Hindus laud Hollywood star Ethan Hawke for supporting Roma cause

November 2nd, 2009 more images more imagesActor ETHAN HAWKE has praised MADONNA for standing up for Romania's gypsy community - insisting the singer "transcended" her pop star status by speaking out about their plight. The Training Day star campaigns as part of his mother Leslie's charity, Ovidiu Rom, to ensure children from Roma backgrounds receive proper education.

October 31st, 2009 more images more imagesHawke praises Madonna for Gypsy support in RomaniaBUCHAREST, Romania — 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.

October 19th, 2009 NEVADA - Hindus have urged Queen of Pop Madonna to "wholeheartedly" work for Roma cause and not just donate a used pair of shoes for the Roma charity. Hindu statesman Rajan Zed, said in a statement that Madonna, who was against Roma discrimination and who was the highest earning musician of the world making around 110 million dollars in a year, should help the Roma people, who were facing apartheid conditions.

October 9th, 2009 Actor ETHAN HAWKE was given a free room at New York's famous Chelsea Hotel on the understanding he reconciled with estranged wife UMA THURMAN. Hotel boss Stanley Bard agreed to let his movie star pal stay at his place for a month after Hawke returned to the Big Apple from Europe, where he had been filming Before Sunset - on the understanding he took the time to repair his shattered marriage.

September 18th, 2009 Uma Thurman has accepted Arpad ‘Arki’ Busson’s proposal to marry him but isn’t ready to set a date for their marriage as of yet. And Thurman has declared that she isn’t in a rush to get married and will wait until they’re ready, so friends and relatives shouldn’t expect a wedding invitation to come by until very late.

September 18th, 2009 WASHINGTON - American actress Uma Thurman has revealed that she is contemplating a move to Hollywood for the sake of her career. Thurman, 39, has only taken on projects filmed in New York since the birth of her two children, daughter Maya in 1998 and son Levon in 2002 with ex-husband Ethan Hawke, so she could be close to them.

September 17th, 2009 Hollywood actress UMA THURMAN has yet to start planning for her wedding to fiance ARPAD BUSSON because they're not "ready" to "rush" into marriage. The Kill Bill star accepted multi-millionaire Busson's proposal in June 2008 but the couple has so far put off setting a date for their nuptials.

September 17th, 2009 Actress UMA THURMAN is contemplating a cross-country move to Hollywood - because she fears her devotion to her family life in New York could take its toll on her career. The Kill Bill star has only taken on projects which have been filmed in the Big Apple since giving birth to daughter Maya in 1998 and son Levon in 2002, so she could remain close to her two kids with ex-husband Ethan Hawke.

September 17th, 2009 LONDON - Hollywood actress Uma Thurman who has been working exclusively in New York for a number of years so that she can be close to her children thinks it is time to return to Hollywood. "I am a mother, but I need to do what I am good at doing.

September 5th, 2009 Sylvester Stallone at Le Grand Passage Cafe Roma with friends. The American actor arrived and left in his new customised car.Los Angeles.

September 3rd, 2009 Gypsy leaders in Romania have praised pop superstar MADONNA for speaking out about their plight, insisting her support "means a lot" to the Roma community. The Material Girl was booed during a performance in Bucharest last week (26Aug09) when she urged the 60,000-strong crowd to fight "discrimination" against gypsies throughout eastern Europe.

August 28th, 2009 Hindus and Jews have come out in support of MADONNA after she was booed and jeered by thousands of fans at a show in Romania on Wednesday night (26Aug09) when she protested the treatment of Roma gypsies in the country onstage. The pop superstar was playing to a sell-out crowd of 60,000 in Bucharest as part of her ongoing Sticky & Sweet world tour when she paused to address issues of discrimination in eastern Europe, urging fans to fight prejudice against the travellers.

August 28th, 2009 LONDON - Hindus and Jews have applauded Queen of Pop Madonna who was booed and jeered by thousands of fans at a show in Romania on Aug 26, 09, after she protested the treatment of Roma gypsies in the country onstage. Cheers gave way to jeers, when the 'Material Girl' hitmaker paused midway before a sell-out crowd of about 60,000 in Bucharest during her song, part of her ongoing 'Sticky and Sweet' world tour, and touched on the plight of Roma people, showing the deeply entrenched prejudice against Roma in Europe, reports the Daily Express.

August 18th, 2009 Ethan Hawke getting into a car outside his hotel in the East Village.. more images

July 10th, 2009 NEVADA - Hindus have urged Hollywood actress Angelina Jolie to undertake the cause of apartheid of 15-million Roma people of Europe. Rajan Zed, acclaimed Hindu statesman, in a statement in Nevada today, said that Jolie, world's most powerful celebrity, would be very effective in focusing public opinion world over on Roma apartheid.