{"id":10199,"date":"2013-10-22T11:31:53","date_gmt":"2013-10-22T17:31:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/?p=10199"},"modified":"2013-10-22T11:31:53","modified_gmt":"2013-10-22T17:31:53","slug":"bar%e2%80%99s-baffling-boy-problem-ant-man-competition-typecasting-portman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/bar%e2%80%99s-baffling-boy-problem-ant-man-competition-typecasting-portman\/","title":{"rendered":"Bar\u2019s baffling boy problem, Ant-Man competition, typecasting Portman"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By SIX DEGREES (No Bacon) STAFF<\/p>\n<p>HOLLYWOOD, Fla.\u00a0(JTA) &#8212; Some good news for the single guys out there: You can lose the JDate subscription because we have the\u00a0<em>perfect\u00a0<\/em>girl for you:\u00a0<strong>Bar Refaeli<\/strong>\u00a0is on the market, and she\u2019s ready for a relationship. She told the Israeli newspaper Yediot Achronoth herself, the New York\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nydailynews.com\/entertainment\/gossip\/super-model-rafaeli-laments-single-status-article-1.1489317\" target=\"_blank\">Daily News<\/a>\u00a0reports.<\/p>\n<p>Can\u2019t figure out why a hot blonde model is having trouble landing a guy? Neither can she.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t understand it,\u201d Refaeli said. \u201cI look great. I\u2019m cool. I like going out. I like being at home, I like movies, I like eating. So what\u2019s wrong with me? Why am I alone?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Uh, we\u2019re stumped, too. At least we can rule out the possibility she\u2019s still not over Leonardo DiCaprio, whom she dated for six years. Refaeli did freak out one night while looking at online pics of her ex with his new girlfriend, Blake Lively. But after one big weep-fest she was good.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was like I was cleansed,\u201d she said. \u201cFrom that day, I haven\u2019t cried since.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>OK, so here\u2019s her type, in case you\u2019re interested.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m looking for someone serious, who I can set up home with,\u201d she said. \u201cSomeone who comes from a warm, loving family like mine, who has values like mine.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>And this, too: \u201cI\u2019m very interested in going out with someone who is big and strong and famous.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Good luck there!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Gordon-Levitt, Rudd vying for Ant-Man<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s tempting to assume that Marvel\u2019s latest comic book feature, \u201cAnt-Man,\u201d will be a Jewish film \u2014 and not just because the title sounds like a Semitic surname.<\/p>\n<p>Two Jewish actors,\u00a0<strong>Joseph-Gordon Levitt\u00a0<\/strong>and\u00a0<strong>Paul Rudd<\/strong>, are the front-runners for the lead role,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/variety.com\/2013\/film\/news\/paul-rudd-joseph-gordon-levitt-ant-man-1200724612\/\" target=\"_blank\">Variety<\/a>\u00a0reports.<\/p>\n<p>This won\u2019t be another\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=4a6WAzstGmA\" target=\"_blank\">Hebrew Hammer<\/a>, though.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnt-Man\u201d centers on Henry Pym, a scientist who invents a substance that allows him to shrink down.\u00a0 The Jewish casting options seem to stem from director Edgar Wright (\u201cShaun of the Dead,\u201d \u201cThe World\u2019s End\u201d) eschewing the typical macho hero for the funny everyman, not a particular ethnic type.<\/p>\n<p>May the best (ant) man win<\/p>\n<p><strong>Portman on why she\u2019s a Jewish role magnet<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>If you like to think of\u00a0<strong>Natalie Portman\u00a0<\/strong>as the typical (if\u00a0<em>slightly<\/em>\u00a0better looking than average) Jewish woman, you\u2019re not alone. It appears Hollywood does, too.<\/p>\n<p>Gracing the cover of\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.marieclaire.com\/celebrity-lifestyle\/celebrities\/natalie-portman-feature\" target=\"_blank\">Marie Claire\u2019s November issue<\/a>, the \u201cThor\u201d star told the mag that the industry tries to typecast her. Here\u2019s a\u00a0 passage from the interview:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLike, every Jewish role comes to me,\u201d she says, laughing.<\/p>\n<p>Even now, when everyone from\u00a0<strong>Mila Kunis<\/strong>\u00a0to\u00a0<strong>Scarlett Johansson<\/strong>\u00a0is of the faith? \u201cI look more Jewish than Scarlett,\u201d Portman deadpans.<\/p>\n<p>OK, but to be fair,\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Johansson<\/span>\u00a0<em>did<\/em>\u00a0just play a woman named\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.jta.org\/2013\/10\/01\/arts-entertainment\/is-don-jon-bad-for-the-jews\" target=\"_blank\">Barbara Sugarman in \u201cDon Jon,\u201d<\/a>\u00a0which is way higher on the Jew-o-meter than Portman\u2019s Jane Foster in \u201cThor: The Dark World.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>If anyone is typecasting Portman, it might just be herself. The actress will star as Israeli author\u00a0<strong>Amos Oz<\/strong>\u2019s mother in \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/www.jta.org\/2013\/10\/03\/arts-entertainment\/natalie-portman-in-israel-for-first-directing-gig\" target=\"_blank\">A Tale of Love and Darkness<\/a>.\u201d The film is her directorial debut.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Rose McGowan\u2019s Jewish wedding<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cCharmed\u201d actress Rose McGowan tied the knot on Saturday to artist\u00a0<strong>Davey Detail<\/strong>,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.people.com\/people\/article\/0,,20745076,00.html\" target=\"_blank\">People<\/a>\u00a0reports. They were married by a rabbi under a <em>chuppah<\/em> in an outdoor ceremony. According to a source, 60 guests attended the \u201cromantic and ethereal\u201d event.<\/p>\n<p>McGowan, who was seen leaving Monique Lhuillier\u2019s boutique the day before the wedding, did in fact walk down the aisle in one of the designer\u2019s gowns. And if it\u2019s the same one she shared a pic of via\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/instagram.com\/p\/fBoOHDgYv1\/\" target=\"_blank\">Instagram<\/a>\u00a0recently, it was totally see-through.<\/p>\n<p>Looks like she isn\u2019t going to let marriage break\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ivillage.com\/rose-mcgowan-see-through-dress\/1-b-258946\" target=\"_blank\">her style<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><span><br \/>\n<strong>It&#8217;s a boy for Ivanka Trump\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Mazel tov to\u00a0<strong>Ivanka Trump<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0<strong>Jared Kushner<\/strong>\u00a0on the arrival of their second child.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe just welcomed a beautiful &amp; healthy son into the world. Jared, Arabella and I couldn\u2019t be happier!\u201d the \u201cCelebrity Apprentice\u201d judge and Daughter of Donald tweeted.<\/p>\n<p>No word yet on the name (perhaps mom and dad are withholding it until the brit?), or if the little fella was born with a comb over.<\/p>\n<p><em>For the latest Jewish celebrity news, visit JTA&#8217;s 6 Degrees (No Bacon) blog.<\/em><\/p>\n<div style=\"padding-bottom:20px; padding-top:10px;\" class=\"hupso-share-buttons\"><!-- Hupso Share Buttons - https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/ --><a class=\"hupso_toolbar\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/buttons\/share-medium.png\" style=\"border:0px; padding-top: 5px; float:left;\" alt=\"Share Button\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" class=\"lazyload\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/buttons\/share-medium.png\" style=\"border:0px; padding-top: 5px; float:left;\" alt=\"Share Button\"\/><\/noscript><\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\">var hupso_services_t=new Array(\"Twitter\",\"Facebook\",\"Google Plus\",\"Pinterest\",\"Linkedin\",\"Tumblr\",\"Email\");var hupso_background_t=\"#EAF4FF\";var hupso_border_t=\"#66CCFF\";var hupso_toolbar_size_t=\"medium\";var hupso_image_folder_url = \"\";var hupso_url_t=\"\";var hupso_title_t=\"Bar%E2%80%99s%20baffling%20boy%20problem%2C%20Ant-Man%20competition%2C%20typecasting%20Portman\";<\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/js\/share_toolbar.js\"><\/script><!-- Hupso Share Buttons --><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[1473,3862,4072,8790,8795,3863,3253,8788,1318,4071],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10199"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10199"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10199\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10200,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10199\/revisions\/10200"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10199"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10199"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10199"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}