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| Tuesday, August 30, 2005 |
Mad in Munich
Yeah, he's made E.T. and Schindler's List, but it seems not everyone is a fan of Steven Spielberg. The director is currently in Budapest filming Munich, a movie about the 1972 massacre of Israeli Olympians at the hands of Palestinian terrorists. Spielberg, who's trying to keep the set top-secret, is towing cars parked near the set and getting upset with shutter-happy local photographers. One source said: "The best part is [Spielberg's people] keep saying, 'This is the biggest thing ever to happen to Budapest,' which is true if you discount the whole Roman and Ottoman Empires, World Wars I and II, the fall of communism and the European Union's accession. Of course, every time they say this, the Hungarians double the price of their goulash ... Maybe if the rumor about Brad Pitt's being in the movie were true, people would be more friendly."
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Mickey sleeps with Jesus
When Disney releases their animated Christmas DVD The 3 Wise Men, there'll only be one place to get it: Wal-Mart. What's interesting is not that the super chain is using its enormous clout to the be the exclusive retailer of the flick, but that Disney is using Wal-Mart -- who's core demographic is Christian families -- to sell their Christmas story. Does that mean we could get an exclusive on a Chanukah cartoon at our local Judaica store?
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| Wednesday, August 24, 2005 |
Pam & Borat. Need we say more?
Ali G (aka British comedian Sacha Baron Cohen) was thrown into the ocean by Pamela Anderson's bodyguards after he attempted to tackle the actress during the beachside wedding ceremony of her two dogs, Star and Luca. Cohen, who was filming a skit, was dressed as his now infamous Borat character. Oh God, we can hardly wait for the new season to begin on HBO.
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Portman's next Jewy flick
Following her violent turn in the now postponed V for Vendetta, Natalie Portman has signed on to be in director Milos Forman's new film Goya's Ghosts, which tells the story of the last years of the Spanish Inquisition, when the Church tortured and executed suspected Jews. Glad to see she's not doing any more Star Wars flicks.
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| Tuesday, August 23, 2005 |
Mel moves on
Mel Brooks seems to be healing his wounds after the passing of his wife earlier this summer. When not working on the film version of The Producers (due out later this year), the legendary filmmaker has been spending a lot of time at French Roast, a 24-hour Greenwich Village cafe kicking back with the customers. The New York Post reports: "The creator of The Producers was approached by a woman who offered condolences on the passing of his beloved wife, Anne Bancroft. "I know how you feel. I just lost my mother," the woman said. "How old was she?" asked Mel. "Ninety-six," the woman replied. "Well," said Mel, "she was asking for it."
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| Monday, August 22, 2005 |
Portman postponed
The November release date of Natalie Portman's sci-fi flick V for Vendetta, which features a London bombing, is being postponed until March 2006 because Warner Brothers execs feel it's too soon for the public to see terrorism in London portrayed on the big screen. We just don't get it: Wouldn't the real-life similarities help the movie's box office?
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One of these things is not like the other
Shimon Peres will appear on MTV along with Martha Stewart, Kanye West, and Melissa Etheridge. The strange bedfellows are teaming up for mtvU's Stand In, a show where celebrities are surprise university lecturers. Musicians on college campuses seems to be a growing trend. First, Tommy Lee did it for NBC and now KISS' Gene Simmons is doing it for his new VH1 series Rock School. While Peres will teach students about the politics of the Middle East, we can only assume Stewart will deliver a rendition of her "Stay in school, Stay out of jail" speech.
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| Thursday, August 18, 2005 |
Toon in
A Borscht-Belt inspired cartoon. We're getting there, people.
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Madonna tells Brit to give tzedakah
Before injuring herself from a horse riding accident this week, Madonna convinced fellow Kabbalah devotee to donate more than $30,000 to the Spirituality for Kids organization, a non-profit offshoot of the Kabbalah Centre. And speaking of kids and offshoots, Britney's baby is due next month.
[A program note:] We apologize for the slow posting as of late. We're on deadline getting the new print edition sent to the printer and will be back to regular daily posting next week. We appreciate your patience.
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| Thursday, August 11, 2005 |
The return of Schindler?
Steven Spielberg and Liam Neeson are teaming up again -- not for Schindler's List II: Return of the Nazis, but for an Abe Lincoln biopic. Hopefully Spielberg can find a role in the flick for Ben Kingsley as well.
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Setting the trend
Fashion outlet Abercrombie & Fitch has joined up with, of all groups, the Anti-Defamation League to create "innovative anti-bias programs" for college campuses this fall. Yeah, that's a great idea. Because when we see the cool kids all wearing hip A&F clothes, the last thing on our mind is exclusion.
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| Tuesday, August 09, 2005 |
More Scarlett boob news
Jewish starlet Scarlett Johansson can't seem to get enough of her breasts these days. Last month, we reported that an oversized version of them on a billboard almost caused Johansson to get in a car wreck. Now, she says she wanted her Island director Michael Bay to allow her to go topless in the action flick. "I said, 'Women don't normally sleep in a bra. I can't wake up in this scene wearing a bra, it's ridiculous,'" Johansson recalled. Unfortunately, Bay got his way in the end. And, in other boob news, Jessica Simpson swears hers are all true Grade A.
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Battle of the Kabbalah stars
And the Kabbalah gravy train rolls on. Madonna and husband Guy Ritchie were photographed having a "serious disagreement" outside of the Los Angeles branch of the Kabbalah Centre. Perhaps, and we can only hope here, they were calling each other glib.
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| Thursday, August 04, 2005 |
Kabbalah or die
Apparently you can get death threats for writing bad stuff about the controversial Kabbalah Centre. Um, we'd better watch out.
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| Wednesday, August 03, 2005 |
Two gays, one shtetl
Stop the presses. Rosie O'Donnell may be set to forever screw up alter our vision of the ultimate babushke. The New York Post is reporting that the former talk show queen turned famous lesbian may step into the shtetl shoes of Golde opposite Harvey Fierstein (also openly gay) in the Broadway production of Fiddler on the Roof next month. It was a late night last night. Please insert your own joke here.
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Vagina Monlogues, meet your match
From Reuters:
Rafael Milo-Amar said Tuesday that his one-man show, "The Holy Phallus," was inspired by a disparaging remark one of the Israeli actresses in the local production of Eve Ensler's celebrated play had made about the male member.
"She said there was nothing to say about the penis. I told myself, 'I have something to tell her about the penis'," Milo-Amar told the Jerusalem Post.
According to the newspaper, The Holy Phallus is an extended monologue touching on rape, passion, handicaps, homosexuality and loneliness. A public relations agent for the play said it does not involve nudity.
Oh those silly secular Israelis. And they think the haredim are bad for the Jews.
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| Tuesday, August 02, 2005 |
The stork report
Mazal tov to Ben Stiller and wife Christine Taylor on the birth second child, a son named Quinlin Dempsey Stiller. Good to see they're using a Jewish name.
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