Ethan Hawke

(Getty Images) Things Toby Keith hates: 1. Iran. 2. Terrorists 3. Ethan Hawke . Have you ever killed another man? Huh? Have you ever taken another man's life and then cashed the check your country gave you for doing it? No, you have not, so shut the f*** up. You don't know what the hell you are talking about. - What Kris Kristofferson allegedly said to Toby Keith in 2003 Country superstar Toby Keith is pissed at the actor for a profile of Kris Kristofferson that Hawke wrote for Rolling Stone where he describes an incident that may or may not have happened. In ... Read Full Story

At an August concert in Bucharest on her "Sticky & Sweet" tour, Madonna called for an end to widespread discrimination against Eastern Europe's Gypsies - and her stance provoked boos from thousands of fans in Romania. Now 'Reality Bites' star Ethan Hawke , visiting Romania to help promote his mother's charity supporting education for Gypsy children, placed the pop superstar alongside Bob Marley and John Lennon as part of a tradition of artists speaking out against racism. Read Full Story

Actor Ethan Hawke has praised Madonna's words of support for Gypsies during her concert in Romania. Hawke says that Madonna "transcended being a pop star." He says she "drew international attention and shone the spotlight on a level of racism and the need for greater education." At an August stop in Bucharest on her "Sticky & Sweet'" tour Madonna said that widespread discrimination against Eastern Europe's Gypsies, also known as Roma, should end. Thousands of fans responded by booing her. Hawke commented Saturday in Romania where he is promoting the Ovidiu Rom charity run by his mother, Leslie Hawke. The charity supports education for ... Read Full Story

Some drama was going down at the Country Music Awards on Sunday. It wasn’t country diva drama, either… unless you consider Toby Keith a diva. An argument could be made for that, actually. Anyway, Toby Keith was backstage at the Country Music Awards, talking to the press. Keith got a specific question from a reporter from the Tennessean, who asked Keith about an article Ethan Hawke wrote for Rolling Stone . Toby lit into the reporter and Ethan Hawke about the article. The article is about music legend Kris Kristofferson, and Toby took offense to particular, unflattering story Ethan told within the article. Ethan ... Read Full Story

The whole Gypsies-as-a-political-issue thing isn’t something I’m terribly familiar with, so I actually had to do a little bit of research on the issue, specifically the Gypsy issue within Romania . I apologize in advance if I’m incorrect, but from what I can see, Gypsies (Roma) seem to be a culturally, politically and socially oppressed minority within Romania. The Roma maintain their own language (Romany), names, music, customs, set of laws, and the overwhelming majority refuse to marry outside of the Roma, although many have begun to become more integrated into non-Roma communities. It was back in August when Madonna was performing in Bucharest, ... Read Full Story