{"id":10380,"date":"2013-10-29T14:04:31","date_gmt":"2013-10-29T20:04:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/?p=10380"},"modified":"2013-10-30T11:05:50","modified_gmt":"2013-10-30T17:05:50","slug":"paula-abdul%e2%80%99s-kotel-bat-mitzvah-%e2%80%98entourage%e2%80%99-movie-ivanka%e2%80%99s-brit-pic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/paula-abdul%e2%80%99s-kotel-bat-mitzvah-%e2%80%98entourage%e2%80%99-movie-ivanka%e2%80%99s-brit-pic\/","title":{"rendered":"Paula Abdul\u2019s Kotel bat mitzvah, \u2018Entourage\u2019 movie, Ivanka\u2019s brit pic"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By SIX DEGREES (No Bacon) STAFF<\/p>\n<p>HOLLYWOOD, FL (6NoBacon) &#8212; Better late than never, as they say. At 51 years young, former \u201cAmerican Idol\u201d and \u201cX Factor\u201d judge Paula Abdul will celebrate her bat mitzvah at the Western Wall,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.timesofisrael.com\/paula-abdul-to-get-jerusalem-bat-mitzvah\/\" target=\"_blank\">The Times of Israel<\/a>\u00a0reports.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_10421\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Peres_Abdul.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10421\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-10421 lazyload\" title=\".\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Peres_Abdul-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Peres_Abdul-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Peres_Abdul-1024x682.jpg 1024w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 300px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 300\/200;\" \/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10421\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-10421 \" title=\".\" src=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Peres_Abdul-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Peres_Abdul-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Peres_Abdul-1024x682.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/noscript><\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-10421\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">President Shimon Peres meets with Paula Abdul at the Israeli president&#39;s residence in Jerusalem on October 29, 2013. (Flash90)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Abdul, who was raised Jewish and has been linked recently to\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.shalomlife.com\/culture\/18135\/paula-abdul-joins-chabad-in-toronto\/\" target=\"_blank\">Chabad<\/a>, arrived in Israel on Monday. In addition to marking the milestone in Jerusalem, she will also visit Tel Aviv and the Galilee. She met this week with President Shimon Peres.<\/p>\n<p>That all sounds fascinating, but here\u2019s what we really want to know: What will Abdul\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.jta.org\/2013\/10\/27\/news-opinion\/israel-middle-east\/women-of-the-wall-hit-the-runway\" target=\"_blank\">wear<\/a>\u00a0to the ceremony,\u00a0and is\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/idol-worship\/american-idol-ryan-seacrest-bat-mitzvah-fox-darnell-297625\" target=\"_blank\">Ryan Seacrest doing the video<\/a>?<\/p>\n<p><strong>There will be an &#8216;Entourage&#8217; movie!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The movie version of the HBO comedy \u201cEntourage\u201d has been in the works forever, but lots of drama has delayed it from getting off the ground. The latest holdup was due to more heated negotiations, according to\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/news\/entourage-movie-jeremy-piven-pay-650258\" target=\"_blank\">The Hollywood Reporter<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>It turned out\u00a0<strong>Jeremy Piven<\/strong>, who plays Gold, is getting paid a lot more than the rest of the guys, and they weren\u2019t happy about it.<\/p>\n<p>But those of you following\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.jta.org\/2013\/10\/23\/arts-entertainment\/why-there-is-still-no-entourage-movie\" target=\"_blank\">the \u201cEntourage\u201d saga<\/a>\u00a0can finally breathe easy. The movie is on!<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s a go. Love you all,\u201d Doug Ellin,\u00a0the show\u2019s creator and screenwriter, wrote on Twitter Monday evening in a tweet that included a group photo of the cast.<\/p>\n<p>Are Adrian Grenier and the rest of the boys finally getting paid as\u00a0much as Piven, who plays the sharky Jewish studio head Ari Gold?<\/p>\n<p>According to\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/news\/entourage-movie-a-go-says-651369\" target=\"_blank\">The Hollywood Reporter,<\/a>\u00a0production should begin in January. Let\u2019s hope they stick to that schedule \u2014 and that it turns out better than Piven\u2019s bar mitzvah comedy \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/www.rottentomatoes.com\/m\/keeping_up_with_the_steins\/\" target=\"_blank\">Keeping Up with the Steins<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ivanka Trump&#8217;s brit photo\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>And now the moment we\u2019ve\u00a0all been waiting for since\u00a0<strong>Ivanka Trump\u00a0<\/strong>and\u00a0<strong>Jared Kushner\u00a0<\/strong>welcomed their\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.jta.org\/2013\/10\/15\/arts-entertainment\/ivanka-trump-gives-birth-to-baby-boy\" target=\"_blank\">second child<\/a>\u00a0into the world:\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">a shot from lil Joseph Frederick\u2019s brit<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>Thanks to the proud mom and the miracle of\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/theartofivankatrump.tumblr.com\/post\/64872090971\/one-week-old-thanks-to-all-of-you-for-your-kind\" target=\"_blank\">social media<\/a>, we didn\u2019t have to wait long. And thanks perhaps to superhuman genes, Ivanka looks nothing like someone who delivered a baby eight days earlier.<\/p>\n<p>More power to her, and mazel tov, of course.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Showtime renews &#8216;Homeland&#8217;\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Fans of the Showtime series \u201cHomeland\u201d can look forward to a fourth season of the Emmy-winning CIA thriller.<\/p>\n<p>While \u201cHomeland\u201d is the network\u2019s top-ranked series, there has been\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/maureen-ryan\/homeland-review_b_4125281.html\" target=\"_blank\">grumbling<\/a>\u00a0about this season not measuring up. Which makes us wonder,\u00a0will there be enough juice for a whole new batch of episodes?<\/p>\n<p>After all, \u201cHatufim\u201d (aka \u201cPrisoners of War\u201d), the Israeli show on which \u201cHomeland\u201d is based, only lasted two seasons.<\/p>\n<p>Hopefully they\u2019ll turn things around and avoid disappointing the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/2013\/10\/22\/television-homeland-idUSL1N0IC24K20131022\" target=\"_blank\">6.5 million viewers<\/a>\u00a0who have tuned in for the first three episodes of season 3. No pressure or anything.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Brooks talks to Conan about Jewish roots<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>On the latest installment of \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/teamcoco.com\/serious\" target=\"_blank\">Serious Jibber-Jabber<\/a>,\u201d host Conan O\u2019Brien welcomed\u00a0<strong>Mel Brooks<\/strong>, whom he calls \u201cone of the funniest men on earth.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The web series, in which O\u2019Brien \u201ctalks for a long time with interesting people,\u201d\u00a0is old school in that it is longer than 10 minutes, making it the perfect format for an old-school entertainer like Brooks, whose career spans a number of decades and includes cultural treasures such as TV\u2019s \u201cGet Smart,\u201d the film \u201cBlazing Saddles,\u201d the film and Broadway hit \u201cThe Producers,\u201d and so much more.<\/p>\n<p>For more than an hour, Brooks and O\u2019Brien discussed everything from Richard Pryor to \u201cSpaceballs\u201d to growing up in Williamsburg, a Brooklyn neighborhood so Jewish, Brooks joked, \u201cyou take a wrong step and you step on a Jew.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Growing up in such an insulated community, Brooks was convinced comedy was a specifically Jewish medium and that only Jews could be funny.\u00a0He also describes his heartbreak upon learning that so many renowned authors did not share his heritage.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBetween Beckett and Yates and James Joyce, these were old Irish writers,\u201d he said. \u201cThe best f****** writers in the world, not one was a Jew. I had a nervous breakdown. I cried for about a month. I was only restored by when they told me Modigliani was a Jew.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Lena<\/strong><strong>\u00a0Dunham a Vogue cover girl?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Vogue editor Anna Wintour wants to appeal to a younger, hipper audience, and reportedly she\u2019s hoping<strong>Lena Dunham<\/strong>\u00a0can help.<\/p>\n<p>The fashion queen set up a \u201ctop secret, private dinner\u201d to woo Dunham, according to\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/radaronline.com\/exclusives\/2013\/10\/anna-wintour-hosting-secret-dinner-for-lena-dunham-vogue-cover-girl\/\" target=\"_blank\">Radaronline.com<\/a>. There\u2019s also a chance Wintour wants the \u201cGirls\u201d creator on the magazine\u2019s cover.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnna is trying to seduce Lena into bringing her next-generation audience into the\u00a0Vogue\u00a0brand,\u201d a source said. \u201cAnd she\u2019s willing to violate a lot of\u00a0Vogue\u00a0traditions to do it, including putting her on the cover even though she doesn\u2019t really conform to the body type that\u00a0Vogue\u00a0has featured for most of its history.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>But Dunham wouldn\u2019t be the only non-teeny-tiny woman to have graced Vogue\u2019s cover. The British singer\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.vogue.com\/magazine\/article\/adele-one-and-only\/#1\" target=\"_blank\">Adele\u00a0<\/a>was featured on the cover of the March 2012 issue.<\/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=\"Paula%20Abdul%E2%80%99s%20Kotel%20bat%20mitzvah%2C%20%E2%80%98Entourage%E2%80%99%20movie%2C%20Ivanka%E2%80%99s%20brit%20pic\";<\/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":[4163,4165,1751,3862,4164,8790,8795,8788,4150,4166],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10380"}],"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=10380"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10380\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10382,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10380\/revisions\/10382"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10380"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10380"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10380"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}