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Yahoo
24-03-2025
- Entertainment
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Dane Cook to perform stand-up comedy in Rockford at Hard Rock Live
ROCKFORD, Ill. (WTVO) — Actor and comedian Dane Cook will be performing in Rockford later this year. Cook, known for his stand-up comedy and roles in films like 'Good Luck Chuck' and 'Waiting…' is set to perform at the Hard Rock Live on Friday, November 7th. According to a press release, Cook 'has released a number of record-breaking comedy specials including 'Vicious Circle,' 'Isolated Incident,' 'Harmful if Swallowed,' 'Retaliation,' 'Tourgasm,' and 'Rough Around the Edges: Live from Madison Square Garden.' Tickets go on sale March 28th at 10 a.m. on Ticketmaster or at the Hard Rock Live box office, located in the Hard Rock Casino Rockford, at 7801 E. State Street. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
12-03-2025
- Entertainment
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Ione Skye Reveals Gwyneth Paltrow Was Mean to Her Brother Donovan Leitch — But Doesn't Hold It Against Her (Exclusive)
Actress Ione Skye's memoir Say Everything, out now, continues to reveal fun tidbits from her storied life — including the time she went to Mexico on vacation with Gwyneth Paltrow, who was dating Skye's brother, Donovan Leitch, at the time. In the book, Skye, 54, writes that the decision for her and her then-husband Adam Horovitz to join her brother and Gwyneth, now 52, on vacation happened after an earthquake rattled L.A. "Vacationing with Dono and his intimidating new girlfriend (yes, that Gwyneth) did not exactly sound relaxing, but anything was more relaxing than living in fear of the next earthquake," Skye writes in Say Everything, adding that Paltrow was new to acting at the time and had only starred in one or two films, most recently Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle. She also notes that Paltrow spent the week reading scripts, and while they had fun together, she was surprised at how snappy Paltrow was toward her brother, who spent most of the vacation sick in bed. Skye writes, "At breakfast, Dono had distractedly tipped his water glass (he was one of the world's most distracted people). A few drops had splashed Gwyneth, and she'd snapped, 'Idiot.' With a laugh, but still." Skye says the interaction didn't sit well with her. 'Is Gwyneth always mean to you like that?' Skye recalls asking him. "Dono laughed ... My brother was smitten. He was 27 and looking toward the future, to marriage and kids. Gwyneth was only 21 and wasn't ready for anything too serious. Well, at least not yet. Six months later, she'd get a part in Seven and fly to Reno to meet Brad Pitt — and we all know how that turned out." While Skye writes about her life experiences with abandon in the book, she recently told PEOPLE she was slightly anxious how some people would react to being name-checked. Related: Ione Skye, 54, Reveals She Slept with Costar John Cusack — and Other Juicy Revelations from Her Memoir (Exclusive) "I'm a little nervous," Skye admitted. "I don't want to hurt anyone's feelings." That said, she has no worries about her recollections bothering Paltrow. "She has an awareness of who she is, and I feel like that's one of her superpowers," Skye says of the Goop founder. "She's amazing in that she understands her world, and she always has a good reaction to people coming after her for things she says." Skye also wants to be clear: she isn't dragging Paltrow. "We were what, 21 at the time? We were so young," she says. "At the time, we thought we were so grown-up!" The author adds that she loved writing her life story and can't believe it's finally out in the world after three years in the making. "It's almost like motherhood, in that you know it's going to be a huge experience, but you don't know how big until you get there," she says. "But it's one of my favorite projects I've ever done. And yes, I do care about what others will think. But I also have the feeling that everything will be okay." Say Everything is available now, wherever books are sold. Read the original article on People
Yahoo
31-01-2025
- Politics
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Anti-racism is a Trojan horse for anti-Semitism
Never trust an 'anti-racist'. That is one of the many conclusions to be drawn from the darkness that followed October 7. To wit: in Parliament, the Palestine Solidarity Campaign – yes, the same outfit that projected 'from the river to the sea' onto Big Ben last year – were allowed to set up a stall to lobby MPs in Westminster Hall in June. But a proposal to set up a Holocaust memorial exhibition in the same space was turned down because it was not 'politically neutral'. Where was the outcry from the anti-racists? One can only imagine the furore if an exhibition about the slave trade had been rejected rather than one about Jewish suffering. Defending the decision, a parliamentary spokesman pointed out that it was taken 'on a case-by-case basis'. But that was the whole point. When it comes to anti-racism, some cases are looked upon more favourably than others. Quite how a display about Jewish persecution – created by the National Holocaust Centre and Museum – can be viewed as political remains to be explained. Entitled Vicious Circle, it tells the story of pogroms from Kristallnacht to the Farhud in Baghdad, culminating in the October 7 massacres. We have arrived, it seems, at a point where simply being Jewish, and wishing to mourn your dead, and asking others to acknowledge your pain, has become a political act. But the Palestine Solidarity Campaign? The ones who organise those awful marches through London? The ones who insisted on menacing a synagogue? Fill your boots. This was just one shameful episode among many on Holocaust Memorial Day. There was the Good Morning Britain presenter informing viewers that six million 'people' had been killed, Angela Rayner lighting a candle for 'all those who were murdered' and Humanists UK tweeting sorrow for 'all the victims of genocide'. There was the wreath-laying ceremony on Lowestoft which excluded Jews. There were the disgraceful scenes in Dublin, where a Jewish woman was dragged out for objecting when the president started waxing lyrical about Gaza. This, in other words, was the year that the Jews were told: the Holocaust is not about you. So we must ask again. Where was the outcry from the 'anti-racists'? Part of the problem was that certain left-wing Jews have assimilated the denigration of their own people. An extreme example was the pro-Palestinian group 'Jews Against Genocide' who mounted a contemptible protest about Gaza at the Kindertransport memorial at Liverpool Street Station. (We're all against genocide but can't we limit ourselves to the ones that actually took place?) These were similar lunatics to the ones who recited the Jewish prayer of mourning for Hamas terrorists outside Parliament a few years back. So much for those on the radical fringes. But the Holocaust Memorial Day Trust (HMDT) itself also commemorates the genocides in Darfur, Cambodia, Rwanda and Bosnia. Why is it only the Jews who are expected to give up ownership of their anguish? And why do we do it to ourselves? Predictably, when the HMDT emailed an invitation to its memorial ceremony, it referred to the 'devastating violence against Palestinian civilians in Gaza'. Predictably, the Holocaust was excluded from Westminster Hall. I rest my case. The people who profess to be 'anti-racist' are the ones you have to watch. In this post-moral world, anti-racism has become a Trojan horse for the very sin it claims to oppose. Broaden your horizons with award-winning British journalism. Try The Telegraph free for 1 month with unlimited access to our award-winning website, exclusive app, money-saving offers and more.
