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The Day In Israel: Thurs Oct 8th, 2009

Believe it or not, anti-Israel celebrity Vanessa Redgrave has opposed those who protested the Toronto Film Festival’s decision to showcase Tel Aviv.
British actress Vanessa Redgrave – a well-known critic of Israel – has joined the controversy surrounding the Toronto Film Festival’s decision to showcase Tel Aviv, according to the Jewish Chronicle.
Only this time, she is [...]

The Day In Israel: Tues Sept 22nd, 2009

The White House has played down expectations about the meeting between US President Barack Obama, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and PA President Mahmoud Abbas, which is “scheduled” for the sidelines of the UN General Assembly in New York today.
“We have no grand expectations out of one meeting,” said White House spokesman Robert Gibbs Monday, saying [...]

Celebrity Wars

Forget Lord of Rings. Try Lord of the Idiots.

The Toronto Film Festival opened on Thursday with an outcry against the fest’s City to City program, which spotlights Tel Aviv this year. Some prominent names in the industry — including Harry Belafonte, Jane Fonda, Julie Christie and Viggo Mortensen — are protesting the inclusion in light [...]

My Response to Fatah Claims Israel Killed Arafat

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Disturbing News of the Day

I am not sure my brain can handle this.
Sean Penn’s marriage to Robyn Wright Penn reportedly ended because he had started seeing actress Natalie Portman.
Star magazine reports Penn, 48, and Portman, 27, have been together since at least March 17, when spies say they were spotted kissing for over 45 minutes at the Tower Bar [...]

The Bad News and The Good News

The bad news: You may be seeing more of the mentally unhinged Roseanne Barr on television.
Roseanne Barr is looking to return to primetime.
The star of ABC’s long-running sitcom has teamed with one of the “Roseanne” producers, Caryn Mandabach, for a family comedy in which she would play the matriarch.
Jim Vallely (”Arrested Development”) is attached to [...]

Freaky Friday Night Dinners Coming Up

Because apparently, Samantha Ronson marrying a non-Jewish woman would be too weird.
Lindsay Lohan is converting to Judaism in a bid to prove her devotion to Jewish girlfriend Samantha Ronson.
Although raised a Catholic, the 22-year-old star announced she was planning to change her faith on her Facebook page.
After jetting into London last week, Lindsay joined girlfriend [...]

Not So Appreciated

A few days ago, a group of Hollyweirdos united by their feelings of self-importance (including the President of the Academy Sid Ganis, actresses Annette Benning and Alfre Woodard, producer William Horberg and former Universal Pictures chairman Tom Pollock) arrived in Iran for what the Academy called a “strictly cultural mission of creative exchange” (the notoriously [...]

Mad Mel on Jimmy Kimmel

Besides saying “Shalom” to Gibson at 1:00 (with Gibson responding with a “Shalom” of his own), Kimmel gives Gibson a free pass regarding the latter’s anti-Semitic comments in 2006 (he does mention the incident at 5:02, but with reference to another of Gibson’s comments).

As TMZ says:
Mel Gibson is denying parts of his infamous DUI tirade [...]

Quote of the Day

“You know how they say that religion is the opiate of the masses? Well, I took masses of opiates religiously.”
- Actress and author Carrie Fisher, in her new book Wishful Drinking.