Ethan Hawke blasts Hollywood's 'greedy bastards,' predicts massive rebellion against powerful elites

Ethan Hawke isn't holding back when it comes to the powerful forces he believes are controlling the entertainment industry.

During a new interview with GQ, the Oscar-nominated actor took aim at wealthy power players, blasting "greedy bastards" who think they control every aspect of Hollywood and predicting a major rebellion against the industry.

"I believe in rebellion. And I think people are going to wake up and punch back and there’s going to be massive movements in music and massive movements in live theater and massive movements of people getting together," Hawke said.

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"So don’t worry that the money and the greedy bastards that think they control everybody, they always lose in the end," he continued. "And they’re all going in the grave eventually. They think they’re winning, but they’re losing because their lives are worthless."

Hawke also expressed frustration with the financial pressures shaping Hollywood, arguing that the projects actors care about most often come with the smallest paychecks.

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"There's a direct correlation. I find that the more you love a project, the less you get paid," he said. "If you want to beat the algorithm, it's very difficult to do that and be paid."

This isn't the first time Hawke has spoken about the pitfalls of Hollywood.

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Last year, the actor called celebrity a "poison" for a young actor's brain.

During an appearance on "The Joe Rogan Experience," Hawke got candid about his start in Hollywood as a young man and reflected on the psychological effect of becoming famous at a young age.

"I think celebrity is like a tiny drop of mercury. Or it's poison. It's poison for your brain," the actor said. "To be a professional actor at a young age, it's dangerous in extremely insidious ways that are very, very hard to perceive when it's happening," Hawke said.

Rogan compared the experience of becoming famous as a child to concrete. If concrete is made incorrectly, with the wrong amount of water or cement, that's it, he explained. Rogan added that once it dries there is no way to repair or fix it.

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"That analogy works for all walks of life. Really. If you have something really traumatic happen in childhood, it's very hard to recover. It's a tremendous amount of work to recover. And I agree with you, like I think celebrity is like a tiny drop of mercury. Or it's a poison. It's a poison for your brain," Hawke said.

During his GQ interview, Hawke expressed the same sentiment.

"I wouldn’t be the first person to say that there’s an aspect of celebrity that is like a disease," he said. "And you can handle little bits of it, but too much of it — we can see what happened to Elvis and we can see Michael Jackson. It’s a form of isolation. It’s like being put in a zoo, and zoo animals go nuts. So do human beings."

"And it seems like a kind of nice isolation because people are giving you money, and they’re telling you you’re wonderful, but nobody’s being real with you," he continued. "And that makes people insane. And they start scratching, trying to find some real life. And sometimes people do that with drugs, some people do that with acting out or getting in fights or whatever the ways that people do it."

Last year, fellow actor Dakota Johnson also ripped into Hollywood, calling the industry an absolute "mess."

During her appearance on the show "Hot Ones," Johnson was asked why "Hollywood is risk-averse."

"I think it’s hard when creative decisions are made by a committee, and it’s hard when creative decisions are made by people who don’t even really watch movies or know anything about them … that tends to be what’s occurring a lot," Johnson shared with host Sean Evans.

Johnson, who has grown up in the business as the daughter of actors Melanie Griffith and Don Johnson, is no stranger to the inner workings of Hollywood.

The "Fifty Shades of Grey" actress’ comments come as studios continue to create sequels and remakes, with original storytelling often sidelined.

"When something does well … studios want to keep that going so they remake the same things," she claimed. "But humans don’t want that. They want fresh. They want to feel new things, experience new things, see new things."

She added, "So I don’t know, I guess it’s all just a bit of a mess right now, isn’t it?"

Fox News Digital's Sarah Sotoodeh and Stephanie Giang-Paunon contributed to this post.

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‘Paid for the bullets’: Dem challenger hits senator with stunning ICE accusation during fiery Senate debate

Fierce disagreement broke out on the debate stage on Tuesday evening as Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, defended her record against accusations that she had enabled the death of Johan Sebastián Durán Guerrero at the hands of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).

Troy Jackson, her Democratic opponent, argued Collins had facilitated the deadly encounter on the three-month anniversary of the incident by funding what he described as a "rogue agency."

"Look, Senator Collins paid for the bullets and at Donald Trump's command. Now she wants credit for not pulling the trigger," Jackson said, referring to the roughly $70 billion in funding for immigration enforcement agencies included in the Secure America Act, a party-line bill that extended provisions for the agency through the end of Trump’s term.

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"That's the choice on this stage. A senator who helps Donald Trump hurt Maine then tells us how concerned she is, or somebody who will stand up against him before another family in Maine has to pay the price."

Guerrero’s shooting has become a flash point in Trump’s immigration enforcement push, especially in the Maine Senate race where Democrats have used his death to illustrate broader critiques of Collins: that her occasional willingness to break with the majority of the GOP hasn’t meaningfully curbed the administration’s policies. But at the debate on Tuesday evening, the third between Collins and Jackson, Collins pushed back on the narrative, arguing that her power as a Republican senator has been key to implementing a handful of safeguards on an agency that she described as critical to American safety.

"After the Biddeford shooting, I called the Secretary of Homeland Security, [and] met with the acting director and suggested that they prioritize Maine for receipt of these body-worn cameras. And they did. And every ICE agent in the state of Maine and across the country now has the body-worn cameras," Collins said at the debate on Tuesday.

"I increased by 17% the budget for the independent Office of Inspector General," Collins added.

Guerrero, a 25-year-old Colombian national, was fatally shot in Biddeford on July 13 when he tried to flee ICE officers in a vehicle during an operation targeting an illegal immigrant with a final order of removal, according to the Department of Homeland Security.

Guerrero was not the target of the operation.

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"The vehicle attempted to flee the scene and, fearing for public safety, an officer discharged his weapon. The driver of the vehicle was struck and emergency services were immediately contacted. He passed away from his injuries," DHS said in a statement at the time.

In Jackson’s estimation, the moment is emblematic of what he described as an agency out of control.

"That is why I believe that this agency is just a rogue agency that's doing Donald Trump's bidding," Jackson said.

"I do believe it's important to get rid of it and take that money and prioritize it into existing law enforcement that actually people believe in."

Like many progressives, Jackson has argued that the agency is beyond the scope of reform, sharing the view of the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA). The group, which backed Jackson in his gubernatorial bid earlier this year before he became a candidate for Senate, calls the agency "a violent and illegitimate agency."

Jackson has shared almost that exact framing, similarly stating that ICE "is not legitimate law enforcement," in a debate from last Thursday.

Collins disagrees.

On Tuesday, she argued that the agency, although flawed, serves an important role in American law enforcement, pointing out that its role overlaps with many other forms of law enforcement.

"It investigates child trafficking, human trafficking and general child exploitation: drug smuggling, international cartels, financial scams. It recently helped shut down a child pornography ring in the state of Maine. I don't think any of us wants to go back to the days of completely open, uncontrolled borders. That is dangerous for us," Collins argued.

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"I think what happened is far too many ICE officers were hired and deployed without adequate vetting and training. But let us not forget the important work that ICE does, which is why it should be reformed and not abolished, as Troy has said."

Having secured their parties’ respective nominations, Collins and Jackson will face off in the state’s Nov. 3 general election.

Elaine Mallon contributed to this report.

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Washington HS girls blast male athlete participating in track meet: 'Don't think that that's right or fair'

Charlie Garret and Sierra Retzlaff were among the Washington high school girls who walked away from a cross-country race on Tuesday, refusing to compete against a male athlete who began the season on the boys' team.

Instead of bolting off the line when the gun sounded, Garret, Retzlaff and about a dozen other girls walked a few meters and then left the course, while the male athlete took off.

"He’s taking that spot. I don’t think that that’s right or fair," Retzlaff said during an appearance on Fox News' "Fox & Friends."

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"I agree with Sierra, I don’t think it’s fair at all and he’s taking away a spot from every single girl that lines up on that line," Garret, who appeared on "Fox & Friends" with Retzlaff, said.

In addition to walking off, Garret and Retzlaff used body paint to write "keep women in women's sports" on their arms and legs.

The male runner finished first in the girls' varsity race on Sept. 29 after finishing 76th in the boys' junior varsity race on Sept. 5.

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Garret and Retzlaff both attend Skyview High, while the male runner attends Camas. During Tuesday's race, some members of the male runner's team joined the protest, refusing to compete.

"I think it’s amazing what they did and I think it’s really brave and courageous of them," Garret said. "Especially since they are running with this person and is one of their teammates. So, I really applaud those Camas girls, I couldn’t be more proud of them."

Retzlaff's parents brought signs supporting their daughter, but her father was removed from the event . The athletic director reportedly said the signs were inappropriate . Although the signs weren't allowed, Retzlaff appreciated her parents' support.

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"Obviously it’s great not feeling like you’re the only one doing something and having the people that are always with me through everything really helped a lot," Retzlaff said.

Garret said the community as a whole was supportive of their decision to protest, even if their team was a little shocked at first.

The Camas School District said it follows Washington Interscholastic Activities Association eligibility rules and Washington state law, but an upcoming vote could change the policy.

On Nov. 3, Washington voters will vote on Initiative 638, which would prohibit students defined as biologically male from competing in certain female-only interscholastic athletic competitions. The initiative would require students to provide verification of biological sex from a healthcare provider to enter those competitions.

However, even if the initiative is approved, it would not take effect in time for Garret, Retzlaff and the other protesting girls. Washington's state cross-country championships are scheduled for Nov. 7, and the measure would go into effect 30 days after the election.

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Rory McIlroy calls LIV Golf 'half a good idea' before saying he'd vote yes on having players return to Tour

In the months leading up to LIV Golf's inception in 2021 and its inaugural event in June 2022, no one was a harsher critic of the breakaway league than Rory McIlroy. As the years have passed and with LIV's future now a complete uncertainty, McIlroy has taken a wider-lensed look at things and, as a result, softened his disdain for the league.

Perhaps there is a piece of McIlroy that feels bad for certain players who left the PGA Tour to join LIV Golf. Maybe he's simply grown a bit softer as a now 37-year-old, or with the career grand slam box finally checked, perhaps he's stopped giving a thought to anything that does not directly involve him.

While we may never know the why of it all, there is no denying that McIlroy's tune about LIV has changed, and his recent comments during the Bloomberg New Economy Forum only confirm that.

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With LIV Golf filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy and the writing on the wall at least beginning to form that the LIV 2.0 endeavor could be a failure-to-launch situation, McIlroy has begun reflecting on the first iteration of the league.

"LIV had probably like half of a good idea that was executed pretty poorly," McIlroy shared during the forum in New Delhi. "They had a lot of capital, but I think a lot of that capital was wasted in some ways, and I think they could have used that money a lot more strategically, and they could have partnered with some of the governing bodies of the game, and they certainly could have done better things with it instead of just enriching tour pros that were already making a lot of money."

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A year ago, maybe even sooner, it would have been hard to imagine McIlroy sharing thoughts such as these about LIV Golf and what the business could have done. In the past, it would have only been a moment to strictly criticize LIV.

McIlroy taking this approach was likely made easier with the Saudi Public Investment Fund (PIF) officially cutting off all funding to the circuit earlier this year, but it's still an interesting change of pace from the former World No. 1.

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On that topic of change, McIlroy began softening his stance about LIV players returning to the PGA Tour months ago. In May, he said LIV players making a return to the Tour would be "good business."

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When asked at the forum if he would welcome players back on Tour, he stuck to the same idea with his answer.

"Yes, I would," McIlroy explained. "A rising tide lifts all boats, and I think having some of these players back is beneficial for the business of the tours."

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DR MARC SIEGEL: Pope Leo's lung surgery puts modern medicine alongside faith

When Pope Leo XIV visited Lourdes, France, on Sept. 26, he drank a glass of water from the spring at the Grotto of Massabielle, where St. Bernadette Soubirous reported visions of the Virgin Mary in 1858.

Who knew last month that the pope might be calling on the healing waters to help in his own healing as he faces surgical removal of what the Vatican has described as "a small localized nodule" that he has said "was identified at a very early stage and well situated." 

The surgery will take place Tuesday, Oct. 13, followed by a week of recovery at Rome’s highly rated Agostino Gemelli Polyclinic Hospital. Small lung nodules are often detected on CT scans of the lungs. If the nodule is small and well circumscribed, and has characteristics, including irregularities that are concerning for malignancy, as may be the case here, removal can often be performed using minimally invasive techniques.

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The surgeon leading his medical team is Professor Stefano Margaritora, director of the Thoracic Surgery Unit at Gemelli and an expert in minimally invasive techniques. Margaritora is known for uniportal (one small incision) video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS), which is done via a scope under direct visualization. This is the procedure that will be performed on the pope. 

Dr. Robert Cerfolio, CEO at Pinnacle Global Health and one of the top minimally invasive lung surgeons in the world, thinks highly of Margaritora but generally prefers a robotic approach, in part because of smaller incisions and better visualization. The robot is placed between the ribs and into the chest and is controlled by the surgeon from a console.

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If all goes well, I would expect the Holy Father to resume normal activities fairly quickly. His recovery will no doubt be aided by the fact that, at age 71, he has maintained an active lifestyle and has generally appeared to be in good health.

Lourdes is famous not only for the 72 healings officially recognized as miraculous by the Catholic Church — instantaneous healings with no medical explanation — but also for "small miracles that aren’t recognized until later." Those are the words of Fox Business anchor David Asman. Asman is his wife’s "voiturier" at Lourdes, meaning that he takes her around the sanctuary during their visits. The couple has made pilgrimages to Lourdes following a stroke affecting the right side of his wife’s brain in 2004 that left her with severe loss of strength on her left side.

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Marta Cecilia Asman is rejuvenated spiritually at Lourdes. She watches people who come there hopeless and return home with tremendous hope, their spiritual and emotional state completely changed.

"Lourdes is a miracle," she says to me in an interview for my new book, "The Angels Among Us." "Not everyone can say they are cured. For me, my hand opens and starts working again after my stroke when it isn’t supposed to. During my rehab at Burke Rehabilitation Hospital [in New York’s Westchester County], I’m told I’m not supposed to be able to walk on my own again, but I do. … Sometimes I feel I am trapped in New York City. But then I am uplifted by Lourdes, my emotional health is tied to Lourdes, and I know there is no limit to what I can do."

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Dr. Alessandro De Franciscis, outgoing director of the Lourdes Office of Medical Observations, tells me in an interview for the book that Lourdes is a joyful place, a place of mind-over-matter healing. "The pilgrims who travel here are malades who may not be able to get into the metro or climb a stairway or push into a department store, and yet they thrive here."

The "malades" are cared for by four times as many volunteer caregivers a.k.a. "hospitaliers."

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During his September 2026 visit to Lourdes, Pope Leo met with thousands of sick pilgrims and the hospitaliers who outnumber and care for them, celebrating the sanctuary's profound legacy of physical, spiritual and internal healing.

And now, as he undergoes surgery with the benefit of modern medical science, it certainly won't hurt to have the prayers of millions around the world — and to have partaken of the healing waters of the Lourdes Grotto.

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There is a lot of season left, and looking at standings and results from this season, it seems like there is a lot of parity around the league. But it wouldn’t be a difficult argument to make that tonight’s game is a potential Super Bowl preview. Even given that the current odds on the market show that these two are more likely to make it than others. 

The Buffalo Bills are 3-1 and coming off a loss to the Patriots. It is hard to evaluate the Bills because the team isn’t that good, but their success comes from Josh Allen covering up a lot of flaws. He can hit almost any throw, and his legs are a major difference-maker. He already has seven rushing touchdowns this season. 

The defense does have quite a bit of struggle. Even with just four games under their belt, they are the third-worst passing defense in football. Their rushing defense is better, but they aren’t particularly great, allowing 116 rushing yards per game to opponents. 

The Los Angeles Rams are just 2-2 for the season. They have played in some very strange games this year. In their season opener, they had to travel to Australia, and it was a disaster against the 49ers. Then they came home and dropped the Giants, but New York lost starter Jaxon Dart in that game.

Their past two games saw them drop one to the Broncos and win one over the Eagles. Both were road games. Against Denver, they were up 16-0 at halftime, and the defense just couldn’t get a stop when needed in the second half, giving up 30 points. Against the Eagles, they were down 20-10, but two fourth-quarter touchdowns gave them the win. 

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Hurricane Isaias’ devastating aftermath comes into focus in striking images

Communities are beginning to assess the damage left behind by a powerful hurricane that tore through the region, leaving homes damaged, roads flooded and neighborhoods littered with debris.

Photos from some of the hardest-hit areas show the scale of the destruction as residents and emergency crews begin the long process of cleaning up and rebuilding.

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Isaias slammed into the Florida Panhandle near Destin on Friday, Oct. 9, as a Category 2 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 105 mph, bringing destructive winds, dangerous storm surge and widespread flooding.

The hurricane tore roofs from buildings, uprooted trees and knocked out power to hundreds of thousands of customers across Florida and Alabama before pushing inland.

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Isaias marked the first hurricane to make landfall along the U.S. Gulf Coast since Hurricane Milton battered Florida in October 2024, nearly two years earlier.

The storm also became the first hurricane of the 2026 Atlantic season, ending an unusually quiet stretch that saw no hurricanes develop until October.

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As Isaias moved inland and weakened, the full extent of the hurricane's destruction began to emerge.

Stunning images from across the Gulf Coast capture what the powerful storm left behind.

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