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Chicago Tribune
07-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Chicago Tribune
Kanye West storms out of Piers Morgan interview — again
Kanye West stormed out of an interview with Piers Morgan interview Tuesday, just as he did in 2023. The 47-year-old 'Heartless' rapper, who now legally goes by Ye, appeared alongside pal Sneako on Morgan's 'Uncensored,' speaking from Mallorca, Spain. Ye accused the BBC broadcaster, 60, of trying to 'take inches off my d–k' when Morgan referred to his 32 million X followers. Morgan ultimately corrected this to 33 million — Ye's follower count sits at 33.3 million, at present. 'I'm a gift,' said Ye. 'Why do all you people in media act like you haven't played my songs at your weddings or graduations or funerals or when your child was born? You take somebody that's living, like a Lennon or a Michael Jackson, and you take all this time to just like— that nuance right there, it's idiotic. It just shows the hate you put out there for people who put love. There's so much love—' Morgan cut in: 'With all due respect, Ye, what are you talking about? I haven't said anything?' 'OK, now you're not taking accountability, or responsibility. … Sir, this is what you get for now. We can circle back when you can count,' said Ye, before walking off-screen. This left Sneako, who Morgan would later dub 'Andrew Tate lite' to say, 'That's it for Ye.' Sneako insisted that Morgan was 'trying to patronize, very intentionally' when the broadcaster initially referred to Ye as Kanye West and cited the wrong follower count. Morgan challenged this, reminding Sneako that he and Ye 'd–ked us around yesterday,' having blown off the initially scheduled interview. 'You kept all my crew in Spain, and here, waiting and then wasted their time. And you got us all back now, and you've wasted our time again,' said Morgan. Given Morgan couldn't ask Ye the intended questions, he directed them at Sneako: 'What is his obsession with Hitler? Why is he so rampantly antisemitic?' Sneako refused to answer on behalf of Ye and repeatedly dodged questions about his own comfort being associated with someone who was, later that today, dropping a track called 'Heil, Hitler.' Originally Published: May 7, 2025 at 3:55 PM CDT
Los Angeles Times
17-04-2025
- Business
- Los Angeles Times
Corona Del Mar farmers market gets new vendor despite complaints from community
A new vendor interested in growing the Corona Del Mar Farmers Market will replace the operator who managed it for almost 30 years, raising concerns from some residents that the weekly community event could become a nuisance and lose some of their favorite merchants. But the new manager says those notions are rooted in misinformation. Heritage Wellness Collective won a revocable license to run the market for the next five years following a 6-1 vote by the city council at their meeting Tuesday, with Councilman Erik Weigand as the only member in opposition. The nonprofit will take over after the license with the current manager, Rick Heil, expires on June 30. The city began soliciting bids for a new operator in August, according to a staff report. Newport Beach officials made their decision based on candidates' experience running farmer's markets as well as their ability to create community events and attract quality merchants while retaining existing vendors. Heritage Wellness Collective was chosen out of 8 bidders. The nonprofit runs seven weekly or bi-monthly farmer's markets in Orange, Los Angeles, San Bernardino and Riverside counties. Their executive director, Bing Turner, has a background in public health, and told the Daily Pilot during an interview Wednesday he hopes to preserve the Corona Del Mar gathering's focus on high quality produce while drawing in more families, local businesses and institutions to visit and take part in it. 'Will the market look different than what it currently looks like now? Absolutely yes,' Turner said. 'Will the vendors change at the market? That's going to happen. Are we going to move people out of their market or out of their spaces? No, unless they decide they don't want to work with us. But we're there to really enhance and make the space reflective of the community... this isn't going to be any rock concert.' Numerous residents who attended Tuesday's meeting said they feared the merchants supplying their favorite carrots, strawberries, pomegranates, flowers, cuts of meat and more may go away if the market changes management. Current operator Heil claimed that only one of its current vendors had been contacted by Heritage. Several public speakers cited the adage 'if it ain't broke, don't fix it.' They said they preferred that the the market remain solely for the exchange of artisan produce. Many worried that adding food vendors, music and public events would make it a larger event that would result in more noise and traffic. Opponents of the change in vendors claim more than 1,000 people had signed a petition to prevent the move. 'The people are really angry in the community,' Heil told the Pilot at the most recent Corona Del Mar Farmer's Market on Saturday. 'I've never seen anything like this where the city council go up against the will of the people who like it and don't want to change something that's been there 29 years.' However, Turner said he has heard from numerous people in the Newport Beach community who want to see the market evolve into a more family-oriented event. He said that includes local chefs and merchants who had been denied after expressing interest in doing business at the market. Turner also refuted Heil's claim that only one vendor had been contacted by Heritage. The nonprofit's executive director said emails were sent prior to Tuesday's meeting to about 15 or 20 merchants currently doing business at the Corona Del Mar market, and 14 had replied expressing interest in staying under new management. Turner added that he was hesitant to contact them before confirming the new license agreement, but had been advised by city staff to do so. Concerned Corona Del Mar residents said that email was the first notification they received regarding new management and the city did not reach out to them for input. Many said the preliminary message from Heritage was evidence that the change was a 'done deal' even before council members cast their votes. 'We like the Farmers Market the way it is,' said Corona del Mar resident and petition monitor, Carole Geronsin said Saturday. 'Everyone we talked to there was not one person that doesn't absolutely love it the way it is.' Turner, as well as members of the council, acknowledged that more could have been done to engage residents before the issue came to council. However, he said Heritage's immediate priority will be building a bridge with the Corona Del Mar Community to ensure the market continues to meet their needs and wants, while growing to include more of their neighbors. Before voting on the new agreement, Councilman Weigand asked that provisions for the inclusion of live music be removed. Mayor Pro Tem formally backed that amendment, which was seconded by Councilman Noah Blom. Councilmembers also asked city staff to further study potential impacts to traffic. 'I get it they don't want to lose something they have none of us do once we have it... nobody on this dais ever wants to see food trucks,' Blom said. 'I'm here to give new things a try because something it's amazing what happens when we take a chance on something new. And I hear the scoffing from people in the room, mainly from the current operator.' Blom and other councilmembers also noted that the new license is revocable, and can be terminated if new management does not prove satisfactory.
Boston Globe
06-04-2025
- Automotive
- Boston Globe
‘0 to 1939 in 3 seconds': Why anti-Elon Musk satire is flourishing in Britain
'Parental Guidance,' warns the billboard, put up by a group calling itself Overthrow Musk. 'Tesla's CEO is a far-right activist. Don't give him your money.' Across the British capital and in several European cities, Musk's signature business has become the target of the same kind of political anger that has fueled vandalism of Tesla cars in the United States and sometimes violent protests at his dealerships. Advertisement There have been some instances of unruly protests and vandalism in Europe. But much of the anti-Musk sentiment has taken the form of political satire, of the kind that has flourished in Britain since at least the 18th century. Just outside Berlin, a group called the Center for Political Beauty used high-power lights to project the word 'Heil' onto the side of a Tesla factory so that it read 'Heil Tesla,' along with a picture of Musk saluting during a speech in Washington. In Italy, street art depicts Musk taking off a mask to show Adolf Hitler's face underneath. The words 'Elon Mask' appear above the picture. Advertisement 'There's never been a target exactly like this,' said John Gorenfeld, a software engineer who helped start a London-based group called Takedown Tesla. The group has organized protests of several dozen people for the past several weeks. They hold posters along freeways that say 'Honk if you hate Elon.' And they have printed bumper stickers for Tesla owners with phrases like 'Don't make the same mistake' and 'Pre-2020 Model.' 'Nobody who is that rich and powerful has behaved that outrageously,' Gorenfeld said. 'There's something campy and ridiculous about Musk's brand of toxicity. And it opens up a real space to ridicule.' In Europe, Musk is not just a faraway example of American wealth and power. Over the past year, he has become a frequent political meddler, often weighing in on behalf of far-right causes on X, his social media platform, where he has 218 million followers. In Britain, Musk is known for sharing misinformation about a child rape scandal and calling for Prime Minister Keir Starmer to be jailed. He has called for the release of Tommy Robinson, a far-right, anti-immigrant agitator who is in prison for contempt of court. And he criticized the seven-year sentence of a neo-Nazi who incited and took part in anti-immigrant riots over the summer. The small anti-Musk groups that have popped up around Europe have the same basic goal: Tank Tesla's stock price and sales as a way of sending a message to Musk and other super-wealthy people who are thinking of promoting far-right politics around the world. Some groups declined to be interviewed about their actions, citing concern about becoming a target of Musk's ire on social media. But others were more open about their aims. Advertisement 'The point of this is to show Musk and other billionaires that they are vulnerable and can't act with impunity,' said Ben Stewart, a founder of a British satirical activist group called Led by Donkeys, which worked with the Center for Political Beauty to project Musk's image on the Berlin factory. 'We have to harness global public opinion to push back.' One sign in a series of posters critical of Elon Musk that have been unofficially placed in bus shelter advertising frames, is seen on March 13, 2025 in London, England. Leon Neal/Getty Organizers think it's working. Tesla's stock price has almost halved since its high in December, around the same time that Musk began his high-profile role overseeing the firing of government workers and slashing federal agency budgets. This past week, Tesla reported a 13% drop in sales compared with a year ago. 'What they're trying to do is put massive pressure on me, and Tesla I guess, to you know, I don't know, stop doing this,' Musk said recently in Wisconsin, where he was campaigning for a state Supreme Court candidate. And yet, he added with a shrug, 'Long term, I think Tesla stock's going to do fine, so maybe it's a buying opportunity.' The protesters who spoke about their aims said they wanted to challenge Musk's influence without resorting to the vandalism that the billionaire has called out in the United States as 'coordinated violence against a peaceful company.' Theodora Sutcliffe, a London resident who helped organize Tesla Takedown, said none of the people she works with are participating in violence. Instead, they have sought to find other ways to capture public attention. Advertisement At one of their protests, a wavy, 20-foot balloon man who vaguely resembled Musk saluted into the air. At other times, Sutcliffe and her fellow protesters have left flyers on the windshields of Tesla cars. 'Once upon a time, Teslas were cool,' one flyer says. 'Now, sadly, that's not the case. Driving a Tesla and using Tesla chargers means you're propping up Elon Musk, a man who promotes climate deniers and fossil-fuel junkies.' 'If you want to go viral in the U.K., you have to be smart, I think,' Sutcliffe said. 'That's our sense of humor normally.' The anti-Musk efforts in Berlin were led by Philipp Ruch, artistic director for the Center for Political Beauty, a German activist group. In an interview, he said that much of the anger at Musk in Germany stems from the billionaire's support for the country's far-right party, the Alternative for Germany. 'The first day that the administration comes in, he does the Hitler salute,' Ruch said. 'This is something we couldn't tolerate, politically and artistically.' Ruch performs many of his protests by 'overwriting' one image with another. At the Tesla dealership, he used lights to superimpose his words and images of Musk to create a new artistic creation. (He said police are now investigating his efforts, which were visible for about an hour.) Pictures of the building spread widely on social media. Other efforts have gone viral, too. There are mock car air fresheners called 'Musk-B-Gone' that promise to cover 'the stench of fascism.' And cardboard cutouts of Musk and Trump, thanking Tesla owners for their support when they top up their cars at the company's supercharger lots. Advertisement 'There are some people who are coming at Musk as though he's some sort of passive agent of Trump and that really, this is just another way of getting to Trump,' Sutcliffe said. 'There's other people who perceive Musk as somebody who's a unique type of threat that we really haven't seen before in terms of his economic control and control of the information space.' This article originally appeared in .
Yahoo
25-03-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
Madison's Caleb Heil Earns Third Goalie Of The Week Honor
The USHL announced its Players of the Week on Monday as Sioux Falls forward Noah Urness, Muskegon defenseman Xavier Veilleux and Madison goaltender Caleb Heil took home the respective honors for games played between March 17-23. It's the third honor of the season for Heil, as the Victoria, Minn. native is 23-8-1-1 with an .897 save percentage and 2.70 GAA. However, Heil's 23 wins rank third among USHL goaltenders and he's won four of his past five starts. Madison has won five straight and seven of its past 10, and the Capitols are tied with Muskegon for second in the Eastern Conference. Madison defeated Dubuque and Cedar Rapids at home on Thursday and Friday, both by 3-1 finals. The Caps complete the weekend sweep with a 5-3 win in Dubuque on Saturday. Heil got the nod in both games against Dubuque and made 57 of a possible 61 saves. The North Dakota commit made 29 saves in Thursday's 3-1 win and another 28 in Saturday's 5-3 win. Madison and Muskegon trail Dubuque by just one point, and both teams have played two fewer games. Speaking of Muskegon, Veilleux had a five-point weekend as the Lumberjacks earned three wins over Green Bay, extending their point streak to nine games (8-0-1). Veilleux had two assists on Friday, one on Saturday and two more on Sunday. He also finished the weekend a plus-6. Veilleux has 37 points (6-31-37) through 55 games after putting up 32 (3-29-32) as a rookie. Veilleux is a Cornell commit and fourth-round pick (2023) of the New York Islanders. Rounding out the group is Urness, who racked up eight points (2-6-8) over his four games last week. x - Sioux Falls Stampede (@sfstampede) on X Stampede forward Noah Urness has earned USHL Forward of the Week after a six-point weekend! Read More: Urness had a goal and assist on Tuesday as Sioux Falls fell to Waterloo in a shootout. He followed it up with two assists on Friday, three points (1-2-3) on Saturday and another assist on Sunday. The Stampede won a pair of games in Lincoln and defeated Fargo Sunday afternoon, and they've earned points in five straight (4-0-0-1). Urness now has 17 goals and 46 points through 50 games this season. The Roseau, Minn. product is a St. Cloud State commit. Sioux Falls is currently second in the Western Conference with 79 points – three behind Lincoln and 11 ahead of Waterloo.
CBC
11-03-2025
- Sport
- CBC
Olympic great Jennifer Heil named chef de mission for Milan-Cortina Winter Games
Social Sharing A selfless athlete and leader during her moguls skiing career, Jennifer Heil will bring those qualities and others to her role as Canada's chef de mission for the Milan-Cortina Olympics in 2026, the Canadian Olympic Committee announced Tuesday. As team spokesperson, the native of Spruce Grove, Alta., will also serve as a mentor, supporter and cheerleader with the aim to motivate and inspire athletes while protecting their performance. "This is a massive honour," Heil told Anastasia Bucsis of CBC Sports. "I have a lot to draw on for the athletes. But I think more than that, I have perspective. And sometimes perspective is lacking as an athlete coming into your Games, which sometimes can be too much and too much pressure. "I have that experience to release the pressure valve a little bit for the team." The key position is filled by an athlete who represented Canada on the international scene, particularly multi-sport Games. Heil inspired her teammates at the 2006 Olympics, winning gold for Canada's first medal in Turin, Italy. She then earned the first medal by a Canadian (silver) four years later in Vancouver at her third and final Games before retiring in 2011 with 58 World Cup podium finishes, including 25 gold. "I could go for one more Olympic Games," Heil told reporters at the time. "I'm still at the top of my game, but for me I feel it's an important time to build my future. I want to be as successful off the slopes as I have been on the slopes and I feel that time is now." WATCH | Heil named chef de mission for Milan-Cortina Olympics: 3-time Olympian Jennifer Heil is the chef de mission for Milan-Cortina Games 37 minutes ago Duration 1:29 Heil's moguls teammate, Alex Bilodeau, won the country's first Olympic gold in Vancouver the day after she climbed the podium. "She's given me so much and I think a big portion of why I'm here today," Bilodeau said of Heil, an honoured member of Canada's Sports Hall of Fame since 2015. "Definitely she's a legend in our sport." Somewhat lost from Heil's Olympic medal performance in Vancouver is the fact she opted out of her final pre-Games event to give other Canadians a chance to qualify. She was on a roll, having won four consecutive World Cup events. Leaves sport on a high Heil left the sport on a high, capturing gold in moguls and dual moguls at the freestyle world ski championships in 2011. Months later, she was the Bobbie Rosenfeld Award recipient as The Canadian Press female athlete of the year. At 41, the four-time world championship gold medallist will try to help Canada's athletes achieve their dream next February in Italy. Heil believes sport is part of her present endeavours and challenges when she relies on grit, emotional control and perseverance. "I've been retired for a while but don't feel like those lessons have left me," she said. "I think if anything, I've become a better leader. "I'm excited to rely on what I experienced as an athlete, from being a rookie to being a favourite to having crushing pressure." In the lead up to Milan Cortina, Heil will attend preparation seminars for athletes and coaches and serve on Games-related committees that finalize team selection and another deciding Canada's flag-bearers for the opening and closing ceremonies. She will emphasize "joy" being at the forefront of the athlete experience. "That doesn't mean that we're enjoying the grind of every moment and it doesn't hurt," she said. "But joy has to be a part of it. And there needs to be a lot of resilience. There needs to be a lot of adaptability. There needs to be the ability to turn off the noise." Heil began skiing at age two and over the course of her amazing career was a five-time overall World Cup champion. Heil fell in love with freestyle as a youngster watching Canadian Jean-Luc Brassard win gold at the 1994 Olympics. Away from the slopes, Heil supported Plan Canada's "Because I am a Girl" initiative, which ran from 2012 to 2018 and raised millions in its efforts to lift girls around the world out of poverty. In 2022, Heil graduated from Stanford University Graduate School of Business in California. She has also been an active contributor to charitable initiatives through her B2ten foundation that provides training and technical support to Canada's aspiring elite athletes. "She has been an incredible role model and leader," Hall of Fame cross-country skier Beckie Scott told retired CBC Sports host Scott Russell in 2015. "There are many young women out there who can say they were profoundly impacted by Jenn. And for that alone, she can be very proud."
