Gal Gadot on Wonder Woman casting<\/strong><\/p>\nGal Gadot, the Israeli supermodel recently cast as Wonder Woman in the upcoming movie \u201cMan of Steel,\u201d opened up on an Israeli talk show about her new role.<\/p>\n
The slender Gadot has received significant criticism from Wonder Woman fans about her physique. Some claim she is too thin and too flat-chested to properly embody the iconic superheroine.<\/p>\n
\u201cI represent the Wonder Woman of the new world,\u201d she told the Israeli program \u201cGood Evening with Guy Pines.\u201d \u201cBreasts \u2026 anyone can buy for 9,000 shekels and everything is fine.\u201d<\/p>\n
Gadot also delved into her character\u2019s backstory. In her comic book incarnation, Wonder Woman\u2019s secret identity is Princess Diana of Themyscira, a princess of the Amazons, a fierce race of warrior women who lived near the Don River in contemporary Russia. In some iterations of the myth, Amazons cut off their right breasts in order to throw their javelins with greater accuracy — a fact Gadot picked up on in her interview.<\/p>\n
\u201cBy the way, Wonder Woman is Amazonian, and historically accurate Amazonian women actually had only one breast. So, if I\u2019d really go \u2018by the book\u2019 \u2026 it\u2019d be problematic,\u201d Gadot said.<\/p>\n
She added that she plans to work out with weights in order to gain the extra muscle required for the role.
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\nFran Drescher, the former \u2018Nanny,\u2019 is going to be a wicked stepmother<\/strong><\/p>\nFran Drescher, best known for playing the down-to-earth Fran Fine in \u201cThe Nanny,\u201d is bringing her talents to Broadway, where she\u2019ll be playing Cinderella\u2019s stepmother.<\/p>\n
The 10-week engagement, starting Feb. 4, will allow Drescher to exercise her comic talents in an unusual milieu for the TV star. Still, there\u2019s no doubt Drescher will be able to project in the theater, with her trademark soaring nasal twang.<\/p>\n
And who\u2019s to say Drescher won\u2019t shine in a story about kings, princes and fairy godmothers? After all, she is from Queens.<\/p>\n
\nMel Brooks: There\u2019s no \u2018solely Jewish humor\u2019 anymore<\/strong><\/p>\nMel Brooks, the 87-year-old reigning king of Jewish humor, told BuzzFeed Tuesday that comedy has become increasingly universal.<\/p>\n
The distinction between Jewish and secular comedy is a thing of the past, Brooks explained.<\/p>\n
\u201cTwenty-five years ago, sure, yes, absolutely,\u201d he told Buzzfeed. \u201cToday, it\u2019s the same education, same newspapers, leading now to TV, leading to the Internet. I think [humor is] all the same now.\u201d<\/p>\n
Brooks also revealed that he regularly gets letters from rabbis and offers them advice about humor in return. Jokes, according to Brooks, are more unforgettable than your average sermon.<\/p>\n
Certainly when it comes to the legendary writer\/director of \u201cRobin Hood: Men in Tights,\u201d \u201cThe Producers\u201d and \u201cSpaceballs,\u201d unforgettable is the word.<\/p>\n
\nDavid Mamet to tackle the seven deadly sins for Fox<\/strong><\/p>\nDavid Mamet has signed a contract with Fox to develop a seven-hour series based on the Christian concept of the seven deadly sins, Variety reports.<\/p>\n
The two-time Pulitzer Prize winning playwright has agreed to write and direct the first episode and write at least two subsequent segments.<\/p>\n
Mamet is no stranger to biblical material. In fact, he once co-authored a commentary on the Torah entitled \u201cFive Cities of Refuge: Weekly Reflections on Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers and Deuteronomy\u201d (2004) with Rabbi Lawrence Kushner. And though the series focuses on Christian concepts of sin (the seven deadly sins originated with a fourth-century Greek monk, later popularized by the likes of Dante Alighieri and Thomas Aquinas), the playwright has often trafficked in humanity\u2019s darker motivations.<\/p>\n
Arguably Mamet\u2019s most famous work, \u201cGlengarry Glen Ross,\u201d a brutally frank portrayal of the lives of Chicago real estate agents, has plenty to say about greed. In fact, some of the play\u2019s characters embrace greed as a virtue. An early scene in the movie version features a young Alec Baldwin whipping real estate salesmen into a frenzy and showing off a Rolex.<\/p>\n
However he winds up approaching the seven deadly sins, it\u2019s certain that Mamet, author of some 35 plays in addition to his books, movies and films, can\u2019t be accused of sloth.<\/p>\n
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