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Yahoo
6 days ago
- Entertainment
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Uzo Aduba, Julianna Margulies, Jerry O'Connell Slam ‘Well-Meaning Celebrities' Manipulated by Pro-Palestine Rhetoric in Open Letter
Uzo Aduba, Julianna Margulies, Jerry O'Connell were among the more than 400 Hollywood notables who signed a letter calling for the end of anti-Israel, 'extremist rhetoric and the spread of misinformation' following Capital Jewish Museum shooting. 'Hamas, Iran, and their allies and ideological sympathizers in the West have flooded the world with their hateful lies and antisemitic incitement since October 7 — lies designed to demonize Israel, the Jewish people, and their supporters,' the letter, which was released by nonprofit Creative Community For Peace on Thursday, reads. 'Some well-meaning celebrities and public figures have been manipulated by this constant stream of misinformation, which they have also helped to amplify.' The letter comes as a response to the fatal shooting, which occurred on May and led to the deaths of two Israeli embassy staffers, Yaron Lischinsky and Sarah Lynn Milgram. Authorities arrested a 31-year-old suspect named Elias Rodriguez, who is reportedly Chicago resident. Rodriguez has since been charged with first-degree murder and murder of foreign officials, per NPR. When they were arrested Rodriguez said she orchestrated the shooting 'for Palestine.' 'I did it for Gaza,' Rodriguez reportedly said, per an FBI special agent's affidavit. Other figures, including Mayim Bialik, Sharon Osbourne, Patricia Heaton, Sherry Lansing, Haim Saban, Rebecca De Mornay, Ben Silverman, signed the letter. In the letter, Bialik said that the spreading and circulation of misinformation about the Jewish community is history repeating itself. 'Peddling lies about Jews has deadly consequences. For the past two years, public figures and influencers with millions of followers have consistently promoted fallacious and menacing anti-Israel propaganda masquerading as advocacy,' Bialik said in the letter. 'This stream of lies against the Jewish people and the Jewish ancestral homeland has now – unsurprisingly to anyone watching closely – turned deadly in the United States. This moment requires public figures to use their platforms responsibly. We implore these individuals to lend their voices to those of moral clarity, peace and tolerance, instead of division, distortion and delegitimization.' In a joint statement, CCFP Co-Founder and chairman David Renzer, and Executive Director Ari Ingel called the sharing of false and antisemitic information 'a toxic mix of distortion, bigotry and incitement.' 'For the past 600 days, the anti-Israel movement has espoused an unrelenting stream of extremist rhetoric to demonize Israel and anyone who supports the country — it's a toxic mix of distortion, bigotry and incitement,' the pair wrote. 'Given the power of social media, it's incumbent on entertainers and public figures, with their ability to influence millions around the world, to use their platforms responsibly. Without a course correction, we will only see more hate, more violence, and more innocent people targeted simply for being Jewish.' At the end of the letter, the group called on their fellow Hollywood members to push back against 'extremist rhetoric.' 'We call on all our colleagues to reject this extremist rhetoric and the spread of misinformation so that we can all work toward a future in which all Israelis and Palestinians can live side by side in peace and dignity,' the CCFP letter post Uzo Aduba, Julianna Margulies, Jerry O'Connell Slam 'Well-Meaning Celebrities' Manipulated by Pro-Palestine Rhetoric in Open Letter appeared first on TheWrap.
Yahoo
24-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Mayim Bialik got her first hot flash on the 'Big Bang Theory' set. Now she's just trying to survive what's left of her 40s.
'I've lived a lot of life,' Mayim Bialik tells me of her unconventional career path from leading the '90s sitcom Blossom to getting a PhD in neuroscience to returning to TV in The Big Bang Theory. 'I was a child actor and then I went to grad school, and then I started acting again. I've had a lot of life, but there is a real childlike kind of wonder to me still.' It's a quality that the 49-year-old doesn't want to lose. That curiosity has led the mom of two — her sons are 16 and 19 — to take on new projects because they spark her interest, not because they fit into any sort of linear plan. She's written books. She's hosted Jeopardy!. She's got her own podcast, Mayim Bialik's Breakdown. 'A sense of play is incredibly important no matter what age you are,' she says in an interview for Yahoo Life's Unapologetically series. 'I recently started taking ballet. It had been 35 years since I had been in a ballet class. … I got the pretty outfit, I got the little skirt. I want it to feel special and feel nice, and this feels like being a kid and trying something new.' Well, not quite a kid. "Imagine how different one's body is at 14 versus 49. The last time I did ballet, I had not hit puberty yet. Like, it's like a very different body trying to jeté away." Of course, it's hard not to feel your age when you're navigating menopause and what Bialik calls 'the next chapter' of work, parenting and dating post-divorce. Here's what she says about life lately — from saying no to cosmetic injections to why she has a hyperbaric chamber in her bedroom. In many ways, I think there's been the most changes in my life in this last decade. I have completed menopause — congratulations to me — so I think that shift is enormous, not just in terms of hormonally, but in terms of conceptually, like what that means and what that new set of challenges is, and what it's like. My 30s were about growing humans that I had decided to bring into the world and growing them past those early phases of their life. That's also when I got divorced and started a whole new phase of life. So my 40s have been kind of that next chapter of romance, the next chapter of career and a different level of parenting. I have one [son] in college and one who's gonna have me remind him that he needs to start thinking about it. They can mostly feed themselves, dress themselves, things like that. But you're also ushering a whole new component of their lives while also experiencing a whole new component of yours. I feel my age. But it's funny 'cause my kids and my partner joke that I sort of feel like a teenager that doesn't have an adult supervising. Like, if left to my own devices, I will eat pizza and potato chips and watch TV. I had my first hot flash on the set of Big Bang Theory during a taping. I was in my early 40s. I'm an early bloomer and I've been one for years now. So I had a very, very interesting set of experiences that led me from doctor to doctor. I'm a home birth person. I had my second son at home, so I've always used midwife care as my primary care, just because I'm sort of that hippie. And the midwife was like, 'Oh, yeah, this is just the next 10 years of your life.' I only had day sweats, I never had night sweats, and I kept waiting, like that was going to be the thing that happens next. I was sort of muscling my way through it. So for me, there was a certain level of managing symptoms, but I didn't go on hormone replacement therapy until much later because there was still a huge stigma around it, you know, 10 years ago. I remember the first time my doctor, you know, suggested it, I was like, Is he crazy? What do you mean, rubbing testosterone cream on the back of your legs? What's that nonsense? And he was kind of ahead of his time. By the time I was put on hormone replacement therapy, I already was done [with menopause], as we say. So I didn't have the benefit of seeing if it would work for hot flashes and all the things that happened. But I did not murder anyone or myself. And I made it through, you know, as best as I could. My weight kind of goes up and down for other reasons. So I didn't necessarily connect it with [menopause]. I have to rely on staying active and moving my body and, you know, kind of doing a basic assessment of nutrition needs. You can constantly compare; it's endless. I am a person who has not engaged in any facial treatments or injections or anything. It's just a personal choice; I just haven't done it. But I think that when you are used to seeing a lot of women, especially my age, who have started plastic surgery and things like that from their 20s, it can be very startling to see a face that doesn't have filler. I remember [Big Bang Theory co-star] Jim Parsons and I would watch our chins because I was the closest in age to Jim. We would watch as collagen started doing its little collapsing dance. That's kind of a thing that I've noticed. But it is really hard. I remember when just filters on photos was something that we talked about, like, 'Oh, you can make yourself look so different.' … I don't really like to compete in those realms. I just try and avoid it. That's also part of why I love doing this podcast … I kind of get to be myself. I get to present as myself and we get to talk to amazing experts who, in many cases, help people do all sorts of other things. I mean, I got sort of a genetically lucky pile of dermis on my face, meaning I don't do much. I do try and let my skin sort of breathe. I don't wear heavy makeup. I have a smattering of products that I've been given over the years. But I'm one of these people who takes forever to use my favorite face cream because I don't want to run out. So yeah, I have a pretty simple routine. I do use and have been using cruelty-free products and vegan products for years. I wish I could say like, I drink 89 ounces of water a day and I exfoliate. But I don't get facials regularly. I get a facial maybe three times a year and usually after I've had to wear makeup for a period to help my skin clear it out. I'm really not a fancy person at all. I have two different autoimmune conditions — and one of them I did get in my menopause years — so that's more for health stuff, it's not necessarily beauty. But it's supposed to be anti-inflammatory. It's literally in my bedroom, in the corner. So yeah, that's pretty out there. I've been divorced for like 12 years and had a minute where I tried dating apps. But I've been in partnership with my podcast partner [Jonathan Cohen]. We've known each other for 13 years, and we've been dating for about five. It's kind of special that we were friends when we were married to other people; our kids were in the same kid circle. So it's kind of a sweet story that we came back together. But it is very different. I had never lived with someone except my ex-husband and [Jonathan and I] still don't cohabitate. But I'm very set in my ways and I think that's something that a lot of people who enter the dating world after being married or [are] in their 30s or in their 40s [relate to]. I really like things a particular way. When I finally said that to my partner in front of our couples therapist, he was so relieved because I was like, 'No, I know I am not a flexible person. I really like the shoes lined up the way that I like it and I like the refrigerator organized and I don't like when things are past their expiration date.' … It's a lot of learning for sure. Gosh, I'm just trying to survive the last of the 40s. I haven't really thought about what the 50s will look like. I saw Eva Longoria's 50th birthday party and I was like, 'Wow, that looks amazing and not at all what I might think my 50th birthday party would look like.' Where I'm at, my 50th might be like watching Family Feud with some friends in my living room and ordering a gluten-free vegan pizza. So I think I have a ways to go and maybe I have something to learn from that more excited attitude [about 50]. So maybe some of that will rub off on me, but I still have a big chunk left of 49. This interview has been edited for clarity and length.
Yahoo
31-01-2025
- Health
- Yahoo
Michigan boy, 5, killed in hyperbaric oxygen chamber explosion, officials say
A 5-year-old boy is dead after a hyperbaric chamber he was inside exploded at a medical facility Friday in Troy, Michigan, police and fire officials said. The unidentified victim was inside the chamber, a pressurized container that contains 100% oxygen, when it suddenly exploded just before 8 a.m. at The Oxford Center, located at 165 Kirts Blvd. The explosion caused a fire to break out inside the chamber's room. It is unclear what sparked the explosion and the subsequent fire did not spread to the rest of the facility, police and fire officials said. Celebrities Like Bieber, Bialik Are Using Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy: Here's Why It's Trending Police and fire officials said that the boy, from Royal Oak, was dead inside the chamber when they arrived on the scene. His mother, who was inside the room, suffered injuries to her arm, police said. Read On The Fox News App Troy Police Lt. Ben Hancock described the explosion as a "very sad incident" and said that such an incident is rare. "We're not familiar with responding to one of these recently," Hancock said. "Again, [a] horrible, tragic incident, that we don't want to ever respond to." A hyperbaric chamber contains 100% oxygen, which is three to five times the amount of oxygen compared to a normal room, the officials said. "The presence of such a high amount of oxygen in a pressurized environment can make it extremely combustible," Lt. Keith Young from the Troy Fire Department said. "Our initial research shows that this is not a common incident, and the scene remains under active investigation." Doctor Loses License Over Oxygen Chamber Fire That Killed 2 It is unclear what condition the boy had that necessitated him to be inside the chamber, which is used to provide hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT). A typical chamber holds one person and requires the patient to lie down in a tube-shaped device that looks like an MRI machine and breathe oxygen. HBOY is well known for treating scuba and deep-sea divers affected by the rapid change in pressure around them, according to the FDA. The devices are also used to treat a variety of other health problems, including carbon monoxide poisoning, diabetic foot ulcers, cerebral palsy, anemia, infection of the skin and bone, as well as vision loss. Such devices require FDA clearance to ensure that they are approved to be used as intended and are safe and effective. In a statement to the Detroit Free Press, The Oxford Center spokesman Andrew Kistner wrote that the cause of the explosion is unknown. "This morning, a fire started inside of a hyperbaric oxygen chamber. The child being treated in that chamber did not survive and the child's mother was injured," the statement reads. "The safety and well-being of the children we serve is our highest priority. Nothing like this has happened in our more than 15 years of providing this type of therapy. We… will participate in all of the investigations that now need to take place." In May 2009, an explosion of a pressurized oxygen chamber killed a 4-year-old and his 62-year-old grandmother. Authorities said a blast dislodged a tube attached to the hyperbaric chamber, which resulted in an explosion and flash fire, according to article source: Michigan boy, 5, killed in hyperbaric oxygen chamber explosion, officials say
