Tag: "entertainment"

Dirty Harry Terminated

Dirty Harry Terminated

Forget Freddy vs Jason and Alien vs Predator. It’s Terminator vs Dirty Harry. After Clint Eastwood learned last week that his friend Arnold Schwarzenegger no longer wanted him on the state parks commission, he spoke with Bobby Shriver, the governor’s brother-in-law, who had also been dropped. Somewhat incredulous, they joked about it, each saying the [...]

Bee Berry

Hollywood actress Halle Berry has bucked the Hollywood trend of using a Hebrew name for your progeny (perhaps she wants to stay away from anything Jewish). Instead, she’s gone Arabic. Halle Berry has revealed the name of her newborn daughter: Nahla Ariela Aubry. The baby girl, who was born Sunday is the first for the [...]

The (Almost) Hollywood Hasid

The (Almost) Hollywood Hasid

Amazing: A Hasidic man was cast in a Hollywood movie. More amazing: As Natalie Portman’s husband. Sublime: He gave it all up. First he couldn’t hold Natalie Portman’s hand – and now a Williamsburg Hasidic Jew-turned-actor has to give up his chance to hit it big in a Hollywood movie. Abe Karpen, 25, a married [...]

Asking For Pointers

Asking For Pointers

Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, meets the visiting star of Prison Break, Wentworth Miller. “I don’t suppose you learned how to actually break out of a prison? Just wondering.”

Paging Newman

Paging Newman

Week’s after learning that Kramer and Newman’s bottle scheme might be coming to Australia comes word that Newman himself might also be. Australia’s postal service has increased the maximum weight for mailmen and women by 15 kg (33 pounds) in an attempt to attract more “posties,” local media reported on Tuesday. Australia Post had a [...]

Question of the Day

Question of the Day

Question: What do Tom Cruise and Bart Simpson have in common? Besides being the same height. Answer below.

She’ll Never Fugedaboudit

She’ll Never Fugedaboudit

Look who’s here: Jamie-Lynn Sigler, the actress who played Meadow, the daughter of Mafioso Tony Soprano on the award-winning HBO series “The Sopranos,” is currently in Israel on a Birthright tour. According to Israeli newspaper Yediot Acharonot, the 25 year-old actress is in country to explore her Jewish roots. She is the daughter of a [...]

A Kid And His Lightsaber

A Kid And His Lightsaber

The Force is strong with this one. A woman who was assaulted on a Norfolk street was rescued by her 11-year-old son – who chased the assailant off with a toy lightsaber. The incident began when a man in his thirties punched the woman on the arm and began verbally abusing her. The woman was [...]

Question Time

Question Time

Question: What do these two individuals have in common? If you said they are both characters/British actors in the Harry Potter movies, you are correct, but c’mon! I wouldn’t ask such an easy question if that was the full answer. Any takers? And the answer is….

Where There’s A Will, There’s a Misinterpretation

Will Smith has reacted angrily to reports suggesting he thought Hitler was basically a good person, with the Hollywood celebrity stating unequivocally that he was misinterpreted. Will Smith is angry over celebrity gossip Web site articles that he said misinterpreted a recent remark he made in a Scottish newspaper about Adolf Hitler. Will Smith was [...]