Israellycool

Just ask Sharon Stone.

Nicole Kidman has made a public stand against terrorism - and accepted a high-level offer to visit Israel.

The actress was joined by 84 other Hollywood stars, directors and studio bosses yesterday in a powerfully-worded full-page advertisement in the Los Angeles Times newspaper.

It specifically targeted “terrorist organisations” such as Hezbollah in Lebanon and Hamas in Palestine.

“We the undersigned are pained and devastated by the civilian casualties in Israel and Lebanon caused by terrorist actions initiated by terrorist organisations such as Hezbollah and Hamas,” the ad read. “If we do not succeed in stopping terrorism around the world, chaos will rule and innocent people will continue to die.

“We need to support democratic societies and stop terrorism at all costs.”

The ad was also signed by celebrities including Michael Douglas, Dennis Hopper, Sylvester Stallone, Bruce Willis, Danny De Vito, Don Johnson, William Hurt and Ridley Scott plus News Corporation chairman and chief executive Rupert Murdoch and Paramount Pictures chairman Sumner Redstone.

News Corporation is the parent company of News Limited, publisher of The Daily Telegraph.

And who did it take to “recruit” Nicole? The very person you would expect to entice a beautiful Hollywood starlet to Israel.

It also emerged yesterday that Israel’s Deputy Prime Minister Shimon Peres had persuaded Kidman to visit Israel.

The pair met at a conference held by Mr Murdoch in California last month.

“We will be happy to have you,” Mr Peres told Kidman. “Maybe you can be tourism ambassador to the Galilee.”

Kidman asked Mr Peres about the country’s prospects for the future.

“We will come out stronger from this conflict (with Hezbollah),” he said.

I guess things did not work out with Sharon.

At the Tel Aviv Press Conference, Shimon Peres gazed longingly at Hollywood actress Sharon Stone, invited to Israel as a guest of the Peres Center for Picking Up Beautiful Hollywood Actresses Peace.

Sharon Stone: “I had a dream that I would arrive in this country.”
Shimon Peres: And I have a dream right now - ooooh behave, Shimon!

Later on in the day..

Shimon Peres: “Your’e a natural with kids. Fancy some of your own?”
Sharon Stone: “Even if I did, I think the biological clock may have other ideas.”
Shimon Peres: “Don’t underestimate my container of blue pills.”

Update: You can read more about Sharon Stone’s trip to Israel here:
Jerusalem Post
Ynet (includes video)

Actually, if you watch the video footage, Stone comes across as very articulate and spunky. And she clearly has a sense of humor.

“People are just sitting there going, like, ‘I don’t care what she’s saying. I don’t care what she’s saying. I just want to know is she getting naked? Is she getting naked in that movie? Is she naked? Nude? Nude? Naked? Do I see her boobies?’ So let’s just get through to that. Yes! And now that I’ve cleared that up, let’s just go to the next question, because nobody cares about anything else, really.”

Update: I wonder if she will be catching up with Silvan.