen Bass is fuming. pic.twitter.com/Vd2VexY7Tv
— TBC (@TBC_on_X) May 6, 2026
Founder of the right-wing media company OutKick, Clay Travis continued praising Pratt, saying his ads are “incredible.”
Though Pratt’s campaign maintains that he did not commission the ad from Curran, the reality star reposted the video on his own social media accounts. Curran previously told The Free Press that he uses ByteDance’s Seedance generative AI tool to create videos. He also founded his own production company, Menace Studio.
Pratt’s other ads have also gained traction, including a recent spot filmed at the site of his burned Palisades home. The ad, titled “They Not Like Us,” shows Pratt at his Palisades lot alongside the Airstream trailer where he now lives with his family. He contrasts his living situation with those of Bass and candidate Raman, saying they “don’t have to live in the mess they created where you live.”
The former reality star launched his campaign after his home burned down and he became frustrated with the city’s handling of the aftermath.
Another ad shows Bass saying Pratt cares more about his own celebrity than California before cutting to his mother touring his new trailer on his burned lot for the first time — calling it “better than just dirt.”
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MTV VMAs 2026 Winners: Madonna Dominates, Taylor Swift Wins Special Honor
It was like 1998 all over again. Madonna won six Video Music Awards that year for Ray of Light.
Flash forward to tonight, and the pop icon won seven awards, including Artist of the Year, for Confessions II, the sequel to her 2005 album.
Also winning were Sabrina Carpenter for Best Editing and for her collab with the Material Girl on “Bring Your Love.” The duo appeared onstage together to accept.
Taylor Swift won Video of the Year for “The Fate of Ophelia” and Best Director for “Opalite,” as well as a special “Artist Director” honor.
Full Winners List
VIDEO OF THE YEAR (presented in show)
Taylor Swift – “The Fate of Ophelia” – Republic Records
ARTIST OF THE YEAR (presented in show)
Madonna – Warner Records
BEST COLLABORATION (presented in show)
Madonna & Sabrina Carpenter – “Bring Your Love” – Warner Records
BEST DANCE, presented by BACARDÍ® Rum (presented in show)
Madonna – “Confessions II – The Film” – Warner Records
BEST NEW ARTIST, presented by The General Insurance® (presented in show)
Sienna Spiro – Capitol Records
BEST POP (presented in show)
LISA – “Dream feat. Kentaro Sakaguchi” – Lloud Co. / RCA Records
SONG OF THE YEAR
BTS – “Swim” – BIGHIT MUSIC
BEST HIP-HOP
Cardi B ft. Kehlani – “Safe” – Atlantic Records
BEST R&B
Bruno Mars – “I Just Might” – Atlantic Records
BEST ALTERNATIVE
Olivia Rodrigo – “the cure” – Geffen Records
BEST LATIN
Bad Bunny – “NUEVAYoL” – Rimas Entertainment
BEST K-POP
BTS – “SWIM” – BIGHIT MUSIC
BEST COUNTRY
Ella Langley – “Choosin’ Texas” – Columbia Records
BEST DIRECTION
Taylor Swift – “Opalite” – Republic Records
BEST ART DIRECTION
PinkPantheress – “Stateside + Zara Larsson” – Warner Records UK / Atlantic Records
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Madonna – “Confessions II – The Film” – Warner Records
BEST EDITING
Sabrina Carpenter – “House Tour” – Island
BEST CHOREOGRAPHY
Madonna – “Confessions II – The Film” – Warner Records
BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
Ariana Grande – “hate that i made you love me” – Republic Records
SOCIAL CATEGORIES:
BEST GROUP
BTS
BEST LONG FORM VIDEO
Madonna – “Confessions II – The Film” – Warner Records
BEST ALBUM
Madonna – Confessions II – Warner Records
SONG OF SUMMER –
Ariana Grande – “hate that i made you love me” – Republic Records
SPECIAL AWARDS:
VIDEO VANGUARD – Nirvana
MTV VMA ARTIST DIRECTOR HONORS – Taylor Swift
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MTV VMAs: Taylor Swift Dedicates Video Of The Year Award To Dolly Parton “The Ultimate Showgirl”
Taylor Swift won the night’s top award at the MTV Video Music Awards, taking home a Moonperson trophy for Video of the Year for “The Fate of Ophelia.”
Swift took the stage to accept the award and said she was “proud” of the work she did on the video, as it was “one continuous shot” and she had to learn “a lot about hiding cuts” in strategic places.
The singer also made a special mention to Dolly Parton, whom she called “the ultimate showgirl.”
“I want to thank and dedicate this award to one person, without whom just this wouldn’t be happening, and that person is the ultimate showgirl, Dolly Parton,” Swift said in her speech. “Every single song that she wrote, her storytelling was so vivid and so rich. It was like listening to her songs. It’s like watching the best music video you have ever seen in your life every single time you hear what she has written, and she handled this thing with such grace and joy and love and gratitude for the fact that she got to do this, and everything that happened in her life or her career, she channeled back into love, and gratitude and appreciation for her fans.”
She continued, “I am lucky I got to be one of them, and I will always be one of them. I love you all so very much, and I think that we were all very, very… I think we were all very lucky to share this planet with Dolly Parton for a time, and thank you for this amazing moment. I love you all.”
Watch Swift’s speech in the video below.
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Entertainment
‘Lanterns’ Episode 7 Review: ‘The Jordan Boys’ Grows Up — Spoilers
“That Hot But Possibly Evil Sheriff”
The penultimate episode of “Lanterns” Season 1 introduces remarkable oddities like dark matter portals, dead alien worlds, and a dangerous ride across the river Styx, but it’s what becomes of Hal and John’s late-maturing bond that really lingers.
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