The war on free speech is alive and well – Page Six

Besides the Why-Cant-We-All-Just-Get-Along cry going up the poop, Wednesday it again went up in flames.

Recap: Right-winger Milo Yiannopoulos. Greek-born Brit. Breitbart News editor. Gay. Bounced off Twitter for his supervillain anti-political correctness.

His last weeks invite by Republican students at U of California, Berkeley, resulted in police, protests, violence, demonstrations, pepper spray, flames, arrests, objects thrown, bodies in lockdown. Security blocked some, faculty blocked others.

Some authors pulled their submissions when Simon & Schuster bought his book outline for $250,000.

E pluribus unum. One-for-all-all-for-one. Land of the Free speech, Home of the Driven.

New news: His book title is Dangerous. Theres a co-writer. Pushing this dialogue himself, he personally made the rounds of publishers. As we speak its being minutely examined by lawyers. No photographs.

Inching through wall-to-wall editors, the size of its first printing is not yet decided, although Simon & Schuster is known for publishing political works. The copy price? Around $25.

Called racist, acknowledged provocateur, controversial, its all his ideas. He writes of his sexuality, free speech, why campuses cant have dialogue with those who dont agree, and why full-on war could be coming to a head. He asks why those who disagree get trashed inside Starbucks. He asks why people lack a right to their own opinion.

Oddly, Threshold, an S&S subprint, published a campaign-time book about Donald Trump. And Hillary is now grinding out a volume of personal essays. Pubdate, this fall. Publisher? Simon & Schuster.

Glenn Close, who lives the high life in Sunset Boulevard, gets a high-life opening Thursday. Black tie ... Neil Diamonds 50th anny tour starts April 7. He once razzberryd playing NY. Over it now, hell do the Garden on June 15 and 17 ... Armand Assante getting a ready? Hoboken International Film Festival award. Hoboken, an international Film Festival? Must be Newark means crossing the border ... Conan plays the Apollo in November. Another Festival. Comedy Festival.

J.K. Simmons, Oscar winner for Damien Chazelles Whiplash, hired for his musical La La Land while still filming Whiplash ... Foodies: Grocery man Stew Leonard and WNBC vegetable man Produce Pete sharing Beach Cafe fries Rich Russians shop Cartiers small neighborhood branches, not its iconic main store. They do not want to be seen or photographed there. Ask not what you can do for your country nor how I know this. I know it.

Broadway Records (two Grammy noms this year) releasing newcomer Tyces Hero. Songs by Jim Steinman, who wrote Meat Loafs 1977 album Bat Out of Hell, which sold 43 million albums The Founder, about salesman Kroc making burger joint McDonalds into a mega moneymaker, is confounding Hollywood kvetchers: Michael Keatons terrific. Story terrific. Why no nomination?

The Emotionary is Penguins new Eden Sher/Julia Wertz nonexisting words for existing feelings. Like: To predict a worst outcome mix catastrophe and extrapolate for castrapolate. Happiness and apprehensive begets happrihensive. And pretending to get something finally after someones repeated it nine times? Feignderstand. Its a fun read.

Handsome starting-out lawyer on the dating scene: One chick said: Opposites make good marriages. So I want a guy with money.'

Only in New York, kids, only in New York.

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