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Yahoo
2 hours ago
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Elon Musk brands Bono a 'liar' and an 'idiot' over USAID cuts criticism
First, Donald Trump lashed out at one music icon... Now, Elon Musk is following suit and making his own rock star enemy. Bono was on the Joe Rogan podcast on Friday (30 May) to talk about the release of his documentary Bono: Stories Of Surrender. During the three-hour conversation, the U2 frontman took the opportunity to critise the Trump administration and singled out Elon Musk and his Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), which oversaw the dismantling of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). Bono, who has been a campaigner for humanitarian aid for decades, criticised the cuts to international aid and cited a Boston University study that estimated that the cuts will cause more than 300,000 deaths around the world. 'There's food rotting in boats, in warehouses – 50,000 tons of it,' Bono said. 'The people who knew the codes, who were responsible for distributing that aid, were fired. That's not America, is it?' Unsurprisingly, considering Rogan voted for Trump, his audience were quick to react – and not in a happy way. One wrote: 'That guy's about as evil as they come Joe', while others stated they would be skipping the episode altogether and that it would be 'the first time I look forward to commercials'. Then came Elon Musk's reaction, who took to X to say brand the singer 'such a liar/idiot', before adding that 'zero people have died' as a result of the USAID cuts. In a later exchange, he said: 'South Park lampooned Bono as the biggest shit in the world. They were right.' Musk stepped down from his wildly unpopular role at DOGE last week after serving the maximum 130-day term as a special government employee without Senate confirmation. During his time at DOGE, hundreds of thousands of people participated in the "Hands Off" protests across all 50 states of the US to express their opposition to the policies of the Trump administration and cuts made by Musk's DOGE. "Hands Off" event organizers said: "They're taking everything they can get their hands on — our healthcare, our data, our jobs, our services — and daring the world to stop them. This is a crisis, and the time to act is now." Check out some of the best signs seen during these nation-wide protests. Bono: Stories Of Surrender is a hybrid of concert movie and visual memoir, featuring spoken word passages from the singer's 2022 autobiography, 'Surrender.' It is streaming on Apple TV+ now.
Euronews
5 hours ago
- Entertainment
- Euronews
Elon Musk brands Bono a 'liar' and an 'idiot' over USAID comments
First, Donald Trump lashed out at one music icon... Now, Elon Musk is following suit and making his own rock star enemy. Bono was on the Joe Rogan podcast on Friday (30 May) to talk about the release of his documentary Bono: Stories Of Surrender. During the three-hour conversation, the U2 frontman took the opportunity to critise the Trump administration and singled out Elon Musk and his Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), which oversaw the dismantling of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). Bono, who has been a campaigner for humanitarian aid for decades, criticised the cuts to international aid and cited a Boston University study that estimated that the cuts will cause more than 300,000 deaths around the world. 'There's food rotting in boats, in warehouses – 50,000 tons of it,' Bono said. 'The people who knew the codes, who were responsible for distributing that aid, were fired. That's not America, is it?' Unsurprisingly, considering Rogan voted for Trump, his audience were quick to react – and not in a happy way. One wrote: 'That guy's about as evil as they come Joe', while others stated they would be skipping the episode altogether and that it would be 'the first time I look forward to commercials'. Then came Elon Musk's reaction, who took to X to say brand the singer 'such a liar/idiot', before adding that 'zero people have died' as a result of the USAID cuts. In a later exchange, he said: 'South Park lampooned Bono as the biggest shit in the world. They were right.' Musk stepped down from his wildly unpopular role at DOGE last week after serving the maximum 130-day term as a special government employee without Senate confirmation. During his time at DOGE, hundreds of thousands of people participated in the "Hands Off" protests across all 50 states of the US to express their opposition to the policies of the Trump administration and cuts made by Musk's DOGE. "Hands Off" event organizers said: "They're taking everything they can get their hands on — our healthcare, our data, our jobs, our services — and daring the world to stop them. This is a crisis, and the time to act is now." Check out some of the best signs seen during these nation-wide protests. Bono: Stories Of Surrender is a hybrid of concert movie and visual memoir, featuring spoken word passages from the singer's 2022 autobiography, 'Surrender.' It is streaming on Apple TV+ now.
Business Insider
3 days ago
- Entertainment
- Business Insider
Bill Gates' summer reading list this year is all about memoirs
"Chasing Hope" by Nicholas Kristof Gates said he's been following the work of Nicholas Kristof since 1997, when the veteran journalist published an article about children in poor countries dying from diarrhea. It changed the course of his life and helped him shape the Gates Foundation, Gates wrote in his blog post. "In this terrific memoir, Nick writes about how he stays optimistic about the world despite everything he's seen," Gates wrote. "The world would be better off with more Nick Kristofs." "Chasing Hope" came out in 2024 — after Gates finished writing his own memoir. However, Gates said he felt he had to include it on the list. "Personal History" by Katharine Graham Gates said he met renowned newspaper publisher Katharine Graham in 1991 on the same day he met Warren Buffett. Kay, as Gates affectionately called her, is best known for presiding over her family's paper, The Washington Post, during Richard Nixon's Watergate scandal. "I loved hearing Kay talk about her remarkable life: taking over the Post at a time when few women were in leadership positions like that, standing up to President Nixon to protect the paper's reporting on Watergate and the Pentagon Papers, negotiating the end to a pressman's strike, and much more," Gates said. "Educated" by Tara Westover Tara Westover's "Educated" debuted at No. 1 on The New York Times bestseller list after its 2018 release. The tale of her upbringing, which included an unconventional father who banned her family from going to hospitals or attending school, led Gates to leave a 5-star review on Goodreads the same year it came out. Westover taught herself math and self-studied for the ACT despite not setting foot in a classroom until she was 17. Today, she has a Ph.D. in history. "I thought I was pretty good at teaching myself — until I read Tara Westover's memoir 'Educated.' Her ability to learn on her own blows mine right out of the water," Gates said in his review. "Born a Crime" by Trevor Noah Comedian Trevor Noah released "Born a Crime," a memoir about his childhood in South Africa, in 2016. As a biracial boy growing up during apartheid, Noah was the product of an illegal interracial relationship and struggled to fit in. Gates said he related to the feeling of being an outsider. "I also grew up feeling like I didn't quite fit in at times, although Trevor has a much stronger claim to the phrase than I do," he wrote in his blog post. "Surrender" by Bono Gates shouted out the vulnerability in "Surrender" by musician Paul David Hewson, better known as U2 frontman Bono. The full title, "Surrender: 40 Songs, One Story," sums up the 40-chapter autobiography that has each chapter named after a U2 song. According to Gates, Bono opens up about his upbringing with parents who "basically ignored" his passion for singing, which only made him try harder to make it as a musician. "I went into this book knowing almost nothing about his anger at his father, the band's near-breakups, and his discovery that his cousin was actually his half-brother," Gates said.
Wall Street Journal
4 days ago
- Entertainment
- Wall Street Journal
‘Bono: Stories of Surrender' Review: Rock-Star Pomposity on Apple TV+
Among the many qualities of U2's brilliant lead singer Bono, humility is perhaps not the first that comes to mind. Subtlety and understatement are also not central to his persona; one wonders whether he could even say 'Pass the iced tea' without making it sound like an urgent plea for worldwide justice. Nevertheless, the 2022-23 stage tour that accompanied the rollout of his memoir, 'Surrender: 40 Songs, One Story,' struck me as incandescent with feeling when I saw it at the Beacon Theatre in New York. It's a mix of stories and U2 songs rearranged for an odd three-piece band (percussion, harp, cello) that has just been adapted for Apple TV+ as 'Bono: Stories of Surrender.'
The Advertiser
26-05-2025
- Entertainment
- The Advertiser
Bono wooed wife Ali Hewson by playing 'the class clown'
Bono became the "class clown" as a teenager in a bid to woo Ali Hewson. The 65-year-old rock star has been married to Hewson since 1982, but Bono had to fight off potential competition from The Edge - his U2 bandmate - during their school years. "She did seem to be taking an interest in his guitar playing and, as hard as I might practise, I just knew I couldn't touch this guy," Bono told The Project. "So I had to become, you know, the class clown." Hewson and The Edge were in the same year at school and she still has a strong friendship with the rocker. "They're still really close - and they still talk about me behind my back," Bono quipped. "They say it's out of concern." Bono previously admitted that Hewson's life would have been easier if he wasn't a member of U2. Bono - whose real name is Paul Hewson - said in his 2022 memoir Surrender, that fame and success had complicated his love life. "Ali would have been happier with a life that was simpler than the one we've ended up with," he wrote. "Ali had never been 'just' my girlfriend, and now she was never going to be 'just' my wife." Bono observed that his bandmates - The Edge, Adam Clayton, and Larry Mullen Jr - have always been a prominent part of their lives. "There were air pockets from the beginning, like, say, my immaturity. Married at 22 going on 18," he said. "She was also realising that there were three other men in her marriage. Men whom she was more than fond of, but men who were taking her man away, not just in his wild imaginings, but physically, all over the world." Bono also suggested that friendship had been the key to his marriage. "If you ask me seriously, friendship can outpace romantic love, sometimes. And friendship is what myself and Ali have," the rocker said at the New Yorker Festival in 2022. "When you have romantic love and friendship, that's really something special." Bono became the "class clown" as a teenager in a bid to woo Ali Hewson. The 65-year-old rock star has been married to Hewson since 1982, but Bono had to fight off potential competition from The Edge - his U2 bandmate - during their school years. "She did seem to be taking an interest in his guitar playing and, as hard as I might practise, I just knew I couldn't touch this guy," Bono told The Project. "So I had to become, you know, the class clown." Hewson and The Edge were in the same year at school and she still has a strong friendship with the rocker. "They're still really close - and they still talk about me behind my back," Bono quipped. "They say it's out of concern." Bono previously admitted that Hewson's life would have been easier if he wasn't a member of U2. Bono - whose real name is Paul Hewson - said in his 2022 memoir Surrender, that fame and success had complicated his love life. "Ali would have been happier with a life that was simpler than the one we've ended up with," he wrote. "Ali had never been 'just' my girlfriend, and now she was never going to be 'just' my wife." Bono observed that his bandmates - The Edge, Adam Clayton, and Larry Mullen Jr - have always been a prominent part of their lives. "There were air pockets from the beginning, like, say, my immaturity. Married at 22 going on 18," he said. "She was also realising that there were three other men in her marriage. Men whom she was more than fond of, but men who were taking her man away, not just in his wild imaginings, but physically, all over the world." Bono also suggested that friendship had been the key to his marriage. "If you ask me seriously, friendship can outpace romantic love, sometimes. And friendship is what myself and Ali have," the rocker said at the New Yorker Festival in 2022. "When you have romantic love and friendship, that's really something special." Bono became the "class clown" as a teenager in a bid to woo Ali Hewson. The 65-year-old rock star has been married to Hewson since 1982, but Bono had to fight off potential competition from The Edge - his U2 bandmate - during their school years. "She did seem to be taking an interest in his guitar playing and, as hard as I might practise, I just knew I couldn't touch this guy," Bono told The Project. "So I had to become, you know, the class clown." Hewson and The Edge were in the same year at school and she still has a strong friendship with the rocker. "They're still really close - and they still talk about me behind my back," Bono quipped. "They say it's out of concern." Bono previously admitted that Hewson's life would have been easier if he wasn't a member of U2. Bono - whose real name is Paul Hewson - said in his 2022 memoir Surrender, that fame and success had complicated his love life. "Ali would have been happier with a life that was simpler than the one we've ended up with," he wrote. "Ali had never been 'just' my girlfriend, and now she was never going to be 'just' my wife." Bono observed that his bandmates - The Edge, Adam Clayton, and Larry Mullen Jr - have always been a prominent part of their lives. "There were air pockets from the beginning, like, say, my immaturity. Married at 22 going on 18," he said. "She was also realising that there were three other men in her marriage. Men whom she was more than fond of, but men who were taking her man away, not just in his wild imaginings, but physically, all over the world." Bono also suggested that friendship had been the key to his marriage. "If you ask me seriously, friendship can outpace romantic love, sometimes. And friendship is what myself and Ali have," the rocker said at the New Yorker Festival in 2022. "When you have romantic love and friendship, that's really something special." Bono became the "class clown" as a teenager in a bid to woo Ali Hewson. The 65-year-old rock star has been married to Hewson since 1982, but Bono had to fight off potential competition from The Edge - his U2 bandmate - during their school years. "She did seem to be taking an interest in his guitar playing and, as hard as I might practise, I just knew I couldn't touch this guy," Bono told The Project. "So I had to become, you know, the class clown." Hewson and The Edge were in the same year at school and she still has a strong friendship with the rocker. "They're still really close - and they still talk about me behind my back," Bono quipped. "They say it's out of concern." Bono previously admitted that Hewson's life would have been easier if he wasn't a member of U2. Bono - whose real name is Paul Hewson - said in his 2022 memoir Surrender, that fame and success had complicated his love life. "Ali would have been happier with a life that was simpler than the one we've ended up with," he wrote. "Ali had never been 'just' my girlfriend, and now she was never going to be 'just' my wife." Bono observed that his bandmates - The Edge, Adam Clayton, and Larry Mullen Jr - have always been a prominent part of their lives. "There were air pockets from the beginning, like, say, my immaturity. Married at 22 going on 18," he said. "She was also realising that there were three other men in her marriage. Men whom she was more than fond of, but men who were taking her man away, not just in his wild imaginings, but physically, all over the world." Bono also suggested that friendship had been the key to his marriage. "If you ask me seriously, friendship can outpace romantic love, sometimes. And friendship is what myself and Ali have," the rocker said at the New Yorker Festival in 2022. "When you have romantic love and friendship, that's really something special."
