SOMMER: Sure. I'm Terry Gross. But, you know, it is funny they - if they believe in adrenochrome, they sort of play it into real world events. They still look like older people - Hillary Clinton, same. Michael Peterson had been forced to sell his assets, including the family home, to pay legal fees, leaving him broke. George Michael was 27 years old when he met Anselmo in a hotel lobby. According to the New York Times, Jason Elzy, head of public relations . He's been reporting on QAnon since it began. You mentioned that Michael Flynn was auctioning off a lot of items, including an autographed baseball bat, a bat autographed by Flynn himself that he sold for $7,000. 2020 has been a tough year for us all, leaving many to look forward to 2021. He could hardly move a muscle. But they see him as a guy who, you know, will almost bring in a utopian world where diseases are cured and there's no war and we all live in peace. Ill see ya. Lin Wood, who was - briefly worked for the Trump campaign got up there, this lawyer, and he gave a speech that was this - this is in front of thousands of people. And yet the incredible thing about QAnon and what I explore in the book with conspiracy theories more broadly is how people deal with the cognitive dissonance of a prediction that you've really staked your life on failing to come true. And so this is a group - I would say it's - maybe 30% of . Tremors has had a long life, and appears to have many years ahead, but Gross believes there are several reasons behind the franchise's longevity. Fox is still so well known around the world, it may be difficult to remember just how big he really was. And so suddenly, you know, there will be this moment where - you know, I kept in touch with a family who lost their adult son to QAnon over a year. - he would say, well, I don't know what you're talking about, so a very slippery character. His most notable roles are fatherly figure Steven Keaton from Family Ties and graboid hunter Burt Gummer from the Tremors film and television series. And Paul Furber suddenly says, this is not the real Q anymore. He didn't last long. 2, it draws on so many of the tropes and the plotlines, if you will, that he's been promoting for decades. Of course, I'm alive.'". Let's start a little bit with family, because you've written about families where one family member becomes a part of QAnon, tries to convert the rest of the family. Michael C. Gross, an artist, illustrator, film producer and personal designer who created two of the most iconic pop culture images of the 20th century the enduring Ghostbusters logo and a dog . Michael Schumacher (right) celebrating on the podium of the Monza racetrack after the Italian Formula One Grand Prix on September 10, 2006, and his son Mick (left) celebrating his win of the . GROSS: That's the thing. This nice actor originating from Chicago, Illinois, United States has a tall body & round face type. GROSS: Well, you know, you say this whole JFK Jr. story is one of the stories that drives you crazy. Will Sommer, welcome to FRESH AIR. [10], Gross is a passionate railfan with an extensive collection of railroad antiques. Followers have committed murders. The film, which debuted on DVD, Blu-ray, and digital today, centers on a group of trophy hunters who go after genetically-modified graboids on a tropical island. The fans certainly havent walked away. Nick Jonas The pop singer-turned-actor was the victim of death hoaxes twice in 2009. 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Others claim that Jackson really faked his own death, perhaps in order to escape the public scrutiny he had endured for his whole life. So again, in looking at who is Q since the most recent places, I think, still that he or she or they have communicated from is 8kun, people are looking at who runs it and who would know who is Q. Since 2009, Gross has been the "celebrity spokesman" for the B&O Railroad Museum in Baltimore, Maryland. There are numerological calculations based on his license plate with secret meanings. "Frankly, I thought to myself -- I didn't express it to them, but I thought to myself -- 'Maybe Universal's getting a little tired of this franchise.' In his book, the Hunter S. Thompson character receives a drug called adrenochrome from another character, and that guy says, you know, you can only get this from a pedophile. The images that could reveal what happened on June 25, mysteriously disappeared from the mansion of the star. So I think this conspiratorial nature of QAnon has really gone mainstream in the GOP. Michael Gross kept staying because he couldnt resist playing Burt, he continued. Even now, you know, I think there are a few more psychologists who are getting interested in this work. The 1988 Elvis Presley phone call. He discussed what gives the eccentric survivalist staying power and what keeps the actor coming back for more. Michael J. Fox's age is 61 years old as of today's date 2nd March 2023 having been born on 9 June 1961. So her text messages came out because the January 6 committee got them through Mark Meadows. He has aired in four projects in 2019, two in 2020, and likely to appear in more in 2021 and after. And the second thing is why Guantanamo Bay? So the advice is often to, you know, maintain the relationship, which can be very difficult, and sort of just hope that the QAnon believer will snap out of it themselves. He told me that ''MICHAEL STILL ALIVE'' Michael Jackson's doctor says Michael is still alive, I Interviewed The His Doctor. SOMMER: Sure. Thank you. So QAnon went underground for a little while. So what are some of the patterns that you see in what family members who come to you tell you? You know, JFK Jr. died in 1999 in a plane crash. Michael Nesmith, who rose to fame for being a member of The Monkees, has died aged 78, but which band member is still alive? "I said, 'I can live with this,'" Gross said. Im out of here.'. Why does that - and military tribunals - why does that figure so much into QAnon? I'm going to have to Google this QAnon thing. If you're just joining us, my guest is Will Sommer, author of the new book "Trust The Plan: The Rise Of QAnon And The Conspiracy That Unhinged America." [13] He is the host of the B&O Railroad Museum Television Network on YouTube. So, I mean, that is how deep their admiration and adulation for him runs. But as you say, I mean, this is also a group that was heavily involved in January 6, several murders. So this all traces back to the two places that Q has actually left messages, 4chan and then 8chan, which became 8kun. "I always said, if Kevin Bacon or Fred [Ward] or Reba [McIntire] or anybody [wanted to return], I'd be there in a minute," Gross said. Gross was born in Chicago, Illinois, the son of Virginia Ruth, a telephone operator, and William Oscar Gross, a tool . In 1988, he portrayed a murderous bank robber in the true life movie In the Line of Duty: The F.B.I. Jerome Corsi almost embeds with these conspiracy theorists who are decoding the messages. And so he was always appearing behind Trump at rallies. While Mike was only explaining his experience on the drug, people were quick to assume that something had happened to him. And she just said, he's alive, and sort of flitted away into the crowd. 'Family Ties' Cast Then And Now 2021. He looks like he's been through an earthquake, crushed by a house, but he's alive. And because the clues are so vague, you know, it just makes it really easy for someone to imprint their own experience on it and really have it resonate with them. GROSS: If those two are behind it, if the people who run 8kun are behind it, does that mean that they're doing it just to get more followers, and therefore to maybe make more money? So as a QAnon believer, Teresa didn't just think that, you know, electing a Republican president means she'll have Supreme Court justices she likes or lower tax rates. However, it is not recommended that a "Family Ties" reunion be brought up to the actor as his answer to that question remains as: I mean, the ways that these messages can shift based on who's telling them and sort of the fight over the QAnon audience is really something to behold. And, of course, now, you can look at that and compare that to what they believe about - what QAnon believers think about adrenochrome. Murders. When autocomplete results are available use up and down arrows to review and enter to select. For one thing, the showrunners originally planned on outright designing the show to be a breakout opportunity . I think it is this appeal of frustration with American politics that people just - you know, essentially they want a military coup. I'm going to go undercover. Well, I look at the state of the right right now and the way that QAnon really thrived and the way that no one who could have stopped QAnon's growth bothered to do it. As far as Guantanamo Bay goes, I think a psychologist might be able to say what about the American psyche it is that - and how the war on terror has affected us that Guantanamo Bay looms so largely that people say, well, you know, we just got to - we got to cut through this mess of politics and gridlock. GROSS: And, of course, there's money involved. What impression did you take away from this guy? Some theorists claim that a video, which emerged after the . Caine who is 85 now was born on March 14th 1933 in London. 6 million Dollar. 1, he was promoting it and, No. "There were cameras on the [] Things go wrong, and Burt is called in to take matters into his own hands. Now, adrenochrome as a concept was kind of knocking around the counterculture. The 4chan people say - this is a bit weird even by our standards - and they kick it off. Fox married Tracy Pollan who was once a co-star in the 'Family Ties' on July 16th, 1988. It has committed crimes. By all accounts, the 88-year-old is still alive and was living in Philadelphia when she agreed to an interview with the Philadelphia Daily News in 2010. Michael Nesmith, who rocketed to fame as the contemplative, wool-cap-wearing member of the Monkees in 1966, then went on to a diverse career that included making . Disclosure Information: Some of the organizations with products on our site may pay us a referral fee or affiliate commission when you click to apply for those products. WILL SOMMER: Sure. I don't really know who Clay Clark is, but what is this ReAwaken America QAnon tour and why is Trump hosting it at his own resort? But because she was a QAnon believer - and she was holding a giant Q on a staff maybe twice her height - she said she wasn't just there to, you know, see Trump reinstated or see him get another four years or disrupt the vote count. Michael Gross (born June 21, 1947) is an American television, movie, and stage actor who plays both comedic and dramatic roles. SOMMER: Yes. He is in the company of just four others: Bill Clinton, George . I mean, I think about someone like Donald Trump or perhaps Kevin McCarthy or Sean Hannity or Tucker Carlson, all of these people either chose to, you know, engage with QAnon in a positive way, like Donald Trump trying to whip up their numbers or posting pictures of himself memes - QAnon memes of himself, or to look the other way, someone like Kevin McCarthy who said, well, I don't know what that is and just sort of letting it fester. With a shock ending that seems to set up the end of the long-running franchise, Michael Gross may have played Burt Gummer, for the last time in . And then Q has revved up as of the fall and, you know, same kind of cryptic messages - stay the course, patriots, these kind of things. Now, once they move it over to 8chan, he then - whoever runs Q loses control of it. Michael Gross, the great German butterfly and freestyle swimming ace of the 1980s. My greatest wish wouldve been, I wish Kevin, Fred Ward, Reba could have come back, he said, adding, That being said, everybody in every one of these has been wonderful. And so this was run by a guy named Jim Watkins, who is an American who had a lot of, I would say, shadowy business interests in the Philippines. And everybody else is like, Nah, Ive had enough. Look at this guy. He warns that QAnon isn't a one-time phenomenon. He's still alive and well, stop believing what you see on the Internet, " they said. So QAnon can continue even if its leader is exposed as a fraud. SOMMER: Yeah, so certainly I think people cycle in and out of QAnon. He received his drama degree at the University of Illinois at Chicago before attending Yale University for his Master of Fine Arts degree. And particularly in [Shrieker Island], I said, Its time for him to deal with a woman. But in a way, QAnon no longer needs Q. I think as people started to suspect that - QAnon believers initially believed it was someone close to Trump, like Michael Flynn, for example, or maybe Don Jr. Maybe we should start with adrenochrome, which we talked about a little bit, or at least which I mentioned in the introduction to the interview. I mean, they are a colorful pair, to say the least. Let's get back to my interview with Will Sommer, author of the new book "Trust The Plan: The Rise Of QAnon And The Conspiracy Theory That Unhinged America." He said, well, you know, this is what I've been doing with QAnon to accomplish these missions and to help people support Trump. And, of course, I mean, most obviously here, January 6 and this belief that the election in 2020 was stolen is so prevalent on the right that I think even if it doesn't - isn't known as QAnon anymore, in the same way that Pizzagate went away and sort of reemerged as QAnon, I think this conspiratorial sense on the right and this restless and sometimes violent energy is going to remain with us. GROSS: When was the last time Q sent a message? And this is a unique spelling here. I've noticed I've laughed several times while we've been talking 'cause the conspiracy theories are really so ludicrous. I'm out of here.'" Gross on the contrary found himself drawn time and again to the films and Gummer's misanthropic loner persona. But when I said to him, you know - are these pizza socks about Pizzagate, you know; are you wearing this QAnon pin because of QAnon? GROSS: Let's talk about antisemitism and QAnon. She had a major role in shaping the career of Michael Jackson, and he had made her millionaire. GROSS: OK. Well, let's take another break here. You quote what one of them told you, which pretty well sums up a lot of the craziest of the QAnon beliefs. I talked to Michael Jackson's doctor. And, you know, you have to know about politics and medicine and all this sort of stuff. The video of Michael Jackson's last day have been lost. So adrenochrome is sort of the - is at the heart of QAnon. Michael Gross was born on June 21, 1947 and is 72 years old now. But I think that really gives you a glimpse inside the leadership of this movement and that there's a financial incentive to recruit more people into it. Since his release from prison on bond in 2011 and his official release in 2017, Peterson has returned to his passion for writing . Ultimately, it's about adrenochrome. SOMMER: This is a very interesting tactic. He doesnt speak that language.. Lo and behold, this is our Top 60 of celebrities that have been caught smoking or, Celebrities dont always wear makeup anymore. SOMMER: Exactly. SOMMER: It's very complex. As Gross previously told us, though, the death of Burt was Universal's idea, not Gross's, because the studio and filmmakers thought that after thirty years, it would lend some real emotional heft to the film if the audience finally had to say goodbye to Burt. You'll find lots of interviews. I wound up as the default center of these films because everybody else dropped away, said Gross. But go over again the conspiratorial beliefs about this substance known as adrenochrome. Michael J. During his lifetime, Prince amassed a fortune estimated at more than $300 million. has called for the postponement of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games until 2021 or 2022 in a direct appeal to Thomas . [8], Gross has been married to casting director Elza Bergeron since June 2, 1984, and he is the stepfather to her two children. I mean, look, Biden does not look young. And there are some obvious similarities here. There's a moment when Q is on 8chan where the administrators appear to hijack the account. You have tried to track down Q's identity. And suddenly, QAnon splits from Alex Jones, and they become bitter enemies. You know, I think January 6, they thought, was going to be the moment they call the storm. I guess he has bills to pay. And I said, you know, that guy looks nothing like JFK Jr. And she said, you know, haven't you ever heard of special effects? And he's saying, you know, they're - the world elites are killing children, and we're going to get them. No one has yet succeeded. And what was that message? And if you're just joining us, my guest is Will Sommer. And it was fascinating. You know, I mean, his motivation here is a little unclear. And maybe eight isif I had a concept for eight, it would be Burt horribly injured, but in a motorized, weaponized wheelchair that has rocket mounts on the side and can leave an oil slick behind like James Bond's car. These Are The 10 Best-Paid Television Stars In The World. Touch device users, explore by touch or with swipe gestures. GROSS: Well, Will Sommer, thank you so much for your reporting. Sep 5, 2018 - Explore MerryLaverne Borden-Moss's board "Gaither's Singers that passed away.", followed by 291 people on Pinterest. Various writers had used it as sort of a stand-in for a very powerful drug, I think, because it just sounds cool. GROSS: Do they still have that kind of faith in Trump 'cause after all, he was president for four years? Explore. And, you know, the son just came in one day and said, look; Mom and Dad, I want you to know that in the next couple of weeks, some pretty big celebrities are going to be arrested for being pedophiles. But I also have to say, it is not funny because this group has power. And when that didn't happen, they were shocked. I cover all things DC and Godzilla. It has to be this the elaborate global adrenochrome supply has been disrupted. We were all aware that this was a big deal, but . And so they said, well, jeez, you know, if this guy doesn't know what he's doing, what chance do we have? Recently, the 60-year-old explained that while he doesn't fear death, he's "happy . Another thing to consider besides his legacy is that Carter is currently part of a dwindling number of living former U.S. presidents. And so I've run into him repeatedly, and he'll say, well, you know, I'd actually love to talk with you about that; can we meet up in an hour? Related Dune: House Atreides First Look Revealed. He attended St. Francis Xavier [2] and St. Genevieve[3] schools in Chicago in his early years, graduating from the latter in 1961. But I mean, he seems to be having the time of his life. Dec. 10, 2021. And so that's a taste of what a ReAwaken America tour is like. And this would go for $5,000, $10,000. So let's talk about attempts to find out who Q is. And that is taken as a criticism of Jerome Corsi and Alex Jones. He is also a member of the Santa Fe Railway Historical Society. SOMMER: For adrenochrome. Alex Jones has a conspiracy theory about the conspiracy group QAnon. He was involved with a gang for a couple of years during high school before becoming a better student. I talked to - I was shadowing one of them, and these women were so excited to see him as though they had seen, you know, a real celebrity. She said that she was there because she believed that world elites keep children in tunnels where they drain them of their blood - they call them mole children - and that she believed that, you know, the sort of the greatest forces in the world were committing horrible crimes against children and that there had to be this kind of climactic moment that she believed would be that day. People dressed like him on Halloween. It's - the QAnon person she was quoting from wasn't even a mainline QAnon person. He's posting pictures of himself wearing Qs, stuff like this. I mean, this is - it's such a tragic thing. Fox is not dead. Sommer is a political reporter for The Daily Beast and co-host of the podcast "Fever Dreams.". Michael Gross kept staying because he couldn't resist playing Burt," he continued. [1] Gross and his younger sister, Mary, were raised Catholic. . 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But basically SOMMER: There is an internal logic to it because the idea is that the deep state, the people who are out to get Donald Trump, the cabal, assassinated John F. Kennedy, the president. Michael is alive and kicking and is currently 72 years old. And yet they see him as a guy who will not just, you know, set America right or restore American values or what have you, whatever they might believe that to be. Shrieker Island marks the sixth film in which Gross has played Burt since 1990 -- and the character also appeared in a season of TV back in 2002. In the pictures, it was speculated that the man was indeed Presley, who were being guarded by security guards around him. Michael Jackson earned $825 million in 2016, the highest earnings for a celebrity dead or alive in any year. Gross and the role of Steven Keaton almost weren't the match audiences now know it as. Sommer says he has an unusual passion for consuming huge amounts of right-wing media after having been raised in a conservative Texas family where road trips meant listening to Rush Limbaugh's talk radio show. He celebrated his birthday on January 8, however this year, like many since August 1977, would have seen his family . Let's get back to my interview with Will Sommer, author of the new book "Trust The Plan: The Rise Of QAnon And The Conspiracy That Unhinged America." He was born on Aug. 29, 1958, in Gary, Indiana. Though, he is 1.63 m tall, he weighs about 80 kg. But increasingly, as they started to suspect that it was not really a high-ranking intelligence official, they started to distance themselves from Q. And whoever originally runs Q says, wait, you know, I'm losing control. Juni 2022. Former boxing champion Mike Tyson has claimed that he "died" while taking the psychoactive Todd Venom. George Michael's former partner Kenny Goss will reportedly receive a share of the singer's 97 million estate, after a long-running legal battle. And then, in a sort of more mundane but similarly tragic way, there are also just all of these families that have been destroyed by QAnon, where suddenly someone in the family starts saying, well, you know, I got this crazy story about Hillary Clinton to tell you. Today. Gross is a fan of the Chicago Cubs baseball team. They said they were going to have a lot of security to keep out media and antifa because they were convinced that, you know, antifa would travel to suburban Tulsa to wreak havoc. And there were, like, deprogrammers who were, you know, like, their profession was figuring out how to change the minds of people who believed false prophets and who had joined groups that were harmful to their health. SOMMER: Exactly. So it's like, who's making money? In November 1979, Gross originated the role of Greta in the Broadway production of Martin Sherman's Bent. Or maybe one of them is Q. [9], Gross remains close friends with his Family Ties co-star Meredith Baxter. But it's dangerous. With three New York Times bestsellers to his credit, Michael Gross is recognized as one of America's most provocative writers "a premier chronicler of the rich," in the words of Gay Talese. Why do they do all this bad stuff? Can you explain what's going on there? Hall, Ken; Southeastern Antiquing and Collecting Magazine (2003). Our technical director and engineer is Audrey Bentham. It really all centers on him. Michael Gross Birthday and Age. SOMMER: Yeah, I've actually - I've talked to him many times, and he loves texting me to this day. And it's all of these conspiracy theorists under the banner, as you said, of Michael Flynn and a guy named Clay Clark, who's a Tulsa radio host, who's sort of a - slash sort of entrepreneurship guru. How Old Is Michael Gross? I went to - in 2019, Trump had a very sort of Trump-ified July Fourth celebration in D.C. And all of these QAnon believers, among other people, came to D.C. for it. You just expose adrenaline to oxygen. So I had that sense of this really unsettled anger that QAnon had caused that ultimately did help end up driving the riot. By Neil Genzlinger. "Because they came to me. GROSS: Right. He's talking about tunnels and cabals and mole children. And because there are so few resources for this issue, I often find myself fielding questions from family members who have lost someone to QAnon. Actor: Family Ties. Trump is posting about QAnon on Truth Social, his platform. Michael Edward Gross (born June 21, 1947) is an American television, film, and stage actor. So after Biden's inauguration, I think QAnon believers were really shocked. He's a politics reporter for The Daily Beast. I should say, 8chan also became notorious as a place for mass shooters to post their manifestos and to livestream their actions. . But even within the movement, you have people who say, well, that group's looking - making us look silly; we're a serious operation here. We asked Gross himself. I think initially the idea was that they sort of had a golden goose here in QAnon, in Q posting on their forum. GROSS: And also, you know, if your beliefs aren't based on logic, logic will have a hard time undoing those beliefs. Well, after a tumultuous split from his second wife, Pamela Bach, Hasselhoff's fortune took a major . And now it will be officially hosted at a Trump property. Apr 10, 2022 - michael jackson is alive 2021 | NEW LIFE | Storms can COME BACK? It's P-A-Y patriots. And it's just - it's a lot to ask of people. He made his money as a government . While many of the stories in No Time Like the Future revolve around Fox's family and friends having fun and living fulfilling lives, at its core, there's a sequence of frightening brushes with serious illness and even potential death.
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