{"id":351684,"date":"2026-09-20T14:18:24","date_gmt":"2026-09-20T14:18:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/351684\/"},"modified":"2026-09-20T14:18:24","modified_gmt":"2026-09-20T14:18:24","slug":"matthew-rhys-topples-king-george-statue-in-nyc-ahead-of-emmys","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/351684\/","title":{"rendered":"Matthew Rhys topples King George statue in NYC ahead of Emmys"},"content":{"rendered":"

Before winning his multiple Emmy awards this week<\/a>, the Welsh star of \u201cWidow\u2019s Bay\u201d Matthew Rhys<\/a> was spotted in downtown Manhattan.<\/p>\n

Rhys, who is in a long-term partnership with actress and \u201cThe Americans\u201d co-star Keri Russell<\/a>, was with Welsh Cabinet Minister for Culture Heledd Fychan<\/a>, Director of the Gotham Center for New York City History at the CUNY Graduate Center Peter-Christian Aigner, and Professor of History at CUNY Queens College Ted Knudsen.<\/p>\n

They were promoting Echoes of Revolution: NYC<\/a>, a multimedia 90-minute walking tour in downtown Manhattan that brings to life New York\u2019s defining role in America\u2019s founding \u2014 set in the Assassin\u2019s Creed III universe.<\/p>\n

Rhys seemed to particularly enjoy toppling the statue of King George at Bowling Green and said, \u201cAs a Welshman, I was born to do this.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Frederick Anderson, left, and John Galliano. (Getty)<\/p>\n

Frederick Anderson<\/a> is a big fan of the work of fellow designer John Galliano<\/a>, but he agrees that the Metropolitan Museum of Art shouldn\u2019t have chosen to honor the British couturier with its show at the Costume Institute.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was a bad idea for this year,\u201d Anderson told me. \u201cMaybe five years from now.\u201d<\/p>\n

Galliano was sacked as creative director of Dior in 2011 and found guilty of verbally abusing a Jewish woman and her paramour, an Asian man,\u00a0in a restaurant in Paris. In a separate incident, he was videotaped declaring his love for Adolf Hitler.<\/p>\n

The Costume Institute\u2019s boss, former Vogue editor Anna Wintour, thought Galliano\u2019s apologies and the passage of 15 years was enough. It wasn\u2019t.<\/p>\n

Anderson called Galliano \u201cbrilliant\u201d and said, \u201cI just wish he didn\u2019t have this tragic flaw. Alcoholism changes your thoughts and your behavior, but I don\u2019t become a racist because I drink.\u201d<\/p>\n

Anderson threw a show as part of NY Fashion Week at Nebula that featured Canadian folk singer Allison Russell crooning her song \u201cEve Was Black.\u201d<\/p>\n

Now he\u2019s working on the Blue Jacket Show for prostate cancer awareness in Los Angeles on Sept. 29.<\/p>\n

Among the models will be Ricco Ross of Netflix\u2019s \u201cBeauty In Black,\u201d Everett Osborne of \u201cSweetwater,\u201d professional football players Rodney Peete and J.R. Redmond, R&B singer Jon B., pro cyclist Dante Young, pro skateboarder Theotis Beasley, Anthony Hill of \u201cGrey\u2019s Anatomy,\u201d and Sam Asghari, the ex-husband of Britney Spears.<\/p>\n

Some are rookies at strutting the catwalk. \u201cIt\u2019s impossible to get them to walk the first time,\u201d Anderson said. \u201cBut then it\u2019s like, \u2018When\u2019s the next show?\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

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\"MartinMartin McDonagh attends the premiere of ‘Wild Horse Nine’ at the Toronto International Film Festival on September 14. (Photo by Mert Alper Dervis\/Anadolu via Getty Images)<\/p>\n

Does Oscar-winning writer\/director Martin McDonagh not know the meaning of the title to his \u201cWild Horse Nine<\/a>\u201d?<\/p>\n

He told a packed preview audience Tuesday night, \u201cThat\u2019s for the audience to decide.\u201d Hmmm.<\/p>\n

The tale of two CIA hitmen, played by Sam Rockwell and John Malkovich, who travel to Easter Island, has already won over audiences in Toronto, Venice and Telluride.<\/p>\n

The movie heads to the Hamptons International Film Festival<\/a> next month.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s the Oscar frontrunner in several categories,\u201d PBS movie critic Bill McCuddy tells me. \u201cBuy a farm and bet it on John Malkovich, everyone else can stay home.\u201d<\/p>\n

One funny side note: McDonagh told the crowd he didn\u2019t want to meet any real CIA guys for research \u201cbecause I wanted to live.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Bentley Meeker<\/a>, the lighting artist who has worked for President Obama at the White House and did the weddings of Robert De Niro and Chelsea Clinton says a homeless person camped out on a sidewalk off the West Side Highway tried to set his $250k Mercedes G-Wagon on fire. Meeker called the cops, who he claims told him there was nothing they could do about the attempted arson because they didn\u2019t see it happen.<\/p>\n

A homeless encampment of up to two dozen people has been on the sidewalk in front of his office all summer, Meeker says. One homeless man chased an employee down the street with a metal pipe when the staffer refused to give him a cigarette, he recounted.<\/p>\n

Many question Mayor Mamdani\u2019s policy<\/a> mandating that social workers must spend a week offering the homeless housing and social services before removing them.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy job is to provide a safe place for my employees to come to work, and sadly this is becoming a dangerous situation for me and my team.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Alicia Keys, Lenny Kravitz, John Legend, Lauryn Hill, Wyclef Jean, Shaboozey and global rock star Yoshiki will perform at the Global Citizen Festival<\/a> in Central Park in front of 60,000 people on Sept. 26.<\/p>\n

Keys said, \u201cThere\u2019s nothing like standing on that stage in the middle of Central Park, in my city, with people who love the world enough to show up for it. Every time we come together, something shifts, making sure every voice gets heard, and giving people the power to shape what comes next.\u201d<\/p>\n

Yoshiki, the Japanese composer, pianist, and drummer, also headlined the organization\u2019s first-ever event in Tokyo in June.<\/p>\n

The concert, which has been held annually in NYC since 2012 and is dedicated to ending poverty, will be hosted by Hugh Jackman and feature appearances by Marcus Samuelsson, Bill Nye and Katie Couric.<\/p>\n

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Ramona Singer in the Hamptons in June. (Photo by Paul Bruinooge\/Patrick McMullan via Getty Images)<\/p>\n

Ramona Singer<\/a> \u2014 who stars in the new reality show \u201cThe Golden Life\u201d alongside Kelly Bensimon, Luann de Lesseps, Dorinda Medley, and Sonja Morgan \u2014 is in a new relationship with a \u201csilver fox\u201d banker who introduces himself as George Johns.<\/p>\n

The loved-up duo, who were on the party circuit all summer in the Hamptons, are now in the city.<\/p>\n

The former Real Housewife of NYC told pals, \u201cI\u2019m living my best life. I have no regrets and I\u2019m happy and super excited to travel around the country this fall and have fun! My daughter\u2019s 35, but I feel 30.\u201d<\/p>\n

The extroverted TV siren then proved her point by jumping on a table to dance at a private party last weekend.<\/p>\n

Earlier this week, Singer was at another f\u00eate that boasted a mirrored dance floor that several of the ladies said made dancing difficult, knowing the mirror reflected their private areas.<\/p>\n

Ramona laughed it off and playfully picked up her long gown, pretending to give everyone a peek \u00e0 la Sharon Stone in \u201cBasic Instinct.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Golden Life,\u201d which also features \u201cSex and the City\u201d author Candace Bushnell, is currently filming in NYC.<\/p>\n

Ramona said, \u201cWe were originally only going to film 10 episodes, but it was such good TV, they extended it to 20.\u201d<\/p>\n

Insiders predict the show, which was also filmed in the Hamptons, will next move to Palm Beach.<\/p>\n

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Kim Kardashian, Olivia Munn, and Paris Hilton are just a few of the celebrities who have had children by surrogates<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Though popular for decades, the method has always been controversial, and a new case is asking the question: whose baby is it? In California, surrogate McKenna West<\/a> chose to have Nausheen Gilkar and Omar Ahmed\u2019s baby despite their request for an abortion after learning the child would have a potentially deadly heart defect.<\/p>\n

West is now fighting for custody, citing the parents\u2019 refusal to confirm whether they will have the baby undergo surgery. While the parents have stated, \u201cHe\u2019s the love of our lives,\u201d many parents have had trouble connecting with surrogacy babies.<\/p>\n

Michelle Grace, the author of the forthcoming children\u2019s book, \u201cI\u2019m Right Here<\/a>,\u201d which addresses this issue, said, \u201cI grieved missing the nine months of pregnancy, a time that feels deeply sacred and foundational. \u201cFinding the connection I longed for did not happen easily. Rebuilding what I felt we had missed was a difficult and painful journey, but it ultimately led to the most beautiful bond of my life.\u201d<\/p>\n

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