Celebrity sightings

October 26, 2005 - 3:26 PM by

What do Bill Gates, Willem Dafoe, Phil Collins and Ronnie James Dio have in common?

They’re not afraid to come to Israel.

These days, celebrities from the US and Europe are beginning to trickle in, with the hopes of reaching pre-Intifada days when folks like Bono, Madonna, Elton and Sting would show up with alarming regularity.

Microsoft founder Gates only arrived for 24 hours, but had plenty of praise for Israeli high tech. Dafoe and his Italian bride attended the Haifa Film Festival last week, and he had plenty of praise for the Israeli film industry.

Heavy metal icon Dio plays here this weekend in Tel Aviv, and just wait for all the black t-shirts and tatoos to come out and play.

And middle of the road crooner/ former rock star Phil Collins is expected to fill the 30,000 or seats of Tel Aviv’s Bloomfield Stadium next week. You can’t listen to the radio without hearing him in phonetic Hebrew urging Israelis to come to the show or listen to the concert on the live radio broadcast.

I guess all those old rumors about his alleged anti-Israel slant are either false, or, like Sting and Peter Gabriel before him, he feels that he’s enlightening the population by coming to perform. And I’m sure the paycheck isn’t too bad either.

Whatever the reasons, welcome, o famous ones. And please tell Mick and Keith that they should make up their minds already and book a date.

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