{"id":10724,"date":"2013-11-13T09:40:37","date_gmt":"2013-11-13T15:40:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/?p=10724"},"modified":"2013-11-13T11:18:26","modified_gmt":"2013-11-13T17:18:26","slug":"baron-cohen%e2%80%99s-%e2%80%98deadly%e2%80%99-prank-miley%e2%80%99s-twerking-israel-bound-thanksgivukkah-tv-wishes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/baron-cohen%e2%80%99s-%e2%80%98deadly%e2%80%99-prank-miley%e2%80%99s-twerking-israel-bound-thanksgivukkah-tv-wishes\/","title":{"rendered":"Baron Cohen\u2019s \u2018deadly\u2019 prank, Miley\u2019s twerking Israel-bound, Thanksgivukkah TV wishes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By JANA BANIN<em><\/em><\/p>\n<p>HOLLYWOOD, Fla. (6NoBacon) &#8212; Sacha Baron Cohen killed when he took the stage at the BAFTA Los Angeles Jaguar Britannia Awards Saturday night. Literally, he killed. An elderly woman.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_10758\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Baron-Cohen-at-BAFTA1.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10758\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-10758 lazyload\" title=\"2013 BAFTA LA Jaguar Britannia Awards Presented By BBC America - Show\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Baron-Cohen-at-BAFTA1-300x198.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"198\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Baron-Cohen-at-BAFTA1-300x198.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Baron-Cohen-at-BAFTA1-1024x676.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\/198;\" \/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10758\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-10758  \" title=\"2013 BAFTA LA Jaguar Britannia Awards Presented By BBC America - Show\" src=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Baron-Cohen-at-BAFTA1-300x198.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"198\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Baron-Cohen-at-BAFTA1-300x198.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Baron-Cohen-at-BAFTA1-1024x676.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/noscript><\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-10758\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Actor Sacha Baron Cohen (only legs are visible), recipient of the Charlie Chaplin Britannia Award for Excellence in Comedy, and a stunt performer (in wheelchair) appear onstage during the 2013 BAFTA LA Jaguar Britannia Awards presented by BBC America at the Beverly Hilton Hotel on November 9, 2013 in Beverly Hills, California. (Photo by Kevin Winter\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>At least that\u2019s what everyone there thought for a minute.<\/p>\n<p>The Jewish comic actor was being presented the Charlie Chaplin Britannia Award for Excellence in Comedy by Grace Cullington, an 87-year-old in a wheelchair billed as Charlie Chaplin\u2019s oldest living co-star.<\/p>\n<p>Cullington bestowed upon Baron Cohen a cane she said belonged to Chaplin. Baron Cohen then proceeded to use the cane as a prop in an impromptu Chaplin impersonation. All very sweet until the cane broke, causing him to fall \u2026 into the wheelchair. Cullington was thrown off the stage and, supposedly, to her death.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGrace Collington is the oldest, sorry, was the oldest \u2026 I dedicate my award to her,\u201d he said of his victim, according to Deadline. \u201cIt\u2019s obviously a tragedy, but on the bright side, what a great way to go. She\u2019ll probably make the Oscars in Memoriam section.<\/p>\n<p>Baron Cohen added, \u201cAnyway tonight is not about her, it\u2019s about me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It was, of course, a prank. The lowdown on \u201cCullington\u201d from the Los Angeles Times: \u201cThe senior citizen was actually a stuntwoman, and the only Cullington from the silent era was Margaret Cullington, who had a small part in Chaplin\u2019s &#8216;A Dog\u2019s Life.\u2019 She died in 1925.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019re not sure what\u2019s more impressive, Baron Cohen\u2019s envelope-pushing shenanigans or a senior citizen stuntwoman.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Miley Cyrus to play Israel<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Bust out the foam fingers, Israel! Yep, Miley Cyrus is coming to town.<\/p>\n<p>The large-tongued singer who got the term twerking into the Oxford Dictionary will perform in the Holy Land this summer, Israel\u2019s Channel 2 reports. The details are still thin, but it looks like the show will be slated for June in a venue to be determined.<\/p>\n<p>While the performance is expected to be on a smaller scale than Rihanna\u2019s recent performance, we have a feeling Miley won\u2019t let RiRi outdo her on the controversy front. And who knows, she might just meet a nice (older) Jewish guy.<br \/>\nRabin\u2019s granddaughter bringing show to U.S.<\/p>\n<p>Noa Rothman, the granddaughter of the late Yitzhak Rabin, just signed a deal to produce an American version of her Israeli show \u201cThe Prime Minister\u2019s Children,\u201d The Times of Israel reports.<\/p>\n<p>The series, which Rothman co-wrote, \u201cfocused on the public and private lives of a fictional Israeli prime minister, his wife and his two adolescent children,\u201daccording to The Times of Israel. \u201cThe U.S. version will follow a similar model but instead peer into the private rooms of the White House, making the audience privy to the inner workings of an American president.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Sounds good. And if it follows in the footsteps of fellow Israeli imports \u201cIn Treatment\u201d and \u201cHomeland,\u201d it likely will be.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Thanksgivukkah episodes we want to see<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Thanksgivukkah isn\u2019t happening for another couple of weeks, but already it has bestowed upon us many gifts, including a great recipe for roasted Brussels sprouts with pastrami and pickled red onion, a rapping turkey and a \u201cColbert Report\u201d bit so funny the host himself lost it.<\/p>\n<p>We have something else on our wish list for this holiday season, though, that only the network gods can deliver. We\u2019re talking about the opportunity to watch our favorite TV characters engage in some ridiculous and hilarious holiday hijinks. That\u2019s right, bring on the Thanksgivukkah episodes, TV-making people! We are ready.<\/p>\n<p>Our best hope for some Latkey Day representation is probably on the \u201cThe New Girl,\u201d \u201cThe Big Bang Theory\u201d and &#8212; well, sadly &#8212; that\u2019s really it.<\/p>\n<p>Which is why our imaginations have run wild with dreams of what could have been if these two celebrations collided more than once every 70,000-odd years.<\/p>\n<p>1. \u201cFriends\u201d: We\u2019re thinking it would have been called \u201cThe One with the Menurkey.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>2. \u201cThe Goldbergs\u201d: C\u2019mon, can\u2019t they just fudge it and pretend Thanskgivukkah was an \u201980s phenomenon? They\u2019ve been pretty loose with period accuracy as it is.<\/p>\n<p>3. \u201cSeinfeld\u201d: How can one even begin to process a Festivus-Thansgivukkah mash-up? There are just far too many comedic possibilities to handle. This is clearly a job for the folks over at Modern Seinfeld.<\/p>\n<p>4. \u201cCurb Your Enthusiasm\u201d: Perhaps Larry might ask the owner of the Palestinian chicken restaurant to cater his holiday feast?<\/p>\n<p>5. \u201cThe O.C.\u201d: A shining moment surely for known Chrismukkah enthusiast Seth Cohen.<\/p>\n<p>6. \u201cWill &amp; Grace\u201d: A better merger than Thanskgiving and Hanukkah? The merger of the sitcom\u2019s classic \u201cMoveable Feast\u201d episode and Thanksgivukkah.<\/p>\n<p>7. \u201cArrested Development\u201d: A celebration during George Sr.\u2019s rabbi phase would have been pretty great.<\/p>\n<p>8. \u201cSex and the City\u201d: It\u2019s all you, Charlotte York Goldenblatt! Unless, of course, the ladies would rather just skip the whole thing and do brunch. Or cocktails.<\/p>\n<p>9. \u201cThe Nanny\u201d: Thanksgivukkah gets the Queens treatment.<\/p>\n<p>10. \u201cEntourage\u201d: Thanksgivukkah gets the Queens treatment, but this time at the Gold\u2019s lair, where the boys come to celebrate. Vince hooks up with Ari\u2019s barely legal niece, Turtle lights a joint off the menorah, Drama recounts the time he auditioned for the role of a Maccabee and Eric does nothing interesting.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Paula Abdul bat mitzvah off the Western Wall<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Paula Abdul canceled <a title=\"Paula Abdul to celebrate Bat Mitzvah at Western Wall\" href=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/paula-abdul-to-celebrate-bat-mitzvah-at-western-wall\/\">her much-hyped bat mitzvah at the Western Wall<\/a>, opting instead for a low-key ceremony in the town of Safed, The Times of Israel reports.<\/p>\n<p>Per Israel\u2019s Tourism Ministry, which hosted the former \u201cAmerican Idol\u201d and \u201cThe X Factor\u201d judge, the switch was due to jet lag. But the officiating rabbi, Eyal Riess of the Tzfat Kabbalah Center, claims it was to avoid the media.<\/p>\n<p>Either way, the deed is done. <em>Mazel tov<\/em>!<\/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=\"Baron%20Cohen%E2%80%99s%20%E2%80%98deadly%E2%80%99%20prank%2C%20Miley%E2%80%99s%20twerking%20Israel-bound%2C%20Thanksgivukkah%20TV%20wishes%20%20%20\";<\/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":[8790,8795,4341,8788,4150,2043],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10724"}],"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=10724"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10724\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10726,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10724\/revisions\/10726"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10724"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10724"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10724"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}